...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7286892 | Cutting device A cutting device having cutting means for cutting a cigarette rod transversely along a cutting plane; a carriage for accompanying the rod through the cutting plane; an operating unit for moving the carriage back and forth in a travelling direction crosswise to the c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7063435 | Pocket tool with flashlight A pocket tool includes a handle and at least one ancillary tool coupled to the handle. In an exemplary embodiment, a flashlight is coupled to the handle, the flashlight having a first light source directed in a first direction and a second light source directed in a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7025239 | Optical fiber cleaver A device for cleaving optical fibers having a housing with an internal chamber, a fiber alignment member removably connected to the housing and a fiber cutting member supported by the housing. The alignment member has an opening sized to receive the ferrule of a fib... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7003883 | Cable-stripping tool A cable-stripping tool includes two parts that can be moved linearly in relation to each other, each of the parts including an opening which can accommodate a cable when the openings are in mutual alignment. The first part carries a cutting blade and has a support a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6527545 | Cigarette/cigar cutting and lighter device This invention provides cutter/lighter combination devices wherein the cutter is equipped with a blade attached to a holder that moves on a track. The end of the blade holder distal from the blade edge protrudes from a notch in the side of the case. When ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6386204 | Cigar holder with cutter A cigar holder with a cutter comprising a hollow cigar-shaped body having a closed bottom and an open top, a hollow cap threadably engageable with the top of the body, the cap having a pair of substantially opposing slots therethrough, and a pair of cigar... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6295991 | Lighter holder and cigar nipper A cigar cutter and lighter storage device for cutting off an end of a cigar is disclosed. The device has a tubular body with a first end for receiving a disposable lighter and a collar which removably secures the lighter within the body. A cutter element ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6164286 | Spring enhanced cigar cutter The invention relates to a cutter for cutting the tip off a cigar. The cutter has a flat housing with mutually aligned openings which are arranged on a wide side of the housing and form a through-opening for inserting the cigar. The cutter further include... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6162137 | Multiple-use hand tool for golfers A combination ball mark repair tool, golf club support and cigar cutter. The invention includes a prier for prying up ball marks which are depressions made particularly in golf greens by impacting golf balls. The prier includes a shank ending, in a pair o... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6161550 | Cigar holder with cutter The invention relates to a cigar holder provided with a detachable tip-cutting knife and a plug-removing member inside a cap of the holder. The knife has an inwardly extending portion and exterior portion hinged together and secured within a slot formed i... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6119349 | Cigar cutting device A cigar cutting device includes three cutting units with different sizes and the three cutting units are threadedly and telescopically connected with each other. Each cutting unit has a sharp edge defined in a distal end thereof. A push rod has the first ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6092289 | Collapsible cigar corer A collapsible cigar corer tool assembly is disclosed having a body and a collapsible cigar corer including at least one cutting aperture with a fixed, circumferential, cutting blade. The cap of a cigar is prepared for coring an opening by urging the cap a... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6062227 | Finger-operated refuse-retaining cigar head cutter A finger-operated refuse-retaining cigar head cutter comprising a body member, an opening in one side of the body member sized to permit insertion of a cigar head to be cut, and refuse-retention structure in the body member opposite said opening, a cuttin... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6049984 | Tower guillotine cigar cutter A tower guillotine cigar end cutter has spaced twin towers with an upper crossbeam on a base, with a moveable cutter block and blade that is raised vertically by a rope, between the towers. Upon release, the cutting blade and block falls on a lower block ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6026574 | Cigar plug cutting apparatus The cigar plug cutter apparatus of the present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the known devices to provide a more accurate and safe cut of the cigar tip. The apparatus of the present invention for cutting and removing a plug-like portion from th... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5771581 | Cigar cap-cutting and ejection tool Presented is a cigar cap-cutting and ejection tool provided with a very sharp circular cutting edge susceptible of being pressed into the cap-end of a cigar to thereby define the configuration of the central cigar cap-end portion to be cut from and withdr... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5303721 | Cigarette snipping device A planar elongate cigarette snipping device for removing the burnt end of a partially-smoked cigarette to expose fresh tobacco for relighting the cigarette, includes a pair of planar knife blades which are moved from a rest position to an operative positi... | 04/19/1994 |