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 |
| 7048278 | Compound sheet gasket A compound sheet gasket which exhibits superior sealing durability to fretting is provided. The compound sheet gasket is mounted between a housing and a cover provided at an opening of the housing, and the friction coefficient of any one surface of a front surface a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7004477 | Reduced load gasket A gasket is adapted to seal between a first member and a second member, and includes a first portion a second portion. The first portion includes a first elastomeric seal portion adapted to be in sealing engagement with the first member. The first portion may also i... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966527 | Closed cable drag chain To provide a closed cable drag chain, which is capable of preventing the contact wear powder generated in the holding and guiding the inserted cable or the like from being scattered into an operation space, and of suppressing noises such as sliding contact noise and... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6921083 | Sealing apparatus and a rolling bearing and a clutch apparatus provided therewith A sealing apparatus (20) has a slinger (22) with a substantially L-shaped cross-section including a cylindrical portion (22a) to be fitted on a member of rotational side and an upstanding portion (22b) radially extending fro... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6334615 | Seal for rolling bearing The present invention provides a seal for rolling bearings having improved sealing properties, undergoing no separation between a core and a peripheral portion nor deformation even in long-term use. The seal comprises a flexible resin portion which comes ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6328528 | Elastomeric pump impeller A water pump with a plurality of elastomeric blades on a rigid impeller is disclosed. The impeller has a tubular extension with a pair of flats on the outer diameter of the extension. The seal seat has a corresponding pair of flats on its inner diameter t... | 12/11/2001 |
| 4822183 | Thrust ball bearing with improved sealing A unitary molded plastic ball cage for a thrust bearing with axially opposed races has seals molded to the cage separator that break away at assembly for independent sealing operation.... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4755067 | Seal for spherical rolling bearings The invention refers to a seal for self-aligning spherical rolling bearings. It is characterized therein that it incorporates two cooperating annular and mainly radially directed plates affixed to one ring each. One of the plates is equipped with at least... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4555188 | Bearing and seal assembly A bearing and seal assembly in which the seal has an outer casing formed with claws which are engaged in an annular groove in the outer periphery of the outer bearing ring, and a resilient annular lip or washer compressed between the outer casing and the ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4544168 | Seal between rotating concentric elements A sealing arrangement for two machine elements concentrically arranged with respect to one another for relative rotation, especially for the inner and outer bearing rings of a rolling bearing, consists of a holding ring circumferentially arranged spring f... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4525082 | Sealing ring assembly for rolling bearings Sealing ring for radial rolling bearings with an outer race and an inner race and rolling bodies in the gap between them, consisting of a ring body of elastic material bridging the gap with, at one radial end, at least one sealing lip or the like sliding ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4304412 | Contoured double-lip bearing seal A contoured double-lip seal and bearing assembly incorporating at least one such seal in the annular gap between the annular races thereof. The double-lip seal comprises a reinforcing washer in which a mass of fluid resistant resilient material is secured... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4260165 | Shaft seal, intended for use at high temperatures A shaft seal intended to function at high temperatures with an elastic sealing ring carried by a retainer ring of e.g. stainless steel which has an L-shaped section. From the axial portion of the retainer ring, radially inwardly directed supporting tongue... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4136885 | Axial shaft sealing unit for sealing a stationary machine part relative to a rotatable machine part An axial shaft sealing unit for sealing a stationary machine part relative to a rotatable machine part. The sealing unit includes a slide ring seal mounted on the stationary machine part in a sealing manner and includes a housing with a bottom located tra... | 01/30/1979 |
