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 |
| 6434789 | Sliding glass door track engagement and method A moveable sliding glass door track clip guide, ideally formed of plastic, and attached to the bead on the top of the rail on the sill which is subsequently secured in place by a sliding glass door track clip cover which will inhibit the door from jumping... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434790 | Pull rod of luggage A luggage pull rod is formed of an outer tube and an inner tube slidably fitted into the outer tube such that the top end of the outer tube and the bottom end of the inner tube are connected by a buffer member capable of absorbing shock. The pull rod is p... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434791 | Hinges A hinge has first and second hinge members interconnected by an axle that allows relative rotation between them. Each hinge member has screw holes allowing the hinge member to be connected to a leaf or a frame. The screw holes of one hinge member are prot... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434792 | Hinge A new and improved hinge for use with a refrigerator door. The inventive hinge is a drawn hinge, created by the drawing process. The inventive hinge includes first and second flanges, a pin, and a pin arm. The flanges on each side allow use of a thinner p... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434793 | Device arranged at the end of a handle The present invention relates to a device for a handle. The invention is characterized in that it comprises a part (20) intended to be arranged at the end of a handle, referred to below as a holding part, that the holding part (20) comprises a part (22) i... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434794 | Method and apparatus for blending textile fibers Two dispersers tunnels (20, 22) are provided at a disperser station. Each disperser tunnel (20, 22) houses two dispersers (24, 26 and 28, 30). Each pair of dispersers (24, 26 and 38, 30) are spaced apart and confront each other, with a mixing zone (42, 54... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434795 | Method for controlling the profile of a non-woven lap and related production installation An installation includes a carding machine (1), and a distributor-layer (2) depositing the card (1) web (6) in a reciprocating motion on a delivery belt (8) moving transversely. The resulting intermediate lap (16) is conveyed to a needling loom (3) to pro... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434796 | Oxygen delivery cannula retainer, cannula with retainers assembly, and method for retaining cannulas Cannula retainers for use with oxygen delivery cannulas having a tubular nose piece for introducing oxygen into a person's nose, dependent oxygen tubes extending from opposite ends thereof for looping over the person's ears and which terminate at a connec... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434797 | Pacifier cord retracting device The device includes a housing having a rear face with a clip thereon for releasably securing the housing to a child's clothing or other article which is convenient to the user. An elongate cord includes a proximal end secured to a spring biased roller wit... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434798 | Rotation stopper for opening and closing plates in center fixing device of band-shaped ornament There is provided a pair of open plates 3 rotatably connected to both ends of a base 1 and adapted to be oppositely opened from closed positions. The open plates are held at the closed position by holding means 5, 6. Stopping means 15, 16 are provided for... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434799 | Pigtail fastener The present invention includes an inventive pigtail fastener and the associated method of attaching line thereto. The pigtail fastener is comprised of an elongated shaft at the proximal end of the device and a tightly coiled portion of the shaft at the di... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434800 | Golf club cover retaining device An improved golf club cover retaining device to secure golf club head covers to a golf bag which includes a golf bag securing mechanism circumferentially positioned and affixed to the generally upper portion of the golf bag, a securing mechanism affixatio... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434801 | Magnetic closure for items of clothing A magnetic closure particularly for items of clothing and the like, comprising a magnetic body which is accommodated in a seat which is closed hermetically and is formed by two plate-like elements which are mutually coupled at least in a region which peri... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434802 | Button replacement device The present invention relates to a securing or button replacement device which includes a base member having an attachment side and a fastening side and a connecting member secured to the base member. The connecting member is sized to fit through a hole i... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434803 | Garment hanger positioning and locking device A reusable, flexible positioning and locking clip for garment hangers and other cylindrical objects and the like that proportionally positions, and locks garment hangers or other cylindrical objects into place.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434804 | Casket bed A casket bed comprises a rectangular bed frame formed from a pair of side rails, a pair of end rails, a plurality of cross braces spanning between the side rails and a plurality of bed straps spanning between the end rails. The cross braces are adjustably... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434805 | Method of making a heart-shaped diamond A heart shape diamond and setting therefore including a first diamond section formed by cutting a first pear-shaped diamond along a first cutting plane to define a first mating surface and a first table; and a second diamond section formed by cutting a se... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434806 | Machine for installing flexible covers on seat cushions having sliding stanchion carriage for closely following the contour of the seat cushion A seat assembly machine that uses stanchion rods to install flexible covers on seat cushions characterized by the fact that the stanchion rods are slidably mounted via slides in an axis generally perpendicular to the stuffing or plunging axis such that th... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434807 | Apparatus for removing and replacing coil springs and fasteners An apparatus for removing coil springs having a first upright handle member terminating on its upper end with a threaded drive block for accommodating a steel screw threadable through the drive block and movable along the threaded shaft. There is provided... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434808 | Compact installation tool Hydraulic assembly tool having a tool fixed portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The tool fixed portion includes a hydraulic cylinder having a fluid pressure port at the proximal end of the tool fixed portion. The fluid pressure port is for rec... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434809 | Tooling component for camshaft removal and installation A kit for both removal of a camshaft from a cylinder block and for installation of a camshaft into a cylinder block includes a minimum of six unitary, molded plastic camshaft guides, an extraction tool, and a pilot to be attached to a rear face of the cam... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434810 | Method for high voltage powerline repair A method and apparatus for high voltage powerline repair which includes temporarily attaching a template to a yoke plate which supports a plurality of powerlines from a tower. The template connects to winch lines which are positioned by the template on op... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434811 | Weighting system for a golf club head A golf club head has a weight compartment within a hollow interior, and a weight member that is injected into the weight compartment subsequent to formation of the body of the golf club head. The preferred weight member is bismuth. The golf club head has ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434812 | Method of manufacturing and handling parts for a packaging container A method of manufacturing and handling parts for a packaging container comprises the steps of producing a number of tops in the form of pairwise reversed tops, separating the pairs one from another and providing them with closure arrangements. The tops ma... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434813 | Roof curb installation tool A roof curb installation tool has a pair of sliding hinged hooks for lifting the edge of a metal roof panel, and a pair of clamping tangs which can be secured to a vertical roof seam while a curb is being installed at a hole in the roof.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434814 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head including a read head with read track width defining layer that planarizes the write gap layer of a write head A method of making a magnetic head that has a read head with a track width includes the steps of depositing a read track width defining material layer on a read sensor material layer; forming a bi-layer photoresist mask on the read track width defining ma... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434815 | Variable resistor A first rotor and a second rotor are prepared. The first rotor has a resistor and inner-peripheral and outer-peripheral electrodes respectively connected to end portions of this resistor. The second rotor has a resistor and inner-peripheral and outer-peri... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434816 | Method of attaching a plug cap to a spark plug A plug cap and a method for attaching the plug cap which prevents the occurrence of depressions on a spark plug screw thread and in a cylindrical section of the plug cap. The plug cap includes a spring pin having a straight section which engages a groove ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434817 | Method for joining an integrated circuit A method for attaching an integrated circuit to a flexible circuit which includes the acts of providing an integrated circuit having a plurality of contact pads formed upon a surface thereof; providing a flexible circuit possessing a plurality of contact ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434818 | High-frequency circuit board and method of producing the same A high-frequency circuit board free from variations in transmission impedance and having the desired characteristics is produced. A surface of a resin substrate is activated to form a roughened surface, and a thin-wall pattern of an electrically conductiv... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434819 | Production of multilayer circuit board To enable vias to be arranged at an improved density and ensure good electrical connection between conductor wiring patterns in the adjoining insulating layers, a process of producing a multilayer circuit board having multiple layers of conductor wiring p... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434820 | Method of manufacturing insulation displacement contact dimple Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an insulation displacement contact dimple comprising the steps of. (a) positioning a metal element between a first concave upper die and a first convex lower die having a radius to form a dimple shape in the medial ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434821 | Method of making a combustion chamber liner A method of fabricating an annular liner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The combustion chamber has a dome including a fuel nozzle for delivering fuel to the combustion chamber. A metal piece is formed into an annular section constitutin... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434822 | Method of fuel injector assembly A method of assembly of a fuel injector having a valve plunger reciprocable in a guide tube for movement from a closed position engaging a valve seat to an open position engaging a valve stop by energizing of a solenoid coil to move the plunger against a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434823 | Method for repairing a coated article A method is provided for repairing an article having a fissure in a metallic overlay environmental resistant coating that includes the element Al, for example an overlay coating of the MCrAlY type. The method depletes more than about 90 wt. % of the Al fr... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434824 | Process for making a fluid-tight connection between a tube and a plate-shaped part A process for making a fluid-tight connection between a tube and a plate-shaped member. The process entails inserting one end of a tube into a correspondingly-sized hole in a plate-shaped member so that the tube end contacts the plate-shaped member and ex... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434825 | Method of diminishing the cross section of an opening of a hollow device located in a flow pipe A method of diminishing the size of the cross section of an opening of a first hollow device located in an undersea flow pipe through which passes a fluid flow uses a second hollow device to be inserted into the undersea flow pipe, the second hollow devic... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434826 | Method for producing a nozzle plate A nozzle plate, particularly for fuel injection valves, with at least one flow path which has at least one supply opening, which path includes a ring gap which opens into a ring-shaped exit opening, as well as a method for the production of such a nozzle ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434827 | Method for creating a gear assembly A method for producing a gear assembly 108 which allows for the relatively efficient transfer of energy. Assembly 108 is created by forming a first member 10 and a second member 40, by placing pinion support members 80 within the second member 40, by plac... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434828 | In-line razor device with twin pivoting heads In-line razor-blade shaving devices feature two sets of razor blade strips pointing inwardly in opposite directions. The devices are designed for safely and rapidly shaving hair from large body portions such as legs and arms. Each device features an elong... | 08/20/2002 |
