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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386402 | Remotely reconfigurable system for mapping structure subsurface geological anomalies Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving, detecting and transmitting geophysical data from a plurality of electrodes placed in the soil utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable wireless control unit that is located on each electrode. Data from the control unit... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364077 | PDA compatible text scanner An optical text scanning device compatible with a small handheld computer such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). The scanning device allows for a clear view of the text that is scanned simultaneous to the scanning process so that the operator can continuously a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 6483644 | Integral image, method and device A method according to preparing an integral image from an interwoven image is provided. The interwoven image is prepared by interweaving at least two source images which have been divided into cells which themselves have been divided into image elements. ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6432715 | Method for marking items for identification A method for marking or tagging individual microparticles using a near infrared fluorophore for identification is provided. The near infrared fluorophore is included with one or more layers comprising the microparticle. Desirably, the coating layers conta... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6401344 | Head for line trimming apparatus A head for a line trimming apparatus includes a body member and a detachable cover which may include a replaceable insert for connecting the head to a drive shaft of a line trimming apparatus. The body member includes opposed openings and a filament recei... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6295512 | Subsurface mapping apparatus and method A method is provided for detecting and locating anomalies in soil subjacent to an existing structure. Electrodes are placed into the soil both outside the structure and through the structure's foundation. Electrical resistivity data is collected using the... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6283202 | Apparatus for dispensing a chemical additive into a well A chemical additive element or "soap stick" dispensing apparatus, particularly adapted for use in dispensing soap sticks into gas wells, includes an elongated tubular soap stick magazine member and a manual and gravity actuated flapper type check valve op... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6267933 | Methods of preparing and using electrostatically treated fluids The present invention includes an improved electrostatic device for energizing fluids, in particular water based fluids, which will be used to provide a benefit to living organisms, machinery, processes and substances. The improved device of the invention... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6251566 | Cylindrical lenticular image and method A cylindrical lenticular image is made possible by the interlacing of multiple views of an object. The interlaced views are then printed on a substrate and the substrate formed into a cylinder. A lenticular lens is then properly aligned with the substrate... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6244228 | Rotary-to-linear motion converter and use thereof A rotary-to-linear converter for use with a valve actuation device having a linear reciprocating cam shaft having longitudinally extending cam grooves that are engaged by captive cam followers which oscillate up and down in response to sideways reciprocat... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6239831 | Furnace video camera apparatus A high temperature camera apparatus having an elongated steel camera housing tube and an elongated steel camera housing tube and an elongated camera support member, supporting a video camera at the furnace interior end of the camera housing tube. A cerami... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6166763 | Video security system A video security system (10) capable of monitoring and recording fixed and moving targets and recording management information into a video signal such that the text can be removed from the video image produced by the video signal at playback of the recor... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6143093 | Sanitary spilled liquid disposal device A device and method is provided for sanitarily removing a spill from a horizontal surface employing a flexible innertube with radial circumferential holes and covered by an absorbent material with outwardly facing strips for securing the device to the hor... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6120829 | Method of pressing dough portions The invention provides a press for bread products which includes two horizontally opposed, inclined press blocks which contain electromagnets with a trapezoidal pendulum block is pivotally mounted between the press blocks. The pendulum includes two large ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6078665 | Electronic encryption device and method A device and method is provided using a split processor based architecture to provide physical security of information by implementing a required protocol before releasing information. The information is used as a key to a cryptographic algorithm. A chaot... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6069652 | Furnace video camera apparatus A high temperature camera apparatus having an elongated steel camera housing tube and an elongated camera support member, supporting a video camera at the furnace interior end of the camera housing tube. A ceramic heat shield tube telescopically surrounds... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6048265 | Aerosol dispenser for use in vehicles A method for the removal or elimination of unwanted odors in the passenger compartment or air circulation system of an automobile. Which employs an aerosol dispensing unit that releases substantially all of its load of an aerosol composition in a single u... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6029127 | Method and apparatus for compressing audio signals An audio data compression method improves over existing standards because of its encoding strategy for silence. The method analyzes the audio input to an encoder. If the audio is for an analyzed time frame is silence, a single byte output is generated by ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5996476 | Device for pressing, imprinting and cooking flat bread products An imprinting press and cooking apparatus for a dough product includes an imprinting station with respective opposed lower press and upper imprinting plates and rotating plate or endless belt conveyors adjacent the imprinting station for moving the dough ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995140 | System and method for synchronization of multiple video cameras A plurality of video cameras provide video signals to a video switcher of a video controller. The video switcher selects a video signal of one of the video cameras as the output video based upon a camera control code sent to the video switcher by a timing... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5987587 | Single chip multiprocessor with shared execution units The present invention relates to multiprocessors which has several microprocessors on a single chip. Efficiency is improved by stripping certain functions that are used less freely from the microprocessor and sharing these functions between several symmet... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5954825 | Method for isolating faults on a clocked synchronous bus A shift register is used to latch the bus-driver-enable signal for each potential bus driver during each system clock cycle. The shift register clock will freeze upon receipt of a "check stop" signal. Once frozen, the shift register can be scanned for fau... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5937739 | Bidirectional magnetic press The invention provides a press for bread products which includes two horizontally opposed, inclined press blocks which contain electromagnets with a trapezoidal pendulum block is pivotally mounted between the press blocks. The pendulum includes two large ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5924870 | Lenticular image and method The creation of computer generated lenticular images involves the computer manipulation of at least a first and second image. The images can be sequential in time of the same object or sequential in spatial perspective, or completely unrelated. The images... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5915126 | Computer system memory controller and method of burst data ordering translation A computer system including a memory controller programmed with associated burst order translation logic and coupled to one or more microprocessors and including a memory circuit which supports either sequential or interleaved transmission of burst data c... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5857025 | Electronic encryption device and method A device and method is provided using a split processor based architecture to provide physical security of critical information by implementing a required protocol before releasing critical information. The critical information is used as a key to a crypt... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5852449 | Apparatus for and method of displaying running of modeled system designs A graphical, interactive debugger for a computer-based discrete-event simulation model of systems having parallel processes includes a run-time graphic user interface module in which predefined events of the executing simulation model are animated, and a ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5804112 | Method of co-extruding a blown-film textured liner A co-extrusion method for making a blown-film textured liner having a textured surface to provide improved soil gripping properties and smooth untextured edges for improving the integrity of the joint between adjacent liner sheets.... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5799842 | Method and apparatus for fostering a desired appearance in certain women's garments An apparatus for storing a certain garments in a twisted manner when drying or not being worn to produce a desired appearance when worn. The apparatus consists of a helical structural frame having a top and bottom and a longitudinal axis therebetween with... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5788076 | Package wrapper bearing information A package comprising a container having regular information on an outer surface thereof and a wrapper extending at least partially over the container surface and bearing information of which at least some is substantially identical to at least some of the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5779161 | Apparatus for dispensing powdered and granulated materials A simple, inexpensive apparatus for dispensing powdered or granulated material includes a container, a tight-fitting, removable container top, and a conventional blower, such as a leaf blower. The intake of the blower is connected to a container outlet tu... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5768821 | Protected platform for hunters A protected platform isolates its user from crawling insects. The platform has a central tarp area sized to comfortably accommodate the user. Around the periphery of the tarp is a raised boundary. A tape is attached to this boundary so that it presents an... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5763047 | Blown-film textured liner having a smooth welding strip A blown-film textured liner having a textured surface to provide improved soil gripping properties and smooth untextured edges for improving the integrity of the joint between adjacent liner sheets. The textured liner can be used to protect soil from wast... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5747007 | Dustless baby powder A compacted baby powder formulation combines an absorbent with a dry compression agent and a liquid or semi-solid material. The resulting formulation reduces the amount of dispersion of the powdered absorbent. The absorbent can be either an organic or non... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5688349 | Method of manufacturing a medical sheet A cover sheet for medical tables, beds or gurneys comprises a sheet formed from a high tensile strength, plastic with opposed ends of the sheet folded and seamed to provide pockets. The pockets are inverted for assemblage over the ends of the medical tabl... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5551933 | Wrist mobilization treatment device and method An exerciser for treating wrist injuries or conditions including carpal tunnel syndrome is formed by a handle attached to a track of continuous loops. A moveable bead on the track is maneuvered from one end of the track to the other by manipulating the ex... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5483929 | Reciprocating valve actuator device A valve activation device having a linear reciprocating cam shaft having longitudinally extending cam grooves that are engaged by captive cam followers which oscillate up and down in response to sideways reciprocation of the camshaft for activating intake... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5483924 | Device for training a bird in a cage A device that automatically repeats a prerecorded message for training a bird to mimic the message. The device is sized such that it may be attached to a bird cage by adjustable clips. The device electronically records and stores a message spoken by the u... | 01/16/1996 |
