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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441681 | Apparatus for separating a web material An apparatus and method for separating a web material are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a bedroll and a chop off roll. The bedroll includes a bedroll blade and a bedroll web pin. The chop off roll includes a pin pad and a plurality of chop off roll blades... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7341551 | Flush mounted presser assembly A presser assembly is provided for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member and a channel extending along an axis. The channel has an opening directed towards the support member and is movable between a first retracted position wherein t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7294558 | Method and apparatus for cleaving a wafer through expansion resulting from vaporization or freezing of liquid A starting point for cleavage made up of at least one of a groove and a through hole is formed on a chip dividing line or a dicing line along the cleaved surface of a wafer. Liquid matter is injected into the starting point. Then, the liquid matter is changed by app... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7182234 | Substrate cutting device and method An automatic cutting device is described for cutting an assembly. The assembly includes a material having a weakened zone therein that defines a useful layer and being attached to a source substrate. The cutting device includes a cutting mechanism and a holding and ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7128703 | Flush mounted presser assembly A flush mounted presser assembly for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member having an upper surface which defines a substantially horizontal plane, a presser movable vertically in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the su... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7070078 | Automatic optical-fiber cutter An automatic optical-fiber cutter has a main lid, an auxiliary lid interlockingly opened and closed by the opening/closing operation of the main lid, and a slider provided with an edged tool. An optical fiber is pressed at two positions by the main lid and th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7032793 | Ticket dispensing device, installation and displays Lottery ticket dispensing housings are provided with a hinged, transparent rear and top cover, a hinged front wall, and a powered ticket drive and separator module. A relatively tall embodiment of the dispenser with a small footprint is fitted onto the countertop of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6966873 | Flush mounted presser assembly A flush mounted presser assembly for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member having an upper surface which defines a substantially horizontal plane, a presser movable vertically in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the su... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6932259 | Brittle material breaking apparatus A brittle material breaking apparatus using a lifting mechanism to lift/lower a carrier wherein the lifting mechanism is controlled to lift the carrier for holding the brittle material for breaking, and then to lower the carrier from the brittle material to a distan... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932258 | Gaming device and method A gaming machine is provided for playing several types of games. The winnings from one gave can be used to create credits in the machine for buying tickets in a different game from the same machine. A separator/drive module has a rotary helical separator member whic... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6886728 | Ticket dispensing modules and method The dispenser dispenses tickets such as instant-winner lottery tickets from a strip in which the individual tickets are delineated by perforation lines. The dispenser includes a separator to tear the tickets apart before issuing them from the machine. The mechanism ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6776748 | Device for breaking the nicks connecting the blanks of a pile of cardboard sheets A stack of sheets, e.g. cardboard, with each sheet having lines of cut longitudinally and/or transversely. Apparatus for breaking the nicks connecting two edges of line of cut on the stacked sheets includes a first support and transport moving longitudinally and a f... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6726077 | Ticket dispensing modules and method The dispenser dispenses tickets from a strip where tickets are delineated by perforation lines. The dispenser includes a separator to tear the tickets apart before issuing them from the machine. The separator preferably is rotary and has a dull helical blade to tear... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6609643 | Dual clamping arrangement for connecting rod fracturing machine An improved fracturing machine for fracturing a connecting rod preform includes clamping mechanisms at both upper and lower portions of the preform. Wedges lock the clamps onto the preform during fracturing. The top and bottom clamps provide a cleaner fra... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6598774 | Optical fiber cutting device The present invention provides an optical fiber cutting device in which a scratch is formed in an outer peripheral surface of a clamped optical fiber, and the optical fiber is broken along the scratch by applying a tension force or bending stress to the o... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6578747 | Tool for angled cleaving of optical fibers or the like An improved device or tool is provided for cleaving angled ends on to at least one optical fiber (1) (FIG. 1) in which spring means (6) and co-operating pivotally mounted clamping blocks (7a, 7b) are employed to clamp and tension the optical fiber (1) wit... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6540125 | Device for clamping and breaking a phial A device for clamping a breakable article, in particular a phial, provided with a breaking zone dividing said article into two parts, comprising means for clamping one part and means pivotably attached to said clamping means for holding the second part of... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6467667 | Device for splitting at least one optical fiber Device for severing at least one optical fiber When severing optical fibers (1) with conventional severing devices, after the severing operation the severed fibers (1) are distributed in a disorderly manner on the second fixing element (26), with the resu... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6457621 | Device for separating the rod and cap of a connecting rod by breaking A device for separating the rod and cap of a connecting rod by breaking includes a fixed expansion mandrel half on a fixed device part a mobile expansion mandrel half on a device part which moves in the direction of expansion, and support elements for the... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6321964 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6279805 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273312 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6247625 | Anvil pad configuration for laser cleaving An improved anvil tool for use in laser bar or wafer cleaving comprises a relatively small cross section such that the anvil does not overhang the device edges in any direction. In one embodiment, the surface of the tool contacting the laser wafer or bar ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6221740 | Substrate cleaving tool and method A cleaving tool provides pressurized gas to the edge of a substrate to cleave the substrate at a selected interface. A substrate, such as a bonded substrate, is loaded into the cleaving tool, and two halves of the tool are brought together to apply a sele... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6068170 | Continuous paper cutting unit A continuous paper cutting unit including a press mechanism for pressing and holding both sides of the perforations of continuous paper by a press means link mechanism, and a cutting mechanism like a blunt instrument using a cutting means link mechanism. ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5842622 | Conversion kits for curved-angle cleaving of optical fibers A method, apparatus, and conversion kit for curved-angle cleaving of optical fibers, and a curved-angle end-face of a resulting optical fiber. The method requires fixing first and second portions of the optical fiber and introducing a flaw into the optica... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5839635 | Curved-angle cleaving of optical fibers A method and apparatus for curved-angle cleaving of optical fibers. The method requires the introduction of a flaw in an optical fiber to be cleaved, and the application of predetermined stress and strain to the optical fiber in the vicinity of the flaw t... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5810233 | Device for separating blanks from a sheet of cut blanks A device for removing blanks which have been cut into a sheet of paper or cardboard and are separated from each other by intermediate strips and are surrounded by a crosswise frontal and a crosswise back strip and two lengthwise side strips. The device in... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5673837 | Apparatus for the high speed stacking of paper sheets Apparatus for high speed stacking and cutting of resilient materials to form individual sheets wherein the resilient material is moved through the apparatus towards a stacking plane and is guided past a tear separator actuatable to effect a tear separatio... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5529565 | Presser assembly A presser assembly is provided for supporting carton blanking scrap during a blanking operation. The presser assembly includes a presser rail having a first end mounted to a guide cylinder and a second end mounted to a second guide cylinder such that each... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5505551 | Sheet separator A device for separating individual items from a continuous perforated sheet includes a longitudinal burster for separating longitudinal lines of weakening on a perforated sheet, and a transverse burster for separating transverse lines of weakening on a pe... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5375751 | Method and apparatus for severing a paper web, particularly a perforated paper web A method and an assembly for severing a perforated continuous form along two lines. The paper web is clamped by three clamping elements (6, 11, 15) extending essentially orthogonal over the entire width of the paper web (4) against an anvil plate (1) plac... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5297710 | Method and apparatus for dividing flat glass panels A method and an apparatus for dividing a flat glass panel (14) are described. The panel (14) which is to be divided and which is raised away from its substrate is securely held in its part regions by two clamping devices (10, 12) which are pivoted in oppo... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5259107 | Microjoint separation apparatus A tapping function is imparted to a microjoint separation apparatus in order to obtain uniform cycle time and to improve productivity. The apparatus includes: grips (6) for moving a workpiece (2) in the X-axial direction of the main body (1) of the appara... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5255008 | Electrophotographic printer using a continuous form recording sheet In a printing device such as a laser beam printer utilizing a continuous-form recording sheet, provided are feeding member for feeding the continuous-from recording sheet along a predetermined feeding path; forming member for forming the image on the cont... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5235882 | Device for trimming and cutting computer printer paper A device which trims off the perforated margin strips of printer paper and cuts the paper transversely to separate it into individual pages. The paper which discharges from the printer is drawn around a tension bar and is applied to a toothed belt driven ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5188268 | Device for cutting an optical fiber obliquely A device for use in on-site conditions to obtain a section plane which reproducibly makes an angle of 5°, for example, relative to the axis of an optical fiber. The device includes a clamp for holding the fiber at a first point, a rotary clamp for holdin... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5165585 | Method and apparatus for breaking glass sheets The method relates to breaking glass sheets (5) with a line scored on one side, the glass sheet (5) being first raised at one end of the scored line and thereupon, in the remaining areas, it is progressively raised beginning with the initially lifted end.... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5129567 | Method and apparatus for cutting an optical fiber The optical fiber cutting apparatus are constituted by a combination of a cutting apparatus body in which two clamps and, a scoring blade and a pushing member are provided on predetermined positions on a base and a set table having a guide groove on its t... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5125549 | Method and apparatus for scoring and breaking an optical fiber The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for scoring and breaking an optical fiber and, specifically, for scoring and breaking an optical fiber near a ferrule forming an end face substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the optical ... | 06/30/1992 |
