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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6641351 | Parking garage elevator system A system for parking automobiles in a garage which uses a single-drive mechanism to simultaneously move automobile platforms. The automobile platforms reside in contiguous storage towers and are stacked in multiple levels. The automobile platforms simulta... | 11/04/2003 |
| 5605429 | Door safety system for storage phosphor cassette autoloader In an apparatus for storing and automatically delivering cassette and/or pallets containing cassettes to a reader. The apparatus includes a plurality of cassette retaining sites. A door assembly is provided adjacent the portal for allowing access to the p... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5601390 | Conveyor-type three dimensional parking system A conveyor-type three dimensional parking system which comprises a storage structure having an entrance port and an exit port. A conveyor assembly is built into the storage structure for holding a plurality of motor vehicles. A pair of gates are provided ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5425442 | Drive system for a vertical storage conveyor A vertical conveyor is disclosed having a frame with a first and second vertical frame section spaced apart but supportingly connected to each other. Load supports having first and second ends are conveyed around a looped path. Each load support is movabl... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5374149 | Vertical storage conveyor with symmetrical motor drive system A vertical conveyor which is preferably for storing and conveying automobiles is disclosed. The conveyor is comprised of two, spaced apart parallel vertical frame members supportingly connected together with a plurality of diagonal braces and horizontal b... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5226228 | Part feeding apparatus A part feeding apparatus is adapted to hold a part (10) on a holding portion (12) at the front end of a feed rod (11) and feed it to an intended place. A locking portion (14) at the end of a feed tube (7) is disposed in opposed relation to the holding por... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4952112 | Mechanical-storage multi-level carpark A mechanical-storage multi-level carpark includes a gantry structure formed by a set of uprights and crossbeams, defining a space inside which a vertical carrousel structure is supported, which is provided with car housing support.... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4674602 | Article storage system A pair of wheel assemblies (26, 28) are vertically spaced apart and are supported for rotation about parallel axis (30, 38) by a common support frame (10). Each wheel assembly (26, 28) comprises a pair of wheels at its ends (38, 40). The wheels (34, 40) h... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4641829 | Screen printing machine having a stationary printing table A screen printing apparatus is provided for transferring sheet materials from a supply area to a printing table. The apparatus has a pair of grippers which are guided jointly over the printing table in a timed manner in order to grip a blank sheet at a fe... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4629383 | Vertically stackable luggage cart vending machine A luggage cart dispensing machine having a vertically oriented rotatable conveyor assembly which defines a path for the movement of the luggage carts, a series of pivotally attached vanes extending from the conveyor assembly, the vanes forming an interloc... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4576560 | SMC Loader for compression molding press An apparatus is provided for automatically delivering sheet molding compound (SMC) to a compression press preparatory to molding. The SMC is laid on a buck to the mold-charging pattern. It is speared with a plurality of pins which are angled to support th... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4290724 | Conveyor pan immobilizing assembly A pair of conveyor pan immobilizing subassemblies are disclosed for engaging the opposite sides of a conveyor pan to stabilize the pan in a first direction transverse to the conveyed direction of the pan. In one embodiment, each subassembly is comprised o... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4275979 | Conveyor pan immobilizing assembly A pair of conveyor pan immobilizing subassemblies are disclosed for engaging the opposite sides of a conveyor pan to stabilize the pan in a first direction transverse to the conveyed direction of the pan. In one embodiment, each subassembly is comprised o... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4067437 | Chain conveyor An endless conveyor includes plural load bearing plates mounted for continual horizontal movement by two endless chains which run in spaced and parallel vertical planes. Each plate has at diagonally opposite corners thereof a pivotally connected main supp... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3999647 | Endless chain structure incorporating a series of cages with a mechanism for varying the distance between the said cages The present invention relates to an endless chain structure incorporating a series of cages with a mechanism for varying the distance between the cages. The cages are arranged in two rows, one above the other, and are very close together in the straight s... | 12/28/1976 |
