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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 |
| 7673826 | Mobile shredder A mobile shredder comprises a truck having a truck body defining an enclosure and including a partition in the enclosure that divides a storage volume from the remainder of the enclosure for storage of shredded material in the storage volume, a single-shaft rotary s... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7325757 | Plastics recovery system A transportable system for separating materials in a waste stream. An arrangement of separation and grinding devices is mounted on a transportable platform. The devices are configured and arranged to produce three or more product streams from a plastic-rich feed mix... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7213509 | Method and system for individual tire recycling A method for handling scrap tires, includes a step of providing a compacting apparatus to a scrap tire generator, such as a tire retailer. Before compacting the tires, the tire can be marked with a unique identifier assigned to every tire generator. By marking the s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198213 | Mobile shredder A mobile shredder comprises a truck having a truck body defining an enclosure and including a partition in the enclosure that divides a storage volume from the remainder of the enclosure for storage of shredded material in the storage volume, a single-shaft rotary s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7104478 | Material spreading device A material spreading device for spreading material over a targeted area includes a receiving portion for receiving a plurality of bags of material, a hopper assembly and a material moving device. The material spreading device is configured for use on a vehicle. The ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6955311 | Self-propelled recycling machine, and base unit and base frame of self-propelled recycling machine In a self-propelled recycling machine for receiving recyclable materials and processing the recyclable materials to produce recycled products, the self-propelled recycling machine comprises traveling units 2 disposed side by side in a spaced relation, a base ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6719226 | Mobile paper shredder system The present invention is a truck mounted mobile paper shredding system, with first and second rotary paper feed systems and a hammer mill paper shredder disposed between the feed systems. The feed systems and hammer mill are transversely mounted relative to the truc... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6588691 | Mobile document shredder with retractable loading tunnel and load cell A mobile shredding system is used mounted on a vehicle. The system has a hopper, for receiving material to be shredded, a shredder communicating with the hopper, and a holding space for shredded waste into which the shredder feeds shredded material. A bin... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6398140 | Truck mounted chipper vehicle A mobile unitary highway chipper truck vehicle useful in the green industry is disclosed. The unitary vehicle of the present invention includes a mounted chipper, a dump bed portion, ample storage compartments, and a cherry picker. The mobile unitary high... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6202948 | Apparatus for handling mercury containing lamps An apparatus for economically handling mercury containing lamps in an efficient manner while protecting the environment against release of mercury vapors into the atmosphere. The apparatus of the present invention includes a mobile vehicle which is transp... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5927626 | Solid substance crushing vehicle The present invention relates to a solid substance crushing vehicle which is able to move to a place of collection of glass products, chinaware, old stools, bricks, refractories, tourmaline of magnetic ores, etc. to automatically crush, produce, screen th... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5871162 | Paper shredding assembly A truck-mounted paper shredder is provided. The shredder uses a reciprocating plunger to feed a rotary hammer mill, which shreds the paper. An auger is used to transfer the shredded paper into a discrete storage container. The container includes a suction... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5842652 | Waste recyclable processing mechanism This waste recycling processing mechanism combines in a self powered unit in a preferred embodiment on a vehicle apparatus that sorts and processes recyclable materials. In another embodiment, this processing mechanism is constructed as a transportable un... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5806685 | Confinement house cleaner An apparatus for use in cleaning confinement houses, to be pulled within the confinement house by a small tractor, providing motive force to the apparatus and to its components, is constructed on a wheeled frame, the front of which is connected to the tra... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5676320 | Mobile tire shredder A motor truck for use in collecting and processing solid waste material such as scrap tires. The truck includes a chassis including a cab; a body structure positioned on the chassis behind the cab and defining a storage chamber; a shredder mounted on top ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5645235 | Dump truck with mounted comminuting device A comminution system that is used in conjunction with a dump tuck vehicle so that comminuted debris is automatically deposited into the dump bed of the vehicle. The comminution device is a self-powered assembly that rides upon rails mounted to the dump tr... