...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110011779 | SCOOP DEVICE FOR SEPARATING MANURE FROM BEDDING The present invention is directed to a device useful for separating manure from bedding material when mucking an animal's stall. The device has a handle and a scoop. The scoop has a blade and multiple holes which allow bedding material, such as wood chips, to fall throu... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20060124514 | Progressive modularity assortment system with high and low capacity bins A modular bin or pocket has an integrated transport assembly and mail piece diverter assembly and is usable in a bin stacker section in mail handling and sorting systems. The modular bin is individually removable, interchangeable and replaceable from the bin stacker sec... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060113362 | Storage bin for letters and flat pieces of mail A storage bin for mail items comprises a plurality of side walls and a bottom. The bottom comprises two walls that are inclined one relative to the other, one of the two walls constituting a jogging wall for jogging the mail items into alignment in the bottom of the sto... | 06/01/2006 |