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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056180 | Ground leaf blower with hose attachment A mobile leaf blower includes a main blower assembly driven by an engine or motor. The blower has a deflector box at the blower outlet with deflector plates which enable the air flow to be either directed laterally and forwardly of the blower unit or to a flexible b... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7320342 | Weaving machine for the manufacture of leno cloths A weaving machine for the manufacture of leno cloths includes a leno apparatus with leno elements (5, 5′, 7, 7′, 8, 8′) for the forming of a shed (6) as well as additionally a cleaning apparatus with a plurality of nozzles (10.1, 10.2, 11, 13 | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309366 | Bag cleaning compressed air nozzle A process and apparatus for cleaning filter cake from the interior of a baghouse bag. A nozzle through which compressed gas flows is positioned on the interior of a bag such that gas is directed to, and thereby disrupts, the filter cake. The compressed gas flows in ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7279051 | Method for treating a surface bounding a space within a cargo hold in a floating vessel A method for treating an exposed surface. A treating apparatus is provided having an elongate support and at least one flexible surface contacting element at a distal region of the support. The elongate support is manipulated from a proximal region of the support so... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6922867 | Two position robot design for FOUP purge This invention is an apparatus for purging unwanted gasses from the Front Opening Unified Pod (FOUP). It consists of a purging wand which is inserted into the chamber for an optimal purge. The purging wand moves back and forth along a simple axis activated by a link... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6883527 | Method for robotically cleaning compressor blading of a turbine The compressor cleaning system includes a track mounted about the inlet of the compressor. A circumferential position assembly mounts an insertion drive assembly which is driven about the track into selected circumferential positions. The insertion drive assembly ca... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6789588 | Wood planing machine with a wood shaving collecting mechanism A wood planing machine includes a support carriage movably mounted on a mounting frame for supporting a cutting shaft. A motor housing and a shaving collecting member are mounted on the carriage. The collecting member defines a shaving passageway in the vicinity of ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6629548 | Sawdust collecting device for a wood planing machine A sawdust collecting device includes a flexible sleeve having a tapered top section with an open top end, and a bottom section having an open bottom end. A truncated cone-shaped coil spring is disposed in the tapered top section of the flexible sleeve, an... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6481475 | Wood planing machine with a wood shaving collecting mechanism A wood planing machine includes a support carriage movably mounted on two sides of a mounting frame for supporting a cutting shaft. A motor housing and a shaving collecting member are disposed on the carriage. The collecting member confines a shaving pass... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6293321 | Wood planing machine with a sawdust-collecting mechanism A wood planing machine includes a base, a cutter carriage, a motor housing mounted on the cutter carriage and having a vent port, a motor disposed in the motor housing, a rotary cutter mounted on the cutter carriage, a shaft extending from the rotary cutt... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5383250 | Cleaning apparatus for textile machines A drivable cleaning apparatus for textile machines has air lines that are connected to air hoses. The air hoses are connected to the air lines with swivel joints and are displaceable from a first into a second position by a rotary drive. The rotary drive ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5367738 | Device for cleaning rows of machines A device for cleaning rows of machines, such as textile machines, which can travel along the machines and has a blower guided above the machines, whose pressure side is connected to a distributor station. At least two hoses are attached via connecting pie... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5353467 | Suspended cleaning device for textiles machines A cleaning device for a row of textile machines has a duct extending along the textile machines, with a longitudinal slot which is covered by sealing lips on both sides and in which a boat-shaped nozzle of the cleaning device travelling on rollers engages... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5319917 | Reserve-surface cleaner and vacuum for ring-spinning machine A reserve-surface cleaning apparatus is used in combination with a ring-spinning machine having a longitudinally extending row of spindles each adapted to hold a roving sleeve and each formed below the respective sleeve with a respective reserve winding a... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5195207 | Non-contacting automotive dryer sensor A drying apparatus (10) for a vehicle washing system maintains blower air bags (18) a predetermined distance from the vehicle without contacting same providing forced air against the vehicle. Ultrasonic sensor (66) are provided on front and back sides of ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5177950 | Flexible whirl-cleaning nozzle A pneumatic cleaner for textile machinery adapted to travel along the length of endwise-aligned machines in which yarn spindles have whirl-cleaner blades to strip the turns of yarn from the whirl. The cleaner has exhaust tubes having at least one exhaust ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5098023 | Hand car wash machine An apparatus for assisting in the hand washing of cars. Several tubes semi-surround a vehicle path. Each tube has nozzles directed at the path. Each tube may be supplied with a different washing fluid. The tubes are mounted in a housing. A radio remote co... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5029360 | Cleaning apparatus for machines A cleaning apparatus for textile machines or the like is provided. A track is disposed above different types of machines. Extending to the side of the machines are suction and/or blowing hoses that are movable transverse to the direction of movement of th... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5008972 | Cleaning device for textile machines disposed in a row Cleaning apparatus for textile machines disposed in a row, which cleaning apparatus can be moved back and forth among the textile machines. The cleaning apparatus has blow hoses provided with nozzles to blow off loose fuzz from the textile machines, and a... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4969272 | Drier/stripper for car wash A drier for a car wash comprising overhead air manifolds and fans, a multiplicity of depending sleeves or cloth ducts extending from the manifolds, the cloth ducts being of various lengths to respectively blow and strip water from the hood and roof of the... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4936086 | Apparatus for stripping yarn ends from spindles Apparatus for use with a traveling cleaner for textile machines, particularly ring spinners, operable to strip yarn ends from the whirls of the spindles for the bobbins of the ring spinner apparatus. A whirl cleaner blade is pivoted to the frame of the ri... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4891860 | Device for distributing the air blast in a cleaning device for textile machines A device for distributing air blast in a cleaning device for textile machines. Blow hoses, adapted to the respective type of machine, are used for cleaning spinning and winding machines arranged in a row. An air distributor box having a valve is provided ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4872238 | Vehicle treatment apparatus Vehicle drying apparatus for use in either roll-over, drive-through, or tunnel type car washing installations. The dryer comprises an air plenum tube which extends overhead and transversely of the drying location and has a plurality of air outlet nozzles,... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4869296 | Device for removing waste products from textile machines A device for removing waste products from weaving machines consists essentially of two air-moving parts: a first part 9 which travels along the machine or machines to be cleaned; and a second part 10 which is mounted on the machine or machines concerned, ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4864679 | Apparatus for cleaning a textile machine comprising a plurality of operating positions A textile machine, such as a spinning machine, is suction cleaned from spinning position to spinning position by a movable programmable robot provided with a suction device. This enables individual elements of the spinning machine prone to impurity or con... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4700426 | Nozzle assembly for fluid stripping apparatus A nozzle assembly (26) to be connected to an outlet 24 of a flexible inflatable bag (18, 20) for emitting a stream of air under pressure therethrough to remove fluid from the surface of a vehicle including an elongated body having a first pair of opposite... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4655258 | Cleaning apparatus for textile machine An automatic cleaning apparatus is provided for a plurality of weaving machines. The cleaning apparatus includes a powered vehicle on which robot arms are mounted for programmed movement into various designated areas of a weaving machine. Each arm is prov... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4572745 | Single-air traveling suction blower cleaner with automatic doffing A traveling suction floor cleaner for cleaning textile mills and adapted for periodic removal of textile waste material collected by the cleaner, and comprising a suction blower fan; means for causing said suction blower fan to travel adjacent one or more... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4433450 | Secondary bag adjustment An apparatus 10 for stripping fluid from the surface of a vehicle including a plenum 14 and a flexible inflatable primary bag 20 having a primary bag inlet releasably mounted on the plenum 14 for allowing the flow of air from the plenum 14 to the primary ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4418442 | Fluid stripping apparatus including a strap for interconnecting adjacent airbags An apparatus (10) for stripping fluids from the surface of a vehicle includes an air distributor (28) and inflatable bags (14-26), each of generally rectangular transverse cross section. The bags (14-26) are supported by the air distributor (28) and each ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4409035 | Clamp for varying the hinging action of a fluid stripping bag An adjustable clamp (26) for selectively varying the hinging action of a flexible, inflatable fluid-stripping bag (12) including an elongated bag inlet (14) having a predetermined cross-sectional area and a nozzle (16) at one end thereof and wherein the b... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4342130 | Travelling suction cleaning apparatus An improved cleaning apparatus for textile machines, of the type that includes overhead trackways and cleaner units propelled along the trackways, is provided with an arrangement for automatically removing accumulated lint from the cleaner units while cle... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4258450 | Apparatus for blowing and suctioning fiber fly from textile machines A mobile apparatus for pneumatically blowing and suctioning fiber fly or lint from textile machines by means of blowing and suctioning means respectively connected to a common fan by means of nozzles and suction members which sweep past the textile machin... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4222754 | High efficiency filter for textile waste A contaminated air stream from a textile operation which includes lint, short fibers, dust and other small particles is subjected to a progressive or multi-stage filter system, in which a first stage includes a rotary drum filter covered with a fine mesh ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4198726 | Traveling pneumatic cleaner filter An improvement in a traveling pneumatic cleaner for vacuum collection of fiber waste from a textile mill room in the form of a filter disposed in a receptacle for separating fiber waste from an air current passing through the receptacle. The filter define... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4161801 | Fluid stripping apparatus An apparatus for stripping fluids from the surface of an object including a flexible, inflatable bag of generally rectangular transverse cross section including an inlet for introducing air under pressure into the bag and an elongated opening at one end o... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4121317 | Mobile pneumatic apparatus for sucking and blowing fiber dust from textile machines A mobile pneumatic apparatus for removing lint, dust, dirt and debris from textile machinery and the locus thereof, having a fan which on one side thereof has a pair of suction conduits generally opposed to one another and has on the other side a blower m... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4121318 | Textile machine cleaning system A textile-machine cleaning device, having a cleaning hose and adapted to generally move overhead of a textile machine, is provided with means whereby the hose can be moved automatically from a first position in which it is operative to clean said machine,... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4046593 | Method for collecting spores from a mold A technique and apparatus used therewith for determining the uptake of plutonium and other contaminants by soil microorganisms which, in turn, gives a measure of the plutonium and/or other contaminants available to the biosphere at that particular time. A... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4042998 | Textile cleaning A textile cleaning apparatus comprising a track adapted to extend along a row of textile machines, a carrier movable along the track, and means for driving the carrier along the track. The carrier includes blower means for directing a stream of air outwar... | 08/23/1977 |
