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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047239 | Method and machine for binding elongate objects together Machine for binding elongate objects together by at least one wire, in particular for lashing reinforcing bars, electric cables or the like. The machine includes two claws which can be guided down over the objects to be bound together. Feed rollers are arranged for ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033303 | Wire curl diameter adjusting mechanism for tying machine Two guide pins 11 and 12 formed upright in a guide plate 7 are received in guide pin fitting holes 13 and 14 formed in a guide member 8. Fixed screws 23a and 23b are screw-connected to the guide p... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7950421 | Reinforcement binding machine, reel, and method of detecting rotation of reel A reinforcement binding machine capable of detecting, by the rotation of a reel, that wire on the reel is consumed and the reel, the reinforcement binding machine wherein an interrupter is installed in the cassette case of a binding machine body, a cover is rotatabl... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946314 | Power pliers for twisting wires Power driven pliers are capable of twisting the ends of a plurality of electrical wires together to make an electrical and mechanical connection therebetween. The pliers include first and second jaws and first and second handles. The jaws and handles are pivotally c... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7469724 | Reinforcement binding machine, reel, and method of detecting rotation of reel A reinforcement binding machine capable of detecting, by the rotation of a reel, that wire on the reel is consumed and the reel, the reinforcement binding machine wherein an interrupter is installed in the cassette case of a binding machine body, a cover is rotatabl... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7353846 | Motor-driven reinforcing rod binding machine A cooling fan 17 is arranged on the rear side of a twisting motor 9 of a reinforcing bar binder 1. The cooling fan is located on the axial line of the twisting motor so that cooling air effectively flows along the surface of the twisting motor a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331109 | Electric cutting device An electric cutting device includes a housing, a motor, an activation button, a first assembly, a second assembly, two connecting rods, two connecting rods and a cutting assembly. The activation button may be used to activate the motor. The motor is connected with a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7299829 | Apparatus for automatically binding reinforcing rods An apparatus for automatically binding reinforcing rods including a case having a predetermined shape at which reinforcing rods are forwardly attached, a binding-wire supplying device formed at a rear part of the case, a binding-wire feeding device for advancing the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290570 | Twist attachment device A twist attachment device which is suitable for attaching a segment of fence wire such as a run of barbed wire to a fence post in the construction of wire fences. The device includes a frame within which is rotatably mounted a pair of spaced-apart wire twist gears e... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275567 | Reinforcing bar binding machine A front end of a loop of a wire fed out to a nose (6) by a binding wire feeding mechanism (1) is pinched by a clamp plate (28) of a binding wire clamping apparatus (25) and the wire is pulled back by driving to rotate reversely a feeding ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263918 | Ratchet structure for a wrench A ratchet structure of a wrench includes a handle, a socket, a first detent, a first elastic element, a second detent, a second elastic element, a lid and a knob. The outer periphery of the socket is formed with gear teeth. The socket is accommodated in the handle. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261128 | Wire wrapping hand tool A hand tool capable of wrapping and unwrapping wires on terminals is provided with a an electrically-insulating drive housing or adaptor and coupling which insulate the bit, and sleeve if present, and driver from the housing and the gear train thereby protecting the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255135 | Reinforcing steel bar typing machine A front end of a ball screw shaft driven by a motor is connected with a binding line clamp apparatus (513) including three clamp plates (514, 515, 516). The left and right clamp plates (515, 516) are constituted to be brought into elastic contac... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7204276 | Reinforcement binding machine and reel used for the machine A reinforcement binding machine and a reel used for the machine capable of solving such a problem that wire comes out of the flange of the reel whereby wire feeding is disabled, wherein a recessed part (42A) is steppingly provided at the opening edge part of ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198069 | Device and method for rotary manipulation of a plurality of wires A device and method for rotary manipulation of a plurality of wires for untwisting wires in armor shielded electrical cable installations. The device and method for rotary manipulation of a plurality of wires includes a shank portion, a pair of opposing jaw members,... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150140 | Device for twisting decorative materials A device for twisting decorative material from rolls comprising a shaft having two ends, an attachment means for affixing at least one roll of decorative material provided on one end of said shaft, and a crank provided on the other end of said shaft. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143792 | Reinforcing steel bar tying machine A final gear (23) and a ball screw shaft (24) of a rotation drive system of a binding line twist mechanism are connected by a spline and a shaft portion of a center clamp plate (26) of a binding line clamp apparatus (25) is connected to a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140400 | Reinforcing bar-binding machine A reverse rotational number of a binding wire feed mechanism is set such that a binding wire is completely pulled back regardless of a boldness or flexibility of the binding wire, a diameter of a reinforcing bar or the like. A driven gear 14 having a V groove... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7100481 | Soft-grip wire stripper A wire stripper has a pair of elongated frames pivotably joined together by a pivot pin and defining handles and jaws. The handles are covered by sleeves which include thumb wells which cover the ends of the pivot pin. A mechanical interlock is provided between the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096891 | Apparatus for automatic laying of wire ties The invention concerns an apparatus including a body equipped with means supplying a continuous wire, feeding said wire to a curved slot capable of being closed on itself, a twister driven in rotation during the process and a wire cutting device to form a tie. Said ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7069962 | Wire cutting and twisting tool with spool assembly and manual wire feeding mechanism A wire twisting tool with a spool assembly, locking mechanism, manual wire feeding mechanism, and cutting jaws is claimed. The tool is designed to quickly and efficiently cut wire and twist it, utilizing a series of matching grooves into which are placed two steel b... