Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5486055 | Output method and apparatus An apparatus for precisely printing information at a predetermined position on a label on a sheet which has been set at an arbitrary position in a document processing apparatus includes a keyboard for inputting into the document processing apparatus data ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 4451164 | Dispensing container A dispensing container for liquid wherein the total of all of the internal forces operating on the liquid and tending to cause it to flow from a passageway in the container is overcome when the container is at rest by the total external forces acting upon... | 05/29/1984 |
| 3934697 | Shift mechanism for typewriter apparatus A shift mechanism for a typewriter comprises a platen supporting frame which is mounted for movement about a predetermined axis to align the position of the platen with the type case, numeral or symbol to be printed. The mechanism has capability of shifti... | 01/27/1976 |
