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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 |
| 4141082 | Wash-and-wear coat Disclosed is a wash-and-wear coat which comprises outer cloths, lining cloths, interlining cloths and sewing threads all of which exhibit very small shrinkage of 1% or less after laundering, the interlining cloths bonded to the outer cloths having a high ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141083 | Personal air conditioning unit A self-contained air conditioning unit for headwear of substantially any type comprising an electric motor and fan removably secured within a lightweight housing, said motor being secured to an air inlet screen removably securable to the headwear, a power... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141084 | Welt for cloth articles A method of making a welt for clothing or the like, and the article of manufacture used for making the welt. The article consists essentially of three panels, of which first and second panels are thin generally rectangular panels which are of substantiall... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141085 | Vented helmet and face shield A safety helmet has a plurality of air vents formed therein in mutually spaced relation. A face shield is affixed to the helmet and has a plurality of air vents formed therein in mutually spaced relation.... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141086 | Fog free ski mask A fog free ski mask including protective covering material form fitting to the head, the neck, and partial shoulder area of the user, goggles affixed to the material and adapted to fit over corrective lenses of a user, and a breathing apparatus for delive... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141087 | Isomorphic copolyoxalates and sutures thereof Synthetic absorbable sutures are prepared from copolyoxalate polymers having isomorphic sequences. The polymers are derived from mixtures of cyclic and linear diols, each having the same carbon chain length of 6 or 8 atoms. The cyclic diol may be aliphati... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141088 | Hip joint prosthesis A prosthetic hip joint for use in the replacement of at least a portion of defective hip joint. The hip joint includes a femoral component and an acetabular component. The femoral component includes a stem that has an uninterrupted outer surface and is co... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141089 | Swimming pool apparatus for the handicapped A swimming pool lift installation for the handicapped employs a platform for carrying a wheelchair that is lowered and elevated with the platform so that a handicapped person can sit on his chair and be lowered into the pool for swimming away from the cha... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141090 | Trap and drain flush out kit A device for flushing out a clogged drain of a household plumbing system; the device including a long flexible plastic tube which at one end is inserted into the drain and which at its other end is attached to a faucet, a plastic sleeve around the tube fo... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141091 | Automated flush system There is disclosed an automated flush system which senses the approach and departure of an object or person and produces control signals indicative of said approach and departure, respectively. A discriminator unit receives and decodes the approach and de... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141092 | Dual-flush, tank-actuating device A dual-actuating flush device for selectively allowing a partial or a full quantity of water to be discharged from the toilet-water tank into the associated toilet bowl; wherein the tank includes independent partial and full flush valve mechanisms to prov... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141093 | Sleeping berth for passenger car compartment A sleeping berth for a passenger car compartment includes a tubular bed frame and mattress combination which is hingedly movable between use and non-use positions to a side wall of the car. The bed frame is latched in the non-use position and includes web... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141094 | Increased mobility apparatus for the disabled Apparatus for aiding the mobility and independence of disabled persons, comprising a harness encircling the torso and upper thigh areas equipped with lifting points along the centerline and above the center of gravity of the individual, a system of liftin... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141095 | Electronic cradle A rocking cradle is provided. The cradle includes a support having a limitedly elastically vertically displaceable pivot, a cradle body adapted to hold a baby having a center of gravity in a predetermined position, the cradle body being mounted on the piv... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141096 | Method and means for producing motion in water beds Motion is departed to the water in water beds by periodically lifting a region of the lower surface of the water bed mattress, said region being contained somewhere within the outer margins of the water bed. A water motion that is more uniform and more ac... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141097 | Dust ruffle A dust ruffle for use over a bed frame to provide a desired fabric enclosure for the lower portion of a bed. The dust ruffle is formed with a top portion overlying the top of the bed frame, and preferably arranged over the conventionally employed box spri... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141098 | Honey super A honey super has a pair of opposing end walls each provided with a socket disposed directly opposite the socket provided in the other of the end walls. A bar is disposed in the sockets so as to support a comb foundation of a frame disposed in the super, ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141099 | Pads A pad is made by inserting a comb through a row of holes along the spine of the pad, which has been assembled with a relatively stiff backing leaf overlying a cover leaf and curving the comb teeth over to form a closure joint between the ends of the teeth... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141100 | Binding machine and cover for use therewith A machine for binding a plurality of loose sheets into bound pamphlet form is disclosed, together with a cover suitable to receive such sheets. The machine has a stationary base to which a main chassis is fixedly mounted. A movable carriage is mounted for... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141101 | Self propelled drivehead for automatic swimming pool cleaner An improved drivehead for an automatic swimming pool cleaning system includes a circular wheel member mounted for free rotation around a platform member. The platform member carries a water jet nozzle which urges the wheel member into rolling contact with... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141102 | Windshield wiper restraint device Restraint device for holding a windshield wiper assembly in a stored nonoperating position against inadvertent movement of the windshield wiper assembly and particularly the windshield wiper blade in directions normal to its usual path of wiping movement ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141103 | Cleaner using high velocity air jets having a double valve This disclosure shows the supplying of fluid at a pressure greater than the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere to a cleaner in which the cleaning is done by intermittently and consecutively jetting fluid, from a double distributing valve against the s... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141104 | Overcenter door control device An overcenter door control device is disclosed for resiliently holding a door in a predetermined open position after being moved past dead center in one direction, and resiliently holding the door closed after being moved past dead center in the opposite ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141105 | Carrier ring for drapery rod A carrier ring is provided for use with the type of drapery rod having a longitudinal compartment therethrough, which ring can be easily drawn with only rolling friction even when used to hang a heavy drape. The ring has a pair of wheels able to roll alon... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141106 | Multi-directional canted wheel carrier for operable walls A canted wheel carrier for supporting operable wall panels from upper and/or lower supporting surfaces to enable multi-directional movement of the panels and facilitate negotiation of angle turns and intersections without switches or curves in the support... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141107 | Hinge clip A clip consisting of a single strip of a strong metal such as steel having two legs at right angles and joined by a U-bend, one leg of the clip being a coplanar extension of one arm of the U-bend and the other leg of the clip extending away from the U-ben... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141108 | Cabinet fitting The present invention relates to a fitting for cabinets, and in particular to a base or adjustment plate for the adjustable mounting of a hinge arm of a cabinet hinge. The fitting part consists of at least one expandable fastening element which engages in... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141109 | Hinge support assembly An adjustable hinge support assembly for supportably engaging the pintle of a hinge so as to reinforceably maintain the pintle in its fixed vertically oriented operative use position. Spaced-apart pairs of pintle-engaging support arms are provided in asso... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141110 | Hinge arrangement A hinge arrangement whereby a closure member may be moved to different locations.... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141111 | Ice scraper An ice and snow scraper adapted to be held in the hand of a user is disclosed. The scraper comprises a one-piece body having a hand-fitting handle section, a blade section, and an intermediate section. The blade section comprises a scraping surface and an... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141112 | Doctors for paper-making machines A doctor comprising a support, a blade holder including a tang, disposed adjacent the support, a doctor blade supported in the blade holder, the support and the tang having opposed flat surfaces, a series of spacers spaced along the length of the doctor, ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141113 | Press for separating meat and bones A press for putting under pressure therein animal meat with bones in order to bring the meat into a paste-like condition and thus to have it flow out of the space within the press, comprises a slide valve adapted to open and close a large opening in the f... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141114 | Mollusk shucker The shell of a mollusk is caused to open as the mollusk is being conveyed through a heated rotary tube. The conveyor in the tube and spaced radially inwardly from the inner periphery of the tube moves the mollusk along the tube while enabling the mollusk ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141115 | Method and apparatus for cutting textile tow into staple A process and apparatus for cutting textile tow into staple is disclosed. The textile tow is wound onto a textile tow support which is rotatable at a predetermined angular velocity. A plurality of moveable cutting surfaces are attached integrally to the t... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141116 | Snap swivel for fishing tackle A band of spring material is folded upon itself to form a closed triangle with the ends of the band overlapping on one side of the triangle to form a normally closed but openable passageway into and out of the triangle, another side of the triangle having... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141117 | Releasing tool for use with a releasable cone lock A tool for releasing cone locks which can generally be moved in only a single direction on a cable or rod wherein the tool is provided with a portion that can be inserted into the lock to engage and release the locking mechanism such that the lock can be ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141118 | Hook and ring clasp A clasp for an article of jewelry comprises an elongated rigid ring element, which may be of generally rectangular configuration, and an elongated rigid hook element defining a generally U-shaped part-receiving chamber having its base at the front of the ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141119 | Plastic clip A plastic clip comprises an upper and lower clip members having clipping portions respectively for clipping an article to be clipped therebetween, an operative member for change the clipping portions of the upper and lower clip members between the open an... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141120 | Apparatus for controlling the movements of a reed carriage during warping An apparatus for controlling the movements of a reed carriage of a warping machine during warping a package composed of successive adjacent warp sections wound onto the warping drum of the warping machine, wherein the displacement of the carriage for prod... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4141121 | Apparatus for producing fluid jet teased yarns from short/medium staple multifiber spun yarns An apparatus for producing a novel teased yarn having teased, hairy, fluffy, fuzzed character without loops resembling angora, alpaca and the like yarns from multifiber spun yarns of short to medium staple, and the resulting yarn produced thereby, wherein... | 02/27/1979 |