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5586730 | Fluorescent lamp collection and separation method and apparatus A mobile vehicle containing fluorescent lamp separation apparatus is transported to the site of a facility which uses fluorescent lamps and collects used lamps for processing. The lamps are loaded into a bin in the vehicle, the bin is closed to enclose th... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5558284 | Crushing apparatus Householders separate metal cans, plastic bottles, containers and similar items from other garbage. The crushing apparatus is carried on the recycling truck, and the driver tosses these items into the apparatus for crushing. The apparatus has a rotating c... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5520343 | Empty vessel treatment vehicles A treatment vehicle for treating empty vessels such as empty bottles. A feed conveyor for carrying empty vessels introduced in a vehicle body is obliquely provided such that a starting end thereof faces to a rear of the vehicle body and a forward end ther... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5457271 | Environmentally contained mobile chipper assembly A treatment system for the safe disposal and containment of lead base painted wood comprising a mobile chipper arranged in a housing with an articulable conduit arranged to direct the chips to a container and further to a filtration unit. The chipper unit... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5395061 | Mobile tire shredder A motor truck for use in collecting and processing solid waste material such as scrap tires. The truck includes a chassis including a cab; a body structure positioned on the chassis behind the cab and defining a storage chamber; a shredder mounted on top ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5294412 | Steam autoclave unit for delivering sterilized medical waste to a portable carrier A method of disposing of medical waste is disclosed wherein medical waste generated at a facility such as a hospital, clinic, and/or a doctor's office, after being bagged and sterilized, usually by a stem autoclave, is delivered to a mobile carrier having... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5265811 | Mobile comminuting arrangement for organic waste materials A mobile comminuting arrangement for organic waste materials includes a load space with a mechanically driven scraper floor and a draw-in roller arranged above the scraper floor. The draw-in roller is mounted so as to be vertically adjustable by a rocker ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5253971 | Waste material loading device A device for loading waste material into a refuse collection vehicle including a trough attached to a rear end of the vehicle. An inclined conveyor, having a lower end and an upper end, is disposed in the trough. An anchor is disposed at the lower end of ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5226757 | Yard waste collection vehicle The invention is a yard waste removal vehicle capable of being used to collect various types of yard waste. The vehicle includes a box-like hopper that is adapted to receive materials from a conveyer system, vacuum system, a side access door and a towed c... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5192031 | Combined trash compactor/conveyor for garbage truck A trash compactor for use within the box of an automotive garbage truck, comprising: (a) a pair of conveyors arranged in a V-shape laid on its side, the first conveyor being horizontal and supporting and moving a trash load from a trash loading area, thro... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5186397 | Method and device for disposal of medical waste A method of disposing of medical waste is disclosed wherein medical waste generated at a facility such as a hospital, clinic, and/or a doctor's office, after being bagged and sterilized, usually by a steam autoclave, is delivered to a mobile carrier havin... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4961539 | Truck-mounted pallet chipper A shredder for reducing used solid waste material to chips is described. The shredder and a storage container for the shredded wood are a part of a single mobile unit for on-site shredding and removal of shredded waste. A single drive engine is used to pr... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4852815 | Transit refuse resource recovery and incineration system In transit refuse recovery and incineration system for processing refuse as it is collected including bag-ripping, sorting, shredding, pre-heating and pre-volatilization, classifying, incineration, gas clean-up, and bins for re-cyclable items and ash. Pre... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4786003 | Materials processing unit A materials processing unit incorporating three stage processing. The material to be processed is passed through a breaker unit (19) which breaks the material down to a consistent size for processing by a pulverizer unit (20) which further breaks down the... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4763846 | Whole ear corn conversion apparatus and method Whole ears of corn are converted to a desired particulate feed material in a machine which first preconditions the whole ear by breaking it into several smaller pieces before its cob and kernels are separated from one another and respectively ground and c... | 08/16/1988 |
