Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5195929 | Cob cutter blade and method of manufacture A new and unique construction for a corn cob cutter knife is presented. A method is described for the manufacture of a unique cutting blade insert which is tapered and which has an inner ski angle compatible with the many applications involved in removing... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4943259 | Corn cutter and system A corn cutter unit in which an ear of corn is propelled by a plurality of feed rollers into a plurality of knives carried by a rotating head, with the knives being adjustable to define an opening through which the cob may pass, and a cob puller having upp... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4143664 | Corn cutter jam clearing system A corn kernel cutter of known design has a rotating head upon which cutting knives are pivoted and which mounts a shiftable ring that makes a pin and slot connection with the knives so that they open and close simultaneously. The knives are formed with co... | 03/13/1979 |
