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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 |
| 7347035 | Assembly for automatically unrolling and cutting stretch film An assembly is disclosed for unrolling and pre-stretching stretch film as the film is fed from the assembly to goods/products to be wrapped or packed. The assembly comprises a first member for controlling the unwinding of the film from a spool, and a cutter arranged... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7275672 | Center pull dispenser with self-adjusting dispenser mechanism A dispenser for dispensing flexible web material from a center pull roll capable of accommodating different types of web material in the form of sheets separated by lines of perforation. The dispenser includes dispenser apparatus permitting the device to self-adjust... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255767 | Single hand operation adhesive tape dispenser A hand-held adhesive tape dispenser/applicator comprising a housing shell (1) including a hub (2) for mounting adhesive tape rolls, a tape discharge opening (13) and a lever mechanism (3). The lever mechanism (3) comprising pivotal... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255254 | Dispenser apparatus and method for a continuous roll of plastic bag material A self-contained dispenser apparatus configured to dispense a continuous feed of plastic bag material wound in a coreless roll thereof. The dispenser apparatus includes a base portion defining an opening into a receiving bay thereof. A cover assembly is removably mo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7028945 | Towel dispenser with tear bar Dispenser apparatus for sequentially dispensing sheet material from a center pull coreless roll of sheet material includes a wall-mounted housing having a bottom for supporting the coreless roll on end. A dispenser opening such as a nozzle is incorporated in the app... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6959635 | Easy loading dispenser and cutting mechanism therefor A dispenser for dispensing a material from a cored roll having a housing having a plurality of walls forming an interior volume and an opening, at least one pair of coaxially aligned, opposed plungers mounted on opposite walls within the dispenser, and a cutting mec... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6484919 | Adhesive tape cutting device with a pivotable retaining plate for retaining a tape roll An adhesive tape cutting device includes a body, a roll mounting shaft, a roller, and a tape-pressing member. The body has a small side wall and a large side wall. The roll mounting shaft is attached to the large side wall so that an adhesive tape roll ca... | 11/26/2002 |
| 5904316 | Apparatus for holding and dispensing a coreless roll of toilet tissue Apparatus for holding and dispensing a coreless roll of toilet tissue and for retrofit to a wall-mounted dispenser normally employed to support and dispense a conventional roll of toilet tissue having a central core. The apparatus includes a receptacle ha... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5755369 | Raffle ticket dispenser A raffle ticket dispenser which incorporates a holder for a continuous strip of tickets which readily dispenses a single ticket or multiple tickets. The free end of the continuous strip of tickets is fed through an opening in the holder which has a ticket... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5718365 | Plural bobbin dispenser In general, the medical apparatus provides contamination-free dispensing of a desired supply of cut-separable, intraoral ligators from a chain of such ligators. Preferably, the apparatus also provides quick loading/unloading of bobbins holding coil-wound ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5566873 | Dispenser for flexible webbing A dispenser for flexible webbing includes a dispensing nozzle formed by generally parallel wires bent along tortuous paths. The wires are spaced apart to provide a dispensing opening through which the webbing passes. The wires of the dispensing nozzle fri... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5383590 | Safety food wrap film tearing device A safety food wrap film tearing device which mainly includes an upper cover having lateral inner side walls and a lower cover having lateral outer side walls and pivotally connected to the upper cover at a rear edge thereof such that a roll of food wrap f... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5318210 | Paper towel dispenser (swing bottom) A dispenser for dispensing paper towelling from a roll. The dispenser has a casing for holding the roll. The casing has an open bottom. A bottom member is mounted on the casing. The bottom member is movable between a closed position where it substantially... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5307969 | Bag dispensing apparatus A system for facilitating the sequential dispensing of individual bags from a roll comprising a roll of bags, the bags being formed together in a roll, each bag having perforations along the leading edge to facilitate its separation from the next followin... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5294034 | Ticket dispenser A ticket assembly including a casing and at least one cover part which is pivotally connected to the casing is disclosed. The casing has provided therein a feed path, which functions to guide a strip of mutually connected tickets during its passage throug... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5263621 | Coupon dispensing cartridge A disposable coupon dispensing cartridge includes a housing and a passageway section having top and bottom walls extending from the housing to a discharge opening. A roll of a band of coupons is contained in the housing and has a leading tail extending fr... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5221033 | Method and apparatus for anti-contamination dispensing of cut-separable medical devices A dispenser/separator for contamination-free dispensing of a supply of cut-separable medical devices is disclosed which includes anti-contamination structure for enclosing the supply. The anti-contamination structure includes an exit port for allowing the... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5193726 | Sheet material dispensing apparatus Closure usable for dispensing tear off lengths of rolled sheet materials, including plastic trash can liners. A `roll top` door is included which incorporates in it a roller mechanism. The lower supporting body of the apparatus also has provided a roller ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5154336 | Dispenser for wire markers A dispenser is provided for wire markers that are detachably linked to one another by breakable connections, thereby forming a chain of wire markers. The dispenser comprises a casing including two parallel generally flat side walls that are substantially ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5133980 | Rolled tape-like confectionery product in a dispenser There is disclosed a package and dispenser for a rolled, tape-like confectionery product. This dispenser includes a housing means which has top, bottom and side wall means. There is an opening in the side wall means adapted to allow an end of the confecti... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5131903 | Apparatus for crumpling and dispensing paper-like dunnage Apparatus for crumpling and dispensing dunnage from a roll of stock paper material, includes a frame having a pair of side walls for guiding sheet paper from the roll of paper in a converging manner, each side wall including an inclined central section fo... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5100038 | Ticket dispensing structure The disclosed ticket dispenser is especially designed for the dispensing of series-connected lottery tickets and provides a box-like structure for containing the tickets which are exited through a slot in one of the structure walls. The structure is confi... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5080270 | Container for containing long and flexible plastic object equipped with cutter A container (10, 10A) for a long object (50) has an opening (18) which is formed in the container wall (12) at a position adjacent to an open end edge (14) of the container and which allows the long object to be extracted therethrough. A first notch (22) ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5069378 | Paper dispenser A paper dispenser is furnished with one or more turnable or tiltable cutting or tearing off device, equipped with serrated or jagged edges. When inactive, the cutting edge is held by a spring or by force of gravity in a safe or innocuous position. As a dr... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5058792 | Bathroom tissue dispenser (large roll) A large roll toilet paper dispenser having means for dispensing the toilet paper in a twice folded-over condition to strengthen the paper. The twice folded-over dispensed paper permits thinner paper to be used. The dispenser can also have means for minimi... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5054676 | Toilet roll holder A toilet roll holder includes a frame and a cover rotatably mounted to the frame by a rotary shaft. The toilet roll holder further includes a support mounted within the cover and supporting a toilet roll thereon, an operating plate located below and adjac... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5009351 | Sheet-material dispensing box The new free end formed when a portion of flexible sheet material is severed from a roll contained in a box is prevented from retracting into the box by frictional engagement between the free end and a strip of abrasive material near the cutting edge moun... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4961613 | Dispensing cabinet for strip material A dispensing cabinet for strip material, such as paper towel, has a relatively large handwheel extending through a slot in the front face. A roll of the material is engaged by a boss member on the wheel so as to be rotated by rotation of the handwheel. Th... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4936452 | Bathroom tissue container A bathroom tissue container is set forth wherein an elongate tubular support member includes an elongate slot therein with a threaded cap securably mounted to the support member overlying the slot. The slot includes a fixed serrated clamp and a movably mo... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4930385 | Dispensing nozzle for plastic bags A dispensing nozzle for serially dispensing flexible plastic bags is disclosed, and which includes a generally circular plate and a depending tubular mounting sleeve. Two elongate zigzag slots of differing size extend through the plate, and a thread-up op... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4881675 | Apparatus for dispensing strip material from a roll A dispenser for dispensing a preselected length of strip material from a roll in which the dispenser has a housing with a cover member pivotally connected to the housing. The cover member has an elongated transversely extending slot with a bracket member ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4840299 | Dispenser adapter A dispenser adapter to improve the dispensing of thin webs from rolls of material contained in conventional dispensing boxes is specially configured to provide its benefits of antirecoil and risk free tearing to a wide range of dispensing boxes. The adapt... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4826063 | Roll holder A roll holder for holding and dispensing a roll of paper such as toilet paper. A paper roll is mounted so that its end will come out from behind. The paper can be easily pulled out downwardly. After a desired length has been pulled out, the paper is pulle... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4811545 | Tag dispensing apparatus An apparatus for dispensing closure tags, includes a support structure on which is mounted a channel member defining first and second channels through which to feed a strip of closure tags. The forward end of the second channel is disposed slightly ahead ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4787542 | Foil dispenser for and methods of dispensing foil A dispenser for dispensing sheet material, particularly metallic foil, positions each successively leading end region of the foil, after a preceding length of the foil has been severed, to stand freely in a generally upright condition away from a severing... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787543 | Dispenser with cutting device A disposable dispenser for tough, hardly tearable, unadhesive, weblike rolled-up material. Primarily distinguishing for a dispenser implemented in accordance with the invention is that it includes a roll holder (1) and a part (2) movably connected thereto... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4738384 | Dispenser A transparent dispenser is disclosed for dispensing material, generally tickets. One side of the dispenser is hinged for entry into the dispenser. A curl is formed within the dispenser in order to guide the tickets from inside the dispenser to the outside... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4735351 | Dispenser for tape rolls A wire marker dispenser including a plurality of chambers to receive tape rolls therein. A retaining member adjacent each chamber engages a portion of the tape extending from the roll and prevents the tape extent from rolling back onto the tape roll. The ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4662578 | Gravity actuated, unidirectional regulated tissue dispensing system Described is a mechanical device designed to dispense tissue paper or cloth web by gravity-actuated release gear system. The release gear system is activated by pressing a lever that is connected to the unidirectional gear release system. The gear mechani... | 05/05/1987 |
