3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3955236 | Collector system in a vacuum sweeper circuit An airtight container, having two separated compartments, including an inlet to the first compartment and a flexible, gravel pick-up tube attached to the inlet. A cyclone separator is mounted on the second compartment with its separated particle outlet di... | 05/11/1976 |