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 |
| 8181959 | Method and apparatus for processing print products A method and apparatus for the processing of print products. The method may include conveying individually the print products with a feeding device along a feeding section, transferring individually the print products from the feeding section to a further processing... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172739 | Device for combining groups of filter segments for producing multi-segment filters of the tobacco industry, and trough drum A device for combining groups of at least two different types of filter segments for producing multi-segment filters in the tobacco industry in a continuous process includes a plurality of independent functional units that are each designed as a module. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171834 | Three-side trimmer, especially for short runs A trimmer including a common support frame and first and second cutting units movably mounted on the common support frame. Each respective cutting unit including a unit frame, a cutting strip connected to each respective unit frame, and a knife movably mounted on ea... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659022 | Blister pack for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D659021 | Blister pack for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D659020 | Blister pack for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D659019 | Cardboard quadra-fold grid for a plurality of blister packs for pharmaceuticals with three folds | 05/08/2012 |
| D659018 | Blister pack for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D659017 | Blister pack for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D659016 | Blister pack for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D658992 | Blister pack for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D658991 | Cardboard grid for a plurality of blister packs for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| D658990 | Cardboard quadra-fold grid for a plurality of blister packs for pharmaceuticals | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167156 | Convertible child-resistant vial The convertible child-resistant vial includes a container having an aperture and a peripheral wall and being provided with a first connection element in the form of contiguous locking and freeing housings provided in a collar extending from the peripheral wall; and ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167112 | Method and arrangement to turn print products conveyed in a flow along a conveying path An arrangement to turn print products transported in a conveyed flow along a conveying path in a conveying direction that includes a first conveyor having a traction device guided over a reversing wheel. First clamps are attached to the traction device to clamp the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167027 | Pipe arrangement A pipe arrangement for geothermal probes includes at least two pipes having at least one layer each that surrounds a lumen. One of the pipes functions as inflow pipe and the other pipe functions as return flow pipe. At least one of the pipes is produced at least in ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166858 | Trim ejector for ejecting the trim produced by a rule of a rotary steel rule die apparatus or the like A trim ejector for ejecting the trim produced by a steel rule of a rotary steel rule die apparatus includes a die cylinder having a die board provided with the rule and an anvil roll positioned parallel to the die cylinder to define a sheet receiving gap therebetwee... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157397 | Foldable reflector screen A foldable reflector screen includes a flexible, cloth-like reflective element having an inside and an outside, a supporting and tensioning structure arranged to support the reflective element on the outside, and a carrier element including at least one lamp and mou... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147490 | Fixation device for stably interlinking at least two bone fragments of a broken bone and corresponding fixation element and kit A device to establish a connection of portions of a broken bone includes a base body adapted to receive a bone nail. A clamping holder has a receptacle to receive a fixation rod. A bearing element mounts the clamping holder on the base body for spherically displacem... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147079 | Diffuser to be detachably mounted on a reflector screen or the like A diffuser for releasable fastening to a reflector screen having screen spokes, includes a diffuser element and a fastening apparatus to fasten the diffuser element to the reflector screen. The fastening apparatus has a plurality of fastening elements constructed an... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138465 | Optical sensor with a single continuous injection molded optical element with fresnel lenses The invention relates to an optical sensor (1) for detecting objects in a monitored area, said sensor comprising at least one transmitter (4) for emitting light rays (3), at least one receiver (6) for receiving transmitted light rays (... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133372 | Method for producing ceramic components A method for producing ceramic components, includes providing a dispersing agent comprising at least one first and one second powder fraction of an oxide ceramic, and a third powder fraction of an inter-metallic compound mixed in a liquid. The first powder fraction ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132297 | Apparatus on a flat card or roller card having a cylinder and at least one doffer In an apparatus on a carding machine having a cylinder and at least one doffer, in which the cylinder and the doffer each have an all-steel clothing having saw teeth, the clothing on the cylinder and the clothing on the doffer each have a point density per square in... