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...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 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279143 | Plasmatron-catalyst system A plasmatron-catalyst system. The system generates hydrogen-rich gas and comprises a plasmatron and at least one catalyst for receiving an output from the plasmatron to produce hydrogen-rich gas. In a preferred embodiment, the plasmatron receives as an input air, fu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7252744 | Treatment of fluorocarbon feedstocks A method of treating a fluorocarbon feedstock includes generating, in a high temperature zone, an electrical arc between at least one cathode and at least one anode, generating in the high temperature zone and by means of the electrical arc and a plasma gas, an upwa... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244281 | Method and apparatus for trapping and purging soot from a fuel reformer A plasma fuel reformer assembly for producing reformate gas includes a fuel reformer having an air/fuel input assembly, an electrode assembly, and a soot trap positioned downstream of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6932944 | High efficiency scrubber for waste gas abatement A gas scrubber comprises a gas inlet pipe that provides the scrubber with gases to be processed; means for initiating reactions of decomposition that is directed to initialize the decomposition of gases; an oxygen and natural gas inlet pipes to provide the necessary... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6924401 | Plasma microjet arrays for selective oxidation of methane to methanol An apparatus and method for converting methane to methanol by partial oxidation comprises a source of methane, a source of oxygen, and a capillary tube having an outflow end and an inflow end communicating with the sources of methane and oxygen. An anode is position... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6790410 | Use of a hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization method for the mild sterilization of temperature-sensitive products The invention relates to a method for hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization, wherein the chamber temperature is set at less than 39° C. throughout, and containers with temperature-sensitive products can be efficiently sterilized without the temperature-sensitive p... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6673322 | Apparatus for making a novel, highly efficient, nonpollutant, oxygen rich and cost competitive combustible gas and associated method A process for the production of a clean burning combustible gas by flowing a liquid through an electric arc. The electrodes have several configurations. The invention prevents the production of carbon dioxide in the gas thereby reducing its presence when ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6663752 | Clean burning liquid fuel produced via a self-sustaining processing of liquid feedstock The invention relates to a novel self-sustaining method for the clean production of a clean burning liquid fuel called MagneFuel, which method is based, first, in the production of a combustible gas via submerged electric arcs between carbon-base electrod... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6627163 | Process for sterilizing containers In order to sterilize previously washed containers in an evacuable reactor, a low pressure plasma is generated by a high frequency generator. A microwave generator is also and can be switched on for drying the container before the plasma is ignited.... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6540966 | Apparatus and method for recycling contaminated liquids Reactors for the total recycling of contaminated liquid waste, which produce a clean burning combustible gas, usable heat, and solid precipitates. Different embodiments include the efficient recycling of automotive antifreeze and oil waste, a new method f... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6328760 | Pulsed plasma radiation device for emitting light in biologically significant spectral bands A plasma tube is provided in which water vapor, carbon dioxide, molecular nitrogen and a simple hydrocarbon are excited to ionization to emit electromagnetic frequency spectra for exciting electron orbitals of biological tissue. The anode end of the tube ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6224837 | Exhaust gas processing apparatus In an exhaust gas processing apparatus for an internal combustion engine, supply power is fed to a corona discharge tube via a short-pulse high-repetition switching element to produce a corona. A harmful substance in exhaust gas of the internal combustion... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6153158 | Method and apparatus for treating gaseous effluents from waste treatment systems Effluents from a waste treatment operation are incinerated and oxidized by passing the gases through an inductively coupled plasmas arc torch. The effluents are transformed into plasma within the torch. At extremely high plasma temperatures, the effluents... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6045761 | Process and device for the conversion of a greenhouse gas So that fuels can be produced efficiently from an undesirable greenhouse gas, the gas is subjected, together with a catalyst gas, preferably nitrogen or nitrous oxide, and a hydrogen-containing gas or vapour, to a silent electric discharge in a 1st reacto... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5866753 | Material processing A material treatment process and apparatus are described, wherein the formation within a pyrolyser of a plasma having a temperature of at least 10,000° C. into which material to be treated is injected as a fine spray or gas and wherein said material is m... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5753193 | Device for creating a deposit of silicon oxide on a traveling solid substrate A device for creating a deposit of silicon oxide on a traveling solid substrate, wherein the substrate is subjected to an electrical discharge with a dielectric barrier in the presence of a controlled atmosphere containing a silane and an oxidizing gas, t... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5656238 | Plasma-enhanced vacuum drying A plasma-enhanced vacuum drying method is disclosed. It is advantageously applied in plasma sterilization processes in particular, and represents a significant improvement for general evacuation drying methods. Articles to be sterilized are placed in a se... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5611896 | Production of fluorocarbon compounds The invention provides a method and installation for the production of a desired fluorocarbon compound, which includes the steps of providing a high temperature zone; and feeding at least one input material into the high temperature zone to generate a bod... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5534659 | Apparatus and method for treating hazardous waste An apparatus and method suitable for treating hazardous and non-hazardous waste materials composed of organic and inorganic components is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plasma heating system and off-gas processing which converts the waste to benign s... