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 |
| 6119760 | Adjustable drape for passenger vehicle A vehicle drape for retaining heated air and cooled air inside a front seat area of a vehicle. The drape is adapted for releasable attachment to a pair of vehicle ceiling hanger hooks disposed on opposite sides of a ceiling of the vehicle and behind the f... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5950585 | Spark plug ultrasound whistle A plurality of ultrasound whistles formed into a ceramic core of a conventional spark plug used in a cylinder of a gasoline combustion engine for greatly improved air fuel mixture prior to ignition. The spark plug with ultrasound whistles provides for inc... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5713617 | Combination pole for hanging decorative lights and window washing A combination pole for hanging decorative lights and window washing. The pole can be used for hanging and removing lights suspended from high trees and on the sides of a building structure. The pole can also be used for washing and cleaning windows that a... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5660088 | Adjustable socket wrench with locking arm An adjustable socket wrench with bolt head locking arm for engaging, removing and replacing different size bolts in a work piece. The socket wrench is designed to engage a bolt head at right angles and when locked on the bolt head holding the head with ze... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5571041 | Refinishing compact disks A method for repairing and refinishing an audio and video compact disk having a scratch or a plurality of scratches on a plastic cover bottom side of the disk. The scratch interfering with a laser beam reading digital information upwardly through the bott... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570973 | Method and system for bioremediation of contaminated soil using inoculated diatomaceous earth A system for in-situ bioremediation of contaminated soil and ground water wherein porous inorganic support spheres such as diatomaceous earth pellets are treated by inoculation with selected non-pathogenic microbes, ie. bacteria, for destroying or convert... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5564727 | Locking pins used with a locking system for a semitrailer sliding undercarriage Improved locking pins and parallel rails used with a locking pin system mounted on a sliding undercarriage of a semitrailer. The locking pin system used for securing and releasing a sliding undercarriage from a pair of the parallel rails mounted on an und... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5563513 | Electromagnetic imaging device and method for delineating anomalous resistivity patterns associated with oil and gas traps A method and apparatus used in providing resistivity measurement data of a sedimentary subsurface for developing and mapping an enhanced anomalous resistivity pattern. The enhanced subsurface resistivity pattern is associated with and an aid for finding o... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555821 | Apparatus and process for removing unburned carbon in fly ash An apparatus and process for removing unburned carbon in fly ash. The apparatus includes a stainless steel heating chamber heated in a range from 800 to 1200 degrees F. The fly ash is introduced at one end of the heating chamber and moved slowly to an opp... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5546226 | Three dimensional pattern device used with light projector A universally rotatable sphere used with a light projector. The sphere may be transparent, semi-transparent or translucent for passing light therethrough from a light source disposed next to the sphere. Also, the sphere may include images and patterns of ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5529437 | Guidance system and method for keeping a tunnel boring machine continuously on a plan line A guidance system and method for keeping a tunnel boring, machine continuously on a plan line. The guidance system requires no machine operator calculations and provides the boring machine operator with a graphic display of past, present and projected pos... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5516015 | Portable folding boot jack A portable folding boot jack for removing different size boots and other types of footware. The boot jack includes a first and a second boot engaging member. The first and second boot engaging members have a first end hinged on top of an upright support. ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5505195 | Dry powder inhalant device with dosage and air flow monitor A dry powder inhalant device adapted for mounting on a conventional medication dry powder dispenser having a mouthpiece incorporated in one end of the dispenser. The device designed for monitoring prescribed dosages of dry powder medication received throu... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5494268 | Combination chain wrench and vise A combination chain wrench and vise for holding a workpiece, such as a pipe and like object, in place and for engagement around a circumference of the workpiece and performing work thereon. A first chain wrench is disposed at a right angle to the length o... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5465990 | Locking system for a semitrailer sliding undercarriage A pneumatic locking system mounted on a sliding undercarriage of a semitrailer, the semitrailer pulled by a tractor. The locking system is used for securing and releasing a sliding undercarriage from a pair of parallel rails mounted on an underside of the... | 11/14/1995 |
