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 |
| 7926494 | Bernoulli blade An end effector for a transport robot arm for a wafer wet cleaning system has an arm with a chuck at an end of the arm to support a wafer. The chuck also includes a cavity to spray a bottom surface of the wafer with a cleaning fluid. At least two branches extend fro... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7264008 | Apparatus for cleaning a wafer An apparatus for cleaning a wafer includes a plurality of holders for contacting and securing peripheral portions of a wafer, and for rotating the wafer, a first plate disposed to face a first surface of the wafer, the first plate having a plurality of first nozzles... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7137730 | Electrographic ribbon blender and method According to the various aspects of the invention, a method and apparatus for mixing electrographic developer is provided. An elongate shaft having two ends and an intermediate location between the two ends is rotated. Developer is moved away from the intermediate l... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6955180 | Pipette washer A pipette washer comprising a plurality of cells for receiving pipettes is disclosed. Each of the cells comprises a top opening for receiving pipettes to be washed and a bottom opening. A support member supports the cells with the top opening accessible to receive p... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6554008 | Apparatus for and a method of cleaning a trash bin Disclosed are a system and a method for cleaning a trash bin. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes nozzles coupled to lifting means. The nozzles are aimed at the inside of the trash bin. The method includes the steps of lifting the trash bin, in... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6258177 | Apparatus for cleaning the grooves of lapping plates An apparatus and method for removing sedimentary waste from the grooves of a lapping machine is provided. A blade is inserted into a groove in a lapping plate, high pressure water is sprayed into the groove in the proximity of the blade, and the blade is ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6158450 | Epicycloidic industrial cleaning system An industrial parts cleaning system including immersion and spraying which provides epicycloidic parts movement (a plurality of revolutions per rotation, wherein the revolution is supersposed the rotation), rotating spray which synchronously follows the p... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5954068 | Device and method for treating substrates in a fluid container A device for treatment of substrates in a fluid container includes a container containing a treatment fluid and a substrate transport device moveable into a position above the container. The substrate transport device has at least one substrate holding de... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5111929 | Spiral conveyor cleaning system A steam cooking device includes an endless conveyor arranged in a spiral path surrounding a cage. The cage is rotatable on a vertical axis to drive the endless conveyor, thus to move food along the helical path as it is cooked. A cleaning system for the d... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4735220 | Turntable having superstructure for holding wafer baskets A non-metallic turntable having a superstructure with means for holding wafer baskets or specimen holders during centrifugal treatment thereof is comprised of at least one flat annular ring member affixed by posts in a spaced-apart, parallel relationship ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4577651 | Device for cleaning containers A device for cleaning containers, especially bottle containers. To make it more compact while ensuring thorough cleaning it is characterized by a container intake (2), by a subsequent helical guide (6) for the containers (1), by at least one container car... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4416704 | Method and installation for cleaning a squeegee device A method and installation for cleaning a squeegee device. The installation includes a housing with a door through which the squeegee device can be introduced and mounted in a tiltable supporting element. After the closing of the door the squeegee device i... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4129138 | Systems for supplying treatment liquids to rotatable electroplating drums A system for supplying treatment liquids to an electroplating drum rotatably mounted in trunnion bearings comprises at least two sets of ducts of different sizes opening into the electroplating drum and disposed in two series about a through bore of the b... | 12/12/1978 |
| 3990462 | Substrate stripping and cleaning apparatus A substrate stripping and cleaning apparatus including a closed bowl with an exhaust vent and a liquid drain, a rotating turntable in the bowl carrying baskets of substrates, a spray post with multiple fluid passages, orifices and spray nozzles directing ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3949443 | Coin controlled golf ball washer A coin controlled golf ball washer having a liquid-tight enclosure arranged for containing a bath of a cleaning solution, and a drum rotatably mounted in the enclosure immediately adjacent the bath and provided with an opening arranged for permitting plac... | 04/13/1976 |
