The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5208933 | Dental tool with liquid dispensing, and cartridge A powered dental tool dispenses a liquid dentifrice from a removable and replaceable cartridge to a dental site being cleaned or otherwise treated. The tool mounts the cartridge to receive a supply of the dispensable liquid, and accommodates the removal a... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5142723 | Tooth cleaning apparatus having powered brush and spray A dental hygiene (10) has a housing (12) that provides a manually deployable handle for the device and that houses a motor (14) that drives both a brush agitating drive mechanism (16) and a liquid dispensing pump mechanism (18). The housing (12) has a too... | 09/01/1992 |