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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20090236005 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING WIRE LOOPS FOR A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE An apparatus and method for forming at least one end turn and at least one stator slot segment of a conductor for a stator of a dynamoelectric machine comprising at least two forming die sets. The forming die sets are disposed having a space substantially equal to a wid... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090177268 | RADIOPAQUE SUPER-ELASTIC INTRAVASCULAR STENT The intravascular stent is formed from a composite wire includes an inner core of radiopaque metal, a polymer layer coaxially disposed about the inner core, and an outer metal layer coaxially disposed about the polymer layer. The intermediary polymer layer acts as a bar... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20080289717 | FIXING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, WIRE WINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC EXCITATION COIL A fixing apparatus of the present invention for an electronic induction heating system includes a heat roller and a magnetic excitation coil that generates Joule heat within the heat roller. The fixing apparatus includes a coil positioner that positions the magnetic exc... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20060232070 | Apparatus for producing a stator with grooves to receive a stator winding, such as a stator of a ring generator for a wind power installation An apparatus produces a stator in which grooves are provided at the inner or outer periphery in mutually spaced relationship to receive a stator winding. The stator thus produced may be used in a ring generator for a wind power installation. In order to provide a stator... | 10/19/2006 |
