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...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 |
| 7264256 | Bracket assembly for a motor controlled bicycle transmission A bracket assembly for mounting a motor or other control device to a bicycle frame includes a bracket base for supporting the control device at least partially above a chain stay, and a bracket support extending from the bracket base for coupling the bracket base to... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7033293 | Expandable pulley An expandable pulley. The expandable pulley comprises a plurality of belt blocks arranged about an axis of rotation. Each belt block bears upon a radial surface extending normally to the axis of rotation. Another surface of each belt block bears upon a conical membe... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6908406 | Continuously variable transmission with elastomeric meshing interface A system for transmitting power from a driving, or input, shaft to a driven, or output, shaft by way of an elastomeric belt nipped between opposing surfaces associated with the driving and driven shafts utilizes opposing surfaces which define a plurality of indentat... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6626780 | Positive engagement continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission includes one or more cone shaped members which each have a cone shaft centrally positioned therethrough. The cone shaped member also includes a pair of fixed spiraled grooved shafts, including a first shaft therein wit... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6296585 | Driver roller, in particular for drive belts of a thread supply device on a textile machine A driving roller with an outer working periphery having a changeable diameter has a first disk and a second disk arranged coaxially with one another and returnable relative to one another in any operational condition, the first disk being provided with a ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5199929 | Automatic bicycle transmission An electronic, automatic bicycle transmission that compensates gear ratios according to changes in pedaling pressure and pedaling speed. A drive belt rides upon smooth, cone shaped surfaces at the pedals and rear wheel. Placement of the belt upon the cones is ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4929217 | Variable speed pulley A variable speed pulley adapted to be mounted on a shaft has a resilient member with an exterior surface adapted to support a belt thereon. The compression of the resilient member is controlled to adjust the location of the exterior surface of the resilie... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4892507 | Single or double variable diameter pulley and speed variators including such a double pulley Pulley usable in single or double form. It comprises a guidance structure (3) for segments (4) displaceable in accordance with the setting of the rods (7), which are advantageously symmetrically extended with respect to a pivot (9) and carrying an opposit... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4594957 | Sewing machine belt feed with variable pitch drive pulley A work advancing mechanism for a sewing machine which includes a driven circulatory belt for positively advancing the work beneath the presser foot of the machine. The belt is entrained about and driven by a wheel assembly having an adjustable operative c... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4487518 | Adjustable printer head drive An adjustable diameter pulley, particularly suitable for the belt tension adjustment in belt transmission system such as those used in serial printers, utilizing a central core having a tapered portion, a threaded cylindrical portion and also a plastic ri... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4478594 | Belt tensioning means A combination of a power transmission belt that is to be operated in an endless path and a tensioner for the belt is provided, the tensioner comprising a support unit fixed relatively to the belt, a belt engaging unit carried by the support unit and being... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4453923 | Variable diameter pulley assembly A variable diameter pulley assembly for use with a power transmission belt and adapted to be connected to a shaft comprising opposed sets of axial and radial movable generally triangular or trapezoidal-shaped flange members, the sides of opposed sets bein... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4024772 | Variable speed flat belt transmission The subject transmission includes a pair of pulleys mounted for rotation on spaced parallel axes, each pulley having axially spaced sets of oppositely inclined guideways for adjustably receiving drive elements which engage the internal face of an endless ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3956944 | Torque operated, variable diameter belt sheave or chain sprocket A variable ratio chain sprocket is disclosed wherein a plurality of chain engaging segments are slidingly affixed between a first pair of disks and are constrained to move in a radial direction with respect thereto. A second pair of disks, rigidly attache... | 05/18/1976 |
