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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104478 | Material spreading device A material spreading device for spreading material over a targeted area includes a receiving portion for receiving a plurality of bags of material, a hopper assembly and a material moving device. The material spreading device is configured for use on a vehicle. The ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6786435 | Twin discharge conveyor for a truck mounted spreader system A twin discharge conveyor mounted on a spreader truck is shown including two parallel mounted conveying mechanisms such as augers, belt conveyors and chain conveyors contained within a conveyor trough that is mounted laterally on a truck chassis adjacent the front e... | 09/07/2004 |
| 5755387 | Spreader assembly A spreader assembly for use with a dump-truck vehicle has a conventional spinner unit, an outer trough member mounted on the vehicle body with an outlet opening over the spinner unit, an inner trough member contained within the outer trough member and pos... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5501403 | Spreading apparatus and a distribution chamber therefor The invention relates to a spreading apparatus comprising a container for spreadable granular material which is provided with an outlet which is closable with a controllable metering valve and which connects to spreader members, a reservoir for liquid wet... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5273211 | Trailer device for mixing and spreading sand and peat The invention comprises a mobile trailer having a frame with a set of wheels on the frame for hauling the trailer and a pair of storage bins on the frame in side by side spaced relation with one bin adapted to a receive peat with a mixing blade to mix the... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5267696 | Agricultural vehicle convertible to broadcast liquid or dry agricultural materials An agricultural vehicle is convertible to a first mode for broadcasting liquid agricultural material and to a second mode for broadcasting dry agricultural material. The vehicle includes a single main tank which is used in the first mode to transport liqu... | 12/07/1993 |
| 4919583 | Trailer This invention relates to a trailer for transporting solid, loose materials. The trailer features an elongated frame which is attached to a towing vehicle and which carries a bin for containing the solid material. A discharge means is associated with the ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4575010 | Method and apparatus for spreading heated sand A heated sand spreader apparatus has an inclined elongated screw conveyor mounted at the rear end of a mobile chassis for receiving and conveying sand in a rearward direction along a spiraling path. A plurality of heat generators are attached to the conve... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4478369 | Apparatus for spreading granular material Granular spreader apparatus for easy attachment to, and detachment from, a truck equipped with a hopper bed, including dual troughs that each house a continuous conveyor belt that overlies a slotted trough which permits granular material of dissimiliar si... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4106703 | Compact lawn spreader capable of mixing and widely spreading multiple lawn treatment materials A lawn treating spreader cart is provided capable of carrying, measuring, mixing, and spreading multiple lawn treatment materials while, at the same time, being compact enough for hand operation. This is accomplished by positioning bins of various treatme... | 08/15/1978 |
