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 |
| 6219937 | Reheaters for kilns, reheater-like structures, and associated methods Elliptically shaped reheater conduits extend downward into a portion of a flow path that extends through a lower chamber interior space of a kiln chamber. Each of the reheater conduits has opposite ends, defines a length that extends between the opposite ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5816797 | Dry warming method and device for preparing thermoplastic materials A method for preparing a thermoplastic material, with dry heat, for use in patient fixation. The method includes generating heat to a threshold temperature and transferring the heat to the thermoplastic material by a heat conductive path. Once the thermop... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5009590 | Method and apparatus for preheating semiconductor chips A plurality of semiconductor chips are sequentially mounted on a rotary table, heated on the rotary table for a predetermined time, and ejected from the rotary table. The semiconductor chips ejected from the rotary table are fed to a bonding apparatus. Th... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4653202 | Movable dryer for the treatment of lumber products A movable dryer for lumber products comprising a housing able to be displaced on rails secured to a slab and provided with a first roller bearing on the ground. A first motor is mounted on the housing and actuates a lifting jack which imparts a vertical m... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4531909 | Handling system for IC device There is provided a handling system for IC devices having a guide stage comprising a bank portion in which both sides of a IC device to be tested are held at a position other than a portion where terminals of the IC device project and a vacuum suction por... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4311461 | Dental treatment chair system A dental treatment system comprising a treatment chair seat, a backrest mounted tiltably thereto, and a headrest characterized in that the device includes a unit box assembly adapted to be stored inside or underside the backrest and to be drawn out theref... | 01/19/1982 |
