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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 |
| 4901848 | Case for personal accessory items A case for personal accessory items such as disposable lighters, cosmetics and candy, packaged in elongate containers. In the preferred embodiment, a case having a transparent area slidably receives the accessory item. Suitable ornamentation is provided i... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4869663 | Child proof cigarette lighter A lighter comprises a body containing lighter fuel and a vertically slidable fuel tube by means of which fuel can be brought from within the body to the vicinity of the sparking wheel of the lighter. The lighter includes a pivotable lever which raises and... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4869662 | Flame-extinguishing device A flame extinguishing device for use with an ornamental lamp having a base, a chimney, and a wick which provides a lamp flame, includes a plate coupled inside of the chimney below the flame. The plate has a hole in the center thereof surrounding the flame... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4859172 | Piezoelectric lighter equipped with a safety lock Piezoelectric lighter equipped with a rotatable hook-shaped safety lock is composed of a shank, a finger catch fixed to one end of the shank, a pivot fixed to the other end of the shank, a catch plate fixed to the pivot at the side opposite to the shank a... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4832596 | Child resistant cigarette lighter A child resistant cigarette lighter having a permanently attached stop member slidably mounted on a conventional disposable butane light for releasably engaging the gas valve actuating lever. The construction and arrangement of the light is such that an a... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4830603 | Child-resistant disposable lighter A child-resistant disposable lighter has its pushbutton normally locked and requires the user to move a safety release bidirectionally in order to unlock the pushbutton for operation in the conventional way. The lighter's housing includes a second compart... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4822276 | Child-proof cigarette lighter This invention relates to a pyrophoric igniter, of the type commonly used in cigarette lighters. The specific improvement being a mechanically biased clutch capable of preventing the rotation of the friction wheel while the mechanical biasing clutch is en... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4800654 | Handheld cordless hair dryer A handheld cordless hair dryer utilizes a battery powered fan for directing a flow of air through a nozzle body portion within which a heat exchanger is disposed in heat exchange relationship with respect to both the airflow and heat generated by a gas co... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4799877 | Child-proof adaptor for disposable butane cigarette lighter This invention is a safety device for cigarette lighters fueled by butane or other compressed or liquified gas. The invention is a barrier adapted to selectively engage the thumb layer of the lighter to restrict the motion of the thumb layer, thereby to p... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4786248 | Gaslighter equipped with a safety lock Disclosed is a piezoelectric type gaslighter equipped with a thumb-latch for preventing an inadvertent fire which may be caused, for instance, when a child plays with a gaslighter. A gaslighter according to the present invention includes an intermediate c... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4784602 | Gas lighter equipped with a safety lock Disclosed is a gas lighter equipped with a safety lock, which is an L-shaped slidable stopper so slidably fitted in the re-entrancy of the thumb-push gas lever that its vertical pin may be above a hole of the lighter housing when its horizontal slide is p... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4784601 | Gas lighter equipped with a safety lock Disclosed is a gas lighter equipped with a safety lock, which is an L-shaped slidable stopper so slidably fitted in the reentrancy of the thumb-push gas lever that its vertical leg may be on the top of the lighter housing when its horizontal leg is pushed... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4758152 | Safety mechanism for a cigar lighter A nylon bar is pivotably connected to a sleeve about a top portion of a cigar lighter of a type that has a lever that is depressed to cause fumes to pass from a fuel tank of the lighter. The bar may be locked in a position that prevents depression of the ... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4717335 | Child resistant lighter A cigarette lighter, including a gas nozzle mounted on a housing, and a rotatable spark-producing wheel engaged with a flint to deliver a spark toward the gas nozzle. The wheel carries a structure which engages the flint-supporting structure in such a way... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4705019 | Gas downdraft range with selectively interchangeable burners A gas cooking appliance is provided which is operable with interchangeable burners. An appliance housing includes a burner box mounting an upwardly facing non-removable burner pan. A gas supply system includes gas valves arranged to provide gas to inlet f... