...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 |
| 3962911 | Method and apparatus for coupling signals from a rotating device with end shafts exposed The nip pressure of a rotating roll is measured and displayed through the utilization of techniques which include the transmission and reception of electromagnetic radiation. A pressure transducer is mounted on the inner surface of a roll shell and connec... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3955409 | Device for torsional oscillation testing A device is described for the torsional testing of test bodies which avoids reference to the zero point of oscillation and, accordingly, is independent of zero point shifts. The device is of the type wherein a torsional pendulum can be made to undergo dam... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3945242 | Method of measuring dynamic characteristics of materials and device for effecting same The method of measuring dynamic characteristics of materials consists in obtaining, in the course of measurement, a control current which ensures oscillations of a specimen of a material at a preset amplitude and frequency. Then, real and imaginary compon... | 03/23/1976 |