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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 |
| 8089030 | Bucky warmer with holder A portable device is provided that is used to warm a mammography machine and which comprises a warmer and a holder for the warmer, the holder having a charging mechanism for charging the warmer. The warmer includes an enclosed heating element and power source. The h... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7964822 | Paint remover for use with a heat gun A paint remover including a receptacle adapted to hold a hot air gun having a hot air output and an attachment coupled to the receptacle for attaching a blade to the receptacle and for aligning the blade with the hot air output. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7335090 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate handling method A substrate processing apparatus includes: a carrier holding unit for holding a carrier which houses a substrate; a substrate holding mechanism for holding a substrate when a predetermined process is executed on the substrate; and a substrate transfer mechanism for ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326881 | Floor heating system A floor heating system including a sub-floor, a plurality of fasteners, a first heater conductor assembly and a second heater conductor assembly. The first conductor assembly including a first resistive conductor having a first length, first and second ends, and two... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7278495 | Horseshoe A horseshoe includes a thin, resilient member, embedded in a moldable material such as plastic or composite. Due to this dual construction, the horseshoe is strong yet light in weight. The moldable material has a thickness which varies across the horseshoe, so as to... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261537 | Forced hot air ice cream scoop A forced hot air ice cream scoop and heater for facilitating the removal of ice cream from its container having a handle portion having a first end and a distal end, an inlet and an outlet at the first end of the handle portion, a body having a ladle disposed on the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7238919 | Heating element movement bonding method for semiconductor components According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bonding method, comprising disposing on a first body a second body with a bump interposed therebetween; and electrically and mechanically bonding the first body and the second body with the bump by... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7162881 | Thermophoretic wand to protect front and back surfaces of an object Methods and apparatus for enabling a clean, fragile object to be transported while protecting both front and back surfaces of the object are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a thermophoretic wand that is arranged to carry an object having... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7041985 | Manipulator for microscopy sample preparation and methods for making and use thereof Manipulators for handling micron-scale samples, methods for making probes for the manipulators, and methods for using the manipulators are provided. An exemplary manipulator includes a probe, a probe holder, and a mechanical positioner. The probe includes an electri... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037104 | Device and method for exposing a candle wick embedded in candle wax A device and method for exposing the ignitable end of a candle wick embedded in wax leaving an area around the wick to facilitate future lighting. The device includes an elongate hollow heated tube, heated by a heating source which heats the elongate hollow tube to ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032886 | Carpet removal system A carpet removal system for efficiently removing carpeting. The carpet removal system includes a winch, a base member with a plurality of base teeth attached to the base member, an engaging member with a plurality of engaging teeth, and a cable extending from the wi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030959 | Extreme ultraviolet reticle protection using gas flow thermophoresis Methods and apparatus for using a flow of a relatively cool gas to establish a temperature gradient between a reticle and a reticle shield to reduce particle contamination on the reticle are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021358 | Rechargeable composite ply applicator An apparatus for the application of aerospace composite laminates 10 is provided, including a non-contaminating outer layer 24 and an insulated base 12. The present invention further includes a constant temperature heating element 22 posi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6969828 | Ice scraper An ice scraper including an elongated, hollow body portion, having a first end and a second end, and capable of receiving a lock de-icer container within the hollow body portion at the first end, wherein the lock de-icer container includes means for dispensing de-ic... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966560 | Device for fixing thin and flexible substrates A device or chuck for fixing thin and/or flexible substrates allows a uniform and all-over sucking-up of the substrates without any disadvantageous warping or bending. The chuck has notches and holes communicating with a plurality of microgrooves arranged on the bea... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6940053 | Chip bonding heater with differential heat transfer The invention provides a heater for flip chip bonding. The heater transfers more heat to the periphery of a die than to the center. This results in a more even temperature profile along the die and helps prevent epoxy voiding problems. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6822197 | Electrically heated paint scraper heated by heater within the blade or by heated air A paint scraper is provided, with the blade being heated by electrical heating elements within the blade, or in other embodiments, by heated air being discharge from the handle onto the blade. A variety of different blade designs are described. The scraper consists ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6761304 | Heating head for soldering and de-soldering of SMD components A heating head for soldering and de-soldering surface mount devices (SMD's) using hot inert gas or air is comprised of a handle in which there is placed a heater sub-assembly on which there is secured a quick connect mechanism for mounting a heating nozzle. The heat... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6573477 | Safety electric sealer having a safety gate A safety electric sealer is disclosed for sealing polybags and the like, which includes a first arm body, an electric heating mechanism, a second arm body, and a safety gate. The electric heating mechanism is mounted in a receiving chamber within the firs... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6455812 | Portable flooring removal apparatus The present invention concerns a portable flooring removal apparatus for the removal of flooring material such as tile, linoleum or the like that is secured to the under flooring by adhesive. The apparatus includes a heating element to melt the bonds and ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6441345 | Wax spatula apparatus An electrically-heated wax spatula apparatus for use in molding and preparing wax models for investment casting in the field of dental prostheses and the field of metal work based on casting, and more particularly a wax spatula apparatus wherein the tempe... