...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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| 7126299 | Enhanced system and method for controlling discharge of electric energy from machines Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method comprising: receiving electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle at a working coil, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electric motor; and via the working coil, transferring the... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7106016 | Inductive heating system and method for controlling discharge of electric energy from machines Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method comprising: receiving electrical energy from a braking system of a vehicle at a working coil, the vehicle comprising a first wheel drive comprising a first electric motor; and via the working coil, transferring the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104874 | Razor sharpening apparatus A sharpening apparatus for razors includes a blade sharpener rotatably supported within a housing and driven by mechanical activation or by a motor. An opening in the housing provides access to the blade sharpener for a blade head of a razor containing one or more b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6827023 | Model train control system A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second client program... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6772698 | Articulated train having a low-floor section The invention is structured such that an additional low-floor Vehicle C (intermediate vehicle) is inserted between a high-floor Vehicle A (leading vehicle) and a Vehicle B (trailing vehicle). Between Vehicle A and Vehicle C and between Vehicle B and Vehicle C, un-mo... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6612245 | Locomotive energy tender An energy tender vehicle for use in connection with a hybrid energy locomotive system having an energy storage and regeneration system. The energy storage and regeneration system captures dynamic braking energy, excess motor energy, and externally supplie... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6539292 | Using location-influenced behavior to control model railroads New methods and techniques are presented for utilizing digital information transmitted by a moving device (such as a model locomotive on a model railroad) to allow the moving device to itself influence the way it is controlled and allowing a moving device... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6524681 | Patterned surface friction materials, clutch plate members and methods of making and using same A friction material for a friction facing member useful for transmitting torque includes a backing having a front surface and a rear surface. A plurality of precisely shaped friction composites defining patterned friction coating are attached to the front... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6460467 | Model train control method A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second cli... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6354448 | Telescopic device at a train system The invention relates to an arrangement for a train system consisting of vehicles capable of connection in a row, which exhibit lifting devices to permit them to be lifted between a lowered position enabling them to be driven under loading cassettes funct... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6267061 | Model train control system A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second cli... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6182577 | Automobile transport unit This invention is a transportation system and method of transport the provides a way for transport of vehicles in which the vehicles are loaded onto self-propelled pallets that are coupled to self-propelled apparatus that is in turn coupled to a fixed and... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6108596 | Process and device for the control and/or regulation of wagon body tilt systems A process and a device for the control and/or regulation of a wagon body tilt system (1) for a railed vehicle, e.g., a train. Limit values with respect to comfort are taken into consideration for this purpose. In an equivalent way, these limit values pres... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6065406 | Model train control system A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second cli... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5794536 | End design for a railway type freight car An improved end design for at least one predetermined end of a preselected railway type freight car which will enable such freight car to negotiate all of the track curvatures encountered in present day track structures while simultaneously enabling a plu... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5584369 | High speed low noise current collecting equipment and method on collecting current A low noise current collector 20 having excellent controllability and response, and a high speed railway train using such current collectors. The current collector 20 includes an aerodynamically shaped current collector head 22, a driving cylinder 32 to m... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5295442 | Multiple track rail system A multiple track rail transportation system provides cars having a greater than standard width to span adjacent parallel tracks, and apparatus providing for such cars to ride on standard wheel trucks on each of the parallel tracks. Laterally spaced apart ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5012748 | Sleighroad A sleighroad is disclosed including a wheelless transportation system with a locomotive including motorized horsehoofing thrusters for propelling a plurality of carriages equipped with ball thrust bearings for running on steel rails instead of using conve... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4351541 | Vehicle towing system A system for towing a plurality of wheeled load-carrying vehicles in a train in which coacting tongue and pin members are provided on the vehicles. Each vehicle has a body having a front end and a back end, a pair of fixed position wheels secured to the u... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4345523 | Railway car stabilizer Stabilizing apparatus for preventing derailment of moving railway cars is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of interconnected elongated members that overlie and are secured to a string of coupled cars. In the preferred embodiment, the elongated... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4086856 | Apparatus employing an intermediate vehicle for operably intercoupling a tractor or the like with railroad cars An intermediate vehicle intercouples a tractor or the like with an ordinary railroad car for shuttling a number of railroad cars along the rails for purposes of loading, switching, and spotting of same. The intermediate vehicle is supported by rail wheels... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4049136 | Prime mover and box car combination for handling cargo A prime mover and box car combination for loading and unloading cargo in which the prime mover and box car are provided with aligned support rails. A cargo handling mechanism is slidably mounted on the support rails for movement between an extended operat... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4002192 | Railway tank car train having a two-way loading and unloading system A railway train made up of individual tank cars for interconnection and fluid communication with associated-like tank cars by flexible connecting conduits, wherein each tank car includes a wheeled chassis structure provided with coupling means for couplin... | 01/11/1977 |