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...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 |
| 7178484 | Apparatus for raising a sow in a farrowing crate In a farrowing pen which includes a pit and over the pit a first floor portion on which the sow can stand and lie and two further floor portions on each side of the first floor portion for receiving piglets of the sow and confining walls for locating the sow on the ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7066111 | Animal pen flooring system An animal confinement pen flooring system, particularly adapted for swine farrowing operations, includes at least first and third rows of spaced-apart molded plastic foraminous flooring panels and an intermediate row of cast iron foraminous flooring panels, all of t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6898909 | Flooring Improved flooring is disclosed that is formed by concrete slabs (1) with several parallel ribs (11) on the upper surface, between which there are longitudinal channels (12) connected with a main channel (2) laid transversally, in relation... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6571741 | Sty for sows having piglets A sty for sows having piglets is described. The sty may be built having the same area requirements as for sties for bounded sows, but may be used for untethered sows. This takes place in that a rectangular sty department is divided by a diagonal wall whic... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6279509 | Pigsty with an excretion area A pigsty includes a horizontal base member and a fence member extending upwardly from the base member and cooperating with the base member to confine a raising space adapted for accommodating and raising pigs therein. The base member is configured to have... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5970919 | Mat for animals A mat for an animal, particularly a female mammal such as a sow comprises a main body (3) provided with a ridge (5') adapted for a sow to lie along one side thereof so that the sow's udder rests on the ridge and thus is made more accessible to piglets. Th... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5855188 | Flooring for a farrowing pen A flooring in a pigpen includes first and second grates which provide two levels to the flooring, the upper level intended for the sows and the lower level for the piglets. The second grates, which provide the upper flooring level, can be positioned on th... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5766466 | Sectors for rotary disc filters having flow channels that are parallel and aligned toward elongate side channels at radial sides of the sector The present invention pertains to rotary disc filters and in particular to sectors for such filters. Drainage channels are formed in broad, planar surfaces of the filter media support member of the sector, with the drainage channels being parallel and ali... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5749322 | Animal stall A farrowing pen having a floor which has a perimeter area and a central area, the central area having a plurality of elongated flooring members spaced apart with at least one slat extending between each of the elongated flooring members, and a biased reta... | 05/12/1998 |
| 4976221 | Facility for livestock, fowl and other animals A flooring panel is provided for livestock facilities by permitting size variation of the facilities without requiring substantial expenses for new molding and fabricating equipment. The panel is formed of extruded components and is easily assembled. A pl... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4782822 | Resonance frequency stimulator A resonance frequency stimulator for increasing blood circulation by having a four-legged animal or person standing upon a top plate through which vibrations are transmitted. The top plate is oriented substantially in a horizontal plane and it rests resil... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4656067 | Flush tray manufactured by rotational molding The invention relates to a rotationally molded plastic flush tray having a drain opening and a plurality of ribs or rib portions projecting upwardly from the horizontal interior portion of the tray for channeling flushing fluids to the drain opening. The ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4348987 | Gang slat animal shelter flooring with foraminous inserts, and method of constructing same Concrete gang slats, that underlie and support thereon farrowing crates within a farrowing house, are provided with opposing elongate side openings in which elongate foraminous inserts are positioned to accommodate newborn pigs thereon in the overlying si... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4294195 | Hog farrowing module A modular base that is readily connected to other such bases upon which commercially available livestock confinement or farrowing stalls can be set. The base rests upon screw jacks and each individual base can be tilted such that a desired slope can be ma... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4183324 | Concrete slotted floor including wooden insert A method and mold for producing a concrete slotted floor for supporting animals. The mold includes a bottom part with a smooth top surface with lengthwise extending ridges formed thereon. The top part of the mold locks to the bottom part and includes a pl... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4135339 | Slatted floor system According to the present invention, a slatted floor system comprises a plurality of elongated, spaced, generally parallel slats. Each slat has a top, load-carrying surface with spaced apart, opposite outer edges; a bottom surface substantially parallel to... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4018271 | Flooring system A flooring system for sties and other animal shelters having thermoplastic slats, means provided in the slats for circulating a heat exchange fluid therethrough to heat or cool the flooring, means for joining the slats into a floor panel, and manifolds fo... | 04/19/1977 |
