Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7951098 | Amplitude change-over device for a body vibration machine An amplitude change-over device for a body vibration machine includes two eccentric units respectively fixed on the opposite ends of a rotating shaft driven by a motor. Each eccentric unit contains an eccentric driving plate secured with the rotating shaft for rotat... | 05/31/2011 |
| D561273 | Body vibration machine | 02/05/2008 |
| D559924 | Body vibration machine | 01/15/2008 |
| 7104927 | Riding device A riding device includes a bottom base and an intermediate base pivotally positioned on the bottom base and having its front and rear end respectively and pivotally provided with two front and two rear swing arms. A seat plate positioned over the intermediate base h... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6964614 | Riding device A riding device includes an intermediate base pivotally assembled on a bottom base and having the opposite ends respectively provided with a front and a rear vertical spindle. The front spindle has each end fixed with a crank, and the rear spindle has each end movab... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945915 | Transmitting device for exercise appliances A transmitting device for exercise appliances includes a first, a second and a third shaft all fixed on a bike frame in parallel. The first shaft has a first transmitting wheel and a first transmitting wheel, the second shaft has a second transmitting gear with a on... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942603 | Control system of resisting and assisting force for a rehabilitation apparatus A control system of resisting and assisting force for a rehabilitation apparatus includes a motor, a resistance adjustment control device and a motor output force control device. The motor drives the rotating wheels of the rehabilitation apparatus and controls the r... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6840892 | Recuperating machine A recuperating machine includes a bottom base and a machine body. The machine body has a frame in the interior, and a pair of grips and a pair of pedals combined on the frame in such way that the grips can be rotated manually and the pedals not moving only for the f... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837124 | Directly-driven power swing rod device without dead points A directly driven power swing rod device without dead points includes a control rod provided with a coordinate rod base, two L-shaped frames respectively provided with a hole base having a bearing fixed therein, two motors respectively provided with a position detec... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6749545 | Force-retarding device for a stationary bicycle A force-retarding device for a stationary bicycle includes a supporting base, a flywheel provided on the supporting base, a transmitting element, a shaft combined with the flywheel and the transmitting element, and a movement-stopping base provided between the trans... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6719670 | One-way output device with a clockwise-counterclockwise rotating unit A one-way output device with a clockwise-counterclockwise unit includes a lengthwise hollow sleeve formed with a recessed fixing base. An inner gear cover is covered on the fixing base. A solar gear and two planetary gears are positioned between the fixing base and ... | 04/13/2004 |
