...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4832064 | Glass washer with rotary carrier In a glass washing machine having a glass carrier rotatable on an upright axis, half of the carrier is always in an access zone where glasses can be loaded onto the carrier and removed from it, the other half in a cleansing zone where detergent solution i... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4298039 | Revolving container processing plant A liquid filling valve arranged on a rotating tank of liquid for filling bottles includes a spray line for directing a cleansing spray of the liquid against liquid carrying parts in the event of bottle breakage. A valve is provided in the body of the fill... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4296768 | Portable dishwasher Disclosed is a limited use dishwasher which comprises a housing. Within the housing are a plurality of compartments for receiving dishes to be washed. Each compartment has a movable platform. Each platform is mechanically joined to a separate motor throug... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4227886 | Testing a cuvette for cleanliness In testing for cleanliness a cuvette having translucent wall portions, the cuvette is preferably partially filled with pure water and then a beam of optical radiation is directed at a said wall portion, the intensity of radiation which has passed through ... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4191592 | Glasswasher The invention relates to a compact glasswasher having wash and rinse tanks and a circular glass conveyor located thereabove, rotation of the conveyor controlling emptying and re-filling of the rinse tank.... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4025362 | Apparatus for cleaning the heat exchanging surfaces of the heat transfer plates of rotary regenerative heat exchangers Apparatus for cleaning the heat exchanging surfaces of the heat transfer plates of rotary regenerative heat exchangers by using a row of high pressure directional jets of cleaning fluid directed into the interspaces between the plates and hitting deposits... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3969136 | Liquid treating apparatus Apparatus for treating cup-shaped workpieces in which the workpieces are positioned within a shape-conforming chamber formed with an outlet port in the base thereof and a conforming nozzle is positioned within the interior of the workpiece in close cleara... | 07/13/1976 |