Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7274903 | Integrated fuser unit and drive system for use in an electrophotographic imaging process An integrated fuser unit has a drive system with a motor and a drive train mounted in the fuser unit frame. A swing arm assembly engages and disengages the hot roll from the drive train. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 4731016 | Explosion relief sealing apparatus for a paint baking oven A releasable and gas tight sealing apparatus for construction panels of a paint baking oven which relieves the buildup of gas pressure within the oven in the event of an explosion. The apparatus has tongue and groove members and a compressible cord rope r... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4654003 | Process apparatus A high-temperature, rapid-cycle pin oven for the curing of coatings on hollow container components, includes an oven unit (2) whose housing (14) is divided into three compartments interconnected by internal explosion relief panels (136,142,144). One of th... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4519778 | Heatable godet The safety outflow device is provided in an end wall of a heatable godet and may be of a fusible type or pressure responsive type. The fusible safety device has fusible material which fills an outflow passage in a hermetic manner so that upon the occurren... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4367037 | Temperature controller for photographic heat fixing unit A temperature controller for photographic heat fixing unit which may be used in an electrophotographic copying apparatus includes a main temperature for detecting the temperature of a heater or heaters in the fixing unit and an auxiliary temperature senso... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4349269 | Manual paper feed inhibiting device in electrographic copying machine An electrophotographic copying machine comprises at least one paper supply unit from which a copying is automatically supplied towards a processing station, a manual feed mouth through which a copying paper is manually inserted into the machine, an electr... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4348102 | Electrographic apparatus with control system for fixing powder images by heat and contact An electrographic apparatus by which powder images corresponding to electrostatic images can be formed on receiving material and fixed onto the receiving material by heat and contact is provided with a control system which regulates the quantity of receiv... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4118178 | Xerographic fusing apparatus A fusing apparatus for an electrophotographic copying machine in which heat fusible developing material is deposited in image-wise configuration on a sheet of paper and fixed thereto by the application of heat. The fusing apparatus has a conveyor system f... | 10/03/1978 |
