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 |
| 6048381 | Method and arrangement for cooling hot bulk material In order to attain as low a final temperature as possible after as short a period of time as possible in a method of cooling hot briquetted sponge iron (3) under optimum utilization of the cooling medium, the hot briquetted sponge iron (3), in a first coo... | 04/11/2000 |
| 4169583 | Apparatus for reducing ore Heat is generated by combustion of coal or like carbonaceous fuel reactant dissolved in molten salt. The generated heat is transferred to steam by an alternating sequence of direct contact heat exchanges of the salt and steam with a common heat transfer m... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4100034 | Quenching method A column of hot, particulate char from a shaft furnace is moistened with quench water as it moves downwardly into a vessel which it fills and forms a pile. The material in the pile is shifted from a central core at the base of the column to a zone which s... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4093194 | Process and reactor for making magnesium metal Magnesium metal is made by injecting sodium metal beneath the surface of a magma of MgCl2 and withdrawing molten magnesium metal from the magma surface.... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4033559 | Apparatus for continuous passivation of sponge iron material Apparatus for continuous passivation of hot sponge iron material consists of a feeder, a roll compactor for forming a high density continuous elongated mass, and longitudinal and transverse shearing devices, along with the requisite control and transporti... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3989794 | Process of manufacturing ferrite bodies of low porosity A process for preparing ferrite materials exhibiting an excellent combination of physical and magnetic properties is disclosed. In this process a ferrite powder is formed and subsequently sintered while exerting a mechanical pressure of about 5 to about 5... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3933313 | Spray tubing within a rotating drum supported independently of the drum A detachable mounting and support arrangement for the stationary spray tube which extends through a rotary drum. A tension cable extends through the spray tube and is anchored exteriorly of the drum and spray tube at each end of the drum.... | 01/20/1976 |
