Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7360973 | Apparatus for mounting a drill on a pipe A V-shaped frame 102 is attached to a pipe 100 to be drilled. The frame may be used with larger pipes by attaching a removable extension plates 120 to the arms 104 106 of the V-shaped frame, thereby increasing the size of the recess betwe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7065856 | Machine tool method A machine tool apparatus is provided employing a plurality of tool heads which may be sequentially or simultaneously automatically controlled to perform preprogrammed operations on either the same or different workpieces. In one form, a plurality of tool heads are s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6854168 | Method and apparatus for forming openings in polymeric tubing In a method and apparatus for perforating multiwall polymeric cylindrical tubing, a drill head is slidably mounted for reciprocating movement on a support frame between inlet and outlet stations, the drill head having at least one drill for forming an opening in the... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6506001 | Radial drilling device for a lathe A radial drilling device (1) for a lathe (5) for radially piercing a turning part (4) supported by the lathe. At least one drill bit (2b) is supported by a mobile drilling jaw (3a, 3b) in a transverse orthogonal plane to the axis of rotation of the part (... | 01/14/2003 |
| 4898501 | In line rotary driling machine for producing uniform openings in continuous strip material A rotary drilling machine for forming holes of selected size and spacing in continuous strip material such as elastomeric gasket stock used for the manufacture of gaskets for door openings and the like. This machine has a rotary drum unit which carries th... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4224729 | Continuous rotary and work process apparatus This invention relates to a new and useful continuous rotary and work process apparatus. The apparatus comprises one or more annular turrets arranged on a common axis coacting mechanically in unison and performing a variety of assembly, packaging, or othe... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4219293 | Workpiece perforating machine A machine for perforating workpieces, particularly corrugated plastic drain pipe or tile, to produce holes using drills is described. Multiple drills are radially mounted on a guide wheel so that the individual drills are sequentially extendable from the ... | 08/26/1980 |
| 3958682 | Coordination of robot and conveyor An endless chain is caused to become locked to and driven by a work-carrier forming part of a conveyor. The chain drives a signal generator whose output represents the advance of the work-carrier past a robot and the generated signal is combined with prog... | 05/25/1976 |
