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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6722645 | Automatic machine for the continuous binding of books and brochures A machine for the continuous binding of books and booklets, includes clamps mounted on a chain for the transport of groups of sheets to be bound along various stations. Each clamp is provided with a manual opening mechanism. A sheet levelling device includes two par... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6221162 | Apparatus for forming a resist layer over an electroconductive substrate An apparatus for supplying a liquid resist into a through hole part of an electroconductive substrate comprises an application roll, rotating in a single rotational direction, for coating the electroconductive substrate carried by a carrier with a liquid ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5672207 | Apparatus for application of a color coat to a workpiece An apparatus for color coating and further manipulating workpieces of wood, plastic material or metal includes a color coating station and further product-manipulation stations for finishing the workpiece. Through provision of a conveyor, the workpiece sh... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5088442 | Device for selectively moistening envelope flaps A device for selectively moistening the flap of envelopes has a moistening member and a pivoting moistening deflector selectively operable to moisten the flap or not. It further comprises a pivoting slide bar to the front of the moistening member and actu... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4604965 | Apparatus for depositing a ring of material on the tips of ampoules or the like A machine is provided for depositing a ring of material on pharmaceutical ampoule tips or similar, said material being pasty or liquid at the time when it is deposited on said tips and being able then to be hardened, characterized in that it comprises mea... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4416722 | Sheet binding A sheet stack is bound by applying adhesive with a drum from which adhesive is wiped just before the stack arrives to prevent excess adhesive on its front edge. Other features include a sheet-aligning jog table that moves out of position before the stack ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4407223 | Contour cementing machine A contour cementing machine for applying latex cement in complex shapes to flat work pieces, such as shoe parts, belts, luggage parts, etc. The contour cementing machine includes a housing mounting die means, a removable tray for containing cement, means ... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4319542 | Apparatus for preparation of blood smear specimens An apparatus for the preparation of blood smear specimens is constructed to successively discharge glass slides from a stack. A first glass slide is laid horizontally near the point of discharge and a second glass slide is discharged into a slanted positi... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4192663 | Apparatus for coating glass fibers Apparatus adapted to apply a coating to advancing continuous filaments comprising: a bracket; a base journaled at said bracket for rotation about a first axis; means for rotating said base; applicator means adapted to apply a coating to the advancing fila... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4154193 | Glass frit mixture coating apparatus A glass frit mixture coating apparatus comprising a container for containing a glass frit mixture, a roller for picking up the mixture and transferring and applying the mixture to a downward surface, and a reverser means for reversing and turning up the s... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4137120 | Bookbinding machine A bookbinding machine wherein a book to be bound is positioned above a container containing a hot-melt type of adhesive, with the back of the book facing down toward the adhesive, and an adhesive applicator plate normally dipped in the adhesive and heated... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4120711 | Process for sealing end caps to filter cartridges A process for sealing molded end caps to filter tubes comprises providing a holder for an end cap and a means for automatically dispensing a predetermined quantity of a hot, molten adhesive into the end cap. After the adhesive is added to the end cap, a f... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4071341 | Apparatus for forming glass fibers An apparatus for producing glass fibers is disclosed. The glass filaments are passed across a gathering shoe which may reciprocate in a path such that, when extended, the gathering shoe positions the filaments such that they are out of contact with the ap... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4071340 | Apparatus for forming glass fibers An apparatus for producing glass fibers is disclosed. The apparatus includes means associated with a cover means for an applicator for moving the glass filaments from the surface of the applicator when waste filaments are being produced such that the glas... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4071342 | Apparatus for forming glass fibers An apparatus for producing glass fibers is disclosed. The apparatus includes means associated with an applicator for moving the glass filaments from the surface of the applicator when waste filaments are being produced such that the glass filaments are br... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4063527 | Machine for stiffening portions of sheet material An improved machine and method for stiffening a selected portion of a sheet-like member generally flattens that portion, next deposits on a chill plate matrix an adhesive hot melt deposit of mostly uniform thickness except for a margin of added thickness ... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4019457 | Apparatus for applying hot-melt glue to edge of sheet stack A stack of sheets is stood on a support surface inclined to the horizontal by 15° at the upstream end of a track. A pair of elements perpendicular to this surface and mounted on a carriage clamp this stack and the carriage is displaced to the opposite en... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3958740 | Automatic component assembly machine and method relating thereto A programmable manipulation machine for picking up a succession of small components, such as semiconductor chips, and placing them precisely in predetermined positions on a work-piece, such as a substrate. The machine includes a vacuum chuck assembly whic... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3953275 | Method and apparatus for liquid adhesive application A method and apparatus for applying liquid adhesive to the outer surface of a stack of laminations are provided which results in more precise adhesive application. The laminations are placed on a mandrel which is mounted for reciprocal movement along the ... | 04/27/1976 |
