Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7560080 | Method and device for generating ozone A method for generating ozone from gases containing oxygen. The ozone is generated by silent electric discharge in an installation comprising at least two gaps, which are traversed by the gas, each of said gaps being formed between an electrode and a dielectric that... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7266856 | Fabric-strip curtain for car wash installations The invention relates to a fabric-strip curtain for car wash installations, comprising a support bar (2) that is displace back and forth, on which cleaning strips (3) consisting of a cleaning textile are hung next to one another, each of the strips bei... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7098431 | Sterile feeding bottle The present invention relates to a sterile feeding bottle which is manufactured in disposable plastic and/or rubber materials, resistant to heat, including that produced by microwaves, and which has the special feature of incorporating a solute and a solvent which a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077926 | Process for the production of variously painted and/or decorated artefacts by means of the technique of transfer from a sublimable color support Process for the production of variously decorated artefacts, comprising the steps of: preliminary preparation of the surfaces of the artefact, possible application of preliminary painting cycles or other surface treatments; covering or tight-wrapping up of the artef... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6881021 | Telescopic jib for a motor vehicle or a crane A telescopic boom (1) for a vehicle (25) or a hoist with a storage rack (6) for at least two box girders (2, 3) guided displaceably in one another in the direction of their longitudinal axes, which are mounted to pivot about a horizontal ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6551543 | Method and device for producing a two-chamber tube The invention relates to a method for producing a two-chamber tube with a dividing wall (9) that extends into the tube head. This method comprises the following steps: a) inserting a dividing wall (9) into the gap (8) of an auxiliary mandrel (6); b) slidi... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5615503 | Height adjustable sign holder A device for displaying a sign at various heights, including a base and a pair of spaced, parallel uprights extending upwardly from the base. A cardholder is slidably positioned between the uprights with the sign being removably mounted to the cardholder.... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5613289 | Process of assembling a synchronizer for a gear change box A process is described which serves to assemble a synchronizer for a gear change box, which synchronizer comprises a hub provided with a slidable sleeve and at least one cone coupling comprising a double-conical ring, which is freely rotatable relative to... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5535660 | Breech closure for a barrel-type firearm A breech closure for a barrel-type firearm is described, in which a flow passage for an igniting jet from an igniting cartridge held in a magazine extends through a breechblock. The breechblock is formed on that side which faces the magazine with a cylind... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536826 | Process for preparing amino-functional cyclodextrin derivative A process for preparing amino-functional cyclodextrin derivatives has an amino function which is linked to the cyclodextrin (CD) via a spacer. Compositions containing CD derivatives are prepared by this process. In this process, -cyclodextrin, �... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534469 | Low temperature non-crystallizing sealing glass As a sealing composition which can seal a panel and a funnel of a color CRT at a relatively low temperature for a relatively short time, a non-crystallizing sealing glass essentially consists of PbO--ZnO--B2 O3 --Bi2 O | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533885 | Apparatus for manufacturing annular or tubular workpieces from concrete It is desired to simplify the design of an apparatus for manufacturing annular or tubular workpieces from concrete, which comprises a mold having a vertical axis and a mold cavity between a core and a shell. The shell surrounds and is radially spaced from... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533455 | Tamping tool assembly A tamping tool assembly comprises two pairs of tamping tools succeeding each other in the direction of elongation of a railroad track, two of the tamping tools of the pairs being adjacent each other and the other two tamping tools of the pairs being remot... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533327 | Preforming head for making ropes and cable armor A preforming head for making ropes and cable armor including an axle with a front preforming disk fixedly mounted thereon. A middle preforming disk and a rear preforming disk are displaceably mounted on the axle. The middle disk has a diameter larger than... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533911 | Electrical cord to plug tension relief adapter and wire An electrical cord to plug tension relief adapter and wire saver/protector is provided. The invention consists of a housing containing a cam mechanism, and a universal plug seating head that is assembled and attached securely over any selected electrical ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533082 | Computer tomograph A computer Tomograph having a housing with an aperture (2) for the patient in which computer-controlled scanning devices are arranged to generate computer tomograms, and into which a motor-driven, and also computer-controlled, patient's couch can be inser... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5532458 | Radiant heater, in particular, for heating a glass-ceramic hot plate A radiant heater, in particular for heating a glass-ceramic hot plate, has an area bearing an electrical heating element, with this area being the surface of an insulator which comprises a mounting layer and/or a thermally insulating microporous insulatio... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5529624 | Insulation material An improved fire retardant insulation material for buildings is disclosed. The insulation material comprises a mixture of perlite and natural or synthetic zeolite bound together by a lime-cement mixture. The insulation is reinforced by a three dimensional... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5528805 | Cranking mechanism for a needle board for needling a nonwoven web An apparatus which serves to needle a nonwoven web and comprises at least one needle beam for carrying at least one needle board, a rocker, which carries the needle beam and comprises at least two parallel arms, which are pivoted to a frame, and a slider-... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5528696 | Hearing aid A hearing aid with a microphone, a preamplifier connected behind it which is connected to a signal processing voltage-controlled circuit which is provided with a voltage-controlled filter, for example, which is connected to the output amplifier controllin... