Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7531187 | Synergistic insecticidal composition containing chloronicotynyle and pyrethroids compounds A synergistic insecticidal composition is formed containing a Chloronicotynyle compound and a Pyrethroids compound. The Chloronicotynyle compound is provided in an amount preferably ranging from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of the synergistic insecticidal composition. The ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530309 | Device for storing at least two dressings that are drawn off from the same cylinder of a printing machine one after another At least two blankets which are removed from the same cylinder of a printing machine one after the other, are stored in a storage device. The blankets are drawn off the cylinder in a longitudinal direction and are stored in the device at an angle of inclination of n... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529939 | Method of and apparatus for transferring data A method of securely transferring data from a transmitter to a receiver which includes the steps of at the transmitter encrypting data which at least in part is based on timer information at the transmitter, to form a transmission word, transmitting the transmission... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528508 | Touch sensor user interface with compressible material construction An electronic switching unit for use with a product comprising and/or connected to a power source and at least one energy consuming load comprises a microchip, connected to a user interface switch structure. The microchip is configured to implement at least one func... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7523925 | Device for transmitting and conveying a strip of material and method for regulating these devices A device is used for at least one of treating and conveying a strip of material in one of a treating and processing machine. The device includes at least one strip-treating tool which is embodied in the form of a folding cone, and one strip-treating tool which is pr... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523706 | Method for adjusting the transfer of printing ink Transfer of printing ink is adjusted using a first roller in an inking unit of a printing machine, which transfers ink to a forme cylinder. A temperature control unit enables an outer surface of the first roller to reach a required temperature and/or to enable an ou... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523703 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these forme cylinde... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523700 | Cylinder for processing flat material A cylinder is usable for processing flat material and includes a cylindrical body, which can be rotated about a cylinder axis, and at least one group of a plurality of tools. These tools perform a working movement in relation to the cylindrical body and are coupled ... | 04/28/2009 |
| D591117 | Refrigerator magnet/bottle opener | 04/28/2009 |
| 7513860 | Folding apparatus for collect operation A folding apparatus includes a folding blade cylinder that carries at least one group of identical tools which are distributed homogeneously about the periphery of the folding blade cylinder. A cam plate is traced or followed by a control lever of each such group of... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513196 | Devices for controlling at least one register in a printing machine At least one register and an ink density are controlled in a printing machine having at least one printing unit which includes a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder, and a counter-pressure cylinder. An image sensor records an image from a print substrate, which is i... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513195 | Printing machine comprising at least one printing group, one folder and at least one turn-and-mix stage A printing machine includes at least one printing group, one folder and at least one turn-and-mix stage that supplies the printed web output from the printing group to the folder. A web path from the printing group to the folder, when projected into a horizontal pla... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510219 | Threaded connection for oil field applications An interconnection for oil field tubular goods operates in a self sealing manner in response to internal pressures which might otherwise cause leakage through couplings or joints. Each coupling sleeve includes an interior fulcrum ring fitted between the nose ends of... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510030 | Elongated cross coil assembly for use in borehole location determination A pair of elongated crossed coils is deployed in a first borehole and an instrument containing magnetic field sensors is deployed in a second borehole. The crossed coils are energized in quadrature by AC currents producing a rotating, elliptically polarized magnetic... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506653 | Hair clip with interlocking combs The hair clip comprises two combs and at least one elastic member to bias the teeth of the combs toward each other in overlapping relationship. The teeth of the combs are similar and are at least slightly wider than the spaces between the teeth. In use, the combs ma... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7499151 | Distributed Brillouin sensor system based on DFB lasers using offset locking A distributed Brillouin sensor system is provided. The system has two distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, which are locked at the Brillouin frequency of the optical fiber through offset locking method by coupler splitting into two parts. The split parts are sent to t... | 03/03/2009 |
| D586792 | Mounting panel for an audio-video assembly | 02/17/2009 |
| 7484458 | Printing group including cylinders supported for movement A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders comprises, at the m... | 02/03/2009 |
| D581638 | Slipper | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451057 | System and method for detection of freefall with spin using two tri-axis accelerometers A system and method detect freefall associated with an object that is spinning or tumbling as it falls. Two tri-axis accelerometers provide inputs to an algorithm that detects the freefall of a spinning object that would not otherwise be detected by a conventional f... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449688 | Deconvolving far-field images using scanned probe data A method for deconvolving far-field optical images beyond the diffraction limit includes the use of near-field optical and other scanned probe imaging data to provide powerful and new constraints for the deconvolution of far-field data sets. Near-field data, such as... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445791 | Synergistic insecticidal composition containing Chloronicotynyle and Organosphosphorus compounds A synergistic insecticidal composition is prepared by combining a Chloronicotynyle compound and an Organophosphorus (OP) compound. The preferred synergistically effective amount of the Chloronicotynyle compounds is an amount preferably ranging from 0.1 to 5% by weig... