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 |
| 5894757 | Device for enhancing rotational movement A device employing multiple counterweights for enhancing rotation movement. The device employs a horizontally disposed counterweight coupled to a vertically offset second counterweight by an adjacent sprocket. The sprocket times the counteracting weights ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 4438656 | Power transfer device An improved power transfer device utilizes an input power source supplemented by an unbalanced weight assembly which increases the torque on an output shaft as a function of load associated with the device. The input shaft is provided with a drive gear in... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4085544 | Plant supporting, moving and watering apparatus A garden arrangement including a conveyor assembly with a plurality of longitudinally spaced mounting means supporting containers utilizing growth material, the conveyor being arranged along a predetermined path whereby the containers may be successively ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4070855 | Constant force motor A plurality of translation rods are mounted in a cage for pivoting about a common axis and pass through the pivot axis, being at fixed circumferentially spaced positions but movable bidirectionally along their individual axes during rotation about the fix... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4022336 | Apparatus for conveying bulk material This invention relates to apparatus for conveying bulk materials, such as minerals, down a vertical or steeply inclined path of descent. An endless conveyor carries the material downwards by gravity, and at the same time drives an energy transformation un... | 05/10/1977 |
