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 |
| 7309055 | Apparatus for flushing fluids from a tube A tube flushing device has a shell having a first housing and a second housing connected on a side thereof so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position. A first pair of wheels are rotatably mounted in the first housing. A second pair of wheels ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 6431410 | Rice dispensing system A rice dispensing system used to store and dispense measured quantities of rice at a single pressing of a button comprised of a housing having an open upper end, an open lower end, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. The housing has a taper... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5853112 | Candy holder and candy feeding device A candy holding and retrieving device which moves a powdered candy or any suitable candy from a reservoir onto a plastic or rubber belt which delivers the candy to a user. The device includes a main housing which contains a motor, a power supply, a gearin... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5464126 | Volumetric dosage machine particularly for granulates, powders and loose products in general Volumetric dosage machine particularly for granulates, powders and loose products in general, including products that are not uniform or mutually compacted and have a very limited flow ability, comprising a hopper for loading a product to be metered that ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5007561 | Non-flooding set rate feeder Apparatus for feeding fluidized particulate material at a uniform preselected flow rate includes a reservoir for receiving the material from a supply inlet, a device for maintaining material in the reservoir in a state of flux, a chain type carrier for co... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4733891 | Grit spreader for motor vehicles A grit spreader for motor vehicles consists of a container (1) for the gritting material, a dispersion channel leading to a vehicle wheel and an endless conveyor (5). The conveyor (5) is disposed in a first horizontal section (2) of the dispersion channel... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4722373 | Apparatus for producing and filling bag packages An apparatus for producing and filling tubular bag packages includes a shaping mandrel, about which a sheet of packaging material is shaped into a tube and an open end of the tube is filled with one portion of a product at a time and separated from the fo... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4650264 | Control system for vertical storage equipment A control system for vertical storage equipment requires only two sensing devices, in combination with a microprocessor controller, for positioning a selected article carrier at a specified work station. One sensor senses a reference mark having a direct ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4266696 | Conveyor device for supplying bulk foods in a measured manner A guide cylinder with its axis directed in the upper and lower directions is provided on the bottom of a hopper. In the guide cylinder are allowed to pass a plurality of measuring containers supported by an endless conveyor which is moving upwardly from t... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4155491 | Arrangement for transporting solid materials from the bottom of basins The arrangement is mainly designed for transporting solid minerals from the floor of the ocean to a support vessel. The arrangement comprises an endless flexible carrier which is made of interconnected container sections. Each section has two chambers -- ... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4130223 | Feed level monitor and control apparatus A hopper device for delivering granular or powdery material to a conveyor system of a type having a circuitous tube and a continuous flexible member having disc members rigidly attached thereto has a material level monitor and control apparatus attached t... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4062474 | Apparatus for metered feeding of poorly flowable materials In an apparatus for the metered feeding of poorly flowable materials by endless conveyor belt having an upper and lower run, the conveyor belt includes carrier plates which define pockets for conveying the material from an inlet through a compacting zone ... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4031005 | Controllable sorbent broadcaster A device which can efficiently broadcast oil sorbent materials at a contred rate, uniformly over an oil slick for the purpose of removing the oil from the water's surface. The device comprises a rotating cylinder of wire mesh having a moving endless belt... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4023509 | Apparatus for planting a plurality of individual seeds in a planting furrow An improved seed planter having a seed conveyor which, in combination with a means for placing seeds on the seed conveyor as they are dispensed from a seed hopper, transports the seeds from the seed hopper to a seed release point in close proximity to the... | 05/17/1977 |
