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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359206 | Radio frequency isolation system and cover assembly for vacuum electron device A self-guiding cover assembly for a vacuum electron device (VED) enclosure (704, 1316) has a cover (1002, 1302), a pair of guide plates, and a pair of guide elements (1304, 1306). The cover has at least one electrical connector (1314) dis... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352353 | Electrostatically addressable electrophoretic display Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surfa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7321436 | Access to printing material container The present invention provides a storage device that enables identification data to be readily rewritten and ensures normal completion of a data writing operation in a short time period. In the storage device of the invention, an ID comparator determines whether or ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7289101 | Multi-color electrophoretic image display A color electrophoretic display including a plurality of cells each containing electrophoretic particles. Each of the cells in the plurality is capable of displaying at least one of three selected primary colors, when the particles in the cell are moved from a first... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283119 | Color electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes unit cells each containing i) two sets of display electrodes and a collection electrode and ii) two kinds of translucent colored electrophoretic particles having charge polarities different from each other. The unit cells a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7259744 | Dielectrophoretic displays A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of part... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260730 | Remote power configuration of functions within multifunction apparatus using status and setting screens displayed on external apparatus There is provided an information processing apparatus that makes it possible to supply power only for a function desired by the user. A CPU causes a display unit to display a plurality of functions of the information processing apparatus in a manner being selectable... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7242135 | High voltage connection for vacuum electron device A high voltage direct current contact for a vacuum electron device (VED), including (a) an outer cathode line having a first hollow cylinder having a first VED connection end, (b) a contact block removably positioned within the outer cathode line, having a heater co... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236292 | Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223672 | Processes for forming backplanes for electro-optic displays A non-linear element is formed on a flexible substrate by securing the substrate to a rigid carrier, forming the non-linear element, and then separating the flexible substrate from the carrier. The process allows flexible substrates to be processed in a conventional... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7170670 | Electrophoretic medium and display with improved image stability An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of particles suspended in a suspending fluid, the particles being capable of moving through the fluid upon application of an electric field to the medium, the fluid having dissolved or dispersed therein a polymer havin... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170470 | Methods and apparatus for subjecting an element to an electrical field The invention includes providing a display by moving a colorant particle, having an electric charge, inside a channel of a body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the channel and a direction of incoming illumination rays. Th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148128 | Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof We describe a system of electronically active inks which may include electronically addressable contrast media, conductors, insulators, resistors, semiconductive materials, magnetic materials, spin materials, piezoelectric materials, optoelectronic, thermoelectric o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141279 | Transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display and novel process for its manufacture This invention relates to a liquid crystal display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7079303 | Segment electrophoretic displays and methods for their manufacture The present invention relates to novel patterned embossing and patterned filling methods. Both methods are simple, reliable and cost effective ways for manufacturing the segment of signage electrophoretic displays. The displays prepared by the present invention requ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075666 | Image processing apparatus and system, image formation apparatus, and recording medium therefor An image formation apparatus receives, from a host computer, job data including image-formation data and a procedure for predetermined processing, and a computer controls image formation (printing) in accordance with the received procedure. Thereby, the image format... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072095 | Electrophoretic display and novel process for its manufacture This invention relates to an electrophoretic display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7034987 | Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device for generating a colored image has pixels each having a medium (12) that is substantially transparent in the optical spectral range and at least two types of independently controllable electrophoretic particles (31C, | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030854 | Apparatus for displaying drawings A first apparatus for displaying drawings comprises a housing having an aperture, a drawing sheet comprising electro-optic material movable through the aperture between closed and open positions, and a writing device for writing on the sheet as it moved between its ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029296 | Cover assembly for vacuum electron device A self guiding cover assembly for a vacuum electron device (VED) enclosure has a cover, a pair of guide plates, and a pair of guide elements. The cover has a top, a sidewall, an inside and an outside, and at least one electrical connector disposed on the inside of t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023420 | Electronic display with photo-addressing means An electronic display comprises an electro-optic material (preferably an electrophoretic medium) having a plurality of pixels, and separate first, second and third sets of addressing means for addressing these pixels. Each of the pixels is associated with one addres... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016740 | Management system for devices connecting with network The object of the present invention is to relieve the load of management of devices connecting with a network. The technique of the present invention registers classification of printers connecting with a network LAN into at least one group, and specifies tar... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015893 | Photoluminescent electrophoretic display Electrophoretic displays (100, 400) comprise suspensions in one or more bodies of liquid (116, 418, 426) of reflective particles (118, 420), and photoluminescent particles (120, 422). The one or more bodies of liquid are located between a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012600 | Methods for driving bistable electro-optic displays, and apparatus for use therein A bistable electro-optic display has a plurality of pixels, each of which is capable of displaying at least three gray levels. The display is driven by a method comprising: storing a look-up table containing data representing the impulses necessary to convert an ini... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009756 | Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device capable of realizing a stable memory characteristic without relying on a circuit-open state is provided. The electrophoretic display device has a cell structure including at least two electrodes, fixing surfaces each associated with... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6958848 | Capsules, materials for use therein and electrophoretic media and displays containing such capsules An encapsulation material, intended for use in encapsulated electrophoretic displays, comprises the coacervation product of a polyanionic polymer having a vinyl main chain and a plurality of anionic groups bonded to the main chain, with a cationic or zwitterionic wa... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958823 | Internet facsimile apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an internet facsimile apparatus used by plural users, capable of reading out an electronic mail to each user by a simple operation. The internet facsimile apparatus includes, in an operation portion, a function key such as a ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950220 | Electro-optic displays, and methods for driving same The invention relates to electro-optic displays and methods for driving such displays. The invention provides (i) electrochromic displays with solid charge transport layers; (ii) apparatus and methods for improving the contrast and reducing the cost of electrochromi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6933098 | Process for roll-to-roll manufacture of a display by synchronized photolithographic exposure on a substrate web This invention relates to an electrophoretic display or a liquid crystal display and novel processes for its manufacture. The electrophoretic display (EPD) of the present invention comprises microcups of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio and the microcups ar... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921175 | Color-generating device and display system A light-filtering element for a display device is provided. The element includes at least one filter having a chamber with a filtering fluid, the filtering fluid selectively disposed in an optical path, and a liquid motion actuator selectively configured to move the... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6785018 | Internet facsimile terminal apparatus and communication method using the same A POP access section accesses a POP3 server using a first user ID/password registered in a user ID registration table, fetches message information from a mailbox of the user ID, and stores it to RAM. A message information extracting section extracts necessary inform... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6681392 | Method and apparatus for remote peripheral software installation Method and apparatus for remote peripheral software installation. A software system running in a local computer system used by a system administrator can install drivers, network utilities, and other peripheral software on a remote system connected to a n... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6646754 | Backprinting image prints A system and method of backprinting image prints in which an order is received specifying one or more recipients and, for each specified recipient, a set of one or more images associated with that recipient. For each recipient specified by the order, the ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6621592 | Data storage control apparatus and data storage control method To provide data storage control apparatus and method capable of performing plural processes including processes that data are required to be processed in real time, without increasing cost and decreasing productivity, a RAM for storing data, a hard disk (... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6396410 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a display block made up of two pairs of lamp units of different colors alternating with each other. The display block has its top divided into four rectangles by a cross; nearby rectangles are different in color from ea... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6208389 | Display device comprising a display screen having an antistatic and light-absorbing coating The display screen 3 of a cathode ray tube 1 is provided with an antistatic, light-absorbing coating 8 which consists of ATO (Sb:SnO2) particles and polypyrrole particles. The coating may be provided with additional layers of silicon dioxide to... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5682421 | Methods for implementing automated dispatch system An automated dispatch system permits field technicians to interface with a central computer via conventional telephone systems that utilize DTMF protocols. The dispatch system cooperates with a remote data entry unit including a DTMF telephone keypad and ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5666168 | System for transmitting facsimile data in the upper vestigial chrominance sideband of a video signal The instant application is directed to a cable facsimile machine which implements the upper vestigial chrominance sideband of a standard video signal for data transmission. Signal processors for permitting the transparent, simultaneous transmission and re... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5565757 | Charge control apparatus and electronic apparatus provided with such a control apparatus A control signal is outputted from a CPU in a predetermined period to a one-shot circuit. An output signal of the one-shot circuit is maintained at a predetermined level, as far as the control signal is supplied to the one-shot circuit in the predetermine... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5430431 | Vehicle protection system and method A method and system for protecting a vehicle comprises detecting the actuation of the ignition and producing a first signal when actuated, sensing opening and closing of at least one door and for producing a second signal when the passenger door is open, ... | 07/04/1995 |
