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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 |
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| 20060291956 | Sheet securing scaffold clamp An elongated clamp for securing a flexible fabric like shroud to a scaffold support member including to opposed jaws movable between an open and closed position by a pin and wedge combination. The flexible shroud is held to the support member by the clamp gripping force... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060228175 | System for joining beams with square or rectangular cross-sections The invention constitutes of a system for detachable joining of beams with square and/or rectangular cross-section. The system comprises for respective beams, two or more fixing plates mounted in pairs on opposite sides of the beam and fixed along the beam by a friction... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060165483 | Device for fixing an object on a vertical rod The article (37) is fastened to the rod (1), and the rod is fastened to a support such as a ceiling or a wall, by fastener means each comprising two parts (4, 19) that lock together around the rod. ... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060110217 | Anchorining means for the sheath of a bowden cable An anchoring device (10) for anchoring an elongate member to a fixed member (8), having a slot (20) leading to an edge thereof, the anchoring device comprising a sleeve (7) which is fixable coaxially around said elongate member and which is p... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20050047859 | Grommet-mounting structure and grommet A structure of mounting a grommet, includes a first member, a second member, a link mechanism which connects the first member and the second member so that the first member and the second member are movable toward and away from each other, a grommet which is arranged be... | 03/03/2005 |
