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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 |
| 7380693 | Desktop tape dispenser A desktop tape dispenser is disclosed. The desktop tape dispenser of the present invention comprises a main body portion, an adjustment portion, a stopping portion and a return portion. A rotation shaft is disposed in the lower middle part of the main body portion. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7325768 | Hands-free paper towel dispensers A hands-free paper towel dispenser including a housing with a front cover that is pivotable between open and closed positions. A sensing mechanism is disposed entirely within the interior space of the cabinet at a location adjacent to the front cover and is oriented... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7069972 | Electronic tape dispenser An electrically powered tape dispenser device has a housing with a base and a top cover that opens to allow placement and removal of a tape roll supply within a tape well. Operation of a push button control actuates a motor and a pinch roller assembly to drivingly e... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051901 | Air barrier device for protecting liquid fluids in opened containers A device inhibits oxidation of wine remaining in a bottle. A stopper and an inflatable bladder replace the cork. In a first embodiment, a wine duct formed in the stopper is open when the stopper is in an extended position and is closed when the stopper is retracted.... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6953171 | Apparatus for automatically paying out free end portion of rolled paper A roll shaft 26 supporting rolled paper 20, such as toilet paper rotatably thereon, a pair of feed rollers 32, 34 for paying out the free end portion of the rolled paper 20 which has been paid out continuously from the rolled paper 20 | 10/11/2005 |
| 6903654 | Automatic dispenser apparatus The invention is directed to improved automatic dispenser apparatus for dispensing sheet material and the like without contact between a user and the dispenser. Proximity detection apparatus is provided to detect the presence of a user in a detection zone generated ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6895848 | Device for removing one or more lengths of paper from a rolled-up paper strip A device (1) for extracting one or more paper strip portions (3′) from a paper strip rotatably arranged around an axle, preferably rolled around a bobbin, while utilizing an edge surface serving as a tearing edge or a scissor device, belonging to a l... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6553884 | Adhesive tape dispenser and its use An adhesive tape dispenser for dispensing and cutting a length of an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape dispenser comprises an adhesive tape cutting device. The adhesive tape cutting device comprises a) a resting surface to which a tacky side of said adhesi... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6386415 | Adhesive tape feeding apparatus for feeding tape automatically after cutting An adhesive tape feeding apparatus includes a base, an adjustment unit, and a push unit. A tape roll is disposed rotatably on a rear end portion of the base. When a motor is activated, a free end portion of the tape roll is fed from a front end portion of... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6176409 | Adhesive tape dispenser The present invention relates to an adhesive tape dispenser which includes a gun-shaped case body having a detachable cover, a drawing portion for drawing an adhesive tape from the case body, and having a trigger handle protruded outwardly from one side o... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6089401 | Braking arrangement for dispensers of continuous material A braking arrangement for dispensers of continuous material particulary paper dispensers includes a first gearwheel arranged for rotation about a first axis, and second gearwheel arranged for rotation about a second axis. The second gearwheel is arranged ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5904283 | Note paper sheet dispenser A note paper sheet dispenser adapted to supply a user with a note paper sheet whose dimensions are determined by the user. The dispenser includes a rectangular base above whose rear end is mounted for rotation a strip paper roll in which the underside of ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5452832 | Automatic dispenser for paper towels severable from a continuous roll An automatic dispenser for paper towels shaped in strips of an appropriate length severable from a continuous feed roll, outputs a portion of paper of an appropriate length cutting it with a stationary blade. The blade is located in a less accessible area... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5048737 | Motor-driven tape cutter In a motor-driven tape cutter including a cavity formed longitudinally on the upper side of a cutter body, a reel provided at one end of the cavity for supporting a ring-like roll of adhesive tape, a feed roller provided at the other end of the cavity for... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4944441 | Tape cutting dispenser An improvement for a tape dispensing apparatus equipped with a device for cutting tape into discrete segments. A straight-edged blade vertically disposed and secured within a U-shaped support provides enhanced cutting abilities while protecting the operat... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4834309 | Photographic-materials dispenser The dispenser has a housing in which are rotatably journalled a photographic sheet materials supply shaft, and a pair of nipping rollers. A motor drives one of the rollers through a drive train, and such driven roller drives the other. A leader of sheet m... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4807789 | Tape dispenser A tape dispensing apparatus equipped with improved means for cutting tape into discrete segments. A straight-edged blade vertically disposed and secured within a U-shaped support provides enhanced cutting abilities while protecting the operator from injur... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4666099 | Apparatus for dispensing sheet material The disclosure relates to an apparatus for dispensing sheet material such as paper towels. The dispensing apparatus when activated dispenses sheet material for a predetermined time which results in a predetermined length of sheet material being dispensed.... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4569467 | Dispenser for automatically advancing a length of web A lazy-susan type roll table supports, in a vertical position, a roll of place mats interconnected into a continuous web (i.e. each mat is attached to its adjacent mat by perforations and all are rolled up on a core to form the roll of material). A web fe... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4347950 | Packing machine with apparatus for automatically stopping bag material transfer rollers A packing machine is disclosed in which an apparatus for automatically stopping a pair of intermittently operated pinching rollers for transferring a strip-like plastics bag material is provided. The apparatus is a kind of emergency stop and is arranged t... | 09/07/1982 |
| 3949918 | Machine for dispensing uniform lengths of thick plastic film A machine for dispensing thick plastic film has two cradle rollers which carry a heavy roll of thick plastic film, two nipper rolls which draw film from the roll of plastic film, a timer regulated motor which drives the nipper rolls to dispense a pre-sele... | 04/13/1976 |
