...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D645518 | Poster support profile bar | 09/20/2011 |
| 7144470 | Process and device for producing electronic anti-theft elements This invention concerns a process and a device for producing strip elements for electronically securing articles and a corresponding produced strip element. The aim of the invention is to present a process, a device, and a strip element which can be economically pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6987453 | Security element for electronic surveillance of articles A radio frequency security element is provided for electronic surveillance of articles of merchandise. The security element comprises a lower strip conductor (1) and an upper strip conductor (5), which are wound in opposite directions. The upper and lo... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6913813 | Method and device for producing double labels and corresponding double label A method is provided for producing double labels (1). Two large labels (7, 9) of different size, each of the labels being detachably applied to respective carriers (11, 13) by their adhesive surfaces (35, 37), are respectively detached fr... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6857360 | Printer with type-bearing printing bands A printer (15) for hand-labeling devices (1) has printing bands (57) bearing print types (17). Each band is positively guided around a selector wheel (53) and around a counter-pressure element (55) spaced apart from the whee... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6685091 | Method and device for indicating the state of EM or AM security tags Devices are disclosed for the display of the "activated" or "deactivated" state of electromagnetic or acousto-magnetic security tags, whereby it is possible to recognize, at a glance, whether the goods, for example on a pallet, have activated or deactivat... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6643116 | Radio frequency (RF) security element, coil and capacitor for an RF-security element and method for production thereof An RF security element has a capacitor (8) and a spiral-wound coil (4) with at least two windings (6), in which the coil has at least one winding of straight wire (12) and at least one winding of undulated wire (14). The coil is produced by alternately wi... | 11/04/2003 |