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...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 |
| 8061888 | Autoclave with underflow dividers The present invention is directed to a multi-compartment autoclave using inter-compartment dividers having one or more underflow openings for passing a feed stream between compartments. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7771110 | Twisted static paste mixer with a dynamic premixing chamber A device for mixing two paste components, such as a dental impression substance and a catalyst, comprising a tubular housing, two inlet openings for the two paste components to be mixed, and an outlet opening for delivering the mixed paste, is presented. The housing... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7736049 | Device and method for the storage mixing and dispensing components The device for storing, mixing, and dispensing components is provided with means for mixing (6) a first component (27) with a second, liquid component (28) and for dispensing the mixed materials. The individual components (27, 28) are sto... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7628529 | Systems and methods for mixing paint A tank apparatus for mixing paint including a mix compartment, a circulation compartment, a partition between the mix compartment and the circulation compartment, and a transfer assembly in fluid communication with the mix compartment and the circulation compartment... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7178974 | Plural component polymer grout plant A plural component polymer grout plant device for mixing, batching and distributing a multiple component polymer having a filler additive. The polymer grout plant device comprises a frame, at least two primary mixing containers, two batching containers, attached to ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175335 | Emulsion producing apparatus To provide an emulsion producing apparatus capable of producing an emulsion which is difficult to separate and is stabilized, and capable of achieving a reduction in cost and small-sized formation, there is provided an emulsion producing apparatus including mixing m... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168849 | Agitation apparatus and method for dry solids addition to fluid An agitation system for producing a slurry, mixture, or solution from addition of dry solids to a liquid is provided. A first tank has a first longitudinal axis, a static liquid level, a dynamic liquid level, and a holdup. A solid inlet is configured to feed dry sol... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153480 | Apparatus for and method of producing aromatic carboxylic acids A reactor for the oxidation of a precursor to an aromatic carboxylic acid or ester thereof in a liquid phase reaction mixture is disclosed. The reactor comprises an elongate vessel, substantially vertical in use, having an upper mixing element and a lower mixing ele... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150892 | Method of thermally treating flour for hygienic purposes This invention relates to a method and a device for thermally treating flour, especially middlings, for hygienic purposes. The device includes modules which are a first, heatable batch mixer (4) with a pre-mounted depot (1). The batch mixer is connecte... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147363 | Device for thermal treatment of flour for hygenic purposes This invention relates to a method and a device for thermally treating flour, especially middlings, for hygienic purposes. The device includes modules which are a first, heatable batch mixer (4) with a pre-mounted depot (1). The batch mixer is connecte... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134830 | Grain wagon with improved grain container A grain wagon includes a wheel supported frame supporting a container having inclined front and rear walls connected by opposite inclined side walls. Each side wall has inwardly projecting wall portions defining a wheel well for receiving longitudinally offset dual ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6883953 | Apparatus for pre-treatment and subsequent plastification or agglomeration of synthetic plastic materials An apparatus for pre-processing and subsequent plastification or agglomeration of synthetic plastic materials, in particular thermoplastic waste plastics for recycling purposes, has a receptacle (1) in which at least one comminuting tool (6) circulates... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6863429 | Dough mixer with metering device In a dough mixer for preparing dough, the essentially cylindrical chamber with horizontal axis within which kneading elements (4, 4c, 4b) rotate coaxially or parallel to this axis, between two casing surface sections (1a) wi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6796702 | Automated sol-gel mixer A sol-gel mixer based upon a supply of water or alcohol solvent, a supply of acid, a supply of zirconium alkoxide, and a supply of organosilane, has a series of valves and pumps which provide a first supply of acid and zirconium alkoxide to an agitated pre-mix vesse... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6679623 | Apparatus for agitating liquid hardener used for improving soft ground Disclosed is an apparatus for agitating a liquid hardener used for improving soft ground. The apparatus comprises a storage tank section formed with an introduction part and having storage tanks in which mixing impellers are arranged, and transparent indi... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6610134 | Method for producing a cellulose suspension A procedure to continuously produce a suspension of cellulose in aqueous N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide is characterized in that: (a) The cellulose is conveyed through a first shearing zone in the absence of N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide and is homogenized, and ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6543490 | Aerosol colorant charging system and method A method and apparatus (10) for custom blending spray paints. A customer provides a sample (S) of a color to be matched. The sample is tested on a spectrophotometer to determine the colors needed to match the sample; or if the paint formula is known, it i... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6523988 | Processing food or fodder A device for processing foodstuffs or feedstuffs exhibits a conditioning device (2, 3) encompassing a mixing chamber (3) over a retention chamber (2), which are interconnected. Each chamber has a rotor shaft (4, 6) that extends lengthwise into the chamber... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6402362 | Device for producing a flowable mass The device is intended for the production of a flowable mass (5), in particular a filler-containing casting resin, from starting components. It is provided with a container (1, 4) holding the mass while forming a fluid level (10, 75), where agitation elem... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6394641 | Preparation of standard gas mixtures Apparatus for the preparation of gas mixtures includes cylinder which is divided into two chambers by means of a fixed central barrier. This barrier has a central orifice for receiving a rod which has central portion of diameter corresponding with the dia... