Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784610 | Protective film application kit and method A kit apparatus has a package holding at least one film sheet having an adhesive layer on one side, a bottle containing a solution for activating the adhesive layer of the film sheet, and a miniature squeegee. The film sheet, bottle of solution and squeegee are secu... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7389869 | Display protective film application kit A kit apparatus has a molded support card holding a plurality of film sheets each having an adhesive layer on one side, a spray bottle containing a cleaning and activating solution enabled for activating the adhesive layers of the film sheets, and a squeegee. The fi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7310841 | Stationery assembly A stationery assembly includes a body and a partition formed on a bottom of the body for closing the body. A sound device is received in the chamber. A stapler is upwardly secured on a bottom of the body. A lighting device is mounted in a front end of the body. A fi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6887002 | Keyboard cover A keyboard cover has a rectangular transparent film made of a soft material and having an upper side, a bottom side, two long sides and two short sides. Two first reinforcing strips are formed at the bottom side and respectively at the two long sides of the film. Tw... | 05/03/2005 |
| 5706974 | Can for powder products having scoop retaining means A lid for a container designed to contain powder or granular materials includes a lip on an interior or bottom surface of the lid for selectively attaching a scoop. The lip is resiliently deformable when an edge of the scoop is pressed against it. This de... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5624638 | Modular laboratory equipment and coupling system A personal, miniaturized, multipurpose test kit for performing a plurality of chemical tests and procedures, which include interchangeable multifunctional elements connecting adapted for arrangement of multiple test configurations including a portable con... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5002818 | Reworkable epoxy die-attach adhesive An adhesive mixture reworkably adheres electronic integrated circuit dies to hybrid microcircuit substrates, and includes a thermosetting epoxy resin. A thermoplastic resin additive allows the mixture to retain the high adhesive strength of the epoxy resi... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4927697 | Surface mounting leadless components on conductor pattern supporting substrates Flux residue drawn by capillary action into the small gap between a conductor pattern support e.g. a printed circuit board, and a leadless electronic component surface mounted on the support is hard to remove and may corrode the conductor pattern. Herein ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4887713 | Window washer caddy A window washer caddy includes a box having a bottom providing an internal floor, opposed ends and opposed sides and an open top. A partition has a carrying aperture and divides the box into first and second portions. A spindle has a lower end secured to ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4867305 | Release of sterilized dental bit packaging My copending application Ser. No. 41,421 filed Apr. 23, 1987, now abandoned disclosed a (throw-away) packaging construction for Sterilized Dental Bits. These drill bits are so constructed and arranged that it is unnecessary for the Dentist or his assistan... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4730726 | Sealed sterile package The sealed package is sterilized with a sterilant gas such as ethylene oxide prior to application of a desiccant pack. The desiccant pack is applied after sterilization and held in place by a metallic foil which is impermeable to moisture. A moisture perm... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4662518 | Lotta luck lottery kit The invention is designed to use with lottery tickets. It includes a container to hold at least ten lottery tickets. The container houses a scraper designed to remove the coating from the tickets, a protective lip which covers the "void if removed" sectio... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4586228 | Tool kit for installing transmission seals A composite seal-installing driver includes an elongated base or handle portion with a socket in one end and any selected one of a plurality of interchangeable adapters each having an end projection manually fittable in the base socket so as to connect th... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4531633 | Relating to latch security devices A latch security kit comprising a pair of templates for positioning at predetermined positions respectively on a door and door jamb adjacent the door latch and staple, the templates indicating the positioning of studs to be affixed to the door and door ja... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4409182 | Colorimeter test kit apparatus A method and apparatus for the colorimetric testing of non-opaque fluids that comprises compact test kit apparatus made from readily available plastic components, and sets of such test kits made even more compact by a combination of chemistries for certai... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4387805 | Arrowhead case and arrowhead wrench An arrowhead case and arrowhead wrench. Both the arrowhead case and the arrowhead wrench include rib members. The rib members grippingly engage a shaft of an arrowhead between its blades and maintain the arrowhead in a predetermined position.... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4378065 | Staple magazine holder This invention relates to a portable, hand-operated, staple magazine holder for supplying staples to a work location. The staple magazine holder comprises in combination, an elongated housing having a slot for slidably receiving a plastic strip containing... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4341302 | Storing and mixing apparatus A package comprising an integral tray and separable tool or paddle for delivering material components from one depression of the tray to another and for subsequently mixing them prior to their use. It is designed for storing component materials in a multi... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4212388 | Portable rust inhibitor applicator for a vehicle An applicator in kit form for spraying a rust inhibitor to the inside surfaces of the body of a vehicle. The applicator kit includes a flexible tube joined in fluid communication with a rigid nozzle to direct inhibitor spray to otherwise inaccessible surf... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4172523 | Applicator for retaining rings An applicator for use in connection with a retaining ring supply, which comprises a plurality of retaining rings detachably connected to each other so as to form a strip. The applicator is in the form of a sheath having a flat passage therethrough extendi... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4154343 | See-through packaging for furniture hinges See-through packaging for the self-service sale of furniture hinges in small quantities, consisting of a plastic box of appropriate size serving for the accomodation of the hinges, having a rectangular or square bottom and sidewalls projecting upwardly at... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4114329 | Anchoring arrangement kit An anchoring arrangement kit includes a drilling tool adapted to drill a generally cylindrical anchoring hole in a support structure. The kit further includes a support arrangement which supports the drill for rocking or orbiting motion to thereby enlarge... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4061225 | Tool for the insertion of thumb tacks A tool for inserting thumb tacks comprising a handle having a neck-down portion near its one end with a recess in that end containing a magnet therein permitting picking up a thumb tack and holding it in a position for insertion, the neck-down portion of ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4043452 | C-ring holder A miniature electrical connector comprising an insulative body having spaced, parallel connector pins extending therethrough and held in place by a combination of abutment surfaces on the pins and block, and C-rings on the pins. In assembling the connecto... | 08/23/1977 |
