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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4980927 | Adherent protective collars Disposable adherent collars based on low cost supple sheets carrying a low-adherency pressure sensitive adhesive are disclosed. The adherent collars of the present invention are significantly more comfortable to wear than prior art adherent collars due to... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980928 | Convertible cap and cape combination This invention pertains to a novel head or head and shoulder covering which can be used as a garment or can be modified to form an umbrella-like weather protecting device. More particularly, when used as a head covering this device contains within it a ca... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980929 | Long-sleeved garment with integrated animal design and puppet-like sleeve A shirt-like garment having an upper body torso merging into a sleeve portion wherein a figure is applied to the torso portion and to the sleeve portion to appear as an integrated image. The sleeve preferably terminates in a puppet head at its distal end ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980930 | Garment waistband construction A garment waistband construction is provided. The waistband construction employs a strip of composite fabric comprising a nonwoven fabric having a layer of monofilament yarns of about 150 to about 1,050 denier attached thereto. The monofilament yarns are ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980931 | Self sterilizing toilet seat A self sterilizing toilet seat is provided that includes a built-in mechanism in which detergent, water and air can respectively wash and dry the toilet seat. The built-in mechanism is so constructed that it can only operated when the toilet seat is place... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980932 | Water saving device A flow splitting valve assembly is inserted into the afterfill line of a conventional water closest ballcock valve, the valve assembly including adjustable valves for directing some of the afterfill flow into the watercloset. The adjustable valves provide... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980933 | Washing device for parts of human body A washing device for parts of human body comprises a thermostatic mixing valve which is disposed at a junction of a cold water supply passage and a heated water supply passage, a latching solenoid valve which is mounted on a heated water drainage passage ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980934 | Retrofittable receptor device A longitudinal receptor construction for insertion into a channel or opening and for holding a desired element is provided. The receptor has an inverted L-shape cross section in which a horizontal leg is advantageously suited for retrofit usage in an exis... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980935 | Beach towel and pillow removably contained within carrying bag A beach towel comprises a towel with a hollow, open-ended receptacle integrally attached to one end of the towel. A pillow is removably disposed within the receptacle. A carrying bag has first and second ends, one of which is closed, and one of which is a... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980936 | Closed cell foam ground pad and methods for making same A flexible pad is disclosed for supporting a load above an underlying surface. The pad is thermoformed from closed cell material comprising a plurality of closed cells. A substantial portion of the cells are elongated in a direction generally parallel to ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980937 | Infant sitting support and head protection ring An infant sitting support and head protection ring for protecting the head of an infant that is trying to sit up but is not yet strong enough. Included are a primary ring configured to conform to the shape of the buttocks, legs and feet of a sitting infan... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980938 | Perineal bathaid A bathaid device for retaining the legs of a bed confined person in spreaded relation to permit access into the perineum of the person. The device includes an upper foot engaging portion disposed to receive the feet of the person thereon and leg means are... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980939 | Water filled cushion A cushion dimensioned to support a seated user is comprised of an outer covering with handles defined by a continuous strap attached to the outer covering. A foam cushion layer is permanently attached to the outer covering and a liquid filled pouch is sli... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980940 | Core material for bed and bed made therefrom A core material for bed comprising a mat portion made of molded synthetic resin foam having a multiplicity of concavo-convexities in its surface and a supporting base portion also made of molded synthetic resin foam and disposed under said mat portion and... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980941 | Fitted bedding product with stretch wall construction A fitted sheet is adapted to fit conformingly over a mattress. The fitted sheet comprises a top panel having a general shape and size similar to that of the top surface of the mattress. Side panels depend from the edges of the top panel. Portions of the s... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980942 | Shredder/curling device A device for curling and shredding ribbon includes a handle having a recess for receiving the end of a thumb of a person grasping the device. A support member extends from the handle and supports a plurality of flat, planar blade members extending perpend... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980943 | Cleaning glove A cleaning glove which includes a glove base having a side to which there is attached a primary layer of a tufted blended yarn tufted to the glove base and one or more fibrous bristle portions or strips. The blended yarn is made by weaving together three ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980944 | Universal wiper blade pin connector An adaptor for a windshield wiper blade to allow the wiper superstructure to be mounted to different diameter pin connectors associated with a wiper arm. Typically, wiper arms are provided with a side pin having either of two diameters. The adaptor bushin... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980945 | Safety interlock device for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner has a disconnectable handle and dirt tube assembly mounted to a floor nozzle. The assembly includes a wire harness connector which mates to a corresponding connector in the floor nozzle to provide power to the floor nozzle components. The... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980946 | Jointed fitting for a swing frame of a door, window or the like Jointed fitting for a swing door, window or the like, designed in metal or plastic material and the movable frame whereof is partially overlapping the fixed frame, consisting of an angular support and of a compass bearing. The latter are embodied in a sym... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980947 | Casement window hinge A casement window hinge comprising a toggle hinge assembly slidably received within a laterally symmetrical track. The hinge assembly includes an end block having a sloped upper surface. The ends of the track are notched to assist in alignment of the hing... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980948 | Hide pulling apparatus and method A hide is pulled from the sides of a suspended livestock carcass by gripping the hide with two grippers in the belly area, and pulling the grippers and the hide toward the back of the carcass. The pulling direction is changed by supporting the pulling dev... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980949 | Apparatus and methods for filling slack filled food casings Improved method and apparatus for preparing partially/slack filled food casings enables food processors to make loaf style meat and sausage products with substantially "D" shaped cross sectional configurations with lower risk for casing rupture. By means ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980950 | Apparatus for opening bales of textile fibers In an apparatus for opening bales of textile fibers, a deflecting member for the fiber flocks is arranged within the housing and extends in the longitudinal direction of the opening roll. This deflecting member deflects fiber flocks supplied on the one si... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980951 | Method and apparatus for parallelizing fibers A method for making slivers of fibers with parallelized fibers from sets of tangled or matted fibers includes the steps of winding a pre-measured amount of partially oriented fiber material onto a first carding drum (3), detaching the annular fiber web fr... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980952 | Transverse conveyor arrangement at the outlet of a card A guide device for compressing a fibre web exiting from a transverse conveyor arrangement at the outlet of a card. The fibre web leaving the card outlet rolls is conveyed to one side of the card, where it is guided downward by the guide device. The rolls ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980953 | Binding-up band with locking structure A binding-up band for use in fastening articles having remarkable shrink properties such as cotton or the like has at its ends locking structures which are adapted to fit one in the other in a complementary manner. In this locking structure, a plurality o... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980954 | Slider for slide fasteners A slider for slide fasteners comprises a slider body, a pull tab for manipulating a slider and a cap-like yoke mounted on the slider body to pivotally join the pull tab to the slider body. The cap-like yoke inlcudes a pair of opposite side walls each havi... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980955 | Locking device A locking device for fastening and/or locking two objects or for securing a flexible fabric to surface, includes a first member which may be secured to the first object with a rotatable insert, and a second member secured to the second object. The second ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980956 | Anatomical preparation station A cadaver preparation station which is particularly adapted for embalming and dissecting a cadaver is provided with a pair of air exhaust vents in the form of longitudinal slits mounted on a tray support so as to extending along either side of a tray on w... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980957 | Improved method of incremently drawing fibers A fiber drawing process and apparatus in which the fibers are drawn in small increments by passing the fibers in multiple wraps over on rotatably mounted spaced apart spindles having discrete circumferential microterraced surfaces which support the fiber.... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980958 | Electrical cable-making apparatus An electrical cable-making apparatus includes a cable-making area in which a shuttle mechanism (10) moves electrical wires (1) clamped therein from a first position to a second position at which the spaced wire ends are positioned between spaced parallel ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980959 | Installation tool for helical coil inserts A tool for use in automatically installing a helical coil insert to a preselected depth in a tapped hole formed in a workpiece. The tool includes a tubular tool body carrying an insert near its lower end, and a mandrel threadedly received in the tool body... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980960 | Method of fixing a pipe by means of a clamp body Disclosed is a method of fixing a pipe by means of a clamp body. A bent wall is formed by being provided integrally with a tabular clamp member in such a manner as to project from at least one portion of a pipe assembly hole bored in the tabular clamp mem... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980961 | Method of forming a double upset tube assembly A tube assembly is formed by placing a sleeve member over an end portion of a tube and then placing the tube and sleeve in a die. A movable punch is then pressed against a projecting end portion of the tube thereby forming a radially extending double upse... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980962 | Apparatus for applying terminals to electrical conductors An apparatus for applying by crimping terminals, which are provided in an elongated terminals strip, to electrical conductors, comprises a tool body and two jaw means which carry co-operating crimping dies, and of which at least one jaw means is movable r... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980963 | Tool changing apparatus An apparatus for fixing and changing tools on movable working machines, e.g. robot arms, comprising a retaining element (A) with a fixing trunnion (2) fixed to the working machine part and on which are formed retaining groove (4) at right angles to its ax... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980964 | Superconducting wire A wire of ceramic superconductive material is produced by filling a metal tube with a powder of superconductive material, sealing the tube ends and drawing the filled, sealed tube through dies of progressively smaller size until a predetermined wire size ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980965 | Method for winding a soft-magnetic ribbon to form a self-contained magnetic core A method for winding a soft-magnetic ribbon to form a self-contained magnetic core using a winding arbor includes the step of, after the ribbon has been wound on the arbor, holding the free end of the ribbon to the preceding turn by spot welds, disposed i... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980966 | Rod holder for the assembly of heat exchangers A structure is provided for mounting the expander rods of a mechanical tube expander. The mounting structure comprises a slide plate which can be moved between a first position in which the expander rods are in locked condition and a second position in wh... | 01/01/1991 |
