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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| 8075901 | Cosmetic formulation A formulation includes water, shea butter, an emulsifier and an essential oil comprising myrrh. In addition, the formulation can include cocoa butter, coconut oil, kelp powder, and a preservative comprising a mixture of phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, ethylparaben, p... | 12/13/2011 |
| 6043893 | Manually portable reflectance spectrometer Manually portable reflectance spectrometer and method of detection of absorption and reflection of light, wherein the visible and invisible (infrared) light is derived from LEDs. A phototransistor or photodiode measures the light reflected by the surface ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6008009 | Centrifuge-operated specimen staining method and apparatus A method of staining preselected, mounted specimens of either biological or nonbiological material enclosed within a staining chamber where the liquid staining reagents are applied and removed from the staining chamber using hypergravity as the propelling... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5071129 | Putting practice device A golf putting visual aid practice and sighting instrument characterized by its removable attachment to a conventional putter wherein a reflective device is articulably connected rearwardly of a putter head and blade. The reflective device mounts a line o... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4953237 | Two stage flapper valve for fluid reservoirs A globular flapper valve for use in combination with a conventional toilet tank. The flapper valve consist primarily of a normally submerged lever-actuated plunger valve having connection with two separate but interconnected air chambers. A first and uppe... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4779307 | Device for cutting open the carcass of a slaughter animal Device for cutting through the pubis of the carcass of a slaughter animal, having on a slaughter yoke with a positioning element surrounded by a rotating circular first cutting element, a second cutting element and a sensor for locating the pubis position... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4762339 | Seat for skier Seat made up of skis and ski poles, wherein the two parallel skis rest with trailing straight ends on the ground and are connected with the backward-facing forward points, to the top handle ends of corresponding ski poles, while a seat bottom, which is ma... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4738302 | Method of operating and cleaning an apparatus for heat treating a liquid product Apparatus for heating-treating a liquid product comprising series-connected multi-tube heat-exchangers such as heating-up heat-exchangers 6, 12, and high temperature heat-exchanger 14 and cooling-down heat-exchangers 17, 18, 19, the heating-up heat-exchan... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4721524 | Non-pyrophoric submicron alloy powders of Group VIII metals Metal products herein are essentially submicron alloy powders of Group VIII base and Group VIII noble metals having non-pyrophoric and magnetic properties. One such product is prepared with isomorphous compounds of nickel and palladium, in a quantitative ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4695096 | Motorcycle passenger arm rest Motorcycle passenger armrest characterized by its swingable relation to vehicular passenger seat, there being a passenger release mechanism which permits passenger access in mounting and dismounting or during storage and operational modes. The armrest is ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4649851 | High speed power boat for calm and rough seaways Hydrocraft, capable of maintaining comfortable seaworthy performance at both low and high speeds, in both calm and rough seas, wherein its hull form coordinates high efficiency of at least two zero deadrise planing surfaces with a wave piercing, wedge eff... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4610298 | Process and installation for applying a controllable heat-exchange in regenerative heat-exchanger A process and an installation for the heat treatment of a product liquid based on the continuous flow principle, in which a regenerative heat-exchanger is used in conjunction with a high temperature heater for product liquid. A part of the heat-exchanger ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4609206 | Book binder and display easel A book binder which has a cover, convertible to an easel having primary utility for instruction purposes. The book binder is characterized by a combined folding characteristic in the cover together with vertebrate page retainer and anchor hinge therefore.... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4498200 | Garment having concealed pouch A garment pouch for retaining and concealing small personal valuables. One or more concealed hemline pockets are provided in an undergarment shirt or blouse, the upper edges of which preferably lie adjacent the hemline. The closure for the pocket, which i... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4498547 | Earth soil sampler A portable and collapsible hand tool is disclosed wherein successive small samples of suspected contaminated earth soil may be directly deposited in a sampler bottle, following selective penetrations and extractions of the soil. The sampler is characteriz... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4467920 | Book safe A book safe characterized by moveable and immoveable covers connected by a backbone, the immoveable cover containing a reinforced receptacle for valuables, both said covers being interconnected and retained against separation by a velour lining, the book ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4464798 | Garment having concealed pouch A garment pouch for retaining and concealing small personal valuables. One or more concealed hemline pockets are provided in a pouch formed upon an undergarment skirt, blouse or slip. The pockets are in-line with each other and are disposed above the hem ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4449260 | Swimming pool cleaning method and apparatus Hydraulically operated low pressure reservoir or pool cleaning method and apparatus wherein, by the controlled passage of water through actuating valves, plural water exhaust whips are submersibly extended from a pool shell into the closure to agitate the... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4420903 | Shipping container for living botanicals A portable container for living botanicals such as rooting plants, bulbs or seedlings, composed in part of either inert and/or biodegradable fillers, characterized by securing the plant and its root structure against dislocation while insuring adequate ac... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4308286 | Process of producing non-docked fried dough crust A method for producing a laminated, imperforate or non-docked product. The dough is formulated and prepared for cooking by frying, during which partial delamination through the production and coalescence of expanded gas cells within the dough are controll... | 12/29/1981 |
