...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7004220 | Transfer printing machine Machine for transfer pattern printing of a textile web, said machine comprising a centre roller (1), at least one pressure roller (2), a tension roller (3), a reversing roller (4) and an endless belt (5) which is of a width substan... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6354210 | Keyboard assembly The present invention relates to a structure for keyboard assemblies with enhanced water-resistance for protecting a circuit, or electrical apparatus from liquids. The keyboard assembly makes use of a rubber sheet mounted between the base and the step por... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6336404 | Printing apparatus, and a processing device in the printing apparatus A processing device in a printing apparatus includes a developer feed roller partly immersed in a developer stored in a developer tank, a fixer feed roller partly immersed in a fixer stored in a fixer tank, and a drive mechanism for rotating the developer... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6155731 | Printing apparatus with cover actuated drive source A printer in which loading of print media is greatly facilitated and in which modular construction is used in order to substantially reduce the number of parts normally needed for this type of printer. The printer includes a base and an associated cover t... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5778790 | Transfer of computer images to lithographic plates employing petroleum distillates as the transfer agent A method permitting a fine artist to transfer a computer generated image to a lithographic plate is provided. Any computer image may be utilized including photographs or drawings which have been electronically scanned into the computer. The computer image... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5495799 | Printing plate with a mesh layer forming pigment storing wells A printing plate with a mesh material, a removable substrate, a substrate, and a paper backing on said substrate. The mesh material has interstices and has first and second surfaces. The substrate is adhered to one of the first and second surfaces of the ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5073218 | Method of transferring a toner image to a substrate The process involves photocopying a black-and-white or color image on a sheet of ordinary paper (2), appearing as the reverse of the image ultimately to be produced, then placing the copy side of the sheet in direct contact with the suface of the fabric (... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4938800 | Alcohol printing solution with reduced fume emission Alcohol solutions for use as fountain solutions in the printing industry are disclosed. The solutions include isopropyl alcohol in amounts of 40% to 95%, ethyl alcohol or other alcohols in amounts of 5% to 60% and ethylene diamine in an amount of 0.015% t... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4764264 | Printing method by electrolytic colloid coagulation A method of printing by electrolytic coagulation, using an improved colloid composition in association with a dyed colloid swelling agent which permits improved dye transfer from dyed coagulated images to enable very fast and accurate printing on ordinary... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4304183 | Latent image-multiple copy process A latent image-multiple copy process wherein use is made of a stencil in which stencil openings are formed to correspond to the latent image and base sheets in combination therewith, containing an invisible, soluble, color forming component, whereby when ... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4128430 | Master sheets and process for printing same Pressure-sensitive master sheets are produced by printing ink-releasing images onto a master sheet by silk screen techniques using a semi-solid printable ink composition comprising a wax and/or resin binder material, an incompatible oleaginous material, c... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4121932 | Electrophotographic process involving dye transfer imagewise An electrophotographic process of forming a dye image comprising the steps of: (1) charging a photosensitive element formed on an electroconductive support by electrical charging, said photosensitive element consisting essentially of photoconductive parti... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4069754 | Transfer-printing apparatus A transfer-printing process and apparatus for transfer-printing from a master card onto a work piece. The process starts by manual insertion of the master card into a gap provided between press rollers. By the insertion of the master card, the work piece ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4057864 | Wet transfer printing process and apparatus The invention concerns a process for wet transfer printing and a machine for effecting this process. The machine includes a rotatable, heated cylinder around which a transfer web and a fabric web are continuously passed one on top of the other, the two we... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4042401 | Hectograph products and process Novel thixotropic hectograph printing ink and process for printing hectograph master sheets or transfer sheets therewith comprising preparing a semi-solid, thixotropic hectograph printing ink containing non-drying semi-solid oleaginous material, film-form... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4005237 | Non-bleed pre-printed spirit duplicating masters The spirit duplicating masters are pre-printed on a sheet having an oleophobic surface and utilizing, if desired, a non-bleed, non-smear ink composition. The result is a pre-printed master having no problems with bleed, smear or registry. Such pre-printed... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3998159 | Pattern copying machine A machine for copying of patterns for use in the garment industry incorporating the spirit duplicating process. The machine incorporates a pair of nip rollers between which is engaged a master pattern paper and copy paper. The copy paper is fed from a sup... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3979550 | Pre-printed latent image spirit duplicating masters A pre-printed spirit duplicating master containing visible imaged material and latent imaged material for use in preparing copies for self-instructional examination or work assignments. The latent images on the copy sheet are capable of being revealed wit... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3962489 | Copy sheet and method of printing the same A copy sheet that is capable of being printed by a reaction which requires the presence of three components. One of these components is carried by a printing master and another of these components is supplied to the copy sheet immediately prior to the pri... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3931443 | Duplicating systems A process for hectographic duplicating, and hectographic copy paper therefor, are disclosed. The hectographic copy paper is formed by applying a coating of a film-forming vehicle and a colourless dyestuff precursor which is sodium p-carboxy phenyl leucaur... | 01/06/1976 |