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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 |
| 7201073 | Angle adjusting device An angle adjusting device includes a pedestal, a pair of guide members having an arcuate track, an oscillation body moved along the track of the guide members, and a moving member for moving the oscillation body to adjust the angular position of the oscillation body... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7077030 | Rotational indexing device for a machine tool A machine tool rotational indexing device is provided that is capable of avoiding or restraining the reduction in the preload force of any of rolling element rows or restraining the reduction in the support rigidity of the rotary-side coupling even if the preload is... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7024740 | Rotating table apparatus A rotating table apparatus using a cam mechanism and having a higher precision than a conventional rotating table is realized. A rotating table apparatus having a driven shaft supported by a housing and driven by a driving device, and a rotating table which is rotat... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010839 | Structure of a twin disc type tool turret mechanism for CNC machines A tool turret mechanism includes internal and external tool turrets, a toothed ring secured to the internal tool turret, a central shaft secured to the external turret, a power switch, and a clutch; the central shaft has a piston fitted thereto; the power switch is ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6865789 | Tool holder for turret lathe A tool holder for attaching a complex tool having a plurality of kinds of cutting edges to a turret, has a base portion attachably and detachably formed at the turret. The base portion has a rotatable tool spindle attachably and detachably installing the complex too... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6862786 | Rotating table apparatus A rotating table apparatus using a cam mechanism and having a higher precision than a conventional rotating table is realized. A rotating table apparatus having a driven shaft supported by a housing and driven by a driving means, and a rotating table which is rotati... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6832420 | Method of manufacturing a thin film capacitor array An electronic device has a plurality of capacitors in an ultra-small integrated package. The device has a plurality of terminal structures on one terminal side of the package to permit inverted mounting to a printed circuit board. The terminals are widely spaced, wi... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6785943 | Indexing tool turret An indexing tool turret assembly is disclosed including a rotatable indexable turret tooling plate having mounted thereon stationary as well as live tooling. A single drive motor is utilized in order to perform indexing as well as to drive the live tooling. A plural... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6775889 | Roller turret including rollers mounted on support portions of roller shafts, which are eccentric with respect to stud portions fixed in holes in turret body A roller turret including a turret body having a plurality of mounting holes formed therein such that the mounting holes are arranged in a rotating direction of the turret body, a plurality of roller shafts each including a roller support portion and a stud portion ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6767789 | Method for interconnection between transfer devices and storage capacitors in memory cells and device formed thereby The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides unique structure for connecting between a storage capacitor and a transfer device in a memory cell and a method for fabricating the same. The preferred embodiment of the present invention forms a capacitor s... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6622360 | Roller turret including rollers mounted on support portions of roller shafts, which are eccentric with respect to stud portions fixed in holes in turret body A roller turret including a turret body having a plurality of mounting holes formed therein such that the mounting holes are arranged in a rotating direction of the turret body, a plurality of roller shafts each including a roller support portion and a st... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6604269 | Machine tool The invention pertains to a machine tool for processing workpieces with tools, wherein the machine tool has a spindle housing that contains a spindle shaft and accommodates at least one tool as well as a drive device that causes a rotational movement of t... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6385831 | Worktable for a machine tool A workpiece table, provided for a machine tool, is movable back and forth between two end positions and has for this purpose a rotational drive which has a gear part joined to the workpiece table for rotation thereof, a toothed rack in engagement therewit... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6122808 | Oil conduit mechanism for spindle head of five axis machine tool An oil conduit mechanism for spindle head of five-axis machine tool integrates cutting liquid conduit, lubricating oil conduit and braking oil conduit within the spindle head. Those conduits comprises ducts to guide cutting liquid, braking oil and lubrica... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5657523 | Positioning mechanism of turret index A positioning mechanism of a turret index which performs index rotation by the use of an index mechanism to transmit output shaft motion and perform positioning by a three-piece toothed coupler. The present invention uses a hydraulic system to control the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5195017 | Method for forming a polysilicon to polysilicon capacitor and apparatus formed therefrom A first polysilicon layer (18) is initially deposited onto a layer of field oxide (16). A dielectric (26) is formed on a portion of the first polysilicon layer (18). A second polysilicon layer (28) is deposited over the dielectric (26) and the first polys... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5060355 | Machine tool with a high-pressure and a low-pressure hydraulic network In order to improve a machine tool comprising at least one hydraulic drive for working motion or rapid motion operation connected via a supply pipe to a high-pressure network supplied by a high-pressure pump so that the drives can be operated with high pr... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4790053 | Device for coupling an assembly tool, such as gripper or similar A device is disclosed for mounting a plurality of assembly tools such as grippers or the like on the end of a robot arm. The device includes a turret head for supporting a plurality of grippers and a turret head support member which is shiftably mounted r... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4683109 | Debris removal system for a nuclear fuel assembly A system for removing debris from a nuclear fuel assembly includes a work platform disposable on the fuel assembly racks in a spent fuel pol. A support stand is mounted on the work platform and has a sliding support plate movable between a support positio... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4078459 | Long stroke turret control mechanism for automatic screw machine Mechanism for providing and controlling long stroke turret slide movement in an automatically operable screw machine. Means are provided to obtain a longer stroke of the turret slide than is normally possible in an automatically operable screw machine. Fl... | 03/14/1978 |
