Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7124696 | Portable carpet binding machine A portable carpet binding machine comprising a housing defining an interior region, a drive mechanism supported by the housing and at least partially disposed in the interior region, a prime mover operatively coupled to the drive mechanism for providing motive power... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6688246 | Loop holding device of chain stitch sewing machine A chain stitch sewing machine comprises a needle for penetrating through a cloth on a throat plate to be vertically moved interlockingly with a main spindle of the sewing machine, thereby holding a needle thread, a cloth presser mounted on the throat plat... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5205231 | Self-adjusting presser foot for assembler sewing machines A presser foot having a shoe comprising a pair of mutually facing front portions (5a, 5b) and a pair of rear portions (6a, 6b) in alignment with the front portions (5a, 5b) and connected thereto by a pair of side rocker arms (7a, 7b). The side rocker arms... | 04/27/1993 |
| 4526113 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing pantyhose A method of manufacturing pantyhose by means of sewing machine using hose shaped leg parts comprises arranging the leg parts in a flattened side by side longitudinal relationship, cutting each leg part along an edge from the waist rim of its panty area up... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4321880 | Presser foot attachment The present invention is directed to a presser foot attachment adapted for use with a sewing machine for stitching an upper material to a base material and simultaneously trimming the edge of the base material along a line closely adjacent the row of stit... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4040366 | Automatic hemming apparatus An apparatus is provided having a continuous band of material passing through the stitching means of a sewing machine. Pieces of material are manually placed individually on the band and hemmed to it at a side which has been folded under the band by a mec... | 08/09/1977 |
