Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7131383 | Inner wall lining of the bellows of a connection between two hinge-linked vehicles or vehicle parts An inner wall lining of the bellows of a connection between two hinge-linked vehicles or vehicle parts is provided, the inner wall lining including several wall elements that are disposed within the connection so as to be slidabic relative to each other via a guide ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6694890 | Method and apparatus for providing a between car barrier for transportation vehicles A method and apparatus for a Between Car Barrier for multi-car transportation vehicles which utilize a combination of a flexible member and a secured mount, each of which are attached at opposed ends of adjacent cars of a vehicle in substantial alignment ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 5823117 | Passenger passageway for rail vehicles The passenger connecting passageway between two rail vehicles includes a respective half-passageway at the end of each vehicle. Each half-passageway has a respective main frame. To lock the half-passageways together, a locking device including at least on... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5560301 | Safety barrier for articulated vehicles A safety barrier for a subway or railway train including pairs of individual pivoting triangular gate members with a smooth wall panel at the base of the triangle. Each gate member is retractable within a recess in the end wall of the train car near a cor... | 10/01/1996 |
| 4958977 | System for the transport of bulk commodities A material transport system having a material container for receiving material to be transported, motive members connected to the material container for allowing the material container to move from one place to another, and an unloader device positioned w... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4765249 | Gangway construction for vehicles A gangway construction for vehicles comprises divided hood structures each of which has a first end and second end, the first ends of the respective hood structures being fixed to the vehicles, and the second ends thereof being made free and to face each ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4762071 | Hood device for coupling cars Disclosed is a car coupling hood device including a pair of hoods provided between a pair of car bodies to be coupled together, each of the hoods having one end secured to an adjacent car body, and an intermediate frame for coupling the other ends of the ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4701929 | Laser diode pumped solid state laser A neodymium or other rare earth doped solid state laser is pumped by a matched high efficiency laser diode, resulting in a compact, high efficiency and long lifetime laser assembly. Output is in the near infrared range, but can be converted to the visible... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4599947 | Railroad car diaphragm A railroad diaphragm comprising a mounting plate coupleable to the end face of a railroad car, a face plate and wear plate for contact to an adjacent diaphragm, and sheet material located therebetween. Sponge like material within the space between the mou... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4538523 | Bellows for articulated vehicles A bellows for use between two parts of a vehicle connected to each other by a pivot. Each of the facing ends of the vehicle parts, to which the bellows is connected, has a grooved formation extending in the circumferential direction of the bellows. Each e... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4211173 | End construction for a railway car A pair of collision posts are connected at the end of a railway car between the roof structure and buffer sill. Each of the posts includes a tubular structure formed by welding two elongated "S" shaped strips to an elongated flat strip. Each of the tubula... | 07/08/1980 |
| 3996859 | Railway vehicle diaphragm face plate assembly Railway vehicle diaphragm having a body of elastomeric material removably secured to the end structure of a railway vehicle and a rigidifying face plate with wear liner removably secured to the outer end of the elastomeric body.... | 12/14/1976 |
