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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181586 | Pontoon rest The instant device is a device that when used in a plurality they will support a dry docked pontoon effectively and efficiently. The device has to be used in combination with at least three others to effectively support a dry docked pontoon. The device is manufactur... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8157499 | Containerized freight system The instant invention is a containerized freight system that is comprised in combination of a specialized container, a lift mechanism and a transportation unit or vehicle mounted lifting and transporting system of individual specialized cargo containers. The system ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146934 | Suspension link A suspension link assembly is provided. The link assembly includes a link member having a head portion and a shank. The head portion has a concave surface. The head portion further includes a convex surface. At least one bushing is provided. The bushing has convex a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146689 | All-terrain vehicle and suspension system therefor An all-terrain vehicle having a unique suspension system for enabling handicapped individuals or invalids to easily access the vehicle and be self-transportable over ground or an ice surface. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136288 | Field conversion decoys A mounting device that is used with floating waterfowl decoys to enable the floating decoys to be converted for use in a dry field. This is accomplished by using a mounting platform that is equipped with flexible attaching means that loop over the extended part of t... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656209 | Ball bat | 03/20/2012 |
| D654348 | Converter plate | 02/21/2012 |
| 8101708 | Solvent resistant polymers What is disclosed relates to polymers that resist dissolution in organic solvents, are vasodilators, and are tunable explosives. These polymers also form solvent resistant coatings and solvent resistant fibers as well as bonding materials. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079843 | Self-stripping forming insert Self-stripping thermoforming insert allows a newly formed article to be removed easily from the forming insert by compressing a region within the insert surface creating a void that allows the newly formed article to separate from the surface of the self-stripping i... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8056496 | Floating deck apparatus for a pontoon boat A floating deck apparatus (20) includes a plank (40), a pair of tracks (54), a ladder (60), and a pair of handles (64). Each track (54) is coupled to the underside of a boat platform. The pair of tracks rollingly supports th... | 11/15/2011 |
| D645382 | Suspension module wheel puller for suspension assemblies | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016699 | Baseball pitch stop with ball return An air driven ball return pitching apparatus that is unique in that the motor, when activated creates a vacuum zone on part of the system and a pressurized zone on the remainder of the system. The motor housing is equipped with a blower that acts upon the system thr... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011108 | Leveling device A novel and useful leveling device and more specifically a leveling device which is primarily constructed for the purpose of constructing walls. The device has three glass level components that provide the user with not only side to side leveling of the wall, but al... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007269 | Rotary forming wheel Rotary forming drums that have a unique vacuum distribution and control system imparting a vacuum to the insert trays in a region or zone of the drum in a controlled manner. The rotary drum also has insert trays that are forced outward by the movement of follower ca... | 08/30/2011 |
| D644062 | Growler collar | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001912 | Pyrolyzing gasification system and method of use Pyrolyzing gasification system and method of use including primary combustion of non-uniform solid fuels such as biomass and solid wastes within a refractory lined gasifier, secondary combustion of primary combustion gas within a staged, cyclonic, refractory lined o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997162 | Handle bar extension The instant invention is a handlebar extension that attaches to the top of a standard motorcycle or comparable vehicle allowing the user to secure the handlebars while positioning the handlebars at an elevated position and moving them forward, away from the rider. T... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992586 | Receptacle for catching and retaining unwanted liquids A receptacle for catching and retaining unwanted liquids dropped by a spigot or nozzle. The receptacle is configured to hang on the spigot of a liquid dispenser such as a coffee urn, a water cooler, and the like. Because of the unique configuration of the opening in... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7976593 | Gasifier and gasifier system for pyrolizing organic materials A gasifier and gasifier system based on the gasifier, which contains as a major component, a novel feed system for feeding organic materials into the burn pile of the gasifier. The gasifier feed system is a horizontal auger driven feed system that feeds directly thr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7958820 | Compactor construction A compactor for compacting and dewatering debris comprises a housing having an inlet for enabling debris to be delivered to forwarding augers which forward the debris to a compaction chamber at the discharge end of the housing. The chamber has an outlet opening of l... