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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7229284 | Dental articulator having dual balls A dental articulator capable of finely adjusting a three-dimensional articulation posture and exerting a secure fastening force by a lever is provided. The dental articulator includes a lower grip plate, a column, an arm, and an upper grip plate, wherein a first bal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7112061 | Dental articulator A dental articulator for connecting first and second dental models generally includes upper and lower arms hinging at their rear ends by a hinge. Each arm front end is connected by a coupling to a dental model. Each coupling generally includes a ball, a coupling, a ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7083410 | Dental articulator A dental articulator for connecting upper and lower dental models made from dental impressions of teeth and for moving the mandible in opening and closing, protrusive and lateral motions generally comprises upper and lower arms each having a front end for attachment... | 08/01/2006 |
| 5660544 | Method and apparatus of recording and reproducing the path of insertion of a cast on surveyors The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for recording and reproducing the path of insertion of a cast on surveyors. In the method, the accuracy and speed of recording the path of insertion is easily effected with the help of a scoring ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5320528 | Dental articulator A dental articulator having an upper support member for supporting a dental cast and a lower support member for supporting a second dental cast. A polycentric hinge joint is provided for simulating the temporomandibular joint of a patient. The polycentric... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5026282 | Physiological stereo articulator This invention relates to a physiological stereo articulator comprises a maxillary mechanism and a mandibular mechanism, and the lower frame member in the mandibular mechanism can turn about a center which is shifting while opening and closing as the huma... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4921425 | Model operating instrument for upper jaw osteotomy The invention describes a model operating instrument for upper jaw osteotomy, with a basic frame on which it is possible to adjust the position of the two temporo-maxillary articular cups; from the side, there protrudes into the osteotomy plane a universa... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4875857 | Method for reconstruction of teeth in an upper jaw A method and device for reconstruction of teeth in an upper jaw wherein anterior guidance of the natural state is achieved even when front teeth are missing through the scanning of the contour curve of a tooth in the sagittal plane and the transferring by... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4865544 | Dental model articulator An articulator for the accurate but resilient positioning of a pair of dental model casts, to provide convenient assess for a technician working on the casts. The articulator (10) comprises a resilient frame (20) having hinged intermediate portions (28), ... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4715815 | Dental articulator A dental articulator wherein each of two pivotally joined arms carries a plate-like first support and a shallow trough-shaped second support which confines a mass of synthetic thermoplastic material serving to couple the second support to the first suppor... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4299570 | Occludator An occludator for an artificial denture having an upper holder for holding an upper artificial denture and a lower holder for holding a lower artificial denture. The upper and lower holders are pivotable to facilitate an observation of occlusion and adjus... | 11/10/1981 |
