Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426819 | Auger finger with resilient elastomeric retainer retractor at breaking point A finger for a crop gathering auger of a grain header for an agricultural combine, a forage harvester, or the like, the finger including a resilient elastomeric retainer retractor which spans a failure region of the finger and will retain a free end of the finger in... | 09/23/2008 |
| 6931826 | Dual drive material turning machine and method A machine for turning material piled on the ground in a windrow comprises first and second track assemblies spaced apart from one another and having a lift assembly therebetween. The lift assembly lifts the material upwardly and deposits it to the rear. The first an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6314708 | Rotary conveyor tine stripper A stripper for lifting crop off flat rigid tines of a rotary conveyor is molded of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. The stripper is oval-shaped in side view and is constructed of identical halves which each include a pair of spaced apart, paralle... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6158571 | Finger bearing assembly for a combine platform auger A bearing and finger assembly for journaling on a crank shaft. The assembly includes two bearing halves, each having a bearing portion with a semi-cylindrical bearing surface such that the bearing halves may be mated to define a cylindrical bore for journ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5853170 | Apparatus for the transfer of flat workpieces from a first conveyor to a downstream second conveyor An apparatus for the transfer of flat workpieces from a first conveyor to a second conveyor consists of a first conveyor with two endless pulling members circulating parallel to each other over guide wheels or drive wheels which carry in pairs supporting ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5716185 | Bar cleaner for trash bag breaker A multiplicity of teeth are mounted to a beam in a comb structure, with the space between the teeth defining slots. The edges of the slots are lined with upstanding flanges which are sharpened to form cutting edges. The comb structure is arranged to be su... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5620083 | Control arrangement for fingers of a rotary conveyor A rotary conveyor includes a cylindrical housing forming part of a centering auger having opposite ends respectively mounted for in a pair of supports for rotation about a horizontal axis. A finger assembly is mounted in a central portion of the housing b... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5564881 | Bar cleaner for trash bag breaker A multiplicity of teeth are mounted to a beam in a comb structure, with the space between the teeth defining slots. The edges of the slots are lined with upstanding flanges which are sharpened to form cutting edges. The comb structure is arranged to be su... | 10/15/1996 |
| 4977803 | Saw mechanism for logs convolutely wound on cores and method A saw mechanism for logs convolutely wound on cores and method wherein the upstream end of the log has its core supported on a support member attached to a log-advancing pusher, the chain carrying the pushers being equipped with stripper plates immediatel... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4846030 | Scrap removal apparatus and method This application discloses removing scrap trimmed from a moving web with a series of pins mounted upon a disc which brings the pins into an impaling engagement in the scrap. The movement of the pins into such engagement is carefully synchronized between t... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4781091 | Conveyor system for conveying veneer sheets with spacings therebetween A conveyor system for conveying veneer sheets with spacings therebetween comprising a sheet supply conveyor for feeding a train of cut veneer sheets of a predetermined length in contact with one another, the cut sheet length measured in the direction of s... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4765214 | Apparatus for handling veneer sheets Veneer handling apparatus having a veneer clipper at one end thereof and a veneer sheet stacker at the other end is disclosed. Veneer sheets cut into a format size by the clipper are sorted so as to allow defective sheets to be discharged from the apparat... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4740129 | Slice separating and feeding apparatus and method A device for separating slices of bread from sliced loaves of bread and for transferring the separated slices one by one to a conveyor for further processing. The device incorporates an inclined, intermittently driven infeed conveyor for conveying the sli... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4710117 | Apparatus for placing confectionery wafer pieces into molding depressions of casting molds An apparatus is disclosed for placing wafer pieces into molding depressions of casting molds. The casting molds are continuously conveyed by a conveyor in a direction of travel. The wafer pieces are delivered with upwardly facing top faces to a support pl... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4681002 | Conveyor system for conveying veneer sheets with spacings therebetween A conveyor system for conveying veneer sheets with spacings therebetween comprising a sheet supply conveyor for feeding a train of cut veneer sheets of a predetermined length in contact with one another, the cut sheet length measured in the direction of s... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4593809 | Coil spring assembly machine A machine for connecting successive rows of coil springs together into a coil spring assembly. The machine, in preferred form, initially picks up a row of coil springs by inserting a pick up finger into the barrel of each coil and moving the springs onto ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4572357 | Sheet material conveyor with unloading apparatus A material unloading conveyor is arranged in overlapping relation to the discharge end of a bristle conveyor and includes an endless belt which has a plurality of U-shaped staples secured to its surface to pivot relative thereto. The staples move in combi... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4504183 | Bag opening machine A bag opening machine has an endless conveying band provided with spikes which conveys a bag (impaled on the spikes thereof--when in an extended position) to and past cutting means which act to make a continuous cut around three sides of the bag so that a... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4271956 | Finger construction for a combine platform auger In the central beater portion of the platform auger of a conventional grain cutting platform for a combine harvester, the finger and finger bearing assemblies are constructed so that each may be removed individually for repair or replacement without distu... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4269555 | Device for discharging stacked fins from a transporter An apparatus for producing, collecting and transporting platelike fins, including fin forming means for simultaneously forming plural fins in adjacent side-by-side relationship from sheet material. The forming means causes the fins to be discharged outwar... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4264301 | Method and apparatus for firing ceramic products Clay pipes and the like (3) are fired in a kiln (1) through which they are conveyed by a pusher conveyer (2, 4) as individual articles, instead of being carried on cars or in containers. In the main firing zone of the kiln the pipes (3) roll along a surfa... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4176430 | Selvage strip lifting device In a preferred embodiment, an elongated base element has as a part thereof, a hinge mechanism mounting a lever for pivotal movement of the lever by a handle whenever movement of the base element causes the handle to strike a cam mounted in the path of mov... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4162726 | Sod harvesting machine having means for conveying and stacking sod pads A self-propelled sod harvesting machine includes a cutter head which separates a strip of sod from the ground, an elevator for raising the sod strip on the machine, and a blade assembly for cutting individual sod pads from the strip. A conveyer for the so... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4123289 | Automatic pick-up and release mechanism and agitator device An automatic pick-up and release mechanism including a curved surface having an axis of curvature; a rotatable shaft having an axis parallel with and eccentric to the axis of curvature; at least one pick-up element extending radially from and fixed to rot... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4044884 | Apparatus for orienting a flat workpiece An apparatus for orienting a flat workpiece has upper and lower hubs rotatable on a support about respective spaced-apart upper and lower rotation axes. Respective radially extending elongated upper and lower arms are mounted on the upper and lower hubs a... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3988976 | Equipment for the improvement of the efficiency of drying shelled maize Kernel corn is dried by piercing the pericarp prior to drying. Apparatus for doing this comprises means to feed the kernels in uniformly oriented relation to a needle cylinder with a stripping comb. The kernels are resiliently pressed against the needle c... | 11/02/1976 |
