Did You Know...
...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4176637 | Apparatus for electrostatic fuel mixing A method and apparatus for mixing fuel and an oxidizing agent includes an electrically charged electrode which forms an electrostatic field through which a stream of fuel is passed so that the fuel particles become electrostatically charged and subsequent... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4160561 | Vehicle bumper shim and method A shim is clamped between a component of a vehicle bumper assembly and a support member to provide a desired spacing for bumper alignment. The weight of the shim and the cost of material for its manufacture are minimized by forming the shim from sheet met... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4070219 | Method of making densified convolute gasket structure The method of making a gasket structure for sealing mating parts together in which the body portion of the gasket structure is formed by convolutely wound annular alternate discrete layers of a carrier material and a fluid impermeable polymeric material a... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4023544 | Precombustion conditioning device for internal combustion engines A precombustion conditioning device for gasoline fired internal combustion engines comprising at least one cupped or dished foraminous member disposed across the fuel-air intake passageway of the engine between the carbuetor and fuel-air inlet of the engi... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3986915 | Unitized valve plate assembly method Method for a unitized valve plate assembly in which a suitable gasket is firmly bonded to one or both sides of a metal plate with the unitized assembly having one or more die-cut holes or apertures therethrough and with the unitized plate assembly being p... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3963408 | Precombustion conditioning device for internal combustion engines A precombustion conditioning device for gasoline fired internal combustion engines comprising at least one cupped or dished foraminous member disposed across the fuel-air intake passageway of the engine between the carburetor and fuel-air inlet of the eng... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3941640 | Method of producing a high temperature gasket structure A high temperature gasket structure particularly useful in automotive carburetors but useful in other applications in which the gasket body is formed from a special type of semirigid asbestos board having a minimal elastomeric binder content, and with the... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3939892 | Making insulator gaskets Methods for forming heat-insulative gasket structures permitting the selective variance of components thereof whereby high torque retention, heat-insulative and fluid-tight sealing characteristics are obtained in an internal combustion engine between the ... | 02/24/1976 |
