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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434506 | Propane bottle recycler A propane bottle recycler comprising a bottle station, first and second propane collection tank, compressor, liquid propane storage tank, bottle crusher, and crushed bottle storage compartment. The bottle station comprises a bottle manifold and bottle station frame,... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7415924 | System and method for identifying bales of hay A system and method for tagging individual bales of hay as they are baled and recording information regarding the moisture, weight, preservative applied. Field position, quality and other information available at the time of baling;, all sequenced to the formation o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7377214 | Apparatus and method for temporarily compressing loose, multiply bent, pieces of scrap sheet metal into compacted wafers The bulk volume of large numbers of loose, separated, multiply bent, irregularly shaped scrap sheet metal is temporarily reduced, for transportation and storage of the metal for recycling purposes, by compressing the metal into temporary, compacted wafers formed of ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364420 | Rotary press for making tablets Rotary press for making tablets with a rotor, which rotor exhibits a die plate and guides for the upper and lower punches, a rotor shaft and an electric drive motor, which electric drive motor rotates the rotor shaft and exhibits a runner and a stator, wherein the r... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350459 | Foliage compactor An organic foliage compactor for compacting organic foliage into a bale is disclosed. The compactor includes a compactor frame and a compacting tube coupled to the compactor frame. The compacting tube includes a first end, a second end and a housing that defines an ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318376 | Knotter blower for agricultural balers A crop baler having a bank of knotters employs a cross flow blower to produce a full width stream of air transversely across the line of knotters to keep them free of debris and residue. The blower is hingedly mounted on an enclosure over the knotters for selective ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314002 | Densification system A densification system for shredding and densifying specification raw materials for use as an alternative fuel source. The densified specification raw materials formed by the inventive system are readily transportable to a fuel processing site where they may be used... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7232136 | Trash cart The present invention is directed to a trash cart, namely an enclosed trash cart having a top and front doors that swing open on a hinged system. The enclosed trash cart is connected to at least one wheel axle having wheels that allow the cart to be transported from... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229267 | Tablet press A tablet press with a rotary turret that is driven by a direct drive is described. The rotary turret can be driven by a simple, inexpensive drive having low vibrations, which reduces the stress on the mechanical components and the drive train of the press. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222747 | Multi-function sanitization system A sanitization system (10) for storing and dispensing a variety of sanitizing and cleaning supplies such as paper towels (70), tissues (80), anti-bacterial liquids (60) and spray bottle cleaners (90) wherein, the system (10)... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204961 | Liquid feed apparatus and automatic analyzing apparatus Provided is a liquid feed apparatus for feeding liquid by operating a diaphragm at a high frequency, in which an inlet valve and an outlet valve are integrally incorporated with a liquid feed chamber, the positions of the valve are shifted into peripheral parts of t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191701 | Trash compactor for lavatory unit of aircraft A manual trash compactor for a trash bin is disposed inside a lavatory unit of an aircraft. A trash bin disposed within a wash basin in a lavatory unit of an aircraft has a lid through which trash is thrown in disposed on an upper surface of the wash basin. Below th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7143905 | Enclosure for refuse and recyclable containers An enclosure for a refuse container and a recyclable container includes a frame; a front and a rear carried by the frame and including an advertising holder, a refuse opening, and a recyclable opening, the refuse opening receiving refuse therethrough for depositing ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124680 | Solar powered compaction apparatus A trash compactor designed for public use is powered by a photovoltaic cell array. This allows the trash compactor to be placed in locations where no power is available, but with frequent human traffic. The compaction feature allows the unit to be emptied less often... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114629 | Medical waste disposal system A carrier is configured to hold a container having a door mounted for reciprocation between opened and closed positions. The carrier includes a body adapted to receive the container as well as an extension coupled for reciprocal movement with respect to the body. Th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7051651 | Baling apparatus Baling apparatus (2) for preparing highly compressed bales of materials such as silage, wool, paper, cardboard, plastics materials and scrap metal, the baling apparatus including a compression chamber (5) which includes two opposed gates (6, 7) ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7031956 | System and method for synchronizing and/or updating an existing relational database with supplemental XML data A system and a method for synchronizing and updating a relational database with supplemental data in which the relational database has a set of tables defined by a relational schema. The supplemental data preferably comprises data in a tagged format having a documen... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7016910 | Indexing, rewriting and efficient querying of relations referencing semistructured data The invention discloses methods and apparatus that facilitate efficient querying of tables referencing semistructured data such as digraphs and other domains with complex grouping structure. The invention methods enable meaningful indexing of the tables as well as r... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007598 | Public access trash compactor A trash compactor includes a loading vestibule which extends forwardly of a cabinet. Pivotally mounted to a lower edge of the vestibule entrance is a carriage having a panel which functions as a vestibule lid. When the lid is pivoted downwardly, a distal panel of th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000532 | Portable trash compactor An portable apparatus for compacting refuse including an outer housing having a recess extending therethrough and a vent extending therethrough. An inner housing is received within the outer housing so as to form a compartment for receiving refuse therein. A connect... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6935586 | Recycling device and method A recycling device and a method of using same are disclosed. The recycling device includes the interconnected components of a housing unit, a first door, a second door, an elongated barrel, an electrical plug, a utility motor, a utility belt drive, a rolling pin, a ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919390 | Stabilized thermoplastic moulding compounds Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising, as substantive components A) from 29% by weight to 99% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polymer, B) from 1 ppb to 5% by weight of at least one polyethyleneimine homo- or copolymer, ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6820542 | Leaf compactor and baler An apparatus 10 for compacting and baling leaves, grass clippings, sticks, pine straw and other debris on lawns, yards, or fields is provided. The apparatus 10 may have diagonal brushes 26 to gather debris for processing though a crusher 28 | 11/23/2004 |
| 6817286 | Mushroom compost compacting assembly A mushroom compost compacting assembly includes a feed hopper unit, a mixer unit, a conveyor unit and a compactor unit all of which are separate and distinct from each other. The units are detachably connected to each other so that the units could be assembled at th... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6769354 | Position adjustment in laser-assisted pressing A method of laser-assisted pressing is used to adjust the pressing position with a laser projector and an impressible element while pressing an opaque object. The apparatus in this invention is characterized by a platform, a pressing unit with at least one press hea... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6729230 | Calendar roll cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to a calender roll cleaning apparatus for smoothing a surface of a magnetic layer of a magnetic recording medium passed through a plurality of calender rolls. The cleaning apparatus comprises a wiping cloth feeding apparatus that feeds ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718870 | Hand-held hydraulic pressing apparatus The invention is concerned with a hand held hydraulic pressing apparatus (1) with a hydraulic cylinder (8), in which a hydraulically actuated piston can be displaced to carry out a pressing or cutting operation. The apparatus has a piston head (5 | 04/13/2004 |
| 6676362 | Vehicle trash compactor A vehicle trash compactor for keeping the passenger compartment neat and clean by allowing the user to comfortably compact the trash in the vehicle. The vehicle trash compactor includes a container assembly including a container having top, bottom, back, ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6647868 | Position adjustment in laser-assisted pressing A method of laser-assisted pressing is used to adjust the pressing position with a laser projector and an impressible element while pressing an opaque object. The apparatus in this invention is characterized by a platform, a pressing unit with at least on... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6591743 | Cotton processing system and method of operation Cotton receiving structure includes a receptacle supported on a wheeled frame and a floor conveyor moving cotton towards an upright set of fingered rotors which feed the cotton into an upright hopper. The fed cotton is directed into a baler mounted on the... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6512029 | Stabilized metallocene polyolefins A composition containing I) a polyolefin prepared by polymerization over a metallocene catalyst, and II) a stabilizer mixture comprising for example ##STR1## with n1 and n2 being a number from 2 to 25.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6497023 | Apparatus for forming metal feedstock from waste metal products An apparatus for forming a metal feedstock from waste metal products is disclosed. The apparatus includes devices for: crushing the metal products into pieces; magnetically separating sheet-shaped ferrous scraps and ferrous cast blocks from the crushed pi... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6494116 | Stroke adjusting device for press machine A stroke adjusting device for removing eccentric instability in an mechanical rotary system. The stroke adjusting device includes an adjustable rotation balancing weight adjustable about an eccentric bushing positioned on an eccentric shaft. The adjustabl... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491609 | Exercise arm apparatus with pivotal linkage system An exercise arm apparatus has a stationary frame member, a first pivoting arm pivoted to the frame member at a location intermediate its ends for rotation about a first pivot axis, a second pivoting arm pivotally connected to the frame member for rotation... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6330856 | Garment dispensing and receiving apparatus An apparatus and method for dispensing and retrieving garments in a controlled manner. The apparatus retrieves the garments in a secure enclosure while accounting for the garments returned, and compacts the returned garments, all with a single, stand-alon... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6289799 | Bindery compactor A bindery compactor receives and compacts simultaneously large particulate paper waste and pneumatically conveyed fine paper waste. The compactor operates with a platen cycling within a compactor chute, in which the platen is normally forward in the compa... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6153055 | Apparatus for assisting in the release of a web An apparatus is disclosed for assisting in the release of a web from contact with the heated surface. The apparatus includes a material which is urged into contact with the heated surface upstream relative to the contact of the web to the heated surface. ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152026 | System for baling farm products A farm product baling system for transforming large rolls of baled farm product into smaller substantiality rectangular sized bales of farm products. The farm product baling system preferably incorporates a first conveyor thrasher subsystem connected to a... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6138558 | Trash and recycling center A trash and recycling center having a modular trash receptacle unit and a modular recycling receptacle. The trash receptacle unit has at least two interior compartments and a movable lid. A trash bag can be placed in one compartment and used newspapers ca... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6098531 | Scrap tire collection, volume reduction, and transportation A method of handling scrap tires including providing a satellite tire collection enclosure constructed of baled tires and sized to receive scrap tires, collecting scrap tires inside the tire collection enclosure until the enclosure is at or near capacity,... | 08/08/2000 |
