Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165928 | Seed cotton handling system Wrapped cotton bales transported from a cotton harvest area to a receiver at the gin are moved intact to a position generally above a receiver upstream of the ginning equipment. As the bales are supported and conveyed, knife or similar cutting structure severs a por... | 01/23/2007 |
| 5933921 | Method and device for identifying the position-related origin of foreign matter in fibre bales, in particular cotton bales The position of foreign matter in a bale pattern after its separation in a separating device (10) may be evaluated in that the relative position of the opening device (1) and the transport time of the fibers between the opening device (1) and the separati... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5437080 | Device for opening flocculent fibrous material A device for opening flocculent fibrous materials, including a housing and a supply connection pipe having an end extending into a lower portion of the housing for introducing into the housing a negative pressure transport air current conveying fiber floc... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5033166 | Method and device for the disposal of waste in a fiber cleaning machine A method for the discharge of the waste from a fiber cleaning machine with the retention of the operating pressure difference to the surroundings of the machine. The waste inside the machine is collected to a predetermined filling level and after this fil... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4293982 | Tool for opening up fiber bales A tool for opening fiber bales in which a plurality of axially spaced blades are mounted coaxially on a shaft. Each of the blades has a periphery provided with projecting sawteeth which engage the fibers of a bale to be opened. Each of the sawteeth is bou... | 10/13/1981 |
