Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7229264 | Platen with self-cleaning exhaust holes and multi-opening press utilizing same A platen press for pressing loose wood-based material into structural panels at high temperature while exhausting steam generated in the process through vents distributed across the face of a platen to thereby produce an improved product. The vents are periodically ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7093534 | Method of manufacturing products of soymilk and apparatus of manufacturing the same The invention comprises the steps of storing immersed or smothered raw material of soy beans including hulls in a storage chamber provided at the front part of a cylinder barrel, subsequently passing the stored raw material of soybeans through screens furnished at t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6516390 | Methods and apparatus for accessing data within a data storage system The invention is directed to techniques for accessing data within a data storage system having a circuit board that includes both a front-end circuit for interfacing with a host and a back-end circuit for interfacing with a storage device. To move data be... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6269741 | Filter system for olive oil recovery Olive or other fruit paste from which oil is to be recovered is spread upon and sandwiched between two filter mats which are in turn sandwiched between two filter plates. Filter plates have slots extending from within the plate to the outer edges. Additio... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6217710 | Process for regulating a screw press The invention refers to a process for regulating a screw press, particularly for dewatering a pulp suspension. It is mainly characterized by the speed being varied as a function of the torque.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5902481 | Strainer for draining liquid-packed canned goods A strainer device for assisting in draining packing liquid from opened tuna fish cans, as well as from opened cans of produce such as vegetables, fruit, and beans, the device including a molded plastic short hollow cylinder open at the top end and closed ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5275097 | Press assembly for extracting liquids from solids A press assembly (10) for squeezing liquid from layers of liquid containing materials. The press assembly utilizes a plurality of open top filter bag assemblies (102), each filter bag assembly being disposed between adjacent press racks (86), the press ra... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5184548 | Can crushing apparatus employing a cooperative plate and anvil assembly An apparatus to include a top plate and base plate, with a press plate reciprocatably mounted between the top plate and base plate to crush and deform various containers for disposal and recycling. The use of pivotal link members operative through an actu... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5112502 | Homogeneous substitution method and apparatus for cake using filter press In homogeneous substitution washing method and apparatus for a cake using a filter press which comprises pairs of opposed squeezed and squeezing filtering plate units, pairs of opposed squeezed and squeezing filtering cloths, each pair of filtering cloths... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5045186 | Filtration method and filter press for employing the method A filtration method includes steps of feeding liquid to be filtered into a filter medium between a fixed plate and a movable plate; and reducing capacity of a filter chamber formed by the medium by moving the movable plate in a direction in which the mova... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4848223 | Drainage system for expressing fibrous materials A drainage system for expressing liquids and fluids from fibrous materials. The system includes a plurality of spaced apart compression elements each retained in juxaposition one to another so as to have a fluid escape slot between each adjacent compressi... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4826607 | Method of and apparatus for filtering a slurry Filter cake produced from a slurry is compressed in an enclosure (6) having a pair of opposed flexible walls (5) at least one of which is constituted by a filter and drainage medium. The filter cake is cyclically deformed while under compression with the ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4791864 | Drainage system for expressing fibrous materials A drainage system for expressing liquids and fluids from fibrous materials. The system includes a plurality of spaced apart compression elements each retained in juxaposition one to another so as to have a fluid escape slot between each adjacent compressi... | 12/20/1988 |
