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...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 |
| 7600367 | Woven plastic bag fabric A woven plastic bag fabric and method for weaving using a frame with a moveable upper bar, at least two continuous ribbons of plastic bag, by winding a first ribbon without cutting around a post in the fourth frame side around a long post in the first frame side, th... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7353645 | Material for gland packing and the gland packing A reinforcing member made from a fibrous material and disposed at least on one face of a strip-like expanded graphite to form a strip-like base member. The base member is stranded to be formed as a cord-like member. At this time, one side end edge of the base member... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7155892 | Material for gland packing and the gland packing A gland packing including strip-like expanded graphite is disposed on one face of a sheet-like reinforcing member configured by a fibrous material to form a strip-like base member. The base member is stranded to be formed as a cord-like member. The outside of the co... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7093417 | Method for making rope Rope is made from one or more rolls of film. The rolls of film are loaded onto spindles and tension is applied to the free end of the film of each roll to dispense the films. The dispensing films are each constricted at a common focal point of tension to create subs... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6958187 | High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications High strength polyethylene fibers and their applications, for example, chopped fibers, ropes, nets, ballistic materials or items, protective gloves, fiber reinforced concrete products, helmets, and other products obtained therefrom, in which the fiber is characteriz... | 10/25/2005 |
| 5791020 | Apparatus for and method of securing articles and/or packaging containers on transport pallets An elastic band for securing an object for transport is comprised of a stretchable sheet exhibiting an elongation limited to an elastic range of the sheet. The sheets is transformed to a string-like or band-like elastic strap exhibiting deformations exten... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5778652 | Cable with a sheath made of steel, and a method and apparatus for forming the cable A metal sheath for surrounding a cable core consists of at least one shell part which is formed from a spring-hard steel strip. The shell part is formed by a method of bending a spring-hard steel strip into a shell having a transverse cross-section of at ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5775084 | Recyclable string Recyclable string and methods and apparatus for making the same are disclosed. The recyclable string is made by the disclosed apparatus from a strip of recyclable stretch film by twisting the stretch film about its longitudinal axis and stretching the twi... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5741587 | High filament count fine filament polyester yarns A direct melt spinning process for providing high filament count fine filament polyester yarns having excellent mechanical quality and along-end uniformity and unitary interlace by spinning all the filaments of such high filament count yarn from a single ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5682655 | Method for producing furred threads A furred thread is produced by a sequence of steps, which include impregnating a fur material with moisture. The material is stretched in a stream direction of hairs of the material and dried. The material is cut in the stream direction of the hair to pro... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5669214 | Stranded wire rope or cable having multiple stranded rope elements, strand separation insert therefor and method of manufacture of the wire rope or cable To reduce elongation of a stranded wire rope or cable (1), particularly when running over sheaves, or pulleys, and decrease vibration as well as operating noise while increasing operating speed, insert elements (4) are placed between adjacent rope element... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5534334 | Base fabric for ink ribbons The present invention relates to base fabrics for ink ribbons used in impact printers, not allowing the graphic spots to occur. They are woven fabrics composed of synthetic multi-filament yarns, the warp of which are 30 to 50 D in yarn thickness and 330 T/M to... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5167113 | Fur yarn, method of manufacturing the same and fur fabrics woven thereof In a fur fabric having a fur yarn woven into a base fabric: a fur strip having a furry and a bare skin side is helically coiled around a rodlike mold form in a condition in which the furry side is disposed outside the form so as to form an assembly; the f... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4801503 | High tenacity polyhexamethylene adipamide yarn having ribbon cross-section filaments A polyhexamethylene adipamide yarn characterized by a tenacity greater than 4.5 g/den., an elongation of from 25-40% constituent ribbon cross-section filaments having a length to width ratio greater than 3 is disclosed. Also disclosed is the process for m... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4697407 | Retroreflective fiber and method of making same A thread-like continuous retroreflective fiber and method of making same, comprising the steps of laminating a thin film of retroreflective material to a supporting polyester film, and then slitting the laminate to form narrow strips of retroreflective ma... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4689944 | Flat yarn and method for producing the same A flat yarn wherein fibers composing a yarn are bonded to each other substantially in a side-by-side manner to form a tape-like flat body and the flat body has a plurality of gear-crimped portions across a width thereof. There may be a plurality of revers... