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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 |
| 5586973 | Method and device for controlled irrigation and suctioning of a liquid clarificant during endoscopic surgery The irrigation circuit of this apparatus comprises a second pressure sensor CP2 forming a flowmeter with a first CP1, as well as a pressure sensor CPA located downstream. The apparatus also comprises a processing and control unit UCCG which establishes th... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5586732 | Crushing and dispersing bag The invention was developed in order to effectively crush and disperse various samples easily and efficiently without using any expensive device. By laminating a polyethylene film 3, a net member 7, a net member 9 and a polyethylene film 5 in sequence and... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5585571 | Method and apparatus for measuring strain A method of, and apparatus for, measuring dynamic torque transmitted by a shaft having an axis of rotation is characterised by the steps of: 1 locating on the shaft (S) a pair of transducers (T, T1, T2), each comprising an SAW resonator, as a complementary pai... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582905 | Polyester insulation A non-woven mat of fibrous thermoplastic insulation is produced by melt blowing recycled polyethylene teraphthalate (PET). The PET is melted, pressurized and extruded from an extrusion head into substantially continuous fibers that are subjected to turbul... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5570415 | Video programming and storage control using the telephone network This invention relates to a multi-function, hand-held, wireless, remote control apparatus for television viewer use. An apparatus that permits the viewer to use the public telephone network, to control the selection and distribution of television entertai... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5569191 | Device for preparing a medicinal substance solution, suspension or emulsion The invention concerns a device for the preparation of a medicinal solution from two components, one of which is in powder, lyophilisate or liquid form and the other a dilutant or a liquid solvent. These components respectively are charged in a rear conta... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5562979 | Method of forming a moulding by dual injection and a moulding so formed The method involves providing a powdered or granulated plastics paint material which is heated to a plastic condition to form a plastics coating material and injected into a mould. A plastics substrate material is also injected to spread the plastics coat... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5560409 | Backsawn timber production from radially sawn wedges A method of resawing elongated radially sawn segments of timber so that bsawn boards are produced. Said wedges are sawn with the desired angle between the radial faces and are resawn so that the growth rings of the tree are basically parallel to the broa... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5560401 | Animated multi-image fabric and method of producing the same A fabric having two images on a front surface thereof. The images are defined by a plurality of parallels, alternating, upper pairs and lower pairs of weft yarns. The upper pairs forming ridges defining the images and the lower pairs forming valleys betwe... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5560234 | Lever lock A bolt-operated, vertical-lift lever lock having a lockcase or lock base and a lock cap, provided with a lever housing attached to at least one of the lockcase or lock base and lock cap and, wherein the lever housing is so constructed that the, or each, l... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5556543 | Filter for filtering gaseous and liquid media The invention relates to a filter (1) for filtering gaseous and liquid media, in particular an oil filter for internal combustion engines, having a filter housing (2) and a filter packing (8) taken up in the filter housing and made of a porous deformable ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5553576 | Vehicle motorization unit A motorization unit comprising two internal combustion engines able to run alternately or simultaneously. The two engines (20, 40) each comprise their own cooling circuit (21, respectively 41). These two circuits are each provided with an expansion vessel... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5551372 | Modular cage system A modular cage system (10) for a terrestrial animal or a bird which comprises at least two enclosures (11, 13) each enclosure being joined to another enclosure by a tunnel or walkway (12) and an entrance/exit (14) from and to sleeping quarters, wherein ea... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551209 | Production line for packaging rows or layers of products and production line recycling device The present invention concerns a production line for rows or layers of products, especially food products and more specifically, confectionery products such as chocolate wafers, bars, or the like, comprising a recycling device for the timed reintroduction... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550449 | Process for driving electric, current-controlled actuators The process has an open control loop which detects the total current intensity of actuators and supplies it to a microprocessor. In a modulation mode the microprocessor successively generates at its output a modulated set value signal for each actuator, t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550320 | Electronic sound generating device for generating musical sound by adding volume fluctuation to predetermined harmonics An electronic sound generating device is proposed which can generate sound that is complex, profound and high in fidelity to acoustic sound. Sound of the acoustic instruments consists of a plurality of harmonics. Some of the harmonics have swings on their... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549452 | Double pump The invention relates to a double pump consisting of a radial piston pump (1) and a vane-cell pump (2). The double pump is to be simplified in such a way that its over-all length is reduced and there is only one casing separation. The radial piston pump (... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5544850 | Banner holding device A device (in part 10) for holding a banner in position over a motor vehicle which comprises: 1. at least two upright means (11). 2. separate prop means (12) attached to the lower portion of each upright means (19, 191); and 3. foot means (13, 14) connected to ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5541357 | Electronic instrument for synthesizing sound based on waveforms of different frequencies In the sound source system, the waveform sampled from the sounds of keys pressed down with two or more kinds of intensity are synthesized in a specified rate, thereby forming the waveform of the sounds of keys pressed down with the other kind of intensity... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540479 | Vehicle seats A seat adapted to accommodate three passengers has a seat cushion and a seat back, three headrests are located in juxtaposed relationship along the upper edge of the seat back, the central headrest is coupled to a central armrest so that the headrest will... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5351828 | Inflatable foil sachet, especially for packaging purposes The invention relates to a foil sachet (1) with at least one chamber (7) consisting of an upper and lower foil (2, 3) secured together by a closed seam (5, 6). In order to fill the chambers (7) with a substance, especially air, there is a channel (10, 14)... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5327401 | Wristwatch The wristwatch displays the date through a window in the dial. To achieve this, the watch comprises a rotatable disc (13) bearing a first series of numbers corresponding to some of the days of the month, and a second series of numbers corresponding to the... | 07/05/1994 |