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526999 | Spacecraft with a crew escape system The spacecraft comprises a fuselage (1), a wing (2), a power unit incorporating two liquid-propellant launching rocket engines (3), two liquid-propellant boost rocket engines (4), six transverse-thrust rocket engines (5) located in the spacecraft fuselage... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526885 | Hydraulic device for driving piles A hydraulic device for driving piles including a casing accommodating a striker with an anvil block, a hydraulic power cylinder, having a rod connected to the striker and a hydraulic directional control selector. A control unit is separated from the direc... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527836 | Bioactive cement A bioactive cement comprises a filler consisting of nonalkali glass powder containing Ca, monomer containing hydrophilic dimethacrylate, a polymerization starter, and a polymerization promotor. The nonalkali glass powder containing Ca comprises a composit... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525389 | Self-adhesive laminate for nails The invention relates to a self-adhesive, plasticizer-containing laminate consisting of a) a film-forming polymeric layer containing dyestuffs and/or pigments, b) a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and c) a removable, preferably siliconized protective film coveri... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5525203 | Process of manufacturing a sliding surface bearing In the described process of manufacturing a sliding surface bearing comprising a backing shell of steel, a bearing metal layer on the backing shell, and a copper-containing sliding surface layer, which has been electrodeposited over said bearing metal lay... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522575 | Servo case and mounting fixture therefor A servo case and a mounting fixture for an actuator servo used for radio-controlled models. The mounting fixture is a molded frame which houses the servo case. The mounting frame is usually permanently mounted to the model. In airplanes, the frames are ty... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522344 | Collapsible, window-mounted pet cage A pet cage capable of ready disassembly and erection for mounting within a window having a bottom rail and a stop, and projecting beyond the window opening. The pet cage consists of a 5-sided enclosure, including a hollow panel. An accordion-pleated panel... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5520039 | Straightening apparatus for wire, cable and tubular material A straightening apparatus with a plurality of rotatable straightening rollers arranged in two parallel planes. The axles of the rollers are supported in cassettes arranged in a housing holder, whereby one of the cassettes or the cassettes of one plane or ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5518806 | Foamed material panel, in particular a shaped part consisting of one or several foamed material panels The invention describes a foamed material panel, in particular a shaped part composed of one or several foamed material panels. These panels consist of a soft and, if appropriate, elastic foamed material comprising cellular webs and/or cellular walls that... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5519272 | Winding connector for a rotary electrical component The rotary electrical component has first and second windings thereon and the connector comprises a body having first and second spaced apart sections which receive respective ends of the windings to be interconnected. An electrically conductive element e... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516425 | Oil filter for the cleaning of lubricating oil An oil filter has a cap screwed to the approximately upright arranged filter housing of the oil filter for the cleaning of lubricating oil, with a ring-shaped filter insert being detachably fastened on the cap and separating the outer inflow space from th... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515972 | Video indexing system A video indexing system for cataloging and organizing video cassettes. The indexing system utilizes a housing that is substantially identical to a video cassette container. A video directory having a plurality of erasable labels is releasable disposed in ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515791 | Inside lining of a passage, with bellows, between two vehicles Inside lining of a passage between two vehicles, in particular of a passage with a bellows, comprising a side wall cover which is designed as a plate inherently elastically yielding and being arched around the vertical axis of plane in the direction of th... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515788 | Tamping machine A ballast tamping machine comprises an elongated machine frame, and a tool carrier frame supporting a ballast tamping head, a track lifting and lining unit and an auxiliary rail lifting device comprising a rail clamping element and drive for vertically an... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5517022 | Apparatus for measuring an ambient isotropic parameter applied to a highly birefringent sensing fiber using interference pattern detection An apparatus and a method are provided for measuring an ambient physical parameter applied to a highly birefringent sensing fiber. A light source emits a low coherence light beam into a sensing fiber subjected to an ambient physical parameter. A collector... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5514040 | Variable-speed belt drive having toothed flyweights A pulley mounted at the output of a drive shaft is used in a variable-speed belt drive in which pairs of generally cylindrical toothed flyweights engage toothed racks in order to vary the winding diameter of the pulley by varying the centrifugal force. A ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513452 | Installation for the rehabilitation of a ballast bed The installation for the rehabilitation of a ballast bed supporting a track including two rails comprises a first machine, and a second machine, the machines being supported on the track by undercarriages for movement in an operating direction, and the se... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513423 | Apparatus for needling a circular nonwoven web The described apparatus for needling a circular nonwoven web, particularly a nonwoven web having the configuration of a circular ring, comprises a needle board, which carries a multiplicity of needles and is adapted to be driven to reciprocate said needle... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513393 | Form-enhancing device A soft polygonal pad secured adjacent a rear side of an undergarment adapted to enhance one's figure. The pad includes a pair of protruding hemispherical regions adjacent a lower edge of the pad.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5514325 | Process for cooling and calibrating elongated objects made of plastic together with cooling and calibrating device The invention describes a process for cooling and if necessary calibrating elongated, especially continuously extruded objects (7) made of plastic as well as a cooling and calibrating device (5) for carrying out the process. With this the object (7) durin... | 05/07/1996 |
