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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| 5171127 | Vertical axis sail bladed wind turbine A vertical axis turbine is provided which comprises a plurality of flexible sail blades attached to a vertically extending, rotatable shaft by upper and lower blade attachment devices, and a power absorbing load device coupled to the rotatable shaft. The ... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5128511 | Welding apparatus and transformer therefor A welding apparatus is disclosed to include an electrically insulating casing, first and second welding electrodes, and one or more welding transformer cores having toroidal cores, multi-turn primary windings and a single-turn secondary winding. The cores... | 07/07/1992 |