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129911 | Magnetron A magnetron has an anode 3 surrounding a tubular hollow cathode 4 which contains a heater 9. The cathode is supported by radial arms at each end. At one end of the cathode, the heater is supplied with one terminal of its D.C. supply by means of ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128203 | Ink-jet printhead and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a process for manufacturing an ink-jet printhead comprising the steps of providing a print head wafer comprising a plurality of print head dice, each print head die comprising a nozzle plate bonded to a barrier layer formed on a substr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127403 | Card flat bar for a carding machine, for cotton, synthetic fibers or the like, having a card flat clothing In a card flat bar having a card flat clothing, the card flat clothing is magnetically attached to the card flat bar body and, in use, lies opposite a clothed roller. In order to hold the clothing element against the card flat bar in a structurally simple way in the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123450 | Apparatus for pressing a book casing against the adhesive-coated outside surfaces of a book block to be encased in a casing-in machine A saddle plate is disposed on a circulating conveyor which moves the saddle plate vertically upward. The saddle plate is arranged to receive a book block in a straddle like fashion with first and second adhesive-coated outside surfaces of book block being exposed. A... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122713 | Hydraulic circuit of a servo-assisted mechanical transmission A hydraulic circuit of a servo-assisted mechanical transmission, which is provided with a number of hydraulic actuators provided with corresponding actuation chambers adapted to be filled with pressurized oil; the hydraulic circuit is provided with: a number of sole... | 02/28/2012 |
| D655003 | Assembly introducer attachment | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121391 | Device for measuring the thickness of printed products An apparatus for measuring a thickness of a printed product conveyed in a conveying direction at a conveying speed. The apparatus includes a conveying device having a guide arrangement along which the printed product is conveyed at the conveying speed in the conveyi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113498 | Method and device for the transfer of signatures A method and device for transferring signatures. The device includes a first gathering chain which conveys the signatures with the aid of pushers and which transfers the signatures in a transfer region to a second gathering chain. The second gathering chain includes... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112889 | Method of manufacturing an ink jet printhead A method of manufacturing an ink jet printhead, including: arranging a nozzle plate in which there is formed a plurality of nozzles, the nozzle plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being on the side of the ejection of ink drops and th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109614 | Process for protectively coating hydraulic microcircuits against aggressive liquids, particulary for an ink jet printhead An ink jet printhead, made of a silicon substrate and a plurality of metallic and dielectric layers deposited on said substrate. A plurality of chambers for ejection of ink droplets and a plurality of corresponding feeding ducts, connected to the chambers, are produ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101001 | Cyclone separating device of a cleaner A cyclone separating device of a cleaner includes an upstream cyclone separating device and a downstream cyclone separating device. The upstream separating device communicates with the downstream cyclone separating device through a gas passage. The upstream cyclone ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100621 | Discharge hopper and method of discharging shaft trays filled with rod-shaped products A discharge hopper for a tray discharge station for serially discharging shaft trays filled with rod-shaped products includes a conveying element for carrying away the products flowing from the shaft trays and a connecting device for coupling the shaft trays to be e... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100051 | Centre arm for holding an upper contact grilling or roasting plate as well as contact grilling or roasting devices with such a centre arm The invention concerns a centre arm for holding an upper contact grilling or roasting plate, the centre arm having a substantially vertical supporting section and a holding section which is arranged pivotably on the vertical supporting section and to which is attach... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099979 | Dynamic item of jewelry A dynamic piece of jewelry, which comprises: a bezel comprising: a partially spherical base having a curved bottom and an essentially flat top; and plurality of prongs that extend in a tilted manner from said essentially flat top of the base, each of said prongs hav... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096542 | Method and arrangement for producing perfect bound book blocks A method for producing perfect-bound book blocks for books or similar printed products, including driving successively arranged clamps to circulate along an endless path of a perfect binding apparatus, positioning loose book blocks composed of gathered printed sheet... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096277 | Intake manifold for an internal combustion engine provided with metallic reinforcement brackets for fastening the fuel common rail An intake manifold for an internal combustion engine comprising an engine head in which there are obtained a number of cylinders; the intake manifold comprises a central body, wherein there are obtained an intake chamber which receives the intake air and a number of... | 01/17/2012 |
| D652372 | Tire tread | 01/17/2012 |
