Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5473307 | Transducer apparatus responsive to external perturbation Transducer apparatus (10) responsive to external perturbations is disclosed having an electrically responsive transducer circuit (12) energized when a display member (18) and an elongate member (20) move from a gravity determined quiescent orientation (30... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5469132 | Transducer apparatus responsive to external perturbation Transducer apparatus (10) responsive to external perturbations is disclosed having an electrically responsive transducer circuit (12) energized when a display member (18) and an elongate member (20) move from a gravity determined quiescent orientation (30... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5369391 | Sun powered electrically operated chime apparatus An electrically operated chime apparatus is provided and consists of a plurality of resonating members for producing audible sounds, attached to a suspended mounting plate and freely hanging therefrom. A mechanism, operated by electrical power which may b... | 11/29/1994 |
| 4792795 | Electro-mechanical locomotive bell ringing apparatus for quick and easy replacement of existing pneumatic bell ringing systems An electro-mechanically operated locomotive bell ringing apparatus designed to quickly and easily replace existing air operated bell ringing systems. The bell ringing apparatus is mounted within the bell and the existing bell striker is attached to the ap... | 12/20/1988 |
