Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7201097 | Diaphragm pump The invention relates to a diaphragm pump for pumping aggressive and/or abrasive media, such as slurries, comprising a diaphragm housing mounted in a substantially vertically disposed pipe system, which substantially vertically disposed pipe system comprises at leas... | 04/10/2007 |
| 4212589 | Device for producing an artificial blood circulation A pump has a tubular membrane (14) deformed cylindrically by fluid driving pressure to produce an artificial blood circulation. The pump has a feeler (42) which follows the deformation of membrane (14) and operates a switch (102) to close the circuit of a... | 07/15/1980 |
