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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312196 | Formulations for amylin agonist peptides The present invention is concerned with a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an amylin agonist and optionally a buffer, a tonicifier or stabilizer, and a preservative in a container, for example, a vial, prefilled cartridge, prefilled syringe or disposable pen. T... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6703049 | Angiogenesis inhibitor The present invention relates to a novel angiogenesis inhibitor, more particularly, arsenolite (solid As4 O6) and composition containing the same. The arsenolite of the present invention inhibits endothelial cell proliferation and tu... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6640404 | Three piece coupling arrangement for a turret indexing mechanism for a machine tool assembly and an air bearing assembly for the same The present invention is directed to an indexing tool turret assembly and method for operating the same. The indexing tool turret assembly includes a tool turret assembly rotatably supported on the machine tool, an indexing assembly for selectively rotati... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634706 | Rocking recliner chair A mechanism for a rocking reclining chair is caused to have enhanced ease of use, to be more stable, and to provide enhance comfort. The mechanism includes a locking linkage arranged to engage the base of the chair for locking of the claim against rocking... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6300929 | Flat panel display device A flat panel display device includes a polarizer, a polarized light reflection layer made of a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, a fixed retarder layer to delay an incident light phase by λ/4, and a variable retarder layer to shift an incident light phas... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6254321 | Arrangement relating to high-speed tools An arrangement relating to high-speed tools includes a drive unit having a high-speed spindle, a drive-unit connected adapter that has a supportive part, and a tool that includes the cutting head. The tool is provided with a bearing surface in the close p... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6182524 | Hand lever apparatus A hand lever apparatus is mountable on a working machine for controlling operation of the working machine. The hand lever apparatus includes a main lever and a magnitude-magnifying mechanism. The magnitude-magnifying mechanism includes a pivot pin, a leve... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184225 | Quinazoline derivatives as VEGF inhibitors The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein: Z represents --O--, --NH-- or --S--; m is an integer from 1 to 5; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, nitro, trifluorometlyl, cyano, C1-3 alkyl,... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6166493 | Electric multispark ignition system, insensitive to moisture and wet An electric multispark ignition system, insensitive to moisture and wet, comprises a covering structure (1) for the piezoelectric crystals block (2) and an electric insulation means with electrodes (8, 9), completely insulated for their whole length (10) ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6160544 | Digital video distribution system A digital video distribution system is disclosed which includes video terminals connected within a LAN and distributes video from a certain terminal to destination terminals, simultaneously. In this system, each transmitter terminal has an encoder that co... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6034175 | Salts of peptides with carboxy-terminated polyesters This invention relates to novel salts composed of a cation derived from a peptide containing at least one basic group and an anion derived from a carboxy-terminated polyester, processes for the manufacture of such salts, and the use of such salts in the m... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6034056 | Fibronectin adhesion inhibitors Cyclic peptides of formula (1): ##STR1## Wherein: AA1 is an L or D amino acid selected from Ile and Leu or amino acid analogue thereof; AA2 is an L amino acid selected from Leu or amino acids analogue thereof; AA3 is an L amino acid selected from Asp... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6019354 | Device for weighing lines and/or ropes, having a thrust ring for deflecting a driven wheel A device for weighing elongated members such as marine lines and ropes includes a hub, a motive wheel which is supported on the hub and is driven by a motor, and a driven wheel which is coupled to and driven by the motive wheel. The motive wheel and the d... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6006924 | Multi-media filtration system with reusable and demountable filter cartridge A spin-on filter unit for filtering liquids which may be readily disassembled and which utilizes a perforated center tube support disposed within a housing canister having both an open end and a closed end, a mounting head assembly which includes a bayone... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6000138 | Plastic handles for a cutting instrument such as scissors and scissors having a pair of such handles Handles for cutting instruments such as scissors are described, each handle being made of a relatively rigid plastics material and being provided in its finger-receiving hole portion (8;8') with a lining ring (15;15') of elastically deformable material, s... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5984240 | Flight control system for airplane A flight control system according to the present invention includes a vertical acceleration control device for calculating a pitch axis steering angle command to make a difference between a vertical acceleration of an airplane and a target turn accelerati... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979076 | Ventilating shoe and method of making same A shoe according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a novel and non-obvious sole having a rubber base and a fiber cushion. Patterned nodes are centered on the rubber base and a plurality of elongated rectangular nodes are arranged... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5976754 | Toner Disclosed is a toner comprising a fixing resin, a colorant, a releasant made of a polyolefin having a melting point of not more than 120° C., preferably 60 to 120° C. and a compatibilizing agent for the fixing resin and the releasant, wherein a glass tr... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974770 | Press in a filling and packaging apparatus There is provided a press capable of solving a new problem of breakage of springs and surely applying the pressure for a long period of time in the lateral sealing process in a high-speed filling and packaging apparatus for manufacturing package container... