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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050051006 | Food slicer with an insertion housing A food slicer has a substantially parallelepiped or approximately cuboid housing with a rear wall and a front wall disposed at a distance from the rear wall. An interspace is formed between the two walls, the space is accessible via a removable housing wall, and it is u... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051007 | Universal slicer with positioning plate A universal slicer contains a housing, a rotatably mounted revolving blade, a positioning plate which is provided with a bearing surface for a product that is to be sliced, and a mechanism regulating the width of cut by adjusting the positioning plate in relation to the... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051008 | Device for controlling the outward movement of the cutting blade of a drum in a wiping material dispenser A device for controlling outward movement of a cutting blade of a drum in wiping material dispensing equipment is distinctive in that one of the flanges of the casing is designed with elements means having a fixed position and formed during molding of an inner side of t... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051009 | Apparatus for forming a baffle A perforation apparatus includes a punch housing 4 having an aperture through which 8 piping is longitudinally and rotationally moveable and one or more punches 7 arranged radially around the aperture to perforate the piping, a driven annular housin... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051010 | Cake stand cutter The lid does not move only the tray and the handle move. The blades and the handle are attached. The blades will drop into the grooves that are on the bottom of the tray. Turn the handle the blades will rotate tray clockwise so you can retrieve an individual slice from ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051011 | Cutting device for recording medium and recording apparatus incorporating the same In a cutting device for a recording medium, a cutter cuts a portion of the recording medium, which has been transported in a first direction and subjected to a recording operation, in the first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A pre... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051012 | Miter saw measuring fence A miter saw fence construction is provided by which accurate length measurement of an elongate work piece to be cut from stock material may be made. The construction includes a carrier platform slidingly and lockingly mounted to the miter saw fence. Extending rearwardly... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051013 | Guide device A guide device for cutting lap joints includes a frame and a rectilinear guide member, the frame having a Y-like shape and consisting of a removable top portion and a bottom portion forming a yoke therebetween at the upper portion of the Y-like frame. The lower portion ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051014 | Tool arrangement and application of said tool arrangement The invention relates to a tool arrangement with a tool unit 2, e.g. a cutting apparatus 2′, a spreader 2″, a squeezing device or the like, and with a drive 3, a control and/or switching element, as well as a first operating-medium circui... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051015 | Power tool work table A work table including a water tray defining a reservoir, and forming a ridge at least partially positioned within the reservoir and extending along a length of the water tray. A planar member having a work surface is positionable with respect to the water tray, and for... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051016 | Paper punch apparatus A paper punch apparatus comprising a flange-storing space for storing the flange portion in an elevating unit, an insertion/removal portion for insertably supporting a supporting axis of a bit reception plate in communication with the flange portion, and a bit-reception... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051017 | Punching device with replaceable punching die background of the invention The present invention relates to a punching device with replaceable punching die, in which, a punching die can be easily replaced since it can be freely taken out of or assembled in a basement and an inserting frame of the punching device without difficulties. Thereby, ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051018 | Variable tooth saw blade An apparatus for cutting materials and more specifically an improved saw blade includes a plurality of variable teeth thereon. The variable tooth saw blade cuts faster and smoother while reducing harmonic vibrations. Specifically, the teeth on the saw blade are grouped ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051019 | Stringed instrument A stringed instrument includes an elongated supporter 4, which is disposed in a sound box 1 so as to have both ends fixed to a side plate 1b of the sound box 1, and a vibration absorber 5 disposed between the supporter 4 ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051020 | Stringing tool for electric guitar floating bridge A wedge-type tool which supports the “floating bridge” in a tuned position while the strings of a tremolo-type guitar are replaced. ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051021 | Gaming device having a system for dynamically aligning background music with play session events A gaming device which, in one embodiment, has a sound generating device operable to produce a background sound. The gaming device tracks play session events and determines when the tracked events meet a designated characteristic or parameter. The gaming device selects o... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051022 | Detection of sound waves produced by a musical instrument Musical instrument sound detection is achieved using a fibre optic acoustic sensor that is sensitive to sound generated by a musical instrument. Sound waves falling on the acoustic sensor cause at least one property of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through the f... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051023 | Compress and position apparatus The present invention relates to a compress and position apparatus with positioning, orientating functions and providing more uniform pressing force compliantly. The compress and position apparatus comprises a guiding column, a base, a housing, a seat, a annular portion... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051024 | Valve arrangement and hydraulic drive The invention concerns a valve arrangement for controlling a hydraulic drive having a first working connection (A) and a second working connection (B), and being connectable with or separable from a pressure source (P), the supply and the outflow of the hydraulic drive ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051025 | Valve arrangement and hydraulic drive The invention concerns a valve arrangement for controlling a hydraulic drive, the supply to and the outflow from the hydraulic drive being separately controllable. It is endeavoured to realise separate controls of the speed and the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic dr... