Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348502 | Counterbalance for a platform balance A platform balance includes a first frame support and a second frame support movable relative to the first frame support. At least one counter balance assembly is provided to support the static weight of the first frames support and elements connected thereto. The c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 4470472 | Low range automatic weighing device A weighing device is disclosed which comprises a frame, a pan element for supporting a load to be weighed, channel members connected to the pan for retaining a plurality of weight elements in a vertically movable manner, a motor supported within the frame... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4470474 | Low range automatic weighing device A weighing device is disclosed which comprises a frame, a pan element for supporting a load to be weighed, a channel member connected to the pan for retaining a plurality of weight elements in a vertically movable manner, a motor supported within the fram... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4470473 | Low range automatic weighing device A weighing device is disclosed which comprises a frame, a pan element for supporting a load to be weighed, a channel member connected to the pan for retaining a plurality of weight elements in a vertically movable manner, a motor supported within the fram... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4417632 | Automatic weighing method and device For the automatic weighing of a beam balance with electromagnetic force compensation, substitution control weights and digital recording are used. An indicator signals the position of balance beam to a microcomputer. The load compensation is carried out w... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4153124 | Electromagnetically compensating beam balance An electromagnetically compensating beam balance has a balance housing, a am and a fixed counterweight. Weight changing means, which change the weighing range (scale) by substitution, are provided on the load receiving side. A parallel guidance system is ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4106580 | Force measuring apparatus This force measuring apparatus includes a balance beam, means for applying a force representative of a load to be weighed to the balance beam, and means for applying counterweights in preselected steps to the balance beam. A signal is picked up from the p... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4084651 | Liquid-actuated weighing apparatus A weighing apparatus has a closed chamber of variable volume adapted to receive a load. An upright tube has an upper end open to the atmosphere and a lower end connected via a conduit to the chamber for fluid communication therebetween. This conduit has a... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4043414 | Weighing scale with compensating weights In a weighing scale in which compensating weights may be attached to or removed from a weighing pan assembly to adjust the combined mass of the assembly, of an object on the weighing pan that is to be weighed, and of the attached compensating weights with... | 08/23/1977 |
