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...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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6739965 | High speed, high volume coin sorter A high-speed, high-volume coin sorter includes a coin feed device and a coin sorting device. The coin sorting device includes a number of stationary sorting plates, each plate associated with a respective coin denomination. Coins are successively driven along each s... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6592446 | Device for conveying separate objects, especially coins A device for conveying separate objects (1), especially disk-shaped objects such as coins is provided with a guideway (2) and with a conveyor (4) running on a conveying arm (3) at a distance from the guideway (2). The distance (d) between a strand (5) of ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6515246 | Apparatus for sorting products An apparatus for sorting products, such as magazines, newspapers and books, CDs and/or diskettes, includes a separation station arranged for making single items of the products supplied in stacks, a conveyor arranged for conveying one by one the products ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6431369 | Device for sorting and selectively collecting flat products A device for sorting and selectively collecting flat products, such as shipping pouches, printed products or workpieces, which are placed at predetermined collecting points along the conveying path of an endless conveyor and below the conveyor in collecti... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6172355 | In-line inspection of containers Apparatus for inspecting containers traveling in sequence on a linear conveyor that includes an infeed mechanism having a first endless drive belt with a portion overlying the conveyor for abutting engagement by containers in sequence traveling on the con... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5992609 | Apparatus for sorting by directing individual pieces An apparatus for sorting individual pieces includes a plurality of conveying elements which are guided along a closed track and are coupled to each other to form an endless conveying chain. The conveying elements have an at least approximately horizontal ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5977501 | Sortation and sequencing system A sortation and sequencing system for sorting a plurality of different items into discrete orders and putting the items into a predetermined sequence within each discrete order or group of orders. The system includes an induction station for accepting ite... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5794790 | Apparatus and method of sorting objects A sorting system for sorting packages at high speed to a large number of destinations by automation. The sorting system provides a feeding mechanism for depositing flat packages in an upright position on a conveying system. The conveying system includes l... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5566834 | Method and system for transport of good and luggage in an airport or similar facility In airports, large amounts of luggage have to be sorted and transported. Departing the luggage comes from check-in areas (14) to various finger conveyors (4) that radiate from a central area. A large amount of transit luggage must be handled directly betw... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5542547 | Document sorting section having a plurality of primary sorting paths A document sorting section for sorting flat documents wherein a plurality of primary document conveying paths are interposed between rows of opposing document stacking elements and document diverters are positioned in the primary paths. Each of the primar... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5392927 | Sorting apparatus for CD, Micro-cassette and video tape or similar article Sorting apparatus for flat, stackable articles, such as CDs, micro-cassettes, video tapes or similar articles. A single article is continuously removed from a stacked stock at the bottom side of the stack, and is then coded and moved forward by pushing me... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5244100 | Apparatus and method for sorting objects An apparatus for sorting objects according to preselected weight and/or visually ascertainable criteria. Each object is singulated and transported between adjacent pairs of a plurality of roller assemblies attached to a conveyor chain to be freely rotatab... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5147047 | Pellet inspection system A method and apparatus for inspecting cylindrically configured pellets for surface defects is disclosed. At least one axially extending linear portion of the peripheral surface of the pellet is optically sensed. A set of discrete digital values representa... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5101983 | Device for identifying and sorting objects A device for identifying and sorting objects includes a low-friction surface for supporting parcels to be identified and sorted, each provided with a bar code on at least one side thereof, a dragging mechanism capable of conveying parcels from a staging a... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4638914 | Fruit selecting machine Fruit, which may be oblong fruit such as olives, are mechanically sorted into two separate vessels, depending on whether they are, or are not individually thick enough to be clamped between a reciprocating head and a plate, while the head and plate rotate... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4585126 | Method and apparatus for high speed processing of fruit or the like A method and apparatus are disclosed for high-speed processing of fruit or the like wherein the fruit is initially accumulated and aligned at a pick-up point for capture in spaced-apart pockets of a singulation conveyor at the pick-up point to maintain th... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4561546 | Seedling grading machine A seedling grading machine for sorting and collecting seedling trees according to size comprises a conveyor including a longitudinal grate and carrier rods that extend through the grate for moving the seedlings sideways along the grate; an electronic phot... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4535894 | Separator apparatus for peanuts and other seed crops Apparatus for separating peanuts and like commodities from vines and debris entrained with the peanuts during the harvesting process includes an endless conveyor forming a screen structure made up of elongated platelike members interconnected by spaced ap... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4519505 | Egg transfer system A method and apparatus for advancing eggs from a candling station through a plurality of weighing stations in an egg grading apparatus. The eggs are received from the candling station by elongated guide members and are advanced continuously on the guide m... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4446962 | Conveying device with pusher fingers A conveying device for rectangular substantially flat objects, for example, letters, including first and second conveyor sections each including a guide trough which defines a conveying path for the objects and supports a longitudinal edge of same, a dire... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4239120 | Device for the bunkering and assorted feeding of small parts A device for the bunkering and sorted feeding of small parts, particularly to processing machines, by which the small parts are removed from a bunker space in the bottom area of the bunker, which bunker space is refillable from the top, and via an interme... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4072156 | Coin sorting device A coin sorting device has a coin passage with a floor and a lateral perimeter defining structure on one lateral side (or each of the lateral sides) of the passage, the floor having holes for successively larger coins disposed successively along the passag... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4002560 | Automatic article sorting apparatus An automatic laundry sorting machine comprising separate sorting stations having individually driven conveyor units for feeding and sorting folded laundry articles according to size. Sorting and sensing means are associated with at least one of the convey... | 01/11/1977 |
