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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 |
| 7111766 | Apparatus for and a method of an intermittent feeding of a strip shaped blank to a press The elongate rocker is forked at its first end and includes two fork tines. These are designed symmetrically relative to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the rocker. A control rod with a longitudinal center axis is pivotally mounted at its bottom end to the sec... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106536 | Write head demagnetizer A demagnetizer for an inductive load having a driver circuit including at least one transistor and a ramp-down voltage source switchably connected to the driver circuit, so that when the ramp-down voltage source is connected to the transistor, it drives the voltage ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100274 | Apparatus for applying media to a conduit The invention provides an apparatus and methods for applying a material to a cable or into a conduit. The apparatus includes a hinged housing for coupling to a portion of a cable and/or a conduit. The apparatus is configured as a portable housing that is particularl... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7012399 | Position detector correction method and electrically-powered steering apparatus This invention provides an electrically-powered steering apparatus capable of assisting a steering torque appropriately using a resolver. A reference signal is applied to a resolver arithmetic processing I/F circuit 34 and a resolver arithmetic processing I/F... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6412136 | Drain cleaning apparatus The inner end of a snake or drain cleaning cable coiled in a rotatable cable storage drum of drain cleaning apparatus is provided with a torque arm which frictionally engages the outer wall of the drum to restrain sliding of the cable relative thereto dur... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6334563 | Retensioning device for strapping machines A retensioning device for strapping machines is provided with a pair of tape tensioning rollers comprising a stationary counter roller and a pivoting roller which can be adjusted towards it. A strapping tape is guided through the nip and via an angle of w... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6264171 | Cable conveying apparatus and method A cable conveying apparatus and method installs a cable in conduit by the application of a pushing force generated by a drive assembly. The speed of the cable and the speed of the drive assembly are monitored wherein the drive assembly is shut off when th... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6019268 | Method for fabricating plastic cards A method to fabricate plastic cards is disclosed. A substrate tape is perforated with evenly spaced holes, and when placed in a working station, positioning pins engage into the holes. The spacing between two sets of pins is then slightly increased thereb... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6012621 | Cable conveying apparatus A cable conveying apparatus and method installs a cable in conduit by the application of a pushing force generated by a drive assembly. The speed of the cable and the speed of the drive assembly are monitored wherein the drive assembly is shut off when th... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5868296 | Electronically controlled high speed press feed capable of being driven in synchronization with a press The present invention provides for a press feed apparatus for use in feeding stock material to a high speed automatic press. The feed roller is driven by a servo motor integral with the shaft of the roller, the feed roller release mechanism is infinitely ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5720421 | Elecronically controlled high speed press feed A press feed apparatus for use in feeding stock material to a high speed automatic press. The feed roller is driven by a servo motor integral with the shaft of the roller, the feed roller release mechanism is infinitely adjustable, and a feedback system i... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5691908 | Method for actuator identification during the transverse profile control of a continuous material web A number of identified actuators are adjusted by identical absolute values which have an effect on a web end only within a noise level. A series of transverse profile measurements are then carried out, from which in each case a previously determined mean ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5660676 | High speed labeler An improved laid-on labeler is designed for substantially increased operating speeds when compared to prior art systems. The labeler includes an articulating labeling arm with a label peel blade. The labeling arm is attached to a support structure at a pi... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5509594 | Device to control the feeding of the strap in a strapping machine Device to control the feeding of the strap in a strapping machine, of the type wherein the strap (R) is guided on the periphery of at least one driving wheel (1) and at least one pressure wheel (4) is provided to press the strap (R) against the periphery ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5310105 | Stock material strip feed controller An apparatus for measuring and controlling lengths of movement of a continuous stock material strip which is intermittently fed by feed rollers along a predetermined path of travel to a machine which includes a reciprocally operable carriage having toolin... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5063756 | Elastic yarn feeding device In an elastic yarn feeding device of a multi-yarn feeding circular knitting machine, a rotary drive shaft (18) is horizontally arranged above a circular horizontally rotary plate (6), and the drive shaft (18) is provided with a drive roller (17) to be sli... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4583669 | Apparatus for detecting a tape splice A splice detection apparatus which operates directly upon the solenoid which is conventionally used to bring the pinch roller into contact with the capstan of a recording/playback unit, eliminating the need for separate levering mechanisms, to detect chan... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4521132 | Apparatus and method for simultaneously tensioning pipes A method and apparatus for allowing the simultaneous laying of at least two pipes from a pipe-laying barge using at least two coaxially aligned pipe tensioners, wherein a first pipe tensioner tensions a first pipe and allows a second pipe to pass freely t... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4501109 | Packaging machine with improved web feeding system A vertical form, fill and seal packaging machine in which a predetermined length of web or film is pulled downwardly past a tube forming collar by endless belts located downstream of the collar. A power-rotated feed roll is located upstream of the collar ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4441664 | Apparatus for feeding web material from a supply roll An apparatus for feeding web material from a supply roll to processing equipment of the type that exerts an intermittent pulley force on the web during intermittent advance through the processing equipment. The web feed apparatus includes a brake for cont... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4420107 | Lead frame advance system To cut a strip of metal into exact lengths, rollers are brought into contact with the strip and turned by an accurate motor until a pin can be mechanically inserted into a hole in the strip to effect final alignment. If the pin does not successfully enter... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4401250 | Method and an arrangement for the forward feeding of a material web in register with a crease line pattern In the intermittent forward feeding of a material web provided with transverse crease lines and simultaneous punching of holes into the material web in a definite relation to the crease line pattern, it is important to ensure that any faults in the length... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4364505 | Double feed roll lift mechanism The invention relates to a hydraulically actuated feed roll lift mechanism for feeds utilized to feed strip stock into a machine, such as a mechanical press. Regulated hydraulic pressure acting against a piston that is connected to one of the feed rolls t... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4355747 | Multi-purpose yarn feeding device A multi-purpose yarn feeding device for knitting machines is described which includes a number of co-axially arranged rotary members which correspond to the number of yarns fed to the respective feeding station, each rotary member being provided with a fr... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4242167 | Labeling machine Labeling machine in which continuous label stock is pulled from a roll of same by a continuously operating drive roller and a pinch roller which is alternately engaged with and disengaged from the drive roller; means for storing a supply of label stock in... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4221316 | NAB Tape cartridge eraser and splice finder A combined eraser and splice finder for an NAB tape cartridge which comprises apparatus for subjecting an NAB tape cartridge to an initially strong and thereafter diminishing and vanishing oscillating magnetic field for bulk tape erasure and which, indepe... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4209119 | Tape drive control apparatus A tape drive control apparatus in which a tape is wound on a capstan rotating at a constant speed and driven by the friction between the capstan and the tape without using a pinch roller. The tape is moved apart from the capstan upon the fast mode such as... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4194659 | Seam responsive rolls and method An apparatus and method in which lengths of web material joined by widthwise seams are guided along a path of travel and between a pair of rolls arranged to form a nip. In accordance with this invention, a plurality of seam detectors are provided and the ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4141480 | Friction film driving device for developing machine A friction driving device for film developing machines which comprises a number of side-by-side film supporting roller members each consisting of a cylindrical body provided with equally spaced apart flanges defining therebetween a driving surface, and a ... | 02/27/1979 |
