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 |
| 7100697 | Method and apparatus for reforming tubular connections The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for connecting tubulars and reforming the connection between the tubulars. In one aspect of the invention, the tubulars are aligned, connected, and then reformed at the connection. In one embodiment, t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7028585 | Wrenching tong Apparatus for applying torque to a first tubular relative to a second tubular, the apparatus comprising a first tong for gripping the first tubular and a second tong for gripping the second tubular, wherein the first tong is provided with teeth around a peripheral s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028586 | Apparatus and method relating to tongs, continous circulation and to safety slips A tong system includes an upper tong having grips for gripping a tubular and a rotation mechanism to rotate the grips and the tubular. A lower tong also has grips and a rotation mechanism to rotate the grips to provide rotation to a lower tubular, such that the uppe... | 04/18/2006 |
| 5944330 | Lathe mates A non-surface marring work piece lathe mate pad which is interposed and held between the work piece and a lathe's chuck jaws. Each lathe mate has two grooved surfaces extending around three of its sides and flattened front and back surfaces which engage t... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5531549 | Auto-lock drill chuck A keyless chuck assembly for a hand-held drill includes a housing, three jaws for gripping a drill which is to be turned by the drill chuck assembly. The jaws are retained in the assembly and confined to radial motion with respect to the drive shaft by me... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5221099 | Device for conducting forces into movable objects The jaws of a clamp are provided with elastomeric linings, and gripping elements of high hardness in the form of pins or particles are embedded in the linings. The gripping elements have tips which are directed away from the respective jaws.... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5112067 | Universally adaptable boregrinding chuck assembly A boregrinding chuck assembly includes a plurality of arrow-shaped jaws that each includes a head that is in the shape of an isosceles triangle with the apex angle thereof just slightly less than 360° divided by the total number of jaws in the assembly s... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5054974 | Tool holding device The tool holder, which serves principally for receiving a thread cutting tool, has a length compensation under tension and compression. This purpose is served by two compression springs which comprise massive elements of foamed, open and closed cell polyu... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4971340 | Collet The collect (20) is composed of a foundation body (21) and a closer (22). The foundation body (21) can be connected to the tightening device of a machine tool. The closer (22) is divided into individual clamping jaws (38) which are connected to one anothe... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4623157 | Jaw for chucking devices A jaw for chucking devices, especially multiple-jaw chucks of machine tools, for example, for chucking workpieces having surfaces curved in only one direction, especially workpieces having round chucking surfaces. The contact face of the jaw is provided o... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4585240 | Centering and holding device for use with a potter's wheel apparatus Method and apparatus for centrally mounting one circular plate relative to another circular plate. The use of such method and apparatus in conjunction with a device for centering and holding a piece of pottery in a central position relative a potter's whe... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4530507 | Vibration dampening and workpiece guiding rollers for a chuck An apparatus is disclosed for a chuck with a guide roller assembly useful in automatic and semi-automatic machining operations. This apparatus provides for a chuck with a guide roller assembly that will prevent the end of the pipe from striking the jaws o... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4507843 | Clamping assembly A method and a clamping assembly for securing rock bit sections during welding. The assembly has a chuck jaw that is supported by metal rods, which give the assembly enough resiliency to conform to the shape of the rock bit and which keep the chuck jaw pa... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4324515 | Die shear apparatus for trimming wire weld bulges A bulge (12) formed by coldwelding two wire sections (10-11) is removed by advancing the wire through a bore (91) formed in a split cutting tool (64) having a pair of stepped-back tapered surfaces (92,96) at one end. The tapered surfaces terminate along a... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4317427 | Carrier for rotatably holding kinescope faceplate during processing A rotatable carrier for holding kinescope faceplates during processing includes a support plate having radially extending retention slots. Object retainers are arranged to slide in the slots and hold the object being processed. The retainers are biased ou... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4251113 | Hammer for breaking strong abrasive materials A hammer for breaking down strong abrasive materials comprising a body with a movable ram reciprocated by a drive and provided with a socket accommodating a tool intended to break down the materials by impacts during reciprocation of the ram. The end of t... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4222577 | Centering and holding devices for potter's wheelhead The centering and holding device of the invention is a relatively simple but practical piece of equipment for attachment to a potter's wheelhead for centering and holding the pot such as a vase, bowl, plate or the like on the said wheelhead. The top plate... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4161003 | Device for holding a rotatable record disc A device for holding a rotatable record disc includes a support base rotatable about a central axis and having a supporting surface normal to the axis for supporting one side of a record disc and a projecting boss engaging the central hole of the disc for... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4155563 | Apparatus for applying high torque levels A novel collet and chuck are disclosed for applying high levels of torque to an article having substantially circular cross-sections about a common axis and sloping sides, such that it cannot be readily gripped by conventional chucks without marring the e... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4053252 | Cutting tool holder A cutting tool holder for rotatably supporting a cutting bar is provided in which the radial distance between the axis of rotation of the cutting tool holder and the cutting edge of the cutting bar is adjustable. The cutting tool holder comprises a hub me... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4014622 | Reamer A reamer held in its required non-rotative condition for effective reaming by a rearwardly disposed key and key way construction, and wherein an elastomeric ring in encircling relation about the reamer maintains, without adverse effect on the holding func... | 03/29/1977 |
