Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6647872 | Cutter for a measured length of sheet material A cutting machine which dispenses and cuts sheet material includes a carriage on rails for movement parallel to the horizontal rolls carried on a vertical carrousel. The carriage supports a cutting table top and a drive roller at one side for driving the ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647873 | Printer A printer capable of printing a multicolor image with a single pass of a paper or similar recording medium includes a plurality of print drums. Drum drive gears each are mounted on a particular print drum such that the print drum is replaceable. The print... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647874 | Good register coordination of printing cylinders in a web-fed rotary printing press The present invention pertains to the register coordination of cylinders of a web-fed rotary printing press which print on a web, wherein a first cylinder printing on one side of the web is driven by a first motor and a second cylinder printing on the sam... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647875 | Roller structure in printing press A roller structure in a printing press includes a dampening form roller, gear, belt, belt roller, clutch member, nut, movable element, and snap rings. The dampening form roller is supported rotatably and adapted to come into contact with a plate cylinder ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647876 | Mechanism for actuating the throw-off of cylinders using eccentric boxes A printing unit has a frame and a plurality of printing cylinders, including a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder, a second blanket cylinder mounted in the frame and forming a nip with the first blanket cylinder for receiving a web of material... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647877 | Inking unit, particularly for an offset printing machine, having hard/hard smoothing roller configuration An inking unit includes a first smoothing roller, an ink feed unit constructed as an ink droplet generator for applying a metered quantity of ink to the first smoothing roller, by one of an indirect and a direct path, respectively, the indirect path being... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647878 | Apparatus for applying printed matter to webs of wrapping material for smokers' products An apparatus for applying printed matter to the running web of cigarette paper or the like in a machine for making rod-shaped smokers' products employs a roller train which transfers printing ink from one or more sources to a rotary carrier of one or more... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647879 | Bridge sleeve for printing apparatus A sleeve is provided with a clamp for removably clamping the sleeve on a mandrel. A rigid ring is mounted inside of the sleeve at each end of the sleeve. Each ring has a generally cylindrical inside surface which includes a curved contact portion which ex... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647880 | Flexographic printing press with device for washing the back-pressure cylinder A flexographic printing press with a back-pressure cylinder (10) and at least one inking unit (12, 14, 16), which has an exchangeable printing cylinder (20), which can be placed against the back-pressure cylinder (10), an engraved ink transfer cylinder (2... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647881 | Printing machine and atmospheric changing device therefor In a printing machine processing printing material along a processing path, an atmospheric changing device for altering atmospheric conditions in surroundings of the printing material includes a connection module, and a slide-in unit having a module end. ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647882 | Roller lock for releasably fastening a roller in a printing machine A roller lock for releasably fastening a roller in a printing machine includes a pressure piece for retaining the roller, the pressure piece serving for exerting a retention force on a shaft journal of the roller, and the roller having two stops between w... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647883 | Process for contact printing with supply of release agent through a porous printing surface Method and apparatus in which a first liquid is extruded through a porous printing plate to its printing surface, a second liquid is externally applied over the first liquid on the printing surface, and a sheet material is contacted with the printing surf... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647884 | Method and apparatus for transversely registering a sheet for transfer of an image thereto A method and apparatus for registering a sheet for transfer of an image thereto. Disposed in the feed path of a sheet is a transport nip for feeding a sheet and for transversely registering the sheet and image by displacing the transport nip transversely ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647885 | Marking system, marking method and marking apparatus There is provided a marking apparatus, a marking method, and a marking system that enable the position of a marking target to be accurately shown, and that reliably enable only that portion containing the marking target to be removed. The marking system h... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647886 | Vehicle system A safety system for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of safety devices each adapted to be activated in the event that an accident should occur. Each safety device includes at least one element selected from the group comprising an electric activator f... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647887 | Linear ignition fuze with shaped sheath A linear ignition fuze has a sheath, the inner surface of which has an irregular cross section such that the sheath is capable of forming a gas channel against a single strand core having a substantially circular (e.g. circular or elliptical) cross sectio... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647888 | Oxidizer package for propellant system for rockets An oxidizer package for a propellant system for a motor in which the oxidizer is separated from fuel grain, the oxidizer package comprising oxidizer material and an ignition system therefor in a wrapping or sealing material. A hybrid rocket comprising oxi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647889 | Propelling device for a projectile in a missile A propelling device for a projectile that is lying in a standby position within a rocket motor in a missile. The projectile is translated with respect to the rocket motor by means of a pyrotechnic charge before the rocket motor is ignited. The projectile ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647890 | Self-contained round having ring airfoil projectile and launcher therefor A self-contained round of ammunition has a cartridge casing including a tubular body defining a cylindrical rifled bore and a base threadably attached to the casing body and forming a closure for a breech end of the rifled bore. A sabot which carries a ri... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647891 | Range-finding based image processing rail way servicing apparatus and method A method and an apparatus for identifying a feature of a railway and deploying equipment for servicing same by image processing range data pertaining to the railway feature. The method includes identifying a feature of a railway, wherein the identifying i... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647892 | Machine for treating a track A track working machine includes a track-bound machine frame and a working unit mounted on the machine frame. A track lifting unit is vertically adjustably mounted on the machine frame and includes a tool frame, lifting drives connecting the tool frame fo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647893 | Race track assembly A race track assembly that can be assembled from a flat folded configuration for use and disassembled to a flat folded configuration for storage. The race track assembly includes a plurality of track sections that can be positioned end-to-end to form a ra... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647894 | Car wash wheel push roller dolly A car wash wheel push roller dolly (20) is used for transporting a vehicle by pushing the vehicle wheel on a horizontal track in a car wash system consisting basically of a polyurethane dolly body (22) with an integrally formed upward portion (36) and a g... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647895 | Center beam car with depressed cargo-carrying area A center beam railroad freight car including a cover for the lateral surfaces of the top chord of the center beam to reduce cargo damage.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647896 | Greaseless hanger assembly for a railcar door A railway car door (10) includes a substantially planar door (14) and a pair of elongated support members (18) which are rotatably mounted to the door. A drive mechanism (50) is operatively associated with the railcar door for imparting rotational forces ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647897 | Railway vehicle with self-supporting car body The invention relates to a railway vehicle with a self-supporting car body having a floor and a roof as well as side walls which present windows and access areas. The side walls are each made of a frame which is rigidly connected to the floor and presents... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647898 | Spring assisted apparatus for ramp actuating mechanism and movable draft arm arrangement A ramp actuating mechanism for a rail vehicle having a movable ramp and a movable draft arm and coupler arrangement, wherein a spring assisted apparatus can be associated with the movable draft arm and coupler arrangement to counterbalance the load of the... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647899 | Splash guard A splash guard for use on an embalming table or the like. The splash guard includes a shield member having an upper portion for extending above the upper surface of the tabletop, a table rest for resting on the upper surface of the tabletop, and a mechani... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647900 | Folding training table with wire manager pivotably mounted to and between a pair of legs A folding table or desk includes a table top, a pair of spaced apart legs, and a wire management structure pivotably mounted between the legs. The wire management structure includes a front panel assembly having an opening, and an access member is pivotab... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647901 | Automatic coal stoker An automatic coal stoker is disclosed having at the base of its hopper an enclosed reciprocating pusher assembly rectangular box shaped which delivers compressingly a defined but variable quantity of coal into a restricted passageway. Successive quantitie... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647902 | Process for incinerating waste products To improve slag quality, on a fired grate, at the end of the main combustion process, where burnable fractions are still present in addition to slag components which are already forming, the burnup rate or burnup intensity is changed by varying the primar... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647903 | Method and apparatus for generating and utilizing combustible gas Apparatus and method for generating fuel gas and optionally, activated carbon gasification from biomass fuel.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647904 | Lockup assembly for a planting unit A planting unit lockup assembly extends between upper and lower links of a parallelogram linkage. A lockup link is pivotally coupled to the upper link and extends downwardly to the lower link. The lockup link is also provided with a slot having a hook. A ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647905 | Buttonhole sewing machine A buttonhole sewing machine comprises work piece clamps with displacement drives for displacement from an initial position of spread by a length of spread into a final position of spread. The work piece clamp comprises a supporting plate for accommodation... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647906 | Loop forming device used for a chainstitch sewing machine Disclosed is a chainstitch sewing machine having a plurality of needles having needle threads which are moved up and down through needle holes of a throat plate, a looper having a looper thread, which is reciprocatively moved in a direction orthogonal to ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647907 | Chain stitch machine An improved chain stitch sewing machine that includes a stitch skip mechanism that is activated by the sewing machine operator such that the operator may cause the sewing machine to skip stitches as desired.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647908 | Microprocessor-assisted sewing machine control equipment A microprocessor-assisted sewing machine control equipment is flexibly applicable for controlling the sewing machine driving motor and further electric motors which are controlled independently of or in dependence on the rotary position. To this end, a co... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647909 | Waveless hull A vessel hull that does not create bow, stern, or transverse waves when moving through the water having an exterior surface that has a substantially constant cross-section along the length of the hull, and an interior surface that substantially encloses a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647910 | Wave shock absorber system This invention relates to methods for absorbing impacting shock loads from waves on marine hulls by using a diffuser to provide a reduced impact zone forward of the hull and to divide the wave and cause the non-compressible liquid of the wave to mix with ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647911 | Temporary boat dock latch A temporary boat latch for use on a surface having spaced boards. The latch having a rod connecting a first crossbar having a length greater than the distance between the spaced boards and a width less than the distance between the spaced boards to an att... | 11/18/2003 |
