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 |
| 7243692 | Chisel quickly adjusting and positioning device for a chiselling machine A chisel quickly adjusting and positioning device for a chiseling machine includes a plurality of separating members for adjusting a gap between a sleeve and the bottom of a machine body, and a chisel unit composed of a chisel and a drill fitting lengthwise in the c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7137420 | Mortiser tool A mortiser tool comprises a drill bit, a cutting element mounted around the drill bit and a motor means. In use a motor rotates the drill bit independently of the cutting element, and in use a motor moves the drill bit in a first reciprocating action, in which the c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7070366 | Drill stand for a core drilling machine A drill stand for a core drilling machine (1) for driving an annular core bit (2) rotatable about a rotational axis (A) has a base plate formed of a post plate (3) and a vacuum plate (6) securable with each other with a possibility of dis... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6516842 | Hollow chisel mortiser with a rotor for adjusting a working angle of the mortiser A hollow chisel mortiser with a rotor for adjusting a working angle of the mortiser includes a base having a recess defined in a rear end of the base. The rotor rotatably abuts and is selectively secured on the rear end of the base. The rotor includes a p... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6401772 | System and method for forming dovetail joints An apparatus for cutting dovetail joints comprises one or more trapezoidal mortising chisels mountable on a drill press, each trapezoidal mortising chisel having a trapezoidal cross sectional shape with a particular slope or "pitch" on its non-parallel si... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6238149 | Apparatus for drill press A method for connecting an attachment to a drill press includes: providing an alignment member including a first portion and a second portion, and having a central axis; securing the first portion of the alignment member within the chuck; connecting the a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6116831 | Mortise drilling apparatus and method A drilling template for carving into the lateral edge or the jamb of a door, a slot shaped and dimensioned to receive either a lock and its mounting plate or its strikeplate has a series of drill bit bores at regular spaced-apart intervals along a central... | 09/12/2000 |
| 4915149 | Apparatus for producing furniture A new method for the production of furniture is provided comprising the steps of providing tree trunks and branches; debarking, drying and cutting said tree trunks or branches to the desired size; producing tenons and mortises in respective ends of said c... | 04/10/1990 |
