Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832106 | Apparatus for cutting a candle A candle cutter may include a case having an outer surface and in inner surface, which may form an inner cavity. The outer surface may have one or more outer surface slots and the inner surface may have one or more inner surface slots. The candle cutter may further ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7340835 | Hot dog slicer A housing with at least one elongate chamber for a hot dog, a series of transverse blades for slicing the hot dog laterally into a number of disc sections, and at least one longitudinal blade for slicing the hot dog lengthwise, for example into quarters. The housing... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7287329 | Sheetrock panel cutting device A device for cutting a sheet rock panel. A base plate has a through slot that receives a blade of a conventional utility knife and a free end right angle metal end clip of conventional tape ruler and a blind slot that receives the conventional tape ruler. A clamping... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7055247 | Avocado slicer An avocado slicer having a handle, a curved blade, and a plurality of internal cutting blades. The blade separates the meat of the avocado from the peel while the internal cutting blades simultaneously slice the meat into separate slices. In a preferred form, the av... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6123001 | Detonating cord cutter A device for cutting a detonating cord having an explosive core is provided. The device includes a detonating cord holding member having a cord holding portion, such as an aperture or recess, configured to closely receive the detonating cord so that the d... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5983505 | Bagel slicer A hand-held bagel slicer is described for circumferentially slicing a bagel into two equal halves. The slicer comprises a generally U-shaped clip attached to a handle. The clip comprises a generally semi-circular bight and two flexible legs. The legs conv... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979062 | Paper cutting assembly A cutting assembly structured to cut sheets of paper or a like material from a supply roll, the assembly including a base having a guide assembly and at least one cutting blade disposed in a predetermined cutting orientation. The guide assembly includes a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5903982 | Bagel slicer A hand-held bagel slicer is described for circumferentially slicing a bagel into two equal halves. The slicer comprises a generally U-shaped clip attached to a handle. The clip comprises a generally semi-circular bight and two flexible legs. The legs conv... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5873295 | Cutting guide A cutting guide is provided, comprising a first clamping member having a first surface adapted to contact a pipe; a second clamping member having a second surface adapted to contact the pipe; a connecting device operatively disposed between the first clam... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5864953 | Tool to remove surgical instrument identification tape A cutting tool is described for cutting an encircling band of identification tape from a surgical instrument handle. The tool housing has an elongated guide slot with a cutting blade mounted in the housing on a circumference of the guide slot exposed dist... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5309802 | Apparatus for removing tie wraps A compact apparatus for severing and removing tie wraps after their installation consists of a cap, a base, a button having a cutting blade mounted for reciprocating motion therein and springs for returning the button to its original position after operat... | 05/10/1994 |
| 4977673 | Roofing membrane An apparatus for cutting a roofing membrane is described. The apparatus includes a frame, means coupled to the frame for facilitating movement of the frame over a roofing membrane, a blade coupled to the frame for cutting the roofing membrane, and a guide... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4944091 | Nut splitting device A manually operated nutcracking device with a threaded member for urging carrier and a wedge thereon into nut engagement to split the nut. A base includes a pair of guides and a nut supporting member. The carrier includes plate components coupled to the w... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4928424 | Flower stem cutter A flower stem cutter unit includes a small decanter sufficient to cover the lower end of a flower stem projecting into the decanter. A guillotine blade unit is secured to a cover and projects into the decanter. A guide wall projects inwardly from a cover ... | 05/29/1990 |
