...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100215453 | ROUTER A router includes a motor assembly, at least a first rail and at least a first rolling element pair mounted to the motor assembly, where the first rolling element pair engages the first rail. The router may further include a second rail and a second rolling element pair... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100206432 | Plunge Router Bearing A routing machine comprises a first plunge post, a second plunge post, and an electric motor moveable on the routing machine relative to the first plunge post and the second plunge post. A first sleeve bearing is slideably positioned on the first plunge post with a firs... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100132840 | VERSATILE HAND ROUTER Versatile hand router comprising a base plate, a motor body attached to a frame and having a milling shaft, vertical supporting-guide means that support frame in a sliding manner, hand gripping means and vertical position locking means. Motor body is attached to frame b... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20090165892 | Power router tool Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a power router tool having an output shaft with a mechanism for attaching a working tool for engaging a work portion for performing a work operation thereon, comprising a generally cylindrical housing having a motor t... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090114312 | Depth Adjustment Mechanism A router includes a motor housing containing a motor and coupled to a tool holder configured to receive a tool bit that is driven rotationally by the motor. A base receives the motor housing for movement in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the motor housi... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114313 | Handle Assembly An apparatus for providing convenient grasping of a router adjacent base/motor housing includes a base for supporting a motor housing for driving a working tool. A generally L-shaped handle including a connecting member and grasping member is connected to the base for p... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114314 | Router A router includes a motor housing, a motor provided in the motor housing driving a collet for turning a cutting tool, and a base for resting on a workpiece. Support columns mounted to the base allow the motor housing to move relative to the base in a direction parallel ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090116923 | Router A router is provided, which includes a main body with a pair of coupling hollows, and a base having a pair of guide shafts standing on. Each of the pair of coupling hollows has an opening facing downward through which a corresponding guide shaft is inserted. A linear ba... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20080308188 | VARIABLE DEPTH ROUTER AND BASE A variable depth router and base assembly can include a ring-type, depth-adjustment mechanism. The base assembly can be a two-piece base wherein one piece is disposed inside the other. One of the pieces can include an annular lip or recess that can cooperate with levers... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080295918 | Router With Lighted Base A hand operated router having a base, with a portion that is transparent. Disposed within the base is at least one light emitting source, where the light emitting source is designed to partially emit light towards a workpiece. The light emitting source may be battery op... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080193240 | POWER TOOL WITH A CUTTING DEPTH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM A power tool having a hollow base member and a motor housing vertically, movably received in the base member. A vertical toothed bar is fixed on an outside wall of the motor housing. A gear shaft is horizontally mounted on the base member and a worm shaft is vertically ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080156396 | Handle assembly The present invention is directed to an apparatus for providing convenient grasping of a router adjacent base/motor housing includes a base for supporting a motor housing for driving a working tool. A generally L-shaped handle including a connecting member and grasping ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080149222 | ROUTER A router includes a motor housing, from the underside of which a tool fitting for a milling tool connected with a drive extends, and which includes a guide unit—with at least two guide columns—for the motor housing, which is displaceably accommodated on the first gu... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080149223 | ROUTER A router has a motor housing that includes an upper piece, and the upper piece of the motor housing includes at least two shells capable of being joined together, the parting plane of which extends essentially in the direction of a vertical axis of the router.... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080121311 | Dadoing System A dadoing system that can be set up to cut multiple dados in a workpiece. The dadoing system uses a sliding channel clamp to keep the workpiece from moving in a transverse direction, while the dados are being cut into the workpiece. The sliding guide rails are used to p... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20070169847 | ROUTER A fixed base router has a base supporting an upright wall. A motor based driver assembly is received in a cylindrical interior space delimited by the wall and movable along a spiral path. A read-out system includes a position sensor that detects and applies the displace... | 07/26/2007 |