Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7024754 | Method of assembling an actuator assembly of a disk drive and of reducing torque out retention values in subsequent de-swaging A method is provided for assembling an actuator assembly of a disk drive. The method includes providing an actuator arm, providing a suspension arm, fixing a swage plate to the suspension arm, the swage plate including a swage boss extending therefrom, depositing a ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 5123829 | Rod guide remover A rod guide remover is provided for splitting rod guides away from a sucker rod without risk of damage to the rod. A set of opposing blades are used which are kept a selected distance apart by stop members that abruptly contact a set of rod supports for p... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4750252 | Tool and method for installing twist-on rod guides A tool and method for installing and removing twist-on rod guides onto and off from sucker rods. A partially closed C-shaped jaw member lying substantially in a first plane surrounds the guide and the sucker rod allowing torque to be applied to the rod gu... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4726102 | Pipe protector installation device An improved pipe protector installation device using a hydraulic piston with capacity of 2000 psi to transfer rubber pipe protectors onto transfer sleeves. The improved device uses a spider plate of multiple cooperating wedge shaped shoes with separate sp... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4209891 | Apparatus and method for positioning one part relative to another part Apparatus for positioning a first part with respect to a second part is characterized by a cylindrical guide respectively attachable to each part, a helical surface being disposed on each guide, each helical surface including a right hand half and a left ... | 07/01/1980 |
