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 |
| 7361626 | Supported catalyst The present invention relates to a Catalyst comprising a, preferably oxidic, core material, a shell of zinc oxide around said core material, and a catalytically active material in or on the shell, based on one or more of the metals cobalt, iron, ruthenium and/or nic... | 04/22/2008 |
| 6838297 | Nanostructure, electron emitting device, carbon nanotube device, and method of producing the same The invention provides a nanostructure including an anodized film including nanoholes. The anodized film is formed on a substrate having a surface including at least one material selected from the group consisting of semiconductors, noble metals, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6372357 | External component of endoscope An external component of an endoscope includes an aluminum alloy base member whose surface is subjected to anodic oxidation, and thereafter, is subjected to an electrolytic deposition thereon.... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5094727 | Electrolyte for producing conversion coatings By means of an electrolyte free of ammonia, cyanide, and fluoride, hence low in harmful substances and inoffensive to the environment, optically black coatings having a thickness of less than 10 microns and substantially equal optical absorption and therm... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4714528 | Process for producing aluminum support for lithographic printing plate A process for producing an aluminum support for a lithographic printing plate, which comprises roughening an aluminum plate surface by a liquid honing process to form a first grain thereon and then modifying the first grain by a brush grinding process, an... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4690736 | Chromic acid anodizing of aluminium prior to adhesive bonding A method of pre-treating articles of aluminium or aluminum alloy to form an environmentally stable adhesive receptive oxide layer, the method comprising anodizing said articles in a bath containing an aqueous solution of chromic acid at a minimum defined ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4678547 | Anodized memory disk substrate and method of manufacturing the same An anodized memory disk substrate is disclosed, which is characterized in having an anodic film having excellent heat resistance and hardness and having a thickness of not less than 3 μm on the surface of aluminum or an aluminum alloy substrate imparted ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4551211 | Aqueous anodizing solution and process for coloring article of magnesium or magnesium-base alloy An aqueous anodizing solution for anodizing an article of magnesium or magnesium-base alloy which contains, per one liter volume thereof, 20-300 g. of an aluminate, 0.5-8 moles of an alkali hydroxide per one mole of the aluminate, and at least one kind se... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4507179 | Process of producing aluminum substrate for magnetic recording media An aluminum substrate suitable for making high-density magnetic recording media is produced by anodizing a surface of the aluminum substrate in an aqueous chromic acid solution at an electrolytic voltage higher than 60 volts. The anodic film thus formed h... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4451335 | Method for producing full color images on aluminum A process for the production of full color, partial colored or two colored pictures, scenes, words, etc., on articles of aluminum or aluminum alloys. The process involves first forming a hard, dense, non-colored anodic coating of between about 0.4 mils an... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4256547 | Universal chromic acid anodizing method What is disclosed is an improvement in a method of anodizing aluminum alloy parts to meet predetermined specifications regarding salt spray corrosion resistance, fatigue failure resistance, paint adhesion and coating weights and including the steps of con... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4090929 | Rapid chromic acid anodization The process which is the object of the invention concerns the surface treatment of aluminum alloys by anodization. It consists of treating the aluminum alloy objects to be coated by making them the anode in a bath through which a direct current passes, un... | 05/23/1978 |
