Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7303164 | Fishing line package and dispenser and method A fishing line package and dispenser is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the fishing line package and dispenser includes a housing, a fishing line spool provided in the housing, a fishing line wound on the fishing line spool, a display tab extending from the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7025302 | Machine-mounted thread carousel for home sewing and embroidery machines This invention is a device for transporting, holding and feeding a plurality of spools of level-wound or cross-wound thread on a home sewing and/or embroidery machine. This device fits over the vertical spindle of the machine if so equipped, or over a spindle devise... | 04/11/2006 |
| 4441666 | Sewing machine adapter An adapter for use on a sewing machine which is equipped with first and second spool pins permits the machine to operate with non-conventional spools such as plastic or cardboard tube spools, small conical base spools, and large spools having a large bore... | 04/10/1984 |
| 3987979 | Yarn distribution apparatus A yarn holding and distribution apparatus for supporting pre-wound balls or skeins of yarn making same readily accessible for knitting, crocheting or like activities. A flexible frame adapted to receive either the pre-wound balls or skeins of yarn is typi... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3944165 | Dispenser for threaded material A threaded material dispenser having first and second substantially identical contoured members, hinged together to fold into overlapping position with said second member supported by said first member; each member preferably being pliable and having a de... | 03/16/1976 |
