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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326026 | Loader assembly, method for using a loader assembly, and combination motor vehicle and loader assembly A loader assembly is provided having a left boom arm and a right boom arm. The left boom arm includes a left tower, a left loader arm, a left lift cylinder, and a left attachment cylinder. The left tower is constructed for attachment to a bracket on a motor vehicle.... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6561742 | Loading and unloading apparatus for railcars A railroad car loader/unloader apparatus includes a mobile machine adapted to operate atop an open top rail car. The apparatus includes a plurality of support subassemblies with surfaces adapted to engage upper surfaces of sidewalls of the rail car when t... | 05/13/2003 |
| 5628606 | Loading/unloading apparatus for railroad cars An improved railroad car loader/unloader apparatus includes a backhoe-type machine adapted to operate atop an open top railroad car. The apparatus includes front and rear support feet and a center support beam to which are pivotally attached a pair of cen... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5564878 | Apparatus and method for continuous handling of bulk materials This apparatus relates to a materials handling apparatus that has a plurality of open-sided buckets arranged to travel along a first path having a first sense. The buckets are loadable when traveling along a first portion of the first path. An endless bel... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5527144 | Loading/unloading apparatus for railroad cars An improved railroad car loader/unloader apparatus includes a backhoe-type machine adapted to operate atop an open top railroad car. The apparatus includes front and rear support feet and a removable center support beam to which are pivotally attached a p... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5342159 | Access and support apparatus for loading and unloading gondola cars An access and support apparatus for loading and unloading gondola railroad cars using a crane-type crawler, which system includes a trailer-mounted ramp for disposition in close proximity to a gondola railroad car and multiple pallets adapted for spanning... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5183369 | Access and support apparatus for loading and unloading gondola cars An access and support apparatus for loading and unloading gondola railroad cars using a crane-type crawler, which system includes a trailer-mounted ramp for disposition in close proximity to a gondola railroad car and multiple pallets adapted for spanning... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5143506 | Apparatus for relatively arranging individual parts This invention relates to an apparatus for the aligning and/or sorting, and if applicable separating, individual parts in particular such parts that are connected to each other or remain adhered to each other. The apparatus comprises a machine frame and a... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5120180 | Railcar straddle for material handling The straddle apparatus for loading and unloading gondola and similar-type railcars is mobile for movement into a position straddling a railcar on railroad tracks. It has a platform supported by leg members adjustable to vary the elevation of the platform ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5116183 | Apparatus for unloading freight from an open freight car An unloading apparatus comprises a supporting frame, a railroad disposed on the bottom of the supporting frame for an open freight car with freight, a pair of belting members hung on the upper portion of the supporting frame, and a moving member including... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5066188 | Apparatus for loading and unloading open top railroad cars An apparatus for loading and unloading open top railroad cars (46) utilizing a conventional material handling equipment item attached to a slidable structure (20). The material handling equipment item is equipped with a boom structure (64) and material ha... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4633383 | Method of supervising operating states of digging machines Indices in the form of colored poles are installed on a ground surface to be digged, and the indices are picked up by a television camera set on one side of a digging machine so as to set a target digging line on rectangular coordinates. Marks are applied... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4190394 | Method for loading and unloading railroad cars A method of loading and unloading an open top or gondola railroad car utilizes a mobile, wheeled apparatus having power actuated front and rear boom structures. A front supportive foot engageable with the upper surfaces of the railroad car sidewalls is co... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4175902 | Apparatus for loading and unloading railroad cars A mobile, wheeled apparatus is employed for loading and unloading an open top or gondola railroad car and has power actuated front and rear boom structures. A front supportive foot engageable with the upper surfaces of the railroad car sidewalls is connec... | 11/27/1979 |
