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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181560 | Food processing tool A food processing tool particularly suited for processing garlic and the like generally includes a main body having a tray configured to allow garlic to be passed back and forth across the tray for processing as desired. The main body optionally includes a pair of o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7926401 | Tissue harvesting device and method A tissue harvesting method and device for obtaining micrograft tissue particles within the size range of 50-1500 microns, and more preferably 500-1000 microns, and most preferably 600 microns. The particles may be processed after a piece of donor tissue has been exc... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7779739 | Chopper and slicer A food chopper and slicer includes a lower receptacle for holding chopped food items and one or more blades at the top. A pushing element is secured within an outer housing, with the outer housing being configured to snugly and slideably fit around the receptacle. T... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7299728 | Loaf end trimming station for slicing machine A loaf end trimming station for a high speed food loaf slicing machine, includes a frame, a first knife and a second knife spaced apart along the frame and oriented in positions corresponding to a lead end trimming location and a trailing end trimming location of a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7267036 | Vial card slitting apparatus A device for separating individual containers from a group of multiple containers and delivering the separated individual container for further processing is shown. The device relies in part on gravity for the movement of the containers. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7146737 | Kitchen appliance for slicing various products A kitchen appliance for cutting cuttable material such as vegetables, fruit, etc., with a main body. The appliance comprises a guide surface on which the cuttable material can be moved to and fro, and a blade which, for cutting, is arranged offset in relation to the... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143678 | Cutting machine for brick making A wire-cutting apparatus 10 used in the manufacture of bricks. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced generally parallel coextensive beams 13 and 14 between which cutting wires 15 pass. Associated with each wire 15 are groove-form... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7096771 | Cutter blade assembly for cutting scoop shaped vegetable products A cutter blade assembly that presents a sequential series of perpendicularly oriented cutting knife arrays which are attached to a frame. A first set of cutting knives is comprised of knives that are generally scalloped shaped. A second set of cutting knives is comp... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073260 | Knife assembly A knife assembly for use in a food cutting apparatus includes a compression ring adapted for threaded engagement with a base ring. The compression ring includes a threaded collar that tapers thinner towards its leading edge. The blade support ring tapers thinner tow... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7051633 | Ampoule card splitter A device for splitting apart a card of thermoplastic ampoules is described. The splitter device includes a card receiving base, a cutter assembly, and a pusher assembly for pushing the card along the base through the cutter assembly so as to divide the card into sep... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6959636 | Produce slicer A produce slicer 10 for slicing produce is disclosed. The produce slicer includes a frame (12) defining a cavity (16) having a central axis (22). A plurality of radial cutting blades (20) are disposed in the cavity, wherein each of... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6925920 | Knife holder and knife for a microtome The invention relates to a knife holder for a microtome having a knife receiver for fixing and positioning a knife and a knife for the knife holder. The knife holder is ergonomic, the operation is made easier and safer, and the knife does not need to be changed as o... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923104 | Tensive cutting assembly A tensive cutting assembly includes a tensionable cutting member formed of a strip of material, typically metal, which is formed having a serpentine configuration. The tensionable cutting member is removably mounted on a tensive cutting head. The tensive cutting hea... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6837030 | Automated method for placing sliced food stacks in packages A system and method are provided that allow meat logs to be manually loaded into a slicing station and thereafter be continuously automatically processed at the slicing station, a harping station, and an insertion station for automated packaging thereof without the ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6805030 | Potato-strip cutting deceleration system The invention relates to a food processing system. A fluid conduit of the system is configured for directing the food carried in a fluid medium along a food path. The system has a food inlet operatively associated with the fluid conduit for feeding the food into the... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6732622 | Safety manual vegetable cutter The present invention relates to a manual vegetable cutter, for selectively varied cutting. Furthermore, the cutter of the present invention does not expose the user to risks of serious cuts. The cutter comprises a frame fitted with at least one cutting blade mounte... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6601491 | Tensive cutting assembly A tensive cutting assembly includes a tensionable cutting member formed of a strip of material, typically metal, which is formed having a serpentine configuration. The tensionable cutting member is removably mounted on a tensive cutting head. The tensive ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6435080 | System for securely and removably attaching a food processing adapter to a food processing and juicing unit A system for attaching a food processing adapter to a food processing unit includes an upper processing adapter attached to a pressure assembly of the unit, and a lower processing adapter attached to a holder at a base of the unit. The holder includes a f... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415698 | Apparatus for cutting wafer sandwiches An apparatus for cutting a wafer sandwich into a plurality of rectangular pieces has a support surface defining a transport path extending longitudinally through a longitudinal-cutting station and a transverse-cutting station. A plurality of stationary an... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6318049 | Slitter machine for tab lock cases A slitter machine of the type where tab lock cases of varying height, width, and length are advanced therethrough in a product flow direction on a machine bed by a main drive motor, is presented. The slitter machine includes a frame, a centerline, a leadi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6209439 | Garlic cutter A garlic cutter having a housing and a beaker shaped structure adapted to receive garlic rotatably disposed in the housing. The beaker shaped structure has a cutting grid for cutting garlic or other vegetables. An upper part, bearing a punch, threadingly ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6119572 | Device for separating packages for flowable media A device for the mechanical separation of work pieces having plastic material in the area of separation, in particular, packages for flowable media joined together in pairs in the top wall is provided with feed and discharge means with guide rails and dri... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6105480 | Apparatus for separating ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber An apparatus for separating a ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber at a plurality of positions at once, wherein the ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber includes a number of single-core fibers arranged in parallel. This apparatus comprises a first cutti... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6085627 | Apparatus for cutting a cellular polymer surface with multiple continuous platforms Apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of one or more slabs of material (180) includes two compression rollers (146, 146a), two moving p... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6026742 | Press for processing and recovering preselected solid urban waste and the like A press for processing and recovering preselected solid urban waste and the like comprises a hopper which is operatively coupled to a pressing device for reducing the volume of the waste which, in a pressed condition, is conveyed by the pressing device to... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6016731 | Recompacted hay bale cutting and stacking system A compressed hay bale cutting and stacking system includes a compressed bale cutter and a stacker arranged to stack half-cut or quarter-cut bales in multi-tier stacks while maintaining slices of the bales in substantial alignment. The bale cutter is orien... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5950515 | Apparatus for slicing vegetables A method and apparatus for cutting a vegetable, such as a potato, into pieces suitable for the preparation of cottage-fried, french-fried, and shoestring potatoes, has a plurality of vertically arranged propelling units, each of which has a plurality of w... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5911808 | Tensioned blade apparatus A multiblade cutting assembly including a plurality of blades and a blade support which is loaded as a simple beam. A plurality of parallel cutting blades are mounted by a first end on a frame and by a second end on a tension member. A pair of biasing mem... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5887504 | Recompacted hay bale cutting and stacking system A compressed hay bale cutting and stacking system includes a compressed bale cutter and a stacker arranged to stack half-cut or quarter-cut bales in multi-tier stacks while maintaining slices of the bales in substantial alignment. The bale cutter is orien... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5881619 | Method and apparatus for cutting blocks of solid energetic materials A remotely controlled apparatus for reducing the size of energetic materials is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a remotely controlled cutter, retainer and a device for positioning the energetic material to be reduced. Also disclosed is a method for red... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5791225 | Kitchen appliance for cutting material A kitchen appliance for cutting material, preferably fruit or vegetables, into strips is disclosed. The kitchen appliance includes a base plate with sliding faces provided on its upper side and at least one row of blades is arranged between said sliding f... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5745999 | Food slicer device A food slicer device (10) comprising a food receiving container (12) having an open top (14) with an inner ledge (16) about the open top (14). A working platform (18) has a pair of low rear insert tracks (20), a high forward seat (22) and an open area (23... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5694824 | Cutting head for slicing a food product An improved cutting head for slicing a food product is disclosed wherein the cutting head includes a lower mounting ring attached to the bottom of the cutter support segments to position the cutter support segments and which lower mounting ring rests on a... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5632187 | Process and device for cutting a web of textile fabric The fabric run (4) has a hollow marker profile (12) arranged along a cutting line (10). A cutting device (16) is equipped with a sensing tongue (14) which engages in the hollow marker profile (12), and which guides a cutting tool (18) along the marker pro... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5613417 | Apparatus and method for forming a groove in a board In order to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of forming a groove in a board, an apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes a station for feeding the board from a supply of boards, a table for supporting the board upon receipt from ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5569354 | Tape cutting apparatus An apparatus for separating tape at a cut edge is described in which a bend is formed in the tape and in which a wall portion acts against the cut edge of the tape so that as the tape is drawn to straighten it, there is resilience in an upper layer of the... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5555787 | Replaceable blade cartridge for a centrifugal type food slicer The present invention discloses a replaceable blade cartridge and a compatible assembly for holding the cartridge wherein an old blade cartridge is slidably removed from the holding assembly and a new blade is slidably inserted into the holding assembly. ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5538591 | Tape cutting apparatus A tape cutting apparatus is described for cutting off a portion of tape (4) comprising first and second layers (4a,4c) secured one to another by an adhesive layer (4b). The apparatus comprises an anvil (40) and a cutter support member (31) carrying a blad... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5520105 | Combination can crusher, juicer and slicer A combination can crusher, juicer and slicer having a main housing with a vertically adjustable cutting blade holder or can holder and a ratcheted lever adapted to raise and lower a pressure plate into contact with either a can disposed in the holder or a... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5509256 | Fibrous material packaging machine An apparatus for packaging fibrous material in uniform, high density, self supporting, packages. Fibrous materials, such as alfalfa hay, grasses, etc. in the form of bales or loose material, are received. The material is moved through a cutting device, if... | 04/23/1996 |
