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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 |
| 7703582 | Device for adjusting a dual-servo drum brake with internal shoes A device for adjusting a dual-servo brake with internal shoes (9) being supported on a shoe-holder plate (2) so as perform floating selfreinforcing or automatic activation movements against a braking surface of a drum. The device comprises: adjustment ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 6550589 | Drum brake shoe adjuster The invention discloses a brake shoe adjuster. In a preferred embodiment, the invention discloses floating adjusters with a single adjusting rod. One specifically disclosed embodiment shows an hydraulic adjuster with an adjusting rod, forming a plunger or... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6412609 | Brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake A brake cable mounting structure for a drum brake, in which even if the distance from the brake mounting surface to the center of the brake shoes in the width direction is short, the layout of the brake cable mounting section and the mechanical expander i... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6390248 | Dual mode drum brake device It is an object of this invention to provide a drum brake device which solves a problem of decreasing the strength of a back plate near an anchor block and reduces potential damage to the parking brake cable. A pivot lever 60 is pivotally mounted on one b... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6065571 | Drum brake system and device A drum brake device is provided in which a stroke before effectuating the parking brake effect of the brake shoes is restricted so that any disconcerting feeling to the driver and any delay in effectuating the parking brake when in an emergency situation ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5456338 | Brake drum providing access to brake adjuster An improved drum brake assembly in which brake shoes are mounted on a backing plate and coact with a rotating brake drum mounted on an axle and in which a mechanical brake adjuster has a movable component for adjusting the running clearance of the brake s... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5226511 | Spring activated automatic drum brake adjuster The automatic adjuster (5) for the drum brake (6) comprises first and second oppositely disposed end members (30, 40) each having slots (32, 42) for receiving nonrotatably brake shoe webs (10, 14) and a parking lever (22). The first end member (30) includ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5080202 | Wheel cylinder The invention relates to a wheel cylinder for a drum brake, comprising a body (2) provided with a longitudinal bore, two pistons (4,6) sliding in opposite directions outwards in the bore under the action of a pressurized fluid introduced between the pisto... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5076402 | Adjusting device for the brake shoes of inside shoe brakes An adjusting device is disclosed for the brake shoes of inside shoe brakes. The adjusting device includes two levers which are articulated on a carrier at a lateral distance from one another. The levers each engage on one of two adjacent brake shoe ends a... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4991696 | Brake shoe adjustment device A brake shoe adjustment device for internally mounted shoe brakes is arranged between mutually neighboring ends of two brake shoes which are connected to each other via a tension spring. To minimize parts, size and cost the adjustment device has two mutua... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4321844 | Brake adjusting tool For use in connection with the adjusting spindle of a vehicle wheel brake of the kind wherein the adjusting spindle is accessible through at least one slot formed in the wheel hub, a tool adapted to be temporarily secured to the wheel hub and in such cond... | 03/30/1982 |
