Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051857 | Combined tobacco leaf-rolled wrappers and packaging Combined tobacco leaf-rolled wrappers and packaging includes a water-impermeable carrying case with an open top end that is provided with a lid pivotally coupled to a longitudinal side thereof such that the lid covers the top end when articulated to a closed positio... | 11/08/2011 |
| 6708694 | Method of and apparatus for making and processing rod-shaped articles Filter cigarettes of unit or multiple unit length are produced in a tipping machine wherein successive groups of coaxial plain cigarettes and filter rod sections are caused to roll within a channel bounded by surfaces at least one of which moves relative to the othe... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6668837 | Arrangement for reducing the noise level of tobacco-processing production machines In an arrangement for reducing noise level in a tobacco-processing production machine having an operator region and reflection surfaces facing the operator region, sound-damping material is disposed on the reflection surfaces facing the operator region.... | 12/30/2003 |
| 5592954 | Measuring cigarette pressure drop A cigarette making machine is provided with a pressure drop measuring unit (1) located at or close to the garniture of the making machine. The pressure drop of a gas stream of constant volume is introduced into the compacted tobacco rod beneath the format... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5044379 | Cigarette manufacture In a cigarette making machine, each of a number of quality parameters of the product (individual cigarettes and/or packaged cigarettes) is monitored and a quality value for each parameter is continuously calculated in accordance with predetermined criteir... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4856536 | Cigarette manufacture Apparatus for applying measured quantities of foamed adhesive to the ends of cigarettes comprises a drum 10 arranged to having apertures 14A aligned with the respective cigarettes 12 and arranged to recieve foam from a source 18 adjacent to the plate, cha... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4811744 | Apparatus for measuring the draw resistance of a rod of tobacco fibers An apparatus for the continuous measurement of the draw resistance of a cigarette, comprising transducer which detects the pressure drop of a gas stream with constant volume, said gas stream being introduced at a format finger of a rod-producing machine i... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4781204 | Apparatus for manipulating rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry Filter cigarettes which are transported sideways at the periphery of a rotating drum-shaped conveyor are engaged by successive rolling surfaces of a pair of coaxial rotary rolling members which rotate at the peripheral speed of the conveyor but in the opp... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4167995 | Apparatus for changing the distance between rows of cigarettes or the like Apparatus for changing the spacing between two neighboring rows of parallel cigarettes which are transported sideways has a first fluted drum which delivers the two rows of cigarettes to a first transfer station where the cigarettes enter radially extendi... | 09/18/1979 |
