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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5167755 | Adhesive scraper which can be adjusted in relation to an adhesive roller in a labelling machine A device for adjusting the size of the gap between an adhesive scraper of a labelling machine and an adhesive roller of the labelling machine. The device includes at least two independently controllable actuators that adjust the gap to different sizes fro... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5110402 | Labelling machine for labelling containers such as bottles having a labelling box for a stack of labels in a labelling station This invention relates to a label box for a label stack in a labelling station. The label box has a front part, which is designed as a slide which can move forward and backward in relation to the other part. If a label is not to be extracted from the stac... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4950350 | Machine for labelling bottles This invention relates to a labelling machine for bottles which includes a bottle feeding mechanism to feed the bottles to a revolving bottle support platform. The support platform directs bottles to a labelling mechanism and an application mechanism prio... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4944830 | Machine for labelling bottles This invention relates to a labelling machine for bottles which includes a bottle feeding mechanism to feed the bottles to a revolving bottle support platform. The support platform directs bottles to a labelling mechanism and an application mechanism prio... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4856551 | Double seat valve with two valve disks A double seat valve includes a housing with a pair of valve disks independently movable within the housing between a closed position and an open position. Further, the valve disks can also be moved as a unit. A hollow leakage space is located between the ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4783223 | Method of and an arrangement for reducing heat consumption of bottle cleaning machines In accordance with a method of and arrangement for reducing heat consumption in a bottle cleaning machine, the machine has a plurality of lye solution preheating zones, a main lye solution bath, a plurality of spraying cells, and two heat pumps each havin... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4653551 | Adjustment devices for a machine for filling bottles and the like In a filling machine for filling liquid into containers, such as bottles or the like, the lower end of a return gas tube inserted into the container determines the filling height. Rapid adjustment of the position of the lower end of the return gas tube ca... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4635690 | Filling valve for use in the bottling of liquids In a rotating machine for filling liquid into bottles in similar containers, a centering member including the filling valve is vertically movable between a lower centering or holding position and an upper release position. The centering member in the lowe... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4586548 | Arrangement for filling of liquids In accordance with a method of filling liquids under counterpressure in containers, such as bottles, cans, and the like, reaching or raising the liquid into a rear gas portion is prevented, and evacuation of a surrounding air from the interior of the cont... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4552167 | Method of and device for cleaning hollow spaces in double seat valves A double seat valve, preferably a multi-way valve having two valve disks movable independently one against the other and against the valve seats, defines an annular space between the two valve disks which is connected to the outer atmosphere by a discharg... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4550029 | Method of boiling wort Continuous pressure boiling of beer wort is carried out in a multistage column having an upright inner wall enclosing a head region near the top of the column, a sump region near the bottom of the column and a wort compartment between the head and sump re... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4461653 | Method for reducing heat loss in a bottle cleaning machine Heat losses in a bottle cleaning machine are kept to a minimum by recirculating a first liquid from a pre-heating zone, where the bottles are showered with the first liquid, in indirect heat transfer relationship with a recirculating second liquid from a ... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4461329 | Arrangement for centering containers in bottle treatment machines An arrangement for centering containers in a bottle treatment machine, particularly in a bottle filling machine, has centering elements arranged to be located below filling valves and movable in vertical direction, bottle lifting organs having a receiving... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4461318 | Double seat valve A double seat valve comprises a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and two axially displaced valve seats between the inlet and the outlet. A pair of valve discs are moveable independent from each other between open and closed positions with resp... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4442653 | Machine for filling bottles and cans In a bottle- and can-filling machine the bottles after filling are fed from a star wheel directly to a capping carrousel and cans after filling are fed from the star wheel via a feed device along a feed path to a closing machine. This feed device is a fee... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4440201 | Liquid discharge nozzle for container filling valves A liquid discharge nozzle for container filling valves includes an inner member and an outer member which together define an upstream section of a passage for the flow of the liquid to be filled into a container therethrough in the downward direction. The... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4431224 | Arrangement for displacing piece goods An arrangement for displacing piece goods has a plurality of supporting shafts and a plurality of grippers mounted on the supporting shafts so that when some of the grippers come into contact with the piece goods at location whereat no gripping openings a... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4410090 | Device for testing and sorting bottles A device for detecting and sorting out bottles of improper size is suggested in a bottle treatment machine of the type including a filling and closing sections switched in series. The bottles are fed to a cleaning test device and on the way thereto are te... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4394867 | Suction arrangement in a bottle-cleaning machine for removing of labels from bottles A suction arrangement for removing labels from bottles comprising a label-softening container adapted to contain a liquid, a plurality of elongated bottle-receiving cells having each an open end for insertion and withdrawal of bottles into and from the ce... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4389833 | Bottle closing machine having bottle neck washing arragement An arrangement for closing containers with crown corks and the like, has a piston, a guiding opening in which the piston reciprocates, and a passage for supplying a cleaning liquid, which passage is open into an annular gap formed between the piston and t... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4387797 | Method and device for transmitting crown corks Crown corks are conveyed from a supply source along an aligning track to a helically shaped guide track and then on to a capping device. A conveying disc rotates about a central axis and has a planar surface extending transversely of the central axis adja... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4376109 | Process and apparatus for disposal of noxious vapors emanating from wort and mash during production of beer in brewery installations Process and apparatus for disposal of noxious vapors emanating in brewery installations from treatment of wort and mash during the production of beer and for recovery of excess energy therefrom which includes passing the vapors emanating from the treatmen... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4368753 | Double-seat valve unit leakage control A double-seat valve unit with leakage control has a greater valve plate located below a smaller valve plate, adjusting bars connected with the valve plates and arranged so that the adjusting bar of the greater valve plate extends through the interior of t... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4324264 | Bottle cleaning machine In a bottle cleaning operation, bottles to be cleaned are introduced into a machine housing divided into a first housing and a separate second housing intercommunicating with one another through a bottle transfer section. Bottles are introduced into carri... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4298039 | Revolving container processing plant A liquid filling valve arranged on a rotating tank of liquid for filling bottles includes a spray line for directing a cleansing spray of the liquid against liquid carrying parts in the event of bottle breakage. A valve is provided in the body of the fill... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4295558 | Device for conveying containers A container conveying device includes two conveyor wheels mounted for rotational movement for conveying containers along either one of a main path of movement for containers to be used later, or a shunt path of movement for containers to be removed and in... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4277349 | Method of cleaning plate-type filter elements located in a tank filter In cleaning plate-type filter elements in a tank filter, the tank is opened and a cleaning tube is placed upwardly around one of the downwardly extending filter elements providing an annular flow space along the length of the element. A seal member is loc... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4254792 | Double-seat valve A double-seat valve has a first valve member and a second valve member which abut against one another after a predetermined stroke to an open position, so as to form a closed chamber. A draining conduit communicates with the thus-formed chamber. The valve... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4221760 | Method of making, filling and closing containers of thermoplastic material Successive increments of a thermoplastic tube are extruded in vertical direction from an orifice, and a first partible mold is closed about the increment immediately downstream of the orifice whereupon the increment is expanded to the shape of a first sem... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4201674 | Apparatus for cleaning plate-type filter elements located in a tank filter In cleaning plate-type filter elements in a tank filter, the tank is opened and a cleaning tube is placed upwardly around one of the downwardly extending filter elements providing an annular flow space along the length of the element. A seal member is loc... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4201249 | Machine for the filling of liquids into containers A filling machine for filling of liquids into a container has a vessel and filling elements operatively connected with the liquid vessel and including a liquid input conduit, an advance and return gas conduit, and a pressure relief conduit. Elements for e... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4171714 | Filling machine for charging containers with a liquid The filling machine has a rotary tank containing the liquid, an annular channel surrounding the tank and containing gas having a lower pressure than the gas in the tank but higher than the atmospheric pressure, a filling unit adapted for sealing the conta... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4146065 | Method and machine for charging liquid into containers A method of charging into containers a liquid contained in a rotary tank of a bottling machine whereby different pressures are built up in each container during the filling process so that at the beginning the liquid is discharged by the force of gravity ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4146068 | Pipeless filling unit for counterpressure bottling machines The pipeless filling unit for counterpressure bottling machines includes a siphon closure consisting of a bell-shaped stopper projecting with its rim portion into an annular groove. The bell-shaped stopper is fixedly held in position in the liquid dischar... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4140158 | Pipeless filling unit for counterpressure bottling machines A filling unit without filling pipe has a siphon closure for defining the level of the liquid charge in the bottle being filled. The siphon closure includes a stopper bell projecting into an annular channel for retaining sealing liquid, the stopper bell h... | 02/20/1979 |
