"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
Dr. Alfred Velpeau, French surgeon ; 1839
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5253364 | Baseball-style cap having a rotatable bill A baseball-style cap includes a crown portion and a bill that is rotatable about a generally horizontal rotational axis. The bill projects outwardly from the crown portion, but is repositionable along the outer periphery of the crown portion from a forwar... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253365 | Baseball or softball glove constructed to facilitate closure of the glove A baseball or softball glove constructed to facilitate closure of the glove. The glove is designed readily to flex along a flex line extending up from the heel of the glove, generally midway between the sides of the glove, and through the ball-catching po... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253366 | Necktie and shirt combination A ready made necktie is provided for a shirt having a collar and a neck band, which consists of the necktie having a knot formed thereon and a mechanism for retaining the knot of the necktie between a front portion of the collar, so that the necktie does ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253367 | Golf glove A golf glove that encourages a proper grip on the upper hand of a golf grip comprises a conventional golf glove having an elongated padded hump positioned adjacent the third and fourth fingers of the golf glove and aligned parallel with the bases of the t... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253368 | Cap with erasable billboard A cap having a writing surface attached to its crown. The writing surface is configured to erasably receive writing inscribed thereon by the wearer. There is also included at least one writing implement for inscribing the desired expression or design on t... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253369 | Method of making a reversible scarf with visor A method of making a reversible scarf with visor includes the steps of: (1) cutting two identical size crescent-shape fabric pieces from two different materials; (2) providing a crescent-shape flexible polycarbonate or equivalent stiffener; (3) placing th... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253370 | Dual purpose adjustable base for mounting prefolded "pocket silk" hankerchiefs A unibody base is formed by joining two sections of leatherette. Both sections are 21/4" wide and rectangular except that the 4" long Upper Section flares out to both sides at the top to a width of 31/4" from a point 2' below. The stitching is left open a... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253371 | Device for exhausting foul air from a toilet A device for exhausting foul air from a toilet of the type having a bowl with a rim, bolt caps for mounting the bowl to a floor, a seat with a hinged cover and a tank with a flush handle and tank lid placed adjacent a wall is provided. The device consists... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253372 | Apparatus for dispensing measured lengths of tubular films onto an armature An apparatus for dispensing measured lengths of a sleeve material upon an armature, especially adapted for dispensing a plastic cover upon a toilet seat, includes a source of sleeve material fed onto the armature and collected upon a take-up reel. The cov... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253373 | Toilet A toilet unit has a toilet room with at least one corner, and a toilet arranged in the corner and including an upper water tank for supplying water, a lavatory basin-bidet, a seat associated with the basin-bidet, a spraying device associated with the seat... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253374 | Method and apparatus for maintaining level of water in above-ground swimming pools The water level of an above-ground swimming pool is maintained at a predetermined level by a small tank attached to the edge of the pool. The conduit is comprised of a Y-connection fitting having a stem and two arm portions. An eye is attached to the fitt... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253375 | Commode cover A commode cover includes a seat plate having an opening having an annular channel member arranged peripherally about the opening for mounting upon an upper end of the commode bowl. The structure is formed with spaced rear walls positioned between side wal... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253376 | Illuminated sanitary appliance The support element (10) comprises a concave portion (11) having its concavity facing the vertical wall (3) and arranged define at the front, and at least in part laterally, a shell closed at its rear by the vertical wall (3) to determine a chamber (12), ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253377 | Waterbed mattress with bellows spring insert A waterbed mattress includes a spring insert having a plurality of open ended bellows spring units arranged in upright relation within the mattress. The pleated peripheral side wall of each bellows spring unit enables it to be collapsible from a normal ex... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253378 | Spot cleaning system and method A substantially self-contained system and corresponding method provides practical spot cleaning of soiled garments without requiring the use of chlorinated solvents. A soiled garment may optionally be pretreated with either of a water based or petroleum b... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253379 | Washing process Washing process in an industrial washing machine, whereby a property of the wash liquor is measured which is dependent on the concentration of detergent product therein, and detergent product is added to the wash liquor, dependent on the property, charact... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253380 | Washing machine with a bubble generator and method of laundering with use of air bubbles Disclosed herein is a washing machine which comprises a bubble generator operable to supply a predetermined amount of air bubbles into the washer tube in a batchwise manner at such a time interval as to allow said amount of air bubbles supplied in a prece... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253381 | Hinged cargo ramp A cargo ramp for an aircraft is constructed of two segments which are hinged together so that they may articulate about the ramp pitch axis. The first of the two segments is hinged to the cargo bed of the aircraft so that it may articulate relative to the... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253382 | Power operated toothbrush A power-operated toothbrush for cleaning and stimulating the surface of the teeth, cleaning between the teeth, cleaning between the teeth and gums, and cleaning and stimulating the gums of a user having a housing, a power means, a toothbrush extending fro... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253383 | Scratch surface remover A mechanical device for scraping cover material from underlying information on cards such as lottery tickets. The device uses a power driven wire brush and includes a collector for the material scraped from the cards.... