...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7262335 | Easy-open, re-closable package for disposable diapers An easy-open, re-closable package for a plurality of disposable diapers includes a wrapping layer which substantially surrounds the plurality of disposable diapers and a re-closable fastening system. The re-closable fastening system may be joined with the wrapping l... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6932159 | Run in cover for downhole expandable screen A screen to be expanded when placed downhole is disclosed. The screen is delivered to the location with a cover that blocks access to the screen from well fluids. Circulation or reverse circulation can be undertaken with no appreciable flow through the screen due to... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6644541 | Substantially paperboard container with tear-strip opening and reclosure feature A tubular paperboard container having a tear-strip opening and reclosure feature. A lid is insertably received in an open top end of a tubular body portion, with an upturned edge region of the lid being flush against an inner surface of the tubular body p... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6502732 | Foldable ski carrier pack assembly A foldable ski carrier pack assembly having 1) a main ski support frame assembly; 2) ski anchor assemblies secured to the main ski support frame assembly and operable to anchor snow skis thereto; and 3) a back support harness assembly connected to the mai... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6460759 | Multi-ply composite container with regions of weakened strength and method for manufacturing same A multi-ply composite container for consumer products with at least one region of weakened strength and method for manufacturing same is provided. The composite container includes a multi-ply composite tube having a tubular body ply, a liner ply adhered t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6422455 | Composite container for vacuum packaging food products such as dough and associated methods A tubular container for expansible food products is provided according to the present invention that includes a flexible liner having opposed end portions secured to respective ends of a tubular body wall. The tubular body wall has opposed ends and inner ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6409078 | Composite can and method of making same A composite can having improved "green" strength is made by pattern printing adhesive onto the exterior label or cover such that the adhesive covers less than 100 percent of the surface of the label. The total amount of adhesive applied between the label ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6230968 | Composite can and method of making same A composite can having improved "green" strength is made by pattern printing adhesive onto the exterior label or cover such that the adhesive covers less than 100 percent of the surface of the label. The total amount of adhesive applied between the label ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6168075 | Breakaway container with thumb slit An improved breakaway container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and reliable breakage mechanism using a thumb cut scoring. By applying pressure to the thumb cut scoring, a tear is initiated in a circumferential scor... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6142366 | Breakaway container with thumb slit An improved breakaway container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and reliable breakage mechanism using a thumb cut scoring. By applying pressure to the thumb cut scoring, a tear is initiated in a circumferential scor... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5934547 | Bridged tab cut for spiral wound container A spiral wound type composite container of the type that is typically used for packaging refrigerated pressurized dough products includes, as is typical in such containers, an inner liner, a body wall that is wound about the inner layer so as to define a ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5857613 | Easy-open container for refrigerated dough products and the like The invention provides spirally wound easy-open containers which comprise a spirally wound body wall having overlapped edges and which have capabilities and benefits associated with conventional butt jointed containers. The overlapped edges of the body wa... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5482205 | Spirally-wound easy-open container having a score cut opening panel An easy-open container has a spirally-wound paperboard bodywall layer, interior barrier liner layer and outer label layer forming as easy-open seam extending spirally between the ends of the container. Easy-opening of the container is enhanced by the prov... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5236120 | Container and a lid for closing the same The invention relates to a container including a container body made of a paperboard-based material and having a top opening at one end, a bottom opening at an other end, a bottom closing the bottom opening, and a lid for closing the top opening. An edge ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5217164 | Biodegradable product dispenser A dispenser for a product in stick form comprised of inner and outer concentric sleeves of biodegradable material, a base for holding the stick in one end of the inner sleeve, an insert for closing off the other end of the outer sleeve, parallel circumfer... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5042666 | Laminated sandwich bag A foldable sandwich bag includes a wall of laminated structure having an inner layer of waterproof, thin, easily tearable material, such as aluminum foil, and an outer wrap securely attached thereto to form a laminate. The outer layer is made of thicker, ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5020663 | Coil dispenser for coiled nails A portable cylindrical dispenser having a side casing member with a cutout therein for permitting access to the articles inside the dispenser. The articles are a plurality of like articles, especially coiled nails, which are stacked one on top of the othe... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4919949 | Refrigerated dough container A container for storage of refrigerated dough products under pressurized condition is provided. The container includes a tubular sidewall having a fracture region capable of directing fracture and end closure means for closing opposite ends of the tubular... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4836378 | Package having magnetically coded tear tape or sealing strip A novel tear strip or sealing strip for a package or container is disclosed. The tear strip or sealing strip comprises a plastic film substrate upon which a magnetizable metal oxide coating has been deposited. The coated strip may be adhered to the packag... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4827307 | Toner cartridge for use in an electrophotographic printing machine A toner cartridge for use in a copying machine for supplying fresh toner to the developer for the machine. The cartridge is formed with an elongated opening to permit discharge of toner when inverted. A removable flexible strip covers the opening and is d... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4657142 | Easy-to-open carton for confectionery or other food products including a skive underlying a tearstrip end A carton is formed by rolling a sectorial piece of sheet material, preferably a lamination of at least paper and a plastic that is impervious to fluid, into the shape of a flattened cone. The lapping side edges and apex end of the cone are both sealed, wh... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4637943 | Sealed split instrument housing with foil-backed acrylic transfer adhesive tearband A foil-backed acrylic transfer adhesive tearband structurally joins and hermetically seals a split instrument housing assembly. The tearband is formed by an acrylic transfer adhesive layer affixed to one side of a metallic foil strip layer.... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4606462 | Tubular container having a tear opening means The powder proof container of this invention comprises end closures and a tubular sleeve that is formed from an initially flat rectangular blank of cardboard having an inner surface layer of weldable material. A pair of opposite side edges of the blank ab... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4475655 | Packing container Small packing containers such as individual packages for yogurt, ice-cream or the like, are frequently in the form of beakers provided with a lid consisting of a tear-off foil. To reduce the risk of leakage and provide a packing container of greater mecha... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4384644 | Roll of coin wrapping paper A roll of coin wrapping paper includes streak portions which extend in the width direction of the paper and are arranged at a predetermined pitch in the longitudinal direction of the paper. The streak portions are formed by making such portions thicker th... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4301939 | Reclosable packing container Cup-shaped packing containers are used for the packaging of e.g. yoghurt. The packing containers are provided with lids which can be removed from the packing container in that e.g. the seal between lid and cup portion is broken. After opening the lid cann... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4187137 | Method for forming a composite container including a perforated label layer A composite container is disclosed that includes a helically-wound label layer which contains a line of perforations that extends circumferentially adjacent and spaced from a metal end closure member, thereby to define a line of tear along which the label... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4113101 | Opening arrangement for packing containers A packing container of substantially cylindrical form is made from a convoluted blank with the end portions thereof sealed together. One end of the upper edge of the blank has a tab member extending circumferentially of the cylindrical container and the o... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3966114 | Box with a membrane which seals the box A rupturable seal for a container of the type having an insertable lid wherein the seal constitutes a membrane having a cylindrical portion extending into the open end of the container to beyond the insertion depth of the lid, the upper edge of the cylind... | 06/29/1976 |