Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320172 | Apparatus for positioning inserts in a receptacle An apparatus for positioning inserts in a rotating receptacle. The apparatus includes a magazine for holding a plurality of inserts. An insertion arm is provided for positioning inserts within the receptacle. The insertion arm has a first end and a second end, where... | 01/22/2008 |
| 5279348 | Method and apparatus for straightening a rim of a spoke wheel In a method of straightening a rim of a spoke wheel by tensioning and/or releasing the various spokes and measuring a radial and/or axial misalignment of the rim around the circumference thereof, all spokes are tensioned in a first run such that the tensi... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5081755 | Method and an apparatus for inserting a spoke into a spoke hole of a flange of a hub The present invention is a process for manufacturing a bicycle and an apparatus for inserting a spoke into a spoke hole of a flange of a hub from a spoke ejection apparatus that is arranged to face the spoke hole and eject the spoke by air under pressure.... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4505315 | Method and a device for automatically mounting spokes in wheels A method and a device for automatically mounting spokes in wheels. In the method, the hub of a wheel and the rim of a wheel are interconnected by an inner layer of spokes being supplied in a first station, whereafter the procedure is repeated in a second ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4427047 | Machine for fitting spokes into wheel hubs A machine is provided for fitting spokes into wheel hubs comprising rotatable support arms for taking a hub and bringing it into an inclined position, means for rotating the hub, selection and guide means for fitting spokes one by one into the holes of sa... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4062095 | Automatic wire feeder An automatic wire feeder for feeding pieces of wire in an assembly operation. More particularly, an automatic wire feeder for feeding pieces of wire in a radial assembly operation wherein the automatic wire feeder drops the wires, one by one, in a wire lo... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4045852 | Wheel truing machine A method of truing a newly built spoke wheel having a hub and rim, subsequent to fitting spokes to the wheel and loosely screwing nipples to the spokes at the wheel rim. The method comprises securing the rim and hub in a concentric relationship, locally d... | 09/06/1977 |
| 3958315 | Method of tightening spokes of wire wheels A method of tightening spokes of spoke-type wheels in which spokes are divided into eight groups and in which four sets of two groups each are tightened in sequence, groups of a set being oppositely positioned.... | 05/25/1976 |
