...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427640 | Oil materials comprising dimerdiol ester and cosmetics comprising the ester An oil material comprising a dimerdiol ester with a monocarboxylic acid having 4 to 34 carbon atoms or with a dimerdiol ester with a dicarboxylic acid; and a cosmetic and an external agent excellent in safety, stability, gloss, feeling and the like comprising the di... | 09/23/2008 |
| 6183759 | Cosmetic composition An acylated peptide or a salt thereof obtainable by condensing a protein-derived peptide with a lanolin-derived non-hydroxyl fatty acid containing 30-45% by weight of iso-type fatty acid of the following formula (I), 30-50% by weight of anteiso-type fatty... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5686636 | Process for preparing high-purity cholesterol The invention provides a process for preparing high-purity cholesterol, the process comprising selectively reducing the impurities (mainly desmosterol) contained in a crude cholesterol to cholesterol. According to the invention, high-purity cholesterol can be ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5173554 | Glycoside derivatives, polymers containing glycoside derivatives, process for their preparation, and use of said polymers The present invention provides a glycoside derivative represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein G--O-- is a saccharide residue having no protective group, R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m is 1 or 2, n is an integer of 1 to 4, and l is... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5169636 | Liposomes The invention provides liposomes characterized in that the lipid membrane thereof contains a glycolipid resulting from O-glycoside or S-glycoside bonding of a lipid and at least one carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of uronic acids, uronosyl... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5164492 | Glycoside derivatives, polymers containing glycoside derivatives, process for their preparation and use of said polymers The present invention provides a glycoside derivative represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein G--O-- is a saccharide residue having no protective group, R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m is 1 or 2, n is an integer of 1 to 4, and l is... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4874852 | Glycosidation catalust and process for preparing glycoside derivatives Disclosed are a glycosidation catalyst comprising at least one of heteropoly acids represented by the formula Ha Xp Mq Or .multidot.bH2 O wherein X is P, As, Si or Ge, M is at least one species selected from th... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4690784 | Process for preparing phosphatidylcholine derivatives This invention provides a process for preparing a phosphatidylcholine derivative represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents straight- or branched-chain andsaturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, the process comprising the steps of (... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4291098 | Organoalkoxysilane coating compositions for plastic articles This invention provides a composition for coating plastics articles comprising (A) a hydrolyzed product of an organoalkoxysilane represented by the formula wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon residue having 1 to 4 carbon atoms,... | 09/22/1981 |