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 |
| 5502016 | Method to treat an ion-exchanger catalyst for the process of bisphenol-A synthesis In the process of bisphenol-A systhesis a method for controlling the water content of the resultant cation-exchanger bed wherein an acid ion-exchanger resin in the form of a sulphonated styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer is washed with phenol and the result... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5470809 | Method to treat an ion-exchanger catalyst for the process to synthesize alkylphenols An ion-exchanger catalyst in the form of an acid ion-exchanger resin used for the synthesis process of alkylated phenols and having substitutes containing 6-12 carbon atoms in a chain is treated with phenol alkylation having olefins in the presence of aci... | 11/28/1995 |
