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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 |
| 4996720 | Protective vest having a cervical collar Disclosed is a protective vest having a collar or neck guard intended for use with helmets and, optionally, with shoulder pads or harnesses, of the types worn by players in contact sports. The protective vest has a flexible body with shoulder portions bet... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996721 | Combined seat cushion and baseball mitten Disclosed is a combined seat cushion and baseball mitten comprising a flat padded body defining a seat section and a pair of spaced thigh sections integrally extending from the seat section. The body is divided into two substantially symmetrical portions ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996722 | Reduced strike through surgical garment and method of manufacture A surgical garment having a sleeve reinforcement that reduces the fluid strike through. The sleeve reinforcement is wider than the sleeve panel. The sleeve seam is sewn without the sleeve reinforcement. The edges of the sleeve reinforcement are then glued... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996723 | Dress having ventilation means in the sleeves, hem and coverable ventilation means in the bodice A solar look dress is provided and consists of regular cloth material forming a skirt, lower bodice and cuffs of the sleeves. A netting material is for forming a hem, upper bodice and the sleeves to permit ventilation of air therethrough thus affording co... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996724 | Protective rim configuration for hard-shelled safety helmet A hard shelled safety helmet comprises a protective rim configuration for the helmet and a shock absorbent liner therefor. The rim extends within a groove formed in the liner.... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996725 | Retractable guard for sewage pipes A retractable guard for use in combination with a sewage pipe leading from a flush toilet is provided having a plurality of prongs with hooked ends positioned within a cross section of the pipe. The prongs are connected to a piston which is slidable withi... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996726 | Accelerated rim wash for a toilet A fill valve (36) has a main valve (34) with a control chamber (44) for controlling the on and off actuation of the main valve. A tube (58) is in fluid communication with chamber (44) and extends into the water at the fill level (46) in tank (10). The flu... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996727 | Disposable waste bag A disposable waste bag having a flexible enclosure secured around the perimeter of an opening in a semirigid sheet of material. The semirigid sheet is foldable along a line across the middle to allow the bag to be opened and placed in position on a portab... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996728 | Portable platform lift structure for swimming pool and spa tanks Portable lift structure for moving a support platform between a comparatively dry position above the surrounding deck of a liquid spa tank to a wetting position in the spa tank including two longitudinally extending structural members pivotally connected ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996729 | Adaptable bathing assistance A bathing device including tub surround panels useful with a conventional bath tub or with a tub configured to the special needs of the disabled. The panels have unobtrusively reinforced side panels recessed to accept a full length chair height reclining ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996730 | Supported sofa bed recliner A sofa bed recliner with a back frame that has no rearward movement when converting from a sitting position to a horizontal position, is provided with simple support legs, which facilitate the ease of converting and reverting the sofa bed recliner and pro... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996731 | Adjustable bed An improved, adjustable bed having body support sections movable between an aligned, horizontal sleeping position and a tilted, sitting-up position. The bed includes means forming a shallow depression for comfortably receiving a person's buttocks when the... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996732 | Innovated mechanism of non-electrical flexible cradle A non-electrical cradle features flexible springs, stands and a U-shaped bag so that even a slight motion of a baby in the bag will produce swinging motion to give the baby a feeling of being huddled. Two mobile A-stands are connected by a connecting rod ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996733 | Air mattress reinforced sleeping bag with head covering A reinforced air mattress sleeping bag includes an air mattress unit with upper and bottom mattresses, a head rest piece and a head covering. The head rest piece can be formed by extending the bottom air mattress at a distance suitable for accommodating t... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996734 | T-shaped pillow with neck supporting portion An improved pillow having a head supporting portion and a neck supporting portion. The neck supporting portion having a firmness greater than the head supporting portion. The neck supporting portion is of lesser transverse dimension than the head supporti... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996735 | Paint design applicator An applicator for applying a paint design along the border of a wall includes a holder having a planar base, a handle extending from one side of the base and a hook-and-loop fastener on an opposite side of the base for attaching in any desired position a ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996736 | Vacuum cleaner On the bottom side of a vacuum cleaner there is arranged a flat spare part compartment extending substantially over the entire surface of the dust chamber for taking up operating instructions, replacement dust bags, fine filters and the like, which spare ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996737 | Vacuum cleaner power nozzle An air booster power nozzle for use in combination with a vacuum cleaner having a motor/fan unit for creating a vacuum, the power nozzle including an enclosed base having a suction inlet for air and an air outlet spaced from the suction inlet, a power sou... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996738 | Free wheel caster A free wheel caster is provided and consists of a large ball rotatively carried within a cavity in a cup portion of a caster body which rolls against a plurality of small balls to ride freely within anti-friction material coating recesses in the cavity. T... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996739 | Thrust bearing assembly for hinge structure A thrust bearing assembly for a hinge structure having two geared hinge members and a clamp member. The geared hinge members are maintained in rotatable, intermeshing relation along their adjacent longitudinally extending edges by the clamp members to per... