Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6926009 | Ashtray mechanism An ashtray includes doors that open and close and define a disposal path to a drawer when open. Cigarettes dropped on the doors will fall into the drawer when the doors are open. Cigarette disposal openings lead to the drawer and a cigarette grinder mechanism can be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6422567 | Storage system for vehicles A storage system for a motor vehicle having a floor includes a plurality of retainer brackets adapted to be secured to the floor, and a base having a body and a plurality of mounting brackets attached to the body. The body has first and second inclined tr... | 07/23/2002 |
| 5361784 | System for removing and disposing of cigarette and cigar smoke and residues A system for removing and disposing of smoke and residues produced by cigarettes or the like includes an ashtray unit adapted to be received by a valved receptacle in a tabletop or the like. The ashtray unit has a cigarette-holding portion and a passage c... | 11/08/1994 |
| 4936321 | Vehicle ash receiver with ash discharging device An arrangement that for receiving smoking residue that comprises an ash receiver body (22) that receives a cigarette with its burning end close to tube (28). A discharging device (30) that removes smoke and incinerates ashes from the receiver by wind rush... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4072097 | Litter disposal device for automobiles There is disclosed an improved litter disposal device for use on vehicles including automobiles. The litter disposal device permits the occupants of the automobile or other vehicle to dispose of litter through access ports in the interior of the passenger... | 02/07/1978 |
