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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083010 | Drilling device for drilling and reaming of a hole A drilling device used for drilling into ground, rock or for reaming a predrilled hole includes several hammering bits in a circular shape and equipped with hammers, whereupon they together drill a hole which has a larger diameter. A casing tube can be pulled out of... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7370712 | Under reamer An under reamer for expanding a borehole through an earthen formation is taught. The under reamer includes: a mandrel including an end for connection into a drill string and an opposite end and a housing including an inner bore, telescopically disposed over the mand... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7316277 | Bottom hole assembly A bottom hole assembly has a drill bit and an under-reamer on the up-hole side of the drill bit. In one aspect, the assembly further has a compliant element linking the drill bit to the under-reamer, the compliant element allowing displacement of the drill bit relat... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7213644 | Cavity positioning tool and method In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a method is provided for preventing formation of sludge in a subsurface cavity having particulate laden fluid disposed therein. The method includes positioning a downhole device having a fluid agitator into ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7165609 | Apparatus for handling tubular goods An apparatus for handling tubular goods which includes an elongate tubular body having a peripheral sidewall and opposed ends. The peripheral sidewall has a plurality of axial slots arranged circumferentially around the tubular body parallel to an axis of the tubula... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7048078 | Expandable underreamer/stabilizer A downhole tool that functions as an underreamer or as a stabilizer in an underreamed borehole. The tool includes one or more moveable arms disposed within a body having a flowbore therethrough in fluid communication with the wellbore annulus. The tool alternates be... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6976547 | Actuator underreamer An underreamer for forming a cavity from within a well bore includes a housing adapted to be disposed within the well bore. The underreamer includes an actuator partially slidably positioned in the housing. The actuator comprises a first portion and a second portion... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962216 | Wedge activated underreamer An underreamer for forming a cavity from within a well bore includes a housing adapted to be disposed within the well bore. The underreamer includes at least one cutter, wherein each cutter has a first end and a second end. The first end of each cutter is pivotally ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6929076 | Bore hole underreamer having extendible cutting arms A bore hole underreamer is provided having a hollow body with a longitudinal axis, which has an external wall, at least two cylindrical bores provided through the external wall and whose axes are transverse to the longitudinal axis. Each of the bores have a cylindri... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6851492 | Fastener, hammering jig for installing the fastener, and drill bit for working undercut hole In a fastener of a post-installation type which is embedded after a drilled hole is provided at concrete structure, a sleeve (2) and a plug (3) press-fitted to the sleeve are positioned by convexoconcave engagement between a projecting portion at an in... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6439323 | Seismic shothole reaming module An apparatus for shaping boreholes used in seismic operations. A drill body is attached to a drill bit and is movable in axial and rotational directions. Selective operation of the drill body causes a moveable sleeve to operate a reaming bit to extend thr... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6394197 | Reverse circulation drilling system with bit locked underreamer arms A underreamer drill bit assembly including a pilot bit and extendable underreaming arms operatively connected to the pilot bit. The underreaming arms have an extended position for underreaming, and a retracted position in which the overall diameter of the... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6209665 | Reverse circulation drilling system with bit locked underreamer arms A underreamer drill bit assembly including a pilot bit and extendable underreaming arms operatively connected to the pilot bit. The underreaming arms have an extended position for underreaming, and a retracted position in which the overall diameter of the... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206114 | Tool for transporting cutting means to and from a ground drill A down hole running tool 14 travels in a first direction through a drill pipe for installing bit segments 18 at the end of a drive sub 12 attached to the drill pipe. The tool 14 includes a first portion 82 and a second portion 84 which is retractably coup... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6059053 | Retraction system for a latching mechanism of a tool A retraction system allows disengagement of retrieval latch dogs of a down hole running tool from a bit locking sleeve. The locking sleeve is slidably retained within a drive sub and includes a pair of slots which are engaged by the retrieval latch dogs w... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5975222 | Reverse circulation drilling system with bit locked underreamer arms A drill bit assembly includes a driver adapted for attachment to a down hole pneumatic hammer. A pilot bit is coupled to the driver in a manner permitting rotational and axial movement between driver and pilot bit. A series of underreamer arms are dispose... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5787999 | Drill bit with set of underreamer arms A drill bit assembly includes a driver adapted for attachment to a down hole pneumatic hammer. A pilot bit is coupled to the driver in a manner permitting rotational and axial movement between driver and pilot bit. A series of underreamer arms are dispose... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785134 | System for in-situ replacement of cutting means for a ground drill A retractable drill bit system 10 comprises a drive sub 18 which is adapted for connection to a lower end of a drill 12, a tool 20 for installing and retracting drill bit segments 22 from the drive sub 18; and an insert 24 for selectively locking the bit ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5662182 | System for in situ replacement of cutting means for a ground drill A retractable drill bit system (10) comprises a drive sub (18) which is adapted for connection to a lower end of a drill (12), a tool (20) for installing and retractable drill bit segments (22) from the drive sub (18); and an insert (24) for selectively l... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5460231 | Device and method for augering a conical hole in solid media A device for augering a conical hole in a solid medium that includes a first elongated member that extends along a longitudinal axis and a cutting blade having a cutting section and a non-cutting section coupled to the first elongated member. The rod is a... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5186265 | Retrievable bit and eccentric reamer assembly A retrievable drill bit and cutter or reamer assembly includes a fluid-drive motor, an eccentric cutter part and a concentric bit in assembly and insertable in and retrievable from the interior of a drill stem without removing the drillstem from a wellbor... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5020613 | Device for cutting undercuts A device, for cutting an undercut in a borehole at a location spaced from the surface of a material into which the borehole is formed, includes a housing (1) with a bore therethrough and a guide sleeve (2) rotatably supported in the housing bore and havin... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4930585 | Device for drilling borehole undercuts A device for drilling an undercut (1b) in a borehole (1a) in a target material 1, includes an axially extending guide sleeve (13) containing an axially extending eccentric bore, an eccentric bushing (14) is supported rotatably in the guide sleeve and a dr... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4846290 | Underreamer with revolving diamond cutter elements A sub-surface borehole underreamer is disclosed having freely rotatable precessing diamond cutters attached to extendable arms connected to the body of the underreamer. The diamond cutting face is skewed to a degree that tangential contact of the peripher... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4700789 | Device to obtain ring-shaped cavities in the bottom of drilled holes made in any type of medium An apparatus for creating annular cavities in the bottom of drilled holes in any medium having a body, an axle within the body at one end and rotated by a conventional drill, a reamer secured to the axle at its other end, an inner part enveloping the axle... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4640371 | Process and tool for boring cavity holes, more especially in concrete plaster or similar walls A tool for boring cavity holes in concrete walls and the like comprises a cutting blade pivotally mounted about a transverse pin at the end of an elongate body and having a camming profiled portion. A ball is placed at the bottom of the hole which has fir... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4055226 | Underreamer having splined torque transmitting connection between telescoping portions for control of cutter position An underreamer is disclosed having longitudinally telescoping upper and lower portions connectable respectively to an upper drill string and a lower drill string. A splined connection is provided between the telescoping portions having first and second en... | 10/25/1977 |
