The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5657512 | Circular comb for a fiber combing machine A circular comb for a textile combing machine has a comb member formed around a part of the peripheral surface of an essentially cylindrical support member wherein a channel is formed between the comb member and the support member. For the purpose of redu... | 08/19/1997 |
| 4041573 | Machine for combing and grading textile fibers A machine for combing textile fibers prior to spinning, which operates to regroup the fibers in accordance with their length, is described. The machine operates to pull off tufts of fibers from a web or card sliver, to perform a preliminary combing of the... | 08/16/1977 |