Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6941860 | Method of briquetting metal chips and briquetting press A method and a briquetting press for briquetting metal chips, wherein stable briquettes/pressed component are produced. The actual length (Lact) of the pressed component is obtained by applying pressure (Pmax/Preq) using at least one... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6773252 | Press molding apparatus Press molding apparatus may include a plurality of pairs of forming molds each having an upper mold and a lower mold. The forming molds may be arranged in series in the same direction as their respective mold closing/opening directions. Further, the upper mold or th... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6435082 | Portable electropressing apparatus A portable electropressing apparatus is provided with an installing base having an installing surface extending in a plane in parallel with the axial movement directions (horizontal, vertical and oblique) of a pressing ram so that the apparatus may be may... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6312206 | Method and apparatus for loading bulk materials A method and apparatus for loading bulk materials is disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a track and a frame movable on the track between a retracted and extended position. A first plate is movably mounted on the frame, and a ram i... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305279 | Tool drive apparatus A tool drive apparatus and method are provided which are particularly well suited for the processing of semiconductor chips on leadframe strips. The tool drive apparatus includes at least one press having a tool-receiving space, a top and bottom tool rece... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6112559 | Hide stretching apparatus A modular oscillating head, particularly for stretching and softening industrial hides and similar products, comprising flexible mats (31, 32) for the continuous longitudinal advancement of the hides between at least one pair of plates with facing tools u... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5891281 | System and method for uniform product compressibility in a high throughput uniaxial lamination press The apparatus of the present invention enables the lamination of a plurality of planar and non-planar objects in a lamination apparatus where multiple frames per platen and multiple platens per cycle are used. With the preferred embodiment, lamination of ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5823087 | Punch press having a toggle joint mechanism drive A punch press having connecting rods which face away from each other are arranged on the eccentric shaft, and each connecting rod is coupled to a connecting lever. Two toggle joint mechanism units are connected to one connecting lever. Two further toggle ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5816145 | Trash compactor A trash compactor is provided that has a single ram that simultaneously precompacts trash in an auxiliary precompacting chamber and compacts trash that already has been precompacted in a main compacting and storage chamber. The ram has a single actuating ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5807455 | System and method for uniform product compressibility in a high throughput uniaxial lamination press The apparatus of the present invention enables the lamination of a plurality of planar and non-planar objects in a lamination apparatus where multiple frames per platen and multiple platens per cycle are used. With the preferred embodiment, lamination of ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5746123 | Punch press having an elongate space for mounting its tools The eccentric shaft is connected via the connecting rod and slider to single arm levers projecting at both sides away from the slider. At their ends remote from the slider the levers are supported via threaded spindles at the frame of the punch press. Gro... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5606910 | Press-driven tool module in particular press-driven cross-punching or bending unit A press-driven tool module comprising a foundation body including a cylindrical bore; a work ram slidably mounted in the cylindrical bore of the foundation body for sliding movement in non-vertical reciprocal operating and return directions, the ram adapt... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5427496 | Apparatus for packing separated materials An apparatus for packing separated materials includes a material receiving container having at least one horizontal longitudinally extending partition subdividing the container into upper and lower compartments. The container is provided with a packing de... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5425838 | Microchip storage tape and cover therefor A tape has a plurality of pockets longitudinally spaced with transverse bridges for carrying electronic microchips. Each pocket has a bottom wall having ridges surrounding the center of the pocket. The ridges engage the microchip to center the microchip w... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5415086 | Apparatus for storing and compacting recyclable and nonrecyclable waste materials in separate storage compartments, the capacity of which can be readily varied A preferred embodiment includes first and second waste storage compartments for storing separately nonrecyclable and recyclable waste products. A compression member is operably associated with the first and second waste storage compartments for compressin... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5327824 | Multistory press having integral support plates and pressure transmitting sections This invention relates to a multistory press (1) whose press frame ( 2 ) is provided with pairs of supports ( 3, 4 ) and pressure transmitting sections (21) that are each integrally formed so as to simplify the assembly thereof and to reduce the manufactu... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5234332 | Molding process for multiple molds Molding press apparatus (20) for simultaneously operating a plurality of molds (M) having multiple mold parts (M1, M2) including, a framework (25), first and second platen assemblies (U,L) supported by the framework for carrying the mold parts of the mold... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5193455 | Trash compactor A trash compactor is provided that has a single ram that simultaneously precompacts trash in an auxiliary precompacting chamber and compacts trash that has already been precompacted in a main copacting and storage chamber. The ram has a single actuating d... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5181463 | Integrated precompacting trash compactor A trash compactor is provided that has a single ram that simultaneously precompacts trash in an auxiliary precompacting chamber and compacts trash that has already been precompacted in a main compacted and storage chamber. The ram has a single actuating d... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5137066 | Dovetail jointing press A dovetail jointing press for the manufacture of dovetail joints of boards, having respective dovetailings at their faces that are pasted with glue, is provided. The press comprises two tables that are disposed on common tracks and receive continuously fe... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5048412 | Apparatus for processing semiconductor packages and the like In a press for cutting and bending the leads of semiconductor packages, a series of cams on a common drive shaft operate both the feeding mechanism and the working presses to achieve high speed operation, up to 500 cycles per minute, through accurate timi... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4826637 | Process for the manufacture of combustible articles by pressing combustible paper discs by means of a flexible punch The invention relates to the field of combustible ammunition and relates chiefly to the manufacture of bottoms or covers for combustible cases. According to the invention, a combustible article is manufactured by pressing in a die 10 at least one sheet 21 of c... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4797082 | Apparatus for forming shaped pieces of insulation Shaped pieces of insulation having non-uniform thickness but substantially uniform density are formed by simultaneously compacting and consolidating at least first and second portions of a particulate insulation material in an independent manner so as to ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4628809 | Radial orientation rare earth-cobalt magnet rings Apparatus and method for forming radial orientation rare earth-transition metal magnets in continuous arc rings by hot isostatic pressing. A method includes the steps of compacting rare earth-transition metal powders having a particle size up to 40 micron... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4461206 | Crown structure for a three-pillar type press A segmented crown structure for a three-pillar type press having a right and a left slide each suspended from the crown structure at four points. The crown structure is divided into central, right and left crowns. The central crown includes a motor for dr... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4355530 | Punching machine for making different products at the same step A press is disclosed having an upper set and a lower set of dies which open and close simultaneously during the operating cycle. An upright body frame member carries the lower die of each of the upper and lower sets of dies. A sliding member is mounted fo... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4303011 | Automatic platen press A press particularly adapted for use in extracting juice from fruit, such as apples, features a vertically extending sleeve of filter cloth disposed intermediate a pair of cooperating press platens supported for movement horizontally relative to one anoth... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4142933 | Manufacture of insulating products A filter press, e.g. for the manufacture of insulation products from an aqueous slurry, which has a number of movable platen portions. The platens have individual actuating means which are adjustable relative to one another but are controlled by a common ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4130055 | Assembly for cleaning and packing cured tobacco An assembly for cleaning and packing tobacco leaves after curing. The cured tobacco leaves are conveyed to a rotating drum of wire construction to allow sand and dirt to be removed from the tobacco leaves while being tumbled. The cleaned tobacco leaves ar... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4104961 | Brake shoe lining bonding fixture A brake shoe lining bonding fixture wherein a brake shoe support is encompassed by a tension band which has a shoe support with radial finger locators and buffer pads at each end of the shoe to carry the band near the ends of the pressured brake lining to... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4098181 | Disposal installation for domestic waste Disposal installation for domestic waste, to be used e.g. in or near kitchens of houses, hotels and the like, whereby the installation comprises a common holder, in which four separate and separated chutes are accommodated, which are meant for the disposa... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4089732 | Installations for the manufacture of beams composed of glued laminae A press for use in an installation for the manufacture of beams made of glued laminae includes an outer, vertically movable frame having a U-shaped configuration in cross section, an inner stationary frame disposed in the space between the sides of the ou... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4079668 | Press A simplified heavy-duty press having a bed and a support head mounted from the press bed for limited vertical movement under predetermined spring preload. The entire drive (less motor) and rams are carried from the press head and these components are mova... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4026207 | Pre-loaded ram-tool holder energy absorbing mechanism A pre-loading and energy absorbing mechanism in a press having a ram and a primary overload release comprising a preloaded spring assembly interposed between connecting rod pin and the ram and the connecting means to the tooling to take up excessive loads... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4002116 | Apparatus for forming trusses A V-shaped, substantially flat, sheet metal, combined web-connector plate having diverging web-forming legs and integral apex and leg end connector portions provided with struck-out teeth for embedding within spaced apart wooden chord members to form a wo... | 01/11/1977 |
