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 |
| 7334785 | Locking vise for pipes A locking vise for pipes, useful in operations for welding portions of plastic pipe by polywelding of the head portion. The vise comprises two mutually opposite jaws which form, when clamped, a circular locking seat for a portion of pipe. A slot is formed on the gri... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7172184 | Substrate carrier for electroplating solar cells A carrier for use in processing of a plurality of wafers or other substrates includes a support frame on which the wafers are mounted and in one embodiment at least one auxiliary frame for holding the substrates on the support frame. A plurality of clips extend from... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7041989 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an illumination system arranged to provide a radiation beam, an article support configured to support an article to be placed in a beam path of the radiation beam, a multipolar clamp configured to provide... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036202 | Apparatus and method for handling of tubulars The present invention provides an apparatus for attachment to pipe handling arm, comprising a clamp for gripping a tubular and a guide for aligning said tubular with another tubular prior to connection thereof, characterized in that said clamp and said guide are mov... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6955344 | Tool and connector system for clamping A system of tools and connector assemblies can be erected in numerous arrangements and configurations, in positive, selected interrelationships, for the mounting and support of a workpiece or the like. Engagement portions on the tools are clamped by the clamping blo... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6860475 | Angle clamp with Z-axis attachment and quick acting buttons A clamping device allows welding, or other application of three-axis workpieces by providing X, Y, and Z clamping surfaces. The device is equipped with three mutually perpendicular base plates and on one of which a floating right-angle head is mounted through a thre... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6578246 | Disassembling device A disassembling device for disassembling a housing composed of a first member and a second member. The first member is attached to the second member by engaging a first engaging portion with a second engaging portion. The disassembling device comprises at... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6550128 | Apparatus and method for handling of tubulars An apparatus for attachment to a pipe handling arm, which apparatus comprises a clamp (3, 4) for gripping a tubular (70), characterised in that said apparatus further comprises means (10) for, in use, aligning said tubular (70) with another tubular (71) p... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6047958 | Adjustable pallet An adjustable pallet for securing a plurality of elongated workpieces to the work-table of a machine tool. The pallet comprises a rectangular, substantially planar base having three horizontally-disposed plates attached thereto. Each of the three plates h... | 04/11/2000 |
| 4854566 | Orthopedic device The present invention pertains to an orthopedic device for immobilizing an appendage of a patient. The orthopedic device includes a linkage and a first member fixedly secured to the linkage. The first member has a side and an open region defined in the si... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4575061 | Adjustable alignment tool A tool for the alignment of plastic pipes to be joined by fusion, particularly pipes which have a memory of being curved, comprises a base carrying a fixed clamp at or near one end thereof, such clamp being circular and having a center point, the base hav... | 03/11/1986 |
