Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440232 | Multi-disk cartridge and disks with interlocking spacers for stacking A recording disk cartridge includes a plurality of flexible recording disk media integrally rotatably housed within a cartridge case. Each of the recording disk media is fixed to a center core which is stacked one on another through a spacer. The cartridge case incl... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7227816 | Container for optical disks, tray and magazine type player therefor The invention refers to a container (1) for optical disks (25), a tray (5) for such container (1) and a magazine type player (39) adapted to be used with such container (1). Object of the invention is to provide a container ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 6980431 | Controlling device for controlling slot shutter A controlling device for controlling a slot shutter of a slot in a computer casing is provided for the user to operate easily and conveniently. The device includes a panel with the slot shutter, an operating button disposed on the panel and peripheral to the slot sh... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6934225 | Disc cartridge and disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus A disc cartridge provided with: a plurality of trays, each of which can place a disc; and a case where those trays can be taken in and out of an opening, wherein an operating unit is disposed in each of the trays, a guide rail is disposed in either one of the trays ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6600702 | Disc cartridge and disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus A disc cartridge provided with: a plurality of trays, each of which can place a disc; and a case where those trays can be taken in and out of an opening, wherein an operating unit is disposed in each of the trays, a guide rail is disposed in either one of... | 07/29/2003 |
| 5999500 | Data cartridge interlock release actuator system A data cartridge interlock release actuator system for disabling a data cartridge lock within a data cartridge caddy to enable an autochanger to remove a data cartridge from the data cartridge caddy. The interlock release actuator is a cam shaft within th... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5629910 | Optical disk library including optical disk media with non-standard thin hubs and disk drive spindle adaptor Library apparatus for holding a plurality of disk cartridges wherein the library housing contains a slot for alignment with the entry slot of a disk drive. The cartridges are stacked upon an inner case within the housing and the case is driven vertically ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5317554 | Magazine loader having an ejector arm a mass loader (10) stores a plurality of cartridges (14) for loading a selected one of the cartridges (14) into an optical disk reader (12). The loader (10) comprises a magazine carrier (18) and a cartridge loading apparatus (28). The cartridges (14) are ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 4646285 | Shutter plate control device in a disc playback device A shutter plate control device in a disc playback device energizes a shutter plate in a disc magazine case with opening and closing members provided in a main body of the disc playback device. The opening member engages with a shutter lever provided on th... | 02/24/1987 |
