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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191814 | Resin film coated heat insulating and sound absorbing material, and method and equipment for manufacturing the material A resin film is provided wherein distortions generated at ear portions of films at shorter sides of a resin film coated heat insulating/sound absorbing material can be eliminated. The front and rear surfaces and both side surfaces in the direction of longer sides of... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178316 | Ultrasonic sealing apparatus An ultrasonic sealing apparatus is provided for transversely ultrasonically sealing a packing material comprised of a laminated body including at least a thermoplastic resin layer having a tubular form and containing a fluid. The apparatus includes a horn having an ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168471 | Method and apparatus for bonding an additional layer of fabric to a label A label-making apparatus includes a mechanism for advancing a ribbon of labels and strip of material and a print head that prints the information on the strip of material at spaced intervals. A mechanism joins the ribbon of labels with the material strip. A cutting ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7003934 | Heat seal device A heat-sealing device moves a tube-shaped packaging material through operation of a seal jaw and counter jaw under the liquid surface of liquid food, and heat-seals a seal zone containing a cutting predetermined zone in the tube transverse direction. The tube-shaped... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6777025 | Tensioning unrolled donor substrate to facilitate transfer of organic material A method for tensioning unrolled donor substrate to facilitate transfer of organic material to form a layer on the unrolled donor substrate, comprising the steps of: delivering of a portion of the unrolled donor substrate from a roll to a frame disposed in an organi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6616781 | Open die system A die system for use in formation of a welded flashing, comprising a body portion comprised of a conducting material, the body portion having a first end and a second end; an indent portion at the first end of said body portion adapted to accept a portion... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6344107 | Automatic deposition machine Improved efficiency of deposition work between a protection trimming and a clip seat of an automobile is provided with an automatic deposition machine having wire heating elements (3a and 3b), a first connection member (1) connected to one end of the wire... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5720842 | Panel construction Panel construction for forming upholstery panels for use in automotive vehicles and the like, where a plastic substrate which has been formed to a desired configuration, is placed over a grounded metal horn, a layer of adhesive fabric is placed over the s... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5714033 | Heat-sealing device for liquid-filled tube A heat-sealing device for liquid-filled tubes has a pair of openable pressing members 23, 24. One of the pressing members, 23, is provided in a pressing face 31 thereof with upper and lower two pressing pads 34, 35 extending in parallel to each other for ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5532786 | Methods for assembling depth image systems An image sheet (12) is coated with a radiation curable adhesive (48) at a coating station and then laminated to a lenticular array sheet (20) at a laminating station (50). A lamination of the image and array sheets is then positioned on an aligning statio... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5336352 | Method for forming a trim cover assembly for automotive seat A device and method for forming a trim cover assembly for an automotive seat, wherein a top cover layer is stretched and pressed on a lower die by plural upper die elements in the outward direction and symmetrically relative to a central line of the lower... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5250140 | Device having raised side edge portions for heat-sealing tubular packaging material A heat sealing device for a tubular packaging material which is made of a heat-sealable paper-base laminate having an aluminum foil layer and which is to be cut transversely thereof into lengths comprises a U-shaped high-frequency coil provided in a press... | 10/05/1993 |
| 4802947 | Apparatus for attaching a catheter to a hub Disclosed is a piece of equipment, a method, and a product resulting from the attachment of a hub and a catheter. The transition between the catheter and hub are a smooth funnel-like flare of the distal end of the small diameter thin wall catheter into th... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4474637 | Labeling machine and label The invention relates to a machine for making labels of textile material sealable by ultrasonic means and having a delivery section that operates in cycles, and a folding and ironing device for gripping, folding, and ironing the labels which are delivered... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4455482 | Heating assembly for heating an area of a thermoplastic pipe Device of thermoplastic material for making a perforation in an underlying element made of a plastics material compatible with the first-mentioned plastics material. It is composed of a plate (1) of relatively slight thickness, in one face (2) of which a ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4443284 | Lead saddle assembly and apparatus for forming A lead saddle assembly is disclosed which includes a plurality of insulated wire leads maintained in a spaced, side-by-side array. The assembly includes a lead saddle comprising first and second tape strips disposed on opposite sides of the array. The tap... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4430142 | Apparatus for attaching a bottom plate made of a plastic material to one end of an open ended, hollow cylinder made of a plastic material A method of securing a bottom plate made of a plastic material to one end of an open-ended, hollow cylinder made of a plastic material to produce a plastic cylindrical container, wherein the bottom plate is held in a horizontal position and the open-ended... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4295908 | Method and apparatus for heat sealing a plurality of sets of continuous plastic strips together by radio frequency energy Radio frequency heat sealing method and apparatus for simultaneously fabricating a plurality of separate items from separate sets of continuous plastic strips or sheets as these sets are indexed in unison past a heat sealing station. The technique utilize... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4101360 | Method and apparatus for folding and fusing the elements of a slide fastener string An apparatus for folding the coupling elements of a slide fastener string includes a pair of electrodes connected to a source of high frequency electromagnetic energy and a series of guide sections. The string is drawn through the guides and the coupling ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4090908 | Apparatus for making water bed mattresses A water bed mattress comprised of upper and lower flexible foldable sheets which are essentially rectangular in shape. The upper sheet is essentially formed by folding up portions of the lower sheet upwardly and inwardly and transversely sealing end margi... | 05/23/1978 |
| 3943024 | Paper welding apparatus for bookbinding machinery This invention bonds the paper pages of books without applying adhesive to the paper. Clamping jaws press the paper sheets of a book together along the edges that are to be bound. The paper is a weldable paper and the sheets bond to one another where they... | 03/09/1976 |
