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 |
| 5398898 | Holding device An adjustable holder comprising in combination a hollow housing having three slots formed on a top surface thereof and four depending side edges. Three cup grippers extend from a respective one of the three slots for gripping a cup on the top surface of t... | 03/21/1995 |
| 4524983 | Coordinated lathe chuck A lathe chuck is disclosed which includes a plurality of gripping jaws actuated by jaw screws. The screws are rotatably mounted in openings extending radially from the central bore of the chuck. The screws include a central passageway having a spring-bias... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4115018 | Sleeve plug for attachment to a spindle head A quickly attachable and releasable assembly for attachment to a spindle head includes a plug casing insertable into the spindle head, a stop nut thereon, and two bushings loosely connected to the nut. One bushing carries a plurality of locking balls and ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 3975030 | Chuck with dual independently actuable sets of jaws A chuck for a chucking machine has a rotatably supported toroidal body having first and second sets of jaws projecting inward from its inner periphery, the first and second sets of jaws being axially spaced from one another. Each of the sets of jaws has i... | 08/17/1976 |
