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 |
| 4176977 | Proportional carrier control and moving mechanism for electric typewriter A drive arrangement for a single element typewriter in which the element is mounted on a moving carrier, for facilitating proportional spacing incremental movements of the carrier. The carrier is bidirectionally driven by a servo motor which rotates bidir... | 12/04/1979 |
