Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311780 | Coating device and method using pick-and-place devices having equal or substantially equal periods A sufficient number of pick-and-place devices (e.g., rolls) whose periods of contact with a substrate are equal or substantially equal to one another are used to form continuous void-free uniform coatings despite the occurrence of unintended or intended coating cali... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7279042 | Wet coating improvement station The uniformity of a wet coating on a substrate is improved by contacting the coating at a first position with the wetted surfaces of periodic pick-and-place devices, and re-contacting the coating with such wetted surfaces at positions on the substrate that are diffe... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270710 | Table free gluing device A table free gluing device having a glue container includes a gluing part attached by a lid, an upper handle to install the glue container, a plate to hold the glue container cooperating with the upper handle, a lower handle to hold paper cooperating with the upper ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6902367 | Binding machine with tape A binding machine with a tape enlarges a loop formed at an end of a tape to a predetermined size by the travel of the tape. The loop enlarged to the predetermined size is contracted, to bind a material to be bound in the loop. The binding machine comprises nick form... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6709712 | Coating method The invention provides a device for holding a substrate during deposition processes that includes a rotation member rotatable about a first, central axis, and a plurality of substrate holders positioned on the rotation member, the substrate holders being rotatable a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6067929 | Ceiling texturing device A ceiling texturing device, comprising a drive, a drive shaft attached to the drive whereby the drive rotates the drive shaft, adjustable reciprocating device attached to the drive shaft such that the rotating motion of the drive shaft is converted to rec... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5674566 | Process and device for processing plate-like workpieces The proposal is for a process and device for machining plate-like workpieces, especially silicon wafers or glass masks by coating the surface with a liquid, making use of capillary forces to distribute the liquid over the surface. To this end, a narrow sl... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5614059 | Device for supporting dispensers of adhesive material In a device by means of which to support dispensers of adhesive material for application to selected areas of a wrapping material, use is made of a slide equipped with a yoke providing a releasable restraint for at least one disposable type of dispenser c... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5605572 | Glue applicator system An adherent applicator system utilizes a glue stick or other commercially available containerized applicator as a source of fluent adhering agent. In the case of treating items such as envelopes that are pre-glued, the present system may utilize water in ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5565242 | Lubricant applications to a hole An automatic liquid lubricant application device for applying a liquid lubricant to the inside of a hole in a workpiece includes an applicator for insertion into the hole for application of the lubricant. The applicator includes a perforated tube surround... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5536314 | Inking roller assembly for web printing The invention relates to a paper coloring apparatus for especially water colors or water-based inks, wherein a driven running paper web is positioned around a turning roller constituting the counter pressure roller for an inker and, together with the latt... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5522929 | Apparatus for material deposition for circuit board manufacture This invention improves a machine that has a squeegee-like blade that wipes across an apertured mask to apply to a printed circuit board solder paste or other conductive mounting material. The apparatus and method of the invention involve reciprocating th... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5498286 | Apparatus for dosing a pumpable fluid A dosing apparatus has a tap member and a housing member. The tap member has opposing planar surfaces which extend between opposing sides, and an aperture extends through the tap member from one opposing surface to the other. The housing member has a base... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5455077 | Method of producing a crowned resilient roll with coating layer A crowned resilient roll whose diameter is continuously increased from axially opposite ends of the roll toward an axially middle point thereof is disclosed. The resilient roll includes a columnar roll body formed of a resilient material, and a coating la... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5287806 | Apparatus and system for screen printing of solder paste onto printed circuit boards A screen printing apparatus for printing solder paste onto a surface of a printed circuit board through the medium of a screen having openings. The apparatus includes a solder paste automatic supply dispenser of a nonflexible box-like structure which is a... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5209780 | Apparatus for treating the underside travel faces of skis The apparatus serves for treatment of the undersides of skis and comprises a housing (1) which can be entered by the skier with strapped-on skis, comprising a treatment arrangement for cleaning, drying, wax application and heating. Supports or backup orga... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5201951 | Device for coating a photosensitive film on a plate roll A plate making device for a plate roll that is to be made into a printing plate in which a pretreatment assembly, a photosensitive film coating assembly, and a protective film coating assembly are respectively installed on three separate tables that can b... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5164009 | Egg marking device A device is provided for supporting an egg-shaped article for adjusted angular displacement about its major dimension center axis and guide structure is provided paralleling the axis and having a follower supported therefrom for movement therealong. A mar... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5160563 | Method and apparatus for making an expandable cellular shade A method and apparatus for making a pleated expandable and collapsible multi-cell product for window coverings and the like. A web of material is accordion folded widthwise to form a series of web panels united in alternate succession along first and seco... