Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7143766 | Temperature controlling device for aerosol drug delivery A portable air temperature controlling device useful for warming air surrounding an aerosolized drug formulation. Warming the air of an aerosol makes it possible to reduce the diameter of aerosol particles produced by an aerosol generation device. Additionally, warm... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6860000 | Method to embed thick film components The invention is directed to a method to embed a thick film resistor composition into a printed wiring board comprising the steps of applying a reinforcing composition onto a resistor composition disposed on a metallic substrate forming an assembly wherein the resis... | 03/01/2005 |
| 5304977 | Film-type power resistor combination with anchored exposed substrate/heatsink The film-type electrical power resistor includes a flat ceramic chip on the upper surface of which is screen-printed a resistive film. Terminals (leads) are mechanically and electrically connected to the upper chip surface, the terminals being such that t... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5208576 | Electrical external resistance An electrical external resistor with a plate-like, electrical insulating carrier element and a flat resistance element arranged on the upper side of the carrier element. The carrier element has several films forming a closed coating and varying in their e... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5048176 | Method of making a radiant heater A radiant heater with partly embedded and otherwise projecting heating coils (16) is produced in that the coils (16) are placed in grooves (14) of a tool or mold (13), the interior of the heating coils is partly filled with a filling material (17) and the... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4703154 | Infrared ray heater An infrared ray heater unit, made of a ceramic plate carrying a resistive heater wire embedded therein, is mounted on the open end of a shallow box-like metallic case so as to emanate infrared rays, while a terminal insulator member having lead wire bosse... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4504731 | Electric hotplate An electric hotplate has a hotplate body with a closed cooking surface made from an iron-based sintered material with additions of other metals. The sintered material hotplate body has a plurality of narrow, flat slots on its bottom, in which is inserted an un... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4422122 | Surge absorber A surge absorber of a construction having a voltage non-linear resistive element composed of an oxide, a pair of electrodes attached to both surfaces of the resistive element, a lead wire connected to one of the electrodes, and a terminal plate fastened t... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4415798 | Plate for radiant heating or similar effects A radiant heater for heating the surrounding environment or for transferring heat therein to a remote location. In one embodiment the radiant heater comprises a plate provided with a series of interconnecting grooves in the surface thereof. Disposed in th... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4251714 | Heating device for tablets containing evaporable substances A device for heating tables containing an evaporable substance such as scents, deodorizers or insecticides includes an elongated heating support of insulating material having a planar surface and a longitudinal opening therethrough. The heating support is... | 02/17/1981 |
