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 |
| 7121948 | Sliding clutch for a device for transferring a film from a backing tape A sliding clutch for torsion-limiting force transmission between a reel and a rotating part includes two bearing members disposed concentrically within one another. One of the bearing elements is formed by a circular bearing sleeve which is radially resiliently defo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 4845516 | Pen exchange mechanism, a pen chuck mechanism, a pen position regulating mechanism and a printing method for a pen type printer A pen exchange mechanism is disclosed, by which a plurality of pen chuck mechanisms holding pens on a carriage are disposed, and a slider is engaged with the carriage at a position corresponding to a pen, which should print, among said pens, printing bein... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4669742 | Stud holder for a stud welder The stud holder has in the interior of the supply passage of the stud holder proximal to the workpiece side of the clamp jaws, a circular groove for engaging and holding a headlike enlargement of the stud in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the clamp ... | 06/02/1987 |
