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 |
| 7293942 | Tool apparatus A cutting tool apparatus having a shank and a tool support extension disposed longitudinally adjacent the shank and extending in a direction distal the shank, wherein the tool support extension includes an incurvate taper profile. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7134622 | Chipper knife and holder therefor The invention relates to a chipper knife for chippers of the type comprising a tool (12) which is rotatable on an axis of rotation and is in the form of, for example a drum, disc or truncated conical body, which supports a plurality of such chipper knives. Th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7059809 | Cutting tool A cutting tool, in particular for the turning out of drillings, has a clamping piece (10) for fixing the tool in a clamp holder. The clamping piece (10) includes two clamping surfaces (30), which converge on each other in the direction of the on... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045022 | Removal of adherent molten metal from surfaces The present invention provides a method and process for removing adherent molten metal from a surface by applying a non-wetting agent for the metal to the surface or to the adherent molten metal. The non-wetting agent may be a pressurized fluid or applied by a press... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6902357 | Cutting tool A rotatable cutting tool having s support region (1) with an end surface (2) and a plurality of recesses (4) extending from the end surface (2) and in which, respectively, a plurality of cutting elements (5) are arranged, with each... | 06/07/2005 |
| 5682803 | Tool holder with patterned hard shim forming indented seat and method A cutting tool assembly comprising a tool holder formed with an insert retaining pocket having a pocket base wall and in which is releasably mounted a cutting insert and a shim. The cutting insert is of a substantially prismatic shape having an upper surf... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5598756 | Device for stopping automatically an overloaded lathe A device for stopping automatically an overloaded lathe comprises a support base, a front holding base, a rear holding base eccentric cam, a locating block, and a lathe tool. The front holding base is fastened with the front end of the support base by mea... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5297905 | Tool for processing drilled holes A tool for processing holes has a shaft which can be clamped in a drive element for executing a forward stroke into a working position within a hole, a return stroke, and an at least rotating working motion of the tool, two support elements arranged on th... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5193945 | Cutting tool A cutting tool having a positioning block inserted between the cutting insert and the insert-receiving seat is disclosed. The disclosed cutting tool demonstrates excellent resistance to damage by severe vibration caused by the milling process. The cutting... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5158405 | Deburring tool and method A deburring tool is constructed of a pair of wire sections resiliently interconnected with each other so that each biases the other against the internal side walls of a bore formed in a workpiece. Abrasive material is provided on either or both of the sec... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4826367 | Cutting tool assembly A cutting tool assembly of the type including a pilot holder and a cutter blade received in a transverse through slot in the pilot holder. The cutter blade is mounted in the transverse slot in the pilot holder in a manner to allow ready replacement of the... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4542943 | Earthworking tool for protecting from abnormally high cutting loads There is disclosed a base and block assembly for use with an earthworking bit. The assembly comprises a base and a block engaged in the base. The block has a shank portion and a toolholder portion extending from a first end of the shank and adapted for re... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4447181 | Tool holder A tool holder (10) for mounting a tool T to a carrier (11), base member (12) and a tool holding member (13) secured together to form the tool holder unit. Confronting surfaces (19,20) of the tool holder members are disposed in facial engagement about the ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4304160 | No return mark tool A spring actuated, pivoting cutting tool, which is used in conjunction with turning equipment and which at the termination of its cutting stroke automatically lifts the cutting edge off the finished surface to allow the tool to be withdrawn without leavin... | 12/08/1981 |