Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6959495 | Hedge cutter A hedge cutter having at least two cutting bars, movable relatively of each other and the cutting bars each have cutting edges, at least a part of which are provided with denticulations. Preferably, the cutting edge of each cutting bar is inclined at an angle runnin... | 11/01/2005 |
| 5048185 | Hand actuated nippers A pair of circular cutting dies each has a sharp peripheral cutting edge surrounding a cavity, and a connecting pin extends through center holes within the dies to support each die for rotation. One projecting end portion of the pin has a cross hole recei... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5025560 | Ergonomic knife An ergonomic hand tool of this invention comprises an elongated support bar adapted to be positioned adjacent the forearm and wrist of the wearer. The support bar has forward and rearward ends with the forward end being adjacent the wrist of the wearer. A... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4051760 | Shearing apparatus An improved cutting unit for incorporation in a sheep-shearing apparatus having a flexibly curvable comb which conforms to the curved contours of an animal's body, thereby enabling a larger area to be fleeced at any one stroke, whether the apparatus is ma... | 10/04/1977 |
