...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4993096 | Circuit board deburring system An apparatus and method are disclosed for deburring the surface of a printed circuit board passing along a moving conveyor. The apparatus comprises a rotating brush head for abrading against the first surface of the printed circuit board. A three phase wa... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4326315 | Film cleaner A used roll of photostatic film is guided through a series of bunny brushes and vacuum nozzles to reclaim the film. The brushes pick particles from the film. The vacuum nozzles, connected to a blower, remove the particles from the brush. The reclaimed fil... | 04/27/1982 |