Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| 7025296 | Tape cassette and tape unit A tape unit has a support including a rotation support section rotatably supporting a tape spool and facing a roll part of a print tape, and a junction section extending from the rotation support section. A guide groove for guiding the print tape pulled out from the... | 04/11/2006 |
| D515128 | Bobbin for heat transfer printing film | 02/14/2006 |
| D504806 | Reel | 05/10/2005 |
| D504690 | Tape spool support for tape cartridge | 05/03/2005 |
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| D496369 | Tape spool support for tape cartridge | 09/21/2004 |
| 4754358 | Magnetic tape cassette hub with flush tape clamp A hub for a tape cassette comprising a cylindrical core with a surrounding girdle and a clamp for clamping the tape into a cutout in the girdle. The clamp has the same curvature as the girdle. Two legs of the clamp fit into axial grooves in the core. The ... | 06/28/1988 |
