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 |
| 7069804 | Gear linkage device with real time check A gear linkage device with real time check. The gear linkage device with real time check includes a first gear link and a second gear link. The first gear link includes a flange provided with a notch and a plurality of first toothed portions on the lateral surface t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6951172 | Accessory for a printing unit A printing unit configuration includes an accessory and a connection mechanism moveably fastening the accessory thereto, throwing the accessory thereon into a working position, and removing it therefrom into maintenance positions. A linear guide can be connected to ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 5372065 | Value selection mechanism including means for weakening a drive gear to permit distortion thereof Value selection and printing apparatus comprising, structure for printing a value, the printing structure including a rotatable device and a drive shaft therefor, structure for selecting the value, the value selecting structure including a rack gear slida... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5178070 | Apparatus and method for controlling print timing operations An apparatus and method are disclosed for determining the position and angular velocity of a print drum. The apparatus includes a detector that is positioned proximate to the drum, and a processor coupled to the detector. The drum has a cylindrical body w... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5027702 | Print drum with alignment marks Print drums are described wherein a special "alignment character" is placed, along with print-symbols, on the surface of the print drum, mixed-in with at least one of the character sets.... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4911568 | Printer A printer comprises a type wheel, a hammer to hit a wheel, an ink ribbon, a carriage, a detector for detecting first and second positions of the hammer, and a controller responsive to the detector for generating the first and the second control signals to... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4760785 | Printer with rotating hammers A printer provided with a plurality of printing type wheels, which have printing types at their periphery and can be selectively stopped at the printing position and a hammer disposed so as to be opposite to said printing type wheels, which can push recor... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4741268 | Planetary transmission system for selective type wheels A wheel printer includes a rotary shaft driven by a motor via a planet gear system to rotate in opposite directions; and printing wheels mounted on the rotary shaft and having types along their circumferential surfaces. Rotation of the rotary shaft is sel... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4715277 | Type selection mechanism for a printer A printer includes a drive claw associated with a printing wheel and having a projection engageable with axial, circumferential grooves of a drive shaft. The printing wheel is linked to and rotated by the drive shaft when the projection of the drive claw ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4602561 | Driving mechanism for a type drum in a printer An impact printer has a type drum, a plurality of hammers, a type drum gear secured to a shaft of the type drum, and a gear train including a drive gear and an intermediate gear engaged with the drive gear and type drum gear for driving the type drum. A l... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4452137 | Small-sized printer A printer for printing a row of characters on a recording medium. The printer includes at least first and second type rings having types disposed on the periphery thereof which are rotatable from a reset position to a print position. First and second pawl... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4307661 | Printer with sheet feeder having registering station and suction conveyor To print on each of a number of sheets, the sheets are advanced, preferably in underlapped form, up to registering stops. When a sheet has been registered at the stops, suction is applied to an underlying conveyor, the stops are withdrawn and the sheet is... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4220081 | Sheet feeding, registering and printing apparatus A sheet feeding, registering and printing apparatus has one or more printing units for printing desired characters on a sheet, and means for feeding such a sheet positively to and from a printing position with respect to each printing unit. The feeding me... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4111117 | Selecting mechanism for printing type rings In a printing device, printing type rings are mounted on a rotatable, grooved shaft. Each ring has associated therewith a pawl and a selecting mechanism for engaging the pawl with a selected groove on the printing type ring whereby a selected character on... | 09/05/1978 |
| 3977509 | Bar-code writer Device for marking or writing a parallel bar code onto a document such as a postal article, comprising a number of parallel separately electromagnetically selected printing-styli and cooperating spring, crank, lever, and stop means for moving the end of e... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3971311 | Striking device for dot printer Striking device for a dot printer, comprising an electrodynamic coil connected with a striking hammer, subjected to the action of at least one magnetic field substantially perpendicular to its plane and connected to a fixed support by means of a deformabl... | 07/27/1976 |
