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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581914 | Foldable paper padding press A foldable paper padding press for compressing paper and other sheet material, wherein adhesive is applied to the compressed edges of paper for making pads, tablets and books. The components of the press rotate around a base for easy loading, padding and storing. | 09/01/2009 |
| 7172767 | Opioid agonist / antagonist combinations The invention is directed in part to oral dosage forms comprising a combination of an orally analgesically effective amount of an opioid agonist and an orally active opioid antagonist, the opioid antagonist being included in a ratio to the opioid agonist to provide ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7134823 | Book pressing machine A book pressing machine (1) comprises a pressing station for pressing the book cover (2b) on to the book block (2a), which pressing station includes a pressing table (4) and a pressing plate (5) movable perpendicularl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6736581 | Book clamp A book clamp for a book binding machine has a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The second clamp member is adapted to the first clamp member and the second clamp member comprises a flexible spring plate which is coupled to the second clamp member. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6325585 | Perforation device for punching sheet at predetermined positions and image forming apparatus incorporating the perforation device A sheet perforation device for use in an image forming apparatus eliminates inconveniences such as imperfect punching due to too small a sheet size and completion of image formation without notifying the user that the punching could not be performed despi... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6312204 | Semi-automatic plastic spiral binding machine A binding machine and method for spirally binding a sheaf of papers into a book uses an adjustable speed drive to rotate a flexible plastic spiral element into respective holes in the book. The book has a plurality of holes in a row adjacent one edge of t... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5618062 | Note or note pad preparation method A method for making custom printed notes or note pads. One or more sheet assemblies are provided which have first and second sheets and a pattern of pressure-sensitive adhesive on the rear major surface of each of the sheets that contacts and is releasabl... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5382055 | Note or note pad preparation method A method for making custom printed notes or note pads. One or more sheet assemblies are provided which have first and second sheets and a pattern of pressure-sensitive adhesive on the rear major surface of each of the sheets that contacts and is releasabl... | 01/17/1995 |
| 4671719 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing printed tablets A stack of printed sheets is divided into individual tablets by inserting paper boards at intervals of a predetermined number of sheets in the stack. A continuous filament is threaded in zig-zag fashion across each successive board before a binder is coat... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4537546 | Bookbinding device A combination bookbinding apparatus which can be used as a sewing frame, or a lying press, or a standing press wherein only its position on a table or work surface determines its function. All parts are in place at once and no alteration to the device is ... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4488845 | Paper padding or tableting press A padding press is disclosed for firmly holding sheets of paper to which adhesive, gummed cloth, or other material is to be attached at one edge to make the sheets into pads or books.... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4373843 | Padding press An improved padding press adapted for convenient and relatively rapid padding of continuously variable sizes of paper, is disclosed. The padding press includes a base which incorporates a blower assembly for forced movement of heated air. A support board ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4146942 | Paper padding or tableting press A paper padding press is disclosed comprising a support base and a tiltable rack having stacking and working positions for aligning a stack of pads and gluing and edges of the pads, respectively. The tiltable rack includes a planar stacking table having a... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4077831 | Sheet binding apparatus The sheets in a column of compartments of a sorter, collator or the like are jogged to align their edges. An endless belt is moved past a glue dispenser to coat a length of the belt corresponding to the number of compartments to be covered. The belt is th... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4009071 | Sheet binding apparatus The sheets in a column of compartments of a sorter, collator or the like are jogged to align their edges. An endless belt is moved past a glue dispenser to coat a length of the belt corresponding to the number of compartments to be covered. The belt is th... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3986447 | Padding press An improved padding press for holding under pressure a plurality of sheets of paper and cardboard backers while the backs are being glued together to form individual pads, providing a support rack, a pressing mechanism and a plurality of insertable paddin... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3973515 | Tablet binding machine A binding machine for binding sheets in a stack by the application of glue along one edge of the sheets. The binding machine incorporates a manually operated clamp mechanism to hold the sheets together with sufficient compression to maintain the proper al... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3956057 | Apparatus and process for binding books with molten adhesive An apparatus for gluing a stack of aligned sheets into a pad or book with a molten adhesive, comprising means for clamping said sheets with the aligned edges to be glued facing downwardly, a crucible for adhesive, means for melting said adhesive in said c... | 05/11/1976 |
