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 |
| 7420885 | Timepiece provided with open dial plate A watch with a clockwork comprising a ringer whose actuation is controlled from outside the watch by means of a control unit, a dial plate comprising an opening, a shutter (10) movable between a first position covering the opening and a second position leavin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7192181 | Timepiece including a mechanism for triggering a time-related function and simultaneous winding of a barrel spring The invention concerns a timepiece component comprising a watch movement provided with a main barrel acting as power source for a timekeeping device of the watch movement and an auxiliary barrel designed to supply mechanical power to an additional device, and mechan... | 03/20/2007 |
| 5375103 | Basketball hoop alarm clock An electronic wall mountable alarm clock is simulative of a basketball backboard with red lighted numbers displaying the time of day. The backboard has buttons on top for setting the time and the alarm. A rim attached to the backboard has two photocells p... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5311488 | Action alarm clock An alarm clock is provided which coordinates mechanical motion or action with a distinctive sound, when the alarm clock reaches a set alarm time. The action alarm clock includes an elongated base defining a linear track for movement of an object such as a... | 05/10/1994 |
| 4251878 | Switching device for battery powered alarm clock In a battery powered alarm clock, an alarm switching device comprises at least one detecting wheel whose phase is set in accordance with the desired alarm time, at least one detecting switch which is closed when the phase of the time wheel of the clock co... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4172358 | High accuracy timer actuating mechanism in a leaf type digital clock A high accuracy timer actuating mechanism in a leaf type digital clock having a timer, a manually actuatable timer setting drum and a rotating clutch cam cooperating therewith so as to actuate a clutch lever at a set time manually set in the timer setting... | 10/30/1979 |
