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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367243 | Traps and vents in flow-through pipet This invention relates generally to a volumetric pipet used to make a volumetric measurement and transfer a measured amount of liquid. More specifically the invention relates to a pipet that fills from the top, works well with automated systems because it does not r... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7213613 | High-flow dual poppet valve having equalized closing forces A dual-poppet valve comprising a valve body having spaced-apart coaxial valve seats and being arranged such that first and second poppets both open into the primary chamber. A first pintle shaft engages the first poppet, and a second pintle shaft engages the second ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7186337 | Quick-change filter and bracket system A bracket system holds one or more filters in quick-attach and quick-release fashion. Bracket modules are combined in modular fashion, with tubing or other conduit between the modules, to create a “bank” of filters easily changed in number, arrangement, and flow... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6966333 | Rainwater collection device A rainwater collection device for collecting rainwater from a gutter for later usage. The rainwater collection device includes a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall has a top edge defining a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6739349 | Bulk milk tank with adjustable ladder A bulk milk tank having a ladder that provides access to a raised platform in a lowered position and moves to a raised position to provide ample operating room around the tank outlet valve. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6727510 | Transportation vessel for radioactive substance and method of loading closed vessel A canister containing spent fuel assemblies is contained in a body of a transportation cask. A top opening of a vessel body of the canister is closed by a lid welded to the vessel body. A ring-shaped elastic tube is provided between the inner surface of the upper en... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6090283 | Filter drain with spring enclosure A fluid filter for liquid media with a removable filter insert and a drain opening having a spring-loaded closure element associated therewith. The closure element is held by the filter insert in a closing position that seals the drain opening, and separa... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6065452 | Fuel feeder for vehicles A vehicular fuel supply apparatus in which a sub-tank 21 that is inserted into and attached to the bottom wall opening 1b of the fuel tank 1 has integrally formed therein by molding a fuel chamber 24, support cavities 7c, 22c, 23c and a fuel flow paths 27... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5809587 | Safety device for a suction outlet A safety device for use in a suction outlet assembly of a swimming pool, whirlpool, spa or the like is disclosed. More particularly, the outlet assembly has an opening therein in communication with a pump adapted to create sufficient suction for causing f... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5782265 | Filtration and transportable container for processing waste into fuel The invention is to a method and apparatus that provide a removable container that functions both as a filtration unit and as a removable and transportable container for transferring fuel from a Filtration Fuel Technology (FFT) process to a fuel receiving... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5538038 | Vacuum relief fitting for sanitary silos The object of the invention is to provide a tubular fitting for connection to an overflow pipe on a sanitary silo in order to introduce sanitary air into any siphonal discharge therefrom and thereby reduce vacuum in the silo to prevent its collapse by imp... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5386845 | Fluid transport apparatus with side recessed fitting well A tube well extends through a fluid containment compartment and is secured at both ends thereof to the compartment shell. Both ends of the well communicate with respective shell openings. Compartment fittings and/or equipment are positioned in the tube an... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5251658 | Fluid apparatus with at least one tube well A tube well extends through a fluid containment compartment and is secured at both ends thereof to the compartment shell. Both ends of the well communicate with respective shell openings. Compartment fittings and/or equipment are positioned in the tube an... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5211202 | Fluid apparatus with pressure-tight recessed well A fluid apparatus including a fluid tank having a shell and defining a fluid containment compartment. A well is recessed into the fluid tank at an opening in the shell. The well has a well wall secured to the shell and a support ring at the shell opening ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5065890 | Comply system A container includes a liner having longitudinal members compressively secured together by a first carrier film, at least one water-impermeable barrier film overlying the liner, a second carrier film overlying the barrier film to form a container; and som... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4393980 | Liquid container arranged to limit undesirable drainage A fuel or other liquid tank for, for example, a motor cycle, comprises a nonreturn vent arranged to vent the tank when the tank is in a generally upright attitude, a filler arranged to admit liquid into the tank below the upper surface thereof, whereby in... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4202370 | Apparatus for use in generating liquid concentration gradients hydrostatically A hydrostatic gradient generator has a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber detachably attached to a base provided with a pressure regulator. The regulator has inlets, one for each chamber and in communication with the lower end thereof with t... | 05/13/1980 |