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5206879 | Destruction process Chemical waste is burned in oxygen using an electric plasma flame to heat a stream of gas which contains at least 70% by weight oxygen. Liquid waste in fine droplet form is introduced into the gas stream via a two-fluid atomizer using a carrier gas also p... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5108718 | Method for the destruction of toxic waste products and a plasma chemical reactor Toxic wastes are destroyed by contact thereof with a steam plasma jet and immediately thereafter with an oxidizing medium followed by washing of the resultant gaseous product with an alkaline medium. An apparatus for carrying out this method is in the for... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5024819 | Apparatus for the surface treatment of sheet-like structures by electric corona discharge The process of the present invention is for the surface treatment on both sides of a substrate by means of electric corona discharge, while simultaneously treating both surfaces of the substrate with a carrier gas/aerosol mixture introduced into the coron... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4929319 | Process and device for surface pre-treatment of plastic by means of an electrical corona discharge For surface pre-treatment of a plastic article, such as a film sheet or the interior of a plastic molded article, by means of electrical corona-discharge, a device is provided having a generator 5 and a corona discharge device 11. The generator applied a ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4915915 | Water-powdered piezoelectric unit for producing nitrogen fertilizer A system for producing nitrogen fertilizer using an electric arc process is described in which the electric arc necessary for the process is generated by piezoelectric elements actuated by a hammer mechanism powered by water pressure such as from a garden... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4855112 | High efficiency apparatus for aerosol direct fluorination An apparatus for aerosol direct fluorination is disclosed in which a material to be fluorinated is formed into an aerosol prior to fluorination by introducing a vapor stream of the material to be fluorinated centrally into converging flows of carrier part... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4795617 | Electroluminescent chemical activation system The mechanisms and methods employed in the generation of electroluminescence are adapted to provide induced chemisorbtion and induced catalytic effects when electric fields and the passage of electric current through electroluminescent phosphors are used ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4695448 | Reduction and disposal of toxic waste Toxic compounds, entrained in water, are dissociated in an electric arc (e.g. 12000° F.) in an airtight chamber charged with oxygen; metal ions (M+) resulting from dissociation are recombined as gaseous oxides (MOx) which are educte... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4657738 | Stack gas emissions control system A system is described for use in the stack or flue ducts of a fossil fueled combustion system to eliminate or substantially reduce SOx and NOx emissions. The system includes an electrically operated stable glow discharge maintained b... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4644877 | Plasma pyrolysis waste destruction A method and apparatus are disclosed for the pyrolytic destruction of toxic or hazardous waste materials using equipment that is compact and transportable. The waste materials are fed into a plasma arc burner where they are atomized and ionized, and then ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4603032 | Apparatus for processing sheet-like layers by means of a spark discharge Apparatus for processing a web of material by spark discharge includes a housing enclosing a roller electrode and an opposed electrode, the opposed electrode being mounted on a cover and the roller electrode being mounted in a drawer which is normally clo... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4582004 | Electric arc heater process and apparatus for the decomposition of hazardous materials This invention relates to an electric arc heater process and apparatus for the essentially complete decomposition of hazardous materials including polychlorinated biphenyls. Finely divided liquid or gaseous hazardous material is injected into a primary ga... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4565670 | Heat treating apparatus using microwaves A heat treating apparatus using microwaves for continuously treating a substance containing nuclear materials with consideration of the criticality safety of the nuclear materials. The apparatus has a stationary outer cylinder and a rotatable inner cylind... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4533523 | Corona treater for plastic film A corona treater includes an active electrode which has one or more insulated electrode elements slidably supported by an insulating track. A contact spring connects each electrode element to a conductive electrode bar embedded in the track, and sheet mat... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4431612 | Apparatus for the decomposition of hazardous materials and the like A method and apparatus for the destruction of PCBs and other hazardous material utilizes a gas-tight chamber (18) which includes a high current DC arc (72). The chamber (18) is adapted to receive the PCBs or other hazardous material and includes a sump (2... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4229307 | Apparatus for preparing red phosphorus Apparatus and method for preparing phosphorus compounds wherein phosphorus vapor containing P2 molecules is condensed at a temperature below the solidification point of red phosphorus and the resulting solid is then reacted with a phosphorus-re... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4077889 | Arc discharge apparatus A flexible technique for modifying various chemical substances utilizes a confined path to be followed by these substances in gaseous form or in a gaseous medium. Along this path there is positioned electrically energizeable means for establishing an elec... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4077888 | Arc discharge apparatus Undesired emissions from such sources as automobile engines are controlled by providing a confined path to be followed by these, mostly gaseous substances to be controlled. Along this path there is positioned means for establishing an electric field. Pref... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4019064 | High intensity ionic bombardment reactor for thermochemical treatment processes A high intensity ionic bombardment reactor for submitting a member to a thermochemical treatment process of the type comprising a current duct or conductor forming a support for said member and having the form of a cylindrical metal rod, and an insulant f... | 04/19/1977 |
