Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7686555 | Wedge based fastener A fastener that includes a shaft and a sleeve is provided. The shaft extends along a longitudinal axis that passes through a central portion, e.g., the centroid of a head of the shaft. The sleeve is wrapped partially around the shaft. The sleeve has a gap that separ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7192234 | Integral washer and threaded fastener assembly and method for making same An assembly of a threaded fastener and a stemmed washer is provided, such as for applications in which a standoff is desired between a washer and a mating threaded fastener. The stemmed washer includes a washer portion and a standoff portion extending from the washe... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7121780 | Multiple load path fastener systems Dual load path fastener systems, and methods for their use, are described herein. In one embodiment, a dual load path fastener system includes first and second fasteners. The first fastener has a first end portion, a second end portion spaced apart from the first en... | 10/17/2006 |
| 5033796 | Safety blade gripping assembly for power operated floor stripper A power-operated, floor stripping apparatus includes a frame, a drive carried on the frame, wheels supporting the frame, a handle to guide the frame, and a cutter blade carried by a head which is pivotally mounted to the frame. The head has a lower end to... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4863329 | Resiliently clamped support A structure 10 is resiliently clamped and supported on stud 12. A cylindrical core 38 of the spring sleeve is compressed by nut 34 against a stop 32. The supported structure is biased against the stop 32 by a plurality of spring fingers 40 located at the ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4850771 | Installation system for securing workpieces of composite materials and the like and threaded fastener for such system An installation system for securing workpieces of composite type materials and including a fastener adapted to be located in aligned bores in such workpieces with a preselected interference fit, with the fastener comprising a pin having an elongated shank... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4385562 | Traveling crane with top girders at the end of a bridge girder The disclosure is directed to the construction of a traveling overhead crane, to enable a desired high degree of precision to be maintained in the attachment of wheel-carrying top girders to the opposite ends of a movable bridge girder. The bridge girder ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4334599 | Disc brake and mounting pin assembly therefor A disc brake includes at least one pin assembly (24) for movably supporting a caliper 14 relative to a torque plate 12. The pin assembly comprises a bolt (54), a sleeve (46) and a pair of arcuate washers (70, 72) which are adapted to accommodate angularit... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4258772 | Air valve tightening construction for tire tube The present invention provides a tire assembly capable of use with a tire rim of a tube tire having a valve hole with a first diameter and capable of use with a tire rim of a tubeless tire having a valve hole with a second diameter, the first diameter bei... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4245652 | Device and method for preventing foreign substance migration through an opening in living animal tissue A relatively permanent barrier device which serves as a barrier to migration of foreign substances, as for example, bacteria or other disease promoting agents, through an opening in living animal tissue. The barrier device also aids in promoting healing o... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4102036 | Method of installing a sleeve bolt in an opening This invention describes a system and method for precisely locating a combined sleeve bolt in an opening located in a plurality of materials adapted to be connected together. The adjustable nut is constructed in two parts and rotatably attached to each ot... | 07/25/1978 |
