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 |
| 7367868 | Centerless grinder A centerless grinder for grinding an elongated workpiece includes a grinding wheel having a working surface with a plurality of raised areas extending circumferentially around at least a portion of the working surface. A platform is provided having an elongated top ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7147542 | Centerless grinder A centerless grinder for grinding an elongated workpiece includes a grinding wheel having a working surface with a plurality of raised areas extending circumferentially around at least a portion of the working surface. A platform is provided having an elongated top ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6991518 | Automated system for precision grinding of feedstock A grinding system for grinding feedstock includes a transport apparatus, a grinding apparatus, and a controller. The transport apparatus continuously transports feedstock of an arbitrarily long length at a desired feed rate, and the grinding apparatus grinds the fee... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6890243 | Processing method and apparatus of distal end of optical fiber A method and apparatus are disclosed wherein, while holding an optical fiber 1 by an optical fiber holder section 4 so as to serve a distal end 1a of the optical fiber 1 as a free end and holding the distal end 1a of ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6808444 | Polishing fixture for fiber optic connectors A polishing fixture is provided for polishing the optic ends of a fiber optic cable terminated in a fiber optic connector. A holding plate has a receptacle for receiving the fiber optic connector, with at least a portion of each of a first side and a second side of ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6612913 | Wire cleaning system A wire cleaning system includes a pair of blocks that are generally elongated and have an internal chamber. A conduit extends from the chamber to a port disposed at the side of the block. The port is connected to an air supply. A groove is made on one sid... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6569000 | Grinding machine for centerless grinding of workpieces A grinding machine for centerless grinding of workpieces is provided. The workpieces are disposed on a support in the area of a longitudinal plane of the grinding machine. A first slide is provided for a grinding wheel and positioned laterally relative to... | 05/27/2003 |
| 5746644 | Centerless grinder assembly and method of operating the same A centerless grinder assembly for machining elongate workpieces and method of operating same are disclosed. The centerless grinder comprises a work wheel for removing stock from an associated workpiece, a regulating wheel arranged to cooperate with the wo... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5674106 | Centerless grinder assembly and method of operating the same A centerless grinder assembly for machining elongate workpieces is disclosed. The centerless grinder comprises a work wheel for removing stock from an associated workpiece, a regulating wheel arranged to cooperate with the work wheel in removing the stock... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5609513 | Cleaning and dressing fly lines Fly lines become dirty in use and need to be cleaned periodically. A fly line can retain good shootability for a longer period of time when cleaned by a flexible, pliable abrasive article bearing abrasive granules having diameters substantially within the... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5480342 | Centerless grinding machine control system A control system for controlling the position of a moveable regulating wheel in a centerless grinding machine, to provide a varying contour to the object being ground. The control system includes sensing means which measures the feed rate at which the obj... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5121573 | Wire cleaning apparatus and system Apparatus, for in-line cleaning of wire being formed, disposes abrasive elements in confronting relationships on opposite sides of the travel path and in surface contact with the wire running between them.... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4254593 | Shot or sand blasting machine A shot blasting machine for shot blasting wire or rod-like material is of the kind comprising two centrifuge wheels in a closed housing which has an inlet for blasting shot or sand, means for conducting the wire rod material to be blasted through the hous... | 03/10/1981 |
| 3978379 | Corona generating device with an improved cleaning mechanism An improved corona generating device for an electrostatic reproduction machine having a photoreceptor has a discharge electrode, a conductive shield partially surrounding the electrode, and a cleaning member in contact with and mounted for movement along ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3976815 | Method for cleaning and coating rod An apparatus and method for continuously cleaning and coating wire is disclosed in which rod having scale and other inpurities on its outer surface is first mechanically descaled by passage through a plurality of spatially positioned rollers, then cleaned... | 08/24/1976 |
