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...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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5792000 | Golf swing analysis method and apparatus Analysis of a golfer's swing is effected by the golfer's swinging a club which has sensors fixed to the club shaft in such manner as to sense torsion of the shaft and flexing of the shaft in a direction corresponding to the direction of the swing pattern ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5782083 | Drive systems A hydrostatic drive comprises a motor and a gerotor pump having its annulus or its rotor axially split into two parts of unequal length, one of the two parts being angularly shiftable relative to the other to enable the drive to be shifted between forward... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5780859 | Electrostatic-magnetic lens arrangement An electrostatic-magnetic lens arrangement is for focusing charged particles as well as a charged particle beam device with such a lens arrangement which has a magnetic lens and an electrostatic lens incorporated into the magnetic lens, the magnetic lens ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5769995 | Device and method for reinforcing a pierced earlobe An adhesive-backed patch of reinforcement material has a central aperture and is applied to the pierced earlobe of a person's ear in position with the aperture aligned with the orifice of the earlobe to support the weight of the pierced earring installed ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5766316 | Electronic device cooling air filter and method thereof A filter support assembly (12) has a base (26) with a mounting surface (28), a rim member (34) with a flat surface (38) and post members (32) connecting the rim member to the base. Apertures (40) and the area surrounding by the rim member (34) provide air... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5755250 | Manifold and valve assembly for a smoke/pollution detection system A manifold valve assembly for use in a smoke/pollution detection system in which gas is drawn from a plurality of zones under surveillance and delivered to a smoke/pollution detector. The assembly has a manifold provided with a plurality of inlet ports co... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754423 | Method and apparatus for preparing a mixture of materials The invention relates to the preparation of a material mixture consisting of a plurality of mineral raw material components which are delivered individually proportioned, are ground and homogenised, wherein samples are periodically analysed and determined... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5749683 | Dry van trailer conversion and material handling method A conventional dry van trailer is modified to include a recessed bulkhead at the back of the trailer having a material inlet that communicates on its exterior side with a flexible fill tube and on its interior side with a rigid distribution conduit. The d... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5743984 | Methods of constructing a portable liquid containment A portable liquid containment has an endless containment wall surrounding a liquid containment area. To form the containment a top layer of elastomeric polymer compound is formed to the shape of the containment wall and containment area and is reinforced ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5727825 | Latch assembly Latch assembly for securing vehicle doors and other closures such as boot lids or tail gates co-acts with a conventional striker releasably retained by a pivoted claw or other catch mechanism to hold the striker in a mouth of the assembly. A displaceable ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5724871 | Stripping tools A wire stripping tool (FIG. 1) has outer jaws 12, 18 which can be closed together by levers 10, 16 acting via a link 24. Inner jaws 34, 36 are so closed to cut the wire sheath, and then actuator 32 is displaced left to right to move the inner cutting jaws... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5722344 | Bird feeder with dry seed storage The bird feeder has an elongated tubs with a removable plug and a screen in the bottom. A bore through the elongated tube receives a first horizontal tube. The tube has a slot that provides communication with the seed storage compartment. End surfaces of ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5722272 | Vehicle door lock actuator A power operable door latch and lock mechanism for a vehicle having a central locking system includes a power actuator assembly including an actuating lever drivingly connected to blocking means of the mechanism, a main drive motor for selective powered m... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5715687 | Double layer cooler A double layer cooler for particulate material has a conveyor to which separate streams of such material are delivered at spaced intervals to form lower and upper layers of material on the conveyor. As the layers move toward the discharge end of the conve... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5713525 | Horizontal comminuting machine particularly for recyclable heavy wood randomly carrying non-shatterable foreign pieces A horizontal comminuting machine for reducing recyclable waste wood and other comminutable material which may have non-reducible foreign objects incorporated with it has a generally horizontal rotary drum mounting a plurality of peripherally spaced commun... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5701842 | Bird feeder A bird feeder comprising a tubular container (109) for the food having a number of access ports (12, 14) so that birds may reach the food for example peanuts or grain, which settles under gravity onto a base (22). In order to make even the last few partic... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5702789 | Set in sheet form as well as apparatus and method for producing such a set The invention relates to a set in sheet form as well as to apparatus and a method for producing such a set, which consists of at least one information carrier in card form with carrier material lying in the same plane, wherein the information carrier and ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701121 | Transducer and interrogator device A transducer and interrogator device is disclosed in which the interrogator provides power and information to the transducer via a magnetic field. The transducer is a passive actuator device that includes an inductive pickup coil that, when subjected to t... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5689999 | Adjustable rotary locking and unlocking apparatus Apparatus for enabling and disabling relative rotary movements between two members rotatable about a common axis comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced locking pins carried by one of the members and a plurality of circumferentially spaced socke... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690388 | Methods of making a furniture product and the product formed thereby A method of making a new furniture product, such as a chair, with front and rear legs supporting a seat frame and a U-shaped back and arm rest frame assembly. The seat frame has an inwardly extending perimetral flange and a vertical flange. The back and a... