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 |
| 4993122 | Nipper for a combing machine using bonded fiber material The nipper has a lower jaw which carries a nipper plate and an upper jaw with a nipper plate carried by two arms. At least a part of this nipper, e.g. the lower nipper plate and the upper nipper plate are made from bonded fiber material. In this way, the ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4947521 | Combing machine The combing machine comprises a nipper unit possessing a bottom nipper and a top nipper which is pivotable relative to the bottom nipper about a pivot axle. An additional nipper is pivotable relative to the bottom nipper about a shaft or journal which ext... | 08/14/1990 |