Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371300 | Adhesive composition comprising thermoexpandable microcapsules The invention relates to a composition, its use and a method of its use as a glazing adhesive. The composition comprises an adhesive agent with thermoexpandable microcapsules which act as pressure actuators dispersed therein. The microcapsules are heat triggered so ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357888 | Method of producing headliners, door panels and interior trim parts A method of making an article includes the steps of feeding fiber yarn, bundle or roving into a chopping device, chopping the fiber yarn, bundle or roving into fiber segments, texturizing the fiber segments, simultaneously introducing the fiber segments and a binder... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6402050 | Apparatus for gas-dynamic coating The apparatus is comprised of a compressed air source which is connected by a gas conduit to a heating unit whose outlet is connected to a supersonic nozzle inlet in which a supersonic portion is connected by a conduit to a powder feeder. Compressed air o... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6168781 | Spraying apparatus for artificial hair augmenting agent An apparatus for spraying pseudo hair increasing material including a first container 3 for storing therein pseudo hair increasing material 2, and a second container 4 detachably coupled to the first container 3 through a coupler 30, the second container ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6126092 | Twin chopper device for spray-up molding The twin chopper of the present invention consists of a pair of roving choppers, each chopper being disposed on either side of a resin spraying nozzle. Each chopper comprises a rotatably driven cutter roller, a rotatable friction roller cooperating with t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5597120 | Method and apparatus for mixing, spraying and placing cementitious materials There is provided an improved composition for rapid setting, sprayable cementitious material, as well as improved processes and systems for mixing and placing such materials. The composition comprises a sprayable mixture of cement forming ingredients, suc... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5520736 | Vent block for flame spray coating system A vent block for use in controlling powder surging in a flame spray coating system having a flame spray gun with an eductor disposed inside the gun, the vent block being disposed between the powder source and the gun, the vent block having intersecting po... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5462764 | Method for constructing a spray in place structure A system for cutting and spraying a plurality of resin strands with an emulsion. The system includes a spray gun that has a cutter assembly that cuts a single resin thread into a plurality of individual strands. The cutter assembly is constructed to cut t... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5447567 | Apparatus for coating powdery material A coating apparatus using jet air streams, wherein a spray nozzle (2) of the coating apparatus includes: a powder blow-out path (4) provided in an axially central portion of the main body (3) of the nozzle; a coating liquid blow-out path (5) annularly for... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5351890 | Applicator having a glitter container including a venturi pump and static reducing tinsel An apparatus has a cylindrical container with an intermediate floor containing a multiplicity of air holes through which air is pumped upward to keep glitter within the container above the intermediate floor in movement. A vertical housing within the cont... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5186388 | Production of composite structures using lightweight low cost matrix extender materials A process and apparatus are provided for injecting dry lightweight particulate material into a stream of catalyzed resin. The dry lightweight particulate material is stored in a fluidizing tank. The fluidized dry particles are conveyed from the tank under... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4809909 | Plural component application system An apparatus and method for manufacturing plural component materials, especially rigid urethane structures, from reactive components. The system includes a source of a first component, a source of a second component, a sprayer for mixing the components an... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4768709 | Process and apparatus for generating particulate containing fluid jets A process and apparatus for generating high velocity particulate containing fluid jets is provided which is capable of cutting hard materials such as rock and concrete, and is especially useful for notching blast holes to control the pattern of explosion ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4709860 | System for applying pesticides without drift Upwardly diverging, transversely opposed barrels at the rear of the vehicle are supported on a transversely swingable discharge assembly. The barrels have blowers at their lower ends and receive metered amounts of particulates from a hopper through a mete... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4534511 | Flocking apparatus A flocking machine system is described which enables the operator to spray almost dustless by virtue of an adjustable atomized pressurized liquid pattern which encircles a separately issued flock from a handgun applicator. The operator is also able to qui... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4262627 | Apparatus for coating the inside of pipe This is an apparatus for coating the inside of a pipe with a wear-resistant material and is more specifically concerned with an improved production machine for producing large size pipe.... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4204644 | Spraying apparatus for preparing glass fiber reinforced cementitious product A spraying apparatus for preparing a glass fiber reinforced cementitious product comprises a roll type cementitious mortar spray mechanism and a chopped strand spray mechanism which sprays a glass fiber chopped strand into the cementitious mortar stream s... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4116368 | Clog-free inorganic grout emplacement gun This disclosure is directed to a clog-free grout emplacement gun particularly adapted for use in coal or similar mines for retaining roof bolts in bore holes, and includes a first conduit for conveying a gaseous medium along a first path, a second conduit... | 09/26/1978 |
| 3972150 | Guns for forming jets of particulate material A gun for forming a jet of particulate material and liquid comprises a body having a tapering bore therein connected by its longer end to a supply of fluidized particulate material and communicating by its other end with an opening in the body through whi... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3947962 | Chopper A chopper assembly of the type normally mounted on a spray gun to chop and spray fiberglass or the like, and which includes a backup roll driven by an air motor and a cutter roll. The exhaust of the air motor is expelled through air jets in the cutter rol... | 04/06/1976 |
