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 |
| 8147985 | Diamond coating by living polymerization A method for coating a diamond where an initiation site is provided on the diamond surface or initiation of a living polymerization on the site and the initiation site is reacted with a monomer having a site the reacts with and bonds to the initiation site to form a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8101037 | Phase-changing sacrificial materials for manufacture of high-performance polymeric capillary microchips A microchip with capillaries and method for making same is described. A sacrificial material fills microchannels formed in a polymeric substrate, the filled microchannels are covered by a top cover to form filed capillaries, and the sacrificial material is removed t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096429 | Comestible fluid rack with conduit routing system A rack for comestible fluids with conduit portals in front and rear rails for passage and support of the conduits passing from the fluid container to the pump. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7986996 | Passive monitoring of bioelectical signals and active electrical anesthesia stimulation Passive monitoring of bioelectric signals is made in the presence of active electrical anesthesia stimulation signal such that the bio-electric signals have interference artifacts from the active signal. The interference artifacts are determined and suppressed to pr... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7985171 | Continuous loading and unloading centrifuge A system for treating tar sand involving a centrifuge where under centrifugal force solvent treated tar sand and water form a three layer system of wet sand, water, and petroleum, where solvent solubilized hydrocarbons are stripped from the wet sand layer, passed th... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7908684 | Spas and bathing systems with upgradeable and interchangeable jet stations A bathing system with a molded shell has hollows in the shell. A canister installed in each hollow with jets mounted upon the front jet plate of the canister. The canister is of simple construction that is mounted in a hollow and is removable and interchangeable for... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7691263 | Monolithic column technology for liquid chromatography A monolith for liquid chromatography is disclosed that involves a reaction product of; a (1) crosslinker having at least three adjacent groups, selected from ethylene oxide, polyethylene oxide, and mixtures thereof, and two or more pendent vinyl groups, and (2) mono... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686907 | Phase-changing sacrificial materials for manufacture of high-performance polymeric capillary microchips A microchip with capillaries and method for making same is described. A sacrificial material fills microchannels formed in a polymeric substrate, the filled microchannels are covered by a top cover to form filed capillaries, and the sacrificial material is removed t... | 03/30/2010 |
| 6824636 | Method of manufacturing a composite golf club head A method for manufacture of a hollow complex three-dimensional fiber golf club head having at least one hole. A fluid-removable core is shaped in the general form of the golf club head, placed in a flexible pressurizable bladder around the core, at least one ply of ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6087452 | Metal-chelating surfacant A modified surfactant of the PLURONIC™-type compound and method for manufacture is disclosed. The surfactant compound has at least one PEO block attached at a first end to at least one PPO block, with at least one of the PEO block having an organic meta... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6000073 | Jet zone distribution system for spas A system for distributing water flow between jet stations in a bathing system, such as a spa, is disclosed. The outlets of two pumps are connected together by a water supply line looped around the water containment. Jet stations are disposed along the sup... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5985197 | Method of manufacturing a composite golf club head A process for manufacturing a golf-club head is disclosed comprising; shaping a fluid-removable core in the general form of the club head, placing a flexible inflatable bladder around the core, wrapping over the assembly of core and bladder at least one p... | 11/16/1999 |
