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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 |
| 4726074 | Detachable visor A visor for a billed type hat having a holder (20) of similar configuration to the periphery of the bill with a lens (40) distending at right angles downward in front of the bill covering the wearers eyes. A socket (26) within the holder (20) rotatably co... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726075 | Disposable side shield for eyeglasses A disposable and readily removable universal side shield for a variety of styles of eyeglasses. Each side shield is specifically constructed to fit on either the left or right side of the eyeglasses. Each shield includes a flexible sheet including a base ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726076 | Childs garment The aim of the invention is a garment characterized by the fact that it comprises a single piece of material which before dressing the baby is a flat surface in substantially the shape of a cross having a longitudinal and a transversal axis (DD and AA) in... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726077 | Postman's belt A postman's belt is provided, comprising at least one adjustable circumferential band having an enlarged section attached thereto such that the enlarged section is positionable on the side of the wearer. A storage pouch may be added to the belt.... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726078 | Toilet ventilation system A toilet ventilation generally comprised of an inventive toilet seat, a pre-filter, a water bleed-off means, an exhaust tubular member, and an electrically powered air extraction means. The inventive toilet seat rests directly on a toilet bowl rim and con... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726079 | Height adjustable toilet bowl A height adjustable toilet bowl is provided including a water actuated cylinder (10) for moving it between a low position and a high position, a cleaning water circuit (1) adapted to be connected to a water supply pipe (2), a hose (11) interposed between ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726080 | Tap water powered hydrotherapy method and apparatus A hydrotherapy method and apparatus for using available tap water supply pressure to mix fresh tap water, tub water, and air to discharge a water-air stream into a tub below the water surface. Energy derived from the tap water supply is used to concurrent... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726081 | Bath with a vertically movable seat A bath for use by a physically handicapped or physically impaired person, comprising a bath structure (11), a seat (13) located within the bath structure (11), said seat (13) being connected to a seat support (16), said seat support (16) being connected t... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726082 | Invalid transfer arrangement Apparatus used in conjunction with a bed and having rollers and a transfer sheet to transport a patient over the bed and partially onto a horizontal seat of a wheelchair. The patient is then raised to a normal seated position, without requiring any effort... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726083 | Boxspring-mattress set employing slide-preventing means A boxspring and mattress set of the type wherein the boxspring has a flat upper surface and a peripheral edge includes a mattress likewise having a flat surface adapted to rest on the surface of the boxspring, the peripheral edge of the mattress correspon... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726084 | Beach mat apparatus A mat for use on a sandy beach which includes a rectangular shaped flexible vinyl pad having a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges. The vinyl pad is flexible enough to fold up or roll up and is able to conform to a beach surface when in an unfolded... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726085 | Support device for infants A support for a baby's head including a fabric covered foam member adapted to receive the baby's neck in a generally U-shaped inset. The fabric covering extends beyond the covered member and terminates in a pair of flaps which are adapted for positioning ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726086 | Composite foam seat cushion and method of preparation A composite foam seat cushion is comprised of foams of different firmnesses which are bonded to adjacent foams without adhesives or glues. The cushion has a supportive bottom of one or more firm foams, a layer of soft foam on the top of and supported by t... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726087 | Contoured-head and neck foam pillow A foam pillow has two main support surfaces on opposing sides thereof. One surface includes convolutions defining a relatively flat profile and the other surface includes longitudinal ribs of arcuate cross-section, which define a curved profile having at ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726088 | Process and device for wet treatment of textile material in hank form The invention relates to a process and device for the wet treatment of textile material in hank form. The material travels in a circulating passage through an intensive treatment drawframe with subsequent folding-down, further conveying, and finally renew... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726089 | Pipeline pig construction including threaded mandrel and nut for supporting resilient cups or discs A pipeline pig is disclosed, the preferred embodiment incorporating all plastic components including a central elongate mandrel being hollow along the middle to a forward transverse partition, a nut which threads to the forward end of said mandrel, said n... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726090 | Gutter cleaning device A device for cleaning leaves and other debris from elevated roof gutters for use by a person standing on the roof of a house or building which includes a rake member for scraping leaves and other debris from the bottom of a gutter and a handle for manipul... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726091 | Two part snap hinge An improved two part snap hinge is disclosed, including a swinging hinge portion, a reference hinge portion, and a reduced connecting hinge portion, and in which the reduced connecting portion is integral with both the swinging and reference hinge portion... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726092 | Casement window hinge A hinge for a casement window having components releasably held in positions related to each other to provide for movement of a window-supporting sash arm between closed and egress positions. The structure includes a support arm pivotally connected betwee... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726093 | Food product manufacture An apparatus (FIGS. 3 to 7) for manufacturing food products such as skinless sausages comprises a tube which contains a plurality of plugs strung along a wire. The plugs are shaped to define sausage end shapes and spaced to define sausage-shaped compartme... