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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 |
| 7861610 | Adjustable seating furniture Furniture drive for displacing parts of a piece of furniture relative to one another, includes a linearly displaceable drive element for pivoting a pivot shaft that, when furniture drive is in a mounted position, is operatively connected to a part of the piece of fu... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7341122 | Actuator for a working element, particularly a walking robot and the method of controlling said actuator The invention relates to an actuator which is characterized in that the kinematic connection between the motor and the working element of the robot comprises a mobile link which is pivot fixed to the base of the actuator, a runner which is mounted to the mobile link... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7162948 | Variable stroke assembly balancing An assembly includes a piston and a transition arm coupled to the piston. The position of the transition arm is adjustable to vary a stroke of the piston. A balance member is adjustable relative to the transition arm to counterbalance the transition arm in varying p... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7011469 | Piston joint A joint for positioning between first and second elements includes an outer member and an inner member. The first and second elements are arranged for linear motion along a common axis. The outer member is configured for movement relative to the first and second ele... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004522 | Suction unit A suction unit includes a rotary driving source which is arranged outside of a casing, a substantially oblong circular crank member which is rotatable and which is connected to a rotary shaft of the rotary driving source, a connecting rod which has one end rotatably... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6945131 | Furniture drive embodied as a double drive The invention relates to a furniture drive (2) for adjusting parts of a piece of furniture in relation to one another which is configured as a dual drive. Said drive comprises two drive units (4, 4′), every drive unit (4, 4′) being provided ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925973 | Piston engine assembly A variable compression piston assembly includes a plurality of pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member mounted for pivoting movement to slide along an axis of the drive member. Movement of the rotating member relative to the d... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915765 | Piston engine assembly A variable compression piston assembly includes a plurality of pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member mounted for pivoting movement to slide along an axis of the drive member. Movement of the rotating member relative to the d... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913447 | Metering pump with varying piston cylinders, and with independently adjustable piston strokes A metering pump includes an actuating mechanism, and a plurality of piston cylinders coupled to the actuating mechanism. A first of the cylinders has a working volume that differs from a second of the cylinders. The actuating member is centrally located and the cyli... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6647813 | Flexible rod transmission A drive mechanism for converting rotary movement to an oscillatory movement for operating switches, valves, pumps and light implements wherein the oscillating member is a flexible rod having a curved profile from which to attach output levers positioned i... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6505528 | Device for fast taking out and putting in The invention is a device for fast taking out and putting in, especially the device can fast take out a chip from a wafer to put in another chip receptacle, wherein, the invention includes a gear set, which consists of a first big gear, a second big gear ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6431017 | Mechanism for moving two alignment devices simultaneously in opposite directions A mechanism for moving two alignment devices having vertical parallel faces for identical flat workpieces such as cardboard blanks, simultaneously in opposite directions. The mechanism includes two reciprocating slides that simultaneously drive the alignm... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6276184 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices A process for manufacturing semiconductor devices is carried out using an apparatus comprising a conversion mechanism having a drive shaft (11), a first rod (12) connected to the drive shaft (11), and a second rod (13) connecting the second rod (12) to a ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6176144 | Pressure medium operated actuator with a position regulator A pressure medium operated actuator with a position regulator for regulated action on the opening and closing actuation of, for example, a process valve, and with a transmission device for transmitting the movement of a driving member to the position regu... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6035733 | Apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocal motion An apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocal motion includes a lever member which is rotatably mounted on a line connecting a rotational center and a circumference of a rotary disk, the lever member having a fulcrum, an action... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5946968 | Swing mechanism for wave-producing ornament A swing mechanism for wave-producing ornament. The ornament includes a base and a liquid container and the swing mechanism is mounted inside the base with a top container holder projecting from the base to fixedly connect the liquid container thereto. The... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5931075 | Method and apparatus for cutting flat tube A continuously-fed flat tube is cut into sub tubes each having a given length. The flat tube has multiple ports therein. A pair of roller cutters are enabled to follow the flat tube at a zero relative speed between the roller cutters and the flat tube. Th... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5887482 | Apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocal motion The apparatus comprises a lever member having a first regulator which is provided at an end of the lever member and functions as a force point, and a second regulator which is provided at another end of the lever member and functions as a movable fulcrum.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5676037 | Apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocalmotion An apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocal motion includes a lever member which is rotatably mounted on a line connecting a rotational center and a circumference of a rotary disk, the lever member having a fulcrum, an action... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5658069 | Twin reflector oscillating mechanism A warning light assembly includes a pair of simultaneously rotatable light beam generators. The rotation of the output shaft of a single drive motor about a first axis is converted to oscillatory motion of the light beam generators about a pair of spaced,... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5572904 | Oscillation lever arm engine An engine for generating rotational torque through the oscillating movement of lever arms. The inventive device includes an elongated cylinder having first and second opposed cylinder heads. A pair of pistons are oppositely disposed within the cylinder an... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5535709 | Apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocal motion An apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocal motion includes a lever member which is rotatably mounted on a line connecting a rotational center and a circumference of a rotary disk, the lever member having a fulcrum, an action... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5471891 | Music box ornament transmission mechanism A music box ornament transmission mechanism includes a crankshaft having one end coupled to the output shaft of a driving mechanism of a music box and an opposite end coupled with a crankpin. A rocker has a supporting end turned in a hole on a rib above t... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5465636 | Depressed park windshield wiper mechanism A variable length crank arm in a windshield wiper system provides a depressed park position for an associated wiper blade when the direction of rotation of a drive motor is reversed. The crank arm relies on an eccentric driver to vary its length between a... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5309779 | Four dead centers crank mechanism A crank mechanism for the transformation of a rotary movement of a crank supported in a crankcase into reciprocating movement of a piston in a cylinder, includes an open kinematic chain composed of three pivotally connected rods with the ends of the chain... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5255572 | Variable stroke mechanism A variable stroke mechanism provides a means for varying the stroke and leverage of a linkage between reciprocating power source and crankshaft. The mechanism includes a lever connected at one end to the reciprocating power source and at the other end to ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5253541 | Oil well pumping mechanism A pumping mechanism particularly adapted for coupling a rotating prime mover to the sucker rod of an oil well lift pump is disclosed. A linkage assembly comprised of a V-shaped floating link and two grounded links provides straight line, reciprocating mot... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5226337 | Slide driving apparatus of press machine A Slide driving apparatus of press machine, wherein a main gear 3 as a rotational drive member and a lever member 10 as a driven member are opposed to one another in a eccentric state which an axes O1 and O2 are separated, the main g... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5146749 | Balancing technique for Ross-type stirling and other machines An improved technique for balancing inertia forces and rocking couples of a Ross-type Stirling machine (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,138,897; 4,532,819 and 4,738,105). Two counter-rotating balance masses are used, one on the crankshaft and one on a separate balance s... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5022157 | Transmission mechanism for scroll sawing machine A transmission mechanism for a scroll sawing machine is disclosed. An upper counter weight and a horizontal counter weight are secured to the lower end of a rocker arm, which has its top end secured to the scroll saw blade upper driving arm, and carried t... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5011456 | Coin receiving and discharging apparatus An apparatus for receiving and discharging coins is disclosed. The apparatus includes two vertical coin cases aligned in the forward/rearward direction and separated from each other through a partition plate and having open lower ends; a T-shaped coin inl... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4872395 | Crosshead per se, and in combination with a connecting rod assembly and a piston rod The crosshead has a body formed of solid, metal plate, and of substantially U-shape. It comprises a pair of spaced-apart parallel limbs which are bridged between by an integral transverse member, and the latter is bored through to receive a piston rod the... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4753145 | Feeding and shearing apparatus for strip material A bell crank type strip feeding apparatus is disclosed in which one arm of the bell crank is coupled to an actuator and the other arm has a feed pawl thereon for feeding the strip. The actuator is a crank pin which is moved along a circular path about a f... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4632312 | Impact drive sprinkler An impact drive sprinkler is provided from a relatively small number of easily assembled components which can be formed predominantly from lightweight molded plastic or the like. The sprinkler includes a unitary sprinkler body having a lower riser tube ro... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4532819 | Compact crank drive mechanism A crankdrive mechanism for the two piston Stirling engine which greatly reduces engine size and weight without increasing complexity or decreasing mechanical efficiency. A single throw crankshaft is located between the cylinders and within the reciprocati... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4378706 | Reciprocally driving device A copying apparatus includes device for reciprocally driving an original scanning device having a drive source movable in a predetermined direction, a movement converting device for converting the movement of the drive source into a reciprocal movement in... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4271957 | Mechanical transfer bar drive assembly A drive mechanism for advancing workpieces through a plurality of spaced-apart work stations which are arranged so that the distances between certain adjacent work stations are greater than the distances between other adjacent work stations. During an adv... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4244233 | Reciprocating indexing mechanism A reciprocating indexing mechanism for linear and rotary outputs which has an output member which inherently reaches a zero velocity at each end of a stroke independent of the input velocity and which utilizes an angular input mechanism, commercially avai... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4237678 | Apparatus for loading film transparencies into pre-closed slide mounts Apparatus for automatically loading film transparencies into pre-closed slide mounts either of plastic or of cardboard material and having an internal pocket for receiving the film transparency which is inserted through an openable region near one edge of... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4229963 | Machine for noncutting metal shaping In a forging machine where the frictional work is reduced in the driving system at the main crankshaft and its support bearings, especially at the moment a forging force is applied. A rotary driven crankshaft is connected to a crank mechanism, which has a... | 10/28/1980 |
