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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 |
| 7302821 | Techniques for manufacturing a product using electric current during plastic deformation of material A technique for manufacturing a product involves receiving material, providing plastic deformation to the material to at least partially form the product, and applying electric current to the material while providing the plastic deformation to the material. The elec... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7258507 | Environment oriented road stud Disclosed is a road stud including an indicating part exposed on a road surface, an anchor extended from the indicating part and inserted into an anchor inserting hole of the road surface and at least one pair of anti-rotation wings interposed between the road surfa... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241117 | Motor shaft assembly and method A method for assembling a motor shaft with a bearing, a motor housing, and an impeller is disclosed. A motor shaft extension is used to retain the impeller axially on the motor shaft and allows the motor shaft to drive an additional component, such as an impeller, l... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7159289 | Fastener forming apparatus and method for making a fastener of metal A fastener forming apparatus produces a fastener of metal having a rod-to-plate connection often found in such applications as an automotive door latch striker. The fastener is formed and assembled in a single operation and with only a rod and a stamped plate for pa... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7028522 | Electric heating type rolling device An electric heating type rolling device comprises work rolls for rolling a metal strip, a power supply for generating a pulse current, a pair of upstream contact members which are disposed in a location before the metal strip passes through the work rolls, and a pai... | 04/18/2006 |
| 5896960 | Welded rod fitting damper manufacture A method of manufacturing a suspension damper with a welded rod fitting includes attaching a piston rod to a piston assembly. The piston assembly with the attached piston rod is inserted into a tube so that the piston rod extends from the tube. Hydraulic ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5515705 | Apparatus and method for deforming a workpiece An apparatus and method is provided for controlling the temperature of dies and workpiece throughout a deformation process. Dies are capable of receiving external current to resistively heat the workpiece and dies during the deformation operation, the ext... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5461768 | Electrically heatable caulking system and method An electrical caulking method for a work made from a magnesium or a magnesium alloy wherein a caulking pin integrally projects from a body, wherein an electric caulking apparatus having two opposing electrodes is used. The work is held between the opposin... | 10/31/1995 |
| 4888973 | Heater for superplastic forming of metals A superplastic forming machine having ceramic platens which are oriented to each other with heating elements of each platen arranged at a substantially right angle relationship to the heating elements of the other platen. The heating elements are formed a... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4473738 | Method and apparatus for hot forming a polygonal head on a snap tie rod An apparatus for hot forming a polygonal head on an end of a tie rod includes a split electrode for gripping a tie rod and a reciprocating electrode for deforming the tie rod end. One of the electrodes defines a die cavity having walls forming a polygonal... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4150279 | Ring rolling methods and apparatus Methods of forming metallic workpieces into ring-shaped components of selected cross-sectional configuration in which roll electrodes both heat the workpiece by electrical resistance and provide the pressure so that the workpiece becomes plastic and flows... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4015098 | Apparatus for making intercell connectors by an extrusion-fusion technique Improved extrusion-fusion-type intercell connectors and process involving: casting the plate strap lugs to be welded from a hypoeutectic lead-antimony alloy containing at least about 2 percent by weight antimony; initially extruding the lugs into contact ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3988913 | Isothermal metal forming apparatus Metal forming methods in which a workpiece is heated and subjected to pressure, causing the metal to become plastic and flow into a selected configuration. Apparatus in which the method can be carried out and tooling for use in the methods and apparatus.... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3988914 | Isothermal metal forming apparatus Metal forming apparatus in which a workpiece is heated and subjected to pressure, causing the metal to become plastic and flow into a selected configuration.... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3944782 | Isothermal metal forming Metal forming methods in which a workpiece is heated and subjected to pressure, causing the metal to become plastic and flow into a selected configuration. Apparatus in which the method can be carried out and tooling for use in the methods and apparatus.... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3934782 | Method and apparatus for locating and locking onto workpieces in positive displacement casting Methods for positive displacement casting and/or for positive displacement bonding and, more particularly, for automatically locating the bonding apparatus with respect to the workpieces, locking thereon, and, thereafter forming, on a continuous, reproduc... | 01/27/1976 |
