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...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422010 | Cooking stove A cooking stove that prevents a burner from being ignited when a touch switch shifts from a non-sensing to a sensing state. An operation portion having a touch switch is provided on a glass top plate of a cooking stove main body which accommodates burners. The touch... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7370649 | Cooking stove A touch switch which prohibits a child from actuating heating means, while permitting a child to deactivate heating means. A cooking stove including an electrical capacitance operation switch 10 which switches the cooking stove between an operation state in w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 6247416 | Method of operating a furnace and device for implementing the method The invention relates to a method of operating a furnace (1) comprising a flue pipe (11) for discharging the smoke, means (19) of introducing ambient air into the said flue pipe (11) and a smoke extractor (16) arranged in the said flue pipe (11). Accordin... | 06/19/2001 |
| 4951870 | Overtemperature control A blower motor failure is detected by a sensor/switch that opens at a first preset temperature level and automatically resets for the next cycle. The occurrences of such openings per thermostat cycle are counted and when they reach a predetermined number,... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4235587 | Flame responsive control circuit A flame responsive control circuit means has been disclosed which responds to the flame in a burner. The response is to the sudden rate of change of the resistance or impedance of a photocell upon the loss of flame. The two embodiments disclosed both util... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4012189 | Hot gas generator A hot gas generator for the production of hot combustion gases includes a cylindrical combustion chamber having an inner and an outer air conduit concentrically disposed thereabout. A fuel nozzle means is arranged at one longitudinal end of the cylindrica... | 03/15/1977 |
