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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 |
| 7115023 | Process tape for cleaning or processing the edge of a semiconductor wafer A wafer bevel processing apparatus comprises a plurality of rollers for rotatably supporting a wafer, first process roller, a second process roller, and a process tape extending between the first process roller and the second process roller. The first and second pro... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115021 | Abrasive, method of polishing target member and process for producing semiconductor device To polish polishing target surfaces of SiO2 insulating films or the like at a high rate without scratching the surface, the present invention provides an abrasive comprising a slurry comprising a medium and dispersed therein at least one of i) cerium oxid... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090560 | System and method for detecting abrasive article orientation Systems and methods control abrading operations of an abrading machine by sensing characteristics of an abrading article installed on the abrading machine. When a problem is discovered by sensing the article, appropriate actions may be taken. As one example, the abr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6743085 | Rotating back up abrasive disc assembly A holder for an abrasive disc allows for a quick manual change of the abrasive disc. The holder including an uncoupling mechanism that in turn includes a handle comprising a pin and an adjacent hub comprising a partial annular channel. The handle and hub have a limi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6652363 | Method and apparatus for uniformly planarizing a microelectronic substrate A method and apparatus for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. The apparatus can include a planarizing medium having a relatively hard polishing pad and a planarizing liquid disposed on a generally non-porous planarizing surface of the polishing pad.... | 11/25/2003 |
| 5749773 | Solid buffing compound A solid buffing compound made up of polishing powder and a bonding agent, wherein the bonding agent to be used is a good amount of water-soluble surface active agent and/or polyalkylene glycol which is an intermediate thereof; the melting point of said bo... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5305555 | Belt grinding assembly having pivoting means The belt grinding assembly according to the present invention includes (1) a frame (2) a belt grinding mechanism comprising a continuous abrasive belt having a backing with front and rear surfaces, and abrasive granules attached along the front surface; a... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5140775 | Belt grinding assembly A belt grinding assembly for grinding a smoothly radiused edge surface on an elongate bar such as a wrench. A bar manipulating mechanism moves the edge surface of the bar at a uniform rate of speed along an arcuate path about an axis at a right angle to a... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4779387 | Method and apparatus for automatically buffing a golf ball An automatic buffing machine and method for automatically buffing a golf ball are disclosed. The golf ball is oriented such that the flash ring is in a predetermined plane and then the flash ring is removed. The golf ball matrix is preferably utilized to ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4676029 | Opposed endless belt grinding apparatus Grinding apparatus for retaining and grinding workpieces comprises two endless abrasive belts guided to move in a direction opposed to the direction of movement of the workpieces. An angularly adjustable support biasses each abrasive belt to converge towa... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4671018 | Rigid disk finishing apparatus A rigid disk finishing apparatus characterized by an eccentric spindle of small diameter engaging the inner circumference of a rigid disk; a drive mechanism engaging the outer circumference of the rigid disk to rotate the disk around an axis parallel to b... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4646475 | Abrasive belt surface grinder and method An abrasive grinding machine and method which includes and endless power driven grinding belt mounted on a frame of the machine and a movable workholder on the frame adapted for holding workpieces to be surface ground by the endless grinding belt. A recip... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4512110 | Endless abrasive belts Apparatus for controlling the working force and relative disposition of the work-contacting surface of a driven endless abrasive belt while in contact with the surface of a workpiece held in a working station. The controlling apparatus includes a rigid be... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4085550 | Apparatus for abrasively treating insulation products Apparatus for applying an abrasive treatment to the outer surface of a length of tubular fibrous pipe insulation comprising a support, a mandrel rotatably mounted thereon for receiving a section to be treated, an abrading member at an abrasive treatment s... | 04/25/1978 |
| 3994100 | Multi-station grinding machine with pivoted grinding elements A multi-station grinding machine having an index table carrying a plurality of work tables rotatable with respect thereto with means for oscillating the index table while simultaneously rotating a work table whereby a workpiece at a grinding station is ca... | 11/30/1976 |
