The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6903649 | Fuse with fuse link coating A fuse that includes an arc energy reducing coating to reduce arc energy during a short-circuit and/or a full voltage overload current interrupt is described. The fuse includes end conductor elements, and at least one fuse element secured between and making electric... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6194989 | Fuse element having parallel strips A fuse includes a tube, a pair of blade terminals projecting from opposite ends of the tube, at least one fuse element disposed in the tube and electrically coupled between the terminals, and a pair of metallic end caps disposed on opposite ends of the tu... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5905426 | Knife blade fuse A fuse includes a tube, a pair of blade terminals projecting from opposite ends of the tube, at least one fuse element disposed in the tube and electrically coupled between the terminals, and a pair of metallic end caps disposed on opposite ends of the tu... | 05/18/1999 |
| 4929921 | Automatable fuse A method of manufacturing a fuse includes wrapping the fuse element on an insulating bridge. The ends of the bridge include a metal foil coating which helps increase the conductivity and reliability of the solder bond between the fuse element and end ferr... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4237440 | Glass-tube fuse In a glass-tube fuse comprising a glass tube, conductive caps on opposite ends of the tube and a fuse element enclosed in the tube and connected between the caps, the fuse element comprises a plurality of cores extending between the caps and at least one ... | 12/02/1980 |