Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5669804 | Magnetic tape surface treatment method and apparatus In a magnetic tape surface treatment method and apparatus for rubbing together a magnetic tape and a lapping tape and thereby removing projections and adhered matter from the magnetic surface to the magnetic tape pressurized air is blown onto the tapes to... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5155943 | Suture needle and method of an apparatus for grinding material for suture needle There are disclosed a method of and apparatus for grinding an elongated material for a suture needle. An elongated grinding tape is reciprocally moved in its longitudinal direction, and simultaneously the material is pressed against the grinding tape in s... | 10/20/1992 |