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4660363 | Method of making fur bearing strands The invention provides a method for making fur bearing strands from hides of fur bearing animals and a yarn from such strands suitable for producing a fur garment. The yarn has low stretch characteristics by virtue of treatment of the hide portions used t... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4637206 | Fur-skin strip material and method for producing the same A fur-skin strip material consisting of yarn-like fur-skin strips that are knitted, crochete or woven to form a fabric and the like. The fur-skin strip material is fine, smooth and soft and can be produced in an industrial scale at a lower cost. The yarn-... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4606182 | Method of making fur bearing strands The invention provides a method for making fur bearing strands from hides of fur bearing animals and a yarn from such strands suitable for producing a fur garment. The yarn has low stretch characteristics by virtue of treatment of the hide portions used t... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4527383 | Threads for identification of garments A thread is provided which comprises a polymeric material onto which has been fixed a symbol or repeating multiple symbols which are detectable and readable under magnification. When incorporated into garments or garment labels, this thread is useful in i... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4523427 | Filament yarn A yarn of a synthetic, fibre-forming, polymeric material comprising a plurality of filaments having a substantially rectangular cross-section and having a birefringence assymetry across the width of the filaments, each of the filaments being twisted about... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4510743 | Rope comprising two or more polymer components A composite elongated-shaped product is made from two or more synthetic polymer components. The product may be a split-fiber, thread, film or a ribbon-shaped one. One of the polymer components is polypropylene which forms more than 50 percent by weight of... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4422285 | Apparatus and process for making a fur yarn A novel fur yarn is provided and comprises a core of a permanently twisted strand of animal skin and a fluffy exterior consisting of animal hair; the process of making such fur yarn consists in slicing a narrow elongated strand of such fur, twisting this ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4387555 | Ornamental thread and method of forming same Thread consisting of three polymer strands twisted in one direction, each strand being wrapped with a metallic strip wound in the other direction, the strands and strip being covered with an elastomer sheath.... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4384018 | Secondary carpet backing fabric An improved woven synthetic textile fabric is formed by using an entangled combination of a fibrillated slit film yarn and a multi-filament yarn as at least one of the warp and fill members. The fabric is characterized by the look and feel of a jute fabri... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4237684 | Rope A rope comprising at least two strips of woven fabric, each said strip having wefts projecting from the woven edge thereof and said strips being twisted together so that the woven parts thereof form a core with the projecting wefts extending substantially... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4233808 | Tobacco tying product A twine suitable for tying tobacco leaves together and consisting essentially of stalks and/or leaf stems of tobacco plants.... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4216645 | Wound cable and apparatus for forming cables An oblong cylindrical body such as an electrical or optical cable or a pipe having a concentric armour of spaced wires is provided with one or more binder tapes being provided with indentations such as corrugations or depressions in all or some of the spa... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4187669 | Knitting material Knitting material for handicraft or mechanical knitting operations which comprises a fine tape comprised of a non-woven fabric prepared by the spun-bond process, said tape having been obtained by slitting said non-woven fabric, said tape having a weight u... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4179875 | High tenacity, low denier poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibrillated tape yarn A low denier, high tenacity poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibrillated tape yarn particularly suited for conversion into a sewing thread which exhibits excellent sewing performance is produced by intimately mixing poly(ethylene terephthalate) polymer with f... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4168603 | Process of manufacturing plastic strings for ball-striking implements At least one plastic sheeting element which is oriented at least monoaxially and at least in part in a direction which differs appreciably from the longitudinal direction of the sheeting element is twisted to form a string for a ball-striking implement.... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4166355 | Cable and method and device for producing same A cable for the reinforcement of plastic and elastic articles, such as conveyor belts and the like, is provided which includes a plurality of metal strands which are twisted to form a cable and a non-metallic insert which is disposed between the surfaces ... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4091607 | Twine and method of forming same There is disclosed a process for making fibrous material which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of baler twine. The material is preferably made from polypropylene and is produced from film which is roll-embossed and fibrillated, the roll-embos... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4036003 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibrillated tape sewing thread A low denier, high tenacity poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibrillated tape yarn particularly suited for conversion into a sewing thread which exhibits excellent sewing performance is produced by intimately mixing poly(ethylene terephthalate) polymer with f... | 07/19/1977 |
