Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6325584 | Self-piercing rivet A partially-hollow rivet (1), for joining aluminum sheets (3) and (7) by using the self-piercing technique, is made of light metal such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the front (2) of the rivet base has a surface with a blunt shape.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323418 | Electrically screening housing The invention concerns an electrical screening housing for accommodating components or assemblies which emit electromagnetic radiation or are sensitive thereto, and for providing electromagnetic screening for the components or assemblies. The housing incl... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6323611 | Circuit for operating an electric motor A circuit for operating an electric motor (11) includes a monitoring arrangement (24) for ascertaining an increased load state of the electric motor (11). The monitoring arrangement (24) compares an rpm difference (ND) between a predetermined n... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6272592 | Cache memory device A cache memory device including an input/output (ESRQ) for receiving a request (REQ) having a main address (AP) and optional data (D); an input/output (ESMP) to an addressable main memory (MP) or another addressable cache memory; a plurality of X memory b... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6204800 | Method for monitoring the earth surface The invention relates to a method for monitoring the earth's surface with a moving aircraft using a radar sensor with a synthetic aperture. In order to produce high resolution radar images, the flight parameters of the aircraft are also required. Accordin... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6188145 | Meter collar with interface for connecting on-site power source, and the interface itself An interface circuit permits a customer who receives two-phase service from an electrical utility company to use power from an on-site source instead of or in addition to the utility company's power. Several embodiments are disclosed, in some of which the... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6167516 | Data file authentication device A device receives at one input (2) data of a file to be processed, and includes a processing module (5) which at the start of receiving the file, react by three operative stages. These stages include first stage of inserting data blocks from the file into... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6116958 | Electrical adapted The adapter is provided with plugging and/or socket connector especially for interfaces at electronic devices. Housing components which hold the plugging and/or socket connectors are joined by an articulated joint. The plugging and/or socket connectors ar... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6110169 | Cutting device for electrotomy A cutting device for use in electrotomy is disclosed for use with a high frequency generator to make a cut in a cutting direction. The cutting device comprises a carrier element, and first and second electrodes each connected to the high frequency generat... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6093012 | Form for manufacturing concrete form components by machine A description is given of a mold for manufacturing concrete moldings, e.g. paving setts, large-volume blocks and large-format, thin panels, having a bottom mold part which comprises the mold chamber(s) and having a top mold part with a load plate and the ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089512 | Track-guided transport system with power and data transmission A track-guided transport system with power and data transmission and used for conveying goods. The transport system is provided with a transport element having drive and track-guide elements; storage, input and output units for goods; and a data processin... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6055701 | Liquid pick-up appliances for use in surface cleaning or drying An appliance for using suction to pick up liquid includes a collection container (10) with an air/liquid separator (30) arranged at a corner between two adjacent walls (13, 14) of the container and extending obliquely relative to both side walls. The sepa... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6023677 | Speech recognition method In a speech recognition method for word sequences that are combined in sentences with defined syntax, syntax information is integrated into a speech model so as to unambiguously identify recurring words through indexing. As a result, the recognition proce... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6020217 | Semiconductor devices with CSP packages and method for making them The invention relates to a semiconductor device which includes a packaged electrical component such as an IC chip, wherein terminal posts are realized within the chip area without additional wafer surface being required beyond the chip edge. A direct feed... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6012631 | Cartons The present application discloses a carton (2) which includes a base panel (12) having an outer portion and a side wall (38, 40) that is generally perpendicular to the base panel. The base panel includes a marginal flange (34) that is foldably connected t... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5979604 | Equipment for the automation of catering, bar or other products of goods sales services Serving lines (1) have ends that extend into a kitchen (2). At the sides of the serving lines (1) are seats (12), shelves (11), distribution ports sealed off with flaps (10), and equipment for remote ordering. Orders are transmitted to the kitchen (2), wh... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5963575 | Q-switched laser system, in particular for laser lithotripsy A Q-switched laser system, in particular for laser lithotripsy, has a laser-active medium (2.1) in a resonator, an optical pumping arrangement (2.3) and a passive Q-switch (3.2). A resonator extension (1.2) having an optical waveguide is associated to the... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5882262 | Program-controlled entertainment and game device A programmable game machine has a housing, a display unit (4) linked to the housing, preferably mounted therein, control elements (6) associated to the housing, a control unit (16) provided in the housing, and a memory device (36, 38) associated with the ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5870715 | Logistics network for processing of mailed articles and method for controlling this network A logistical network has nodes and edges, or transport links, which permit mailed articles that are being set from a sender to a receiver to be transferred, processed, and forwarded in a sequence which is predetermined in terms of time and place. The netw... | 02/09/1999 |
