Did You Know...
...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 |
| 6990899 | Stencil printing machine A conveying route along which the leading edge side of a roll stencil sheet is conveyed to a stencil sheet clamp section of a printing drum is formed. Along the conveying route, arranged are: a writing head which forms a perforated image on the stencil sheet; a plat... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6896632 | Belt drive cantilever tensioner A belt drive cantilever tensioner. The tensioner is particularly suited to belt drive systems having a high belt tension. The tensioner comprises a pulley journaled to a cantilever arm. The cantilever arm is pivotably attached to a mounting surface by a fastener at ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6782812 | Stencil-printer A stencil printer of the present invention includes a print drum around which perforated part of a stencil or master is to be wrapped. A master making section make a master and includes a cutter for cutting the stencil paid out from a roll. A master discharging sect... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6276268 | Drum type printer having mechanism for adjusting transverse position of printed image In order to provide a drum type printer having a mechanism for adjusting a transverse position of a printed image improved such that when a plurality of drawout type drum units are used in the drum type printer, the transverse position of the printed imag... | 08/21/2001 |
| 5893324 | Stencil forming apparatus A stencil forming apparatus in which a stencil for a stencil printing formed from a rolled stencil sheet, includes: a guide roller; a rotatable platen roller having a central axis which is in parallel with the guide roller; a thermal head having a plurali... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5438347 | Master making device for a stencil printer A master making device incorporated in a stencil printer. The operation for feeding the leading edge of a web or stencil toward a master clamper provided on a print drum is assigned to a platen roller. When the web is to be wrapped around the print drum, ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 4784031 | Replacement cheekstrip apparatus for use with cutting cylinder knives A replacement cheekstrip having an upper part and a lower part for fitting into a knife box assembly that is installed in the rotary cutting cylinder of the folder used on a roll fed printing press. The upper part is made from a hard solid material connec... | 11/15/1988 |
| 3960080 | Combination rotary paper cutter and logo printer A combined printer and cutter for simultaneously cutting and printing on a record media such as a paper tape for a customer receipt, including a stationary knife blade and a rotary knife blade which, upon rotation, severs the tape therebetween. Rocker arm... | 06/01/1976 |
