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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7636992 | Starting and stopping continuous-feed thermomolding machine In a continuous-feed thermomolding machine a foil is advanced in a transport direction at a constant travel speed through a heat station where it is exposed to a heat source such that each piece of the foil is exposed for a predetermined residence time. When the mac... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7314141 | Folding belt filter A belt filter for effecting separation of liquid from solids where, at the collection zone, a filter belt or belts is changed shape so as to provide a supporting shape to bold liquid, which is then fed into a nipping zone. In an embodiment there is a single belt use... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7134205 | Method for producing buttons, ornamental and instrument panels with fine symbols, and a button produced with the method A button, knob or control key with an etchable support plate which is engraved on the backside with a fine symbol by laser, erosion or mechanical engraving, which only cuts into the material of the support plate, but not through the support plate. The backside of th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6986950 | Partition or method for producing a partition for a multilayer pressed packet The invention relates to a partition (1) or a method for producing a partition (1) for a multilayer pressed packet (3), wherein the partition (1) can be placed as a pressing sheet in the composite of a multilayer pressed packet (3)... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6922878 | Method and device for rolling a foil of varying thicknesses A method and a device for rolling a metal strip (1) in a rolling train, the rolling train having at least two rolling stands, the metal strip (1) having at least two partial areas (3, 4) of different thicknesses, which are connected to one anoth... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6838318 | Clad plate for forming interposer for semiconductor device, interposer for semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing them A clad plate for forming an interposer for a semiconductor device which can be manufactured at low cost and has good characteristics, an interposer for a semiconductor device, and a method of manufacturing them. Copper foil materials (19, 24, 33) forming cond... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6793831 | Microlamination method for making devices A method for fabricating devices in a pre-assembled state comprising forming plural laminae, registering the laminae, and bonding the laminae one to another is described. The plural laminae contain the substructures and structures of the device. The substructures ar... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6627286 | Embossing foil, especially hot embossing foil Proposed are stamping foils and processes for the production thereof, which make it possible to form on a carrier film patches which are completely separate from each other and which can be transferred on to a substrate using the procedure which is usual ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6519821 | Hot stamping method and hot stamping device In a hot stamping or embossing method for stamping single sheets or webs with stamping product located on a stamping foil web, the material to be printed is moved through the stamping gap and the stamping foil web is jointly moved in such a way that durin... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6192297 | Method for handling metal sheets in a working area comprising a machine tool and a robot A method for moving metal sheets of a working area by an antropomorphous robot comprises a) taking of preselected fixed input data that identify the geometry in the space of components of a working island; b) taking, comprising from a machine tool, presel... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5789066 | Method and device for manufacturing cold rolled metal sheets or strips and metal sheets or strips obtained Method of producing metal sheets or strips by cold reduction rolling of a metal sheet or strip with at least one pair of work rolls, at least one of which being a textured work roll in order to transfer the surface pattern of the textured work roll to the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788860 | Method for manufacturing a supporting plate for a filter A method for manufacturing a supporting plate provided inside of a disc-type filter having filter media at surface portions thereof including the steps of: forming an annular plate having opposed surfaces; and forming a plurality of wave portions on the annula... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5781976 | Method of and apparatus for fabricating dimensionally stable, cylindrical filler bodies and expanded material A method of and an apparatus for the performance of the method for the fabrication of dimensionally stable, cylindrical filler bodies for increasing the surface area in receptacles, e.g. for the protection against explosive combustions, consisting of foil... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5775060 | Process for forming wrappers of thin sheet materials and a device for carrying out same This invention pertains to a method and apparatus for wrapping an article, wherein a metal foil is pleated and then formed in to a dished shape such that the pleats unfold, and then an article is placed within this dished shape.... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5655209 | Multilayer ceramic substrates having internal capacitor, and process for producing same Process for producing multilayer ceramic substrates using greensheet technology and thin dielectric ceramic greensheets for miniaturization purposes. The process avoids the screening of the thin greensheets by forming self-supporting fusible particulate m... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5489411 | Titanium metal foils and method of making A high strength titanium alloy or titanium aluminide metal foil having improved strength and density is produced, preferably in coilable strip form, by plasma-depositing the selected titanium-based material on a receiving surface, separating the deposited... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5458717 | Method of shearing thin metal sheet A method of shearing a thin metal sheet having a thickness of approximately 0.1 mm or less so as to be separated into a product and scrap by a pair of dies. A chamfer or a round having a size of approximately from 5 to 10 times greater than the thickness ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5222282 | Method for reducing thickness of a high-strength low-ductility metal foil on thin strip element A thin strip or foil element of titanium aluminide, nickel aluminide or high strength titanium alloy material is inserted between a metal carrier strip and a metal top lid strip having one end welded or otherwise secured to the carrier strip to be passed ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4916989 | Strip tensioning system for a strip peeling machine A strip tensioning system for a strip peeling machine is arranged to control the tension exerted on a metal strip being peeled from a rotating billet by a cutting tool. Regulation of the peeled strip tension at the cutting point operates to control the th... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4771519 | Machine for metal strip manufacture Apparatus for manufacturing thin metal strip from a cylindrical metal workpiece includes rotatable workpiece support structure for concentrically mounting the workpiece, drive means for rotating the workpiece about its axis, holder means for supporting a ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4651552 | Roll for a foil-drawing calender or the like A roll for a foil-drawing calender or the like which is substantially solid, has a central longitudinal bore hole and has journals supported in outer bearings in a roll stand. In the longitudinal bore hole is a stationary core which is supported, at axial... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4456852 | Mesh structure for a photomultiplier tube A planar mesh structure that facilitates forming into a non-planar mesh structure comprises a peripheral support ring lying in a plane with a plurality of first members and a plurality of second members lying in the plane. The first members comprise subst... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4075747 | Manufacture of metal strip Metal strip is produced by feeding a cutting tool continuously into the peripheral surface of a rotating cylindrical metal workpiece and coiling the peeled strip continuously around a coiler drum. The strip is initially coiled by means of a clamp connecte... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4070739 | Manufacture of metal strip Metal strip is peeled from a rotating cylindrical workpiece whose longitudinal axis is greater than the desired strip width by feeding a first cutting tool into the peripheral surface of the workpiece as it rotates so as to form a groove in the surface wh... | 01/31/1978 |
