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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069953 | Food item cooking, assembly and packaging system and method A system and method for making a food item are provided. The apparatus includes a food item assembly and packaging station having a first work area for assembling and packaging a food item and a meal order assembly station having a second work area for assembling a ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7334978 | Cartridge-handling apparatus for a media storage system Cartridge-handling apparatus for a media storage system comprising a lift assembly having at least one guide track aligned along a first displacement path in the media storage system. A carriage having a transfer shaft aligned along a second displacement path in the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328079 | Process and system for conveying semifinished products during LCD manufacture A system (20) for conveying semifinished products during the manufacturing of liquid crystal displays, includes a first processing station (21); a second processing station (22) proximate to the first processing station; a shortcut conveyor inte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7255199 | Circulating type food and drink transport apparatus management device for managing the expiration date of food and drink arranged on a plate and including a camera for capturing a two-dimensional code on a cylindrical base of the plate, a barcode scanner for analyzing the two-dimensional code captured by the camera a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243758 | Food and drink managing device in circulation type carrying path A food and drink managing device with a circulation type path allows standardizing while adding food and drink onto the carrying path, simplifying management, holding down cost, and achieving precise identification information reading. The food and drink managing de... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7168556 | Curved assembly line and/or conveyor belt The invention relates to a curved assembly line and/or conveyor belt, especially for assembling and transporting motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts during production, said line or belt being formed by articulated carrier elements that positively engage in each ot... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7005615 | Keep'n'heat The food warmer is a subdivided individual sectioned compartments that holds a multiple portion of foods with transparent covers and is operated by a motorized turntable that the foods. The heating is an option of electricity or battery power. The two unit heating s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6937922 | Conveyer-belt sushi control system capable of controlling amount of sushi A conveyer-belt sushi control system, in which an amount of sushi distributed by a conveyer belt can accurately be counted, is provided as follows. A plurality of menu stands are mounted on a conveyer-belt table. A menu stand is followed by a plate on which sushi of... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930296 | Apparatus, method and system for food management and food inventory An automated food handling system for food servings comprising a transfer means for transporting food servings therealong; a plurality of treatment modules coupled in parallel to the transfer means; means for sensing and recognizing the type of food servings being t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6914582 | Food and drink ordering system in eating and drinking place A food and drink ordering system in an eating and drinking place for allowing a customer to make a precise order of a desired food and drink from the customer's table to a kitchen. The food and drink ordering system includes image display means and order input means... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6805231 | Sushi serving system containing a premium message A novel sushi serving system contains a premium message for serving sushi. A utensil for serving sushi has a message marble, hidden between a sushi and the utensil, thereupon a “premium” message, such as “10 slices of free sushi” mounted. The utensil for ser... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6675950 | Conveying device in particular for catering A conveying device includes a mount frame, a first guide mounted on the mount frame along a conveying circuit, several transport trolleys distributed along the conveying circuit, and a system for driving each of the transport trolleys comprising a second ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6595328 | Circulating type food and drink transport apparatus In a circulating type food and drink transport apparatus, since a first magnet and second magnets are disposed such that the same magnetic poles thereof confront each other, when a food and drink vessel is placed on a transport path, the first magnet face... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6581727 | Method of and apparatus for serving merchandise items in a restaurant with a rotary catering table system, and merchandise item management system for such restaurants An improved serving method and apparatus are disclosed for use in rotary catering table equipment having a rotary conveyer (22) on which merchandise (e.g., sushi) items (14) are conveyed around. A freshness managing member (48) is used to automatically al... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6554106 | Food and drink conveying device A conveying device is provided which has a conveying path for conveying in circulation a number of containers containing at least one of foods and drinks. The conveying device includes a plurality of mounting bases, arranged on the conveying path, for mou... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6497305 | Food service conveyor system A food service conveyor system for providing a space saving device for holding hot and cold food. The system includes a base for resting on a surface, and a plurality of rotatable levels mounted on the base. The plurality of rotatable levels comprises a f... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6467580 | Continuous waterway food serving system with stabilizer mechanism for individual food carriers A stabilizing system for individual food carriers in an enclosed continuous waterway food serving system is described. The food serving system comprises a plurality of boat shaped food carriers floating in the continuous waterway propelled by a current in... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6431318 | Food and drink conveying system A food and drink conveying system is provided in which the sorts of foods and drinks displayed on display members placed on a circulating conveying path and the number of foods and drinks placed on the circulating conveying path following after their resp... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427806 | Food and drink conveying system A conveying container includes an input means for inputting a specified table number, a food and drink detecting means for detecting presence of the food and drink in the container, a conveying-container-side transmitter for sending out information that i... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6375256 | Table with seats that move en masse around its perimeter A unit is described, consisting of an oblong table and a plurality of seats arranged approximately the same distance apart around the perimeter of the table. The unit includes elements designed to move the plurality of seats along en masse around the peri... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6179088 | Interlinked watercourses for sushi boats Dining service is provided at locations surrounding a plurality of watercourse loops which are linked by shunts, allowing travel of sushi boats from one watercourse to another. This allows sushi chefs to be stationed within each watercourse loop preparing... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6170643 | Dining table conveyor A dining table top conveyor having a flat base of rectangular/oval shape and flat endless belt guided over two flanged pulleys. One pulley is electrically driven by a variable speed geared motor and other is an idler and belt tensioning pulley. The flat b... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5823296 | Hydraulic system for serving food An apparatus for serving and displaying food including a continuous watercourse. Patrons sit around a periphery of the watercourse and food carriers circulate in the watercourse and carry various types of food. The food carriers are structurally independe... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5813497 | Method and apparatus for serving and displaying food An apparatus (2) for serving and displaying food including a continuous watercourse (4) with food carriers (8) carrying various food trays. Patrons sit around a periphery of the watercourse. The food carriers are removably attached to an endless line (10)... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5730251 | Hydraulic system for serving food An apparatus (50) for serving and displaying food including a continuous watercourse (54). Patrons sit around a periphery of the watercourse. Food carriers (58) circulate in the watercourse and carry various food trays. The food carriers are structurally ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5636710 | Pneumatic delivery system for restaurant food Restaurants featuring improved efficiency through use of pneumatic systems for delivery of fast food products from a kitchen area to a food delivery area, such as in an out building, can revolutionize the fast food industry. A customer order entry station... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5566782 | Hydraulic system for serving food An apparatus for serving and displaying food including a continuous watercourse. Patrons sit around a periphery of the watercourse and food carriers circulate in the watercourse and carry various types of food. The food carriers are structurally independe... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5562183 | Food material conveying mechanism A food material conveyor mechanism for a sandwich fixing apparatus includes a continuously moving conveyor line. A food conveying plate carried along the conveyor line is stopped at predetermined stop positions along the conveyor line so food materials ca... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5478183 | Article selector and method An article selecting and collecting apparatus having a plurality of vertically spaced elongated ramps with a continuous conveyor and articulated selector slidingly attached to a rail adjacent each conveyor. The articulated selector slides along the rail t... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5477778 | Circulative catering bar equipped with warming system and cold air circulation system The invention relates to a circulative catering bar equipped with warming system and cold air circulation system which comprises a warming system in which a heater (26) is incorporated in a plate mounted on the crescent chain, a cold air circulation syste... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5474153 | Hydraulic system for serving food An apparatus for serving and displaying food including a continuous watercourse. Patrons sit around a periphery of the watercourse and food carriers circulate in the watercourse and carry various types of food. The food carriers are structurally independe... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5419410 | Delivery system A delivery system, which is capable of quickly and correctly delivering an item to a destination. In the delivery system of the present invention, a moving section is capable of holding an item to be delivered. A driving mechanism is capable of moving the... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5415251 | Magnetic conveyor A sushi restaurant sushi counter having a magnetic conveying system for transporting sushi plates around the counter to different positions.... | 05/16/1995 |
| 4977823 | Circulative catering table provided with cool air circulating system A circulative catering table provided with an endless conveyer circulating according to the circulating course supported in a horizontal plane at the designated height by a base frame and supporting the foods at the designated intervals, an appropriate nu... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4899666 | Conveying system Conveying system with one or more driving members, conveying chains in operative connection therewith and mechanism arranged on said chains and receiving the conveying loads, the conveying chains being guided in chain channels, one or more tracks connecti... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4840253 | Method and apparatus for serving and displaying food A method and apparatus for serving and displaying food is disclosed wherein nonconnected food carriers are circulated in continuous watercourse. The carriers have a circular outer perimeter and are disposed within the watercourse in a staggered arrangemen... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4765440 | Food service conveyor A food service electrically driven conveyor having a substantially rectangular table with a flat top and a sprocket chain disposed in a continuous loop parallel to it. The chain is trained over sprockets of relatively small diameter located at each end of... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4624613 | Self-service apparatus for serving foods or drinks A self-service apparatus is provided to be operated by a user for selectively serving foods or drinks. The self-service apparatus includes a support and a cover fixedly supported by the support for covering foods and drinks. A shaft is suspended from the ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4609092 | Circulative catering table A circulative catering table having a counter and an endless path of travel for dishes and meals, provided in the counter, at least a bypass path of travel is provided, dishes containing therein meals, which have been transferred on a going path portion o... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4349086 | Circulating food display system A circulating food display system, used in a restaurant for the exhibition of food in a circulatory manner has a food display case and a crescent chain. The food display case is disposed on the boundary between the interior and exterior of the restaurant.... | 09/14/1982 |
