...that Kleenex tissue was originally designed to be a gas mask filter? It was developed at the beginning of World War I to replace cotton, which was then in short supply as a surgical dressing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7112120 | Feeder assembly for particle blast system A particle blast system includes a feeder assembly having a rotor with a plurality of pockets formed in the peripheral surface. The transport gas flowpath includes the pockets, such that substantially all transport gas flows through the pockets. The seal adjacent th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6523723 | Dosing feeder for liquids Dosing feeder for a liquid that is in a container (6), comprising a dosing arm (2) that shows at least one dosing cup (2.1) that is open at the top. The dosing arm (2) is arranged in a dosing head (3) that in its turn shows a first duct (4.1) being in con... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6382461 | Apparatus and method for metering a particulate substance A method and device are disclosed for metering a predetermined amount of a particulate substance in a reliable and exact manner. The claimed invention avoids crushing or packing the material to be metered, and can be utilized with fine particulate substan... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5709319 | Food distributor A food distributor includes a box with a cover and a distributing member rotatably disposed to a front side of the box, the front side of the box having a first hole defined therein, the distributing member having a first circular flange extending from a ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5285828 | Apparatus for introducing filler material into containers An apparatus for introducing filler material in a fluid carrier into a measuring chamber in rapid succession is described. The apparatus includes a delivery subsystem for introducing the filler material into the fluid carrier. The delivery subsystem provi... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5259533 | Fish, bird and small animal feed dispenser A dispenser for smoothly and reliably dispensing flowable or particulate matter such as fish food is provided, in which dynamic gravity of the matter itself is utilized to regulate dispensing of the same in an uncomplicated manner. The dispenser has a con... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5003925 | Fish food dispenser For the dispensing of preset quantities of flowable material, a dispenser comprised of a hollow casing with integral scoop and chute; whereby rotation of the casing causes material stored within to be passed from the scoop to the chute, either by tossing ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4884599 | Apparatus for packaging fluid materials into packets A rotary packaging apparatus for non-free-flowing material synchronizes the discharge rate of material in an auger emptied hopper with the speed of rotation of a funnel carrying wheel which engages a continuous series of containers such that material is u... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4571176 | Bucket wheel valve The invention relates to a bucket wheel valve heated by hot gas flowing through an axial gas chamber in a rotor which is spaced axially from the side walls of a housing. The spaces between the rotor and the side walls are screened from the exterior in the... | 02/18/1986 |