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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 |
| 4668020 | Valve assembly for use in brake pressure control unit The invention overcomes the problem of a cocking valve in a pressure control unit for use in a vehicle braking system. The valve is provided with a body assembly defining an external cylindrical surface slidably engaging the internal surface of a valve ch... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4651681 | Heating system using a liquid heater as the source of heat A heating system of the portable, installed or other type in which the heat source is an apparatus in which a body of liquid is heated by friction produced in the liquid by a rotating body immersed in the liquid and the heated liquid is supplied to a heat... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4640297 | Fluid sampling device A suction generating device comprises a barrel 10 within which may slide a plunger 26. A chamber 30 within the plunger is so sealed at each end that it increases in volume as the plunger is manually displaced inwardly of the barrel. An inlet 16 of the dev... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4630870 | Pressure regulator for hydraulic vehicle braking systems A casing (10) has an inlet (20) and a valve chamber (40) connected to the same as well as an outlet (60). In the valve chamber (40) a valve seat (54) is arranged at the entrance of a passage (52) leading to the outlet (60) and furthermore a valve member (... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4627377 | Davit device A platform for a small boat or the like is pivoted to the free end of a pair of arms which are pivoted at their opposite ends to a larger boat such as a yacht. The arms are controlled by an hydraulic jack and a second hydraulic jack is arranged to drive o... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4620396 | Protective cover of flexible sheet material A cover sheet is provided with pairs of back-to-back Velcro strips, one being of the male variety and the other being of a female variety. The pairs are provided symmetrically about the sheet and extend from positions adjacent the periphery thereof toward... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4615470 | Valve assembly for container of pressurized fluid In a valve assembly for a pressurized fluid dispensing container, such as those commonly known as aerosol cans, the filling with propellant gas at the very high speed and pressure needed to meet current production rates presents problems. The invention in... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4611495 | Ultrasonic testing In the ultrasonic testing of a casting for defects an ultrasonic probe is mounted in a tank of water and scans across a surface of the casting which faces downwards just below the surface of the water. A pantograph linkage interconnects the probe with a p... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4610891 | Process for sugar-coating solid preparation A process for sugar-coating a solid preparation such as tablet, pill, granule or grain with a sugar-coating liquid comprising pullulan and/or a water-soluble derivative thereof dissolved in an aqueous solution of sucrose. The solid preparation sugar-coate... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4607312 | Radio control security system for automobile doors, trunk and hood locks and engine power A radio transmitting and receiving system for operating the doors of an automobile to locked or unlocked condition and unlocking the automobile trunk or hood. The unlocking code may also activate the electric power to the engine starter motor, hood and ma... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605052 | Curing binders for foundry moulds and cores A foundry binder of the water-soluble alkali metal polyacrylate type having additives that include lime is cured by the use of the vapour of a low-boiling point organic ester having not more than three carbon atoms, primarily methyl formate, entrained in ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4603761 | Floating caliper type disc brake A spot type disc brake comprises a floating caliper supported for displacement on a carrier by a pair of guide pins and corresponding guide bores. The caliper straddles a pair of brake pads one of which is adapted to be pressed into contact with a brake d... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4602705 | Flywheel mechanism for anti-skid braking systems The concern is with reducing the deceleration rate of an over-running flywheel following actuation of an associated camming means, by reducing the torque of an axially biassed clutch, to provide a more reliable wheel speed analogue. In one construction th... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4601520 | Pressure regulating valve for an hydraulic vehicle braking system The invention relates to a pressure regulating valve for an hydraulic vehicle braking system, comprising a housing which has a main cylinder connection and an inlet chamber connected therewith, as well as a wheel cylinder connection and an outlet chamber ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4598949 | Seating platform A seating platform e.g. for domestic furniture or motor vehicle seats comprises at least one moulded elastic element mounted on a frame member and covered by a non-stretch sheet which, upon installation, is only lightly tensioned. The elastic element is o... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4593930 | Running gear for a trailer vehicle Running gear comprises a beam having upwardly directed, aligned, first brackets at or towards each end for attachment of the beam transversely to a trailer, aligned second brackets depending from the beam at or towards its ends, at least one third bracket... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4593924 | Headset for bicycles In the headset of a bicycle in which a clamping ring connected to the fork stem is compressed by a locknut into engagement with the handlebar stem, to thereby connect the handlebar stem to the fork stem, means are provided for locking the clamping ring to... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4593910 | Board game A game is played by two teams of two players who are positioned about the four sides of a rotatable playing board. The play area of each player is shielded from the others by four vanes which extend radially at 90° spacings from a shaft mounted on the pl... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4590951 | Breathing apparatus A power assisted respirator comprises a facepiece for covering at least the nose and mouth of the wearer which has an outlet provided with a one-way exhale valve which is openable to permit air to flow out of the facepiece when a predetermined pressure P ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4590275 | Benzoheterazolo[3,2-a]quinolinium salts The preparation of the hitherto unknown benzoheterazolo[3,2-a]quinolinium salts via, the photochemically induced cyclization of 2-chlorostyrylbenzoheterazoles is described. The new products show cytotoxic, antitumor and antiviral activity.... