Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6450518 | Wheelchair A wheelchair including three component parts: a propulsion means, a support means provided with means for receiving the legs of a chair, and a chair. The propulsion means is removably engaged with the support means by sliding the propulsion means into the... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6412564 | End fitting and method for attaching well screen segments The end fitting of the present invention is generally hollowly cylindrical in shape and sized so that the outer diameter of the end fitting is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the well screen to which the fitting is to be joined. Bores are forme... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401868 | Device and method for removing oil used to lubricate vertical turbine pumps The lubricating oil removal device and method of the present invention provides a device for intercepting the oil used to lubricate the line shaft bearings of an oil lubricated turbine pump before the oil can contaminate the water. Holes are provided in t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6312226 | Device and method for detecting bearing overheating in turbine pump systems A device and method for detecting bearing overheating in oil-lubricated turbine pumps comprising and temperature transmitting collar and infrared sensor. The temperature transmitting collar is mounted on the pump line shaft immediately adjacent to the str... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6266821 | Baby blanket A baby blanket of two layer construction which is generally rectangular in shape. The two layers are joined by one seam running along the bottom of the bag and a second seam running up the midline on the front of the bag. The midline seam runs from the bo... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6227427 | Vertically adjustable means for securing a golf bag to a horizontal support The golf bag holder of the present invention includes a vertically adjustable clamp which is mounted to a horizontal support member. The clamp is provided with a vertical slot for insertion of a bolt. The bolt is inserted through the slot in the clamp, th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6206426 | Security hardware device for clamping multi-leafed materials A security hardware device used to hold multi-leafed materials, for example, telephone books, which device has an inner box within an outer sleeve, wherein the inner box has a first end with a toothed grip and a second end with a means for receiving a scr... | 03/27/2001 |
