Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4567836 | Transplanter mounting attachment for a harvester A transplanter mounting attachment for attachment to a crop harvester including a pivot shaft operatively connected for rotation about an axis extending longitudinally with respect to a support frame of a crop harvester. A rotating sleeve substantially or... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4436039 | Rolling drum tree planter An improved tree planting machine which includes a rotatable drum mounted over an upright carriage assembly. A plurality of soil penetrating implements or dibbles are positioned at equal intervals on the outer circumference of and adjacent slotted opening... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4408549 | Method for transplanting of seedlings Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for mass growing of seedlings in a controlled atmosphere, for later transplanting into a permanent site, e.g. for reforestation. A growing system is disclosed wherein seeds are germinated into seedlings in a grow... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4408666 | Sod handling apparatus An apparatus for handling sod includes a wheeled frame for moving along the ground and a forward frame section which is adapted to receive pallets of sod adjacent thereto. A conveyor is coupled to the frame for transporting pieces of sod between the palle... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4408550 | Transplanting implement A seedling transplanting implement is provided with increased versatility by substituting a yieldable rubber-like extremity portion on one of a pair of mechanical transplanting fingers. The yieldable finger portion can ride over the top of a planted seedl... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4369599 | Cultivation balls A cultivation ball is formed from at least one envelope, which is sealed or substantially sealed, containing the cultivation substrate; the plant is disposed in the ball, being separated from the substrate by at least one wall of the envelope or envelopes... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4306508 | Planter with a melter for forming holes in plastic sheeting on the ground A planter is provided which automatically deposits equally-spaced, sprout-bearing plugs of specially prepared nutriet soil into the ground. The planter can also be equipped with a supply tank and pipe for adding a measured quantity of gel containing water... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4270471 | Manually propelled apparatus for use in transplanting crops A small, light-weight apparatus for use in transplanting crops includes a vehicle operable for manual propelling in a direction of travel along the ground. A reservoir mounted on the vehicle contains a supply of liquid and a pressure source for imparting ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4248014 | Seedling containers A container assembly including a plurality of cell like compartments pivotally joined together to form a chain, the compartments including spacer members extending on opposite sides of each compartment, said spacer members including joining members adapte... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4231186 | Group of pots for nursing and replanting plants A group of enclosures for nursing and replanting plants is disclosed comprising several parallel rows of enclosures wherein each two adjoining rows of enclosures have a common wall construction. This wall permits the flow of nutrients and water through th... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4215513 | Field transplant systems and methods and components thereof A field transplant system including a machine for sequentially forming groups of polymerized soil plugs having seed receiving recesses in one end thereof and supported on a carrier, and in certain cases interconnected by strips, the carrier being used to ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4182247 | Method and apparatus for crop transplanting A method and apparatus for transplanting crops includes a vehicular frame and a carriage reciprocally shiftable relative to the length of the frame. Plural fluid dispensing nozzles are mounted on the carriage for injecting fluid jets into the ground to fo... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4169419 | Fertilizer distributor A fertilizer distributor adapted to be combined with a tree seedling planter which gives the operator complete control of spacings by a foot pedal mechanism that allows him to dump the desired amount of fertilizer along the bases of seedlings being plante... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4159597 | Planting system including articles of manufacture A planting system in which the basic unit of the system comprises a plurality of individual containers for growing plants to a stage suitable for transplanting and in which the plurality of containers are secured in a flexible carrier sheet. The securemen... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4149640 | Means for laying sod An apparatus for laying sod comprising a wheeled frame which is propelled and steered by means of an engine which drives hydraulic motors connected to the drive wheels thereof. A sod platform is pivotally mounted adjacent its forward end to the wheeled fr... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4130072 | Field transplant systems and methods and components thereof A field transplant system including a machine for sequentially forming groups of polymerized soil plugs having seed receiving recesses in one end thereof and supported on a carrier, and in certain cases interconnected by strips, the carrier being used to ... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4058067 | Treatment of seedlings A procedure for the treatment of roots of seedlings whereby the roots are provided a water-rich coating, having a surface sufficiently dry and moisture-stable to permit the seedlings to remain discrete and to preserve the integrity of the coating during o... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4023506 | System and process for providing durability enhanced area A system and process is disclosed for providing a durability enhanced area that is particularly well suited for use as an athletic playing field. A vegetative crop has one or more layers of netting associated therewith so that each layer of netting has po... | 05/17/1977 |