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6345908 | Device for mixing and degassing a flowable mass The device is used to mix and degas a flowable mass (5), in particular a filler-containing casting resin. It is provided with a cylindrically constructed, evacuatable container (1), the container axis (2) of which is oriented essentially vertically. Guide... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6290386 | Mobile device for preparing aqueous liquid paints from powdery components and water The present invention relates to a mobile apparatus for the production of water based liquid paints from pulverulent constituents and water. The apparatus comprises a traveling frame, a mixing container, a mixing unit for mixing the pulverulent constituen... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6132078 | Slurry providing system A slurry providing system, located between a main slurry providing system and a CMP machine, includes a providing barrel, which can either be used as a buffer tank to provide slurry to the CMP machine with interruption, or as an independent backup tank fo... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6024481 | Mixer for mixing of liquids or suspensions and method for mixing A mixer for liquid or suspensions comprises two mixing chambers each of which is provided with an outer inlet. The chambers are connected to each other in such a way that the first chamber leads to the second chamber. A number of mixing elements are arran... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5868327 | Mixing and dispensing apparatus and method The apparatus produces batches of mixture in first and second mixing chambers containing liquid, each chamber having a liquid port and a mixer. A valve, communicating with the liquid ports, controls liquid flow relative to each chamber, and a main pump an... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5833363 | Device for mixing and degassing a free-flowing compound The device serves for mixing and degassing a free-flowing compound (5), in particular a casting resin containing filler. The device has an evacuable container (1, 6) of cylindrical design, the container axis (2) of which is aligned essentially in the vert... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5782556 | Apparatus for quickly making multiple-phase microemulsion fuel oil An apparatus for quickly making multiple-phase microemulsion fuel including: a primary mixer for primarily mixing water, catalyst, emulsifying agent, stabilizer and little quantity of oil in the primary mixer for producing oil-in-water phase mixing liquid... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5743640 | Ice cream twisting apparatus An ice cream twisting apparatus includes an elongated housing with a mixing chamber formed within the interior thereof. An inlet port extends through the top of the housing to the mixing chamber to provide soft serve ice cream to the mixing chamber. A ble... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5657687 | Device for conching chocolate compound A conche for producing chocolate compound consists of a conche container (10) with a main chamber (12) and subsidiary chambers (13, 14). Mixing vanes (22, 23 and 30, 31) are disposed therein on central shafts (19, 20, 21) in order to intimately mix the co... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5570953 | Mud-mixing machine for drywall texturing and other applications A method of forming a mixture of powdered material and water includes the step of providing a hopper, a holding tank, a tube intermediate the hopper and the holding tank, and an air-powered auger arranged to feed powdered material from the hopper through ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5564329 | Apparatus for supplying specified quantity of cooking material A specified-quantity supply apparatus of the invention transfers a specified amount of a cooking material. The apparatus is formed of a material stocker for retaining the cooking material therein, a pair of blade rollers disposed in the material stocker t... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5556765 | Reactor using tubular spiroids for gas/liquid propulsion A reactor includes a reaction vessel that defines a reaction chamber. Completely or partially within the reaction chamber is at least one spiroid. The spiroid is operably associated with the reaction vessel so that rotation of the reaction vessel causes t... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5529392 | Apparatus for emulsification of liquid polymeric solutions A method and apparatus for emulsification of concentrated liquid polymeric solution. The apparatus includes a recirculation system from a storage tank. The recirculation system has a supply line and a return line and diverter valve which is operated for a... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5516009 | Stirrer for a hopper A stirrer for stirring dry goods is provided. This stirrer has a plurality of sides for stirring a mass of normally free-flowing, dry, particulate material in a container. The stirrer includes a rotatable shaft, two sets of end blades, and two spaced-apar... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5511881 | Impeller system and method for enhanced-flow pumping of liquids A rotatably driveable enhanced-flow impeller system is provided for pumping at least one liquid in a tank through an outlet port thereof. A radial flow impeller has a first impeller face disposed proximate the bottom of the tank and proximate or extending... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5505540 | Device for admixing a processing agent to a pulp suspension Apparatus for mixing a processing medium with the pulp suspension within a bin is disclosed, the apparatus including a housing attached to a wall of the bin, a rotary shaft extending through the housing with a propeller attached to the shaft by means of a... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5501523 | Impeller system for mixing and enhanced-flow pumping of liquids A rotatably driveable enhanced-flow impeller system has a radial flow impeller with a first impeller face disposed proximate the bottom of the tank and proximate or extending into an inlet port for liquids in the tank bottom. The radial flow impeller has ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5468066 | Apparatus and method for injecting dry particulate material in a fluid flow line An apparatus and method for injecting dry particulate material into a fluid flow line including a removable material supply unit (18) having an outer rigid container (55) and a sealed flexible bag (54) for the dry particulate material. The removable mater... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5450786 | Conching device A conching device comprising at least one rotor shaft (4) having conching tools (5) is subdivided by partition walls (10, 11, 12) into compartments (13-16), so that in these compartments (13-16) different formulations can be conched simultaneously. The th... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5372423 | Device for mixing pulverulent material into a liquid A device for mixing pulverulent material into liquids is described. A mixing body receives pulverulent material at an upper opening and liquids at a tangential opening. A motor-driven screw in a hopper containing the pulverulent material advances the pulv... | 12/13/1994 |