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5960124 | Image reproducing method for reproducing handwriting A handwriting storing and reproducing method which takes small images including a leading edge for writing and stores the small images in a time sequential manner following a movement of a writing device. The method then reads out the stored small images ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957497 | Steering device in a riding mower A device for steering a wheel assembly in a riding mower has a steering sprocket nonrotatably connected to a rotatable steering column and a transmission chain which is flexible in the plane of the steering sprocket and extends over the steering sprocket ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954325 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder feeds documents placed on a document table to a document exposure position, and has a document discharge means having a discharge roller for discharging the document after exposure onto the document table, the document dischar... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5953135 | Image forming apparatus with an upper body portion shifted relative to a lower body portion to provide a view of a paper discharging section located between the body portions The present invention provides an image forming apparatus in which paper sheets are not forgotten in a paper discharging section so provided in the main body of the apparatus so as to open toward the front. An operation panel is arranged in an upper part ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5945678 | Ionizing analysis apparatus A needle (22) adapted to advance and retract in z directions is accommodated in an ionization chamber (15), whereas an electrolytic solution (L) containing a sample is supplied into the ionization chamber (15) through a supply tube (18). The supply tube (... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5944254 | Savings coin box with controllable music box A savings coin box with controllable music box which includes a body, a music box, a control device and other elements. The music box is transversely positioned on the supporting disk on the cylindrical body, and a control device is installed above the mu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5942728 | Waterproof case A waterproof case for receiving a circuit board includes a housing, a cover and a waterproof washer. The inner edge of the opening end of the housing is formed into a slant inner edge, and a closed end of the housing is provided with supporting members fo... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5936579 | Planar antenna array and microstrip radiating element for planar antenna array A flat antenna array includes a screen plate, a conductive aperture plate which overlies the screen plate, and a dielectric sheet which is located between the aperture plate and the screen plate. Apertures in the screen plate define the locations of waveg... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933251 | Image forming apparatus with a first body portion shifted relative to a second body portion to provide a view of a paper discharging section located between the body portions An image forming apparatus has an optical system, an image forming section and a paper conveying section provided in its main body. The main body includes a first portion containing the optical system and a second portion containing the image forming sect... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5929913 | Motion vector detector and video coder By a motion vector correction circuit 313, a motion vector minimizing the sum of a value of the quadratic error function having a motion vector as a variable and the motion vector changing amount in neighboring blocks is determined, and it is linearly int... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924709 | Wheeled golf bag support base and associated handle A golf bag includes a bag body and a base disk mounted onto the bottom of the bag body. The base disk is provided with two wheel seats each receiving a wheel and at least one leg, whereby the golf bag can be stably placed on the ground to be in a standing... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5924713 | Auxiliary steering assembly of tricycle An auxiliary steering assembly of a tricycle is composed of two fastening pieces of the front steering handle, a fastening tube of the seat mount fastened with the body frame of the tricycle, and an auxiliary handlebar fastened at the bottom end thereof w... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5921187 | Pallet structure A pallet structure includes a rectangular paper blank folded to define a first side stringer, a second side stringer, and a central stringer. This paper blank includes: (a) a first folding line adjacent to a first end portion of the paper blank, wherein t... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5920253 | Local area method arrangement A local area network arrangement is taught for implementing a control system. The local area network arrangement includes a low-voltage bus composed of a cable pair, functioning as a common transmission path of the network, a plurality of connection units... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5919899 | Human protein with angiogenesis regulative properties Disclosed are an isolated and purified protein acting as an angiogenic factor and nucleotide sequences encoding for such a protein, vectors containing such sequences and cells transformed by such vectors.... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5906509 | Charger with a replaceable electrical plug A charger with replaceable electrical plugs includes a casing 1 comprising a lower casing 11 and an upper casing 12. An electronic power supply circuit 13 is accommodated inside the casing 1. The lower casing 11 has an opening 111 having a replaceable ele... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5905612 | Magnetic head and producing method of the same A magnetic head can be made by a first step of butting projection end faces of a pair of magnetic cores, each of which is previously machined into a convex shape, through a magnetic gap member; a second step of forming notches which reach a winding groove... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5903812 | Recycle document feeder including a reciprocally movable partitioning unit A recycle document feeder includes a partitioning unit (17) and action plates (19, 20). The partitioning unit (17) includes a partitioning bar (18). When the partitioning bar (18) is lowered, the leading edges of discharged document originals are stopped ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5900386 | Shell catalysts, processes for their preparation and their use Disclosed are shell catalysts which contain, on powdered or shaped supports, one or more metals from groups VIII and IB of the Periodic Table of Elements. The catalysts are obtained by coating the support with the catalytically active metals in aqueous so... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5866355 | Device for measuring an intracellular ion concentration A device for measuring an intracellular ion concentration in a living cell into which a fluorescent probe dye has been introduced. A concentration of an ion in the cell is measured based on intensities of fluorescence generated by irradiating the cell wit... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5731323 | Quinuclidine derivatives as squalene synthase inhibitors Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts in which R1 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R2 is hydrogen; or R1 and R2 are joined together so that CR1 --CR2 is a double bond; ... | 03/24/1998 |
