Did You Know...
...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 |
| 5513572 | Hybrid inflator An inflator (20) comprising: a pressure vessel (22) made of a thin walled steel tubing (24), sealed at one end by an end plate or cap (30). The other end of the pressure vessel sealed by a propellant housing (50). A plurality of axial bores (56a-d) exitin... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5018392 | Method and system for zero-resetting of a torque-measuring device, especially on a cycle or like vehicle A method for zero-resetting of a device for measuring transmitted torque while a cycle is in motion consists in monitoring a phenomenon or a parameter which is normally variable during normal use of the cycle and which disappears or becomes constant when ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4458828 | Electronic reset circuit for a fluid dispenser An electronic reset circuit is provided for a fluid dispenser of the type including a fluid pump and a meter, wherein upon deactivation of the fluid pump, the meter must be reset in order to reactivate the pump and a resetting device normally actuatable f... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4394935 | Zero setting mechanism for service station pumps The connection between the actuating handle of a gasoline service station pump and the pump shaft is a lost motion connection wherein the pump may be actuated in the usual manner for turning the gasoline pump on but in returning the actuation handle to th... | 07/26/1983 |
