...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4000347 | Process of bonding polysulfide sealant and caulk compositions This invention relates to enhancing the bonding of polysulfide sealants to a variety of inorganic substrates, most particularly, to metal, ceramic, concrete, and glass substrates. The enhanced bonding of the polysulfide sealant is achieved by the use of a... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3972765 | Method of making laminate sheets for printed circuit boards In preparing an epoxy resin laminate sheet by impregnating a nonwoven fabric of glass fiber with an epoxy resin to form a prepreg, laminating a predetermined number of so formed prepregs and pressing, while heating, the laminate, when the nonwoven fabric ... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3972694 | Filter tube A filter tube, which filter tube comprises a mass of interrelated nonwoven glass fibers, the fibers having a diameter of from about 0.001 to about 10 microns, the fibers bonded at the junctions of the fiber crossovers with a hardened silicone resin bondin... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3971883 | Silicone rubber-ethylene vinyl acetate adhesive laminates and preparation thereof Crosslinkable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins are rendered amenable to forming adherent laminates with cross-linkable silicone rubber by dusting the surface of either the resin or rubber, or both, with a bonding agent.... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3971884 | Ethylene-vinyl acetate silicone rubber adherent laminates and method of production Crosslinkable ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins are rendered amenable to forming adherent laminates with crosslinkable silicone rubber by coating the surface of the ethylene-vinyl acetate resin with a solution of a silane or a member of the class of... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3970504 | Ultrasonic coupling method An ultrasonic transducer is adhered to and electrically and ultrasonically coupled with a surface by means of a room temperature vulcanizing material which is stable when subjected to high temperature and radiation levels. The RTV material is formed from ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3966531 | Compositions containing silanes possessing imide groups Compositions are prepared by reacting one mol of a bis-imide of the formula: ##EQU1## with at least one mol of an amino-silane of the formula: ##EQU2## IN WHICH R represents a divalent hydrocarbon radical with 2 to 20 carbon atoms which is ... | 06/29/1976 |