...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056743 | Crown closure having a reduced radius and method of manufacture A crown closure that includes a shell having a top, a skirt, a curved portion and a plurality of serrations and a liner. The curved portion is disposed between said top and said skirt and is adapted to be the same shape as the mouth contour of a bottle. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7328670 | Apparatus for dispensing pourable material to an outer surface of a vessel A dispenser delivers a pourable material onto the outside of a receiving vessel, for example, a flavorant like granular salt or sugar onto the rim of a beer bottle or margarita glass, or a glue, sealant, or lubricant onto the external threads of a chemical bottle. A... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7218007 | Underfill material to reduce ball limiting metallurgy delamination and cracking potential in semiconductor devices An electronic structure includes an electronic device coupled to a substrate by conductive bumps and ball limiting metallurgy (BLM). Underfill material having filler particles is disposed in a space between the electronic device and the substrate. A weight percentag... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7205498 | Closure lining and color detector A system is disclosed for detecting or inspecting for a lining of a container closure that is formed of a sheet metal and has a panel on an inside surface of the closure. The panel of the closure has a lining formed thereon. The system according to the present inven... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7147123 | Metal cap A metal cap 3 for a container, the metal cap having a knurl part formed on the outer perimeter thereof so as to release outside the inner pressure of the container generated from the content such as carbonated drinks etc., wherein the knurl part comprises plu... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6454118 | Pile-up lid The invention is directed to a pile-up lid each having an upper wall (1) and an element (2) arranged around the perimeter of said upper wall (1) and which forms a lip (3) protruding above said upper wall (1), and skirt (4) extending below said upper wall.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6164472 | Metal bottle cap A metal bottle cap consisting of a central body to close off an opening at the neck of the bottle and an outer crown which is integral with the central body and is made up of a uninterrupted plurality of teeth which may be bent and fixed around the rim ov... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6109465 | Tamper-evident closure system A tamper-proof closure construction including a cap having a top wall, a skirt and a plurality of tabs extending from the bottom edge of the skirt. The cap fits over the opening in the neck of a container which neck includes a shelf, cams having portions ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6006933 | Twist-off closure A twist-off closure for use with a bottle having a neck, a lip and a ledge surrounding the neck and a plurality of ramp sections. The closure includes a top wall, a skirt and a plurality of tabs extending from the bottom edge of the skirt. The tabs are T-... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5806700 | Tamper-evident closure system A tamper-proof closure construction including a cap having a top wall, a skirt and a plurality of tabs extending from the bottom edge of the skirt. The cap fits over the opening in the neck of a container which neck includes a shelf, cams having portions ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5582309 | Manually removable crown cap A bottle closing cap is disclosed that is openable merely by a finger pressure on a domed top side of the cap, whereby it is possible to provoke an expansion of a depending, axially preslit cap skirt portion of the cap. The cap can resist overpressure in ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5458253 | Bottle cap A crown seal for sealing an opening of a bottle including a flange having between twenty-eight and thirty-two flutes around the circumference thereof. Each flute comprises depression having a generally triangular surface area between a pair of ridges. The... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5265746 | Bottle cap having integral opener A bottle cap having an integral opener on a side thereof, which is capable of opening a bottle cap made of high strength metal sheet, is disclosed. The opener includes: two reinforcing portions, a head portion, two arms, a body and two branches. The head ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5263600 | Tamper-evident twist-off closure A tamper-proof closure for use with a bottle having a neck, a lip, and shelf surrounding the neck and a plurality of ramp sections. The closure includes a top wall, a skirt and a plurality of tabs extending from the bottom edge of the skirt. The tabs incl... | 11/23/1993 |
| 4968514 | Beer bottle with fully reacted thermoplastic polyurethane crown capliner A bottle crown cap, particularly for beer bottles, comprising a metal shell and a liner of thermoplastic polyurethane. The liner material is completely reacted, then applied directly to the shell by a hot melt process.... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4896781 | Twist-to-remove crown cap with a finger protective gripping surface The present invention relates to a twist-to-remote crown cap for closing a container such as a beer bottle. The crown cap comprises a disk shaped top wall and a depending lateral skirt with long serrations bent against the skirt in a circumferential direc... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4798300 | Bottle with integral cap-removing recess A bottle includes a mouth and a neck adjoining the mouth. The neck has helical ribs on the outside to permit application of a peripherally indented, screw-on crown. The main body of the bottle has a base, which is provided with an upward recess. A plurali... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4782969 | Twist-off bottle cap A tamper-proof closure is disclosed for use with a bottle having a neck, a lip with a downwardly and inwardly sloping peripheral wall and a plurality of outwardly extending ribs disposed at the juncture of the sloping wall and outer wall of the neck. The ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4679697 | Bottle top A cap blank for a bottle or jar comprising a disc formed with at least one depression. The depression provides a line of weakness when a cap formed from the blank is installed on a bottle or jar. A cap is also described. The cap can be removed from a bott... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4337871 | Crown closure A crown seal seal blank of the kind comprising a roof portion with a downwardly extending skirt having a flared and ribbed peripheral portion wherein each rib of said peripheral skirt portion is of substantially the same breadth throughout its length. Upo... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4269321 | Peelable bonded structures and process for preparing same A peelable bonded structure having a peel strength of 0.05 to 5 kg/cm comprises a plurality of articles, at least one of which is made of metal, bonded together through a composite coating layer. The composite coating layer is composed of adjacent first a... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4232086 | Polyolefin-metal bonded structures and process for preparing same When a polyolefin layer is bonded to a metal substrate through a primer layer, if a polar group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer-modified olefin resin (A) having a specific polar group concentration and a specific degree of crystallinity and a... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4191322 | Pleated closure construction A closure member constructed from a single flat blank and having an annular flange extending from a flat central portion, the outer surface of the annular flange being substantially continuous, is provided by forming a plurality of pleats running generall... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4060172 | Container and closure cap The present invention provides a pilfer-proof resealable crown closure cap which has a top crown and a skirt depending from the top crown, the skirt having a pair of diametrically opposed slots therein, each slot extending substantially the full height of... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4055266 | Combination crown twist-off closure capp The present invention provides a closure cap of the threaded crown type, which closure cap includes one or more flanges depending from a skirt of the closure cap, the flange being adapted to engage a locking shoulder on the container, the flange having at... | 10/25/1977 |
| 3964627 | Container for an injection liquid, in the form of a flask closed by a curl-on cap A container for an injection liquid, in the form of a flask closed by a curl-on cap, and having a neck which on its external circumference is provided all round with projecting ridges or recessed grooves which engage or are engaged by the internal surface... | 06/22/1976 |