Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6135175 | Tree harvester provided with a rotatable worktable A tree harvester provided with a rotatable worktable assembly is disclosed herein. The tree harvester includes a movable frame, a worktable assembly rotatably mounted to the movable frame and an upper frame rotatably mounted to the worktable assembly. The... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5176485 | Freight manipulator with articulated cantilever boom A freight manipulator includes a mobile chassis positioned on a pair of guide tracks and have an articulated cantilever boom extending forwardly thereof. A tool carriage is mounted at the end of the boom and has a pair of freight engaging tools thereon fo... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4826391 | Manipulator arm position sensing An apparatus determining relative positions of arm elements of a manipulator having at least two relatively moveable arm segments uses image analysis and a model of the manipulator to analyze an image of the two arms to determine the joint angles between ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4818172 | Parasitic crane A crane has a twin post and a twin boom construction and provides for numerous degrees of freedom. The crane is a trailer and uses the weight of a vehicle to which it is attached for stability when it is in an operating mode. The crane has wheels which ma... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4715771 | Variable geometry mounting arrangement for backhoe assembly A variable geometry mounting arrangement for the boom assembly of a backhoe is disclosed which permits relatively great working depths without increasing the overall height of the backhoe assembly in its raised, transport position. The arrangement include... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4565486 | Device for handling material A device for handling material is shown according to the teachings of the present invention in its preferred form as a mobile tree felling and handling device. In its preferred form, the device includes a mid-frame pivotally mounted to the device frame ab... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4343515 | Device for rotating a body The invention relates to a device for rotating a body, such as the boom of a roadheader. The device comprises a pivotally mounted yoke having in it a slot in which is slidably mounted a member which is rotatably and eccentrically attached to the body, and... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4134221 | Earth planer An earth grading machine has a powered reciprocable earth moving element guided by a vertically inclinable track member. Means for adjusting the vertical inclination of the track member includes support means accommodating pivotal movement of the track me... | 01/16/1979 |
| 3966256 | Tunneling equipment A cutting tool is mounted on the head of a support tripod, the legs of which are double-acting hydraulic cylinders. The rear ends of said cylinders are either pivotally connected to a frame portion of a tunneling machine or to movable barrel portions of t... | 06/29/1976 |
