...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4728396 | Method of operating and threading a coater A coater and a method of operating such coater is disclosed. The method of operating the coater includes the steps of separating a first tail from a full width web unwound from an unwind stand at threading velocity and threading the first tail at the thre... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4704192 | Press apparatus for pressing a moving web A press apparatus is disclosed for pressing a moving web formed on a forming wire. The apparatus includes a frame and a first plurality of rolls rotatably secured to the frame. A first continuous felt extends around the first plurality of rolls which incl... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4704191 | Electromagnetic extended nip press Extended nip presses for papermaking machines and the like are provided with electromagnets immediately adjacent the press nip to create or augment the nip pressures or loads. The electromagnets have massive, wide large areas, establishing a concentrated ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4700493 | Dryer differential pressure controller A control apparatus for controlling the differential pressure between steam inlet and outlet lines of a web dryer and includes a selectively controllable outlet valve disposed in the outlet line for selectively controlling the flow of blow-through steam, ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4698919 | Apparatus for assisting the transfer of a web to a drying section An apparatus is disclosed for assisting the transfer of a web disposed contiguous relative to a transfer felt such that the web is transferred from a lead-in roll disposed adjacent to a press section to a first dryer of a papermaking machine dryer section... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4671546 | Sealing device for securing device extending through fluid container A sealing device is disclosed for sealing a securing device (17) which extends through adjacent flanges (7,9) of a shell (1) and of a head (3) of a fluid container. The sealing device includes an O-ring seal (23) which slidingly engages the securing devic... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4669198 | Blow box for a dryer A blow box (40) is disclosed which is disposed within a pocket (26) defined by a web (W) and felt (F) travelling together from a first dryer (12) to and around a second dryer (14) and onto and around a third dryer (16). The blow box (40) includes a wedge-... | 06/02/1987 |