Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4416557 | Serial printer A serial printer for use in portable electronic calculators and the like. The printer includes a single printing head having a plurality of characters divided into two groups circumferentially disposed therearound in a predetermined pattern. A selecting m... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4383773 | Serial printer A serial printer for use in portable electronic calculators and the like. The printer includes a single printing head having a plurality of characters divided into two groups circumferentially disposed therearound in a predetermined pattern. A first selec... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4020758 | Type carrier arrangement for roller printing A type carrier arrangement for producing a roller print, which includes a continuously rotating type drum having arranged thereon a plurality of type carriers respectively carrying one type. Each type carrier has one gear segment arranged thereon for prod... | 05/03/1977 |