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051650 | Stranded wire twisting device of reinforcement binding machine A twisting shaft 33 and a remover 34 fitted around the twisting shaft 33 are provided with forks 37, 44 at their respective front portions, and hooks 38 bent from front ends of the forks of the twisting shaft in the forward rotatio... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7012213 | Reel wire type of welding device for spot welding A reel wire type of welding device for spot welding includes a first guiding portion rotatably mounted in a front end of the welding device such that the wire is supported and guided in a working area in which the wire contacts a target object. At least one second g... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6968779 | Apparatus and methods for wire-tying bundles of objects Systems and methods for threading and feeding a length of wire into a wire-tying track, for withdrawing at least some of the wire from the wire-tying track to tension the wire around one or more objects, and for extracting waste wire from the system. The object of t... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962173 | Wire handling tool element and method of use thereof A wire handling tool element includes a cylindrical body having a J-shaped hook on one end and a drill bit-type element on a second end. A wire is pulled out of a jacket containing a plurality of wires by attaching one end of that wire to the cylindrical body and at... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6935438 | Battery operated electrical tool A battery-operated electrical tool (10) is provided with a machine housing (11) that has a longish, substantially rod-shaped housing portion (12) containing an electric drive motor (13) and an end portion (15) on which a terminal c... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6488055 | Pneumatic steel bar binding machine mechanism A pneumatic steel bar binding machine mechanism to bind two or more column-shaped steel bars together, or specifically, a machine to bind the steel frames inside the concrete framework in construction works, characterized in a pneumatic mechanism and a sp... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6401766 | Binding machine for reinforcing bars A binding machine for reinforcing bars comprising a binding machine body, a bending guide arm, a feed adjustment mechanism, and a twisting mechanism. The bending guide arm is arranged at an end of the binding machine body. A binding wire is sent outside r... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6041833 | Wire clamping and twisting device for use with cordless electric screwdriver A wire clamping and twisting device includes a base member with a radial projection,; an inner member rotatably held in the base member and having a hexagonal shaft engageable by a cordless electric screwdriver to rotate the shaft in the base member, an i... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6000443 | Brake mechanism of wire reel for reinforcing bar binding machine A brake mechanism of a wire reel arranged in a reinforcing bar binding machine in which a binding wire 3 is fed from a wire reel 2, wound round reinforcing bars 7, and twisted by a twisting hook 8 so that the reinforcing bars can be bound with the binding... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5983473 | Reinforcing bar binding machine A reinforcing bar binding device of simple structure and light weight capable of preventing exposure of wire from concrete which may cause corrosion of reinforcing bar, by reducing the height of the twisted portion of a wire rope, comprising a main body 1... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5960581 | Twisted fly line leader A fly line leader made from a single length of monofilament line that is folded upon itself to provide at least four strand portions that are twisted together. The leader has a loop at each of opposite ends thereof provided by the single length of monofil... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5947166 | Wire tying tool with drive mechanism A wire tying tool having a set of movable talons for channeling a loop of hard wire around a rebar joint or other object(s) to be tied with a wire knot at high speed; a heavy duty wire drive with a pullback feature to retract the loop under tension to tig... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5944064 | Tying method and tying apparatus for articles An engaging portion in engagement with a tying material and a hook, as a twisting mechanism, are mounted on an oscillating member provided on a spindle, and the continuous linear tying material is fed in a direction crossing a spindle axis into engagement... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5937916 | Machine for joining together elongated objects A machine for tying together elongated objects with the aid of a wire tie, and particularly for tying or lashing reinforcement rods, electric cables, or the like. The machine includes two jaws (7) which are pivotal in relation to one another and which hav... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5927059 | Method and apparatus for creating coiled craft stock An exemplary apparatus is a jig including a chuck having a plurality of radially movable members for controllably gripping a member inserted in an axial bore extending therethrough. The chuck is mounted on a hollow tube whose axis is collinear with the bo... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5913341 | Apparatus and method for tying at least two bars A tie device (1) is provided, for tying objects together, such as reinforcing bars (7, 8) prior to pouring concrete therearound. The tie device (1) comprises a pair of arms (2, 3) in a U- or V-shaped configuration, and has a hook (5, 6) at each end thereo... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5871036 | Twisting and tightening mechanism in reinforcement binding machine In a reinforcement binding machine in which a wire feed device feeds externally therefrom a wire for binding reinforcements and the wire fed out by the wire feed device is bent in a loop shape by a guide part, a twisting-and-tightening mechanism comprises... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870950 | Automatic tie system for baler An automatic tie system for a baler for tying a bale of compressible material comprises a reciprocating ram for pushing the bale along a path. A continuous strand of baling wire extends generally transverse to the path and engages the bale front end and w... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5842506 | Hand tool for forming and applying wire ties A hand tool for forming and installing wire ties to join rebar segments includes an extended barrel portion having a loop-forming yoke projecting distally therefrom. Within the barrel, a motor-driven wire cutting and twisting apparatus is closely proximat... | 12/01/1998 |
