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 |
| 8185279 | Control system for traction transmission and hydraulic motor used therein A control system (100) for traction transmission has at least two multi capacity motors (M1, M2), which are adapted to rotate a vehicle's wheels (J1, J2) and which multi capacity motor (M1) is arranged to... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167229 | Reeling apparatus for fiber web and method of reeling fiber web The present invention relates to a reeling apparatus (1) for fiber web by which fiber web may be wound to successive reels (4). The reeling apparatus has cutting devices (6) for cutting the web during a reel change, the cutting device being prov... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167117 | Method and apparatus for handling rolls A sorting deck for paper, board, or pulp rolls has a plane (1) for transporting the rolls and controllable stops (2) for holding the rolls in place and releasing them. The stops (2) are positioned to form at least one line (3) in placed c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152966 | Doctor apparatus and a method for a web forming machine for doctoring a moving surface as well as a blade holder A doctor apparatus for a web forming machine for doctoring a moving surface with the doctor apparatus (10) has a blade (16), a blade holder (14) to which the blade (16) is adapted, a frame component (12) to which the blade holder (... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146397 | Support arrangement of roll in fibrous-web machine A support arrangement (10) of a roll of a fibrous-web machine, has a first frame part (12) in which the roll (20) of the fibrous-web machine is supportable from its end when in use and a second frame part (22) in which the first frame par... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8132326 | Method and apparatus for forming a finned heat exchanger tube that includes an internal fin structure that is a spring formed from a spiral wire wound around a mandrel A method and equipment for making a needle-fin tube having needle-like external fin parts, and internal fin structure formed by a spiraled spring wire which expands to clamp again the tube in the needle-fin tubes. The wire used to form the internal fin is wound alon... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126583 | Method for supplying a chemical or chemical compound in a fibrous web machine and an apparatus for implementing the method A chemical or chemical compound (L) is supplied via at least two displacement pumps (1, 4) to a common supply line (11), through which the chemical or chemical compound (L) is supplied to the operating device (12) of a fibrous web machine. Each ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8105677 | Anti-counterfeit hologram A microstructure area (201) providing a first diffractive visual effect is produced on the surface layer (240) of a paper or cardboard substrate (230) of a product (200). In addition, a bulge (206) or a recess (207) having a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100301 | Sandbag filling apparatus A sandbag filling apparatus has an auger within a steel pipe mounted to a wheeled frame for easy positioning. The pipe has a sand receiving end positionable beneath a sand pile, and an elevated end with a sand chute for filling sandbags. The auger flights are substa... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096144 | Supply air terminal unit A supply air terminal unit (10) has a body (11) with side walls, top and bottom walls and an opening cover, which is opened to allow access for service work inside the structure. A wall structure (12) formed by needle-fin tubes (100) is f... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087560 | Accessory attachment system An accessory system has one or more accessory elements which are removably attachable to a waist belt. A loop is fastened to the rear wall of each accessory element to define a passage between the rear wall and the loop which extends generally perpendicularly to the... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083093 | Plastic container with pivoting bottom wall portions A container has a base with a bottom wall rib structure which deforms downwardly when an unresisted load is applied. The rib structure stiffens the base, and also can elevate the food product from liquid within the container. The bottom wall has a central platform w... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070915 | Static dewatering element for a web forming machine and a method for covering a static dewatering element designed for a web forming machine A static dewatering element (10) for a web forming machine has a thermally sprayed coating (26) manufactured of powder particles (34). The powder particles (34) are agglomerates composed of primary particles (36). The average size ... | 12/06/2011 |
| D650141 | Waste collecting container | 12/06/2011 |
| D649729 | Waste collecting container | 11/29/2011 |
| 8056191 | Low-profile adjustable buckle A lightweight, secure, and low profile adjustable locking buckle has a first steel loop which overlies a second steel loop with a rear member spaced from a front member by two side members. The first loop front member has a forward projection which extends frontward... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8048269 | Forming section A forming section has a lower wire loop (11), which constitutes a single-wire section (T) following a breast roll (12). A first dewatering zone (Z1) has at least one stationary, first forming shoe (40) followed by a pulsating strip cover ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8028946 | Refiner A refining surface (2) of a refiner stator (4) for a refiner for defibrating lignocellulose-containing material has a feed edge (17) oriented in the direction of the feed flow of the material to be refined, and a discharge edge (16) orien... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028648 | Rod cradle, instert to be used in a rod cradle, and method for inserting a rod in a rod cradle A rod cradle for a film, coating, or dam rod includes a frame profile (12) equipped with an insert groove (14), an insert (16) fitted into the insert groove, and the insert having a rod groove (18) and a rod (28) therein. The devic... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028468 | Bait station and detachable bait station base A bait station system has a bait station mounted to a base. The bait station has the general shape of a box with a locking hinged lid. The box has side walls with openings so that rodents can enter into the box and gain access to poison bait or a mechanical trap. Th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8011115 | Method and device in a dryer section of a fibre-web machine, such as a paper or board machine A fiber-web machine dryer section has a drying group with single-wire draw so the drying wire (F) presses the web (W) against heated cylinder surfaces with the web (W) at the side of the outside curve of reversing cylinders (11) situated between drying cylind... