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 |
| 7308763 | Sealant cutting tool with quick release, repositionable blade A sealant cutting tool including a handle defining a blade slot. Also included is a clamping bolt having a clamp axis transverse the blade slot, which clamping bolt is threadably engaged with the handle. In addition, a âTâ pull is operatively associated with the... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7134209 | Disc cutter A pizza cutter has a hollow semi-circular shaped handle having a convex curved radiused top edge to facilitate use and reduce hand stress. A removable cutter wheel has outwardly extending axles having protrusions on the outer ends thereof that have a snap fit relati... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7038358 | Electro-active transducer using radial electric field to produce/sense out-of-plane transducer motion An electro-active transducer includes a ferroelectric material sandwiched by first and second electrode patterns. When the device is used as an actuator, the first and second electrode patterns are configured to introduce an electric field into the ferroelectric mat... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6546633 | Reciprocating saw holder A reciprocating saw includes a saw blade that is connected to a hand held driver for reciprocating the saw blade to perform a cut. A bit holder and a blade holder is used to provide connection between the saw blade and the handle of the hand held driver. ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6453565 | Universal blade adapter A blade adapter for a reciprocating-type saw permits non-standard blades to be used in the saw. The blade adapter is sized and configured to be fit inside of a blade clamp of the saw, and includes an interior perimeter which accepts the shank of a non-sta... | 09/24/2002 |
| 5666732 | Holder for use with a razor blade A holder for use with a razor blade having a scraping edge and an opposite supporting edge. A body is constructed of a durable and flexible material and has a first face and a second face spaced a predetermined distance from the first face. A substantiall... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5496325 | Split stem surgical saw blade A bone plug cutting blade for a peripheral drive oscillating surgical saw. The blade has a split stem so that it can be placed around a tendon attached to the bone before being inserted into the saw's blade holder.... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5048184 | Slot blade holder A slot blade holder is provided and consists of a mechanism for securing the rear flange of a standard single edge razor blade at its central aperture transversely within a slot in the forward flattened end of a handle, so that the front cutting edge of t... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4942894 | Multi purpose cartridge type handle assembly and tools "A multi-purpose cartridge type handle assembly" utilizing a movable block wedged in a "U"-shaped bracket and urged by a spring to hold various adaptors fitted with special sanitary tools for flexible operations.... | 07/24/1990 |
| 3996665 | Holder for detachable blades A handle having a base member mounted on one end and a blade retainer member pivotally mounted on the base member. The base and retainer members have skirt portions for engagement with opposite side surfaces of a safety razor-type cutting blade, the retai... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3965575 | Knife blade support unit Blade support unit, for receiving a replaceable blade, includes a blade receiving slot defined by a rigid base member and a second flexible member, the members having blade engaging surfaces and being maintained with fixed separation equal to the blade th... | 06/29/1976 |