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6392198 | Sealing machine of clip type A sealing machine is comprised of a trough, a press plate, a pressure device, a heater element and a circuit board, wherein, the heater element is in the trough, an extension on one side at the middle section of the trough to accommodate the circuit board... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6232578 | Thermophoretic vacuum wand A thermophoretic vacuum wand that is particularly suited for transporting articles in a cleanroom environment so that potential particle contaminants in the air do not become adhered to the surface of the article is described. The wand includes a housing ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6140610 | Low profile carpet seaming iron with replaceable handle and sole plate of varying thickness A seaming iron is disclosed for use in carpet repairs requiring a replacement patching plug to be fitted into a cut-out opening in a carpet and attached to carpet surrounding the cut-out opening by hot-melt adhesive seaming tape positioned under the carpe... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6118108 | Heating method and apparatus to accelerate flanged joint adhesive cure The invention relates to a method of assembling a pipe and a flanged pipe fitting. The pipe includes an end, an inner surface having an inner diameter, and an outer surface having an outer diameter. The fitting includes an inner surface defining a bore wi... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6072157 | Thermophoretic vacuum wand A thermophoretic vacuum wand that is particularly suited for transporting articles in a cleanroom environment so that potential particle contaminants in the air do not become adhered to the surface of the article is described. The wand includes a housing ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6043458 | Pneumatic rotatable hand held pickup tool A hand held vacuum or venturi effect pickup tool is disclosed having a body and a forwardly extending tubular member, which may be curved, carrying a rotatable pickup head on its forward end. A rotatable nozzle is carried by the forward portion of the bod... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6040559 | Electric heat pen with sandwiched heater element An electric heat pen includes a pen base adapted for holding in the hand, a pen head fixedly mounted on one end of the pen base and holding a hot plate on the outside, two plate conductors and an electric heating element between the plate conductors on th... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5973294 | Heated windshield scraper device A heated windshield scraper device 10 including a scraper blade member 20 mounted on a housing member 21 that is telescopically received in a handle member 30 that contains an adjustable heating unit 13 that provides heat both to the scraper blade member ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5947585 | Heated cover for flashlight used in cold weather A cover for a flashlight handle comprising at least one heating coil positioned proximate to the handle so that heat generated by the heating coil warms the area gripped by a user. In the preferred embodiment, the heating coil is disposed within a flexibl... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5948299 | Portable snow melting device A snow melter, comprising a melting assembly and a handle assembly. The melting assembly comprises a melting plate which contains an electric heating element. The melting assembly also has a top plate which is made of an insulating material, and a bottom ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5928537 | Pneumatic pickup tool for small parts A hand held pickup tool is disclosed having a pickup head which may selectively operate as a suction cup for holding small parts or as a venturi effect lift device. For the suction cup mode the tool is supplied with a vacuum and in the venturi lift mode w... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5895593 | Plastic fishing bait coupling tool A plastic fishing bait coupling tool for fusing plastic fishing baits together to form a unique fishing bait. The tool includes a base with a heating rod outwardly extending from a perimeter side wall of the base. The heating rod has an elongate inner por... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5889257 | Heated dental knife A heated dental knife for trimming thermoplastic dental trays which has a heat sink temperature stabilizer and heating element designed to maintain a pre-selected blade temperature without adjustments under normal use in cutting such dental trays.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5603857 | Handheld electric heater for removing or replacing surface-mounted integrated circuits from a circuit board An apparatus for removing and/or replacing a surface-mounted integrated circuit that includes electrical heating elements disposed in a planar rectangular array and a handle positioning the element array in heat-conductive contact with the legs on the sid... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5533430 | Apparatus for archery target formation and insert therefor An archery target having a threaded bore directed medially thereof, with the archery target having a first density and an insert threadedly received within the target, having a second density at variance relative to the first density. An apparatus for eff... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5438758 | Heated knife A heated knife comprising a handle; a cutting blade formed of a thermally conductive material having a tip end and a base end with the base end coupled to the handle; a heating element formed of a thermally conductive material disposed within the cutting ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5357646 | Heated ice scraper A hand-held ice scraper having a wide thin scraper blade at one end thereof and means within said scraper to electrically heat the peripheral edges of the ice-engaging surface of said scraper blade to assist in loosening ice to be removed thereby. A brush... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5345059 | Temperature self-regulating, electrically-heated spoon An electrically-heated spoon including a flat heating device made of a plate-like positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistor having a periphery side wall of the spoon mounted to the periphery and a handle of the spoon extending from the side wall. A ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5278393 | Electrically heated desoldering unit having adjustable stop means preventing circuit board damage for desoldering electronic components having rows of leads A specialized desoldering unit head is provided for the limited purpose of removing high-density solid state electronic components from circuit boards in a single step, without damaging the circuit board. In the typical case of a four-sided component with... | 01/11/1994 |
