...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 |
| 7908968 | Vertical marking system A system, apparatus, and method for a vertical marking system 100 comprising a means for marking 250 and a means for vertical positioning 200 wherein the means for marking 250 is attached with the means for vertical positioning 200... | 03/22/2011 |
| 6919165 | Imaging and erasing of a printing form made of polymer material containing imide groups A method for producing a pattern of hydrophilic (34) and hydrophobic (32) regions on a printing form (30) is presented which, in a first, essentially unpatterned state, features a polymer material containing imide groups, for example, polybenzen... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6647871 | Loader for a printer for printing flat articles and printer provided with such a loader A loader (1) for a printer for printing flat articles (2), this loader (1) which delimits a storage magazine (9) for the articles in the stacked condition being provided internally with a pivoting member (4) arranged to hold the articles (2) in bearing co... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6543346 | Apparatus for printing on individual articles An apparatus for printing on dimensionally stable individual articles has a conveyor for conveying the articles, along which printing stations and other treatment stations are arranged. CDs are fed in a magazine in the form of a stack to a separating stat... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6044763 | Device and procedure for the marking of stacked sheet stock A device including a receiving device for a stack formed by sheets of stock material that move by gravity along the receiving device toward a marker and which includes positioning elements for positioning a sheet to be marked with respect to the marker, a... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5691063 | Laser imageable tuned optical cavity thin film and printing plate incorporating the same A laser imageable tuned optical cavity thin film for use with a laser producing laser radiation at a laser wavelength comprising a flexible sheet of plastic having first and second surfaces serving as a film substrate. A thin film stack is disposed on the... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5520107 | Printing machine for printing objects liable to be stacked A printing machine for printing objects liable to be stacked includes a circular printing table having a plurality of object stations regularly distributed at its perimeter each adapted to receive an object to be printed. By stepwise rotation about an axi... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5417159 | Method and apparatus for printing side edges of sheet stack The method and apparatus for printing the side edges of sheet stacks, such as books, catalogs, and the like, wherein after the stack side edge has been trimmed and cut the stack sheets are maintained in relationship under slight compression within a belt ... | 05/23/1995 |