Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6958342 | Polymorphs of N-methyl-N-(3-{3-[2-thienylcarbonyl]-pyrazol-[1,5-α]-pyrimidin-7-yl}phenyl)acetamide and compositions and methods related thereto Polymorphs of N-methyl-N-(3-{3-[2-thienylcarbonyl]-pyrazol-[1,5-α]-pyrimidin-7-yl}phenyl)acetamide (Compound 1), and use of the same as a sedative-hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and skeletal muscle relaxant agent. Processes for making the same, as well as re... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6929077 | Boring head, roller cutter and saddle for a boring head for rotary drilling A raise boring head includes a roller cutter body and a saddle intended for rotary drilling in earth and rock formations. The roller cutter body is rotatably journalled on a shaft that is provided with two shaft spigots at its opposite ends. Each spigot has a second... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6708786 | Mounting attachment and bearing system for an industrial earth-boring cutter A rotary cutter mount for an earth-boring cutter includes a bearing journal adapted to be coupled to a cutter body. A first mounting end of the bearing journal is shaped to enable rotationally fixed positioning in a corresponding yoke. The yoke is operatively couple... | 03/23/2004 |
| 5577565 | Compact roller cutter A roller cutter assembly for use in hard rock tunneling machines comprises a rectangular saddle having a rectangular recess with V-shaped mounting surfaces. Support plates are secured against these mounting surfaces, and the support plates have a shaft ex... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5487435 | Mounting system for raise and shaft cutters A bit body with a mount having a leg that extends along the rotational axis of the bit, a journal with a wedge shaped end secured to a wedge shape opening in the leg. A wedge on the journal has a fastener hole to register coaxially with a fastener hole in... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5421422 | Roller cutter mount for tunneling machine The cutter head of a tunnelling machine is mounted for rotation about the axis of the tunnel and has a face extending on a plane perpendicular to that axis. The cutter head serves as a mount for a plurality of roller cutters, each of which is mounted in a... | 06/06/1995 |
| 4832136 | Drill bit and roller cutter for said drill bit A drill bit has a plurality of roller cutters mounted on a front face of the drill bit. The roller cutters are mounted in pairs which are equidistantly spaced from an axis of rotation of the drill bit. Each roller cutter is rotatably mounted in a saddle a... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4760890 | Cutter assembly for rotary boring of earth A cutter assembly for rotary boring of earth. The assembly comprises a rotating cutter having a shaft protruding from the ends of the cutter; and a mounting member for the rotating cutter. The mounting member comprises two legs the ends of which are provi... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4454923 | Holding device for boring head tools or the like A holding device for a boring head tool and the tool itself are arranged so that the tool can be mounted from the rear of the boring head. The tool is mounted on a supporting member which has head parts provided with supporting faces and the holding devic... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4202418 | Roller cutter mounts Roller cutters are mounted onto a cutterhead from the rear side of the cutterhead. A load transfer block is insertable between a stator portion of each cutter and a generally forwardly directed load-carrying surface on the cutter-head frame. Loads imposed... | 05/13/1980 |
