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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 |
| 4483246 | Apparatus for crushing metal containers and associated method Apparatus for crushing a plurality of metal containers into a unitary compacted unit and the method associated therewith. A first power operated ram which reciprocates within a compaction chamber. A supply of cans is introduced into the compaction chamber... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483438 | Film strap weld A joint is provided in first and second overlapping portions of a loop of thermoplastic thin film wide strap tensioned about an article. The joint comprises a plurality of fused regions at the interface of the overlapping portions. The fused regions are s... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4466535 | Slip seal joint for strap A strap seal joint and method for applying a seal to the overlapping ends of a strap about a bale of resilient material are disclosed. The bale is preferably initially restrained against expansion in a press. The strap is provided with two oppositely faci... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4450764 | Hide press and method for shipping hides A frame forms a container having four vertical sides and a flat bottom plate. A hydraulically raised and lowered gate forms one of the sides. Wet hides are stacked on a pallet commonly used with a forklift. The gate is raised, and the loaded pallet placed... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4414788 | Method and means for packaging expansible products Method and means are provided for applying a compressing force to normally expanded products to compact the same and while the products are compressed they are held in this condition by retaining means that permit the compressing force to be removed and a... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4378067 | Packaged reclaim rubber and compounded rubber prepared therefrom A package comprised of (A) reclaim rubber packaged in (B) a protective film of thermoplastic ethylene/acetate copolymer, the use of such a package for the purpose of compounding additional rubber and such compounded rubber. A method is also provided for c... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4320701 | Composite bale tie method A two piece bale tie is provided to enable the tie, when the pieces are connected together, to be used on a large bale and to enable one of the pieces to be used as a tie on a smaller bale when the pieces have been disconnected.... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4257200 | Cotton module tarpaulin pin A cotton module is covered with a tarpaulin for protection from the elements. The tarpaulin has a plurality of grommets spaced along the peripheral edge thereof. A separate pin is inserted through each of the grommets and held in place by pressure from th... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4248343 | Device and method for protecting baled hay from moisture A device for protecting baled hay from moisture damage includes a cover that fits over the hay bale and fasteners that project into the bale and connect with the cover so as to secure the cover in place. Each fastener has projections which lie in a single... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4244492 | Packaging for reclaiming scrap metal Metallic scrap such as is recovered from metal turnings, borings and punchings is packed into a laminated fiber board container which is sealed and then introduced into an operating metal-melting furnace. The fiber board container resists combustion long ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4165876 | Container for a line for towing an aerial target and process for loading the line into the container A container for a line or cable for towing an aerial target, the container having a streamlined cylindrical body stowed under the towing airplane, with an open rear extremity into which the cable cartridge or loader is inserted. A pyrotechnical release de... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4157754 | Packaging for compressed fibers, filaments or cabled tows Compressed fibers, filaments or cabled tows, which are under an internal pressure of at least 0.2 daN/cm2 are packaged by means of an outer wrapping, and the overlapping areas of the wrapping are held together by means of an adhesive, for insta... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4099617 | Shipping bundle for numerous pipe lengths A bundle for shipping and the storage of a plurality of elongated pipe lengths of a common size arranged in tiers is disclosed in which the longitudinal axes of the pipes in the bundle are disposed parallel to an elongated base formed of spaced-apart tran... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4072094 | Method for bundling firewood An apparatus and method is disclosed for bundling firewood. Relatively large pieces of wood, preferably first split and cut into convenient lengths, are compressed and while compressed have a strap applied therearound after which the applied pressure is r... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4071138 | Cotton bale cover A cover is illustrated for use in a cotton bale for transporting fibers to a textile mill wherein the fibers are confined in compression by the cover and by strapping passed thereabout. The cover is knitted from yarn, consisting essentially of cotton yarn... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4057141 | Baled tire product Discarded rubber automotive tires are processed into bales for disposal and use as landfill, fish habitats and other purposes by compressing a stack of such tires endwise into a compact annular bale and then securing the bale with ties at circumferentiall... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4054204 | Compressed foam article An article fabricated from a flexible foam material, such as foam rubber, is compressed by encasing the article in a substantially air-tight sack, and withdrawing air from the sack, thereby reducing the size of the foam article for packaging. The article ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4036364 | Unitized palletless load and method of forming same In a palletless load unit which includes vertically stacked layers, each of which contains plural articles, the improvement comprising a strap member perimetrically disposed locally and compressively engaging outer articles in the lowermost layer to creat... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4036359 | Baled wood chips A wood chip product and a process for baling wood chips in which sufficient compressive pressure is applied to a quantity of wood chips to substantially reduce its volume, and force the water liquid from the chips to create, without any binder, an adhered... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4003469 | Convolute foam package A convolute package of flexible foam sheet material which is highly compact to facilitate shipment and storage, and which has substantially uniform layer to layer compression within predetermined limits consistent with the desired compression of the overa... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3991670 | Apparatus for baling fibrous material In a pressing apparatus for compressing a mass of fibrous material, such as cellulose pulp, into a bale and wrapping the resulting bale with wire or strip, there is used a bale press stand, a stationary first press plate and a second press plate movable t... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3980176 | Screw jet pack for textile fibers This high speed yarn take-up system consists of a pneumatic injector nozzle rotatably mounted off-center of a single flighted rotating screw. Yarn is injected into the area exposed at the trailing edge of the screw and compressed and moved forward in a co... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3976003 | Pulp bale press for forming a bale A pulp bale press for forming the pulp bale including a first press table and a second press table between which the bale is pressed. One of the tables has protrusions for forming recesses in the bale, which recesses slope downwardly from an upper surface... | 08/24/1976 |
