Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299540 | Electronic-component feeding device Disclosed is an electronic-component mounting apparatus 1 for mounting a plurality of electronic components onto a printed-wiring board 10, which comprises a component mounting head 4 adapted to suck up the electronic component and mount the suc... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7219823 | Electronic component feeding device and electronic component counting apparatus having the same This invention provides a low-cost electronic component feeding device which stabilizes a pickup position of an electronic component and does not require a highly accurate sprocket. A component feeding unit is fixed to an adjusting jig, a recognition camera moves to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216790 | Component feeding apparatus In a component feeding apparatus, forwarding pitches of the storage tape are reduced without using an alternative forwarding gear corresponding to the reduced pitches. The component feeding apparatus feeds chip components by intermittently forwarding the storage tap... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7100811 | Web guide and method The present invention relates to a method of production and an arrangement for feeding and guiding web materials in laterally separate paths from a web supply to a machine for producing packing blanks. More specifically a web guide is disclosed, capable of controlli... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6645602 | Method for making embossed packages and other articles from sheet materials, blanks made thereby, and sheet materials for use therewith A method and work material for making embossed blanks for sample packages and other free-standing three dimensional display items from a sheet-type work material includes a printer for printing a graphic image on the work material, and a processing mechan... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6270265 | Film-engaging sprocket drive A film-engaging sprocket drive for use with an edge-perforated filmstrip having successive uniform-pitch film perforations includes a set of two coaxial sprocket wheels each having a series of uniform-pitch film-engaging teeth that are similarly shaped to... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6256862 | Coil advance drive for an apparatus applying plate coils to wooden frames A coil advance drive apparatus for connector plate coils is described. The coil advance drive apparatus includes a support structure, a motor coupled to the support structure, at least one elongate coil support member coupled to the support structure, and... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6082603 | Electric-component tape feeding apparatus and electric-component supplying method An apparatus for feeding an electric-component tape which includes a carrier tape having feed holes in its lengthwise direction and which holds electric components at a predetermined pitch in the lengthwise direction, the apparatus including a drive devic... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5479223 | Film conversion sprocket A sprocket assembly is provided which allows a film projector or any other film handling device to be readily converted to run film having different perforation-to-frame ratios. The sprocket assembly includes an outer cylindrical sleeve having teeth for e... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5395028 | Apparatus for transporting thin metal sheets longitudinally with transverse tension A thin strip or flat web of metal material is transported longitudinally in a stable manner and without contact to the working surface by providing a generally constant transverse tension to the web. Equally spaced holes are punched along the outer edges ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5244137 | Film transport device with sprocket teeth and film pressure skid A film transport device for a film with two uniformly distributed rows of holes. Transport is accomplished with a film transport sprocket with a series of teeth disposed in spaced array along a cylindrical tooth circle, which teeth engage the holes in the... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5188270 | Sheet conveyor having retractable pins held in a wheel for openings in a sheet A sheet conveyor for conveying a sheet by engaging an engaging member with openings formed in a sheet and conveying the sheet by displacement of the engaging member. The conveyor includes a holding device for holding the engaging member so as to be movabl... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5107903 | Guide block arrangement for a weft gripper tape A tape drive system for the weft gripper of a shuttleless loom which uses a plastically undeformable tape formed of composite laminate layers containing rigid fibers. The tape is driven by a sprocket engaging perforations provided along the tape and the e... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5067664 | Photosensitive sheet positioning device A photosensitive sheet positioning device used in an image forming apparatus provided with a photosensitive sheet wound in a roll, a leader sheet attached to the forefront edge of the photosensitive sheet, forwarding holes formed in a line on the sides of... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5045145 | Means for supplying a label strip A means is described with the aid of which a label strip can be introduced into a label printing and/or label dispensing apparatus (10). The label printing and/or label dispensing apparatus (10) includes a transport wheel (38) which is surrounded by a cov... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5042706 | Web with pairs of holes in addition to standard feed holes A web for being fed by a pair of sprockets, each sprocket provided with a plurality of standard feed pins and one or more pairs of additional pins with one additional pin of each pair of additional pins located on either side of one or more of the standar... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5017943 | Thermal transfer type color printer In a thermal transfer type color printer, an ink film on which plural color inks are sequentially painted in its longitudinal direction is sequentially transported forward between an ink film supply roll and winding roll, while a printing paper is repeate... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4979837 | Paper tractor A paper tractor comprising a driven sprocket wheel engaging recording paper to feed same, a chassis holding the sprocket wheel on its both sides and movable widthwise of recording paper, a fixed member supporting the chassis slidably via an engaging porti... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4895287 | Web loading and feeding system A web loading and feeding system comprises an elongated web and a web loading and feeding machine. The web is fed longitudinally of itself through the machine by a pair of drive sprockets having pins which cooperate with holes in side edge portion of the ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4867363 | Web loading and feeding system A web loading and feeding system comprises an elongated web and a web loading and feeding machine. The web is fed longitudinally of itself through the machine by a pair of drive sprockets having pins which cooperate with holes in side edge portion of the ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4865478 | Retractable pin sheet feed mechanism A retractable pin sprocket drive for feeding paper employs free floating, radially moving, cam actuated sprocket pins in axially spaced sprocket hubs forming sprocket wheels. The pins are slidably fitted in equally angularly spaced radial slots in each sp... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4840319 | Bag tie dispenser A dispenser for manually dispensing wire bag tie closure strips has a hollow housing having a feed hopper communicating with a transverse cylindrical recess. A removable lid is received on a top portion of the housing. The lid forms an open receptacle for... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4838468 | Reel for registry of a material web provided with crease lines In the processing of a material web provided with crease lines a reel is used frequently for registry. The reel comprises one or more axial rules, the distance between these being adapted to the distance between transverse crease lines of the material web... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836430 | Paper feed apparatus A paper feed apparatus for a printer, having a belt type paper feed mechanism and a feed wheel both mounted on a frame. The belt type paper feed mechanism is of a construction in which a driving sprocket and two driven sprockets are arranged so that the r... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4834276 | Web loading and feeding system, related web construction and method and apparatus for making web In a machine, such as a plotter or sign maker, wherein the web is fed longitudinally of itself by a pair of feed sprockets two corresponding pins of the two sprockets are visually distinguished from the other pins and at intervals along the length of the ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4815878 | Printing apparatus and a paper controlling method for a printer wherein paper slack is cancelled A printing apparatus and a paper controlling method for a printer in which, upon activating a power source or upon changing over to the on-line mode or upon switching to a high paper feed speed, a paper feed motor is rotated first reversely to draw back p... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4790467 | Web feed mechanism and door with static protrusions A feed mechanism for moving a web is disclosed. It includes a means for engaging the web that has a plurality of uniformly spaced drive pins for extending through and engaging web perforations. It also includes a means for guiding the web onto the drive p... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4758107 | Web feed tractor for printer A web feed tractor for a printer which comprises a timing belt having outer web engaging pins and inner teeth, a sprocket wheel drivingly connected to the belt and having belt engaging cogs and a guide portion, a frame rotatably receiving the sprocket and... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4738386 | Electronic component transporting apparatus employing taping cassettes An electronic component transporting apparatus employing taping cassettes includes a toothed wheel arranged for meshing engagement within successive compartments of a taping cassette after a sealing tape has been stripped from the taping cassette and comp... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4670976 | Cassette magazine for a component mounting machine A cassette magazine for a component mounting machine. This machine comprises a driving member (34) for a number of reels (7) which are insertable into the magazine and which carry components enclosed in a carrier tape (2) wound on each reel. The reels are... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4637537 | Paper feeder for a printer A paper feeder unit for a printer is provided adjacent to a platen to feed a paper web to the platen. The unit has a sprocket wheel for feeding the paper web, and a paper holder rotatably mounted on a case so as to hold the paper web on the sprocket wheel... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4625902 | Method and arrangement for the feeding of a material web A more space-effective method and device for the feeding of a material web (1) is obtained by making use of a web feeding unit (2) for feeding as well as correction of register. The web feeding unit (2) is provided for this purpose with two driving device... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4621756 | Web feeding mechanism A printer includes a print mechanism for performing printing operations and a print medium feeding mechanism for feeding a print medium past the print mechanism so that printing operations can be performed on the print medium. The print medium feeding mec... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4619388 | Automatic paper sheet supplying apparatus An automatic paper sheet supplying apparatus to be used in combination with a paper sheet processing apparatus having a motor, comprises a pair of side plates mounted on the processing apparatus, a plurality of connecting bars connecting the side plates, ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4593293 | X, Y plotter An X, Y plotter particularly adapted to use both cut paper and strip paper. A driven roller provides motion of the paper back and forth according to one signal. A moveable pen block containing the pen is moved transverse the path of the paper in response ... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4571104 | Retractable pin sprocket wheel assembly A platen assembly, including a cylindrical platen, for advancing a web of record material through a printing device, the record material having perforations along its borders for receiving pins disposed in pin sprocket wheel assemblies mounted on opposite... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4549680 | Precise intermittent feeding apparatus for edgewise perforated carrier sheet material Disclosed is economical and reliable apparatus for precisely intermittently feeding prescribed finite-lengths of edgewise perforated carrier sheet material. The intermittent feeding apparatus basically requires a rotatable drum having its cylindrical surf... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4520673 | Inspection device, especially for steam generator tubes Inspection device, including a probe having a thrust hose for moving the probe, the thrust hose having mutually equidistant holes formed therein along a generatrix line thereof, a feed device having drive wheels for engaging the thrust hose to move the pr... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520684 | Tape drive closure operator A closure operator such as a garage door operator utilizes an apertured flexible tape. The tape is enclosed in a guide and a drive sprocket has teeth engaging the apertures to apply both tension and compression forces to open and close a door. The apertur... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4501510 | Apparatus for feeding sheets of material and continuous webs in printers and typewriters A feed mechanism for sheets of material or continuous webs in a printer or typewriter, comprising a pin wheel feed mechanism for the feeding of continuous webs and a friction feed mechanism for the feeding of sheets of paper as well as the webs. The pin w... | 02/26/1985 |
