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 |
| 7934614 | Two-piece seal vial assembly A two-piece seal vial assembly. The first piece is a vial defining an aperture adapted to contain a liquid. The vial has a base, a crown disposed opposite the base, and an upright side wall extending from the base to the crown and including a tapered inner diameter ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7374147 | Valve assembly with overstroke device and associated method A valve assembly comprises a rotatable valve, an electrically operated actuator, and an overstroke device. The actuator comprises a component configured to move in a direction to an actuator position so as to cause corresponding rotation of the valve to a valve posi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7249416 | Comb-vibration preventing structure for hair cutter Disclosed is a comb-vibration preventing structure for a hair cutter including a cutter body and a cutting-length adjusting comb adapted to be fitted on an upper portion of the cutter body and vertically moved in a sliding manner so as to adjust a cutting length. Th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7125187 | Closure system for a container An exemplary embodiment of a closure system for a container comprises a sealing member and a stopper. The sealing member comprises a flange, an inner sleeve extending from the flange, and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve. The outer sleeve extends from th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6971530 | Plastic container having stepped neck finish The improved plastic container and preform is light weight and includes a base, a cylindrical sidewall projecting upwardly from the base, and a neck finish projecting upwardly from the sidewall and having an opening to the inside of the container. The neck finish in... | 12/06/2005 |
| 5971232 | Dispensing structure which has a pressure-openable valve retained with folding elements A system is provided for holding a dispensing valve that has a peripheral mounting flange and that is operable to discharge the contents from the interior of a container. The system includes a body for extending from the container. The body has a seat for... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5806697 | Fitment removal prevention device for containers A fitment removal prevention device for insertion within a container having a rigid mouth portion. The device has a body portion and an incompressible member movable with respect to the body portion and biased from a first position, in which the device is... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5229127 | Rapid miosis with control of intraocular pressure using a mixture of a cetylcholine and carbachol derivatives Quick miosis with 24 hour control of intraocular pressure of patients undergoing extracapsular cataract extraction surgery is achieved by applying to the eyes of the patient during surgery acetylcholine as a first miotic agent and carbachol as a second mi... | 07/20/1993 |
| 4969566 | Holding closure Several embodiments of a novel closure are disclosed for closing and/or opening the neck of a container of the semi-rigid type. The first embodiment of the closure consists of a top having a elastic spring with a plurality of prongs for holding a closure ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4842152 | Spill proof plug Disclosed herein is a one piece spill proof plug which allows a container to be inverted prior to dispensing a fluid to a receiving receptacle. The plug has a plug member, stem and V-shaped retainer members which allow the plug member to snugly fit into t... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4691836 | Apertured closure device with depressible disc portion A closure device for a receptacle is provided with a first generally annular member adapted to be fixed to the receptacle across the opening thereof. A second generally annular member is substantially coaxial with the first annular member and is adapted t... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4032035 | Child-resistant cover for containers A container cover is provided which prevents young children from gaining access to the container's contents. The container has an opening at one end and a latch lip adjacent to the opening. The cover comprises a plate having at least one opening and a han... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3990604 | Plug or closure A plug for closing an aperture in a panel comprising a metal plate portion and a plurality of metal legs. The plate portion and the legs can be formed from different materials having different characteristics. Each leg comprises an attaching portion which... | 11/09/1976 |
