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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 |
| 7553119 | Mail tray unloader with shuttle transfer through system comprising tilting An automated flats handling system is provided that includes mail shuttles, a tray unloading section, a quality control area, a shuttle tilter, a shuttle return section and a stacker/loader. The tray unloading section has a conveyor and unloads mail from a standard ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 6382897 | Unit for sorting and transferring sheets of glass A unit for sorting and transferring sheets of glass has a number of carriages, each having a number of compartments for receiving respective sheets of glass; and a sorting device for supporting the sheets and feeding each of the sheets into a respective c... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6231292 | Method for unloading reams of sheets and apparatus for unloading reams of sheets An apparatus for unloading one or more reams of sheets, in particular of sheets of securities, from an exit of a machine which is part of an installation for the production of securities.... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227347 | Conveyor system for rod-like articles A conveyor system for transporting cigarettes between a making machine and a packing machine includes a mass flow conveyor (204) for transporting cigarettes directly and a reservoir system (212) in which successive batches of cigarettes comprising portion... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6203262 | Cart loading system and method for library-like materials A cart loading system for placing library-like items onto a library cart is provided for a cart having a plurality of shelves between first and second cart end members. The loading system includes a cart tilting mechanism for receiving and tilting the car... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6074156 | Library cart loading system and method An automatic library cart loading system includes a tilter for elevating a library cart at selected angle relative to a material placer. The placer is positioned in between a pair of library carts, and includes a pair of linear slide actuators for positio... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071069 | Method for unloading reams of sheets and apparatus for unloading reams of sheets The method for unloading the reams from a machine for the production of securities comprises the following steps: a) placing of a container (1) having at least one door (6) on the same side as the tray rack (31) of the machine (34), b) positioning and locking ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6042323 | Wire harness handling and storage system A wire harness handling and storage system particularly suitable for use in connection with automated harness making machines includes a harness unloading mechanism that unloads a completed wire harness from the harness-making machine and a storage cart t... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036424 | Cart for unloading and transporting chain A cart for unloading and transporting chain is provided. The cart includes a frame with a number of tracks of a predetermined configuration which are superimposed over one another. Long segments of chain are routed from an oven onto a transfer rail assemb... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5700126 | Spool feeding method and spool feeder A spool feeding method comprising transferring a spool box having a plurality of spools with a cord wound on each of them, the spools being arranged with the axial direction of the spools vertical, to a spool takeout position, loading the spools onto a ho... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5360306 | Delivering apparatus using parallel conveyor system and shipping apparatus employed by the delivering apparatus A delivering apparatus using parallel conveyor system for detecting the positions of works by sensors and delivering the necessary amount of works while many works are allowed to be standby by automatic control wherein the parallel conveyor and a shipping... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5337880 | Article storage carousel with automatic conveyor loading and unloading An article storage carousel is disclosed featuring automatic conveyor loading and unloading. A conveyor is provided for transporting articles along a fixed path between an upstream location and a downstream location. A vertical carriage accumulates a plur... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5329952 | Apparatus for washing dishes Disclosed is a process for washing dishes, which comprises carrying a rack with dishes to be washed into a downstream dishwasher by a rack carry-in unit; forwarding the rack after completion of washing in the dishwasher to a lifter unit disposed adjacent ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5247788 | Flexible transport system for groupwise transport of textile yarn packages including a mobile support unit for shuttling textile yarn packages between two textile machines A transport system for transporting tube support members between textile machines includes a mobile transport unit having a plurality of superposed floorings each of which supports and guides several rows of the tube support members. An onsite transfer as... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5244330 | Bottler loader and method A bottle loader and method for loading bottles onto shelves on a rack. The bottle loader has a carrier car rotatably supported on a frame. The bottles are placed in a vertical position and urged onto the carrier car. The bottles are then rotated on the ca... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5106259 | Method for loading transport racks An automated rack loading system for loading trays of products, especially bakery products, into racks for transport by delivery trucks. An empty transport rack is brought to the loader, and its shelf structure is scanned on each side to locate shelf brac... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5078565 | Conveying system for bobbins The conveying system uses a movable trolley containing vertically spaced support surfaces, each of which has parallel tracks for receiving peg trays. The trolley is movable onto a transferring conveyor, for example, at the end of a ring spinning machine. ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4810155 | Device to convey yarn packages Device (10) to convey yarn packages which is suitable to take the yarn packages from a supply machine such as a winding machine, open-end spinning machine, two-for-one twisting machine, take-up frame for manmade filaments, fly frame, finishing machine, et... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4669942 | Device for supplying packages to warper creels The present invention resides in a device comprising a package stock truck moved in the row direction of warper creels, a package feeding conveyor for feeding yarn supply packages to the position of the stock truck, a first package transfer mechanism for ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4668151 | Tile manufacturing apparatus In a plant for making concrete roof tiles, the tiles are loaded on to racks and cured in a curing chamber. Apparatus for unloading the tiles on their pallets from shelves in the racks on to an outfeed conveyor comprises a descending conveyor means having ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4634333 | Conveyor line loader for multi-tiered rolling carts A cart loader assembles objects advancing along an infeed conveyor line into arrayed rows of parallel columns, and transfers these arrayed rows of columns to individual shelves of a multi-tiered rolling cart. The cart loader has an external frame enclosin... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4621969 | Method and apparatus for loading and unloading a storage and transport rack A method and apparatus for loading and unloading a transport and storage rack, such as a cart-rack (9). Packages (2) of goods, arriving on a conveyor (3), are directed to the appropriate support plates (6) of an intermediate storage (4) equipped with a li... | 11/11/1986 |
