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 |
| 7182578 | Ceramic spindle coupling structure A ceramic spindle coupling structure includes a metal bushing which has a housing space that has an inlet and a tapered fastening section of a smaller diameter than the inlet to form a tight coupling with a ceramic spindle without embossing the ceramic spindle and t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7029194 | One-touch cap for fixing a control cable A one-touch cap (10) for fixing a control cable end to a bracket (14) provided with a U-shaped slot (15). The one-touch cap (10) has a cap (11) and a lock piece (12). The cap (11) has a tubular body (22) having... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6568703 | Interference fit attachment for a rounded member A novel apparatus and method for attaching a rounded member, such as an inflator assembly for an automobile air bag, to another member or surface, particularly a flat surface, is disclosed. A spacer, which may take the form of a split ring, is positioned ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6357958 | Universally adjustable mounting device A keyless mounting device has inner and outer tubular sleeves telescopically engaged. The confronting surfaces of the inner and outer sleeves are tapered so that relative axial displacement of the sleeve in one direction expands the outer surface of the o... | 03/19/2002 |
| 5970679 | Metal loadbearing structure having structural connections with no welding or drilling The structure comprises cold-formed sections built-up from elementary sections joined stably together by means of connecting braces inside the built-up section; said joined elementary sections define longitudinal slots with their longitudinal lips which a... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5803644 | Reinforced fastening connection A reinforced fastening point for a plastics-material casing. In order to provide a reinforcement for a fastening point which is simple to assemble and which is held automatically in the opening in the casing without further fasteners, a cylindrical openin... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5429446 | Apparatus for hydraulically locking a hollow cylinder body onto a shaft An apparatus for selectively and hydraulically locking a hollow cylinder body, such as a lathe cylinder body, onto, and unlocking the cylinder body from, a cylindrical shaft includes a tubular sleeve defining an axially extending passage therein, the slee... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5222580 | Hydraulic cylinder for a physical exercise equipment A hydraulic cylinder for a physical exercise equipment includes a cylinder body, a piston rod which extends outward from the cylinder body and which has an annular groove that is formed circumferentially in an outer end portion of the piston rod, and a co... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5000349 | Aseptic package tap A tap for aseptic packages of the type which contain solutions and, in particular, solutions for medical applications. The type has a body, a packaging penetrating tip extending from the body, a liquid passageway extending from the tip and through the bod... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4889110 | Attaching device and tools for positioning same, especially for attaching the trochanter major to the femur An attaching device includes an anchoring plate 11 having four bores 12, 13, 14, 15 receiving two crimping tubes 19, 29 and two crimping rings 17, 18 for holding a multi-ply cable 20 or 21. The crimping tubes are adapted to be placed into holes drilled th... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4783188 | Rail connector A rail connector for use in connecting pipe rails to pipe posts includes a circular tubular member with a reduced sleeve which fits inside a pipe rail and substantially conforms to the inner surface of the pipe rail to provide a tight fit between the conn... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4627210 | Hub assembly for collapsible structure A hub assembly for pivotally holding the ends of the column-like support rods which make up the skeletal frame of a collapsible, self-supporting structure, comprising extension caps for the ends of the support rods, a circular hub body with retaining slot... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4607422 | Method for locking a bonnet to a valve body A bonnet is locked to the body of a valve into which the bonnet screws by a sheet metal bonnet lock which includes a portion that will mate with facets on the bonnet or with the sides of the valve body. Another portion of the bonnet lock is then deformed ... | 08/26/1986 |
