...that Kleenex tissue was originally designed to be a gas mask filter? It was developed at the beginning of World War I to replace cotton, which was then in short supply as a surgical dressing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6135760 | Method and apparatus for characterizing a combustion flame Characteristics of a flame within a turbine or burner are determined based upon ultraviolet, visible, and infrared measurements of the flame. The measurements include a measurement of the amplitude of frequency bands that are indicative of an efficient co... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6071114 | Method and apparatus for characterizing a combustion flame Characteristics of a flame within a turbine or burner are determined based upon ultraviolet, visible, and infrared measurements of the flame. The measurements include the amplitude of frequency bands that are indicative of an efficient combustion process,... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5828797 | Fiber optic linked flame sensor A fiber optic linked flame sensor for continuous optical monitoring of the combustion process within the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The system includes a high temperature optical probe, a fiber optic cable, and electro-optics module. The ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5612676 | Dual channel multi-spectrum infrared optical fire and explosion detection system A fire detection system including two optical sensing channels and signal processing circuitry that processes the two sensing channels' output signals and generates another output signal when the processed signals are indicative of a fire. The system auto... | 03/18/1997 |