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446241 | Transcription factors, DNA and methods for introduction of value-added seed traits and stress tolerance Abscisic acid-inducible gene expression in different plant tissues is enhanced synergistically by the co-expression of a B3-domain transcription factor and various bZIP-domain transcription factors, or a different B3-domain transcription factor. Using these transcri... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436862 | Self-similar laser oscillator A laser producing high energy ultrashort laser pulses comprises a normal dispersion segment, a gain segment, an anomalous dispersion segment with negligible nonlinearity and an effective saturable absorber arranged to form a laser cavity. Each segment is optically i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432404 | Process for removal of acrolein from acrylonitrile product streams Acrolein is removed from a process stream such as a process stream generated in the manufacture of acrylonitrile. The process includes reacting the acrolein with a compound containing a reactable thiol or hydroxyl moiety in the presence of an acid catalyst. The pres... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431513 | Adjustable focus connector with spring action An adjustable focus connector with spring action is especially adapted for use with common FC or SAM fiber optic receptacles. The connector includes a ferrule holder which mounts a fiber-carrying ferrule at a distal end thereof. At its proximal end the ferrule holde... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7409910 | Utilization of a printing ink in a printing group and printing group of a rotary printing press The tack of an ink that is used in a printing group of a rotating printing press, or the temperature of a rotating component in the printing group is selected or controlled. This selection or control is accomplished in a manner so that optimal printing is achieved. | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408183 | Low cost InGaAIN based lasers A method and structure for producing lasers having good optical wavefront characteristics, such as are needed for optical storage includes providing a laser wherein an output beam emerging from the laser front facet is essentially unobstructed by the edges of the se... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406184 | Method and apparatus for using thermal infrared for face recognition A methodology and apparatus is described that incorporates the use of thermal infrared imaging into a complete end-to-end face recognition system. Since thermal infrared primarily images emissive phenomenology there are advantages over video imaging in the reflectiv... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401766 | Change of direction device for hazardous items The invention provides a “change of direction” device for use by a law enforcement technician. The device can be readily and easily attached to a building element and will allow the technician to pass a rope, wire or cable therethrough so that the rope, wire or ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392615 | Process to produce a commercial soil additive by extracting waste heat, exhaust gas, and other combustion by-products from a coal power generator Exhaust gas 2 from a coal power generator 4 may be used to provide a commercial soil additive. The exhaust gas 2 is fed to a growing cell 14 containing bio-mass material. After the bio-mass material matures, the bio-mass material is harve... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387069 | Devices and methods for setting the contact pressure of a displaceably mounted roller A device is used to set a contact pressure between a displaceable roller and another roller or for moving the displaceable roller with respect to the other roller. At least one actuator is subjectible to the action of a pressure medium and presses the displaceable r... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387067 | Method for adjusting a spray dampener A medium, typically a fluid, is supplied at a level of a rotatable body and is dispensed by a dispenser, such as a spray dispenser. The spray dispenser includes at least one spraying nozzle which applies a dampening agent to the roller. A spraying frequency of the s... | 06/17/2008 |
| RE40365 | Portable emergency oxygen and automatic external defibrillator (AED) therapy system This invention provides a medical diagnosis and therapy system particularly adapted for the combined uses of emergency cardiac defibrillation and pulmonary oxygen administration, including automated patient cardiopulmonary assessment and voice prompted therapy and r... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377593 | Continous extraction of underground narrow-vein metal-bearing deposits by thermal rock fragmentation A method for extracting minerals from a narrow-vein deposit by thermal fragmentation is provided. The method includes locating the vein and determining the extent thereof to form the boundaries of a stope. Access to the stope is prepared by forming a panel having an... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369600 | Burst communications apparatus and method using tapped delay lines A communications apparatus and method use tapped delay lines as multiplexers and demultiplexers. In one embodiment, a receiver (100) uses a tapped delay line (110) as a demultiplexer to acquire a burst communication at very high data rates in the range... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367631 | Method of and apparatus for breaking rock Apparatus for breaking rock includes a cartridge with a base and a wall which extends from the base, the base and the wall forming an enclosure, a propellant inside the enclosure and means for igniting the propellant, and wherein at least the wall is made from a mal... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365398 | Compact SRAMs and other multiple transistor structures A highly dense form of static random-access memory (SRAM) takes advantage of transistor gates on both sides of silicon and high interconnectivity made possible by the complex form of silicon-on-insulator and three-dimensional integration. This technology allows one ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357079 | Printing group of a printing unit, consisting of two printing groups placed vertically above each other in a printing machine A printing unit consists of at least two printing groups, which are placed vertically above each other, in a printing machine. Each of the printing groups includes a printing cylinder, an inking unit with at least one inking roller, a dampening unit with several dam... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351189 | Cutting device for the transverse cutting of at least one material web A cutting device is used to accomplish the transverse cutting of at last one material web. The cutting device includes a transport cylinder that is arranged to form a first cutting gap in cooperation with a first transverse cutting device. The transport cylinder is ... | 04/01/2008 |
