...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011907 | Piston pump with compact retention device for a restoring spring A piston pump having a retaining device for retaining a spring element for restoring a closing element of a valve; the retaining device includes a receiving region for receiving and bracing the spring element and an integrally formed sealing region, in order to seal... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7704058 | Piston pump A piston pump including a pump housing, a piston provided at the inner bore of the pump housing and assembled with an annular sealing member to form a pump chamber. The piston is configured to slide at an inner wall of the inner bore. The annular sealing member is a... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7410347 | Reciprocating fluid pump assembly employing reversing polarity motor A reciprocating pump includes a drive section and a pump section. The drive section has a reciprocating coil assembly to which alternating polarity control signals are applied during operation. A permanent magnet structure of the drive section creates a magnetic flu... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390174 | Piston pump A piston pump (10) for a hydraulic consumer of an electronically controlled vehicle brake system, carries a stepped piston (50, 50′) and centers a sealing assembly (26, 26′) which is retained in an axial direction Ax by a step (52, 52′ | 06/24/2008 |
| 7367788 | Pump for antilock braking system in vehicle A pump including a main body having a piston provided in a portion of the main body, the piston being configured to reciprocate linearly. A piston spring may be provided within the main body and configured to bias the piston toward an end of the main body. Further, ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357626 | Suction valve for reciprocating compressor A suction valve for reciprocating compressor includes a fixation part, which receives a driving force of a reciprocating motor, and is fixed-combined to the front end surface of a piston performing linear reciprocal movement in the cylinder, a switching part for swi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322804 | Metering pump device for a vehicle heater A metering pump device for a vehicle heater includes an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, a first valve arrangement between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber, which permits a fluid exchange substantially only from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber, a di... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318416 | Liquid fuel pump A liquid fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel supply line, a fuel pump connected to the supply line and having an outlet to a carburetor or a liquid fuel injector. A mechanical contact between the pump and a component of the internal combust... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7291005 | Mold for manufacturing housing of hydraulic unit of anti-lock brake system Disclosed herein is a mold for manufacturing a housing of a hydraulic unit of an anti-lock brake system for vehicles. The housing has a plurality of bores formed therein such that components, such as a plurality of valves, accumulators, hydraulic pumps, and a drivin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7255248 | Plug style pump The embodiment of the invention are directed to a dispenser assembly having a reservoir bottle with an opening for fluid communication. The opening is formed to receive a housing cap and a dispensing pump such that the dispensing pump is sealingly engaged to the bot... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241120 | Piston machine with ported piston head A piston machine includes a cylindrical wall (2) defining a swept volume (1) and having a plurality of gas inlet openings (5), and a piston (3) reciprocating in the swept volume (1), and the piston head (12) of which is form... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7210561 | Lubricating device of reciprocating compressor A lubricating device of a reciprocating compressor includes a pumping unit for pumping lubrication oil contained in a lower portion of a case and a front frame having a supply hole which supplies the lubrication oil pumped from the pumping unit to a sliding part wit... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204565 | Electrohydraulic assembly for an electronically controlled brake system The invention relates to an electrohydraulic assembly for an electronically controlled brake system with an accommodating member which includes accommodating bores for electrohydraulic valves, accommodating bores for hydraulic supply devices and an accommodating bor... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7165951 | High-pressure generating device A high-pressure fluid is continuously generated with high efficiency without causing pulsation of pressure by reciprocally moving a piston having first, second and third chamber sections under the control of an actuator including an operating pressure source and a d... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163058 | Hydraulic jar device An arrangement by a hydraulic jar device, especially for use in underground wells, where the jar device is installed in a pipe string led down into the well, and designed so that e.g. a stuck object in the well may be loosened or broken up by upward or downward perc... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156183 | Electric hydraulic power unit and method of using same An apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber therein and defining an inlet port and an outlet port and a movable pressure barrier, disposed in the chamber, separating the chamber into first and second portions, the inlet port and the outlet port being in fluid... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137792 | Piston pump for high viscous materials In a piston pump (1) having a differential piston (12) positioned in a cylindrical housing (11) and translationally drivable, a first pressure chamber (13) of the differential piston (12) is connectable to a second pressure chamber... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7108160 | Manually operable pump for dispensing creamy substances A manually operable pump for dispensing creamy substances from a container on which the pump is mounted, and for preventing emergence or leakage of creamy substances along the outer surface of the pump stem when the pump is at rest and the container on which it is m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7048521 | High pressure fuel supply pump with an intake valve member and a discharge valve member aligned along a plunger axis In a high pressure fuel supply pump, a housing is provided with a through-hole having a step. A plunger is slidably accommodated in the through-hole on an axial end side thereof. An intake valve member is positioned in the through-hole on an axially opposite side to... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044340 | Apparatus and method for optimally mixing and applying a two part epoxy An apparatus and method for mixing and injecting or applying a viscous material which is especially useful for mixing and applying a two part epoxy. The apparatus in its preferred form utilizes two uniformly heated holding tanks with auger feeds which each feed two ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6929156 | Fluid dispenser pump A manually-actuated fluid dispenser pump including a pump body (10) and a piston (50) mounted to slide in leaktight manner in the pump body (10) between a rest position and a dispensing position. The piston is provided with a top sealing lip ( | 08/16/2005 |
