Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6650642 | Network relaying apparatus and network relaying method capable of high-speed routing and packet transfer A network relaying apparatus and method for routing and transferring packets at high speed. A transfer engine stores the packets received through a network interface in a packet buffer, and stores the header information in a header RAM. A search engine se... | 11/18/2003 |
| 5172362 | Recording medium loading mechanism A recording medium loading mechanism for use in a signal processing apparatus has a motor which operates uni-directionally, and a power transmission mechanism operative to convert the rotation of the motor output shaft into reciprocating movements of a re... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4350510 | Centrifugal separator A centrifugal separator comprises a centrifugation chamber, gas inlet ports for introducing a gas into the centrifugation chamber so as to whirl the gas, a clean gas discharge pipe provided on the upper portion of the centrifugation chamber, and a guide m... | 09/21/1982 |