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4613300 | Burner safety system Burner apparatus including fuel burners and a pilot light burner associated with each fuel burner. A solenoid-operated valve controls the supply of fuel to the fuel burners. Thermocouples heated by the pilot light burners energize electromagnetic coils th... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4596525 | Dual purpose lighter Cigarette type lighter has the ability to work as a conventional gas lighter or without fuel by producing cinders from a flint. A lever along the side of the lighter allows selection of mode of operation. Flints may be stored within the lighter housing.... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4545308 | Apparatus for regulating airflow to a chemical recovery boiler A chemical recovery furnace (10) having air nozzles (12) is provided with apparatus (22) for keeping the nozzles clear of combustion product deposits, and also accurately controlling the airflow through such nozzles. Each nozzle has slots (20) in the side... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4487570 | Smokers lighter A gas burning lighter with electrical spark ignition has a closed casing (11). Successive downward operative movements applied to an actuator slide (15) first releases a pivotal element (23) which moves outwards to an open position, creating a flame apert... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4477248 | Oil burner shutter An oil burner shutter to block off an oil burner from a wood/coal boiler when not in use having a movable shutter with an aperture therein and means to move said shutter to an open or closed position including means to operate said shutter automatically i... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4441480 | Ignition indicator for gas grills A gas grill having a visible indicator for indicating ignition of the grill burner. The indicating device includes a sensing device mounted adjacent the burner on a common bracket with a burner igniter. The control for the igniter is mounted in a common h... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4432542 | Joke cigarette lighter A novelty device resembling a cigarette lighter in appearance has a bi-stable actuator mounted on the container to expel a foam-like substance from the container whenever a user depresses the actuator.... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4422845 | Liquid hydrocarbon burner with vertically adjustable wick A liquid hydrocarbon burner of the type having a vertically adjustable wick, comprises an inner ring on which the wick is mounted, an intermediate ring outside the inner ring and an outer ring outside the intermediate ring. The rings are relatively rotata... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4212628 | Recovery furnace safety system During a clean-out period when black liquor supply lines to paper pulp mill recovery furnace fuel spray guns are circulated with purge water or when black liquor firing is interrupted due to low consistency solids, the removal and unauthorized insertion o... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4155704 | Apparatus for feeding a mixture of steam, gas and air into a rotary kiln under the layer of the material processed A specific feature of the disclosed apparatus comprising burners disposed along the generatrix of the shell of the kiln and provided each with a plurality of nozzles each whereof is located in the refractory lining of the kiln, consists of a cylindrical p... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4147493 | Igniter for flares An igniter for flares is disclosed which includes one or more spark electrode carriers movable by a cable toward and away from the top of the flare stack and with indicating and control apparatus preferably near or remote from the base of the flare stack ... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4129408 | Gas burner lighting device for an absorption refrigerating apparatus A device associated with a gas burner of an absorption refrigerating apparatus that ensures the lighting of the gas burner without the requirements of special knowledge and ability. The device includes a burner housing in a sealed system having a part tha... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4049370 | Cigarette lighter with presale tamper protection A cigarette lighter has a cylindrical fuel-containing housing provided at its head with a burner, a valve having a lever operable to feed fuel from the housing interior to the burner, and a striker wheel for sparking across the burner and igniting fuel is... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4033713 | Safety device for butterfly dampers A safety device for butterfly dampers is mounted in the flue duct of oil fired central heaters and operated by a control device susceptible of rotating a damper element actuated by the pressure of fuel oil fed by a pump through an oil supply line to a bur... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4028043 | Cigarette lighter with presale tamper protection A cigarette lighter has a cylindrical fuel-containing reservoir provided on one end with a burner, a valve having a lever operable to feed fuel from the reservoir to the burner, and a striker wheel for sparking across the burner and igniting the fuel. A m... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3938943 | Security device for a portable lighter A security device for a lighter having an externally operated actuator lever which opens and closes a gas valve. The security device comprises a security member secured to the lighter for preventing operation of the actuator lever, the security member bei... | 02/17/1976 |
