...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331584 | Chuck with nutating gear reduction A tool chuck may include a chuck body that supports chuck jaws. The chuck body may define a longitudinal axis. A driven gear may be mounted for rotation on the chuck body. The rotational axis of the driven gear may be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the chuck b... | 02/19/2008 |
| 5022802 | System for generating a tooth profile used in a differential speed reduction apparatus The production of differential speed reduction apparatus, which uses a double-toothed gear including face cams having tooth profiles uniquely generated to secure efficient speed reduction. The speed reduction apparatus includes an input shaft carrying the... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4949456 | Method of making ring gear and ring gear therefrom An improved method is provided for finish machining forged and/or rough-cut teeth (8) of a ring gear (40) by which a rotary tool such as a rotary carbide milling tool (24) is rotated about a rotational axis "r" that projectionally intersects a bottom surf... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4204787 | Milling cutter A milling cutter is disclosed that comprises a rotatable adapter plate having a central protrusion on one side of the plate. A cutter ring, having recesses for mounting inserts therein, is provided with bayonet slots and a central opening so it can be fit... | 05/27/1980 |