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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7870944 | Device and method for a cartoning machine Embodiments include a method or a device for a cartoning machine for transferring a leaflet from a first transportation device to a leaflet holder in a second transportation device. Embodiments include a transferring device which is arranged to straighten up and pos... | 01/18/2011 |
| D555509 | Tube | 11/20/2007 |
| 7021032 | Tube-filling machine and a method for tube end sealing in such a machine The invention provides tube-filling machines and methods for, in such machines, end sealing of double tubes (10), that is to say the tube type which has concentric packing tubes (11, 12) which are connected to a common tube shoulder (13) provide... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6959739 | Tube-filling machine and a filling method in such a machine Methods for filing tubes having inner and outer tubes separated by a predetermined gap are provided including delivering the tube to a tube filling station, filling the predetermined gap at the tube filling station by centering the outer tube with respect to an elon... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6845601 | Method and arrangement for transferring packaging containers from a first unit to a second unit The invention relates to a synchronizing method and transfer arrangement for synchronizing the patterns of movement between two units included in a packaging line, where one unit is driven intermittently and the other continuously. The invention relates in particula... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6733224 | Feeder for a tube-filling machine The present invention relates to feeder assemblies, and more specifically, relates to feeder assemblies for a tube-filling machine. The present invention includes at least one robotic arm capable of moving tubes and tube holders between two locations. The robotic ar... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6574946 | Method and device for end closure of packaging tubes A method and apparatus for the end closure of packaging tubes is provided. In one embodiment, the tube which is to be sealed presents an intermediate wall having a surplus length across the tube cross-section, and the intermediate wall is fixed at the fil... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6295792 | Device and process in a tube filling machine The invention relates to a device for extending an intermediate wall arranged in a packaging tube's longitudinal direction with a surplus of material as measured between the attachment locations of the intermediate wall. Means arc provided for orientating... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6116134 | Cutter arrangement Cutters are disclosed including a pair of cutting blade holders and a pair of cutting blades mounted for movement in a cutting direction with respect to each other, at least one of the blade holders comprising a sprung holder. The apparatus includes a pai... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5577907 | Hot gas heating device Hot gas heating devices are disclosed for heating an end of a tubular body before it is heat sealed, including a nozzle casing having a nozzle cavity, a heating nozzle disposed within the nozzle cavity, whereby the heating nozzle can be mounted at a prede... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5524416 | Tube picker The invention relates to a tube picker for picking out unfilled tubes which are to be filled with some mass, such as creams or the like. The tube picker comprises rigidly fixed fingers (5) on a movable support (7) intended to be inserted into the unfilled... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5473860 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a container filled with a product Methods and apparatus for manufacturing containers filled with product are disclosed. The method includes partially introducing an end piece into the open end of a filled tubular container, softening the end of the container and a corresponding portion of... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5323589 | Method end and apparatus for producing a product-filled container A method for manufacturing a container filled with a product is disclosed. The container has a substantially tubular body portion of thin-walled plastic or laminated plastic material and a butt-weldable end-piece at each end of the body portion. A first e... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5305583 | Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a container end portion during manufacture Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a container end portion during manufacture, said container being filled with a product 11, and comprising a substantially tubular body portion 10 of thin-walled plastic or laminated pl... | 04/26/1994 |
