Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| 20120037033 | Tapered brake beam wear liner A brake beam wear liner for receiving a brake beam assembly includes a base wall extending between a rear end and front end. The base wall has opposite side edges. The base wall has a tapered thickness between the rear end and the front end with the base wall being thic... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20080202869 | Handbrake linkage for a railroad freight car A linkage interconnecting a brake rod with a brake lever in a brake system of a railroad freight car. A length of chain extends from an end of the brake rod, and a monolithic connecting link interconnects an opposite end of the length of chain with a brake lever, so tha... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080035432 | Railway car hand brake lever A hand brake lever for use on a truck mounted type railway car brake system includes a first elongated portion which is horizontally disposed when the hand brake lever is installed in such car brake system and a second elongated portion which is connected to first elong... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070209886 | Truck mounted brake assembly A truck mounted brake assembly wherein a brake cylinder assembly and slack adjuster each have a first end connected to a first brake beam, and a second end coupled to each other via a first lever pivotally attached to a second brake beam, such that movement of the brake... | 09/13/2007 |
