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 |
| 7066805 | Finger plucker lock A resilient rubber finger and a locking mechanism therefore for use in poultry processing plants for the plucking of feathers off if poultry is provided. The rubber-plucking finger is comprised of an oversized base without an annular recess, and a tapered furrowed s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6925673 | Cleaning element for brooms or brushes A cleaning element (1) for brooms or brushes comprises a board (2) having a surface (3) for supporting a plurality of clusters or bundles (4) of fibres forming a cleaning body (5); each cluster (4) is provided with a related... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6854151 | Brush provided with a replaceable felt unit A brush includes a handgrip defining a retaining recess, a cap disposed frontwardly of the handgrip and defining an insertion recess, and a felt-mounting member extending between the cap and the handgrip, and having a rear end section received in the retaining reces... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6295685 | Internal ferrule for paint brush with bristle clamping panel and removable bristle pack This invention pertains to a novel internal ferrule which is used in a paint brush that has a removable bristle pack and one or more moveable bristle clamping panels which, when in a closed position, grip the bristle pack and prevent paint from migrating ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5819357 | Street sweeper brush assembly Brush bristle assemblies are formed into strips with strips of length of thermoplastic monofilaments which are mutually fused at their bottoms and formed into coupling bars with snaps fastening heads. The bars are slidably coupled to linear or helical cha... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5462798 | Brush for applying a liquid product as a layer on a substrate The invention relates to a monofilament fiber made of plastic containing from 0.2 to 15% by weight of at least one agent improving the slip characteristic of the fiber and reducing its wettability by water and/or by solvents. The invention also relates to... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5454133 | Toothbrush A toothbrush, comprising a handle, having a head portion and a grip portion. The head portion has a plurality of bristle cavities, each for receiving a bristle group. The bristle cavities are connected with passage ways. The bristle groups are mounted in ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5427120 | Modular hair treatment brush having multi-sided rotatable modules A modular brush for applying hair treatment solution in a quasi-random pattern includes a brush body and a plurality of removable rotating bristle modules. The bristle modules have tightly packed bristles that retain different volumes of hair treatment so... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5369834 | Rotary duct cleaning brush device A rotary air-driven brush device for cleaning air ducts comprises a reversible rotary air motor connected to a source of air under pressure and having a threaded output shaft. A brush head includes an inner mounting member secured to the output shaft and ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5359749 | Paint brush with replaceable head A paint brush with replaceable head comprises a handle (1) and a bristle portion (2) detachably secured to the handle by a removable pin (6). The bristle portion consists of bristles (5) fixedly mounted onto the lower end of a retaining member (4) by adhe... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5329661 | Debris/litter collection apparatus having a conveyor which intermeshes with fingers of collector roller An apparatus for collecting litter from the ground includes a frame adapted for movement along the ground, a hopper mounted at one end of the frame; and a collector assembly supported on the frame. The collector assembly includes a pair of rollers having ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5274873 | Angulated bristle toothbrush A toothbrush assembly includes a handle having a toothbrush head mounted at a forward distal end of the handle, with the handle head having a head top surface. Plural rows of bristle columns are mounted fixedly to the handle head's top surface, with the b... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5247717 | Debris/litter collecting apparatus An apparatus for collecting litter from the ground includes a frame adapted for movement along the ground, a hopper mounted at one end of the frame; and a collector assembly supported on the frame. The collector assembly includes a pair of rollers having ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5115534 | Rotary paint removed device The present invention is directed toward a device that is adapted to the working end of a rotating string grass trimming tool. The standard string and spool end effector of the grass trimming tool is removed and the present invention is substituted in its... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5054151 | Leaf sweeper A leaf sweeper having a sweeper portion including engine driven, flexible, rotary tines mounted on an engine support frame pivotally connected about a vertical axis to a wheeled main frame. A steering linkage is connected between the engine support frame ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4856925 | Device for fixing applicator onto coating instrument The present invention offers a device for fixing a writing or coating member in a writing or coating tool for a liquid composition, such as a writing brush, comprising a main body with a hole having an inner diameter smaller than the outer diameter of a p... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4833751 | Fixing member for retaining liquid-application member of liquid applicator such as writing instrument, cosmetic instrument and the like In a liquid applicator provided with a fixing member for retaining a liquid-application member having a fixing flange at its rear end, the liquid-application member and the fixing member are assembled to form an assembly which is mounted inside a front sh... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4751761 | Device for cleaning interdental spaces A dental brush (2) is held exchangeably at one end of a handle (1). The handle end has a bolt thread (3) on which is seated a threaded sleeve (7), along with a passage bore (5) extending transversely through the bolt thread, and longitudinal groove (4). T... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4619217 | Apparatus for cleaning underwater surfaces An apparatus for cleaing underwater surfaces including at least one rotatable brush and pump for producing a stream of water from the front to the rear thereof. The brush and pump are axially reciprocable in a housing. The brush has bundles of bristles, e... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4500939 | Hair brush with a flexible base plate made of a plastic material A hair brush of antistatic plastic material comprises an apertured base plate in the form of a grid having bristles integrally moulded therewith. The base plate is convexly curved in the finished brush with the bristles on the convex side and the grid con... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4494268 | Paint brushes A paint brush comprises a handle (1) and a bristle portion (2) detachably secured to the handle (1). The bristle portion consists of bristles (5) fixedly mounted in a retaining member (4) which is received in a hollow portion (11) of the handle. A pair of... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4471507 | Paint brushes with detachable handles A paint brush is described as having a handle which is composed of two sections which are normally joined together in end-to-end relation, but which can be interchangeably used with a number of differently sized ferrules that contain fibers. The ferrules ... | 09/18/1984 |