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726094 | Apparatus for the automatic cutting up or dividing up of fish fillets The invention aims at improving an apparatus for dividing fillets into portions, such as, for example, tails, loins and possibly center pieces by effecting the necessary dividing cuts while simultaneously and automatically safe-guarding an adaptation to t... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726095 | Bucket fish scaler The specification discloses a portable fish scaling device which is simple and easily used and cleaned. The device includes a water-tight bucket, an abrasive continuous surface within the bucket, and an agitator for agitating water within the bucket. As t... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726096 | Electric moisture control device for cotton gin A moisture spray device is positioned in overlying relation to the link slide and the cotton batt which moves down the slide with photoelectric sensing devices being provided on the lint slide for controlling a valve that supplies water to the spray devic... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726097 | Apparatus for coiling sliver or roving in a spinning can The apparatus which coils a plurality of turns of sliver or roving for example from a spinning machine in a spinning can comprises a coiler plate having an outlet yarn piece guide. To equalize the deposition density of the sliver or roving an oscillatory ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726098 | Combination vortex action processing and melt sizing of spun yarn Spun yarns are subjected to the vortex action of an impinging, circularly rotating fluid to lay down extending staple fibers against the yarn body while causing the yarn path to balloon and are then contacted with a melt size presented on a slower moving ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726099 | Method of making piezoelectric composites Piezoelectric ceramic polymer matrices, piezoelectric composites, and methods of make the matrices and composites are disclosed.... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726100 | Method of manufacturing a rotary scroll machine with radial clearance control A scroll compressor can be provided with different wrap thicknesses to compensate for the different material properties of the orbiting and fixed scroll elements. The concept of different wrap thicknesses also aids in the select-fitting of parts and in th... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726101 | Turbine vane nozzle reclassification A gas turbine vane (1) is subject to distortion and wear during operation or repair which results in an increase in the spacing between successive vanes (6 and 7) which define nozzle gas flow areas (8 and 9). During refurbishment, the nozzle spacing must ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726102 | Pipe protector installation device An improved pipe protector installation device using a hydraulic piston with capacity of 2000 psi to transfer rubber pipe protectors onto transfer sleeves. The improved device uses a spider plate of multiple cooperating wedge shaped shoes with separate sp... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726103 | Fixture for attaching guideways to a machine tool base A fixture (50) is used to precisely locate the horizontal (20, 30) and vertical (10) guideways on the bed (40) of a grinding machine. After locating the guideways (10, 20, 30), a bonding material (70) is placed in the spaces (1, 2, 3) between the guideway... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726104 | Methods for weld repairing hollow, air cooled turbine blades and vanes A mask particularly useful in the weld repair of air cooled gas turbine blades and vanes contains a mixture of ceramic particles in a liquid carrier. The mask is applied onto the surface of the blade or vane, and into the cooling holes. Following a sinter... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726105 | Method for producing a metallic substrate used for automobile exhaust gas purifying device A method for producing a metallic substrate used for an automobile exhaust gas purifying device, which comprises the steps of: preparing a heat-resisting steel member having a length and capable of containing therein other members; densely filling the hea... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726106 | Method and apparatus for forming a row of spring coils from a continuous length of wire A single continuous length of wire is formed into a continuous length spiral or helix, which is subsequently placed onto a moving chain conveyor having pins upstanding therefrom. The helix then is folded into a wave configuration for establishing a row of... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726107 | Seaming apparatus Seaming apparatus for joining the adjacent side edge portions of two adjacent panels to provide a continuous seam is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support base having a main base portion and a movable base portion. The movable base portion is pivota... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726108 | Device to replace rolls and apparatus on rolling stands having rolls supported at one end This invention concerns a device (10) to replace rolls (11) and/or apparatus (12) on rolling stands (25-26) having rolls (11) supported at one end, which device is able to cooperate with static support stand means (28-48) and is moved by crane or bridge c... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726109 | Unheading device and method for coking drums A device for remotely unheading delayed coking drums and method for remotely operating the device. The device includes a head unit for attachment to a lower flange of a coking drum and fastening means by which a plurality of swing bolts are disconnected b... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726110 | Method of supporting a window assembly A fixture for supporting and masking an ecapsulated window assembly includes a generally planar floor having a periphery surrounded by generally upstanding walls. An upper edge of the walls engages an inner surface of a gasket formed on a periphery of the... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726111 | Change head for a tool change apparatus The change head (1) for a tool change apparatus is provided at its free end with a prism-shaped centering opening (15) and in the center thereof an axially displaceable screw driver (3). Arranged concentrically with respect thereto is a screwthreaded slee... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726112 | Method of assembling a dynamoelectric machine A method of assembling a dynamoelectric machine. The dynamoelectric machine includes at least one end frame having a hub portion extending therefrom, and a cushioning device. The cushioning device has a pair of generally annular cylindric mounts associate... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726113 | Process for manufacturing a commutator A commutator for use with a DC motor or a DC generator. The parent metal of the segments of the commutator is formed with bulging portions which have their outer surfaces generally coextending with the outer surfaces of protecting portions for contacting ... | 02/23/1988 |
