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 |
| 7269006 | Storage device, and storage part and dummy unit for storage device The present invention provides a dummy canister which can cool canisters with good efficiency. Canisters 2A and dummy canisters 2B are attached in a mixed configuration to the storage part 1C of a storage device 1. Each dummy canister ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7073848 | Coupling structure for air guide of front-end module A coupling structure for an air guide of a front end module includes a plurality of rib members formed at a lateral portion of the front end module, at least one support ribs protruding from a fixing surface of the air guide, and a plurality of insert blades extendi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6234591 | Disk array subsystem for use in a data processing system A disk array subsystem for use in a data processing system. In one embodiment, the disk array subsystem comprises a generally rectangular chassis having a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, an open front end and an open rear end. A fan pack is... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6196647 | Vertical media storage system The invention comprises a storage system that facilitates the adjustment and rearrangement of vertically-stacked components comprising two oppositely-faced panels and a plurality of carriers having opposing side walls and a rear wall to provide a cavity f... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5624169 | Modular suspended media rack A rack for storing a plurality of recording media in a stacked configuration. The rack includes a platform upon which a stack of recording media can be positioned. The platform is movably mounted to a support assembly for supporting the platform relative ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5370224 | Disc housing case A disc holder comprises a base member having an engagement portion and a flexible sheet, the base member and the flexible sheet forming a pocket holding an information recording disc. A housing case body comprises a housing member housing the disc holder ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5289914 | Safety device for cassettes Safety device for a cassette for a compact disc, a cassette tape or the like, which comprises two hingedly interconnected rectangular cassette halves. The safety device can be mounted on the outside of the cassette encircling the cassette to prevent openi... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4913296 | Storing and dispensing system A storing and dispensing system for substantially rectangular objects having a tray (12) with a plurality of side-by-side cells (40). Each cell has a bottom (30) that terminates at a location (41) spaced from a rear guide (32) to create a supporting surfa... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4859007 | Interlocking disk storage with sliding-dispersed access A slidable disk holder extends from a box structure a sufficient distance to permit dispersement of the disks. Means for simultaneous dispersement of all of the disk holders fit between each envelope-like disk holder. In an interconnecting tabular embodim... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4022320 | Record storage apparatus A phonograph record, video picture disc, or the like, is held in "sandwich" fashion between first and second layers of pressure absorbing, resilient material, and also held in substantially fixed position on a planar surface by means of a spindle forming ... | 05/10/1977 |
