...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3948212 | Coating apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for solder-coating a member provided with at least one passage having two open ends. The apparatus includes an arrangement for applying molten solder is applied to the member at least in the region of one of the open ends, and an... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3946125 | Method for internally coating ducts with synthetic resin A method of and an apparatus for the internal coating of ducts with a synthetic resin, especially long steel pipes or tubes, in which gas-entrained synthetic-resin particles are passed through the tube while the latter is heated progressively by displacin... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3941086 | Fluid doctor blade Opposed fluid doctor blades include each a slotted elongated nozzle including adjustable lip elements adaptable to vary the configuration of the fluid blade. Blade elements disposed within the nozzle are adjustable along the elongated extent of the slot w... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3938468 | Apparatus for wiping liquid from a strip This application discloses "wiping" of a liquid, molten zinc, for example, across the surface of a strip to which it adheres. A wiping fluid, such as steam, is directed from an orifice at the strip. A valve, preferably an elongated relieved bar is positio... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3936549 | Method and apparatus for applying a liquid coating to strip material Coating apparatus for applying a coating liquid to a moving roll. The apparatus has a trough-like pan, longer than the width of the roll surface to be coated, for holding a supply of the coating liquid. A pair of weirs is mounted on the pan which holds th... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3934993 | Glassware handling and treating equipment Glassware treating apparatus in which bottles which have been coated with a non-abrading coating are treated to remove surface irregularities in the coating on the bottom of the bottles. The bottles are gripped and suspended from conveyor means and pass c... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3932683 | Control of coating thickness of hot-dip metal coating Objectionable ripple formation in continuous hot-dip coating is avoided by using a single set of blowing nozzles and directing the gas streams downwardly against the strip at an angle between the strip and the center line of the gas stream of from about 0... | 01/13/1976 |