...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406770 | Trimmer with cooperating cutter blades A trimmer having first and second cutting blades. The first and second cutting blades are mounted so that first and second flat surfaces, respectively thereon, face and are substantially parallel to each other. A drive causes at least one of the first and second cut... | 08/05/2008 |
| 6901664 | Hair clipper and seal A seal for sealing a gap defined between a blade assembly and a housing of a clipper has a sealing portion and a base portion. The sealing portion has a blade engaging side and a housing engaging side. At least one projection extends upwards from the housing engagin... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6895673 | Hair clipper having oil pad A receiving groove is defined on a lower surface of a guide bracket. An oil pad is received in the groove. The guide bracket is defined adjacent to an end thereof with an oil inlet hole. A movable clipper blade is defined adjacent to front and rear ends thereof with... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6308415 | Hair-cutting apparatus having a toothed cutting device, and toothed cutting device for a hair-cutting apparatus In a hair-cutting apparatus (1) and in a toothed cutting device (7) for a hair-cutting apparatus (1) the toothed cutting device (7) comprises a first toothed cutter (13) and a second toothed cutter (24), which lie against one another in the area of their ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 5153996 | Rivet connector for hedge cutting blade A hedge cutting bar is shown and described as having rivets for securing a cutting blade between a retaining blade and a stationary blade. The rivet structure includes a central flange and distal hubs whereby the central flange may occupy slots in the cut... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4462157 | Snips and shears An improved heavy duty snips and shears useful for cutting sheet metal or other stiff or rigid material. The improved snips and shears include a lower blade having a substantially horizontally disposed body. The body of the lower blade comprises a first h... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4214365 | Blade assembly A shear is disclosed in a preferred form which is particularly suited for cutting and trimming hair and which includes means for varying the length of stroke of the cutting blade or blades which reciprocate generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of t... | 07/29/1980 |
| 3971130 | Electric grass sickle-shear The single-toothed blade is pivoted at its rear end and driven at its middle section in arcuate reciprocation over the teeth of a fixed base plate by an electric motor. The blade and the slide of the crank-slide blade drive mechanism comprise the wear par... | 07/27/1976 |