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3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136446 | Plate for rotary processing machine and method of mounting of the same Provided is a pair of plates for a rotary processing machine having the following configuration and a method of mounting the same by which the pair of plates can be mounted on the respective outer circumferential surfaces of a pair of cylinders with high precision. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7421947 | Roll-forming apparatus with sensor driven gates Roll-forming apparatus is provided together with a conveyor system utilized to transport raw dough rolls. A stop gate is movably positioned in the path of the rolls and, when placed in an interfering position, temporarily stops the rolls while the rolls maintain sli... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7357075 | Laser-supported reproduction method The invention concerns an apparatus and a process for producing a marking on a substrate. Substrates marked in that way are applied to documents such as for example credit cards, personal identity cards or banknotes as security features for affording protection from... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7235197 | Method for process control of mechanical embossing texturing Disclosed is both a method and apparatus for controlling and measuring an embossed texture on a decorative article. The embossed textured article includes both peaks and valleys that are measured and quantified to determine a profile of the textured article. Typical... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225978 | Transaction forms and method for making Transaction form systems and methods that include secure customer slips for use with traditional manual credit card imprinting techniques are provided. A transaction form system can include a cardholder slip, an accepter slip, and a duplication arrangement. The dupl... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7178456 | Roll-forming apparatus Roll-forming apparatus is provided together with a conveyor system utilized to transport raw dough rolls. A stop gate is movably positioned in the path of the rolls and, when placed in an interfering position, temporarily stops the rolls while the rolls maintain sli... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7147453 | Device for treating flat material The invention relates to a device for embossing and/or glazing films. The device for embossing includes a first and second embossing roll, through which flat material can be fed under pressure, in order to create a pattern. An additional embossing roll is connected ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7101437 | Elements for embossing and adhesive application A patterned element for use in an embossing and adhesive application process. The patterened element comprises a material having an pattern disposed thereon, wherein the material comprises a polymer and has a Shore A hardness of greater than about 70, and has a crit... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083353 | Writing pen with built-in facility for creating an embossed and metallic coated surface under-layer for signature, to secure originality The writing pen creates a background of metallic coated under-layers embossed with strings of impressions on a writing medium. The pen comprises a cartridge with a removable cap connected to the non-writing end of the pen. The cartridge acts as a cylindrical housing... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7069849 | Image transfer element with leverage An image transfer mechanism for a printer having a printer frame and an imaging drum attached to the printer frame includes a roller arm having a proximal end and a distal end, a transfer roller having a longitudinal axis, and a load arm having a proximal end and a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6907821 | Rotary press to lay down patterns on a support strip A rotary press to lay patterns of a material on a strip material comprises a working cylinder bearing embossing plates of the patterns of the aforesaid material to be laid and an opposed anvil cylinder. The working cylinder is rotated. A heater for the working cylin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6705224 | Stamp apparatus In a stamp apparatus, a paper-sheet object is conveyed in the arrow direction between a presser roller and an impress hub having a predetermined character/symbol string. Since a cam is rotated in the arrow direction by a rotary solenoid, it makes the presser roller ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6665998 | Embossing device for planar materials The embossing rolls of embossing devices serving for the treatment of two-dimensionally extending materials, preferably in the packaging industry, may be made exchangeable if they are disposed in suitable interchangeable units. An interchangeable unit may... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6263790 | Machine for security printing on security paper The machine further comprises a paper sheet feed device, a device for transporting the paper and a unit for applying security images (7) supported by at least one ribbon (8, 8a). The ribbon is brought into contact with the paper (1) so that the images (7)... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6062134 | Embossing cylinder An embossing cylinder for embossing a foil comprising a plurality of stamping dies, where the stamping dies are mounted on the cylinder through adjustable means allowing each of the dies to be adjusted in the axial direction and in the circumferential dir... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5937759 | Stamping roller for a stamping device Described is a stamping roller (10) intended for a stamping apparatus, which roller has a central carrier roller (12) and stamping punch portions (24) which are spaced from each other in the peripheral direction, wherein fixed to the carrier roller is at ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5897481 | Machine for making cellular packaging Machine for continuously making cellular packaging from a paper-like web material wound around at least one roll (2, 3) freely rotatable located at the input of the machine, each web travelling thereafter through a station (C) creating a transversal creas... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5771796 | Embossing cylinder for embossing pile fabric An embossing roll for embossing pile fabric having foreground portions that are either mill engraved or acid etched, and background portions formed with a router engraved technique. The foreground portions of the embossing roll have a depth in the order o... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5682815 | Apparatus for producing simple printing plate having open cells According to the present invention there are provided method and apparatus for producing a simple printing plate having open cells, which method and apparatus area simple in construction and permit accurate and continuous production of the printing plate.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5505125 | Method and apparatus for forming a rotary embossing die with a support plate A rotary embossing die includes a curved metallic plate having an inner and an outer surface. An embossing design is etched on the outer surface of the metallic plate and an epoxy-based support plate is formed on the inner surface of the metallic plate. T... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5465176 | Method of embossing repeating patterns on a substrate, the patterns having different rates of repetition In a preferred embodiment, a method of producing embossed first and second elongate, edgewise side by side, repeating, optical patterns on a sheet for use in producing secure identification means, the method comprising: continuously embossing the first an... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5311814 | Assembly for embossing a pattern on surfaces of a slat used in a vertical blind assembly An assembly for forming or embossing a decorative pattern on at least one exposed surface of an elongated slat particularly of the type used in a vertical blind assembly. A pair of driven rollers are designed, disposed, dimensioned and configured to engag... | 05/17/1994 |
| 4852478 | Apparatus for imprinting a document with secure, machine readable information An imprinter for imprinting a document with two lines of information forming two rows of alphanumeric characters wherein the two rows of imprinted characters have corresponding characters and corresponding relative character positions such that each line ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4811688 | Thermographic printing machine for a roller-supported continuous web A thermographic printing machine has a powder applicator, a heating stage, and a cooling stage wherein the heating stage has a paper transport path which is sinuous and passes on both sides of a heater, the paper passing around rollers which define the en... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4779437 | Grooving and stamping method and apparatus The method and apparatus described herein produce a tubular shelf post having a plurality of spaced apart annular grooves along the length thereof and stamped indicia on the outside surface of the post at various groove locations. A grooving and stamping ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4415395 | Apparatus for applying a printing or cutting force to a laminated tape An apparatus for applying a printing or cutting force to an elongated strip of tape comprising a base, a printing station, a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base and each including a tape receiving opening, a printing or cutting member and ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4178846 | Apparatus for, and a process of, sector engraving metal elements Apparatus for, and a process of, sector engraving metal elements, is disclosed. The apparatus includes an engraving roller having a particular pattern formed thereon, and a workpiece mounting system which is capable of translational movement within two mu... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4176599 | Device for intermittently driving printing rings in a printer The printer has a plurality of printing rings each rotatably supported by a swingable layer pivoted about a pivot axis so as to be swung in an arcuate path around the pivot axis while it is rotated by a driving source about its own axis so that the printi... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4108066 | Device for printing braille A device for printing in the Braille system. The device includes a magnetic core with an outer layer on the core provided with holes arranged in a pattern for composing a text to be printed. Pins of magnetizable material are adapted to be inserted in the ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4036127 | Plate marking apparatus A vertical cylindrical member is supported by a frame adjacent a plurality of rotatable horizontally mounted rollers that support a plate to be marked. A carriage is mounted for vertical reciprocal movement on the cylindrical member. A piston cylinder ass... | 07/19/1977 |
