Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5620497 | Wool pack forming apparatus using high speed rotating drums and low frequency sound distribution Methods, apparatuses, and devices are disclosed for collecting a veil including long fibers with high speed conveyor surfaces to produce a web of loosely related fibers, and further forming a wool pack by distributing the web of fibers with low frequency ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5595585 | Low frequency sound distribution of rotary fiberizer veils A method and device is disclosed for distributing a veil by applying low frequency sound to at least one portion of the veil, and causing the veil to deviate in its generally downward direction of travel. In its simplest embodiment, the lapping device of ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5356450 | Processs and apparatus for making mineral wool fibres Apparatus for the formation of mineral wool fibres comprising a set of rotors (1) mounted on a front face (2) of a housing (3) wherein a rotor (5, 6, 7) has associated with it an air supply slot (8, 9, 10) for discharging an air blast close to the periphe... | 10/18/1994 |
| 4832723 | Apparatus for producing desired fiber column configuration A rotary fiberization method and apparatus. Gas and/or liquid may be introduced into the void area produced by a rotary fiberization process. The gas and/or liquid may be used to alter the configuration of the fiber column and to apply desired materials t... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4534779 | Method and apparatus for heating a mineral fiber forming spinner Apparatus for fiberizing molten mineral material comprises a spinner having an orificed peripheral wall through which the molten mineral material passes to form mineral fibers, a burner mounted to direct hot gases toward the interior of the peripheral wal... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4478624 | Process and apparatus for improving the distribution on a receiving device of fibers carried by a gas current The invention relates to the distribution on a receiving device of fibers carried by a gas current. To improve the distribution, the gas current carrying the fibers is subjected to the action of a gas layer which envelopes the current and of which the dir... | 10/23/1984 |
| 3948031 | Duct for feeding fibers to a pneumatic spinning chamber having a stationary whirl A duct for feeding fibres to a spinning chamber operating in accordance with the method of pneumatic spinning in a stationary whirl. As it is seen in the drawing the area of outlet 6 of duct designed for feeding of loose fibres in a stream of air from a fibre ... | 04/06/1976 |
