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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6168117 | Flight control system for airplane A flight control system according to the present invention includes a vertical acceleration control device for calculating a pitch axis steering angle command to make a difference between a vertical acceleration of an airplane and a target turn accelerati... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6098705 | Coil type condenser for refrigerator A coil type condenser for a refrigerator holds a flow of air which cools the condenser by securing a condenser length enough to radiate heat and simultaneously holding enough pitch. In the coil type condenser, a pipe is wound spirally to face a blowing di... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095182 | Metering valves for pressurised dispensing containers This invention relates to metering valves for pressurised dispensing containers. The present invention provides a metering valve for use with a pressurised dispensing container. The valve comprises a valve stem (1) co-axially slidable within a valve membe... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6096173 | Method of producing hydrogen cyanide A method of producing hydrogen cyanide by the gas-phase reaction of methane with ammonia at elevated temperature and an ammonia/methane ratio of 1.001 to 1.1. The conducting of the gaseous reaction mixture through a corona discharge causes the reaction to... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6091401 | Device for controlling a cursor to rotate rightwards and leftwards and the method of the same The present invention is related to a device for controlling a cursor to rotate rightwards and leftwards and the method thereof, wherein a X axis sliding bar and a Y axis sliding bar are installed between the cover and base of said mouse, and said X axis ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085113 | Hand-free holding device for a mobile telephone set II A hand-free holding device for mobile telephone set II including a back cover, a front cover, a releasing linkage and a movable piece which are placed between the back and front covers, the releasing linkage has a hook end to engage with a catch which has... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081619 | Movement pattern recognizing apparatus for detecting movements of human bodies and number of passed persons A movement pattern recognizing apparatus has a movement signal detection device including a sensor for detecting a mobile body in a detection region and for providing a movement signal indicating the position of the mobile body. The signal changes as time... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6074115 | Pencil, particularly a colored pencil and a set of pencils In a set of colored pencils, a cut-out is formed in the longitudinal surface of each pencil to expose the lead so that the color or hue of the pencil is immediately identifiable. The pencils are useful as a puzzle type game because they have flat surfaces... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6066059 | Continuously variable transmission system A torque converter, a forward and reverse changeover apparatus including a planetary gear, a reverse brake and a forward clutch, and a lock-up clutch are integrally accommodated in the same torque converter case. Further, the planetary gear, the reverse b... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6053983 | Wafer for carrying semiconductor wafers and method detecting wafers on carrier A plurality of projections 21 is disposed on a inner surface of a lid 20 which is detachably attached to a carrier body 10. Each projection 21 has a tapered end part 22 with inclined surfaces 23, 24. The surfaces 23, 24 are in the form of semitransparent ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6040825 | Input/display integrated information processing device An input/display integrated information processing device has: image display circuit for displaying document and image information; image input circuit through which information of an image such as a picture, a photograph, documents drawn or written on a ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6038880 | Refrigerator having a device for generating an air curtain A refrigerator has a blowing fan being capable of blowing bilaterally in a cool air duct. When a door is opened, the blowing fan blows to discharge cool air from the cool air duct, so the air curtain for shutting off a cooling compartment is generated. Wh... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6037313 | Method and apparatus for depositing superconducting layer onto the substrate surface via off-axis laser ablation The method for forming superconducting films of complex oxide compounds in a process chamber according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) placing a substrate near a target in a chamber so that the substrate is positioned to be generally p... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6023814 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a dust sensor of the light emitting and light receiving type, which sensor detects the quantity of dust which is sucked during a cleaning operation. The vacuum cleaner also includes a sensitivity correction section which compensa... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6020415 | Fast processing water based binder system A water based binder for use in a slurry for investment casting. The binder includes a mixture of a colloidal silica sol and at least one latex polymer. The latex polymer is preferably an acrylic latex or a styrene butadiene polymer (or a combination of t... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6018281 | Resonator type surface acoustic wave ladder filter with voltage variable capacitance element To realizing a filter which is capable of properly controlling the passband, and the attenuation pole of a surface acoustic wave filter, a surface acoustic wave filter connected in a ladder type with the surface acoustic wave resonators 104, 105 has an el... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5998682 | Processes and apparatus for energy recovering through waste classification and calcination The invention provides a process for energy recovery through waste classification and calcination, and an apparatus therefor; the process comprises crushing and sorting various types of wastes, and by means of a series of classification, calcination and r... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5989005 | Device with modular structures for applying relief impressions onto food pastes and similar products The device with modular structures for the relief impression or cuts onto food pastes and similar, comprises a plurality of separate parts, of the kind of half-bands, or full-coating structures, like jackets, prerferably cut, and that may be replaced and ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5988118 | Water supplying method for a boiler A method for supplementing fresh water into a boiler, which can effectively exhaust air from a pipeline circuit connected with the boiler, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) determining whether a supply of the supplementary water into the ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5988621 | Recycle document feeder A recycle document feeder according to the present invention includes a pair of document width regulating guides (9a, 9b) for guiding opposite edges of document originals (D) fed back onto a document placing plate (8) for alignment thereof with respect to... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5985073 | Method of manufacturing a cylindrical part by fiber reinforced plastic composite material The disclosed method can manufacture a thick-walled cylindrical part of an excellent quality which is free from the interlayer separation, by using a fiber reinforced plastic composite material. The fiber reinforced plastic composite material having a sma... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5980982 | Coated particles for synthesizing diamond and process for production of diamond abrasive for sawing A coated particle for synthesizing diamond includes: a single crystal of a fine diamond particle coated with at least one layer which contains at least one kind of solvent metal powder for synthesizing diamond and/or at least one kind of solvent metal pow... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5978219 | Heat dissipating device A heat dissipating device for CPU generally comprises a bracket, a cooling fan, a specially designed air hose that connects the inlet of the cooling fan and the inlet of the computer housing, and an upper lid. The specially designed air hose is connected ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5976651 | Propylene packaging laminate comprising methylpentene resin blend layer A laminate characterized by consisting of at least 4 layers and having (A) a seal layer which is a polypropylene having a melting point of at least 160° C. as the first layer which is the innermost layer, (B) an adjacent layer consisting of a mixture of ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974989 | Sewing machine type decorative box A sewing machine type decorative box includes a sewing machine body and a box engaged with the sewing machine body. A music device is provided within the box, and this music device includes a rolling wheel and an end gear connected at a first end of the w... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5976725 | Fuel cell system, fuel feed system for fuel cell and portable electric appliance A fuel cell system has a fuel cell of solid polymer type, a rectangular parallelepiped sealing container for accommodating hydrogen occlusion alloy for occluding hydrogen to be supplied to said fuel cell, a connection portion provided in a hydrogen passag... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5972114 | Film deposition apparatus with anti-adhesion film and chamber cooling means An anti-adhesion film, which is difficult for the deposited film to adhere thereto, is formed on the inner surface of a process chamber. A process gas is supplied from a gas supply unit to that position in the process chamber which is opposed to a table, ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5970687 | Package container forming apparatus flap A package container forming flap apparatus capable of forming a tubular packaging material in a rectangular shape in cross section with reliability and accuracy. The package container forming flap apparatus lateral seal bars for laterally sealing a tubula... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5972799 | Dry etching method There is provided a dry etching method which does not contribute to earth anathermal due to the green house effect and which has a good etching characteristics. According to the present invention, the flow rates of Ar, O2, and C3 F | 10/26/1999 |
| 5968451 | Process and apparatus for sterilizing container holding fluid diet A process for sterilizing a container holding a fluid diet, the container having a long and slender mouth and being filled with the fluid diet and sealed; the process includes the steps of filling the container with the fluid diet in a heated state, seali... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5967807 | AC/DC electric adapter with the large and small plugs This invention is an "improved AC/DC electric adapter with the large and small plugs". The main body of the device consists of upper and lower casings; inside the box, there is an electronic converting circuit. In its upper casing, there is an indentation... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5967961 | Welding unit and bag-making machine with such a welding unit A welding unit for forming defining weld lines in an elongate web, preferably in a bag-making machine, includes a drive means, which is arranged in an endless loop, and at least one sealing jaw. The sealing jaw is connected to the drive means for movement... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5960767 | Combustion chamber of in-cylinder direct fuel injection engine A combustion chamber of an in-cylinder direct fuel injection spark ignition engine having a pentroof composed of an intake side roof and an exhaust side roof, a piston, and a cylinder. The combustion chamber has a fuel injector provided between the intake... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961476 | Walk assisting apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a walk assisting apparatus which enables persons having walking difficulties due to leg paralysis or other conditions to make the alternate walk improved for unassisted walking. The walk assisting apparatus... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961366 | Yo-yo having clutching device The present invention relates to an improved yo-yo wherein a clutching device is disposed between the shaft and the disks such that the spinning stroke can be prolonged. The yo-yo includes first and second disks that are fixedly connected together by mean... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5960668 | Indexing mechanism using pairs of radially disposed rollers engaged between adjacent cam ribs A roller gear cam index mechanism including a turret having pairs of adjacent rollers radially arranged on a circumference thereof. Each pair of rollers is engaged between adjacent ribs on a globoidal cam. The angle between the line up direction of every ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5958232 | Reverse osmosis drinking water treatment system with backwashable precise prefilter unit A reverse osmosis drinking water treatment system with a backwashable precise prefilter unit includes a super precise filter, a pressure pump and its automatic control system, a reverse osmosis membrane (or a nano-filtration membrane), a pressure tank, a ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957315 | Plastic container closure with tamper evident properties A plastic container closure having tamper evident properties of a type in which axial breakage means disposed in a tamper evident bottom portion is constituted from a slit continuously extending from the upper end of the tamper evident bottom portion subs... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5959414 | Moire reducing apparatus Scanning lines are automatically shifted by using a test signal for detecting a screen display height, a detector which detects information of the screen display height from the test signal, a calculator which calculates a scanning-line shift amount, a mo... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958451 | Process for producing porous, controlled-release capsules and encapsulated composition The porous capslues were prepared by mechanical drilling, addition of effervescent to gelatin solution, or purging of inert gas into the gelatin solution. The porous capsules were then hardened by exposure to the cross-linking reagent, or by radiating und... | 09/28/1999 |