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7927035 | Premium performance ball joint and system Ball joints, systems in which they are used, and suspension systems in which the ball joint systems are employed. The ball joints, systems and suspension mechanisms are especially useful for racing vehicles in which premium performance is desired. As an additional f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927017 | Lower a-frame bushing assembly Bearing assembly that is of integral construction or manufacture and is capable of internal lubrication. The all metal construction gives a long lasting, easily installable, easy to lubricate, smooth ride bushing assembly. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7915377 | Solvent resistant polymers What is disclosed relates to polymers that resist dissolution in organic solvents, are vasodilators, and are tunable explosives. These polymers also form solvent resistant coatings and solvent resistant fibers as well as bonding materials. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| D633779 | Support bracket | 03/08/2011 |
| 7886448 | Archery range finders and lenses Archery range finders and lenses for archery range finders, the archery range finders being intended to be mounted on an archery bow. The archery range finders allow for the archer to place the lens on the target and obtain an immediate reading of the distance that ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7845741 | Traction stud mount and method of manufacture A stud mount for detachably mounting a traction stud to a snowmobile track assembly including an endless drive belt having at least one laterally extending reinforcing rod embedded in the drive belt. At least one stud mount is secured about the reinforcing rod by wa... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7857326 | Stamped dual snowmobile runner and method of manufacture A runner and method of making a runner for mounting on a snow ski including a runner body fabricated of one piece of stamped metal which includes a central base portion and a pair of longitudinally extending runner portions which are bent downwardly from the base po... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854711 | Arm sling and method of making An arm sling and method of making an arm sling including an open ended arm receiving tube supported on a patient's neck via a neck strap. The tube includes a forward end portion with an open front end of predetermined size and a rear end portion having an elbow rece... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854641 | Hand held reversible air game callers Wild game calls comprising combinations of main housings, mouthpieces, lids, bellows, pitch adjusters, air chambers, adjustable seals, and air-activated sound-producing members, used for attracting wild game. ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7824523 | Catalytically activated vacuum distillation system A catalytically activated vacuum distillation system, several novel component parts of said system, a process for producing carbon based products and novel carbon black that is produced from such a system and process. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7776997 | Solvent resistant polymers What is disclosed relates to polymers that resist dissolution in organic solvents, are vasodilators, and are tunable explosives. These polymers also form solvent resistant coatings and solvent resistant fibers as well as bonding materials. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7762317 | Heat exchangers with novel ball joints and assemblies and processes using such heat exchangers What is disclosed herein deals with low to medium pressure, high temperature, all ceramic, air-to-air, indirect heat exchangers, novel ball joints, high load-bearing ceramic tube sheets, and tube seal extenders for ceramic tubes that are useful in such heat exchange... | 07/27/2010 |
| D617152 | Outdoor multiple bottle and can holder | 06/08/2010 |
| D616537 | Drying apparatus for mounting on a heat vent | 05/25/2010 |
| 7690606 | Universal work stand The universal work stand is a device that is useful for holding a pistol or other small items to assist the user in cleaning, assembly and repair. The device is mounted to any relatively flat surface. Once the device is secure to that surface the pivoting ball can a... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7645916 | Elastically deformable fabric with gel coated surface An appliqué for the skin for the management of scars that includes an elastically deformable woven fabric having an imperforate, tacky gel coating on one side thereof. The fabric is preferably woven from a thread comprising an elastic polyester or polyether fiber s... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7641103 | Wall mounted log chute A wall mounted log chute for holding and transferring fire wood through a wall of a dwelling is disclosed. The chute is mounted within the confines of the wall of a dwelling and having an outside and an inside position. In the outside position the chute is capable o... | 01/05/2010 |
| D604377 | Dual blade ski runner | 11/17/2009 |
| 7614627 | Snowmobile ski and method A runner for a snowmobile ski is fabricated from flat metal plate stock and incorporates mounting features for securing the runner to the ski and a wear strip of a relatively harder material provided on and projecting from a lower surface of the runner body. A quick... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7601677 | Triglyceride based lubricant A method for lubrication by supplying a liquid lubricant to moving metal parts, more than fifty percent by weight of the liquid lubricant being a triglyceride vegetable oil having a saturated fatty acid content of less than nine percent by weight of the triglyceride... | 10/13/2009 |