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7992648 | Light ultra high pressure fire vehicle system A firefighting apparatus on a small all-terrain utility vehicle has a U-shaped water tank closely spaced from the driver's cab. A reel for a high-pressure hose is mounted in the U of the water tank. A high-pressure engine driven pump is connected to the reel and a h... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988825 | Web-forming section and method for manufacturing multi-layer web A web-forming section of a paper or board machine has a first web-forming unit with a first fiber layer (W1) formed on a first wire (10); a second web-forming unit with a second fiber layer (W2) formed on a second wire (30); and a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978007 | Feedback network for cascaded amplifiers The invention relates to a feedback network (60) for cascade amplifiers (200), which comprises an active stage (30) to feed signal back to a first internal node (65) at the output of the first amplifier stage (61) of the cascade. T... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967236 | Arrangement for attenuating vibration of a roll assembly An arrangement of attenuating the vibration in a roll assembly of a fiber web machine, in which assembly the roll (10) being rotatably suspended at its end on bearings in bearing housings (13a, 13b), and the bearing housings being ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7935179 | Method and arrangement for exhausting gas from a coating material A method and apparatus for exhausting gas from a coating material. The coating material is fed in the bottom part area of a drum (3) rotating around an essentially vertical axis inside a vacuum tank (1), whereby the rotating motion of the drum causes t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932922 | Method and arrangement in tail threading of a web forming machine In a web-forming machine, a threading tail is formed from the web. The threading tail is transferred to the production section (10, 12-14) of the web-forming machine including a draw section (21). Monitoring takes place of both the formation of ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931777 | Multi-layer web formation section A multi-layer web formation section has two successive wire units (300, 310) with a common wire (11). A first headbox (100) supplies fiber pulp to the first wire unit (300) forming a first partial web (W1). A second headbox (110... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7914430 | Roll A roll is supported at the middle thereof, for a paper, board or finishing machine is composed of two sections, a so-called inner shell (54′) and an outer shell (52′), supported by one another in the middle area of the roll (50′). The nomi... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913499 | Microgravity condensing heat exchanger A heat exchanger having a plurality of heat exchanging aluminum fins with hydrophilic condensing surfaces which are stacked and clamped between two cold plates. The cold plates are aligned radially along a plane extending through the axis of a cylindrical duct and h... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7900330 | Method and device for changing a fabric in a paper or board machine A device has two units placed one on top of the other, each unit comprising a first side frame (101), a second side frame (102) spaced from the first side frame, and a band (130) running between the side frames (101, 102). Each unit (1... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887872 | Method and apparatus for separating impurities from machine circulation of coating station Method and arrangement for separating impurities from the machine circulation of a processing agent of a processing station used in processing paper or board, in which method the processing agent is led from a reservoir (1) to the processing station (2... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883454 | Inner elongated structure of the roll of a paper/board machine or finishing machine The roll of a paper/board machine or finishing machine has an inner elongated structure (11; 104) which is at least partly comprised of composite material, including reinforcing fibers in matrix material. The structure is preferably comprised of a combination... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7846297 | Method and device in a dryer section of a fibre-web machine, such as a paper or board machine A hood (10) is located above a web forming section (12), a press section (14) and/or a dryer section and includes a ceiling (30), a back side wall, and a front side wall (44), which includes staggered wall segments (42). The... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879140 | Method and apparatus for degassing coating material Coating material is fed into a vacuum container inside which are apparatus for separating gas from the coating material. The degassing apparatus (10) has two separate compartments (11, 12) so that degassing is carried out in two different stages by usi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7861972 | Release mechanism for a forward and aft restrained load in an aircraft An object is deployed from an aircraft using gravity extraction of the object with the aid of a small parachute. The object is restrained in the fore and aft directions on either side of the center of gravity by fore and aft loading chains which hold the object to a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7836964 | All-terrain, drive-by-wire, high-pressure, fire fighting apparatus An all-terrain fire fighting apparatus has a high power-to-weight ratio, a hydraulic skid steer drive system, a drive-by-wire control system, a proportionally joystick controlled nozzle turret, and a 1500 psi foam injecting water supply system which supplies the noz... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836856 | Water heater with condensing flue A water heater has a burner positioned below a vertical centrally located flue with heat exchange capacity enhanced by a multiplicity of rectangular metal fins which are welded on the inside of the vertical central flue. The central flue extends upwardly within a wa... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832677 | Method and an apparatus for controlling a nip profile of a reeling nip A method and an apparatus for controlling the cross-directional nip profile of a reeling nip in a reeler, in which the reeling nip is arranged by means of a reeling core or a growing machine reel and at least one loop of an endless supporting member continuous in th... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824522 | Headbox slice beam removal system and device An apparatus for the repair or maintenance of a papermaking headbox has two devices, one of which is used on the tending side and one of which is used on the drive side of the headbox. Each device has three parts, a lower bracket mounted to the headbox frame, an upp... | 11/02/2010 |
