Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4893440 | Abrasive jet machining Apparatus for developing and handling an abrasive-laden gas stream for abrasive jet machining, employing equipment for storage, feeding, and control of abrasive powder in a carrier jet delivered through an upright feed tube at relatively high pressure and... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4889054 | Steering arms for self-steering trucks and truck retrofitting method A vehicle truck embodying articulated subtrucks or steering arms having a plurality of wheelsets, with steering arm interconnections establishing coordinated steering motions of the wheelsets, the truck also having elastic restraining devices for stabiliz... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4879976 | Reed valve mechanism for engines Reed valve mechanism for use in the fuel/air supply system of an internal combustion engine, the mechanism including passages, ports and reed valves, all of which are arranged to minimize unnecessary fluctuations of the flow velocity of the fuel/air being... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4858991 | Chair for infants A chair, particularly adapted for use by infants, is disclosed, including a chair body having a generally upright part with a forwardly inclined supporting surface and an interconnected rearwardly extending lower part adapted to form a seat for the infant... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4829639 | Casket A casket having a shell formed of sheet material and having a frame surrounding a lower portion of the shell, the frame having casket-handling components and being separably interconnected with the shell.... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4821491 | Process for packaging panels of a compressible material and the packages produced by this process The process according to the invention consists of superposing a plurality of panels of compressible materials (1), of providing the pile thus produced with at least one enclosure (2) of shrinkable plastic material, of subjecting the pile to a first compr... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4799350 | Process for packaging panels of a compressible material and the packages produced by this process The process according to the invention consists of superposing a plurality of panels (1), of providing the pile thus produced with at least one enclosure (2) of shrinkable plastic material, of subjecting the pile to a first compression in a direction norm... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4796392 | System for interconnecting panels of containers Modular system for making containers, including reuseable panels for the side walls of the containers, the side wall panels having fastening devices adjacent the upright corners of the containers, with the end portions of the panels overlapping each other... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793747 | Stair rail spindle jig Spindle jig mechanism for use in drilling spindle apertures in stair rails, the mechanism including a mounting block adapted to extend along the underside of a stair rail and having a transversely extending cylindrical cavity for receiving a cylindrical s... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4781124 | Articulated trucks A vehicle truck embodying articulated subtrucks or steering arms having a plurality of wheelsets, with steering arm interconnections establishing coordinated steering motions of the wheelsets, the truck also having elastic restraining devices for stabiliz... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4773134 | Corrugated fiberboard casket lid A casket lid and method of manufacture is disclosed. The lid is formed by cutting corrugated fiberboard to form a blank having a central section and end sections, the central section being scored on parallel lines extended longitudinally of the lid, and t... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4748771 | Fire door A fire door comprising a core and edge banding, the principal ingredients of the core being expanded perlite, gypsum and cement, the edge banding comprising a strip of natural wood, a strip of a cast mixture of which the principal ingredient is gypsum and... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4744810 | Process for forming fiber mats Fiber mats formed by attenuating molten streams of attenuable mineral material by subjecting the streams to the action of a hot attenuating gas blast. The gas blast induces gas from the surrounding atmosphere, and the combined blast and induced gas formin... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4733503 | Abrasive jet machining Apparatus for abrasive jet machining, including equipment for storage, feeding, and control of abrasive powder in a carrier jet delivered through an upright feed tube at relatively high pressure and relatively high velocity.... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4730370 | Casket and method of manufacture A casket and method for manufacture are disclosed according to which a shell or base, having outwardly flared walls, is constructed of corrugated fiberboard by a technique in which a planar sheet of corrugated fiberboard is cut to form a blank having inte... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4729324 | Multiple axle self-steering powered locomotive truck A powered locomotive truck is disclosed, the truck having two wheelsets, each with an axle having a driving motor mounted thereon, the wheelsets being mounted in a rigid main truck frame, with freedom for relative yaw motion of the wheelsets, and each whe... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4729879 | Production of nitrogen and carbon dioxide Method and equipment are disclosed for production of nitrogen and carbon dioxide by a dual phase combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel and air, the exhaust products of the second phase of combustion being treated in a monoethanolamine absorber by which the car... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4706571 | Self-steering trucks A self-steering railway truck having interconnected steering arms associated with the axled wheelsets and having mechanism for yieldingly resisting yawing motion of the wheelsets including at least two devices, at least one of which provides a relatively ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4696263 | Reed valves for internal combustion engines Reed valves for internal combustion engines are disclosed, the reed valves having protective coating of synthetic rubber.... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4655143 | Articulated trucks A vehicle truck embodying articulated subtrucks or steering arms having a plurality of wheelsets, with steering arm interconnections establishing coordinated steering motions of the wheelsets, the truck also having elastic restraining devices for stabiliz... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4635897 | Tube flow shut-off device A device is disclosed for effecting shut-off of flow through a tube formed of flexible material. The device includes a block having a bore through which the tube extends and having a resilient sleeve surrounding the tube in the bore and further including ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4630697 | Strain gauge scale A strain gauge scale is disclosed comprising a platform having two weighing discs, each disc being connected with the platform by means of three load cells, each of which has a multiple component strain gauge associated therewith.... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4621706 | Motorcycle drive wheel suspension system A suspension system for the drive wheel of a motorcycle driven by a chain cooperating with sprockets on the engine and wheel shafts. The suspension system comprises a linkage arrangement associated with the swing arm, with the linkage parts positioned in ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4615667 | Injection blow molding The present invention provides a multiple platen-multiple position press or injection blow molding apparatus for use in the blow molding of containers in which a preform is molded onto a core and is moved relative to the core to space a body portion of th... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4584806 | System for interconnecting panels System for interconnecting panels, especially adapted for use in the temporary interconnection of panes of cartons or containers used for shipping or transportation, the arrangement is particularly adapted to the interconnection of panels in edge-to-edge ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4558761 | Motorcycle drive wheel suspension system A suspension system for the drive wheel of a motorcycle driven by a chain cooperating with sprockets on the engine and wheel shafts. The suspension system comprises a linkage arrangement associated with the swing arm, with the linkage parts positioned in ... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4552658 | Spa with recessed filter chamber A spa or bath is disclosed having a molded shell with a filter cavity molded therein, the cavity being proportioned and arranged to receive a filter, and the cavity further being open inwardly and upwardly of the shell, thereby simplifying removal and ins... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4544044 | Motorcycle drive wheel suspension system A suspension system for the drive wheel of a motorcycle driven by a chain cooperating with sprockets on the engine and wheel shafts. The suspension system comprises a linkage arrangement associated with the swing arm, with the linkage parts positioned in ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4535587 | Multi-roll package of compressible materials Method is disclosed for packaging rolls of compressible insulation, including partially compressing a multi roll assembly of rolls superimposed upon each other between upper and lower contoured panels, while restraining lateral spreading of the assembly o... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4506140 | Electric immersion heater assembly having an isolated terminal box An electric heater adapted to be extended through an aperture in a tank wall for immersion in a fluid to be heated includes an elongated heater block structure formed by a metal core cast in a tubular metal shell. The core has a plurality of axially exten... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4491328 | Target having shiftably movable target structure A target comprising missile penetrable material arranged in the form of a continuous loop, the loop being flattened to provide substantially flat front and back sides, and the target material of the loop being flexible and being shiftably movable from one... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4487622 | Method and apparatus for forming fiber webs The invention concerns the improvement of the fiber distribution in a web or mat, the attenuation of the fibers being effected by means of gas currents. The material delivered in the form of filaments is attenuated in a channel between two gas jets. At th... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4483253 | Flexible railway car truck A multiple axle railway truck having side frames with pedestals, roller bearings for the axles received in the pedestal jaws with clearance in a direction fore-and-aft of the vehicle to permit relative yawing motion of the axles. A yielding pad is provide... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4478624 | Process and apparatus for improving the distribution on a receiving device of fibers carried by a gas current The invention relates to the distribution on a receiving device of fibers carried by a gas current. To improve the distribution, the gas current carrying the fibers is subjected to the action of a gas layer which envelopes the current and of which the dir... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4474145 | Fuel supply system for internal combustion engine A two-cycle internal combustion engine having reed valves in the fuel/air supply system is provided with an element in the flow path of the fuel/air into the reed valves, which element is shaped and positioned to promote uniformity of flow of the fuel/air... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4471595 | Constructional building set Improved constructional building set comprising as its basic elements a plurality of linking units, each linking unit comprising at least one connecting rod with a generally ball shaped head portion at each end thereof. A plurality of coupling members eng... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4463824 | Drive wheel suspension system for motorcycle The application discloses a parallelogram type of drive wheel suspension system for a motorcycle and employs only a single swing arm at each side of the drive wheel, with the swing arms being torsionally interconnected through the axle structure of the wh... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461840 | Heat resistant glass fiber composition The present invention concerns glass compositions capable of being attenuated in the form of fibers. These glass fibers comprise the following oxides in the percentages by weight: SiO2 :37 to 48%; Al2 O3 :17 to 25%; CaO:23 to 3... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4455946 | Articulated trucks A vehicle truck embodying articulated subtrucks or steering arms having a plurality of wheelsets, with steering arm interconnections establishing coordinated steering motions of the wheelsets, the truck also having elastic restraining devices for stabiliz... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4444311 | Multi-roll package of compressible materials The invention concerns a package of at least two layers of rolls of a compressible material. In this package, the rolls of each layer are placed side by side and in mutual contact, while the rolls of two superposed layers are in mutual contact along their... | 04/24/1984 |
