Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284734 | Hanger A hanger comprising a base having a supported surface adapted to be positioned along a generally vertical surface, and an elongate peg having one end mounted on the base with a portion of the peg projecting from an outer surface of the base opposite its supported su... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7213735 | Staple-driving gun capable of ensuring attachment of a seal washer to a sleeve A staple-driving gun includes a hollow housing configured with first and second air chambers separated by a partition. A piston unit includes an operating member connected fixedly to a sleeve disposed movably in the first air chamber, and a piston rod disposed movab... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7140099 | Pallet jig An apparatus for building pallets comprises a jig frame adapted to maintain a plurality of deck boards in deck board locations on top of a plurality of stringers in parallel stringer locations. A gantry frame is mounted above the jig frame and a plurality of nailing... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6933481 | Customer-engaging food merchandising module An apparatus and method are disclosed for penetrating convenience store food markets with a customer-engaging food merchandising module. The customer-engaging food merchandising module comprises three units: a food storage and display unit attached to a food prepara... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915936 | Tool for installing nail-pin anchors and anchor bolts A tool for driving and setting nail-pin anchors and anchor bolts into concrete, the tool using the percussive action of a rotary hammer drill. The tool comprises a body member with a spring, a driver, and a ram inserted into the body member's bore. After a hole is d... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6237828 | Stapler and guide assembly for same The invention is a stapler and staple guide assembly for same. The stapler provides automated stapling for stacks of sheet material regardless of stack thickness. In a first embodiment two staple guides load individual sheets or small stacks of sheets ont... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5671659 | Food skewer tool A food skewering tool is used to insert a skewer into a food item, such as an apple. The tool includes a barrel having an axial bore for receiving and guiding the skewer, and a striker element which applies force to the skewer to drive it into the food it... | 09/30/1997 |
| 4895289 | Ophthalmic stapler A stapler system for surgical suturing comprising a novel stapler and novel precurved staples designed for use with the stapler. Staples stored on a magazine are implanted by a ram mounted for reciprocal movement on the body of the stapler. The ram is mov... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4671445 | Flexible surgical stapler assembly A flexible surgical stapler assembly includes a staple firing head assembly and a handle actuator assembly connected to the staple firing head assembly through a flexible spine. The staple firing head assembly includes an anvil assembly defining an anvil ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4543716 | Method and apparatus for electrical connection of flat cables To effect a mechanical and electrical interconnection of high integrity between flat multiconductor cables, a jig system is disclosed wherein a base plate is specifically designed with a plurality of guide pins arranged in a predetermined pattern for loca... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4489874 | Pallet manufacturing machine A pallet manufacturing machine and method for joining wooden slats (W) to elongate splines (S) includes spline clamping means (70) mounted on a frame (10). The spline clamping means (70) grip and release the elongate splines (S) so that the lateral edge p... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4417396 | Method for manufacturing integrated circuit connectors A multiplicity of integrated circuit connector contact sockets mounted to a plurality of carrier strips are moved between pairs of orientation rollers with tails of the contacts protruding upwardly whereby an upper socket portion of one contact is aligned... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4232811 | Apparatus for dispensing and inserting sticks A plurality of hopper stored sticks suitable for mounting food products or the like thereon are individually delivered through a passageway to a feed station in a horizontal position. A rotatable wheel segment provided with a stick receiving slot therein ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4025032 | Assembly device mounting sticks into food A machine for inserting pliable handles into soft food articles, such as apples, pears, corn cobs, etc. Pliable, nonsplintering handles, made of coiled paper, are used to avoid accidents, especially when the food is eaten by a child. The handle is loaded ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3956811 | Apparatus for terminating flat conductor cable Apparatus for use in terminating flexible flat conductor cable or the like with contacts having a termination section for terminating a conductor portion thereof includes a flexible, generally U-shaped carrier strip for carrying a plurality of longitudina... | 05/18/1976 |
