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3M employee and church chorister Art Fry needed something to temporarily mark pages in his hymnal. He was in luck because his colleague, Spencer Silver, accidentally developed a glue that was too weak for other purposes. After initially discouraging consumer response, Post-it Notes became a hit in 1979.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7185725 | Layout structure of driving device for vehicle In a vehicle, a cowl portion for supporting a front end of a windshield is disposed above the dash panel so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle, an instrument panel member is located backward away from the cowl portion so as to extend in the width direc... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7092779 | Automated material handling system for a manufacturing facility divided into separate fabrication areas An automated material handling system is presented for a manufacturing facility divided into separate fabrication areas. The automated material handling system plans and carries out the movement of work pieces between fabrication areas and maintains a database indic... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6491578 | Vehicle air conditioner having air suction port for each seat In a vehicle air conditioner, each of cool air outlets is provided at an upper side of each seat at second and third seat lines from a most front seat so that cool air from an air conditioning unit is blown from the cool air outlets toward upper sides of ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6098023 | Driving control system and monitoring device for fan filter unit in semiconductor clean room A monitoring device and a driving control system for a fan filter unit in a semiconductor clean room for monitoring the operating state of the fan filter unit. The monitoring device includes a switching section in each fan filter unit which alternately ap... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6007420 | Operating element in a motor vehicle An operating element in a motor vehicle having a hollow gripping section which can be gripped by an occupant, is arranged above the leg space of the motor vehicle and is provided in a ventilatable manner with air outlet openings to which air is guided thr... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5562539 | Clean space system A clean space system prevents pollution of clean surroundings in a processing space. Pollution is avoided which could otherwise occur when a worker comes in contact with the processing space while carrying out processes and operations in the clean surroun... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5501634 | Air conditioner cover assembly A cover assembly for a roof mounted air conditioner unit which allows an increased output air volume to flow from a roof mounted air conditioner into a cooling volume; the assembly comprises a cover, return air grills, side diffuser assemblies, and a regi... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5111738 | Air blower unit for a motor vehicle heating and ventilating system The air blower unit includes a casing having a lower wall, and upper wall and two opposed side walls, which together define two open and opposed end faces of the same profile. The casing also includes a mounting frame, together with an air blower which is... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5099752 | Enclosure ventilation and temperature apparatus A cooling device for an enclosure, specifically parked automotive vehicles, mountable in a window comprising an air channel for introducing normally cool ambient air from outside the vehicle into the vehicle passenger compartment. The atmospheric air chan... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4942806 | Vehicular internal air exhausting device A vehicular internal air exhausting device being accomplished by an air exhausting assembly and a power source supply assembly. The air exhausting assembly is mounted on the trunk compartment top plate behind the rear seat or any other suitable place of a... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4658707 | Automatic air purifier for vehicles An air purifier of automatic type is provided within a housing which can be positioned within various places in a confined space, such as most preferrably a vehicle interior, in which smoke may be present to purify the air therein. The unit includes a hou... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4401013 | Air conditioning device An auxiliary air conditioning device is mounted to a rear parcel shelf above a trunk room of a motor vehicle for assisting a major air conditioning device. The auxiliary air conditioning device has therein an air cleaner and at least one of an electric he... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4376408 | Air circulation system in a vehicle compartment of an automotive vehicle An air circulation system for effectively and comfortably circulating the air in the vehicle compartment, which system comprises an air passage having intake below the rear seat and outlet in the rear pacel shelf. Thereby, the air in the vehicle compartme... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4245550 | Electronic air cleaner for passenger compartment of vehicle An electronic air cleaner having therein an electrostatic precipitator and an ultraviolet sterilizing lamp is positioned close to an antenna of a radio receiver. A shielding cover lined with a thin metal film covers the lamp to block radiation of the elec... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4227446 | Electronic air cleaner for passenger compartment of vehicle An electronic air cleaner having therein an electrostatic precipitator, an ultraviolet lamp, a deodorizing filter and at least one lead wire which extends along the deodorizing filter from an electric power source to a socket of the ultraviolet lamp. A ch... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4223598 | Electronic air cleaner for passenger compartment of vehicle An electronic air cleaner, having therein an electrostatic precipitator, is positioned close to an antenna of a radio receiver. The grounded plate electrodes of the precipitator are provided with a flat portion which lies between the precipitator proper a... | 09/23/1980 |
