Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6972404 | Optical control device having a controller that controls track movement of a driven member through a drive unit with reflecting regions An optical control device includes a drive member formed with a plurality of reflecting regions along a second track and movable along the second track for driving a driven member to move along a first track. An optical unit emits a light beam that is incident upon ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6685370 | Recording member feeding device with detecting means for improved precision and image forming apparatus containing same A recording member feeding device feeds a recording member such as a sheet in an image recording apparatus such as a copying machine. The recording member feeding device has a feeding rotary unit, a driving unit for driving the feeding rotary unit, and a ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 4525089 | Document feed-in device A document feed-in device for an electronic typewriter comprises a lower guide member for guiding a document towards a typing line on a platen cylinder and a plate or bar member for guiding the document beyond the typing line. The plate or bar member is c... | 06/25/1985 |
