...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 |
| 7434629 | Tire fire suppression and vehicle with same A vehicle having a tire fire suppression system includes a vehicle body for transportation of occupants or cargo. A plurality of combustible tires is connected to the body. The tires are susceptible to auto-ignition in response to exposure to an elevated temperature... | 10/14/2008 |
| 6267298 | Neural networked irrigation controller A device which is neural networked with other such devices to control the irrigation of various irrigation zones. Each neural networked irrigation controller commences irrigation for its zone, provided sufficient water is available, either when a preselec... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6065686 | Method and apparatus for the distribution of a liquid composition There is disclosed a method of distributing a liquid composition over the ground from travelling equipment, the composition comprising an active ingredient, in which method the concentration of the active ingredient in the liquid composition is varied in ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6047902 | Road marking machine with a pump combination driven in proportion with the traveling speed A road marking machine comprising a spray gun and a combination of two displacement pumps for supplying the marking substance to the spray gun, wherein the combination is driven in proportion with the traveling speed and wherein the pumps, each after star... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6010079 | Vehicle mounted fluid delivery system with retractable arm A mobile system for delivering a fluid to a fluid application area includes a vehicle, an arm carried by the vehicle and movable between a retracted position and an extended position, a fluid delivery system carried by the vehicle and including at least o... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5979794 | Two-part stream dispensing for high viscosity materials A robot arm mounted apparatus for high speed streaming of high viscosity, two-part adhesive onto a workpiece. The apparatus employs a shortened, temperatured-conditioned mixing tube and a compact, end effector package of dispense metering equipment associ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5433380 | Self-cleansing pressure washing system for chemical sprayer An injection type chemical sprayer (30) including interior and exterior cleaning systems. The interior cleaning system can include a rinsing nozzle (58) located within the concentrated chemical tank (52). Rinsing nozzle (58) can be selectively connected t... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5203504 | Preparing mixed liquids A method of preparing a mixture of a carrier liquid and an active liquid in required proportion including: providing a flow of carrier liquid, controlling a liquid flow to an appropriate portion of the carrier liquid flow from pressure drop measurements o... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5014914 | Dose control apparatus for agricultural tube sprayers for spreading pesticides on fields and plants The apparatus comprises at least one pesticide container (16), and a dosage pump (18) for the container or the containers, respectively, or for each container this pump or each of the existing pumps comprising a step motor controlled precision pump of the... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4967957 | Injection mixer An injection mixing apparatus is provided for use with a spraying system carried on a mobile vehicle of the type including a spray bar, a carrier reservoir for holding a supply of a liquid carrier medium, a main pump interposed between the carrier reservo... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4714196 | Farm chemical delivery system A fluid delivery system (10) is provided for delivering at least one chemical (26) onto a field in a desired concentration. A carrier fluid (67) is provided for diluting the farm chemical (26). The mixture is pumped through a spray boom (18) onto the fiel... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4645009 | Method and means for producing and dispensing extinguishing fluids The invention relates to a method and a device for producing and dispensing extinguishing fluids mixed with adjuvants. The adjuvants are drawn in by suction in a metered manner and fed to a suction or intake pipe of an extinguishing fluid pump. A partial ... | 02/24/1987 |