Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7127967 | Power transfer unit A motor vehicle power transfer unit for distributing torque from a transmission assembly between a front wheel drive line and rear wheel drive line. The power transfer unit includes a housing that encloses a parallel gear set and a non-parallel gear set, which are c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7086547 | Travelling working machine This invention provides with a travelling working machine comprising an upper rotating body with a rotating frame and winches, a pair of right and left boom support frames formed in the rotating frame, and axial portions of the winches mounted inside rear portions o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6968768 | Slitting saw The disclosure describes a slitting saw used to cut an opening in a pipe. The saw generally comprises a housing mounted on an XYZ positioning system, a drive assembly and a cutting blade. A motor is used to drive a gear train which creates rotating of the cutting bl... | 11/29/2005 |
| 5217127 | Vacuum activated power take off for winch A vacuum actuated power take off assembly for a winch which is preferably mounted on a vehicle and part of a tow truck structure of the type commonly known. A power shaft is connected in cooperative relation to the transmission vehicle and an activating m... | 06/08/1993 |
| 4194867 | An apparatus with a transversing hoist loader assembly A traversing hoist mechanism driven by a vehicle prime mover is drivingly interconnected with a fluid power drive transmission comprising a pump which is drivingly connected to a pair of fixed displacement hydraulic motors connected in a series arrangemen... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4036508 | Self-propelled drilling and workover rig An articulated self-propelled drilling and workover rig capable of using and racking three-joint sections of drillpipe and featuring high mobility and ease of setup utilizes an hydraulically actuated telescoping mast mounted on a tandem rig with the power... | 07/19/1977 |
