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...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 |
| 20110259979 | SPLIT FLOW GATE FOR SPREADER A flow gate includes first and second body members, first and second flow control members, and first and second locking mechanisms. The first and second body members operatively attach to and detach from each other. The first and second flow control members adjust betwe... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110042477 | SPREADER MOUNT A spreader assembly used to spread a material held in a hopper onto an associated ground surface may include a spreader mount that: (1) has at least three laterally spaced ground contacting surfaces that support the spreader assembly to a ground surface when the spreade... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110006128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STOPPING A SPREADER The invention is directed at devices and methods for regulating the operation of a spreader assembly's particulate material distribution in response to changing vehicle conditions.... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110000985 | Sprinkler Apparatus A sprinkler apparatus (10) comprises a container (12) for containing a powder to be sprinkled, a stencil (24) disposed at one end of the container (12) and dispensing means for controllably dispensing powder contained in the container (12<... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100072295 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPREADING PARTICULATE MATERIAL A truck mounted particulate material ground spreading apparatus mixes substantially dry particulate material with from 7-20% of water w/w immediately before supplying the wetted particles to a spreader disc to spread the wetted particles onto the ground. The apparatus (... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100025504 | Drum seed spreader The invention comprises a seed spreader having a cylindrical drum mounted upon a pair of wheels for traviling the drum along the wheels for distributing seed along path upon the ground. The drum rotates with the wheels as the wheels rotate along the ground as an operato... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20080078850 | SPREADER DEFLECTION PLATE APPARATUS AND METHOD The present disclosure relates to an improved broadcast deflector plate designed to create a cascade-like deflection of material over a series of angled tabs separated by open intervals where indirect flow is created. A first volume of material falls without deflection ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070194155 | BROADCAST SPREADER WITH RATE CONTROL SYSTEM A rate control system for a material spreader for maintaining a uniform dispersal or spreading of material such as fertilizer or similar material. The rate control system works with a spreader having a moveable control gate positioned at the hopper output orifice. The c... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20060266853 | Hopper spreader/sprayer apparatus A hopper spreader apparatus adapted for mounting to a vehicle, to be towed by a vehicle or to be pushed by hand, includes a sprayer apparatus for spraying liquid material as well as dispensing dry free-flow material. The hopper spreader apparatus includes a variable dis... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060016918 | Particulate material spreader An electrically powered hand-held material spreader for spreading particulate material comprising: a hopper; a dispensing mechanism disposed below the hopper; an aperture disposed at a bottom of the hopper and above the dispensing mechanism; an electric power assembly c... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050258284 | Spreader with two rotatable plates A manually driven spreader for particulate material has two rotatable plates. The dispersed material from the spreader has an even dispense pattern without unwanted skewing found in prior art spreaders. The spreader covers greater area compared with single plate spreade... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050194473 | Broadcast width and location control for a combine spreader A work vehicle having a fluent material spreader comprising two counter-rotating variable speed impellers adapted to receive and broadcast fluent material. A right-side impeller broadcasts out to a right-side material broadcast width, and left-side impeller broadcasts o... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050184174 | Modular spreader system A modular spreader system is provided. The spreader may include a conveyor system defining a frame, a hopper and, a method of attaching the hopper to the frame and for detaching the hopper from the frame. A hydraulic unit may be provided to provide power to the conveyor... | 08/25/2005 |
