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 |
| 7775108 | Balancing machine for vehicle wheels with analog to digital conversion and adjustable sampling frequency The upgraded balancing machine for vehicle wheels comprise a supporting frame for gripping and rotation means for gripping and rotating a wheel to be balanced around a rotation axis, a first sensor for detecting the unbalance of the wheel with respect to the rotatio... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7594437 | Machine for balancing vehicle wheels A machine for balancing vehicle wheels, such wheels including a rim with a pair of axially spaced, ring-shaped or annular, flanges, and a tire seated up on the rim. The machine includes a frame with motor driven devices for gripping the vehicle wheel to be balanced ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7237326 | Device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines A device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines, comprising: a detector for the position of an indicator that can slide on rectilinear guides with respect to a wheel supported rotatable on the frame of a balancing machine; remov... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7188657 | Machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheel tires A machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheel tires, comprising a supporting frame for elements for coupling and rotating a rim about a rotation axis and for a working arm provided with one end on which a working head is supported for fitting and removing a tire ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6736183 | Tool for facilitating the removal and fitting of tires on wheels A tool for facilitating operations for removing and fitting tires on wheels consists of a lever element provided, at one end, with a grip and maneuvering region and, at the opposite end, with an element for resting on the wheels and for acting as a fulcrum and with ... | 05/18/2004 |
