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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383965 | Blood-collection tube preparation device In the blood-sampling-tube preparation device according to the present invention, the each blood-sampling-tube containing section is provided with a number of compartments along a periphery thereof, in which the blood-sampling-tubes are contained one by one in a lay... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7277773 | Material handling apparatus and method A material handling apparatus comprising a material delivery configuration configured with a first end and a second end, a transfer configuration connected to the first end of the garment delivery rail, a movable material handling arrangement configured to transfer ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275635 | Free flow conveyance system A free flow conveyance system includes a plurality of linear conveyance apparatuses each having a plurality of unit conveyors linearly arranged, and a pivot conveyance apparatus having a unit conveyor which is arranged between the linear conveyance apparatuses being... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269467 | Shelf system A shelf system with computer-controlled compartment displays, whereby the displays indicate a number of articles to picked out of the compartment. The shelf system has a plurality of sliding shelves in that the shelves have at least one display element in their fron... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264137 | Apparatus for releasing tablets from a blister pack Apparatus for releasing tablets from a blister pack (34) containing a plurality of tablets, each held in a respective blister, the apparatus comprising receiving means (1) for receiving the blister pack so that the pack is moveable on the receiving mea... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245988 | Garment inventory management system A laundry inventory management system comprises several components in combination. A structure has a computer system with a program to store data with the computer being coupled to an electrical source. A pair of trolley rails with each rail having a set of indicia ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7086198 | Machine for vending floral arrangements A machine for vending floral arrangements is described including stack of generally circular carousels each for supporting a plurality of floral arrangements; and a generally cylindrical exterior housing surrounding the carousels. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086558 | Tool vending machine and method therefore A tool vending machine which permits human access to only a single size compartment of a plurality of different sized compartments at a time so that the user is only able to extract a tool that is contained within that single compartment and does not permit access t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6976609 | Container with seal on the container lid The invention relates to a container for the storage and dispensing of paste-like or fluid masses, including a container body with side walls, an upper opening, a container lid, engaging the side walls from above, by means of a collar on the lid and sealing the uppe... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6910570 | Transport system for containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system A container transport system includes a first conveyor assembly at one transport plane, and a second conveyor assembly at another transport plane, and a transfer device for moving the containers between the conveyor assemblies. Each of the conveyor assemblies has a ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6775591 | Portable medication dispensing unit A medication dispensing cart has a pull-out drawer, and a conveyor that transports a number of removable medication bins within the cart, one at a time, to the position of the drawer. An on-board processor controls operation of the bin conveyor mechanism whose pathw... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6557724 | Vertical conveyor A vertical conveyor including first and second conveyors having first and second ends. The first conveyor is vertically aligned with and above the second conveyor. The vertical conveyor also includes a third conveyor having a free end and a coupled end. T... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6308109 | Method and apparatus for delivering drugs An apparatus and control method for feeding medications in which processing units, which can prepare drugs, non-drug articles and drug-related articles, are provided along a carrier feed line, and in which carriers for respective patients are fed on the f... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6237806 | Device to distribute photographic material Device to distribute photographic material, such as photographs, films, negatives, slides, etc., contained in envelopes or wrappers (18), the device comprising structure (12, 13) to interface with and recognise the client accessible from outside and cell-... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6170929 | Automated medication-dispensing cart An automated medication-dispensing cart includes a closed cart housing and a plurality of medication-containing bins which extend for substantially the length of the cart and which are supported within the cart housing. The support structure includes two ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6000522 | Multi-compartment and acceptors computerized vending machine Present invention is a coin operable computer, having compiler memory compiled in both soft and hardware programs, with all supporting elements, an interfaced handshaking memory storage unit and modem card, arranged to run a sequential logic order of oper... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5799821 | Variable day start tablet dispenser This invention relates to a substantially circular tablet dispenser component system which may be adapted for a variable day start of a prescribed periodic tablet regimen. Also provided are a tablet dispenser kit, a tablet packge adapted for filling the t... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5775536 | Variable day start tablet dispenser This invention relates to a substantially circular tablet dispenser component system which may be adapted for a variable day start of a prescribed periodic tablet regimen. Also provided are a tablet dispenser kit, a tablet packge adapted for filling the t... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5697519 | Split door for vending machine An apparatus and method for maximizing the amount and selection of vendible items from a bucket-type vending machine includes a main access door over an access opening to buckets of the machine. One or more shields are positioned below the access opening ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5690251 | Panty hose vending machine A panty hose vending machine including a housing with a plurality of dispensers situated therein. A label with indicia indicative of both a panty hose size and a panty hose color imprinted thereon is situated on each dispenser. A plurality of panty hose a... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5588553 | Issuing device for disc-shaped parking tickets The invention relates to an issuing device for disc-shaped parking tickets, which device makes it possible for the parking tickets, provided for issuing, to be presented reliably, on a permanent and requirement-related basis, from a supply, and which is a... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5562231 | Variable day start tablet dispenser This invention relates to a substantially circular tablet dispenser component system which may be adapted for a variable day start of a prescribed periodic tablet regimen. Also provided are a tablet dispenser kit, a tablet package adapted for filling the ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5535916 | Sterilizer with reduced surface contamination The invention provides a transfer valve for a sterilizer/cooker, which is almost lubeless or is lubeless. Packing strips and packing rings are provided, which are made of high temperature thermo plastics compounded with internal lubricants, such as Teflon... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533606 | Apparatus for storing and transporting drugs An apparatus is provided which can assign drugs to respective buckets running on a conveyor with accuracy and high efficiency and transport them. A case accommodates a plurality of storage/delivery conveyors. Near the drug inlets for the respective convey... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533645 | Split door for vending machine An apparatus and method for maximizing the amount and selection of vendable items from a bucket-type vending machine includes a main access door over an access opening to buckets of the machine. One or more shields are positioned below the access opening ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5509572 | Self service pick up and drop off machine An integrated self service package pick up and drop off system which is particularly suitable for retail dry cleaning operations is described. A fully enclosed cabinet contains a customer drop off chute, and a customer pick up door which are computer cont... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5449229 | Tambour door customer access port A Customer Access Port (CAP) for an automated storage library subsystem which comprises two sliding doors to control operator access to the library. A magazine adapted to hold several storage media cartridges is positioned inside the storage library acces... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5450160 | Film cartridge magazine A cartridge magazine is provided including a plurality of sleeves, each defining a pocket for containing a film cartridge, and a hub supporting the sleeves parallel to one another in a ring. Each sleeve defines a non-circular cross-section accommodating l... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5431299 | Medication dispensing and storing system with dispensing modules A system for the controlled dispensing and storing of medication and more particularly, a programmable system with medication dispensing modules having a dedicated programmable processor to dispense medication, according to patient requirements that are p... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5415471 | Carousel-type magnetic tape library system An improved carousel-type magnetic tape library system including a pivotable cartridge-receiving door for facilitating the insertion and removal of cartridges into the system and a cylindrical magazine carried by a turntable rotatably mounted to a turntab... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5405045 | Time controlled cigarette dispenser A device for allowing the dispensing of cigarettes at a predetermined rate comprising a drum and a plurality of chambers for receiving individual cigarettes, the drum having an open upper end and a plate at the lower end; a container of a size to receive ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5392952 | Pill dispensisng device providing overdosage protection A medication dispensing device for providing medication doses within selected periods of time. The device comprises a housing unit defining a first and second opening, a medication containment unit, a request signal generating unit, a dispensing unit, a m... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5385266 | Anti-theft device for coin operated newspaper dispenser A newspaper vending machine is described holding individual newspapers in a carrousel which rotates within a closed tube. The carrousel is separated into a plurality of discrete chambers by platforms. The carrousel rotates relative to the tube. The tube d... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5360134 | Multiple-product merchandising machine A multiple-product merchandising machine having a cylindrical drum mounted within a cabinet. The drum is divided into a plurality of horizontal shelves each of which is divided by a plurality of vertical walls into separate compartments from which the pro... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5337920 | Rotatable platter storage and retrieval system A general purpose system for the storage and retrieval of articles having nested sets of rotatable platters or of various perimeters such that each set fits inside the perimeter of the next larger sized platter. All platters have storage positions or bins... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5313393 | Inventory control system for automatic dispensing Apparatus for controlling dissemination of garments. First and second rotatable cassettes are provided, one of which is used to store clean garments, the other of which serves as a depository for soiled garments. Each of the rotatable cassettes has an acc... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5285926 | Multiple-product merchandising machine A multiple-product merchandising machine having a cylindrical drum mounted within a cabinet. The drum is divided into a plurality of horizontal shelves each of which is divided by a plurality of vertical walls into separate compartments from which the pro... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5273183 | Article vending machine An improved article handling system includes an article storage structure for containing articles to be handled, transport structure for transporting articles to a position where they can be delivered to or removed from machine, control devices to identif... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5251782 | Object dispenser apparatus and method This disclosure specifically discloses a key (or other type of door opening object) dispensing apparatus and method that could be used for hotels, motels, rental car companies, and the like to dispense keys (or other door opening objects) to customers aut... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5246136 | Apparatus for storage and timed taking of medicaments An apparatus for storage and timed taking of medicaments, in particular birth control pills, has a casing (1), in which a disc (12) is bearingly supported for rotation. The disc (12) has receiving openings (17) for the medicaments to be taken subsequently... | 09/21/1993 |
