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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 |
| 7428784 | Planer knife adjustment jig A jig is provided for aligning the cutting depth of knife blades on a cylindrical rotary cutter head of a rotary planar machine. The jig has a tripod support adapted for spacing the jig radially over the cutter head. An indexing member circumferentially positions th... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7350314 | Calibration gauge for hair cutter bladesets A blade calibration gauge for a bladeset for a hair cutter has a moving blade laterally reciprocating relative to a stationary blade, where the moving blade and the stationary blade are adjustable relative to one another in a direction normal to a direction of recip... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7131212 | Marking device A marking device of a trimming apparatus includes a light source member, a lever member and a supporting member. The lever member includes a first sustaining arm, a second sustaining arm and a channel formed between the first sustaining arm and the second sustaining... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107695 | Device and process for profile measurement A hand-operated feeler includes a rod on a crossed movement table mounted on a support fitted with an immobilization device at a fixed reference as compared to the part to be measured and a processing unit configured to store and process the results. Such a device r... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6901672 | Caliper gauge The caliper gauge has a V-shaped gauge body. The V-shaped gauge body has stepped pairs of measuring surfaces both externally and internally of the V-shaped gage body. The pairs of measuring surfaces are a known distance apart for setting external and internal calipe... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6536129 | Centering device for a saw blade A device for centering tools, such as saw blades, rotary cutters and the like which are circular and which have bores of different sizes, on processing machines such that they can be positioned about their center axes. The device includes a mount adapted ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6298573 | Centering device for a saw blade A device for centering tools, such as saw blades, rotary cutters and the like which are circular and which have bores of different sizes, on processing machines such that they can be positioned about their center axes. The device includes a mounting plate... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6195905 | Method of verifying the straightness of the arbor of the table saw A self-adjusting accessory for a table saw that includes a guide for sliding in the guide groove of the work supporting table of a table saw and which is biased against the edge of the guide groove which is closest to the cutting blade. The guide bar is u... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6101733 | Saw blade alignment tool A device of utility in precisely setting the angular relationship of a circular saw blade of radial bench type power saw, which includes a special protractor defined by removing adjoining segments of the linear leg and the curved leg thereof, and a modifi... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6073357 | Remote precision lawn mower cutting height gage A new cutting height gage for accurately setting the cutting height on greens mowers or other precision type mowers comprises a straight flat bar with a dial indicator at one end, a shouldered pin moveable perpendicular to the bar and a mechanism extendin... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5675903 | Alignment mechanism for jointers The alignment mechanism includes a main body, a clamp which is connected to the main body for clamping the main body to the frame of a jointer and for creating a tension on the rotor of the jointer against rotation of the rotor about its drive axis. The c... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5632096 | Saw blade alignment tool A device of utility in precisely setting the angular relationship of a circular saw blade of a radial bench type power saw, which includes a special protractor defined by removing adjoining segments of the linear leg and the curved leg thereof, and a modi... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5522293 | Method and apparatus for accurately positioning a knife blade for scoring plastic tamper indicating closures A method and apparatus for scoring plastic tamper indicating closures to provide the tamper indicating band that is connected to the closure by bridges formed by scoring. The scoring is achieved by successively moving a rotating closure past a stationary ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5175939 | Greens mower height control device A device for accurately setting the cutting height of a grass mower, especially a golf green mower in the field is described. A semi-rigid bar is placed between the rear fixed roller and the front adjustable roller of the mower and locked into place with ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5148609 | Adjusting locator for cutting tools An adjusting locator to adjust the axial position of a cutting insert in a cutting tool to eliminate cutting run out. The locator is comprised of a body, a flex flange substantially parallel to the body and spaced from the body by an adjusting groove. The... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5107600 | Parallel measuring guide device An apparatus for ensuring parallel measuring, alignment and minimum spacing of two objects, particularly for setting a rip fence in connection with a table saw or drill press, having a first rectangular end plate provided with at least two rods perpendicu... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5033201 | Rotary cutting cylinder blade height setting gauge A tool for use in setting the height of a cutting blade mounted in a rotary cutting cylinder includes an anvil that is mounted to the rotary cutting cylinder by a lost motion connection assembly. The lost motion connection assembly permits the mounted anv... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5031335 | Lawn mower measuring instrument An apparatus for precision measurements of the clearance between the blades of a lawn mower and the ground. The apparatus includes a groomer gage and bed knife gage mounted on a plate and adapted to be positioned against the rollers of a mower during the ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4854051 | Jig for aligning cutter blades A jig for aligning cutter blades including positioning bars each with a holding magnet insert at one end thereof to engage and hold blades of a cutter head of a woodworking machine as the blades are locked in place and stabilizing magnets spaced along the... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4785550 | Workpiece stop gauge for horizontal band saw A linear position index bar is fixed to the frame of a horizontal band saw adjacent the workpiece support table. A linear indexing clamp assembly is mounted to the bar and movable along it to primary indexing locations. A workpiece end locator stop is mic... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4584774 | Step gauge for setting up wood working tools for specialty processing A step gauge for setting up wood working power tools. The gauge has a planar surface on which a series of measurement steps is arranged in opposition to a reference edge. The surfaces of the steps are located at known fixed distances from the reference ed... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4467687 | Alignment system for a rotary cutter A rotary cutter for a printing press directs a web between a knife cylinder and an opposed anvil cylinder. The outer surface of the knife cylinder mounts one or more knife blade assemblies each having a sandwich construction. Each assembly includes at lea... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4463640 | Rotary cutting and alignment system for a printing press A rotary cutter for a printing press directs a web between a knife cylinder and an opposed anvil cylinder. The outer surface of the knife cylinder mounts one or more knife blade assemblies each having a sandwich construction. Each assembly includes at lea... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4383369 | Knife alignment sensor The present invention provides an inexpensive device particularly designed so as to permit easy, accurate adjustment of the working edge, edges, surface or surfaces of the movable head on any of a wide variety of mill and shop tools. A housing encloses a ... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4355554 | Web sectioning apparatus including an interference indicator A web sectioning apparatus wherein web sectioning occurs through engagement or interference of the cutting edges of a rotatable knife assembly with the surface of a drum and wherein an indicator is provided for generating a signal indicative of the force ... | 10/26/1982 |