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690548 | Pelvic girdle splitter tool and method The pelvic bone splitter (10) has a shaft (12) with a slot (18) and a knurled surface (26) on its free end (24). A first end (34) of a blade (14) is pivotally retained in the slot (18) by a pivot pin (16). Cutting edges (40, 42 and 44) on the blade (14) a... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5683004 | Stackable and unstackable support construction A vertically adjustable support has a plurality of vertically stackable and unstackable platforms, adjacent ones of the platform being joined by a coupling each of which extends downwardly from a socket in an upper platform in which the coupling is accomm... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5676072 | Apparatus for automatically planting seedlings taken from a hard seedling tray A field seedling planting machine for transplanting seedlings automatically from a tray in which they have been grown in a plurality of individual cells, and planting such seedlings in a prepared ground planting position in the field, the machine having a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676317 | Method and apparatus for combined grinding of at least two materials of differing grindability The invention relates to a method as well as to apparatus for combined grinding of at least two materials of differing grindability, such as clinker and limestone, wherein the material which is more difficult to grind is pre-crushed to a Blaine fineness o... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5673860 | Method and apparatus for comminuting moist mineral material The invention relates to the comminution of moist mineral material in the comminution zone of a material comminuting machine followed by breaking up of agglomerates which have formed and subsequent wet classification of the broken-up material. A good disa... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5674018 | Weatherproof electronic keypad with replaceable graphics overlay A weatherproof electronic keypad includes a molded plastic housing, a plurality of transducers attached to the inside surface of the front wall of the housing, an electronic circuit mounted within the housing and connected to the transducers, and a graphi... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5667226 | Device for providing a seal between two parts of an installation A sealing device for effecting a seal between two relatively movable members, such device being formed from a single strip of springy metal shaped to form a hollow body from which a pair of parallel mounting legs extend. Between the legs is one part of a ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5665924 | Gas sampling point for smoke/pollution detection system A sampling point (110) for use in a pollution/smoke detection system for fixture to an apertured panel in a building, this system including a plurality of said sampling points (110) for connection to an aspirated gas reticulation system for drawing gas fr... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5655839 | IR temperature sensor An IR temperature sensor comprises a sealed housing containing an inert gas atmosphere and enclosing a detector for conversion of heat radiation into an electrical signal, an optical system which images the heat radiation emanating from an object onto the... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5653027 | Cable stripper A cable stripping tool has a handle and a slidable cable clamp constantly urged by a spring constantly toward a cutter blade on the handle for cutting the sheath of a cable. The tool has a locking device which, when activated, locks the clamp against slid... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5651541 | Magnetic sheet separator construction A magnetic separator for separating magnetically permeable, stacked sheets has permanent magnets mounted on a movable support for movements toward and away from the stack of sheets. The magnets normally occupy a position closely adjacent the stack of shee... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649731 | Workbench on vehicle mounted tracks The workbench is formed by a rigid plate member (90) supported by rollers (58 and 66) and rails (46 and 52) secured to the floor (24) of a cargo compartment. The rollers (58 and 66) have grooves (60 and 68) that receive portions of the rails (46 and 52). ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649818 | Gas oven burner control method and apparatus A method and apparatus for relighting a gas oven following interruption in the operation thereof due to a temporary failure or reduction in the energy level of a source of electric energy comprises instantaneously disconnecting the delivery of pressurized... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5643615 | Apparatus and methods for forming workpieces Die presses containing removable dies and arranged in a row for operating successively on a workpiece which traverses such row utilize movable die carts which not only are capable of substituting one set of dies for the dies in the presses, but which also... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5643661 | Passive fire protection A passive fire protection sheet material is disclosed. The sheet material comprises at least one layer of a rubber compound containing a frit composition which when exposed to heat or flame will char and fuse the ceramic to form a layer within the char to... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5642863 | Method of extracting metals from ore material In this method according to the invention for extracting metals, starting ore material is subjected to material bed comminution and then leached by the addition of leaching fluid. In order to be able to ensure an optimal yield of metals even in the case o... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5641163 | Table soccer playing figure An integrally molded table soccer playing figure has an elongated body with head and foot portions disposed at its opposite ends. A cylindrical passage axially extends laterally through an upper portion of the body and is adapted to coaxially receive a lo... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5640015 | Pyrometer electromagnetic radiation measuring device A pyrometer for measuring the electromagnetic radiation emitted by an object comprises a first detector to which the radiation is delivered through an optical system as well as a second detector to which the radiation emanating from a reference element is... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5638879 | Externally changeable flail apparatus Flail apparatus for debarking/delimbing wood products traveling through a debarking station wherein at least one of the flails comprises an axially extending member having axially rotatable chain supporting elements with an array of flexible flailing chai... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5637538 | Method and apparatus for processing a specimen The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for processing a specimen, particularly an integrated circuit, in which an area of the specimen to be processed is scanned with a corpuscular beam and at least one gas is supplied above the area to be pro... | 06/10/1997 |
