Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6231230 | Retractable thermowell A retractable thermowell is formed of a fixed thermowell housing on which a movable thermowell housing is threaded. The fixed thermowell housing and the movable thermowell housing together receive a thermowell. The thermowell is secured for axial movement... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6045261 | Temperature sensor assembly A temperature sensor assembly has an explosion proof termination head body having a cap end, a conduit side and a process end, a conduit connection on the conduit side, a cap threaded onto the cap end; and a terminal block attached to the termination head... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5141335 | Thermocouple connector A thermocouple connector for measuring the temperature of a surface includes a heat conductive casing having a hollow interior and a linear ridge on one side. The apex of the linear ridge forms a contact zone with the surface. A pair of thermocouple leads... | 08/25/1992 |
