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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| 20120031307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CEMENT CLINKER UTILIZING WASTE MATERIALS Techniques are generally described for producing cement clinker that includes forming cement clinker in a kiln, heating waste additives, and applying the heated waste additives to the cement clinker in the kiln. Additionally, examples are generally described that includ... | 02/09/2012 |
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| 20070131150 | Apparatus and method of producing carbide The invention relates to a carbonization plant and carbonization process that is able to suppress bridges of carbonized products from being generated in a rotary furnace body while the carbonized product is suppressed from adhering, and by which the carbonized product i... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070051288 | REFUSE DISPOSAL BY ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISINTEGRATION A method and apparatus for burning material having a primary burner in the form of an elongated cylinder, the ends of the cylinder closed with stationary end walls. The cylinder is rotated about its longitudinal axis which is horizontal. A ram material inlet is provided... | 03/08/2007 |
