...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6906495 | Contact-less power transfer A system and method for transferring power does not require direct electrical conductive contacts. There is provided a primary unit having a power supply and a substantially laminar surface having at least one conductor that generates an electromagnetic field when a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6208058 | Automotive alternator An automotive alternator includes a shaft supported in a pair of brackets so as to rotate freely, a rotor secured to the shaft, a stator provided with a cylindrical stator core having a plurality of slots whose grooves extend in an axial direction of the ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5550992 | Transmission timing control in a base station for cellular TDMA mobile communication by receiving an up-link signal for a different base station In each radio base station of a cellular mobile communication network in which a mobile station is communicative with the radio base stations through a time division multiplex radio link, a transmitter/receiver serves as a synchronization system in cooper... | 08/27/1996 |
| 4446391 | Rotating electric machinery A rotating electric machinery comprises a stator; a rotor which is fixed to a rotor shaft and is driven by said motor; a fan which is rotatably connected through a bearing to said rotor to feed air in a predetermined direction; and at least one pair of ma... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4360753 | Motor having concentric ring rotor Motor, either synchronous or direct current, including at least one drive coil and including a magnetic rotor having at least two concentric rings of magnetic domains of alternating magnetic poles, with each succeeding rotor ring being of a larger diamete... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4283645 | Electrical drive motor, in particular for water pumps in the field of aquaria There is disclosed an electrical drive motor, in particular for the water pumps in the field of aquaria, wherein the housing is universally sealed liquid- and gas-proof and wherein a permanent-magnetic coupling is located on the motor shaft acting through... | 08/11/1981 |