Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6932524 | Keyboard with improved lateral region A keyboard having an input region that provides a set of input elements designed to complement a separate pointing device such as a computer mouse. These input elements enable both the dominant and non-dominant hand to work easily together to perform various functio... | 08/23/2005 |
| 4390295 | Carriage support for typewriter In a typewriter a carriage spacing mechanism is mounted on a support element to space a paper bearing carriage independently from a base structure and is connectable for assembly of the machine to a control means supported by the base structure. Keys, int... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4150903 | Typewriter-like toy A toy simulating a typewriter for enabling a child to compose a large number of sentences from a limited number of words, the toy having a keyboard with a plurality of keys, each key having a word imprinted thereon. A carriage is provided with paper recei... | 04/24/1979 |
