Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086348 | Milking parlor for the forward straight line animal ambulation and individual presentation of an animal to be milked in a milking stall located intermediate a holding area and a release area A milking parlor has a holding gate and a parallel spaced individually loaded-occupied-unloaded milking stall with an operator pit located intermediate the holding gate and the milking stall. The operator pit can be recessed from the holding gate and the milking sta... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074362 | Method of preparing and sterilizing an instrument containing package and apparatus A method for preparing dental instruments for sterilization in which the instruments are put into a relatively large see-through heat sealable plastic bag. The bag is placed over a surface of an impulse heater and an arm is lowered to clamp the bag and apply two hea... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055458 | System for the presentation of animals to be milked and method A milking parlor for presenting an animal to be milked rearwardly loads the animal into a milking stall through an ingress/egress gate and forwardly unloads the animal from the milking stall through the same ingress/egress gate to pass along a unique exit path to a ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6997455 | Sheet deskewing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for correcting skew of an advancing sheet responsive to the detection of one or the other of aligned fiducial marks located near each of the opposite side edges adjacent the sheet leading edge. Upon detection of a first of the fiducial marks, ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981587 | Compact disk mailer and file folder A CD mailer and pocket file, the pocket file having a two-ply front wall and a single ply rear wall. The two-ply wall has a slot in one of the plies to receive a CD into a CD retaining recess between the plies. A mailer flap connected to one of the walls along a fol... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6959770 | Portable drilling apparatus A drilling apparatus for drilling underground, small diameter bore holes wherein a support frame of the apparatus is formed in part by a pair of hydraulic cylinders arranged parallel one to another. A head mounting plate that carries the drill motor is releaseably a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6913142 | Flexible duct packaging restraint and container and method for restraining and containing A container for a compressible article is disclosed, wherein the container includes first and second opposed sides having a first length, a first pair of flaps or edge attached to an end of the first and second opposed sides defining an end of the container, third a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6892876 | Container having slide panel with separable portion A thin generally rectangular package for containing a farinaceous product such as dry mixes, cereals and the like including a portion that is removable from the carton with out opening or destroying the integrity of the package. The removable portion is contained on... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6889958 | Brake for hoist assembly A lift assembly having a drum rotatably mounted to a frame and linearly translatable with respect to the frame. A plurality of head blocks are connected to the frame along a helical mounting path, wherein linear translation of the drum during takeoff or take-up main... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6817408 | Heat exchanger with integral internal temperature sensor A heat exchange method and apparatus having a cooled fluid flowing in contact with a first surface of a heat exchange wall and a cooling fluid flowing in contact with a second surface of the wall. At least one temperature sensor is located to directly monitor the te... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814026 | Milking parlor and method for individually presenting animals to be milked via a translating shuttle stall A milking parlor having a plurality of translatable shuttle stalls allows for presentation of animals to be milked and corresponding release of the animals, independent of the milking status of additional animals. The shuttle stalls can be disposed in a herringbone ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6814278 | Combined integral picture frame and mailer An integral frame and mailer formed from a single blank is disclosed. The blank includes a frame having a frame front panel and a frame rear panel, the frame rear panel being connected to a mailer rear panel along a fold line. A mailer front panel is foldably connec... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6787036 | Method and apparatus for aerating wastewater Oxygen depleted wastewater is introduced as a stream into the top of a vessel containing a set of perforated triangular vanes arranged to rotate about a vertical axis. The stream is directed downwardly in the vessel along a path that traverses the path of the rotati... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6772547 | Transistor oscillator rotating point-of-purchase display A motorized display using transistor oscillation to impart motion to point-of-purchase displays or other items is disclosed. A transistor oscillator movement, is used to rotate the display. A transistor oscillator motor has a drive train including a drive shaft and ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761097 | Method for cutting multisize photographic prints A cutter system for cutting a larger sheet into individual photographic images includes a cutter for severing a transverse strip containing one or more printed images from a larger sheet. A transport table positioned to receive the strip from the cutter includes two... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6691986 | Modular lift assembly A lift assembly having a drum rotatably mounted to a frame and linearly translatable with respect to the frame. A plurality of head blocks are connected to the frame along a helical mounting path, wherein linear translation of the drum during takeoff or t... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6679032 | Combined integral picture frame and mailer or greeting card A combined frame and mailer or greeting card are disclosed, either of which is formed from a one-piece blank having a frame front panel, a frame rear panel and a third and fourth panel, each panel being foldably connected to a neighboring panel at a fold ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6652165 | Damping system for mechanical shutter A damping system for an electromagnetically operable shutter includes a detent for arresting the motion of a pivotally supported shutter actuating drive arm. The detent has damper portions that are fixed to the pivotally supported drive arm and bumper por... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6634622 | Modular lift assembly A lift assembly having a drum rotatably mounted to a frame and linearly translatable with respect to the frame. A plurality of head blocks are connected to the frame along a helical mounting path, wherein linear translation of the drum during takeoff or t... | 10/21/2003 |
