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 |
| 6429397 | Programmable pogo welding apparatus and method A pogo welding apparatus especially for spot welding metal sheets at selected locations spaced away from their edges wherein the sheets are held in a temporary assembly with the selected locations engaged and separate programmable positioners move a prima... | 08/06/2002 |
| 4647750 | Apparatus for electric pressure joining, especially pressure welding and pressure soldering A first electrode with a first clamping surface and a second electrode with a second clamping surface are moveable towards and away from each other during working cycles of the apparatus. The first and second clamping surfaces face each other and serve to... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4523075 | Resistance welding apparatus A resistance welding device includes a base structure having vertically separated ceiling and floor members. The ceiling member includes a first pair of rail members to establish a y-axis and to thereby dependently support a first mounting structure. The ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4349718 | Installation for the resistance-welding of structural parts An installation for resistance-welding of structural parts, especially in the automotive industry, with a half-tong that is pivotal about an axis and longitudinally displaceable; the half-tong supporting thereon the welding electrode is pivotal about all ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 3995135 | Apparatus for soldering row of conductors onto board The present invention relates to the manufacture of radio-electronic equipment. The proposed apparatus for soldering a row of conductors onto a board comprises a housing having a table for a board to be arranged thereon, and a soldering head kinematically... | 11/30/1976 |