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051026 | Valve arrangement and hydraulic drive The invention concerns a valve arrangement for controlling a hydraulic drive, the supply and the outflow of the hydraulic drive being separately controllable. It is endeavoured to improve the valve arrangement in such a manner that it is intrinsically tight, at the same... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051027 | Airborne conductive contaminant handler An example airborne conductive contaminant handling system is described. The airborne conductive contaminant handling system may include a handling circuit that is configured to selectively pass an electric current through a conductive contaminant. The airborne conducti... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051028 | Electrostatic precipitators with insulated driver electrodes Electrostatic precipitator (ESP) systems and methods are provided. A system includes at least one corona discharge electrode and at least one collector (and likely, at least a pair of collector electrodes) that extend downstream from the corona discharge electrode. An i... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051029 | PURE VACUUM SWING ADSORPTION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS A pure vacuum swing adsorption/desorption system and method, wherein supplied air feedstock gas is consistently separated to obtain a high-purity oxygen end-product gas mixture, is described. The system and method separate high-purity oxygen product from air by sequence... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051030 | Filters employing both acidic polymers and physical-adsorption media A filter includes at least two different adsorptive media. First, chemisorptive media, which is porous and includes an acidic functional group, is used to remove molecular bases, including ammonia, organic amines, imides and aminoalchols, from the atmosphere used in sem... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051031 | Coffee maker A coffee maker includes a body provided with a water storing space and a handle, and a heater positioned under the water storing space. The heater is made of an insulating plate and an electrically heating film formed on a lower surface of the insulating plate. Then the... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051032 | Heating control apparatus and method for controlling household bean milk and bean curd makers Heating control apparatus and method for controlling household bean milk and bean curd makers, which set a primary heating temperature to be relatively low, thus preventing beans from being excessively finely ground during a grinding process while reducing power consump... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051033 | Coffee brewer with continuous dispense rate control and method A coffee brewer (10, 10′ and 10′) is provided with a plurality of solenoid controlled, bi-position dispense valves (40, 40′), a size adjustable valve (60) or a combination of both and a programmable controller (18) for controllin... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051034 | Appliance for deep frying and slow cooking A cooking appliance for both slow cooking and deep frying includes a deep frying vessel configured to support a removable ceramic slow cooking vessel therein and to transfer heat thereto in use. The appliance also includes a low-power thermostatically controlled heating... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051035 | Frying apparatus The present invention relates generally to a frying apparatus and, in particular, to a frying apparatus comprising a cooking container for containing oil or the like for cooking a turkey, a chicken, or seafood; a shield for shielding the operator from oil splatters and ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051036 | Steam cooker and configuration and method for steam cooking A method for steam cooking in an oven having a heating device disposed in a bottom area utilizes a cooking container that can be placed in the oven and having a heat-conductive dish element for receiving a liquid supply and a steam tray disposed on the dish element for ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051037 | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a section divider ensemble for sectioning the tubular cooking members into a first cooking area and a seco... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051038 | Oven including smoking assembly in combination with one or more additional food preparation assemblies An oven is disclosed having a first food preparation apparatus in the form of a convection heat source and/or a steam production assembly and/or a radiating heat source, and a second food preparation apparatus in the form of a smoking assembly. The oven can operate at l... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051039 | Juice extractor with orifice tube beam movable between operating and maintenance positions and associated methods A juice extractor includes pairs of opposing cups being relatively movable for squeezing fruit therebetween. The juice extractor may also include a pair of drive members extending along opposite sides of the pairs of opposing cups, a plurality of strainer tubes associat... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051040 | Agricultural bagger with shielded hopper agitation and method An agricultural bagger apparatus and method for compacting feed into a horizontally deployed bag including a moving hopper wall and+ mechanism for moving the wall at an input end of hopper. The wall moving mechanism and the moving wall of the hopper sweeps the feed adja... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051041 | Concrete stamping apparatus A concrete stamping apparatus includes a roller with a stamp forming its surface, and a receiving portion for rotatably holding the roller. There is also a system for delivering fluid to the release the roller from the surface on which it operates by spraying fluid onto... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051042 | One-piece injection-molded or cast silk screen frame An improved screen printing frame is presented that is cast from one piece of plastic material and possesses support ribs to confer additional strength to the structure. The frame is designed to be produced by a low-cost single-mold casting process and to permit the att... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051043 | Lithographic ink obviating fountain additives A lithographic ink comprises an acid-functional styrenic copolymer and an acid. In one embodiment, the ink contains the copolymer and acid in amounts effective to allow the ink to print lithographically with a fountain containing essentially water. A lithographic printi... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051044 | Arrangement for printing flat workpieces An arrangement for printing flat workpieces is provided and includes an application roller which rolls on the workpiece surface 6 to be printed and thereby applies a printed image to the workpiece surface 8, the application roller forming a printing cylind... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050051045 | Adjustable pressure element, particularly for electric household appliances The sensor comprises a body in which a diaphragm is mounted so as to define a variable-volume chamber to which a fluid pressure is supplied in use, and a plurality of electrical switches connected to the diaphragm so that the diaphragm can bring about switching of the s... | 03/10/2005 |
