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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6097417 | Vacuum system for removing ablated particles from media mounted in an internal drum platesetter A vacuum system can remove ablated particles from an internal drum platesetter which has a drum for supporting a photosensitive medium, a carriage moveable in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the drum, and a laser mounted onto the moveable c... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5604583 | Computer vision inspection station A lens inspection system 10 has two cameras 50, 51 for capturing plan and edge images views of a lens 20 and providing pixel data signals representative of the images. The pixel data signals corresponding to the plan and edge images are analyzed by a comp... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5009509 | Clamping apparatus for thermal transfer printer Apparatus for clamping receiver sheets to the print drum of a thermal transfer printer. The apparatus includes a clamp assembly mounted for radial movement and having a clamp strip extending over the drum periphery and an interior longitudinal body couple... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4983802 | Drawing system in a wire-cut electrodischarge machine A drawing system in a wire-cut electrodischarge machine having two rectilinear motion devices arranged at right angles on a base for moving a workpiece and a wire relatively to each other, comprising a writing device, a cylindrical drawing mount supported... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4939716 | Optical information carrier An optical information carrier includes a cylinder (1) with a recording layer (2) and bushings (3,4) located at butt ends of the hollow cylinder (1) and insulating the recording layer (2) from the environment. A method for erasing information recorded on ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4864555 | Optical information carrier, method for erasing information therein, and optical storage device realizing this method An optical information carrier includes a cylinder (1) with a recording layer (2) and bushings (3,4) located at butt ends of the hollow cylinder (1) and insulating the recording layer (2) from the environment. A method for erasing information recorded on ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4829503 | Optical memory Disclosure is made of an optical memory wherein a cylindrical information carrier (2) is disposed in a stationary cylindrical container (14) filled with a liquid or gaseous medium transparent for the radiation flux emitted by a source (1) of modulated coh... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4811327 | Optical storage device Disclosure is made of an optical storage device wherein a cylindrical information carrier (2) with a recording medium (12) applied on a tubular base (9) is disposed in a stationary cylindrical container (3) having a window (4) in the lateral wall thereof.... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4739653 | Pressure gauge This invention relates to a sub surface pressure gauge comprising an axially displaceable drum with a chart disposed within a housing and having a selective axial movement, rotatable stylus for recordal of pressures on said chart provided on said drum. A ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4317138 | Method and apparatus for facsimile sheet handling Disclosed herein is a facsimile apparatus with an improved sheet transport means including a transport path and a feeder in the path for moving sheets along it to a scanner. A sensor is situated in the path for sensing the length of the sheets being fed t... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4040064 | Fluid pressure actuated recorder A signal actuated recorder device has a recording drum connected to be actuated only when sensing a signal. The recorder is connected to measure the torque employed to make up joints of tubular goods into a string, for example, and can also be used in oth... | 08/02/1977 |
