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 |
| 4502195 | Method for separating particulate materials from fibrous materials during start-up of texturizing process In accordance with the present invention, entrained, dense particulate materials are removed from an elongated body of less dense fibrous materials being transported by a moving fluid stream by reducing the velocity of said fluid stream by an amount and f... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4432867 | Method and apparatus for separating particulate materials from fibrous materials In accordance with the present invention, entrained, dense particulate materials are removed from an elongated body of less dense fibrous materials being transported by a moving fluid stream by reducing the velocity of said fluid stream by an amount and f... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4331008 | Thread control in textile machines A thread monitor for use in textile machines monitors thread tension (i.e. to detect thread breakage or relaxation) and the presence of knots in the thread. If either is detected the monitor issues a signal and shuts down the associated textile machine. T... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4271570 | Graphite fiber alignment process and apparatus Misaligned strands in a graphite fiber on tape are aligned and wound up on reels with a minimum of degradation by the steps of: separating the individual strands, diverging the strands, aligning the strands and winding the individual strands onto separate... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4028870 | Method and device for preventing creation of fuzzy fibers of yarn during twisting operation of the multiple twister In a multiple twister provided with at least a first twisting mechanism and a second twisting mechanism successively arranged, when a yarn supplied from a yarn package held in said multiple twister contacts component elements of the twister, there is a te... | 06/14/1977 |
