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...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 |
| 7426791 | Energy saving device for clothes dryer and clothes dryer system comprising same An energy savings apparatus configured for use with a clothes dryer comprising an air duct and a damper assembly. The air duct has a first end and a second end. The damper assembly includes an air duct portion and a damper device mounting on the duct portion. The ai... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7093374 | Clothes dryer and method of controlling the same A clothes dryer and a method of controlling the clothes dryer. The method detects conditions of clothes using a sensor, and performs at least one of: a complex drying function to perform a drying operation, a deodorizing operation, and a wrinkle removing operation; ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 5925192 | Dry-cleaning of garments using gas-jet agitation Substantial amounts of particulate soils in garments can be removed by agitation in gas-jet in a solvent-free, low-pressure environment. The ability of the present gas-jet agitation system to remove particulate soils from garments and fabrics rivals that ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5771604 | Clothes dryer air inlet arrangement An air inlet arrangement is provided in a laundry dryer for enhanced drying efficiency and rate. The dryer includes a drum with a rotating sidewall and a stationary rear bulkhead sealingly engaging the sidewall. A heater is provided on the outside of the ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5161314 | Apparatus and method for controlling a drying cool-down cycle of a clothes dryer A dryer of the type having a burner for supplying a source of hot gas for drying material being tumbled. The apparatus provides a cool-down cycle for the dryer. A burner control circuit enables and disables the burner to supply hot gasses in accordance wi... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4640024 | Apparatus for treating cloth goods There is disclosed a tumble dryer wherein the space between a housing and a drum mounted within the housing for rotation about a generally horizontal axis is separated intermediate the ends of the drum into one portion on one side and another portion on t... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4516335 | Clothes dryer A clothes dryer comprising: a cabinet; a horizontal type rotary drum formed with a circular opening in its end face which is generally perpendicular to the peripheral wall of said drum; a drum supporting disc slidably fitted in the circular opening of sai... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4203358 | Device for cooking foodstuffs Disclosed is a device for cooking food morsels in a gas-permeable rotating cylinder housed in a heat-insulated housing and flooded with a heated gas stream which enters at that place in the cylinder where the contents accumulate due to the rotation of the... | 05/20/1980 |
