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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 |
| 8016329 | Latch A latch is disclosed that can releasably secure a door or panel in a closed position. The latch includes a rotary pawl, a pawl catch, an actuating member, a pivotally movable handle, and a gear train for moving the pawl to provide compression in response to the move... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7837241 | Two point lock for doors and windows A two point lock includes two pivotally mounted security hooks having sliding faces that engage sliding faces of a spring-loaded mishandling pin when the mishandling pin is vertically extended and the security hooks are rotatably retracted. The mishandling pin is ve... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7422249 | Gliding door, latch mechanism and method A gliding door system employs a latch with a gear and pinion mechanism for smooth opening of a door. A lower door push member is driven with the opening of the latch, so as to urge the door open by pushing at a lower end thereof. The door suitably is carried by adju... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7367598 | Power striker with manual override A power striker assembly effects final positioning of a vehicle closure member and includes a fixed frame and a striker member carried on a striker plate for selective engagement of a latch carried on the closure member, to displace the closure member from a present... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7342511 | Digital camera valet gate A system and method for managing a valet parking system enables the tracking of the damage to vehicles. The method provides for linking digital images of a vehicle to a set of valet parking data. The valet parking data is collected from a valet attendant, and the di... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7255375 | Reach out lock A reach out lock for a sliding door includes a keeper having a keeper latch and a locking mechanism having a hook to engage the keeper latch. The reach out lock further includes a mechanism which prevents actuation of the locking mechanism if the locking mechanism i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244213 | Drive arrangement for a motor vehicle door or hatch which can be moved by a motor A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle door or hatch which can be moved by a motor with a planet gear and a brake device with a brake. The brake device has a brake drive which is separate from the drive which drives the drive shaft and the brake is able to be moved... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228719 | Sliding door lock A lock 10 for a sliding door or window. The lock 10 includes a hollow body 11 within which there is pivotally mounted a pair of hook tongues 14 and 15. The tongues are driven by rack gears 54 which are operated by a lock cyl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213428 | Apparatus for locking and unlocking vehicle door An apparatus for locking and unlocking a vehicle door includes a cylinder lock having a rotor, a door lock mechanism including a key operation input shaft which rotates to switch a locked state and an unlocked state of a door, and a torque cable for transmitting rot... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213369 | Automatic door control system The present invention provides an automatic door control system that includes a door, a control module assembly, and a drive train assembly. The control module assembly is coupled to the door. The drive train assembly is coupled to the control module assembly, where... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204568 | Sealing structure of refrigerator A sealing structure for a refrigerator is provided. The structure includes a gasket formed at a door of the refrigerator and at least two air pockets provided in the gasket. There is at least one connector, which separates the at least two air pockets from each othe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191624 | Vending machine lock Vending machines are provided having a door and a cabinet having an interior region for storing and distributing objects, such as canned or bottled beverages. Several vending machines locks are provided for locking the door to the cabinet to prevent unauthorized acc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185927 | Glovebox latch A latch assembly is re-configurable for plural orientations. A slide lock plate engages a claw-typed pawl. A rotating activation mechanism links an operator handle to the slide plate. The handle causes the activation mechanism to rotate, thereby retracting the slidi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181501 | Remote data acquisition, transmission and analysis system including handheld wireless equipment A remote data acquisition, transmission and analysis system including handheld wireless equipment to obtain operational data and the status of remote machines is disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with the remote machines from which ope... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175212 | Latch having releasable cinching mechanism A vehicle latch has a housing and a ratchet pivotally mounted to the housing. The ratchet is operable to move between an unlatched position, a secondary latched position, and a primary latched position. A release lever is pivotally mounted to the housing and operati... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171451 | Remote data acquisition and transmission system and method A remote data acquisition and transmission system and method are disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with remote equipment from which operation data is acquired by the application controllers. The application controllers communicate with... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167892 | System, method and apparatus for vending machine wireless audit and cashless transaction transport The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for collecting, storing and communicating vending machine transaction data. The system preferably includes an embedded data collection and storage device that, when placed inside a vending machine, will c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164884 | Method and system for interfacing a machine controller and a wireless network A wireless interface module interfaces a machine control system, such as a vending machine controller, with one of plural wireless networks through one of plural removably coupled wireless transceivers. Communication between geographically distributed vending machin... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159908 | Window sash latch An improved window sash latch which has a locking mechanism and a keeper is provided with a handle that rotates from a “locked” to an “unlocked” position. An inner cavity of the handle has a spring assembly having a sliding part that can be forced into a det... