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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703191 | Cutting shield machine This present invention discloses a cutting shield machine used for separating iron shells of connectors from a metal strip. The cutting shield machine includes a worktable, a separation apparatus located in the worktable, a carrying apparatus located in the worktabl... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7698801 | Wire-processing device and method of operating such a wire-processing device In a wire-processing machine, by a linear movement away from a first holding unit, a gripper applies to a gripping unit a pull-out force in the longitudinal axis of the wire. The pull-out force that is exerted on the wire is measured by, for example, a force sensor ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7497002 | Coaxial cable stripping tool with marking device A cable stripping tool includes a marking device connected directly to a handle of the tool, or connected to a cartridge containing the marking device, which cartridge is connected to the handle of the tool. The underside of the cartridge contains a plurality of cut... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7411127 | Electrical wire and a method of stripping the insulation thereof An electrical wire has a central electrically conductive member such as copper, aluminum, gold or silver or admixtures or alloys thereof, coated by a photoresistive insulator, preferably of a negative photoresistive material such as polyimide. A non-mechanical metho... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7363703 | Device for fitting electric wires with sleeves A sleeve-fitter includes a sleeve module, a fitting module, a control and a base module. The fitting module and control are part of the base module. In operation, a centering pin and a round hole cooperate when the sleeve module is in contact with the base module an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363693 | Wire-processing device A wire-processing device has a belt-drive that feeds a wire to a swivel-arm with a gripper. Drives operate the swivel-arm in a swiveling motion and/or in a linear motion. The swivel-arm has a neutral position on a longitudinal axis of the wire and on the axis is a p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356915 | Stripper tool for sheathed cable A stripper tool is provided for cutting an outer sheath of an electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire between the insulation covered wires. The sheath has spaced apar... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353677 | Automated machine setup with modular tooling Apparatus and a method for establishing setup parameters for use in a machine. In one embodiment a tooling component is removably mountable to a host machine. The tooling component includes a memory that contains information defining setup parameters for the host ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334321 | Wire loader An automated wire harness machine is capable of manufacturing a wire harness in an automated process. The wire harness is generally a plurality of bundled, preferably un-stripped, insulated wires. Each un-stripped end portion of each wire is preferably terminated by... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316058 | Coaxial cable stripper A coaxial cable stripper, which includes a hollow cylindrical body, which has two transverse through holes and two longitudinal sliding slots, a spring member fixedly mounted inside the hollow cylindrical body, and two movable cutter holders respectively supported o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305749 | Wire terminal crimper A wire terminal crimper is comprised of a frame, a crimping bolt, an anvil, a detent pin and a wire guide. The frame has an anvil bore, a threaded bolt opening and a detent pin opening. The bolt is screwed into the bolt opening. In use, the bolt is tightened upon a ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7266877 | Tooling for manufacturing large-section rigid harnesses The invention relates to tooling for preparing a large-section harness comprising at least one cable. The tooling includes an output module (19) for receiving the terminal end of the cable. The output module (19) comprises three tools mounted on an out... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257878 | Continuous cable processing apparatus A continuous cable processing apparatus for producing cable sections with processed ends comprises a cable transport apparatus having at least one transport device for moving and holding the cable in the axial direction and, transversely thereto, a knife station. Ac... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251876 | Multiple wire feed machine and process for terminating electric cable A machine for terminating electric cable has a feeding segment that is decoupled from a terminating segment. The feeding segment has two feeders on which electric cable is wound. A length of cable is paid off one feeder and cut to length while another length of cabl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243415 | Equipment for equipping plug housings with fitted-out cable ends of a cable An equipping installation introduces fitted-out cable ends into plug housings and is arranged downstream from a fitting-out installation. A contact for the first plug housing is arranged at the leading cable end and a contact for the second plug housing is arranged ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243516 | Automated machine setup with modular tooling Apparatus and a method for establishing setup parameters for use in a machine. In one embodiment a tooling component is removably mountable to a host machine. The tooling component includes a memory that contains information defining setup parameters for the host ma... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234235 | Wire processing method of cross-linking coated wire In wire cross-linking process, after microwave is launched into the inside of the waveguide coaxial converter, the coated wire is inserted into the wire insertion pipe. The coated wire is cross-linked by high frequency heat and a coating insulator is adhered well to... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231710 | Apparatus for securing wire connectors An apparatus for securing wire connectors includes a rotatable cylindrical member defining at least one chamber configured to store at least one wire connector. A frame supporting the rotatable cylindrical member is detachably mountable on a drill. A dispensing hous... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228613 | Wire harness manufacturing apparatus and method A device and a method for manufacturing of bundles of wires fixed in terminal boards for building wiring allows manufacturing of bundles of wires for individual sections from one to another junction point, so that the length and sheathing of each bundle correspond t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7208938 | Test tray for handler A test tray includes a rectangular shaped frame and a plurality of transport modules to receive a plurality of semiconductor devices. A precise location-determining unit mounted on both sides of the frame to precisely determines and fixes the test tray location. Acc... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207101 | Wire processing apparatus A wire processing apparatus includes a microwave generator, a microwave transmitter, a waveguide coaxial converter and a wire insertion pipe, and the wire insertion pipe is disposed in the wireguide coaxial converter. In wire recycling process, after a tip end of a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7140215 | Cutting head for wire-processing machine A cutting head has upper part with at least one separating cutter, at least one stripping cutter, a first cutting edge, a force-measuring device operating on the piezo principle, and a first holding plate. A lower part of the cutting head includes at least one separ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129711 | Device for detecting interferences or interruptions of the inner fields smoothing layer of medium or high voltage cables A device for controlling the manufacture of a medium or high voltage cable in particular of the inner and outer semi-conducting layers. For control purposes the current or capacitance is measured by a measuring electrode encircling the cable and connected to a high ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7103968 | Cable terminating apparatus Apparatus and methods are shown for holding a plurality of wires of a cable in fixed positions relative to each other for assisting in the termination of the cable with a connector having plurality of contacts possibly of the insulation displacement type. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093351 | System, for matching harnesses of conductors with apertures in connectors A system for assembling wire harnesses with their connectors utilizes a compact computer-based system that is linked to an engineering data base. The data base contains component information, such as harness number, associated wires, and pin location to connector. A... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7036225 | Process for treating coil end upon winding of coil A process for treating a coil end is provided, by which upon automatic winding of the coil, an electric connection between a portion of a wire at the front or rear end of the coil and a terminal of a winding object by arc welding can be securely carried out. A strip... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032300 | Wire insulation displacement connection apparatus with pitch conversion mechanism Wire insulation displacement connection apparatus including a wire supply portion, a first press-contacting portion arranged downstream from the wire supply portion, and a second press-contacting portion arranged downstream of the first press-containing portion. A p... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028384 | Method and device for processing cables A device is suggested for processing cable-shaped conductors, particularly multicore cables, having at least one transport means (126) having a drive means (132) for transport supply and/or for lengthwise transport of cable-shaped conductor material ( | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024760 | Method and apparatus for equipping plug housings with fitted-out cable ends of a cable An apparatus and a method for equipping plug housings with fitted-out cables includes an equipping installation downstream of a fitting-out installation and introduces each fitted-out cable end into a first or second plug housing according to an installation sequenc... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6910256 | Continuous cable processing apparatus A continuous cable processing apparatus for producing cable sections with processed ends comprises a cable transport apparatus having at least one transport device for moving and holding the cable in the axial direction and, transversely thereto, a knife station. Ac... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6868599 | Wire processing apparatus and wire processing method A wire processing apparatus includes a microwave generator, a microwave transmitter, a waveguide coaxial converter and a wire insertion pipe, and the wire insertion pipe is disposed in the wireguide coaxial converter. In wire recycling process, after a tip end of a ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6766724 | Shearing-stripping machine for electric cables A shearing-stripping machine (1) for electric cables (C) is disclosed, comprising a casing (2) on which the following elements are mounted: driving means (5) to advance the cable (C) to be shorn and stripped, at least a shearing and stripping un... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6722021 | Crimping apparatus A press-fitting unit includes a vertically movable press blade for press-fitting an electrical wire to a terminal disposed in a press-fit-type terminal of a connector. A connector retaining bar, movable in a horizontal direction, is disposed to be opposed to the pre... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6675458 | Fiber optic cable stripping and measurement apparatus A fiber optic cable stripping and measuring apparatus that includes a mounting base having a template clamp connected thereto, the template clamp securing an optical component connected to the fiber optic cable. The apparatus further includes a fiber clam... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6671944 | Multipurpose coaxial cable tool Hand held tools have been devised for preparing and crimping cables and specifically coaxial cables for television, a first form of tool made up of a low profile body having a main channel with a threaded crimping bolt for crimping circular fittings by ax... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6658719 | Equipment for stripping a twisted multi-core cable Equipment for stripping a multi-core cable, includes a transport unit for axial movement of the cable, knives for desheathing and stripping the insulation from the cores, and a separator for untwisting the cores and orienting them parallel for acting upon... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6634079 | Optical fiber cleaver An optical fiber cleaver, comprising a blade capable of applying a scratch to the outer peripheral surface of an optical fiber and a pusher pushing the optical fiber to cleave it at the scratched part, wherein it further comprises a reverse-running preven... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6631554 | Method of manufacturing a worked-wire product A method of manufacturing a worked-wire product from a wire (10) including, all coaxially arranged, a core conductor (11), an insulator (12), an outer conductor (13), a metal-evaporated film (14) and a sheath (15) is provided. The method comprises the ste... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6615486 | Pressure welding device for wiring A pressure welding device for wiring and a wire harness manufacturing method are provided. The pressure welding device for wiring includes a pressure welding unit for pressure-welding wires to connectors and a wiring plate provided with wiring fittings an... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6606787 | End-processed coaxial cable structures and methods for producing the same A method for producing a coaxial cable structure that involves removing jacket layers in the vicinity of a cut end portion of the coaxial cable structure to expose shielding layers and cutting the shielding layers to a determined length to expose the diel... | 08/19/2003 |
