Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5176436 | Strap type drawer interlock structure A drawer interlock structure having a channel-like plural station frame supporting at each station a cam on one side of the frame and an operably connected slider movable by the cam on the other side of the frame. A trip pin is attached to each drawer and... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5004473 | Simulated nipple for infants A simulated nipple which is integrally formed and having a special precision configuration in a hollowed manner forming a central cavity with a selectively positioned and configured throat portion in medical grade silicon rubber and including the manner o... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4995582 | Anti-skid reinforcing plate A starting and reinforcing tab or plate for fasteners, especially suitable in reference to automobile bodies and trim, comprising a thin walled support plate having a plurality of upper surface upsets or indentations and an adhesive lower surface with a r... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4995768 | Rapid change drill holder assembly A rapid change drill holder assembly consisting of a chuck-engaging adaptor holder for selective fixed engagement with a power tool chuck and a tool holder adaptor for selective operative engagement with the chuck-engaging adaptor holder so as to permit s... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4953743 | Splash proof raised vent lid A lid for use on a drinking cup is provided having a central horizontal cover portion which has a vent means provided therein. The vent means comprise a circular, horizontal top portion having a vent opening therethrough. The top portion has a downwardly ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4907347 | Swivel head counter A swivel head counter for accurately measuring line in tension, such as a downrigger line passing over a pulley and the pulley driving a compact gear train. The gear train drives a counter wheel or knob so that actual depth or extension of downrigger line... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4881581 | Vehicle automatic fueling assembly A vehicle automatic fueling assembly having an automatic teller-type control command center which is energized by insertion of money or credit card by the vehicle driver from within the vehicle to select and pay for the amount of fuel desired. A computer ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4862619 | Magazine adapter A magazine adapter comprising a one piece cast or molded magazine encircling element for use with extended magazines for firearms and including lock means to secure the magazine adapter to the magazine by utilization of the existing floor plate of the sli... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4852292 | Cable terminal A cable terminal formed in one piece in resin or plastic material providing a clam shell structure with integral hinge and which closes on a tortuously provided cable in and passages through the structure whereupon closure locks or latches the clam shell ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4843727 | Contour and outline transducer gage assembly A contour and outline transducer gage assembly for selectively making outline (gap) and contour checks of parts positioned proximate thereto is provided with a slidably movable carrier arm within the gage housing in selective spring biased operative engag... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4831742 | Contour and outline transducer gage assembly A contour and outline transducer gage assembly for selectively making outline (gap) and contour checks of parts positioned proximate thereto is provided with a slidably movable carrier arm within the gage housing in selective spring biased operative engag... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4831743 | Fixture rail snap-mountable transducer gage assembly for selectively making outline (gap) and contour checks A contour and outline transducer gage assembly for selectively making outline (gap) and contour checks of parts positioned proximate thereto is provided with a slidably movable carrier arm within the gage housing in selective spring biased operative engag... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4810548 | Sandwich seal fixture A sandwich-like fixture of expandable foam material as a core between two registering flanking plates of relatively rigid material and means through the plates securing the expandable material and plates in assembled contact relation. One or more of the p... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4798233 | Portable compressed air delivery unit for tires with built-in antifreeze capability A portable compressed air delivery unit for tires with a built-in antifreeze capability so as to prevent freezing of compressed air condensate in the tire air delivery tube and the tire-engaging compressed air valve assembly. The portable compressed air d... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4787151 | Contour and outline transducer gage assembly A contour and outline transducer gage assembly for selectively making outline (gap) and contour checks of parts positioned proximate thereto is provided with a slidably movable carrier arm within the gage housing in selective spring biased operative engag... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4779559 | Apparatus for high pressure impact coating A process and apparatus for high pressure impact coating of portions of workpieces such as the threaded openings in fasteners in avoidance of contaminating undesired portions of the workpieces with the coating material. A metered quantity of coating mater... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4770318 | Interlocking lid and associated container An interlocking lid is provided which is adapted for interlocking engagement with an associated container having an upper peripheral rim edge portion defining an opening therein. The circular interlocking lid is provided with annular lid interlock means a... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4763595 | Line fastening unit A line securing or fastening device having a base, a neck tapering upwardly from the base and a generally arcuate knob portion on top of the neck and two transverse wedge-shaped channel openings through the principal axis passing through the device and th... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4759496 | Mailbox signal A mailbox signal having two adhesively mounted brackets, one a ferrule support lineally and rotationally journalling a flag on a flag supporting element, and the other bracket providing a door mounted rest releasing the flag on the flange supporting eleme... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4731935 | Contour and outline transducer gage assembly A contour and outline transducer gage assembly for selectively making outline (gap) and contour checks of parts positioned proximate thereto is provided with a slidably movable carrier arm within the gage housing in selective spring biased operative engag... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4617849 | Washer cutting procedure A process for cutting washers, gaskets, seals and the like from elongate stock having elastomeric properties in which the stock is stretched longitudinally and cut transversely while stretched to form an end product with precision parallelity as between t... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4369916 | Energy saving override blower control for forced air systems A blower override system and control for forced air systems such as heating or cooling systems in which an override relay starts the blower to circulate the warmed or cooled air when the heating or cooling element turned on. When the heating or cooling is... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4369972 | Card dealer wheel assembly with adjustable arm A card dealer wheel assembly having a rotatable adjustable extension arm is provided which is selectively adapted for use on various sizes of card tables so as to selectively deliver cards proximate to card players positioned around the perimeter of a car... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4363366 | Screened hollow stem auger for use in well drilling and testing process A vertically oriented screened hollow stem auger element for use in the simultaneous drilling and testing of wells so as to detect and monitor the existence of hazardous and toxic waste at subsurface levels. The screened hollow stem auger comprises an elo... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4361923 | Lint remover A lint remover assembly consisting of an elongate handle support member having an adhesive tape roll sleeve-engaging roller cylinder in rotatable snap-lock engagement therewith so that the roller cylinder is fixed against axial displacement with respect t... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4356357 | Selector and directional actuator for electrical remote control rearview mirrors A combination selector and directional switch for electrically operated remote control rearview mirrors in which a single control fixture allows the operator to select a right or left hand mirror and then by manipulation of a pendant, movable in two plane... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4353759 | Process and apparatus for matching indicia panels and the like An apparatus comprising a sized and score marked laminar templet, the templet having an outer or upper layer of score marked and sized release paper over a contact adhesive layer and including a lower, lighter weight release paper forming the lower layer ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4349216 | Floating lock mount for a seat belt retractor A floating lock mount for a seat belt retractor is provided for application in situations where the seat or seats served by the retractor is shifted forwardly or rearwardly by the user so as to accommodate the positioning of legs and other physiognomy and... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4344589 | Tandem dual spool retractor structure A tandem dual spool retractor structure having a common frame and non-aligned separate spools with a common sensor acting on non-aligned pawls and where the pivotal actuator is free to rise in slots so as to prevent either spool from blocking the locking ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4322096 | Passive restraint system A passive restraint harness system is provided for deployment of a safety belt. The safety belt is a piece of webbing forming a lap belt portion and a cross chest portion. An upper anchor connects one end of the webbing to the upper rear edge of a vehicle... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4315113 | Actuator switch for remote control rearview mirrors A shortened control switch structure useful in electrical remote control rearview mirrors and serving a pair of remotely located reversible motors and selectively permitting either of the motors to be operated in the forward or reverse direction by moveme... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4259028 | Water and debris impermeable trench box panel A trench box panel with an especially lightweight foamed filler located between the inner and outer panel surfaces in a trench box panel and between structural, vertical and horizontal elements in prevention of the intrusion of water, mud and grime. The i... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4212372 | Lubrication process and apparatus An apparatus and system or process for lubrication of conveyor trolleys and similar moving bearing points as found in conveyor chain and associated conveyor equipment. The apparatus includes a wheel positioning locator in the form of a trolley track secti... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4210244 | Carrier and handle therefor A carrier as for tools, luggage and the like in which the carrier base is flexible fabric arranged for rolling or folding and in which a tab extending from the outer surface of the carrier base and substantially midway of its ends forms a handle when exte... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4210062 | Air conversion for internal combustion engines A valved conversion element for connection to a source of compressed fluid such as air or vapor and to a cylinder in an internal combustion engine. A sensor is provided which communicates with the pressure conditions in the cylinder served so that repetit... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4210194 | Automatic method for producing molds using chemically bonded sands An automatic method for producing molds using chemically bonded sands which consists of a molding machine adapted to produce either honeycomb (horizontally parted) or controlled contour (vertically parted) mold elements. The molding machine is provided wi... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4202649 | Front plate for trench boxes A front plate for trench boxes located at one end of a rectangular trench box and attached between a pair of spaced apart adjacent trench box walls. The front plate has a chisel edge smooth skin bottom with means to achieve attachment of the front plate t... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4191239 | Blow plate structure and mold formed thereby A mold apparatus and method for minimizing the amount of chemically bonded molding sand needed to form a block mold which consists of a flask mounted upon a pattern plate and a sand minimizer blow plate which is selectively movable into engagement with th... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4190193 | Self-contained clamp-mounted pivotal arm mailbox signal device assembly A self-contained mailbox signal device assembly is provided which is selectively clamp-mountable against the exterior surface of a mailbox and which is provided with a gravity actuated pivotal signal arm. The pivotal signal arm is weighted at one end and ... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4171782 | Apparatus and process for dead zone control in safety belt retractors A retractor and method for preventing premature movement of a lock pawl or bar toward locking engagement with a ratchet driven by the drum of the retractor structure and achieved by a torsion spring connected to and driven by the drum. The drum movement i... | 10/23/1979 |