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5122220 | Corrugating machine capable of controlling paste penetration A mechanism for adjusting a distance between a glue machine and an introducing port of a heating port in a double facer corrugating machine is provided for the purpose of optimizing a penetrated amount of applied paste into a core paper sheet to insure a ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5054417 | Sheet binding apparatus and binders for use therewith Apparatus for binding a plurality of sheets of paper or other media, including an assembly for clamping a plurality of sheets together with binding edges of respective sheets in alignment, and an assembly for coating the binding edges of the sheets with a... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5039375 | Veneer edge glue applicator Bundles of presized wood veneer strips are prepared for longitudinal edge adhesive by vertical alignment of the veneer strip face planes on a horizontal machine bed surface between open clamp jaws. Upon satisfactory alignment of the strip edges on the bed... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5018477 | Ski waxing machine A ski waxing machine (10) includes a housing (12), a pair of parallel oblong recesses, each one to receive one ski are provided in a deck wall of the housing (12). Two rows of supporting elements (18) are provided to completely close the recesses from bel... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5012758 | Method and apparatus for the treatment of gliding surfaces on winter sports equipment Skis are waxed by a heated sole plate 18 with a porous insert 42 which is flexibly applied to the gliding surface and can be shifted in a longitudinal direction. The insert absorbs wax 50 from a tub 48 heated to a pasty consistency. Porous sheet material ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4984532 | Apparatus for controlling the speed and impression on a manual ink proofer Apparatus for controlling the speed and impression on a manual ink proofer engaging a substrate wherein the manual ink proofer is detachably connected to a piston rod of a fluid motor. A valve is provided for controlling the speed at which the piston rod ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4958587 | Apparatus for exteriorly painting and interiorly coating tires A machine for applying tire paint and tire sealant to recapped tire sidewalls and interiors, respectively. The machine includes a pair of tire paint applicator pads which are carried by a frame and carriage capable of reciprocal motion in three different ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4857359 | Process for overcoating granular materials A process for overcoating granules with overcoating material in a granulator by providing the inside surface of the granulator, before introduction of the granules, with a layer of the overcoating material in a thickness of 0.1 to 1 mm, maintaining a pres... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4751894 | Advertising device and a developing device therefor An advertising device formed of sheet material having a first and second portion, one of which includes a predetermined visual indicia formed thereon, and the other portion having a non-visible or latent image or indicia formed thereon; whereby the latter... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4534313 | Marking apparatus A marking apparatus for providing individual marker sleeves for cables is arranged to receive tubing and transport it lengthwise of itself past a marking head of the apparatus, the marking head being responsive to command signals supplied to it from a cha... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4514443 | Coating internal surfaces of curved conduits Apparatus for coating an internal wall of a curved conduit (50) with a layer of protective material, characterized in that it comprises a guide means (46, 46a), a longitudinally flexible member (44) which is transversely substantially rigid associated wit... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4480584 | Device adapted to apply thermoplastic cement particularly for assembling shoe vamp sides The invention pertains to a device adapted to apply thermoplastic cement for assembling shoe vamp sides, comprising a pair of heater units leading to feet suitable to spread cement along the edges of a shoe insole and a pair of supporting arms for said he... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4457255 | Ski waxing machine A ski waxing machine comprises a housing with an oblong opening in the upper wall. The length and the width of the opening corresponds to the length and the width of a pair of skis arranged side by side. A plurality of supporting elements are arranged wit... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4425867 | Apparatus for applying toner An apparatus for applying toner to an imagewise tacky surface on a photo-element. The element advances through the apparatus between a pair of plates covered with pile fabrics. The pile fibers are slanted in the direction of advance. One of the plates car... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4348269 | Carrier conveying mechanism for electrophoretic apparatus A carrier conveying mechanism for electrophoretic apparatus also serving as a support in the step of sample application comprising two wide rollers arranged on the front and rear sides respective, and a wide and thick conveying belt which is passed around... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4332213 | Workpiece coating apparatus An apparatus for coating a surface of a workpiece includes at least one upstanding wick applicator, a liquid supply for wetting a tip end of the wick, a spindle mounted for rotation relative to the applicator about a central axis of the spindle, and a wor... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4332454 | Assembly for processing a photosensitive material An applicator assembly used in a processor for processing a photosensitive material with a developer liquid, in which an oscillating applicator supports and contacts an open-celled scrubber pad. The developing fluid is pumped through an adapter onto the a... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4325995 | Method and an apparatus for thin film formation A method and an apparatus for thin film formation using off-set printing techniques, wherein a film-forming material is coated uniformly on a platform, which material is then transferred onto an object on which a thin film is to be formed. Coating the mat... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4276333 | Apparatus and method for solvent adhesion of coiled tubing, and product produced thereby Lengths of tubing, especially that type of tubing suitable for use in medical equipment and devices, are weakly bound into a coil shape in order to facilitate handling and storage thereof while at the same time placing the tubing into a form that will mak... | 06/30/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4128119 | Apparatus for processing workpieces in the form of short-length elongate timber waste into usable timber An apparatus for processing short lengthed, elongate waste timber workpieces to usable timber beams of relatively long length includes a cutter device for cutting wedge-shaped tenons into the ends of the elongate workpieces, a gluing device for applying a... | 12/05/1978 |