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4589527 | Automatic adjusting device for a brake A strut (40), whose effective length depends on the relative positions of two strut portions (42,44) adjustable with respect to each other is connected in parallel with a brake actuating mechanism (18). One strut portion (44) has at least one part adjusta... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4587748 | Studded footwear An insert for an article of footwear is made as a unitary moulding of a flexible plastics material. It comprises a plurality of internally screw-threaded sockets, for receiving externally screw-threaded spigots on ground-engaging studs, and a support inte... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4583304 | Ballet slipper A ballet slipper has a wedge shaped heel the front end of which is beneath the metatarsal arch and the rear surface of which is just behind the heel bone.... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4582238 | Rivet detaining means for riveting machines A riveting apparatus comprises a portable riveting assembly which may be hand held or mounted on a robot arm. The assembly comprises a C-frame having an anvil mounted on one arm and a hydraulic ram mounted on the other arm. Rivets are supplied to a head a... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4582180 | Hydraulic actuator for a brake The actuator comprises a piston (34) which has a stepped portion (36) formed with an annular groove (38) at its end projecting out of a cylinder (16). An annular protective sheet (50) is slipped on the stepped portion (36) and it comprises at its radially... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4579392 | Load conscious brake pressure control valve A load conscious brake pressure reduction valve is mounted between the suspension arm (1) and the suspension spring (5) of a vehicle. The control piston (8) of the valve is directly loaded with a force equal to the suspension spring load less the force of... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4576261 | Safety parking brake for automatic transmissions Sudden accidental unintended movement of an automatic transmission into reverse with the engine running is prevented by modifying the usual control rod to provide a cam surface so positioned thereon that as the control rod is moved a predetermined distanc... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4572323 | Hearing protectors A hearing protecting device comprises a shell defining a hollow enclosure, which may be provided with sound absorbing material, with an open mouth, which is, in use, placed over the ear. A resiliently deformable seal of sound absorbing material is provide... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571839 | Bore gauges A bore gauge incorporates one or more electromagnetic transducers housed in a shroud which in use is inserted into the bore to be gauged. Each transducer comprises a coil and a core movable within the coil. In one embodiment the coil and the core of a sin... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4566275 | Hydraulic boosters for vehicle braking systems An hydraulic booster has a boost piston which works in a bore and is subjected to boost pressure in a boost chamber to actuate a master cylinder assembly, and a control valve assembly controls pressurization of the boost chamber in response to an input lo... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4565813 | 1,4-Thiazine derivatives Disclosed is a novel 1,4-thiazine derivatives represented by the following general formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein R1, R2 and R3 respectively represent a hydrog... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4560082 | Lid and container having tamperproof means A lid for a pilfer evident container has an inverted U-section rim in which nests an inverted U-section lip of a container, the lid rim having at least one opening in the outer limb, the outer limb of the container lip and lid rim being continuous around ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559780 | Power valve for a vehicle braking system A power valve for a vehicle braking system includes a main pressure chamber (4) defined between the body (1) and spool (2) and connected to the outlet (5), the spool being displaceable under an input effort to close communication between the chamber (4) a... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4557257 | Pneumatic walking brace and operating system An apparatus and operating system to be used by a paraplegic or other crippled person has a patient-supporting walker of stable construction, braces extending entirely along the user's legs, a body-supported pneumatic system for alternately moving the leg... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4557110 | Master cylinder assembly for a vehicle braking system In a master cylinder assembly separate master cylinders are connected by a common transfer passage through which the pressure spaces of the master cylinders in advance of pistons are in communication when the master cylinders are operated simultaneously, ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4549745 | Fifth wheel coupler A fifth wheel coupler having a jaw which is positively driven by a mechanism in response to the movement of a king pin in a coupling direction. The jaw and the mechanism are yieldably connected so as to permit the mechanism to be operated by the oncoming ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4548037 | Hydraulic power boosters for vehicles braking systems In an hydraulic booster a load applied to a master cylinder assembly through the booster is fed back to a pedal-operated input piston through a reducer mechanism. This provides, when a booster chamber for operating a boost piston is pressurized by boost p... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547162 | Spud support for use in water of excessive depth A pair of normal sized anchoring spuds for use in water of moderate depth are mounted for reciprocal movement in a single, reciprocal spud support member which may be lowered into water of abnormal depth, with the spuds cooperating with the support member... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4545594 | Ball race for bicycle headset An improved upper member for the two-part ball race of a bicycle headset is provided which is light in weight and has a ball engaging surface which follows closely the contours of the balls.... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4543976 | Control valves for vehicle hydraulic systems A control valve assembly incorporates a piston and a flow control valve which are both biassed in the same direction against pressure in an hydraulic accumulator by first and second respective springs. Accumulator pressure in a control chamber also acts t... | 10/01/1985 |
