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 |
| 7246767 | Winding machine for rolled or drawn wire/rod with a turn clutch device for automatic winding Winding machine for rolled or drawn wire/rod with turn clutch device for automatic winding of the type comprising a reel with a mandrel and base flange and an external mobile containment counter flange, wherein the counter flange is openable to allow the axial extra... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240875 | Yarn carrier A yarn carrier is provided in the form of a yarn winding tube having a yarn catch insert. The yarn winding tube is a hollow cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis extending lengthwise between its first and second opposite ends. The tube has a hole through its s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7077357 | Block set for assembling a solid creation and apparatus for fabricating block for assembling solid creation A block set for assembling solid creations uses at least two types of cylindrical blocks. The cylindrical blocks are a thin cylindrical block and a thick cylindrical block. The thick cylindrical block may include a hole on a side face thereof for receiving the thin ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070044 | Suture reel dispenser with end of suture indicator A dispenser for suture, including a suture reel on which the suture is mounted and an indicator that the suture is soon to be depleted. The indicator can be a visual marking on the suture, or it can be an audible and/or vibratory effect obtained by the dispenser hou... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7004422 | Strap-reel frame A strap-reel frame includes a frame body having a shaft horizontally provided thereon for fitting an inner disc and an outer disc which respectively have the central portion formed with a columnar projection for fitting the opposite ends of a strap reel. A strap-cla... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6857590 | Fishing reel spool A spool design for fishing reels is discosed, allowing for the reversible separation of the spool into different parts for the easy removal of old fishing line and wherein a specially configured aperture is exposed upon separation of the spool parts, allowing for th... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6609671 | Fishing reel spool A new spool design for fishing reels is disclosed, allowing for the reversible separation of the spool into different parts for the easy removal of old fishing line and wherein a specially configured aperture is exposed upon separation of the spool parts,... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6047919 | Attachment structure onto tape reel of tape body, attachment method thereof, deforming apparatus for tape body, and tape cassette A method of attachment for a tape body which supports, on reel hubs, a tape body such as a leader tape, etc. to which a magnetic tape is connected. This attachment structure comprises a tape reel provided with a reel hub which takes cylindrical shape prov... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6045082 | Coiling method for wire-shaped rolling stock and coiling device for carrying out the method A coiling method for wire-shaped rolling stock having a rolling stock tip, wherein the rolling stock is supplied with its rolling stock tip at a rolling stock speed through an inlet guide means to a coiling drum having an initial circumference. A coiling ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5735483 | Cardboard reel clip holder A reel may be fabricated from three flat pieces of die-cut cardboard wherein the center or hub section is defined by laterally projecting tabs from a longitudinal strip. The tabs fit through pairs of slots defined in the side members of the reel. The enti... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5385315 | Tape-spool retention member A novel system is provided for attaching tape to a spool. The method employs a one piece molded or diecast part which comprises both the spool and the means of attachment. The spool has a cavity within the circular core. A pin is molded as a part of the s... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5280861 | Spool assembly for pintle A spool assembly for pintle or other kind of cables, which is simple and efficient in use and is advantageously made of a very small number of standardized elements that can be assembled in a plurality of ways to meet any specific requirements, such as, f... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5238105 | Container A container for housing a work object having walls defining a compartment dimensioned to receive a work object; and a mechanism for releasably retaining the work object in the compartment operable to permit a portion of the work object to be dispensed the... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5170961 | Textile yarn carrier with yarn tail accommodation base and carrier end holder cap A textile yarn carrier adapted to receive a yarn tail at the base thereof without breaking the yarn tail. The yarn carrier includes a body having an outer face about which yarn may be wrapped, an inner face, and an annular face at its bottom end. A plural... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5157948 | Apparatus for winding and conveying knitted fabric for knitting machine An apparatus for winding into a roll a knitted fabric produced in a circular knitting machine and for conveying the roll to the outside of the knitting machine. A knitted fabric hangs below the knitting machine and is wound around a pair of horizontally a... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4984685 | Portable container for elongated elements A portable container for storing and removing elongated elements, such as an electric extension cord, is disclosed. The portable container includes an open upper end, an inner shaft within the container about which an elongated element is wrapped, and a l... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4967975 | Means and method for changing a portion of a movie film A film holding reel includes a deformable hub on one portion thereof, and a compound lever hub deforming mechanism is used to deform that hub from a film supporting size and configuration to a film releasing size and configuration. The lever mechanism is ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4893764 | Component reel A reel adapted to carry a helically wound packaging tape comprising a carrier tape having spaced pockets containing components along its length and at least one cover tape adhered over the pockets to enclose the components. The reel includes a cylindrical... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4872622 | Extension cord winding and storage apparatus A cord winding and storage apparatus (10) including a receptacle member (13) having two receptacle segments (14)(15) joined along a common edge (10) and forming an elongated fluted peripheral slit (21) that will accommodate elongated lengths of cords (100... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4709472 | Method of manufacturing spiral electrode assembly In a method of manufacturing a spiral electrode assembly, a first electrode member of one polarity is covered with a separator, and the separator is extended forward beyond the leading end of the first electrode member to form an extension consisting of t... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4702365 | Apparatus for removing individual wafer segments from a framed carrier An apparatus for removing segments of a wafer adhering to an upper surface of a flat flexible carrier. The apparatus comprises a base supporting a separator plate disposed between a cassette-type conveyor and a support plate. The separator plate has a sep... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4657203 | Fiber optic cable reel A reel for optical fiber or cable includes a drum and a plurality of ribs positioned within said drum. The ribs are formed with notches for holding a cable end securely. The cable end may be removed from the ribs for testing purposes or connectorization w... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4607744 | Method and apparatus for removing integrated circuit chips from a flexible carrier An apparatus for removing integrated circuit chips from a flexible carrier characterized by a base, a separator plate including a separator edge coupled to the base, a take-up drum rotatably attached to the base and adapted to draw the flexible carrier pa... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4605179 | Apparatus for winding up flat material webs In an apparatus for winding up flat material webs or foils, by means of a rotary winding cylinder, the cylinder is provided with a longitudinal slot and which accommodates a clamping device and by which a portion of the web to be wound up and introduced t... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4500044 | Apparatus for winding bolts of cloth or the like Apparatus for converting an intermittently running web into a series of discrete bolts by winding the web onto flat strip-shaped cores has two parallel winding devices each of which has two spaced-apart coaxial rotary bolt holders with jaws which can enga... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4448365 | Film developing spool A spool for developing (and optionally drying) strip-shaped film material has a core and two axially spaced end flanges provided with many large cut-outs so as to leave only a few narrow, spoke-like portions of material. A pair of inserts is provided whic... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4266738 | Tape reel An improvement in and concerning a tape reel of the rotational assemblage type wherein one of the two flanges of the tape reel is integrally joined to one end of the hub and the other flange is molded separately in such a construction that the reel assemb... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4145013 | Slitting machine clamping assembly A clamping assembly, operable for securing a predetermined portion of a strip of material to a cylindrical member at a selected position on the circumference thereof, comprising an actuatable clamping means movably mounted on the cylindrical member in jux... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4136843 | Tape cassette having reel locking means therein Cassette and reel construction improvements wherein the cassette, when out of its play or operative condition, is locked as to interior structure whereby to prevent tape loosening, slack, or foul-up; reels such as cassette reels employed herein are made i... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4094474 | Slitting apparatus An apparatus for longitudinally slitting travelling webs of paper and the like is described. The apparatus includes a cutter unit having at least one slitting knife which is adjustable transversely of the path of a web through the apparatus and which can ... | 06/13/1978 |
