Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4498492 | Dust valve and trap A dust trap is disclosed including a pair of coaxially mounted dust valves. Each valve has a valve body with a flow path therethrough. A cylindrical seat is mounted in each body and a frustro conical flapper is provided having an angled surface which seat... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4480812 | Trap with reduced force opening means A dust trap having an annular valve seat and a pivoted valve flap closing the same including an off-center connection between the actuating means for said pivoted flap and said flap thereby to lessen the force required to open the valve passageway against... | 11/06/1984 |