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996740 | Door closer adapter/replacement assembly A door closer adapter/replacement assembly for converting a doorway equipped with an interiorly mounted door closer unit for usage with an exteriorly mounted door closer unit. The assembly comprises (a) a bushing positionable on an exteriorly protruding s... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996741 | Poultry washing and scalding system and process A poultry washing and scalding process and system provides for a bird washing section at the bird exit and of the immersion section of the scalder. The birds are spray washed before exiting the system such that when arriving at the picking station, they a... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996742 | Safety method and means for stopping and starting meat skinning machines This invention utilizes a conventional meat skinning machine having a frame, an elongated skinning blade, a rotatable gripping roll closely positioned adjacent the blade, an electrical motor operatively connected to the gripping roll and to a source of el... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996743 | Mold plate drive linkage An improved drive linkage for a reciprocating mold plate in a food patty molding machine includes, in series, a hydraulic cylinder and its piston; one is connected to a motor or other prime mover and the other to the mold plate. Three hydraulic lines conn... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996744 | Shrimp processing machine A shrimp processing machine provides an apparatus to shell and devein a fresh (headless) shrimp. The machine comprises a motor housing, a carrier wheel bearing a plurality of tine elements, a guide member, a feed member, a blade member, and a shrimp extra... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996745 | Flat for a carding engine A flat for a carding engine comprises an elongate support bar (11) designed to be supported at each end thereof on a bend at the respective side of the carding engine. Carding elements (19) are carried by an elongate carrier (14), the support bar and carr... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996746 | Flat cleaning apparatus for a card The flat cleaning apparatus employs a comb for loosening fibers and dirt particles carried by the revolving flats of the revolving flat clothing. In addition, a casing which travels across the width of the revolving system has a suction nozzle for drawing... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996747 | Combing machine The combing machine has at least one combing head having combing elements and a carrier for a lap roll for combing. Two pairs of transport rollers and a pair of pressing rollers are provided in the path of the lap from the lap roll to the combing elements... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996748 | Double feed table The invention relates to a spinning can creel for the feeding of textile fiber slivers to a processing machine with which several spinning cans are arranged along a spinning can creel, and a take-off mechanism is assigned to every textile fiber sliver for... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996749 | Hose clamp A hose clamp includes an annular clamp body having a pair of opposite end parts intersecting each other and bent in a radially outward direction so as to effect radial expansion of the clamp body by mutual approximation of the end parts. One of the end pa... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996750 | Wire belt fastener A wire belt fastener is formed from a piece of wire to have a wire body having a pair of arms joined by a U-shaped hinge pin section. The ends of the wire are flattened to form wide areas having grooves to receive the head and the bent ends of a staple. T... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996751 | Automatic expanding and retracting device for belt buckle An expanding and retracting belt buckle composed of a journal assembly connected to a spring disposed in the main body of the buckle. The main body contains a locking assembly to attach one end of the belt and also contains a pair of spaced parallel longi... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996752 | Stud and eyelet fastener A stud and eyelet fastener is positively locked together by pivoting the eyelet on the stud in an eyelet pivot seat to an askew position requiring the eyelet to snap past a latching shoulder, and wherein the stud and/or eyelet deforms within the elastic l... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996753 | Robot end effector exchange system A robot end effector exchange system comprises a movable robot arm and an end effector. Connecting structure on each of the arm and end effector are operable for releasably attaching the arm and end effector in an operative relationship. A fixture support... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996754 | Pallet changer This invention relates to a pallet changer suitable for use with a machine tool. When exchanging pallets, the pallet changer employs a drive means 3 for driving a table 2, and a transfer means 12 comprising a chain 66 and sprockets 64, 65. The transfer me... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996755 | Clip driver Disclosed is a clip driver for binding documents or the like together by using a clip which is formed from a single elastic plate-like member and which is constituted by a bent portion and a pair of grasping portions continued from the bent portion, the g... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996756 | Apparatus for fitting sealing and trimming strips A tool is described for assembling a length of sealing strip onto a mounting flange around a door opening in a motor vehicle. The strip has a channel-shaped gripping part whose walls are initially splayed apart so that it is an easy fit onto the flange. I... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996757 | Method of repairing a one-piece roller assembly A one-piece pulverizing mill roller assembly and method of rebuilding the same. The roller assembly comprises a body, an integral hub portion and an integral circumferential outside tread portion which mates with an annular groove in a grinding table. The... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996758 | Method and apparatus for spur and helical gear manufacture A method is described for assuring concentricity of a gear's pitch circle with its axis, the pitch circle having a non-constant radius about the axis. The method comprises the steps of: determining the gear's pitch circle and its position of maximum radia... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4996759 | Sealing device for an appliance construction An appliance, such as a refrigerator or water heater construction, typically includes a first wall in surrounding spaced apart relationship to a second wall. An insulating and sealing device of insulation material, such as fiberglass of foamed material pa... | 03/05/1991 |
