...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| 7360655 | Material handling system having a scoop wheel A material handling system is provided. The material handling system includes a tank defining a reservoir for receiving a solid material, and a wheel including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scoops for scooping solid material from the tank and subsequ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357259 | Material classifier having a scoop wheel A material classifier for classifying a liquid-solid mixture containing solid material to be separated is provided. The material classifier includes a tank defining a reservoir for receiving the liquid-solid mixture, and a scoop wheel including a plurality of circum... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6752274 | Log washer with staggered paddles The log washer with staggered paddles is a device for washing and separating aggregates, such as sand, gravel, ores, etc., from waste material. The log washer has a water tank or trough having one end inclined or raised relative to horizontal. A pair of shafts are m... | 06/22/2004 |