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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 |
| 5954624 | Carton having buckle-controlled brim curl and method and blank for forming the same A paperboard container and method of forming such container having a rolled brim is disclosed. The container being formed of a paperboard material having a caliper of at least approximately 0.007 inches, a rolled brim arc length of less than about 0.25 in... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5954029 | Unit fuel injector having constant start of injection A fuel injector for periodically injecting fuel pulses of a variable quantity on a cycle to cycle basis as a function of the pressure of fuel supplied to the injector from a source of fuel and at a constant time during each cycle is set forth including an... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5947323 | Cup lid having combined straw slot depression and tear back lid retainer A drink-thru lid for a drinking cup including an annular mounting portion for sealingly engaging the drinking cup, wherein the annular mounting portion includes a downwardly extending annular skirt. The lid further includes a tear-back section extending f... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5938112 | Rigid paperboard container A container formed from a unitary paperboard blank having a substantially planer inner region, a sidewall region and a rim region formed about the periphery thereof is disclosed. The sidewall region includes a generally annular region flaring upwardly and... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5921408 | Cutlery dispenser A flatware dispensing unit for dispensing flatware is disclosed including a primary housing having at least one compartment for receiving flatware therein with the compartment having an elongated slot for exposing at least a portion of the flatware. In a ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5908475 | Gas/air mixer A gas/air mixer for injecting gas into the intake air stream of an internal cumbustion engine using a combination of radial holes and radial tubes located around the perimeter of an air flow passage. The gas/air mixer includes an intake air passage which ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5800724 | Patterned metal foil laminate and method for making same A method for making a patterned metal foil/substrate laminate by laminating a sheet of metal foil to a substrate by applying an adhesive between the metal foil and substrate and irradiating the metal foil with a laser beam in a predetermined pattern to va... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5680954 | Oil fill cap A molded cap is disclosed having a sealing ring groove just below the cap handle in order to seal crank case gases in an internal combustion engine. The cap includes two spiral grooves for engaging a respective protrusion formed on the inner annular surfa... | 10/28/1997 |
