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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110115172 | HIGH PRECISION CHUCK WITH CENTERING FUNCTION A chuck including: (a) a main body; (b) three slot-defining members each constituted by a member independent of the main body and defining therein a guide slot, and detachably attached to the main body; (c) three jaws each including (c-1) a fitted portion slidably fitte... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115171 | System as well as a Machining Device, a Chuck, a Jaw Connecting Element, a Jaw Exchanging Device and a Method A system comprises a machining device which comprises at least one chuck and at least one jaw detachably connected to said chuck, as well as a jaw exchanging device cooperating with said machining device. The chuck is provided with at least one locking element which can... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20100176562 | Mechanical Coupling Devices It is already common in many devices like spanners or pipe wrenches for the pressure between the gripping faces and gripped faces to be related to the torsional load that is applied to turn the gripped object. In these apparatus the grip can be made to relax automatical... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100156053 | ADJUSTABLE CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR A WORKPIECE-HOLDING MASTER JAW DEVICE An adjustable workpiece-holding chuck including a chuck body with at least one jaw recess formed therein, which receive an operating jaw. A master jaw may be connected to the operating jaw via an adjustable cartridge assembly that includes a cartridge insert mounted to ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20080309029 | Chuck jaw face profile A chuck is described. The chuck may include: a plurality of chuck jaws. Each chuck jaw is radially movable toward and way from a chuck axis, and each chuck jaw including: two substantially coplanar surfaces perpendicular to a chuck jaw axis and substantially parallel to... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080217871 | Implement Clamping System, a Base Jaw and Top Jaw for It A base jaw and a top jaw of an implement clamping system, which can be plugged into each other and which comprise engaging surfaces configured together into cuneal manner and limiting the depth of penetration between the two jaws. The wedge angle is at least 85° or mor... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080203683 | DEEP THROAT CHUCK JAW SYSTEM A deep throat chuck jaw system adapted to be used with a lathe with or without a headstock hole is provided. The system includes a set of jaw extension members having an inboard end supported from a face of a master chuck jaw coupled to a lathe chuck. The jaw extension ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080197584 | Clamping Device for a Tool or a Workpiece A clamping device for a tool or a workpiece, comprising at least one chuck and at least one holder for the workpiece or the tool. The holder is provided with a tubular extension.... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080061520 | Chuck for Flexible Manufacturing The invention relates to a chuck for flexible manufacturing, said chuck comprising a chuck body (1), a central drawhead (5) guided axially in a central hole of the chuck body (1) and connected to inner jaws (4) radially guided in the chuck bo... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080018062 | Chuck jaw with adjustable tooth A jaw for the chuck of a turning device such as a lathe generally comprises a base, a tooth adjustable relative to the base in the radial direction and a cam for adjusting the tooth position. The base may be held on the chuck and driven in a conventional manner. The too... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070235953 | Workpiece gripping apparatus A workpiece gripping apparatus comprising a base, two centering jaws displaceably guided on the base so as to be movable toward and away from one another, and an actuator jaw displaceably guided on both of the centering jaws. The actuator jaw is movable toward and away ... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20060175771 | Clamping insert for clamping jaws In a clamping insert (11) for clamping jaws (4) comprising a base element (12) that can be inserted in a recess (6) worked into the clamping jaw (4) and that can be connected with a releasable connection, with clamping teeth (14... | 08/10/2006 |
