...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4110082 | Reformed hydrocarbons and alcohols from fuel alloys and reforming agents This invention relates to the manufacturing of quality engine fuels (hydrocarbons and alcohols) from my hydrogenating fuel alloys and reforming agents.... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4088454 | Method for producing a liquid fuel composition A method for making a fuel which comprises adding to an oxidation resistant tank from 80% to 60%, by volume, of an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, or sodium bicarbonate, and also adding a lower alkyl alcohol to said tank and tra... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4081252 | Method of improving combustion of fuels and fuel compositions Disclosure is made of a method of improving the combustion of base fuels selected from ammonia, petroleum distillates, alcohols and amines. The method comprises the addition of hydrogen carriers to the base fuels, which possess an energy content and relea... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4029589 | Process of inhibiting corrosion and/or sweetening hydrocarbons A process of inhibiting corrosion and/or sweetening hydrocarbons so that they pass the Copper Strip Tarnish Test ASTM D-130 which comprises treating such hydrocarbons with iodine or bromine. These halogens are preferably employed with complexing compounds... | 06/14/1977 |