Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4183434 | Peelable seal A bag for storing blood components consisting of a sterilizable, flexible polyolefin container having at least two inlets at the top thereof forming part of the container and a bag-like protective closure hermetically enclosing the inlets. The protective ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4173661 | Method for depositing thin layers of materials by decomposing a gas to yield a plasma The invention provides a method of depositing a thin layer of material by decomposing a gas in a plasma. To avoid saturating the rate of depositing doped silicon, the substrate onto which the doped silicon is to be deposited has an RF bias applied thereto... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4153560 | Corona device and method for using same A corona discharge device is disclosed in which a cylindrical shell made of a dielectric material is mounted around a rotatable axle. Electrodes are arranged inside and outside of the shell so as to provide a corona discharge across a material to improve ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4140607 | Method for modifying the surface of polymeric substrate materials by means of electron bombardment in a low pressure gas discharge A method of modifying the surface of polymeric substrate materials, such as textile fabric including woven polymeric textile or textile fibers, by means of electron bombardment in a low pressure gas discharge medium to produce chemical and/or physical cha... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4133847 | Vaporized fuel for internal combustion engine and method and apparatus for producing same An automobile engine is fueled with a mixture of air and a vapor derived by passing electric current through an electrolytically conductive emulsion of gasoline and water. Specific compositions of the conductive emulsions are disclosed as are unique desig... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4123308 | Process for chemically bonding a poly-p-xylylene to a thermosetting resin and article produced thereby Poly-p-xylylene is chemically bonded to a thermoset resin via a reaction between oxygen-containing groups at the surface of the poly-p-xylylene and a reactant component of the thermosetting resin. A low temperature plasma is employed to chemically modify ... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4077870 | Method for electrically cracking petroleum crude A method for electrically cracking crude oil comprised of the steps of injecting a mixture of petroleum crude and an energy transfer medium into a cracking chamber in a continuous flow, supplying a high frequency electrical discharge into the energy trans... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4072769 | Treating polymeric surfaces The surface characteristics of polymeric materials are altered by exposure to a reactive gas which has been activated by radio frequency electromagnetic radiations prior to being directed onto the surface. The reactive gas is selected from either the gase... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4059497 | Corona apparatus A corona apparatus comprising at least one roller electrode assembly, a supporting surface acting as a counter electrode, and a generator for generating an alternating current voltage for said electrode assembly characterized in that the roller electrode ... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4029876 | Heat-treated, corona-treated polymer bodies and a process for producing them Polymer films, such as polypropylene and polyethylene, having improved surface adhesion characteristics and produced by subjecting conventional polymer films to a heat treatment followed by a corona treatment at an energy density-to-film surface of at lea... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4028551 | Apparatus and method for corona discharge priming a dielectric web A dielectric web substrate is primed for adhesion of a plastic coating by passing between two rolls in rolling contact therewith. One roll has a conductive core and an insulating jacket while the other roll has a conductive surface. A high voltage A.C. so... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4024038 | Adhesive processes The method of modifying materials in a uniform and reproducible manner which comprises activating and treating materials, the treating step being performed with modification agent. There is also disclosed an apparatus for modifying materials.... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4018945 | Method of making a metallized video disc having an insulating layer thereon A polymeric film applied to a video disc by glow discharge techniques is treated with a subsequent glow discharge in air to improve wear properties.... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4011843 | Vaporized fuel for internal combustion engine and method and apparatus for producing same An automobile engine is fueled with a mixture of air and a vapor derived by passing electric current through an electrolytically conductive emulsion of gasoline and water. Specific compositions of the conductive emulsions are disclosed as are unique desig... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4010089 | Reacting coal Apparatus and method for reacting coal with hydrogen to provide hydrocarbon products. In a container having an anode and a cathode spaced therefrom, an electric potential about 200 to 1000 volts more positive than the potential at the cathode is applied t... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3992495 | Method of manufacturing a semipermeable membrane from a water-soluble polymeric resin Ultrathin membranes for separating substances are obtained by exposing shaped articles comprising a water-soluble polymer or a mixture of a water-soluble polymer and water-insoluble polymer to a plasma of a gas selected from helium, argon, nitrogen, hydro... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3974750 | Method and apparatus for neutralizing electrostatic charges of filter material for smokers' products Successive filter rod sections which are produced in a filter rod making machine are caused to pass through a body of ionized air before they leave the machine. This insures that ionized air destroys the electrostatic charges which the non-conductive wrap... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3973132 | Apparatus for the treatment of non-conductive foils or like thin sheeting Apparatus for the treatment of non-conductive foils or the like by subjecting them to a corona discharge of the type including two elongated electrodes with a gap between them and means for passing the foil or other sheeting through the gap has one of its... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3959104 | Electrode structure for generating electrical discharge plasma An electrical plasma discharge is established between adjacent tubular electrodes of an electrode structure having a stacked array of rows of tubular electrodes of opposite polarity row-by-row. A substrate is moved through the electrode structure along se... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3959661 | Apparatus for purifying exhaust gases containing ionizable and oxidizable components Apparatus for purifying exhaust gases having ionizable and oxidizable gaseous components including an exhaust chamber having the exhaust gases flowing therethrough, a particle filter mounted in the chamber, a plurality of spaced electrodes located in the ... | 05/25/1976 |