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253384 | Floor buffing machine with automatic pad pressure adjustment An electric buffing machine and a method buffing waxed floors are disclosed. The buffing machine comprises a molded plastic housing, a foldable handle and a DC drive motor directly driving a buffing pad holder. The pad is movable into and out of engagemen... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253385 | Pipeline pig sweeper and sweeper pin A sweeper for sweeping the interior space of a pipe by passing the sweeper through the pipe to remove scale form the inner surface of the pipe. The sweeper includes a body made of a resilient material, such as foamed polyurethane, and a plurality of pins ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253386 | Brush for cleaning interior of a tube or the like A brush for a hollow structure with an open end includes brush bristles secured to a twisted wire. In one embodiment, a non-abrasive, heat-shrinking plastic tube is slip-fitted over the twisted wire at a section thereof that is free of brush bristles. The... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253387 | Mop head with two pouches and a strap In a mop head which can be fitted on a mop holder having two flaps which can be folded back upon each other, with the mop head including two pouches on its upper side, and an additional securing device allocated to one pouch, a system is provided to facil... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253388 | Windshield wiper system with remotely adjustable contact force A windshield wiper system includes a wiper arm supporting a wiper pivotally attached to a lever member through a toggle joint, with the lever member being pivotally connected to a connection block and the wiper arm being attached to the connection block t... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253389 | Foldable caster A foldable caster, particularly suited for use with a swimming pool reel support, is foldable approximately 270° between an operative position and a stowed position and is magnetically or otherwise secured in at least the storage position.... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253390 | Furniture hinge A hinge for an article of furniture has a mount which is attachable to a wall of the article. A hinge unit including a hinge arm and, optionally, a support for the arm is releasably connectible to the mount. To this end, the hinge unit is provided with a ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253391 | Hinge device A hinged device includes a stationary component hinged with a rotatable component by means of a damper element wherein a lid shaped rotatable component is opened or closed at a low speed by means of a torsion bar connecting the stationary component and th... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253392 | System and method for producing a bleached cotton, nonwoven web A continuous textile processing system and method are disclosed for producing a nonwoven web containing bleached cotton fibers in a single line system which includes a supply of fibers such as a bale opening device, a plurality of fiber delivery lines tra... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253393 | Spotter strap An apparatus for restricting the dynamic motion of a heavy bag suspended at one end for physical training purposes, said apparatus comprising a resilient strap portion releasably attached at one end to the lower end of the heavy bag by a resilient bonded ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253394 | Magnetic fastener A magnetic fastener having a female member with a slide plate which attracted by the permanent magnet of the male member. The slide plate engages with the male member and thereby restrains removal of the male member unless manually slid into disengagement... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253395 | Watertight slide fastener In a watertight slide fastener, a slider has a first locking arrangement on an outer surface of a slider body, and a seal portion of a top stop for tightly fitting with the slider has a second locking arrangement engageable with the first locking arrangem... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253396 | Snap hook assembly A snap hook assembly in which a web loop is provided with a swivel having either a ball of disk formation at the end of a post. A portion of the body of the snap hook is formed in two halves divided along a longitudinal plane, one half being unitary with ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253397 | Hydroentangling manufacturing method for hydrophilic non-wovens comprising natural fibers, in particular of unbleached cotton The invention concerns a method for making a non-woven from unbleached cotton or other natural ligno-cellulose fibers comprising a surface layer of substances rendering the fiber hydrophobic and comprising the following stages: formation of a sheet of unb... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253398 | Deburring shear A hydraulically-driven deburring shear assembly used to remove dross from the edges of a slab of steel that has been torch cut. The assembly comprises a table assembly, a pair of arms, and a knife assembly. Each arm is adapted to alternately act as a pinc... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253399 | Method and apparatus for processing a plurality of wire leads An apparatus and method for the high speed manufacture of a plurality of leads allows for the manufacture of various lengths of leads, as well as leads utilizing different wire gauges. The lead making apparatus has a plurality of wire gripping devices whi... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253400 | Motorized guide for grouting and sawing window sashes Horizontal motorized drive rods in an upright rectangular frame control the movement of vertical guide rods in the X direction of the frame. Motorized guide rods move a router on a movable mount along the Y direction. A plungeable router, spring-mounted o... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253401 | Apparatus for inverting seat covers Seat covers are sewn inside-out and then inverted to fit over a frame. Inversion is accomplished by threading the sewn seat cover over a pair of generally parallel arms. The sewn seat cover is generally in the form of a pocket. The closed end of the pocke... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253402 | Method of manufacturing a leaf spring mechanism In a leaf spring mechanism, a pair of triangle leaf spring units are arranged in parallel and reinforcing metal plates are fixed to apex portions of the units. The reinforced apex portions of the units are pinched and molded so that the apex portions are ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253403 | On-stream time for ebullating bed reactor A downcomer for use in ebullating bed reactors that is perforated along its length within the reactor. These perforations are sized slightly smaller that the solid catalyst particles used in the reactor in order to screen out these solid particles and pre... | 10/19/1993 |