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 |
| 7143903 | Stopper for bottling wines A stopper for closing wine bottles. The stopper has a tubular duct to communicate residual interior gaseous atmospheric volume with the outer ambient. A membrane is secured transversely in the duct to allow the passage of gaseous atmosphere through the membrane and ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6675995 | Traversing twist cap There is provided according to the present invention, a rotary valve cap and container comprising a cap portion having an inner sidewall with guide bosses disposed thereon and a sealing skirt disposed from the top of the cap concentric with the inner side... | 01/13/2004 |
| 4979654 | Cap for use with water treatment apparatus A cap for use with water treatment apparatus specifically adapted to cooperate with an open neck of a bottle having an exterior projection formed on the neck thereof. The cap includes a lower component having a circumferentially continuous lower portion w... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4819815 | Container display stand and containers therefore A container display stand and containers therefore is provided including an upright display stand having a plurality of spaced apertures extending through the stand from the front to rear thereof. These apertures are angled downwardly and a container is d... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4754888 | Vacuum carafe A thermos carafe with an inner container surrounded by a casing, whereby the inner container and the casing at the top have an opening which can be closed by a plug. The plug and/or the opening are shaped in such a way that it is possible to fill and empt... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4737320 | Carbonating head A carbonating head is provided with an internal passage, having a non-return valve therein, leading to a threaded socket. The socket can be screwed onto a plastic bottle so that pressurized gas in the passage can be used to carbonate liquid in the bottle.... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4658973 | Insulating jug or bottle having a closing member carrying a sealing member The invention relates to an insulating jug or bottle having a housing in which a recess is arranged on the upper side which recess may be closed by means of a lid, having an opening therein, positioned in the region of the recess and which is to be closed... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4394921 | Glassware stopper with venting valve A Teflon stopper for glassware includes a venting valve formed in the stopper with a valve stem threadably mounted within a bore in the stopper for selectively controlling communication between a vent passage within the stopper and a vent passage within t... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4121730 | Screw closures for thermally-insulating containers The invention relates to screw closures for thermally-insulating containers. Each closure has a portion adapted to project into an opening of an inner, thermally-insulating vessel of the container, there being a flexible part provided on said portion, thi... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3963120 | Container for dental materials and the like A container for prepackaging materials, as for example silver alloy and mercury for dental amalgam, which must be kept separate until just prior to combination and use is disclosed which comprises two chambers. During storage of the materials, the two cha... | 06/15/1976 |
