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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7194841 | Dressing room and curtain suspension device A fitting room (11) as a dressing room is adapted to have its entrance (12) opened and closed by drawing a curtain (14). The curtain is suspended from the tip ends of beam members of a curtain suspension apparatus (15) mounted on a ceilin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7073788 | Protective device for a delivery device A method for operating a machine that processes printing substrates in sheet form, in particular, a printing press, including a delivery device (1) which contains a drive (2) for conveying the substrate sheets and at least one opening (8) throug... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6925756 | Apparatus for controlling the ingress and egress to and from an operator's compartment The ingress to and egress from an access restricted compartment, such as the cockpit in an aircraft, is controlled by a revolving gate (1) rotatably mounted in a stationary gate frame (2). The revolving gate (1) has a single gate opening (11 | 08/09/2005 |
| 6739768 | Apparatus for processing photographic materials An apparatus for processing photographic materials has at least one photographic processing station enclosed in a housing. The housing and the processing station are each independently mounted through their own oscillation-damping connections to a common support bas... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6158904 | Method of loading film roll on film unwinder shaft and film producing and packaging system A carriage has a support shaft for supporting a plurality of film rolls and can be closed by a light shield cover to place the film rolls in a light-shielded state. A film roll storage mechanism is disposed in a dark room and has a shank for receiving the... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154271 | Safety system for a container door A safety system for preventing the exposure of photosensitive sheets wound on at least one core in a container. The container has a door moveable between opened and closed positions, a projection mounted spindle for supporting the at least one core, and a... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5778273 | Photographic processing system A compact integrated system for film and print processing has chemical processing trays, sink, water filter and faucet, chemical storage, and drying screens integrated into a single multi-purpose unit. The wheeled chemical processing trays are vertically ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5579073 | Photographic processing system A compact integrated system for film and print processing has chemical processing trays, sink, water filter and faucet, chemical storage, and drying screens integrated into a single multi-purpose unit. The wheeled chemical processing trays are vertically ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5565959 | Paper magazine A paper magazine including a magazine main body in which a photosensitive material is accommodated; a guide member for guiding the photosensitive material to a magazine opening through which the photosensitive material is delivered out to an exterior; at ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 4743928 | Daylight cassette adapter for film processor A daylight cassette adapter for a photographic processor which may be mounted directly on the processor. The cassette provides an enclosure into which photographic cassettes may be loaded whereby cassettes of various size may be developed in daylight by t... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4561235 | Apparatus for and method of processing and packaging photographic film Apparatus for and a method of processing and packaging a photographic film in which the whole process starting with preparation of a long film blank in a base magazine to the loading in a cartridge is conducted without taking any intermediate rolling step... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4519688 | Film splicing and identification system An apparatus and method for processing bulk quantities of photo-sensitive film received in individual film cassettes is disclosed. The apparatus, which can be adapted for use with either roll-type film or disc cartridges, comprises a light-tight enclosure... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4515468 | Combined photographic enlarger and print developing tray A light-tight, elongated, hollow tapered wall base to which a slide housing is movably connected. The slide housing includes a light source which produces a light beam which passes through a filter assembly and a lens assembly to the bottom of the base. A... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4350429 | Material processing apparatus A system for selectively dispensing and/or mixing or otherwise utilizing materials contained in respective storage tanks, including a material conveyance means, such as a pump, and a specialized selector valve programmably controllable to supply the mater... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4346979 | Photographic developing tank This invention concerns a light-tight photographic developing tank in which the end orifice opening onto the exterior of the body is orientated laterally to the axis of the tank and in which the orifice opening into the interior of the body is raised up a... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4302092 | Drum processing apparatus The invention relates to drum processing apparatus for in the treatment of photographic material. The apparatus comprises a stand, a processing drum rotatably mounted on the stand, and means for intermittently axially displacing processing liquid in the d... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4239366 | Daylight unloading system for microfiche casettes A device (40) for unloading microfiche casettes (10) in daylight conditions comprises a housing (41) into which the microfiche cassette (10) is introduced and which is light-tightly closed by means of a door (42). The exit of the housing (41) is coupled w... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4176939 | Developing apparatus with contact-free light trap A developing apparatus for photographic material has at least two containers for treating baths. These are so arranged that the photographic material travels through them in succession. A light trap connects the containers and the photographic material is... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4159171 | Portable darkroom A portable darkroom especially adapted for use in connection with the processing of X-ray films is disclosed wherein a circular enclosure, comprising an outer cylindrical housing and an inner rotatable door, for the ingress and egress of a person, is in c... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4157868 | Photographic processing tray A photographic developing tray is described having such configuration as to provide, when placed at an angular position, a trough adapted to contain a certain amount of processing solution. The inner wall of the trough, so formed, has a predetermined slop... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4100560 | Multi-purpose modification for lithographic plate-maker An accessory for a photolithographic plate making machine including a developer tray positioned to divert a light sensitive medium from passage into the usual processor of the machine, a fixing tank to be substituted for the print catcher of the machine, ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4096507 | Continuously operating developing machine with means for removing bleaching fluid vapors The developing machine includes a plurality of processing stages including a bleaching stage comprised of a bath of bleaching fluid. Processing fluid is supplied to at least some of the processing stages. A device powered by the flow of processing fluid t... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4083061 | Portable darkroom This invention involves a portable darkroom comprising a box having a light trap on one open side at the front in combination with a non-reflective surface on adjacent wall and floor portions to prevent reflected light from entering the opening of the lig... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4067034 | Photographic developing machine A processing machine includes a plurality of processing stations. An endless pull strip extends through the successive stations. A light lock compartment is located in the path of pull strip travel and has an open side opening into the interior of the pro... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4016577 | Photoprinting and processing device A photographic copying device capable of storing, exposing and processing both color and black and white photosensitive material including an exposing chamber which can be made light tight for handling color sensitive material or safelight protected for b... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4005463 | Photographic processing drum and method for using A photographic processing drum includes a trough coaxially arranged within and spaced apart from the interior surface of the drum. A cap sealingly fitted to one end of the drum includes separate channels, isolated from each other, for conducting fluids in... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3978505 | Photographic processing tank A photographic film and print processing tank having a bottom drain valve which in a preferred embodiment coacts with a tank support stand whereby the valve and stand cooperate to facilitate rapid substantial draining of processing solution and recovery t... | 08/31/1976 |
