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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7870757 | Liquid discharge method and liquid discharger in temperature controller There is disclosed a liquid discharge method in a temperature controller having a refrigerant circulation line circulating a refrigerant to a target of temperature control and a heater heating the target, wherein the refrigerant is circulated so as to control the te... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7434588 | Spin cleaning and drying apparatus and method of spin cleaning and drying The present invention provides a spin cleaning and drying apparatus of single-wafer processing type which cleans a substrate with a cleaning liquid from a rinse nozzle while rotating the substrate and dries the substrate after cleaning while rotating the substrate, ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7370895 | Work transfer device and method of transferring work Provided are a work transfer device and a method of transferring work which are capable of safely transferring work without letting the work to fall even when poor adhesion of a frame occurs due to troubles. By providing an adsorption part which adsorbs a frame, and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370841 | Rocking fulcrum member The crisscross fulcrum according to the present invention is formed as a continuous member by fabricating one elastic member in the form of a plate. Therefore, the rocking fulcrum member can be obtained as a precise fulcrum member at a low cost with reduced variatio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354337 | Pad conditioner, pad conditioning method, and polishing apparatus The present invention provides: a pad conditioner for dressing a surface of a polishing pad which is used in a polishing apparatus for polishing works, comprising a bending or deflecting or elastic member and a supporting section to support a base end of the bending... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7239050 | Uniaxial drive unit and surface shape measuring apparatus using the same There is provided a uniaxial drive unit using a linear motor having a fixed part which is a rod-shaped magnet fixed to a unit body and formed so that the N poles and the S poles are arranged alternately; and a moving part which is a ring-shaped member having a coil ... | 07/03/2007 |
