...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6668692 | Process and device for the control of a motorized feed drive The invention consists of a process for the control of the motorized feed drive for the movable workplace table of a machine tool, in particular the rolling carriage of a circular saw. The manual force that is applied by the operator in direction of the f... | 12/30/2003 |
| 4271710 | Tool carriage advance and retraction control A machine tool feed system of the type in which a tool supporting sliding carriage is moved toward and away from a workpiece which includes a mechanism for moving the carriage initially in a smoothly accelerated-decelerated rapid advance stroke toward the... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4261675 | Machine tool with pulsating cutting force The cutting force applied between the cutting tool and the workpiece of a machine tool is periodically pulsated to expedite removal of material from the workpiece. The periodic cutting force pulsation is produced by periodically varying the spindle speed ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4154485 | Web-former A system and apparatus for forming webs from textile fibers entrained in an air stream in a conduit with a perforated plate dividing the interior of a housing into first and second chambers so that the entrained fibers fall to the bottom of the first cham... | 05/15/1979 |