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 |
| 7841139 | Uninsulated section suitable for producing insulated sections for thermal break window and door frames and associated method of assembly An uninsulated section comprising a first section element and a second section element is described; the first section element comprises a first cavity for housing a portion of a first heat-insulating body and a second cavity for housing a portion of a second heat-i... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7416772 | Glass laminates having improved structural integrity against severe stresses for use in external pressure plate glazing applications This invention is an architectural glazing structure for exterior mounting that is a glass laminate having enhanced resistance to being pulled from a frame upon being subjected to severe positive and/or negative pressure loads. This invention is particularly suitabl... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7260918 | Apparatus and method for positioning a module on an object A system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on an object is provided. The system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on an object, according to the present invention, includes an apparatus and method useful for removably and adjustably mountin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7138166 | Glass laminates having improved structural integrity against severe stresses for use in external pressure plate glazing applications This invention is an architectural glazing structure for exterior mounting that is a glass laminate having enhanced resistance to being pulled from a frame upon being subjected to severe positive and/or negative pressure loads. This invention is particularly suitabl... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6896440 | Connector for joining multiple pane window spacers A connector key for joining spacer member ends in multi-pane window units. A connector key and methods for joining spacer member ends are provided. The connector key can include a top central depression, side walls having top gaps, side shoulders having channels and... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6722083 | Structural unit, specifically a door including an injected molded frame A door includes a U-shaped frame having opposing side channels. The channels include peripheral, inner and outer walls with the inner wall being of a larger size and configuration than the outer wall. A glass insert slightly smaller than the size of the inner wall i... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6711861 | Window frame for an opening closure with internal channel A window frame for an opening closure having an outer and an inner frame assembly that sandwich a transparent member and a skin or panel with an opening. The outer and inner frame assemblies include each two vertical frame members are kept at a spaced apart and para... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6684598 | Insulating window and profile material therefor A thermally insulating window is provided having at least two glass panes having a space therebetween and at least one frame-shaped spacing member secured to the at least two glass panes within that space.... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6546682 | Hurricane door light A penetration resistant doorlight including a frame and a laminated window assembly. The window assembly includes a glass panel laminated to a security film such as P.E.T. The security film extends beyond the perimeter edge of the window assembly to overl... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6338227 | Light alloy frame profile system for doors and windows A light alloy frame profile system for windows and doors, in particular sliding-swinging door systems with a side piece and at least one movable door leaf, includes a plurality of profiles that are fixed to one another by means of fastening areas. To impr... | 01/15/2002 |
| 5617684 | Glazing bar An interlocked grid structure includes one glazing bar extending between and perpendicular to an aligned pair of shorter glazing bars which abut it. Each glazing bar comprises a T-section which is formed by a hollow metal extrusion and a plastics extrusio... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5461837 | Window meeting rail A window meeting rail for single hung windows made from hollow plastic parts. The meeting rail comprises an elongated body, a clip inserted into an opening in the body and fastener means for joining the clip to a window jamb. The clip defines a bore and h... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5285606 | Window and door assembly manufactured in half sections and method of installing same Half window and door sections are fully manufactured at a manufacturing plant and transported to a job site where the half sections are interconnected by a pair of head splice members and a pair of sill splice members. The fully assembled window and door ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 4625659 | Security window or door A bullet- and explosion-proof security structure such as a window or door for closing an opening in the wall of a building or the like has two plate-like panels (5) and (6) which are enclosed in respective frames (2, or 3 and 4) so located that the panels... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4569170 | Joint structure for two adjacent thermally-insulated window units A joint structure for two juxtaposed thermally-insulated window units, includes cooperating pairs of plug and socket members disposed on and along opposite inner edges of the window units. The plug members are resiliently received in the mating socket mem... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4462390 | Modular solar greenhouse with elevated overhead heat storage material and movable insulation barriers and method and system for solar heating of attached living space using thermostat-controlled air circulation for harvesting heat A modular solar greenhouse incorporates rigid curving frames overhead with screw and nut tracks for ease of assembly and east side and west side end modules and advantageously employs a thermally broken glazing system; that is, the exterior and interior p... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4251964 | Glazing system A glazing system is provided in which box section beams support glazing bars by means of a series of longitudinal flanges having undercuts which receive longitudinal flanges on the glazing bars. Some of the undercuts are arranged in arcs centered on furth... | 02/24/1981 |
