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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 |
| 8104606 | Tire conveyor assembly and components thereof A conveyor assembly for conveying a product to one or more product operations includes a conveyor belt rotating about a drive roller assembly and an end return roller assembly. A pair of spaced apart side frames supports the conveyor belt and between which the conve... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7743914 | Dust tight closed type belt conveyor A dust tight closed type belt conveyor for conveying dust contained materials to be scattered out during operation; which comprises the conveyor belt supported in a form of concave by a plurality of rollers and a plurality of glide plates and also the bulged cover r... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7419049 | Archimedean conveyors and combustion engines A helical screw conveyor having a helical screw rotatably mounted within a casing and cooperating with a chain of platens to convey objects from one end of the casing to the other end or to selected locations therebetween. A thermodynamic combustion engine is provid... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412980 | Machine for cleaning glasses or similar articles A washing machine for glass lenses (11) or other similar items of the type including a conveyor (1) has a bearing surface (10) for moving the lenses through a washing chamber (12) made of a succession of washing means (21). The tra... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7395919 | Conveyor An enclosed belt conveyor having a high strength take-up section that maintains proper belt alignment with the use of just two take-up screws, while still allowing for the take up section housing to be made of lighter weight, less expensive materials. The take-up se... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383944 | Sanitary conveyor center drive assembly A conveyor assembly has a continuous conveyor belt driven between a pair of spaced side frame members by a center drive assembly having a pair of spaced side plates connected to the side frame members. A drive roller arrangement is driven by a drive motor arrangemen... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7284947 | Braced telescoping support strut and system A telescoping support strut configured to support a conveyor assembly of a portable conveyor system includes a first strut section and a second strut section configured to telescopically receive and substantially surround beams of the first strut section. The first ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284658 | Roller safety support system for conveyor system A conveyor system having a conveying belt trained around a plurality of guide rollers for movement in an endless travel path to convey articles and materials in a travel line. A first roller is mounted in an operative position on a support to bear against the convey... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267223 | Belt conveyor with a supporting platform formed from a single sheet of metal A conveyor, primarily but not exclusively for use in the food industry, in which a conveyor belt (19) is supported on a belt platform (11) for movement relative thereto, and the belt platform (11) is formed as a unitary component from a single s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7243782 | Conveyor An enclosed belt conveyor having a high strength take-up section that maintains proper belt alignment with the use of just two take-up screws, while still allowing for the take up section housing to be made of lighter weight, less expensive materials. The take-up se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237669 | Clip for assemblage by clamps Resilient clamps assemble modular sections of a serpentine conveyor belt at peripheral positions of mated interface walls and retain the walls in sealing, face-to-face contact while the belt moves through a laterally bending pathway. The clamps provide opposed latch... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228960 | Hot material conveyor A conveyor for hot material comprising a conveying unit for conveying the hot material, a material delivery unit for delivering the hot material to the conveying unit, a housing for covering at least a portion of the length of the conveying unit, introduction device... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222728 | Adjustable shield for a conveyor belt The present invention is related to an adjustable finger guard or shield for a conveyor. The housing's slide can include the combination of a plate, one or more connectors and a rotable bearing's housing. Moving the slide from a first direction to a second direction... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207436 | Anti-static roller conveyor A roller conveyor having motor driven rollers with electronic motor controls mounted on the conveyor side plates is subject to damage of the motor controls from arcing discharge of static electricity generated by articles traveling on the conveyor. The static electr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7152730 | Conveyor with profiled cheeks The invention pertains to a conveyor with profiled cheeks consisting of at least one profiled member that is manufactured from light metal and contains longitudinal hollow spaces that are partly realized in the form of sliding block channels, and of a cover for clos... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7090427 | Bar connecting clamp A clamp for connecting together a set of structural bars having a body defining at least one pair of prismatic guides for positioning one of the bars within the clamp and a locking mechanism for securing the bars inside the guides. The body is defined by four sheet ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080730 | Conveyor assembly The invention provides an apparatus including a conveying member defining a loop that may be used for transferring a product into a container. The conveying member can be a belt, a chain, or plurality of hinged plates. The invention also includes first and second su... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7014035 | System for supporting an underside roller on a conveying belt A conveyor system having a conveying belt trained around guide rollers for movement in a travel path, a first roller which is mounted in an operative position on a support to bear against the conveying belt, and a roller support system. The roller support system has... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966434 | Guide chain The tough guide chain is capable of easily connecting and disconnecting link modules. The guide chain includes a plurality of link modules detachably connected. Each link module comprises: a main body section including a bottom plate, a pair of side plates extended ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6905546 | Conveyor and powder paint collection and method A conveyor system for a powder paint spray booth including spaced continuous parallel first and second moving belts supported by a plurality of spaced rollers enclosed within a sealed housing and a powder paint collector located below the powder paint spray booth wh... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6810646 | Processing station for a mail processing machine In a processing station for a mail processing machine, a housing is formed by parallel housing side parts, standing opposite each other at a distance corresponding to the width of the conveying track of the mail processing machine, a housing part connecting these ac... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6763935 | Pivotable conveyor skirt board assembly A pivotable wall assembly for retaining material on a conveyor belt allows for the wall to be pivoted down for easy access to the inside surface of the wall. Numerous wall assemblies may be attached end to end in individually pivoted back. The easy access makes it q... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6742649 | Non-horizontal conveyor for feeding objects A non-horizontal conveyor for feeding objects has a conveyor belt, a first pulley at a first end forming a loading area of the conveyor, and a second pulley at a second end forming a feeding area of the conveyor. The conveyor also has a conveyor cover having an uppe... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6725561 | Apparatus for the treatment of workpieces An apparatus for treating workpieces comprises a treatment chamber enclosing a treatment zone for workpieces. A conveyor guides workpieces through the chamber. Said conveyor comprises drive elements located outside the chamber, and a carrier arm, extending through a... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6675958 | Tube conveyor A tube conveyor arranges the location of the output drive roller such that the upper edge of the conveyor belt lies in a plane, defined by the upturned edges of the belt inside the tubular housing. A saver plate is mounted to each side of the output rolle... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6666325 | Conveyor line and support profile for a conveyor line A conveyor track (10) and a load-bearing profile (14) for a conveyor track (10) are proposed. The conveyor track (10) has two load-bearing profiles (14) extending substantially parallel. Each load-bearing profile (14) has one longitudinal side (26), to wh... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659269 | Apparatus and method for temporary support and isolation for a conveyor belt An apparatus and method for providing temporary support for and for isolation of an operating conveyor belt in order to insert permanent belt support structure. A top belt guard support and a bottom belt guard support are provided. A cantilever support st... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6425477 | Substrate conveyance system A substrate conveyance system for transporting a substrate from a substrate source to either one of a plurality of substrate destinations. The substrate conveyance system is characterized by a combination comprising a first transfer module including subst... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6401912 | Conveyor pan assembly with replaceable deck A conveyor pan assembly, and a corresponding conveyor line, for an armored face conveyor is provided wherein each pan assembly has a replaceable upper deck plate fabricated of wear-resistant steel. A lower support plate of mild steel is mechanically attac... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6374981 | Support construction for long escalators and moving walkways An escalator and moving walkway construction has spaced first and second basic wall supports arranged laterally of a step or plate conveying run. The rigidity of such a support construction is enhanced, in the case of use with large support widths, in tha... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6318545 | Conveyor belt return roller guard A guard adapted for enclosing an exposed return roller in a conveyor belt system. The guard attachment brackets are adapted to utilize the existing attachment point hardware of the exposed return roller to facilitate guard installation on an existing conv... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6286664 | Parts feeder system adaptable to both manual feed and auxiliary hopper feed The present invention includes a parts feeder system capable of being used in either a first mode without an auxiliary hopper or in a second mode with and auxiliary hopper. The parts feeder system includes an enclosure having an opening therein. In the fi... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6260694 | Food and drink circulating conveyer passage provided with opening and closing doors In a food and drink circulating conveyer passage 1 disposed along an eating and drinking counter 3 for conveying and supplying food and drink, a tunnel unit 5 which has at least one side formed to a curved portion having a prescribed radius of curvature i... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6193047 | Ergonomic workstation conveyor apparatus and method An apparatus and method for conveying objects to a seated human operator, including a powered conveyor with slippable rollers that is part of a workstation area for the operator. The conveyor is compact enough that a human operator can sit adjacent to it ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189684 | Sheet conveyor belt A device for conveying printing substrates includes a frame, a plurality of spaced-apart and axially parallel cylindrical rollers supported on the frame, one of the rollers being a rotatably drivable drive roller, and the other rollers being freely rotata... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6176368 | Passive dust control circulation compartment having secondary dust control features A system for providing passive dust control for a transfer of bulk material from a first station to a second station. A dust containment housing encloses a first station and station. A bulk material is transferred from the first station to the second stat... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6164431 | Roller or belt conveying device for sheet-like or plate-like workpieces of low specific gravity A conveying device for sheet-like workpieces having low specific gravity (21), such as paper or cardboard, comprises two median conveying elements (11, 12) arranged side by side along the path of the workpieces (21), for changing the orientation of the sh... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164440 | Conveyor for individual units The invention relates to a conveyor for individual units which comprises a frame (1) with an upper guide for at least a first rod (2) conveyed and held on said guide and with further rods (3) which also extend on the upper guide or a guide parallel theret... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6070320 | Cost effective and logically optimized assembly plant for series production of industrial products, especially vehicles An assembly plant for the series assembly of vehicles has a main assembly line and associated assembly works for relatively complex vehicle parts to be supplied "just in time". Simpler assembly components and small and standard components are held in read... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6000533 | Passive dust control system A system for providing passive dust control for a transfer of bulk material from a first station to a second station in a material handling system. A dust containment housing encloses a first station and a second station. Bulk material is transferred from... | 12/14/1999 |
