Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7682588 | Process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate Process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate crystals comprising: the addition of solid sodium carbonate (1) to an aqueous solution comprising sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate; the crystallization and the separation of sodium sesquicarbonate crystal... | 03/23/2010 |
| 6576209 | Process for producing sodium salts A process for producing sodium salts, which comprises adding solid sodium carbonate to a first aqueous solution containing sodium carbonate and sodium hydrogencarbonate, to prepare a second aqueous solution, precipitating, separating and recovering from t... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6221233 | Aluminum production utilizing positively charged alumina The smelting of aluminum from alumina in the Hall-Heroult process can be dramatically improved by lowering power consumption and in the use of carbon free anodes by using a feed of positively charged alumina. Laboratory experiments have shown that the app... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6207123 | Process for producing sodium salts A process for producing sodium salts, which comprises adding solid sodium carbonate to a first aqueous solution containing sodium carbonate and sodium hydrogencarbonate, to prepare a second aqueous solution, precipitating, separating and recovering from t... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5112592 | Process for curing bicarbonates A process for reducing the amount of residual carbonate on alkali metal bicarbonates which comprises: (a) feeding a dry bicarbonate into a reaction zone, (b) admixing the bicarbonate with carbon dioxide gas saturated with water vapor at a temperature T1 | 05/12/1992 |
| 5034114 | Acid neutralizing combustion additive with detergent builder Boiler fouling, particularly in air preheater section, is minimized by combining with a substance designed to neutralize acids a detergent builder such as the sodium, potassium and ammonium phosphates, polyphosphates, silicates, metasilicates, borates, me... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4652437 | Process for producing anhydrous sodium carbonate A process for producing anhydrous sodium carbonate by the pyrolysis of wet sodium bicarbonate, which comprises (a) a step of forming a complex salt selected from the group consisting of Na2 CO3.3NaHCO.sub.3 and Na2 CO... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4564508 | Process for the recovery of sodium carbonate from salt mixtures Mined salt mixtures comprising sodium-carbonate, -bicarbonate, -chloride, -sulfate, and -double salts, such as trona and burkeite, are leached with a bicarbonate-saturated solution and added carbon dioxide to selectively dissolve the sodium chloride, sodi... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4459272 | Dry carbonation process A process for the dry carbonation of an ammonium or alkali metal carbonate containing material, or a mixture thereof, for conversion to the corresponding bicarbonate containing material comprising reacting in the solid phase an ammonium and/or alkali meta... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4285925 | Process for the conversion of light ash to absorptive low bulk density alkali products A method for production of absorptive particles of Wegscheider's Salt (Na2 CO3.3NaHCO.sub.3) having low bulk density and acceptable flow properties, by reaction of anhydrous sodium carbonate particles with water and carbon dioxide is... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4283372 | Recovery of alkali values from sodium bicarbonate-containing ore with ammonia A method for recovering alkali value from sodium bicarbonate-containing ore by utilizing an aqueous solvent containing ammonia. The aqueous ammonia solvent is contacted with the ore to solubilize the sodium bicarbonate-containing ore. The alkali values in... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4151266 | Method for the conversion of anhydrous sodium carbonate to Wegscheider's Salt A one-stage method for production of free-flowing, absorptive particles of Wegscheider's Salt (Na2 CO3 .multidot.3NaHCO3), having a low bulk density, low alkalinity and low friability, by reaction of higher bulk density, a... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4116757 | Solar evaporation of alkaline trona-process waste pond liquors with acid black 2 and acid green 1 A process is provided for increasing the rate of solar evaporation of water from alkaline trona-process waste liquors which comprises introducing to the waste liquors an effective amount of a dye selected from the group consisting of Acid Black 2 and Acid... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4115525 | Absorptive low bulk density product from sodium sesquicarbonate Conversion of sodium sesquicarbonate particles to particles of lower bulk density, as low as 180 grams per liter, with high absorption property capable of absorbing as much as 40 percent of wetting agent and with good resistance to breakage and attrition ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 3984527 | Production of low bulk density product from sodium bicarbonate by the use of an inert gas stream Low bulk density products containing at least 10% Wegscheider's Salt, by weight, in needlelike form are produced from sodium bicarbonate by heating in the presence of a slow inert gas stream an aqueous feed mixture comprising, by weight, at least about 50... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3981686 | Clarifier process for producing sodium carbonate Method for clarifying a carbonate process solution containing suspended insolubles which solution is used in the preparation of crystals selected from the group consisting of sodium bicarbonate, sodium sesquicarbonate, anhydrous sodium carbonate, and sodi... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3944500 | Production of low bulk density product from sodium bicarbonate Low bulk density products containing at least 10% Wegscheider's Salt (Na2 CO3.3NaHCO.sub.3), by weight, in needlelike form are produced from sodium bicarbonate by heating in two distinct steps an aqueous feed mixture comprising by we... | 03/16/1976 |
