Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7503717 | Cosmetic stick A cosmetic stick has a stick housing, a refill extendable therefrom out of a refill opening as well as a feed device for extending the refill. The refill is in push connection with a piston guided in the housing. The feed device has a piston push rod and an actuatin... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7435028 | Push-up dispenser The dispenser is comprised of a first sleeve that is substantially open at the top and the bottom. A product support is received into the first sleeve, this product support comprising a second sleeve. On the upper part of the second sleeve is a product supporting su... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7270440 | Make-up applicator with LED light source A device is provided to apply make-up (10) in low-light situations. The device has a body tube (14), with a first and a second and a intermediate portion therebetween. The first end has a radial cross-section with an inner portion and an annular outer ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7118550 | Side-delivery suppository dispenser A dispenser for delivering a suppository within a body cavity. The dispenser has two main components: a barrel and a plunger. The barrel includes a head, a foot, and a body having a length and extending between the head and the foot. The barrel further defines an ax... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097375 | Mechanical pencil having a rotatable wheel for advancing lead A mechanical pencil is described. The mechanical pencil includes a grip barrel with a slide member to hold a piece of lead. A wheel is rotatably mounted in the grip barrel around a wheel axis, such that a portion of the wheel extends through and beyond an opening in... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7001092 | Crayon (eraseables) A type of writing apparatus. The writing apparatus is a modified crayon that includes an attached eraser and has an outer plastic sleeve that serves as the gripping mechanism when in use. An individual can rotate the attached eraser and expel the crayon slowly out o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6923587 | Gel-form lipstick Disclosed herein is a gel-form lipstick dispenser which may discharge gel-form lipstick materials with very high viscosity safely. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902333 | Container capable of moving a contained article in longitudinal direction A main body of a container for a prepared article is comprised of a housing, an inner frame member, an operative member and an operating knob. The inner frame member is provided with a guiding projection at its lower part, and the operative member is provided with a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880999 | Applicator device The invention concerns an applicator device comprising a storage means for storing a product to be applied, and an increased pressure-producing device having an elastic device, wherein the elastic device is designed to press with its elastic return force against a b... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6592278 | Cream and deodorant dispenser A dispenser for dispensing a material and a method of use thereof. The dispenser includes a chamber with a discharge opening for holding and dispensing a material, a spindle located in the chamber, capable of being rotated, a rotatable toothed wheel locat... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6283660 | Pen dispensing and cartridge system The present invention features a pen used, for example, to dispense nail polish for finger nail application. The design is for a unit of use, meaning that the preferred pen uses cartridges, i.e., units. In a preferred embodiment, each cartridge is filled ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5573341 | Cosmetic composition dispenser A dispenser is provided that includes a container for storing a dispensable chemical product such as an underarm composition, an elevator mounted for axial movement within the container, a rotatable shaft attached to the elevator, a housing below the elev... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5372444 | Applicator device with side actuated rachet wheel An applicator device for high or low viscosity liquids essentially comprises a container (R) having a plunger (2) which can be operated by turning a rod (3), whereby the liquid in the container is squeezed out into an applicator brush (4). Said rod (3) is... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5234136 | Propel-repel package tubes with push action A lip balm or other stick is adapted to be propelled and repelled by a piston slidable in a first end opening of a package tube having a second end opening in which a knob is slidable and rotatable approximately 90 degrees between propel and repel positio... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5019007 | Toy glider with variable dihedral wings A toy glider has an elongated fuselage including a nose section and a tail empennage section, an elongated, recessed wing mounting channel on each side of the flight axis including a female, V-shaped bottom for receiving a pair of wings. Each wing has a w... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5011317 | Dispenser including a translatable piston The dispenser (1) includes a body (2) made of two separable parts (2a; 2b). The front part (2a) receives a reservoir (4), containing the product (3) to be dispensed, between an outlet opening (5) and a piston (6), which is controlled by a rod (7) that is ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4991749 | Manually-operated fluid dispenser and associated closure cap A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for fluid-tightly closing a fluid discharge opening and a vent opening disp... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4874117 | Manually-operated fluid dispenser and associated closure cap A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for fluid-tightly closing a fluid discharge opening and a vent opening disp... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4865231 | Button type dispensing package A swivel-up type dispensing package is disclosed. The package includes a product chamber with an elevator therein to move the product axially. A feed screw and nut are associated with the elevator and relative rotary motion between the feed screw and nut ... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4781482 | Glue gun with rack and pinion feeder A glue gun includes a glue stick feed path, a heating assembly in the feed path and a glue stick feeding system. A trigger includes a gear rack extending along its upper surface and the feeding system further includes a pinion having rim teeth which engag... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4778300 | Case for an applicator element An external shell as herein a support for a cosmetic applicator element slidable between a retracted position and an extended position for use of the element. The support is connected to a first rack which extends parallel with the axis of the shell but w... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4749106 | Dispenser for the individual dispensing in portions of tablets, pastes or the like A dispenser for the individual portioned dispensing of tablets (1), pastes or the like, having a housing pipe (2) which is provided at one end with a delivery opening (6) and, opposite same, is equipped with a push bottom (13) for transporting of the mate... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4659327 | Multiple dosage syringe A multiple, metered dosage device having an elongated body provided adjacent one end with a compartment or an ampule to contain material to be dispensed, a piston movable against the material to discharge it from a nozzle, a rod-like plunger movable by a ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4456450 | Manual extruder for shaping pasta or similar products A manually operable extrusion press, especially one for producing pasta from a mass of dough, comprises a cylinder with a piston whose piston rod is embraced by flexible prongs of an operating lever that are pivoted to the top of the cylinder opposite a b... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4352579 | Writing implement A writing implement is provided having a body comprised of a pencil end-segment and a pen end-segment. Slideably mounted within the pencil end-segment is a carriage member having a tubular holder for receiving the inner end of a length of lead. The carria... | 10/05/1982 |
| 3989392 | Dispensing device A device for dispensing material in stick form and retracting the material into the device when not in use, which is constructed of inexpensive materials and is readily fabricated, comprising a housing, a holder for the material being dispensed, means for... | 11/02/1976 |
