Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5372500 | Loader device for an automatic furnace in space A loader device for an automatic space treatment furnace having a longitudinal axis and means for driving the furnace in guided translation along said longitudinal axis. The loader device is disposed in the vicinity of the furnace and comprises both a car... | 12/13/1994 |
| 4274784 | Cupola charging A cupola installation having a top charging opening and a vibratory feeder mounted to discharge into the top opening from one side. The skiphoist associated with the cupola carries two charging buckets, one for discharging charge material into the top cha... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4024023 | Apparatus and method for transferring hot coke to a dry coke cooler An inclined track adjacent a dry coke cooler includes a counterweighted and pivoted hot coke container hoist that coacts with a hot coke container to raise it to a level above the coke cooler and then to lower it onto the open top of the coke cooler. Afte... | 05/17/1977 |