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7139616 | Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies An apparatus and system are disclosed for real-time monitoring and control of field assets. A monitoring device may be coupled to a field asset to determine the occurrence of one or more error conditions. Error conditions may be detected either as they occur or by t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7070578 | Surgical cassette latching mechanism A surgical system having a cassette latching mechanism having two pivoting latching rails. The rails are connected to a rotating latching wheel by spring-loaded latching arms. The latching wheel is connected to a motor by a latching pushbar. The cassette is pressed ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063360 | Door lock device A door lock device includes a latch mechanism selectively engaging with a striker, an open unit operating at a plane surface perpendicular to one direction for transmitting an opening operational force from a vehicle inside and from a vehicle outside to operate the ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059640 | Lock, especially for the doors, flaps or the like, of motor vehicles A lock especially for the doors, flaps or the like, of motor vehicles. The lock includes a rotating latch (11) into which a closing element (20) is inserted, when the door is closed. The rotating latch (11) is pivoted out of an open position int... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052054 | Electric drop bolt with slidable drive mechanism There is an electric motor driven drop bolt having a housing which in use is mounted into a doorway frame and has the bolt pivotal therein by a mechanical drive set in a cage disposed at an operative position. The bolt is pivotal between a locking configuration wher... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029039 | Method for actuating a pawl in a lock with a rotary latch for a motor vehicle According to the inventive method, a pawl which in a normal mode of operation is rotatably mounted about a point of rotation when it is in a closed position can be rotated by means of a first actuator, which is controlled by a main power supply and by means of a too... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020680 | System and method for monitoring and control of beverage dispensing equipment A remote data acquisition and transmission system and method are disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with remote beverage dispensing equipment from which operation data is acquired by the application controllers. The application controll... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013337 | Method and system for the optimal formatting, reduction and compression of DEX/UCS data A method and system for communicating data between a network operations center and a remote device is described. Vending machine state information is communicated between a vending site and a network operations center using a delta scheme. A database, maintained by ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007427 | Separating device for an overhead door A separating device for a door leaf that is moveable overhead has a coupling element movable between a coupling position, in which the coupling element couples an output element of the drive device to the structural component, and a freewheeling position, in which t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010594 | System using environmental sensor and intelligent management and control transceiver for monitoring and controlling remote computing resources The present disclosure provides a system and apparatus for the remote monitoring and control of a computing component. An intelligent management and control transceiver (IMCT) is preferably attached to a computing component to be monitored and controlled. The IMCT p... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994383 | Cremone bolt operator A cremone bolt operator is provided which includes a small and a large pinion gear, each having gear teeth and a central aperture, a first and a second rack gear, each having a first and a second set of parallel teeth, the rack gears in opposed relation to one anoth... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6951355 | Door lock system for vehicle A door lock system for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism, a link mechanism and a housing. The latch mechanism is adapted to a vehicle door and latches the vehicle door to a vehicle body. The link mechanism includes an electric driving source and a plurality of le... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945574 | Door lock system for vehicle A door lock system for a vehicle includes a) a latch mechanism which is adapted to a vehicle door and which holds the vehicle door to a vehicle body, b) an open link which is engagable and disengagable with the latch mechanism, c) a swing lever which is connected to... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925335 | Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies An apparatus and system are disclosed for the real-time monitoring and control of field assets. The monitoring device, operable to couple to a field asset, may be designed to leverage one or more technologies included in the field asset or as a stand-alone unit and ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6874828 | Bayonet locking system for vending machines and the like A bayonet locking system for vending machines is provided to lock and unlock the machine preferably with a remotely controlled electronic operating unit. It includes at least one motor driven axially and rotationally movable bayonet with an enlarged shaped head bein... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6863318 | Latch for a vehicle door A latch of a vehicle door includes a retention plate having a shut face portion and a perpendicular inside face portion. The latch further includes a rotatable claw, a pawl resiliently biased into contact with the claw, and an intermediate release lever. The interme... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6739633 | Fuel door lock actuator A fuel filler door actuator including a motor, a gear train coupled to the motor and to a latch arm, and a locking cam coupled to the gear train. The locking cam resists movement of the latch arm from an unlocked condition to a locked condition. A manual override ca... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6676556 | Motor device for actuating vehicle door operation device A motor deice for actuating a vehicle door operation device is operated by the rotational torque inputted from a electric motor to operate a latch mechanism. The rotational torque of the motor is inputted to a sun gear body of a planetary gear mechanism t... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6581986 | Bayonet locking system and method for vending machines and the like A bayonet locking system for vending machines is provided to lock and unlock the machine preferably with a remotely controlled electronic operating unit. It includes at least one motor driven axially and rotationally movable bayonet with an enlarged shape... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575504 | Bayonet locking system and method for vending machines and the like An electro-mechanical locking system for vending machine doors and the like having a function that facilitates securing a movable gasketed door and effectively seals the movable door wherein a lock assembly comprises a motor driven device that is attached... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572159 | Damped actuating system for motor-vehicle door latch The actuating system has a handle pivoted about a handle axis on the door, an actuating part fixed on the handle and extending radially from the axis, and a damper fixed on the door adjacent the axis and having an input element. The actuating part is conn... | 06/03/2003 |
