Did You Know...
...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 |
| 4244836 | Process for manufacturing microcapsules of polyvinyl alcohol with liquid water-insoluble content Microcapsules having a shell consisting of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol and containing a liquid, water-in-soluble material are obtained by dispersing a liquid, water-insoluble phase of a substance, substance mixture or substance solution in an aqueous ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4186468 | Ring clamp and method of making same A ring clamp has a pair of flexible sheet-metal strips formed into a ring with one end of each strip juxtaposed with the one end of the other strip, and the other end of each strip lying intermediate the ends of the other strips. The buckles are each form... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4153228 | Self-tightening clamp A clamp has a first curved portion with one end connected to a second curved portion which overlaps or surrounds a segment of the first curved portion including the free end thereof. The free end of the second curved portion is connected to an extension, ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4131788 | Electric heater An electrical heater for clamping round a body to be heated comprises a sheet-like elongate heating element, a housing member against which the element is located, and a continuous band of flexible metal strip formed into two closely-spaced elongate secti... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4130269 | Telescopic turnbuckle A ratchet type telescopic load binder (1) having axially and oppositely moveable first and second threaded screw members (7,8) of different diameters is disclosed. The larger diameter member (7) includes an axial cylindrical void (11) into which the small... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4128921 | Tension strap with movable tension blocks A tension strap to be circumferentially positioned about a body to be tenned includes a strap member and a plurality of longitudinally movable tension blocks carried on the inside circumferential surface of the strap member for engaging the body. Means f... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4123026 | Object holding device A device used for removably attaching a strobe to a camera comprises a clamping band provided with a reinforcing plate and adapted to grasp the pillar-shaped grip of the strobe. The larger open end of a box attached to the camera has edges shaped to engag... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4115904 | Lock for bracelets, belts and the like This disclosure relates to locks for bracelets, belts and the like to fasten two ends of the same together. The lock basically includes sliders which are attached to the ends of the bracelet, etc., with the sliders having rack formations which are engaged... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4103826 | Heat exchanger for a freestanding heating unit A heat exchanger with a tubular body having helical ribs about its periphery constituting expanded interior and exterior conductive heating surfaces. A clamp is captively held to the tubular body for mounting the heat exchanger to the exhaust duct of a fr... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4070734 | Locking means for baling wire A locking means secures together opposite ends of a baling wire for securing bales of compressed material. Predetermined lengths of baling wire are dispensed and wrapped around a bale and secured by a locking means comprising a metal clip having a raised ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4025052 | Clamps for wire rope, rods and tubes A clamp for wire rope, rods and tubes and a load fastening apparatus are provided including an elongated strand of given length, a clamp means adjustably positioned on said elongated strand intermediate its length, fastening means on one end of said stran... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3934855 | Wire rope binder The specification discloses various embodiments of apparatus adapted to function as convertible wire rope load binders, container lashing or pullers. All embodiments utilize a wire rope clamp of the type which grips the wire rope on tensioning of the wire... | 01/27/1976 |
