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 |
| 7300042 | Radial-type temporary fastener, components and tool A temporary fastener tool (20) for establishing and maintaining compressive alignment between at least two parts, each having an aperture through which the fastener tool is inserted. The tool includes a spindle (120) having a first and second end where... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7070375 | Clamping fastener grip length indicator A temporary fastener includes a grip length indicator. By machining a flattened area into a body of the temporary fastener, by engraving an scale into the flattened area, and by attaching an indicator dot visible in the groove to a moving part of an internal assembl... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048266 | Device and method for temporarily fastening a plurality of workpieces in response to the introduction of pressurized fluid Disclosed is a fastener and method for temporarily fastening a plurality of workpieces. The fastener uses pressurized fluid to facilitate the actuating clamping motion of a temporary fastener as opposed to conventional mechanically actuation devices. The fastener of... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6978988 | Free-floating hydraulic clamping device with edge-gripping arbor The present invention provides a workholder and a method for securing a work piece by engaging either a bore contained in the work piece or by gripping the edge of the bore of the work piece. The workholder includes a support platform, and a bore clamping device tha... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6086976 | Semiconductor wafer, handling apparatus, and method A semiconductor wafer comprising a single crystalline lattice suitable for use in the manufacture of integrated circuits, namely computer chips and dies, wherein a diameter of the wafer is greater than approximately 150 millimeters and wherein the wafer i... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6056283 | Tack fastener A tack fastener temporarily holds two or more parts together. An elongate tubular body of the tack fastener includes a longitudinal center cavity formed therein along a longitudinal center axis. A threaded hub is provided at a first end of the body and a ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5048805 | Clamp A clamp assembly for fastening and holding workpieces has a mandrel with flexible retaining fingers that are normally extended at a reference position for ease of insertion and removal from the workpiece, which assembly is secured to the workpiece by with... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5042787 | Pinning fastener with internal mechanism A fastener is provided for pinning together an assembly of metal sheets or similar, comprising: a body defining a bearing face, intended to come into contact with the external face of one of said external metal sheets of said assembly, at least one elongate el... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4700488 | Arrangement for aligning a printed circuit substrate in a printing machine A substrate to be imprinted with a printed circuit has a pair of locating holes. The substrate is aligned and fixed relative to the drum of a screen printing machine via a pair of aligning and fixing devices each of which has a locating pin receivable in ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4639191 | Centrifugal fan liner and installing tool therefor In the centrifugal fan unit of an upright vacuum cleaner, the improvement of a metal liner to rehabilitate a worn out fan chamber or to improve the performance of a new centrifugal fan unit comprising a metal plate having an overall shape and size as the ... | 01/27/1987 |
