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 |
| 6874790 | Device for rotating disc-shaped objects A device for rotation of disc-shaped elements of different diameter, such as matrices for manufacturing audio and video discs. The device comprises a rotatable chuck (10) in which three arms (20) distributed evenly in the peripheral direction are pivot... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6547258 | Opening and closing chuck A chuck body has a first surface for fixing to a support body and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the second surface of the chuck body is provided with a pair of chuck members for chucking a workpiece and a guide rail for guiding an op... | 04/15/2003 |
| 4700957 | Power-operated chuck A power-operated chuck that is provided with a plurality of clamping jaws that are disposed in a chuck body in such a way as to be radially movable. The radial clamping movement of the clamping jaws is produced by a gear mechanism disposed in the chuck bo... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4693148 | Glassworking scroll chuck with interchangeable jaws This invention provides a chuck for a glassworking lathe which includes a chuck body rotatable with a drive spindle nose about a longitudinal axis and a handwheel rotatable about the same longitudinal axis. A locking device is provided for releasably lock... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4663203 | Adjustable candleholder An improved adjustable candleholder (10) that allows candles of various diameters to be secured within the candleholder. The candleholder (10) is comprised of a base assembly (12) having an upper section (12a) and a lower section (12g), and a candleholder... | 05/05/1987 |
