"What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5536355 | Process and apparatus for removing labels from drums A process and apparatus for loosening adhesive from a drum and abrading labels, paint, and adhesive from the drum with high speed brushes. The drums are heated with an open flame to loosen the adhesive before the labels, paint, and adhesive are abraded fr... | 07/16/1996 |
| 4957222 | Barrel scraper This relates to a barrel or drum scraper to facilitate the complete emptying of a barrel or drum. Barrels and drums which are filled with a liquid containing solids and the like frequently have the solids settle out and become deposited on the inner surfa... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4363153 | Ink tub cleaner An apparatus and method for cleaning residual material, such as printer's ink, from containers, generally cylindrical tubs. The apparatus effects the support and rotation of the tub in a tank containing a solvent. At least a portion of the tub sits within... | 12/14/1982 |
| 3987511 | Device for separating cylindrical screen stencil from an ink tube and washing the stencil A frame has an inclined surface over which slides a carriage having a pair of screen mounting elements for supporting opposite screen ends of a stencil. A washing tube having spray nozzles and a brush is fixedly positioned such that movement of the carria... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3983813 | Device for cleaning blanket cylinder of printing press In a cleaning device for a blanket cylinder in an offset lithographic printing press, there are provided a power-rotated cleaning disc having a front surface partly in contact with the cylindrical surface of the blanket cylinder, a tank associated with th... | 10/05/1976 |