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...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7408204 | Flip-chip packaging structure for light emitting diode and method thereof A packaging structure and method for a light emitting diode is provided. The present invention uses flip-chip and eutectic bonding technology to attach a LED to a thermal and electrical conducting substrate. The flip-chip packaging structure comprises a thermal and ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383868 | Tape dispenser with cutter shield A tape dispenser includes base plate, a handle, a tape reel and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a base, a cutter with a blade at an end, a shield, a shield base and a wiper plate. The shield is moved between a first position, in which the shield co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7066367 | Convertible cutter for tape dispensers A tape dispenser has first and second half-shells, with a dispensing end and a cutter end, and a first cutter member formed in and integral with the first half-shell, and having a plurality of upwardly directed serrations which define serrated cutting teeth at the t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6913060 | Adhesive tape dispenser An adhesive tape dispenser having an improved mechanism for gripping the device while dispensing tape. The dispenser has spaced apart side walls and an upper wall connected thereto. The upper wall has a leading edge that is provided with a blade for cutting the adhe... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6851592 | Serrated cutting strip The present invention provides a cutting strip (102) which includes a flat, strip member (201) adapted to be attached to the edge of a carton. The member (201) having a first edge (202) having a plurality of teeth (204). The plural... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6705374 | Adhesive-tape cutting device of an adhesive-tape holder An adhesive-tape cutting device of an adhesive-tape holder has a position-limiting device provided between the vertical short side of a slide base and the push plate portion of a press plate. The position-limiting device is composed of two position-limiting holes bo... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6694712 | Film treatment device and wrapping apparatus A film treatment device has a cutting device (2) for cutting a plastic film web (F). The cutting device (2) has an elongated electric resistor (5) fastened by both ends with fastening elements (3, 4), against which resistor the film web can be pressed and... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6681830 | Hand-held adhesive tape dispenser A hand-held adhesive tape dispenser is in the form of a partial shell which has a support face and a peripheral wall to form an open face housing. A spool of adhesive tape is mounted to the support face through the use of mounting structure on the shell w... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6524022 | Recording paper cutter and printer therewith A paper cutter includes a blade extending in the width of a rolled paper, the blade having a linear edge and a serrated edge formed at an end of the linear edge. A paper guide for discharging the paper is disposed downstream from the cutter, the paper gui... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6491082 | Safety for blade of tape dispenser A safety for blade of tape dispenser includes a fixing seat provided above a tape roller of the tape dispenser. The fixing seat defines an inner space in which a blade of the tape dispenser is fixedly mounted and a shield plate is disposed above the blade... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491198 | Cutting blade for cutting sheet wrapping materials A cutting assembly for plastic film or other sheet wrapping material dispensers. The cutting assembly comprises a member having a length corresponding to the length of the dispenser box, and a U-shaped cross-section adapted to slip over the free edge of t... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6418995 | Sheet material dispenser with safer sheet cutting means A dispenser from which sheet material may be manually pulled from a supply of the sheet material carried on the dispenser through a passageway defined by a frame of the dispenser. The dispenser includes a cutting member having a sharp cutting edge adapted... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6405913 | Paperboard dispenser carton with plastic cutting blade A paperboard carton for storing and dispensing a roll of web material, such as plastic film, foil, wax paper, etc. has a plastic (e.g. polystyrene) cutting blade that is adhered to an inside front lip of the paperboard carton lid. The polystyrene cutting ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398093 | Cutting device for dental floss A device for severing and restraining dental floss that has a blade with a restraining side and a cutting side, which can be formed by slanting the blade or otherwise providing a narrow pinching portion on one side of the blade to restrain the floss.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6367533 | Safe cut-off blade assembly A cut-off blade assembly including a thin metal blade having an attachment portion by which the cut-off blade assembly can be attached to a dispenser, and a plurality of projecting similarly shaped triangular primary teeth. The triangular primary teeth ea... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6325558 | Tear bar for a thermal printer mechanism Disclosed is a tear bar for a thermal printer mechanism, the thermal printer mechanism including at least a thermal head that is housed in a device housing defining an interior space with a base and surrounding walls and being formed with a window next to... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6296033 | Blade protector for tape applicators and dispensers A tape applicator includes a frame. A blade is affixed to the frame. A guard is mounted on the frame and extends from the frame beyond the edge of the blade. The guard is deflected as the tape is drawn across the blade.... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6173876 | Vulcanized fiber sheet having a serrated cutting edge, a carton having said sheet adhered thereto, and a method of adhesion thereof The present invention is a sheet having a serrated cutting edge attached to a carton case containing a roll of a cooking sheet such as a synthetic resin film, paper sheet and metallic foil, the sheet having a serrated cutting edge used for cutting the coo... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6039102 | Sheet material dispenser with safer sheet cutting means A dispenser from which sheet material may be manually pulled from a supply of the sheet material carried on the dispenser through a passageway defined by a frame of the dispenser. The dispenser includes a cutting member having a sharp cutting edge adapted... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5984158 | Cutting blade for cutting sheet materials A cutting assembly for aluminum foil dispensers. The cutting assembly comprises a member corresponding to the length of the dispenser carton. The member has a U-shaped cross-section adapted to slip over the free edge of the front panel of the dispenser ca... