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The first patent for the O-ring is dated May 12, 1896, as a Swedish patent. J. O. Lundberg, the inventor of the O-ring, received the patent. [6] The US patent [7] [8] for the O-ring was filed in 1937 by a then 72-year-old Danish-born machinist, Niels Christensen. [9]
BDORT as illustrated in patent 5188107 [1]. The Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT), characterized as a form of applied kinesiology, [2] is a patented alternative medicine diagnostic procedure in which a patient forms an 'O' with his or her fingers, and the diagnostician subjectively evaluates the patient's health according to the patient's finger strength as the diagnostician tries to pry them apart.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. Besides the Hall of Fame, it also operates a museum in Alexandria, Virginia, sponsors educational programs, and a collegiate competition. [1]
Alexander Parkes was born at Suffolk Street, Birmingham, the fourth son of James Mears Parkes and his wife Kerenhappuch Childs. Samuel Harrison, described by Sir Josiah Mason as the inventor of the split-ring (or key-ring) and widely credited with the invention of the steel pen, was his great-uncle. [6]
No o-rings are needed to keep the plug in the piercing, but the fistula needs to be wide enough to accommodate the flare when the plug is initially put in. A single flared plug has one flared end, usually worn on the front of the piercing, and one end with no flare. The no flare end is held in place by an o-ring and may or may not be grooved.
Feb. 22—Space age and farm age engineers have been teaming up with the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum to create a next-generation transportation crate for fine art as it travels the world. Art is ...
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Princess Diana’s sapphire ring (which now belongs to Kate Middleton) is probably the most famous engagement ring in the world, and the story behind it is pretty unusual. Mostly because—unlike ...