Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6917278 | Resistor banks A Resistor bank has first and second supporting member. Held on to the supporting members is a resistor element comprising a strip of resistor material which is bent into a zigzag shape. The strip is continuous and has a non-planar cross section profile. A plurality... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6160957 | Infrared radiation panel An infrared radiating panel includes a wall made from ceramic fiber material. An electric heating element is adapted for connection to an electric current source for heating the element to a high temperature at which it will emit infrared radiation is fas... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5928549 | Etched foil heater for low voltage applications requiring uniform heating A serpentine etched foil heater has a segmented serpentine conductor group made up of a plurality of spaced-apart elongated serpentine conductive strips that are connected in parallel and are everywhere aligned with each other. Advantageously, central con... | 07/27/1999 |
| 4641010 | Battery powered electric hair curler An electric hair curler comprises a handle and a barrel connected thereto for winding thereabout the hair. The barrel is provided with an electric heater for curling the hair wound on the barrel. The heater includes a plurality of resistor elements in the... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4463338 | Electrical network and method for producing the same An electrical network containing at least one electric resistor, includes a support foil and at least one resistance layer coating the support foil forming the at least one electric resistor. The support foil and resistance layer are folded along a zig-za... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4455482 | Heating assembly for heating an area of a thermoplastic pipe Device of thermoplastic material for making a perforation in an underlying element made of a plastics material compatible with the first-mentioned plastics material. It is composed of a plate (1) of relatively slight thickness, in one face (2) of which a ... | 06/19/1984 |
