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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 |
| 7744367 | Candle-maintenance tool A candle-maintenance tool for carving a substantially arcuate path in candle wax of a surface of a candle. The candle-maintenance tool includes a shaft having a candle-contacting surface at one end thereof and a blade coupled to the shaft near the candle-contacting ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7104785 | Candlewick trimmer A candlewick trimmer includes an elongate housing and a lever pivotally mounting to the housing. The lever includes a cutter extending from the pivot having a cutting edge to cut off a candlewick inserted into the housing and a cam surface spaced from the cutting ed... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7047851 | Wick trimmer A wick trimmer apparatus is herein provided and more particularly, a wick trimmer with a measuring foot that facilitates the effective cutting of a wick to an appropriate length. The wick trimmer has two arms and a measuring foot connected to the second arm that det... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037104 | Device and method for exposing a candle wick embedded in candle wax A device and method for exposing the ignitable end of a candle wick embedded in wax leaving an area around the wick to facilitate future lighting. The device includes an elongate hollow heated tube, heated by a heating source which heats the elongate hollow tube to ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021926 | Candlewick-fixing device for burning candlewicks The candlewick-fixing device replaces the need for two tools with separate functions by combining both tools at opposite ends of one adjoining handle. On one end, an O-shaped candlewick hook allows one to straighten and reposition the candlewick without having to ex... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6709266 | Candle holder and a method of securing a candle A candle holder 1 comprises an annular collar 2 and a bottom disc 3 interconnected by ribs 4 having sharp edges 5 for trimming a candle end inserted in the cavity defined by the ribs 4, the collar 1 and disc 3 ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6655031 | Wick cutting device The present invention describes a wick cutting device, particulary designed to clip the wicks of candles to a specified length. The invention comprises two cylinders, one with a grip and one with a handle. The wick trimmer is assembled as a cylinder insid... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6619950 | Candle maintenance device and method A candle maintenance device according to the invention preferably has a body with a handle portion to grip the device. A trigger is used to engage a wick cutting element and lighting element. The wick cutting element preferably includes a cutting actuator... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6435858 | Candle snuffer A candle snuffer which extinguishes a burning candle flame without residual smoke and simultaneously trims a charred end of a candlewick is disclosed. The candle snuffer fabricated from a wire member, has a loop formed in the wire member midway between a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6405441 | Wick trimmer and capture device A wick trimmer and capture device for trimming, to a predetermined length, a wick of a candle formed with a primary and a secondary wick well. The trimmer device includes an elongated, actuatable handle assembly that has a grip assembly at a proximate end... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6243954 | Candle wick trimming device A trimming device (10 ) for trimming the wick (101 ) at a selected height above the body of a candle (100). The trimming device (10 ) includes a of pair elongated jaw members (20, 30 ) having upper (21, 31 ) and lower (22, 32 ) ends. The lower ends (22, 3... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5989012 | Smokeless snuffer A candle snuffer having a handle, a body and a hook. The hook submerges a lit candle wick into the adjacent melted wax channel thereby extinguishing said wick. The hook is then used to retrieve the extinguished wick from the melted wax and returning it to... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5842850 | Anti-flash wick sustainer and pedestal An anti-flash wick support for candles having a candle floor. A candle floor includes the bottom surface of a container and the lowest extremity of a freestanding candle. A wick sustainer having a central bore is adhered to the candle floor by an adhesive... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5575639 | Combustion device orifice cleaner and method of cleaning A fuel combuster such as a torch tip, having means therein for cleaning the orifice of the tip, as well as a method of cleaning such an orifice. The combustion device comprises a metallic elongated tube having a forward section terminating in a front end,... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5538693 | Varying switching temperature set-point method for bed flow reversal for regenerative incinerator systems A method for controlling gas flow direction through a regenerative incinerator system coupled to a flow reversing valve, and for reversing the flow direction of the gas stream through the regenerative incinerator system. The regenerative incinerator syste... | 07/23/1996 |
| 4878832 | Burner illuminator device A disposable burner illuminator device comprises a buoyant flotation collar of substantially flat configuration having at least one wick member receiving aperture, a reflector foil layer supported on one surface of the buoyant flotation collar and a wick ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4790747 | Consumable candle wick and method of making a consumable candle wick The present invention is a new improved wick which is manufactured so as to allow the wick to burn for a longer period of time than existing wicking material. The wick is capable of being moved around the surface of a candle to maximize the life of the ca... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4331199 | Apparatus for recovering energy from a heating installation An apparatus for recovering energy that can be incorporated in the flue gas discharge duct of a gas or oil fired heating installation which uses a liquid circuit to transfer heat. The apparatus is comprised of supply and discharge connections for the flue... | 05/25/1982 |
| 3964858 | Automatic candle-wicking machine The invention relates to a candle-wicking machine which automatically operates to insert a candle wick into a candle after the candle has been formed to its desired shape. A plurality of candles can be wicked at the same time. Essentially, wicking materia... | 06/22/1976 |
