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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 |
| 5651625 | Printer enclosure and controller unit "Smart" enclosure units which not only isolate electronic printers from the surrounding atmosphere but prevent explosion hazardous conditions from arising when retrieving output from the printers are described. The units comprise a first pressurizable cha... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5626126 | Transportable barbeque apparatus The apparatus is multifunctional in that it can be transported, readily and safely, from place to place by means of a vehicle. The transportable barbecue apparatus is detachably attachable to a land vehicle having connection means at the rear thereof, suc... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625975 | Fishing lure interchangeable flexible appendages A combination of a fishing lure, such as a plastic worm, and an interchangeable, flexible appendage is disclosed in which the appendage is made of suitable synthetic resin or other suitable material and into which the lure is inserted whereby the performa... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5623358 | Discriminating infrared signal detector and systems utilizing the same Described is a portable directional receiver. It comprises a non-visual communicator, a self-contained source of electrical energy, a detector for receiving a sensed continuous frequency modulated infrared signal, and electronics converting the sensed sig... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5616901 | Accessible automatic teller machines for sight-impaired persons and print-disabled persons Systems which comprise (a) an automatic teller machine which includes a plurality of customer interfaces such as a bank card reader, a banking record dispenser, a cash dispenser, and a receptacle for receiving bank deposits; (b) infrared remote communicat... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5615893 | Split face mechanical sealing rings and their use Sectioned mechanical sealing rings divided into at least two sealing ring segments aligned by special aligning clips are described. Each ring segment has an arcuate inner wall portion having an arcuate recess therein traversing and extending laterally on ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5582041 | Portable hand-held fleshing tool The tool includes a linear housing, a thin circular fleshing blade with a cutting edge around its perimeter, and a guard member. The housing encompasses an air-driven or electric motor and serves as a handle. A rotary drive shaft projects at an angle from... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5441183 | Vehicular compartmentalizer unit The unit is a free-standing unit that can be easily installed in and easily removed from an automotive utility vehicle. The unit comprises (i) a platform which includes a hinged trap door and (ii) an underlying supportive wall. The unit is configured and ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5417904 | Thermoplastic polymer composites and their manufacture Cohesive composite material is formed by forming a mixture of a melt of thermoplastic polymer and wood having a weight average particle size of about 0.1-0.5 inches in the X-axis, about 0.2-0.8 inches in the Y-axis, and about 0.5-1.5 inches in the Z-axis;... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5403960 | Process for sulfurized olefinic product A process for preparing, in high yield, a sulfurized olefinic product for use in lubricating oil compositions having a chlorine content of less than about 1000 ppm, a sulfur content of from about 40 to about 50 weight percent and a viscosity at 100° C. o... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5389273 | Modified succinimide or succinamide dispersants and their production Preconditioned automatic transmission fluids are made by using a preblend formed by heating an alkenyl succinimide or succinamide dispersant with a phosphorus ester and water to partially hydrolyze the ester and then mixing the preblend and other additive... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5387352 | Phosphorus-containing compositions Novel aromatic polyphosphate ester-acids and amine salts thereof are described. These products are eminently useful as ashless antiwear agents in lubricating oils.... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387266 | Mannich base derivatives, and the production and uses thereof Compounds are described in which a phenolic moiety is linked by a Mannich base linkage to an alkylene-poly(oxyalkylene) moiety, and a polyamine moiety is linked to the alkylene-poly(oxyalkylene) moiety by a urea linkage involving one of the nitrogen atoms... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5372735 | Automatic transmission fluids and additives therefor An effective way is described for overcoming the shudder problem associated with continuous slip torque converter clutches for use in automatic transmissions, especially shudder which occurs with new friction materials before break-in. To do this, an ATF ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5360562 | Ashless or low-ash synthetic base compositions and additives therefor An ashless or low-ash oleaginous liquid composition comprising a major amount of hydrogenated poly--olefin oligomer fluid having a viscosity in the range of about 2 to about 10 cSt at 100° C., and minor amounts of at least the following: A) hydrog... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359731 | Protective garment An outer protective garment resistant to water, snow, mud, etc., is described. It can be quickly and easily put on and taken off. Additionally, the garment can be put on over trousers, coveralls, etc., without removing one's shoes, boots or other footwear... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5358652 | Inhibiting hydrolytic degradation of hydrolyzable oleaginous fluids Hydrolytic degradation of oleaginous fluids susceptible to hydrolytic degradation in the presence of moisture and the development of acidity in adventitious water are inhibited by including in the oleaginous fluids at least one oil-soluble compound contai... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5358650 | Gear oil compositions A "cold-clash" gear problem associated with vehicular manual transmissions exposed to the cold is overcome by use of a special all-synthetic gear oil composition. The composition is composed of base oil and specified additive components. The base oil is a... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5353464 | Toothbrush construction The handle of the toothbrush is in the general form of an animal (e.g., a quadriped) having its body-supported when not in use in a generally horizontal position. The handle is manually encircled and grasped by the hand with the thumb extending under and ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5344951 | Production of alkyl phosphites This invention relates to an improved process for producing diesters of phosphorous acid. The process comprises (a) reacting phosphorous acid with monohydric alcohol in a petroleum distillate solvent while maintaining a reaction mass temperature within th... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344579 | Friction modifier compositions and their use A new friction modifier system is described. It has the capability of establishing and maintaining a substantially constant static breakaway coefficient of friction between a pair of friction surfaces that are periodically frictionally engaged with each o... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344468 | Organic phosphates and their use as wear inhibitors Compositions comprising a hydrocarbonaceous middle distillate fuel and a minor wear-inhibiting amount of a combination of (i) at least one fuel-soluble aryl phosphate of the formula (RO)3 PO wherein each R is, independently, phenyl or an alkyl-subst... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5342531 | Polyalkylene glycol lubricant compositions A lubricant composition comprising a major proportion of polyalkylene glycol of lubricating viscosity and a minor proportion dissolved therein of (a) at least one sulphur-containing antiwear or extreme pressure agent, (b) at least one amine salt of at lea... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5328619 | Oil additive concentrates and lubricants of enhanced performance capabilities Haze formation in additive concentrates containing boron-containing ashless dispersants is inhibited, and improvements in performance capabilities can be realized, by suitably controlling the pH of the concentrate as produced. Not only does such pH contro... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5326485 | Low ash lubricating oil compositions Lubricant and functional fluids, and additive concentrates, are composed of a) at least one overbased zinc dialkyldithiophosphate characterized in that (i) each of the alkyl groups is a primary alkyl group containing from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, (ii) the ov... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5263837 | Personal umbrella support A device is described that is to be worn by the user of an umbrella or parasol. The device supports the umbrella in position over the user so that neither hand is occupied by the umbrella. The device comprises: a) a plate that fits against the user's back... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5256324 | Modified succinimide or succinamide dispersants and their production Preconditioned automatic transmission fluids are made by using a preblend formed by heating an alkenyl succinimide or succinamide dispersant with a phosphorus ester and water to partially hydrolyze the ester and then mixing the preblend and other additive... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5254272 | Lubricant compositions with metal-free antiwear or load-carrying additives and amino succinate esters Lubricant compositions especially useful as hydraulic fluids contain a metal-free anti-wear or load-carrying additive containing sulphur and/or phosphorus and an amino succinate ester as corrosion inhibitor. Such compositions are free from heavy metal and... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5241003 | Ashless dispersants formed from substituted acylating agents and their production and use Succinimides, succinic esters, and succinic ester-amides are formed by (A) reacting (i) at least one substantially aliphatic polymer of at least one lower olefin, and (ii) an acidic reactant or a mixture of two or more acidic reactants represented by the ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5225093 | Gear oil additive compositions and gear oils containing the same Gear oil additive concentrates and lubricant compositions containing a combination of additives which minimize noise and vibration that occasionally develop in limited slip axles. The additive combinations include (i) an oil-soluble succinimide of the for... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5208382 | Reducing copper corrosiveness of organic sulfides The copper corrosiveness of organic sulfides is reduced by treating them with an alkali metal-containing or alkaline earth metal-containing substance capable of dissolving elemental sulfur (e.g., sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide, etc.). The process is con... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5205316 | Air/water volume control system Apparatus is described for controlling the volumes of water and headspace air in a water storage/delivery tank of an individual water well system that includes a pump for maintaining water within the storage/delivery tank and for maintaining the pressure ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5198133 | Modified succinimide or sucinamide dispersants and their production Preconditioned automatic transmission fluids are made by using a preblend formed by heating an alkenyl succinimide or succinamide dispersant with a phosphorus ester and water to partially hydrolyze the ester and then mixing the preblend and other additive... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5190680 | Friction modifier comprising a long chain succinimide derivative and long chain acid amide A friction reducing additive composition comprising a long chain succinimide derivative and a long chain amide has superior friction reducing properties, especially in wet brake systems for tractors and other vehicles.... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5187829 | Toothbrush construction The handle of the toothbrush is in the general form of an animal (e.g., a quadriped) having its body supported when not in use in a generally horizontal position. The handle is manually encircled and grasped by the hand with the thumb extending under and ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5181439 | Communicative tools and fasteners Described is a combination of fasteners and tools which visually communicate their respective sizes to the user so clearly that by merely glancing at these objects a tool matching the fastener or a fastener that matches the tool can readily be selected fo... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5179876 | Device for rotary torque enhancement The device transmits and mechanically amplifies input torque into increased output torque to facilitate such chores as tightening or loosening wheel lug nuts, and cranking a rotary mechanical jack. When used to tighten or loosen a wheel lug nut, the devic... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5176840 | Gear oil additive composition and gear oil containing the same Gear oil additive concentrates and lubricant compositions containing a combination of additives which minimize noise and vibration that occasionally develop in limited slip axles. The additive combinations include (i) an oil-soluble succinimide of the for... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5171466 | Succinimide compositions Oil-soluble dispersants are formed by reacting (i) at least one aliphatic hydrocarbyl substituted succinic acylating agent in which the hydrocarbyl substituent contains an average of at least 40 carbon atoms with (ii) a mixture consisting essentially of h... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5137978 | Substituted acylating agents and their production Polybutenyl substituted succinic acylating agents are formed by reacting (a) an acidic reactant represented by the general formula R--CO--CH.dbd.CH--CO--R' wherein R and R' are independently --OH, --O--lower alkyl, a halogen atom, or taken together are a singl... | 08/11/1992 |