| 6792968 | Pump assembly and method A pump assembly flows pressurized engine oil to hydraulic injectors in a diesel engine. The assembly includes a high-pressure pump with a bored piston passage. The outer end of the piston bore is closed by a plug assembly pressed in the bore. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6764286 | Piston pump with pump inlet check valve A piston pump comprises cylinder attached within a cavity of a pump housing. An outlet check valve seat is defined about an outlet of the cylinder. A piston is slidably received in a bore of the cylinder and has a first passageway formed therein. A cylinder head enc... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6695596 | Suction gas valve apparatus of reciprocating compressor In a suction valve apparatus of a reciprocating compressor including a piston having a gas passage at which gas flows inside its body portion, a valve seat formed at an end of a piston body to open the gas passage and a step face formed so as to have a th... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6676389 | Piston pump for increasing pressure, comprising a transfer piston and a pressure-control piston The invention relates to a piston pump for increasing pressure for liquids, in particular for the camshaft phase adjustment of reciprocating internal combustion engines, said piston pump advantageously being integrated into the housing of the cylinder hea... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6652245 | Piston pump for hydraulic vehicle brake system The invention relates to a piston pump for a hydraulic, slip-controlled vehicle brake system. The piston pump has a piston, which is inserted with a part of its length into a sleeve. A tubular filter that encompasses the piston is attached to the sleeve a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6648614 | Piston pump The present invention relates to a piston pump, which is in particular appropriate for the pressure fluid delivery in electronically controlled brake systems, including a housing, a suction valve, a pressure valve, and a pump piston that is designed as a ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634872 | Suction pump The invention relates to a pump of the type comprising a cylindro-conical body (1) defining a metering chamber (10) closed at its bottom portion by an inlet valve (11) and at its top portion by a moving piston (2) co-operating with resilient return means ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6589032 | Pump and pump piston assembly A pump and a pump piston assembly. The pump piston assembly includes a pump piston, a pump check valve, and a spring. The pump piston has a piston bore extending from a first piston end toward a second piston end. The pump check valve is positioned proxim... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585500 | Valve fastening structure of a reciprocating compressor utilizing permanent magnets A valve fastening structure of a reciprocating compressor is provided. The valve fastening structure of the reciprocating compressor includes a piston, which is combined with a moving magnet of a driving motor and is in a linear reciprocating motion insid... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6514056 | Piston pump A piston pump for a slip-controlled, hydraulic brake system of a vehicle. A hollow piston is provided with an inner piston seal that has a sealing lip. During an upward reciprocating motion of the piston, fluid can flow past the sealing lip in a direction... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6514055 | Piston pump having a hollow piston The invention relates to a piston pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. For the sake of a short structural length of the piston pump, piston of the piston pump is a hollow piston, whose interior forms a positive displacement chamber o... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6499974 | Piston pump A piston pump having a piston axially movable against the force of a spring within an operating chamber connected via check valves to an operating cylinder and a hydraulic medium supply. A section of the piston that extends into the operating chamber has ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6485278 | Pump with improved cold temperature performance Cold temperature performance of a pump for a controlled braking systems is enhanced, and internal flow restrictions of the pump are minimized, by placing the poppet return spring in a separate cavity out of the flow path through the pump. The separate spr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6474963 | Piston pump having a hollow piston The invention relates to a piston pump (10) for a hydraulic slip-controlled vehicle brake system. In order to reduce a structural length of the piston pump (10), the invention proposes embodying the piston (16) of the piston pump (10) as a hollow piston w... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6457956 | Piston pump The invention relates to a piston pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. To make a piston of the piston pump easy and inexpensive to manufacture, the invention proposes that the piston be comprised of a sleeve-like shaped part and a va... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6457957 | Radial piston pump for generating high fuel pressure Disclosed is a radial piston pump having a longitudinally movable pump piston in a cylinder chamber which communicates with a suction valve. A closing body of the suction valve is loaded by a valve closing spring in the direction of its valve seat affixed... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6450788 | Piston pump for high-pressure fuel delivery Disclosed is a piston pump having a pump housing with a cylinder head comprised of a first plate and a second plate. The plates which rest against each other and are screwed to the pump housing, have a first conduit which carries low-pressure fuel and lea... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6361295 | Means for connecting a closure part to a bush of a piston pump for a brake system A piston pump for a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle with slip control. The piston pump has a piston which is received in a bush that is inserted into a cylinder bore of a pump housing that is closed in pressure-tight fashion by a closure part. For sim... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6340295 | Piston pump for a vehicle brake system having radial play between a closure element and a bush A piston pump intended especially for use in a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. The piston pump is inserted into a cylinder bore, the piston pump has a piston, a bush, and a closure element that tightly closes the cylinder bore. The closure... | 01/22/2002 |