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5947360 | Cutting blade for cutting sheet materials A cutting blade for cutting sheet materials such as plastic film or metal foil is provided. The cutting blade incorporates a row of cutting teeth (50) projecting from a flat surface between the surface's folded edges. The depth of cut of the cutting blade... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5866221 | Impregnated and serrated cutting strip for a carton A serrated cutting strip (26) for a carton comprises paper or board impregnated with a mix of acrylic resin and urea formaldehyde. The strip is 0.2 to 0.5 mm in thickness and can bend without cracking over a bar of 20 mm diameter. The strip has adhesive o... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5850960 | Wrapping paper housing and cutting apparatus A paper cutting apparatus comprising a housing partially enclosing a roll of paper and a cutting member disclosed along an opening of the housing. A leading edge of a roll of paper is unrolled through the opening of the housing and is linearly severed alo... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5816526 | Tear strip for severing a moving paper web A tear strip severs a moving paper web as it is being wound onto a drum, so as to enable the paper web to be wound onto an empty drum. The tear strip is made of paper. The tear strip is a multiply folded paper strip, and the plies of the paper strip resti... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5772094 | Cutting blade A cutting blade is formed from a rectangular sheet of a rigid material such as metal or plastic. One side of the sheet is formed into a roll or tube giving structural rigidity to the entire cutting blade. The remainder of the sheet extends flat and tangen... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5732868 | System for safely storing and dispensing a thin sheet-like material A generally cubical cardboard container is provided for containing and storing a length of sheet-like material which may be drawn via an elongate slot in a top face of the container and over an uppermost edge portion of a front face of the container. A sa... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5706993 | Roll bag dispensing system A dispenser for a roll of bags joined in series end-to end along transverse severable lines comprising a receptacle in which a roll of bags may be held and rotated to pass the bags through the outlet of the receptacle and a web guide secured to the outlet... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5540369 | Detaching linerless labels Linerless labels are dispensed from a roll and detached along perforation lines using a set of low speed rolls, a set of high speed rolls, and a breaker blade between the sets of rolls. The label-engaging tip of the breaker blade, and at least one roll of... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5480080 | Method and apparatus for cutting decorative gift-wrap paper Apparatus and method for cutting gift-wrap paper, which comprises an elongate straight V-sectioned element that is easily hand-held by one hand of an operator. The element has a cutting edge along one side, which cuts the paper after the desired amount th... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5417359 | Tablet splitting card An apparatus for splitting medicinal tablets which consists of a ridge 12 fused onto or stamped into the surface of card shaped materials. The card 14 can be made of any material with sufficient hardness to permit use of the ridge 12 as a fulcrum to fract... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5407115 | Printed receipt severing A printed paper dispensing and severing apparatus includes an elongated paper to be printed, dispensed and severed. A printer including a positive drive mechanism projects paper along a guide path to an exit chute in a housing, the guide path being define... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5370916 | Tape dispensing system The invention provides a longitudinally extending adhesive tape product adapted to be cut off into a plurality of tape segments by use of a transverse cutting edge. The product comprises a longitudinally extending tape wound into a roll, the tape having a... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5328071 | Roll paper cutting apparatus A roll paper cutting apparatus in a printer whereby printed roll paper which has been printed and released can be cut certainly and smoothly with a simple structure. For this purpose, this roll paper cutting apparatus has a paper cutter comprising bite te... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5306224 | Method and apparatus for integrally forming a cutter on a carton blank A paperboard shaped into a profile substantially the same as that of a carton blank for folding into a carbon is formed with a plurality of first slits on an edge of the paperboard at a predetermined angle relative to the edge and with a plurality of seco... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5226571 | Box dispenser made from corrugated board A box dispenser for dispensing rolled-materials is fabricated of single wall corrugated board having a corrugated medium comprising E-flute glued between two facings. The dispenser is provided with a cutting edge. The cutting edge is formed by die-cutting... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5207368 | Dispensing apparatus for plastic bags A dispensing apparatus for serially dispensing flexible plastic bags from a wound package of bags which are joined along perforated severance lines, including a panel, and at least one elongate dispensing slot extending through the panel. The slot include... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5186376 | Plastic wrap dispenser A dispenser is used for dispensing plastic film from a roll. The dispenser has a housing that may be mounted under a shelf or cupboard or on a wall. The housing consists of a cover unit that is installed in the place of use and a releasable base unit that... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5135146 | Plastic bag dispenser A plastic bag dispenser holds a continuous roll of bags, connected by perforated separation lines. The dispenser is provided with a tongue, which the bags are dispensed over, that engages the separation line between the bag at the end of the roll and the ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5135784 | Wrapping web container and cutter for cutting wrapping web A cutting tool for use on a wrapping web container containing a roll of a web for wrapping foods or the like. The cutting tool has a member made of a piece of paper having a toothed portion with teeth in the form of saw-teeth, the toothed portion having b... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5100039 | Curled document management device Curl management device for assisting in the uncurling and proper alignment of fax sheets on photocopier glass surfaces comprising a rigid sheet of plastic or other material (preferably not metal), having a weight on the order of from about 1 to about 5 ou... | 03/31/1992 |
