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...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4786895 | Control panel A control panel having a display for displaying selected statements from a plurality of stored statements containing one or more separate elements of alterable information; four selectively operable push-button switches; and a computer for storing the sto... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4718558 | Process and apparatus for sorting samples of material An optical sorter for beans and grains, including a detector providing a signal pulse for each of the sampled objects, and a signal processor for receiving and amplifying the pulse. The signal processor measures the amplitude of the amplifier pulse and co... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4057146 | Optical sorting apparatus Apparatus for optically sorting small light objects such as beans and/or grains on the basis of size and color. A feeding mechanism separates the objects one from another and delivers them in a free falling condition to an optical analysis means where eac... | 11/08/1977 |
