...that Kleenex tissue was originally designed to be a gas mask filter? It was developed at the beginning of World War I to replace cotton, which was then in short supply as a surgical dressing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6751876 | Manual belt skiver A manual skiver for conveyor belts and the like includes a base with a flat bearing surface for engaging an associated belt face, and a blade receiving opening through the bearing surface. A handle is connected with the base to facilitate drawing the skiver across t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 5353507 | Beading tool An adjustable beading and grooving tool having a combination handle and fence within which a blade holder telescopes. The holder is a longitudinally slotted cylinder having two holder arms, or may be two half-cylinders, between which a blade may be fixed ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5212870 | Edge planer An edge planer including a tube having two end portions, a slot longitudinally formed in the tube, one or more blade edges formed in the tube, a strip engaged in the slot, a handgrip engaged on each of the end portions of the tube, screws fixing the handg... | 05/25/1993 |
| 4920651 | Sheetrock beveling apparatus A sheetrock beveling apparatus having a housing with a substantially planar surface on one side thereof. A handle is attached to the other side of the housing. A blade is rotatably attached to the housing about an axis and includes an electric motor for s... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4444235 | Attachment for a woodworking plane An attachment device for a woodworking plane is provided to enable said plane to accurately cut end surfaces of wooden panels. Said end surfaces may be cut either at a right angle or at angles deviating therefrom by as much as 20°. The device is attached... | 04/24/1984 |
| 3957095 | Rough hewn bench plane attachment The rough hewn bench plane attachment of the present invention allows a standard bench plane to be converted into a hewing tool that is able to create hewn lumber similar in shape and design to hand-hewn lumber. The attachment incorporates a chassis assem... | 05/18/1976 |