Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5279217 | Mimeographic printing machine A mimeographic printing machine equipped with a sorter for moving a plurality of bins to sort printed sheets, comprises: speed set-up means for setting up a desired print speed; sorter mode set-up means for setting up the sorter for the sort mode; and con... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279218 | Mimeographic printing machine A mimeographic printing machine comprising: mimeographic printing means for printing an image of an original document on successive sheets one at a time and for discharging the printed sheets; a sorter having a plurality of bins for receiving the printed ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 4587532 | Recording apparatus producing multiple copies simultaneously The present invention provides a recording apparatus including a plurality of printers each for reproducing an image on a recording sheet upon receiving the same signal, and a single sheet delivering device for delivering recording sheets to the printers.... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4369704 | Printing device for distance counter mechanism A printing mechanism, particularly for a counter device which records distances, is formed with a pair of sets of print wheels with a housing defining a slot through which a voucher may be passed to have imprinted thereon information contained on the prin... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4265174 | Endless printing band and support assembly A set of flexible endless printing bands are arranged in two rows spaced in tandem relation for simultaneously printing two lines of characters. Each band in each row is supported by a corresponding indexing gear which includes a thin flange portion proje... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4262593 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus especially for a cash register has printing wheels mounted on a shaft with a spring pressed friction detent means between the shaft and each wheel so that the wheels are positively driven but can overrun the detent means when they are... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4197797 | Modular high speed printing system A modular high speed printing system for printing alphabetic and numerical information upon individual items or documents fed individually or in series through the modules. A feeder module performs accounting functions as to the number of documents proces... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4181078 | Automatic recirculating duplicator There is provided an improved automatic recirculating duplicator adapted for duplicating from a master or plate selectively onto one or both sides of paper sheets. It is characterized by a single printing couple. Sheets are fed from a paper table to a pri... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4094244 | Hand-held bar code label marking device A hand-held label marking device prints selected bar code character information on labels by scribing selected code bars upon one area of a moving label juxtaposed with a printing medium and prints corresponding alpha-numeric character information upon an... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4073231 | Selective label printer A label printer of the type employing a stencil covered cylinder in which the stencil may have any one of plural arcuately spaced apart indicias cut therein separately printed therefrom. The label printer includes means for indexing the printing cylinder ... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4069755 | Ribbonless endorser for printing both fixed and variable information on moving documents An endorser for use in document processing apparatus is provided with a matrix wire printer for printing variable information on documents as they are transported at a controlled speed along a transport path forming part of an endorsing station, and with ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4027586 | Method for printing a manually scannable bar code and articles carrying a vertically extended bar code Method and apparatus for printing a scannable bar code pattern is described. A high speed bar code printer produces a line spacing distance to a preselected value so that a plurality of identical horizontal lines of vertically oriented code bars may be pr... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4011811 | Multiple document printing system A printing system with one drive motor and having at least two printing stations located between a print drum and a plurality of ballistic elements for simultaneously printing at least two document blanks independently advanced through the printing statio... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3994225 | Method of producing personalized badges and the like A method of fabricating a plurality of individual badges such as name badges and the like, each bearing indicial material common to all of such plurality of badges, and each bearing specific indicial material exclusive to the respective individual badges,... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3965820 | Method for high density recording of source credit transaction data A method for recording, at the point of sale, data arising from credit card transactions, makes use of a novel apparatus disclosed in a co-pending Application, entitled APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND PROCESSING CREDIT TRANSACTION DATA, Ser. No. 132,050. More... | 06/29/1976 |
