Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348024 | Pull apart fragrance sampler Economical and improved pull apart fragrance sampling device constructed of a film to film laminate. The mechanism for release of fragrance is accomplished by providing a microcapsule layer between a top ply and a bottom ply, which upon drying holds the overlying pl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338228 | Application device for liquid product An application device for a liquid product, contained in a reservoir bottle having a lid for closing the opening of the bottle, through which at least one capillary migration channel for the liquid product passes towards a wetable surface on contact therewith is pro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7074264 | Foaming aqueous composition, use thereof and process for temporary demarcation of regulation distances in sports A foaming composition to temporarily mark and delimit regulation distances on courts and fields of sports that is suitable for use in sport matches and competitions and a process for using it in which it is required to momentarily delimit distances by means of a qui... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6893488 | Fingerprint compound and method A printing compound suitable for recording unique surface characteristics of an object such as a person's finger, palm or foot, tire tread or shoe sole, on a porous medium such as paper, is composed of (1) a composition, e.g., printer's ink, capable of delineating s... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6838492 | Scented paints, paint scenting additive mixtures and processes for producing scented paints Disclosed are paint scenting additive mixtures formulated to be introduced into paint compositions as a stable dispersion therein to produce a scented paint which provides a pleasant and long-lasting fragrance or aroma in an ambient surrounding where the scented pai... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6776829 | Water-based ink composition for writing utensil Provided is a water based ink composition for a writing instrument comprising at least one of nonionic surfactants comprising polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of polyhydric alcohol fatty acid esters, ethylene oxide adducts of higher alcoh... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6706098 | Fragrant ink-jet ink A fragrant ink-jet ink including: a fragrant agent, a surfactant, wherein a boiling point of the surfactant is above 78° C. and a Hydrophilic Lipophilic Balance (HLB) of the surfactant is in a range of about 5 to 16, a colorant, and a solvent. The fragrant agent ca... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6706099 | Fragrant ink with microcapsule compounds to provide fragrance A composition of a fragrant ink, at least comprising a microcapsule compound, a colorant, a media, a dispersing agent, and an emulsifier, and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The microcapsule compound encapsulates a fragrant agent for providing the fragra... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6669740 | Dye preparations comprising azo dyes Dye preparations comprising, based in each case on the weight of the preparation, from 0.1 to 30% by weight of one or more dyes from the class of the mono- or polyazo dyes containing no acidic groups, from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a dispersant based on an ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6656256 | Scented jet ink and printed articles therefrom A scented ink composition suitable for use in ink jet printing which generates aromas during printing and produces scented printed articles such as greeting cards.... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648950 | Electro-thermal odor-releasing inks and methods for releasing odors from the same The present invention is drawn to odor-releasing ink-jet inks and methods for releasing odors from printed images. The ink-jet ink comprises an ink vehicle; an effective amount of an electro-thermal material dispersed within the ink vehicle; and an effect... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6605143 | Water based ink composition for writing instrument A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing an N-acylglutamic acid ester and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained i... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6554890 | Water based ink composition for writing instrument A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphate and salts thereof and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6488750 | Inkless fingerprint compound and method An inkless fingerprint compound includes a solvent, a color former, such as a transistion metal salt, compatible with the solvent and a developer such as hydroxiquinoline and derivatives, the developer capable of reacting with the color former to form a c... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6471759 | Water based ink composition for writing instrument A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing a lecithin derivative and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aq... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6454842 | Scented ink composition and method of preparation A method of preparing a scented ink composition comprising the steps of first preparing a mixture which includes a polymer component consisting of a water soluble polymer selected form the group consisting of acrylic, styrene-maleic anhydride, sulfonated ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6261347 | Scented jet ink and printed articles therefrom A scented ink composition suitable for use in ink jet printing which generates aromas during printing and produces scented printed articles such as greeting cards.... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6180692 | Phase change ink formulation with organoleptic maskant additive Phase change carrier ink compositions made from the combination of at least one urethane resin; at least one urethane/urea resin; at least one mono-amide; and at least one organoleptic maskant constituent are disclosed. The order of addition of the reacta... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6123757 | Fragrant ink for ink-jet printers A fragrant ink is provided. The fragrant ink comprises an alcohol component, an imaging component, a fragrant agent component, and a deionized water component. In certain embodiments, the fragrant ink further comprises an ethanol component. The imaging co... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6042640 | Deodorization of sulfur-containing solvents by oxidation Disclosed is a process which comprises contacting a sulfur-containing solvent with an oxidizing agent, said sulfur-containing solvent containing odor-causing impurities, thereby reducing odor. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a p... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5110584 | Scented nail enamels containing essential oils A liquid fingernail cosmetic composition is provided containing at least one nail enamel film former resin, at least one organic solvent and at least one essential oil or essence component in an amount sufficient, upon activation, to provide an enhanced f... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4940584 | Fragrance enhanced powder sampler and method of making the same A cosmetic sampler has a thin dry layer of discrete fragrance enhanced powder particles removable by light finger pressure as a dry free-flowing powder. The fragrance powder layer is originally applied as a liquid slurry which is dried after application, ... | 07/10/1990 |
