British merchant Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4665539 | Method and apparatus for forming tomographic images A method of forming tomographic images in cross-sectional tomography, in which a body is irradiated by a flat X-ray beam at different angles for successively forming a plurality of profiles on an X-ray screen or an X-ray detector, and a tomogram is constr... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4466286 | Scanner for scanning an object by means of ultrasonic radiation A scanner for periodically scanning an object to be examined with a beam of ultrasonic radiation. A transducer mounted within a housing emits a beam of ultrasonic radiation. The beam is guided and deflected respectively to a continuously rotating scanning... | 08/21/1984 |