Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432845 | Hot-water supply system To provide an inexpensive hot-water supply system that allows a user to readily select a desired unit for a physical quantity indicated on a display section of a remote controller. A bathroom-installed remote controller 4 is provided with a indication unit sw... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418885 | Device for driving a plurality of hydraulic shift cylinders and hydraulic supply system for a twin-clutch transmission A device for driving a plurality of hydraulic shift cylinders, especially shift cylinders for shifting gears of a twin-clutch transmission, includes a first slide valve having a control intake to which control pressure is applied, a system pressure intake to which s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7279076 | Apparatus and method for handling easily polymerizable substance, apparatus for extracting liquid from apparatus under reduced pressure, and process for producing easily polymerizable substance In an apparatus capable of distilling and refining an easily polymerizable substance, piping is performed so that when a strainer in action is switched to a backup strainer, the strainer can be switched after removing air in the backup strainer to replace air in the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6530390 | Pressure reducing valve The invention provides a pressure reducing valve in which a minimum pressure can be secured even when an engine speed is reduced. A pressure reducing valve changing an output pressure in correspondence to an engine speed has means for outputting a predete... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6164926 | Variable displacement compressor A variable displacement compressor having a pressurizing passage, which extends through a cylinder block. The pressurizing passage connects a discharge chamber and a crank chamber. A valve is arranged in the pressurizing passage. A drive shaft rotates and... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5819777 | Flow control device A flow control device or valve used in a power steering system of an automotive vehicle. The flow control device comprises a housing formed with an axially extending hole in which a spool valve is movably disposed. A first pressure chamber is defined in t... | 10/13/1998 |
| 4815436 | Apparatus for preventing the outlfow of a fuel from a fuel tank for vehicle An apparatus for preventing the outflow of a fuel from a fuel tank for vehicle comprises a vent tube device connected to the fuel tank and a canister device connected to the inlet system of an engine to supply the fuel into the tank, an evaporating tube d... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4250713 | Apparatus for conducting liquid helium between a transporter and an electric machine An apparatus for providing selective fluid communication between a helium transporter and an electric machine with superconductive exciter windings includes a coupling of the transporter which is mated to an undriven end of the shaft of the electric machi... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4216554 | Automatic freeze-proof drain system A system to protect piping and containers from damage by freezing of contained aqueous liquid includes a temperature-actuated SPDT switch connected at its movable contact to a rechargable battery. The fixed contacts of the switch are connected to two inpu... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4214437 | Speed adjust A governor is adjusted as to speed by having a fluid diaphragm directly connected to a speeder spring which acts against a thrust bearing which bears against the flyweight toes. The fluid diaphragm is resisted by a set of low speed springs at all times. A... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4164234 | Metering device An arrangement for metering a blast of air delivered to a driven machine, particularly a sheet separation device of a sheet feeder. A control slide is connected via an air intake opening to a pressure source, and the control slide has an air discharge ope... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4038956 | Fluid pressure regulator This disclosure deals with a variable fluid pressure regulator wherein the level at which the fluid pressure is regulated is adjustable. A member has a flow passage formed therein, and the fluid flows through the passage and out of the member, and a closu... | 08/02/1977 |
