Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7921520 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for the fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, clamping devices are provided which clamp the fiber bundle at a distance from its free end, and a mechanical arrangement is present which ge... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921517 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for the fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, which is supplied to a fiber-sorting device, especially a combing device, having clamping devices which clamp the fiber bundle at a distance... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921518 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing, which is supplied to a fibre-sorting device, especially a combing device, having clamping devices which clamp the fibre bundle at a distance... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921519 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for the fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, which is supplied by a supply device to a fiber-sorting device, especially a combing device, having clamping devices which clamp the fiber b... | 04/12/2011 |
| 6353974 | Circular comb arrangement An arrangement for a rotatable circular comb for processing fibers supplied in the form of a fiber band has arrangement sections fastened on a circular cylindrical mantle surface that is rotatable about an axis of rotation in a direction of rotation. The ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6226838 | Device for opening slivers A device for opening slivers (4) for feeding an OE spinning device (3), comprising a sliver feed device defining a sliver clamping position (7), a rotating opening roller (8) having a circumference with spirally extending combing elements (9, 24) for enga... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5689946 | Opening roller for an open-end spinning arrangement An opening roller for an open-end spinning arrangement is provided with a combing ring, which is slidably mounted onto a base body and is supported between two clamping surfaces. In order to fix the combing ring radially to a cylindrical guiding surface o... | 11/25/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5109574 | Comb segment for fixing on a comb roller of a combing machine The circular comb segment is constructed to leave a large free space at the front edge to avoid deflecting a tuft delivered from a nipper unit away from the foremost needles or clothing points at the front edge. The comb segment may be provided with reces... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5068947 | Separation apparatus A separation apparatus for fiber webs (6) with parallelized fiber positions wound on a processing drum (4) includes an arm (1) rocking relative to the processing drum, the arm carrying a separation comb (13). The arm and its separation comb (13) are mount... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5001815 | Combing cylinder utilized for combing machine An improved combing cylinder utilized for a combing machine provided with a fringe control member having a chevron shaped cross section and a forwardly inclined surface sloped toward the cylindrical boss of the combing cylinder, with respect to the direct... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4958413 | Drive mechanism for a feed roll of a combing machine The drive mechanism for the feed roll of a combing machine employs a freewheel having an inner member secured to the feed roll and a concentric outer member secured to the pivotal arm which mounts the top nipper. In addition, locking elements are disposed... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4896401 | Combing cylinder for a combing machine A combing cylinder for a combing machine having a combing segment with a wing-shaped profile. This segment is fastenend on the body of the cylinder. An air duct is arranged between the inside surface of the combing segment and the outer cylindrical surfac... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4868952 | Opening cylinder A device for treating fibers includes a cylindrical support having an axis of rotation. The support has a circular outer peripheral surface and carries a set of combs which extend parallel to the rotational axis of the support. The combs are mounted on th... | 09/26/1989 |
