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 |
| 6953067 | Method for deflecting a warp thread during weaving and a weaving machine In order to deflect a warp thread sheet (2) in a weaving machine, a deflecting device (18)is provided which is guided in guides (26) that also guide heald frames (13, 14, 15, 16). The deflecting device positions a segment (46) of t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 5174341 | Traversing shed loom with warp placing guides The traversing shed loom has a shedding weaving rotor into which weft yarns are picked. The rotor has shedding elements and beating-up combs in which warp placing guides place warn yarns by moving transversely to the direction of rotor rotation. Most of t... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4887650 | Beat-up mechanism for weaving looms A beat-up mechanism for a weaving loom includes a relatively movable indexing reed and beat-up reed adjacent each other and arranged to transport weft threads adjacent the fell of the fabric and then beat-up the weft threads into the fell by means of beat... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4512374 | Lamellae comb for weaving apparatus, particularly for a weaving rotor in a multiple longitudinal traversing shed weaving loom, and method for manufacturing the same A lamellae comb comprises a carrier or support and lamellae or small plates arranged thereupon which contain lateral projections serving as shed-retaining elements for the warp threads. Each shed-retaining element is formed by a respective projection at t... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4497254 | Isolating device for an opening traversed by conveyor cars An isolating device for an opening in a wall traversed by a track for vehicles of a conveyor system. A door can swing up or down to close this opening and a removable track section can be drawn in the direction of the track to clear a path for the door.... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4492255 | Apparatus for guiding a fluid medium driven weft thread in the shed of a weaving machine and use of the apparatus at a multiple longitudinal traversing shed weaving machine An apparatus for guiding a weft or filling thread in the shed of a weaving machine, the weft thread being driven by a flowing fluid medium, comprises two lamellae combs which can dip into and out of the warp threads. The lamellae or equivalent plate-like ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4487233 | Multiple longitudinal traversing shed weaving loom A weaving rotor carries lamellae combs, the lamellae of which are provided with shed-retaining elements. Shedding rods which are stroke-wise displaceable in the warp direction are positioned forwardly of the weaving rotor to allocate each warp thread to a... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4484603 | Serial shed weaving machine with a weaving rotor The present invention relates to a serial shed weaving machine with a weaving rotor. Guide channels for weft threads transported by a flowing fluid are mounted on the weaving rotor. The guide channels are formed from a plurality of elongated, tube-like ch... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4425946 | Weaving method and apparatus Disclosed herein are apparatus and method of multi-shed weaving wherein a weft thread is inserted into a retained shed by a fluid jet. The movement of the fluid jet can be synchronized with the movement of the retained shed. The shed may be retained by a ... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4290458 | Multiple longitudinal traversing shed weaving apparatus Amultiple longitudinal traversing shed weaving apparatus comprises a weaving rotor having beating elements for the laid or inserted weft threads and shed-retaining elements which retain the warp threads, throughout a predetermined path, in their upper she... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4285370 | Shed retainer A shed-retaining member is provided for use with a weaving loom of the type having apparatus for forming warp sheds, with the shed-retaining member being insertable between warp threads to maintain the warp sheds in an open position. The improved shed-ret... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4129153 | Loom for weaving A loom is described which comprises a drum rotating on a rotary shaft, means for feeding the warp threads on the drum, means for inserting weft threads into sheds formed by the warp threads, peripheral weft bobbins and means for collecting the woven cloth... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4122872 | Method and apparatus for inserting weft in a warp-wave weaving system A method and apparatus is provided for weaving which utilizes a plurality of moving warp sheds, wherein the sheds move in a direction parallel to the warp threads, and wherein gripper shuttles are employed for carrying weft threads from one side of the ma... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4122871 | Method of weaving and apparatus therefor A method of weaving and apparatus therefor wherein a plurality of successive sheds are formed and retained to establish waves of sheds which travel longitudinally of the warp threads or "warp waves" as distinguished from the method using "weft waves" whic... | 10/31/1978 |
