Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7655062 | Filter assembly for a vacuum cleaner A filter assembly for a vacuum cleaner including a filter cartridge a first substantially rigid pleated filter element having a plurality of pleats with pleated edge and a flexible pre-filter element positioned over the pleated edge of the filter cartridge. The plea... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653958 | Multi-directional actuator for a pump A steam mop having a main body including a water pump for pumping water from a water tank to a steam generator in response to any movement of the mop is provided. Movement of the mop causes a pump actuator to slide within a frame. The actuator has a camming surface ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7650667 | Actuator for steam mop A steam mop having a main body including a water pump and a boiler. Generation of steam is provided when the water pump is actuated by angular movement of the mop handle which changes the angle between the handle and mop head for operating a two way piston pump to p... | 01/26/2010 |
| D599518 | Triangular steam mop frame | 09/01/2009 |
| D599517 | Steam mop frame | 09/01/2009 |
| 7571509 | Surface cleaning apparatus A handheld surface cleaning apparatus comprises a body including at least a rear compartment, a forward compartment and a top volume openly connected to the rear compartment. An elongate rotatable brush arrangement is positioned within and extends across the forward... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570003 | Automatic opening garbage can A lid assembly for use with a garbage can having a frame that includes a lip at the bottom of lid and a housing. The housing is defined by a lower wall and a sidewall with an opening. A static electricity sensor is positioned in the housing. The lid assembly also in... | 08/04/2009 |
| D597717 | Steam mop | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565853 | Compact cyclonic separation device A cyclonic separation device for a vacuum cleaner including a cylindrical separation container, an inlet tube parallel to the axis of the chamber having a vortex vane disposed axially in the inlet tube. Air rotates in one direction in the inlet tube, and preferably ... | 07/28/2009 |
| D591921 | Steam mop | 05/05/2009 |
| 7487651 | Steamer with wrapped cord and hose A device for generating and supplying steam is provided. The device has a body, a steam generation unit, a first side panel attached to the body, a second side panel attached to the body, a power cord attached to the steam generation unit, a supply hose for supplyin... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7476267 | Filter cartridge for vacuum cleaner A filter cartridge for a compact vacuum container includes a cylindrical side wall with an inwardly facing flange and a least one cross-beam extending along a diameter of the opening at the bottom and a radially pleated filer element is provided. The filer cartridge... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7419111 | Multi-blade food processing apparatus A multi-blade food processing apparatus having two independent blade assemblies, each of which blade assemblies having two opposed horizontal cutting blades, wherein the upper of two independent blade assemblies is selectively removable from the apparatus, the cutti... | 09/02/2008 |
