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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7748106 | Tooling system and method for producing a profile edge on a stock part The present invention relates generally to a tooling system and method for producing a profile edge on a stock part, for example, by casting a profile edge to a stock part, such as a table or the like. The tooling system is adapted to accommodate any stock part and ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7637002 | Assembly for removing a device from a boiler An assembly and a method for removing a removable device from a wall box are provided. The removable device forms a substantially fluid-tight wall box seal with a wall box opening when the removable device is in a first position. The assembly for removing the remova... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7383627 | Tooling system for producing a profile edge on a stock part The present invention relates generally to a tooling system and method for producing a profile edge on a stock part, for example, by casting a profile edge to a stock part, such as a table or the like. The tooling system is adapted to accommodate any stock part and ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7325297 | Automatic assembly machine for mounting bearings onto motors An automatic assembly machine includes a basis (10), a sliding device (30) horizontally movably attached on the basis for supporting a fan (40) thereon, a tube (27) fixed to the basis for receiving a plurality of bearings (28) ther... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320172 | Apparatus for positioning inserts in a receptacle An apparatus for positioning inserts in a rotating receptacle. The apparatus includes a magazine for holding a plurality of inserts. An insertion arm is provided for positioning inserts within the receptacle. The insertion arm has a first end and a second end, where... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7127803 | Device for handling an elastic protective bellows and mounting process for arranging a protective bellows on a component A mounting device and process are provided for arranging a protective bellows on a component. The device includes a basic body, a mounting head, which is displaceable at the basic body, an adjusting device for providing an adjusting action and including an electrome... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124500 | Pinch grip hanger loading mechanism A pinch grip hanger mechanism dispenses pinch grip hangers, one at a time, and then opens the pinch grips for insertion of a garment. The insertion of a garment triggers the closing of the pinch grips, and reciprocation of a hanger feed push plate to dispense anothe... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7047618 | Single stroke O-ring insertion device An apparatus and method of applying an expandable member, such as an O-ring, to a part to from an installed part. The apparatus and method comprise a piston slidably positioned within a housing with a slidable sleeve interposed between the housing and the piston. Th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6944932 | Method for making a self-locking knot in a stator lacing machine A method and a corresponding apparatus provide for both the automatic lacing of a toroidal coil of a stator of a dynamo-electric machine, and the knotting of the end lacing terminal of the lacing cord, by using the same needle and the same thread-guide tube. The app... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907657 | Apparatus for mounting a hollow work piece A mounting apparatus for mounting a hollow work-piece on a machine includes a circumferential groove formed into an outer surface of a cylindrical supporting fixture of the machine, a dampening plug assembly for positioning inside the hollow workpiece adjacent the c... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6725530 | Apparatus and method for tightening fixing band and constant velocity universal joint apparatus A fixing band-tightening apparatus comprises a holding section for gripping a shaft section at both ends in an axial direction, the holding section being provided rotatably in a circumferential direction in accordance with a driving action of a rotary driving source... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6711808 | Pinch grip hanger loading mechanism A pinch grip hanger mechanism dispenses pinch grip hangers, one at a time, and then opens the pinch grips for insertion of a garment. The insertion of a garment triggers the closing of the pinch grips, and reciprocation of a hanger feed push plate to dispense anothe... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6363602 | Clamp orientation machine and method of operation therefor to apply a clamp to a hose A clamp orientation machine and a method of operation therefor wherein the machine includes a magazine for containing at least one clamp, a movable clamp support member for supporting a clamp received from the magazine, a pair of movable gripper fingers f... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6223424 | Method for sliding a seal with a lip onto a shaft, method for uncurling the lip, and apparatus for sliding the seal thereonto When a seal (10) with a lip (10A) is slid onto a shaft (14), the seal (10) is first slid from a D-cut portion (14C) to the end of a shaft body (14B) contiguous to the D-cut portion (14C), and then is slid at a first speed (at 40 mm/s) from this end to a p... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6178626 | Electronic component installation method In an electronic component installation device for manufacturing an electronic circuit substrate, wherein components are picked up from a parts supply device and placed on a circuit substrate, the height of the installing surface s of an electronic compon... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5940960 | Automatic valve stemming method and apparatus A method and apparatus for automatically inserting valve stems of varying sizes into wheels of various sizes in which the appropriate valve stem size is selected by analyzing images of the wheel detected by a camera. The camera is used to determine the di... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5875536 | Method and apparatus for installing a snap-ring in a snap-ring groove and detecting proper radial expansion thereof An apparatus for installing a snap ring comprises an inner press assembly which is spring biased downwardly from an upper press assembly. The inner press assembly includes a plurality of arms having first ends having an abutment surface adjacent a notch. ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5765276 | Tool connectable to a robot for the automatic installation of a sealing joint The present invention concerns a tool connectable to a robot for automatic installation of a sealing joint in a fillister or groove. The tool can be used, for example, for the automatic installation of a sealing joint around a vehicle door. The tool inclu... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5749141 | Automatic tire valve insertion apparatus for tubeless tire Provided is an automatic tire valve insertion apparatus for tubeless tire, in which a tire valve can be smoothly inserted into a valve hole of a wheel without entailing damage to the tire valve, wheel, push rod, etc. even though the position of the valve ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5715586 | System and method for automatically processing coin collection boxes A pipelined system for removing the contents of sealed coin-collection boxes, wherein each box requires a set of different operations to be performed in seriatim to remove the box contents. The operations include removing a seal, opening a box lid, removi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5511300 | Apparatus and method for assembling disks to an arbor A spool (10) including a core (12) and end disks (18, 24) retained by tabs (16, 22) is assembled by sliding each end disk over the core into proximity with its associated tabs, contacting the end disk with at least a single point tool (106; 228-252) and r... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5467517 | Method and system for fitting work-pieces Upper and lower work-pieces are fitted with each other to obtain a product. The work-pieces are provided with separate pairs of lands 11, 12, 13 and 14 to be fitted with each other. A land of the least rigidity is initially selected, and a fitting operati... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5386622 | Device for chucking a zigzag spring A device for chucking a zigzag spring, which comprises a pair of pawl elements, a drive source, and a detector. One of the two pawl elements may be moved and stoped at at least one position by operation of the drive source through detection of the detecto... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5249346 | Process and apparatus for fixing holding clips to a band The present invention concerns a process for fixing holding clips (1) to a band (2) which is movable in its longitudinal direction, wherein the band (2) is deformed transversely relative to the longitudinal direction in such a way that the spacing of the ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5201106 | Apparatus and method of the control of installing weather stripping in a door or like opening by a robot A robot for installing a fixed length of weather stripping in a body opening. The robot in a preferred embodiment includes an arm movable in a predetermined path, a powered variable angular displacement rate pressure roller mounted on the end of the arm f... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5077877 | Split ring assembly apparatus A split ring assembly apparatus utilizes a unique combination of three major subassemblies whose interaction is microprocessor controlled to facilitate operator attachment of object to a split ring. A ring delivery and pick-up arm subassembly automaticall... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5016346 | Apparatus for applying a bung seal to an electrical lead A leading bung seal (BS1) in a magazine (4) is picked up by a bung seal transfer clamp (8) and is positioned between a bung seal receptacle (6) and a bung seal transfer device (10), which are axially aligned. A bung seal expansion pin (18) is advanced to ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4967472 | Automatic apparatus for securing fastener having torque and rotational indicating means An apparatus for automatically tightening a tapped member such as a nut are disclosed. A socket of an open end air wrench mounted on a nut tightening robot is coupled with the tapped member. The robot rotates the socket in a first direction, i.e., a tight... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4724991 | Apparatus for adjusting direction of two component fasteners for attachement to garments An apparatus for adjusting direction of two component fasteners having a head element and a backing element for attachment to garment. The apparatus is a reciprocable driving device (8) for receiving the head element (7a) fed in from a hopper feeder (4a) ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4381599 | Machine for attaching hangers to slacks A machine is disclosed for securing clamping garment hangers to individual garments and includes a hanger holding magazine with fixed and movable stops to release the hangers one-by-one to an attaching station where the hanger is automatically positioned ... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4279071 | Apparatus for installing rolls on a conveyor shaft A carriage for moving urethane rings along a shaft is driven by an air motor powering a rack and pinion arrangement.... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4274194 | Machine for assembling elastic bulbs to fragile tubular elements Apparatus and method for automatically assembling elastic bulbs to fragile tubular elements, such as the bulbs and pipettes of medicine droppers, in which a bulb and a tubular element held in axial alignment in a fixture are assembled by pressure exerted ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4063351 | Electrical connector assembly apparatus and method of connector fabrication A resilient insulator having a hole therethrough is supported and a first reciprocable mechanism is provided to telescope a hollow cylinder into the insulator hole to stretch the hole to a position larger in cross section. A second reciprocable mechanism ... | 12/20/1977 |
| 3965560 | Corner key machine A machine or apparatus is provided for automatically inserting a corner key or angle member in an opening in each end of a lineal member or shape, especially an aluminum extrusion for joining mitered corners of a window together. The apparatus comprises a... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3947946 | Method and apparatus for coupling two single rows of continuous elements for a slide fastener There are disclosed a method and apparatus for coupling or pairing, prior to attachment to fastener carrier tapes, two single rows of continuous elements for a slide fastener into a double element row, the two rows having been discharged respectively from... | 04/06/1976 |
