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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4336634 | Apparatus for the severing of the fillets from the skeleton of fish In a fish filleting machine with one pair each of circular belly filleting knives, back filleting knives and severing knives as well as belly and back guides arranged on the one hand between the former and on the other hand between the latter, the fish is... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4312100 | Apparatus for filleting fish Fish filleting apparatus has a base on which is supported a pair of substantially parallel mandrels spaced by a slot the confronting surfaces of which form cutting edges flanked by longitudinally extending grooves. Above the level of the mandrels is a pai... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4309793 | Shellfish meat and shell separation process and apparatus An apparatus and process of treating a mixture of shellfish meat particles and shell halves is revealed and wherein the mixture is treated by elutriation in an elongated, narrow upright zone. At the upper end of the zone the meat particles are removed whi... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4309794 | Method for the separation of fat, pigments and entrail remains from fish raw material The invention concerns a method for the preparation of fish mass wherein the fish meat is separated from fat, pigment and entrail remains. The method can be utilized for fatty as well as for lean fish. This is achieved by holding fatty or lean fish raw ma... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4299009 | Machine for separating the bone and the flesh from the feet of slaughtered ungulates A machine for boning feet comprises on a frame, fixed immobilization means and a movable extraction member constituted by at least one set of jaws. In order to bone the feet of hoofed animals, said immobilization means are constituted by at least one set ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4297764 | Method and installation for processing bovine feet The invention relates to an improvement in the method of processing bovine feet in which the feet are washed, scalded, dehoofed and depilated. After having dehoofed the feet and having removed the spurs therefrom, the boning operation or scraping operatio... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4286355 | Method of filleting fish and a filleting machine for performing this method A fish filleting machine comprises a conveyor for transporting the fish tail forwards, belly filleting knives, back filleting knives, rib knives, first severing knives for the severing through of the flesh strip, and second severing knives for the severin... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4275479 | Device for handling of meat and cutting-up thereof A device for handling meat comprises a handle (1) which is provided with a claw (3, 4) that comprises a shaft (3) with a die (4). The claw is replaceably mounted at the handle (1). The die (4) may be fork shaped and provided with a sharpened edge. The han... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4262386 | Apparatus for holding an animal's head severed from its body Apparatus for holding the head of an animal severed from its body for use in cutting the edible portions from the bones. The head is clamped between first and second members rotatably about a common axis and displaceable towards each other. The snout is r... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4236275 | Process for the filleting of fish A process for filleting unbeheaded fish, or beheaded fish with the collar bones still adhering to the body to be filleted conveyed tail forward comprises performing belly filleting cuts, back filleting cuts and rib cuts. The fillets are cut free by severi... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4213229 | Mechanical deboning of poultry A method and apparatus for separating poultry meat from bone are disclosed, in which separation is accomplished through the use of centrifugal force. A poultry section is attached to a rotating member, and the high-speed rotation of said member, with cont... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4210677 | Process for production of a restructured fresh meat product A process for restructuring meat wherein chunked and wafer sliced meats are blended to promote release of natural binding proteins. The blended meats are formed into log shapes for freezing and tempering, and then pressed into shape and sliced into steaks... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4172304 | Apparatus for filleting fish The apparatus for filleting fish comprises guiding flaps arranged in succession and a system of knives. Said guiding flaps are adapted for feeding and orienting the fish which travels in the process of treatment. Said system of knives consists of circular... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4134181 | Apparatus for trimming meat A meat trimming apparatus includes an elongated table having an upwardly concave surface adapted to support a loin of meat by engaging a convex outer surface thereof. A guide spaced transversely from one edge of the table supports the loin against movemen... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4087563 | Method for processing fishes A dressed body of a fish, which is obtained by cutting off the head part and removing the internal organs of the fish therefrom, is sliced into upper and lower fish fillets and a part mainly consisting of the vertebra thereof. The thus obtained upper and ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4084294 | Fish processing machine In a fish processing machine comprising an endless loading conveyor adapted to convey fish lying on their sides in fish troughs transversely to their longitudinal axis, a feed section having opposed walls forming a V-shape and adapted to advance the fish,... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4056866 | Fish processing machines A machine for filleting fish of various species comprising belly filleting knives for making belly cuts, bone knives for separating the vertebral appendages from the vertebrae without separating the flank fillets from the fish, rib knives for cutting the ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4034442 | Apparatus for cleaning fish collars An apparatus for cleaning fish collars. The apparatus comprises a plurality of holders, each dimensioned to receive a fish collar. At least one blade is on the exterior of each holder. The holder moves along a pathway. The apparatus also effects relative ... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4008509 | Machine for filleting fish In a filleting machine for fish for the production of fillets entirely free of bones and including the belly flaps the tail portions of the fillets are cut free by means of belly filleting knives, back filleting knives and separating knives, the fillets f... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3992734 | Boning meat A plant for boning the meat of the half-carcass of a skinned beast, comprising a plurality of successive working stations where the still warm meat is removed by means of semi-automatic and automatic mechanical devices and, more precisely, on a first trac... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3955242 | Process and apparatus for filleting fish A method and apparatus for filleting fishes is disclosed. The fish are cut on their underside by pairs of belly knives and pairs of rib knives, and by pairs of back knives on their dorsal sides. Between the belly knives and the rib knives are pairs of gui... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3947920 | Machine for separating meat tissue from bone The machine includes a horizontally extending knife blade, a mechanism for reciprocating the knife blade, a toothed roll parallel spaced from the knife blade, a mechanism for rotating the roll, and a manually operated lever mechanism for moving the rotati... | 04/06/1976 |
