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 |
| 7211776 | Method for unattended sealing of tubing A clip on welder includes two pairs of opposed grippers defined by pivotally attached upper and lower frames for latching the welder to heat weldable material, such as a length of tubing, upon actuation of a start button by an operator; thereafter, the welder operat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 3964951 | Method of joining stiffening material to shoe upper using ultra high frequency radiation Formable or formed stiffening materials are prepared which are dry and free of fibrous materials and consisting essentially of a thermoplastic synthetic resin containing at least 3 parts of an active substance, preferably carbon black in 100 parts of the ... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3937774 | Flow molding means and method Thermosetting molds are formed with electrically conductive surfaces for use in high frequency energy flow molding of sheet materials. Preferably the mold of this invention has a highly electrically conductive layer preferably in an epoxy gel coat carryin... | 02/10/1976 |
