Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234989 | Method and apparatus for attaching plush to an artificial eye An artificial eye for use in animated plush toys has a one-piece eyeball and lid that are integrally molded. The eye further includes a shaped member and a retaining post. A crossplate of the shaped member is preferably curved to correspond to the curvature of the e... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7198539 | Artificial eye for doll or the like An improved artificial eye for use in dolls, stuffed animals, other toys, and the like, and for use as a prosthetic eye for human beings. The improved artificial eye consists of a sclera, a lens, and a lamina. The lens can be made of any of a variety of materials su... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6029674 | Adhesive device for attaching a false eyelash to an eyelid A device for attaching a false eyelash with an original adhesive thereon to an eyelid when the original adhesive thereon has lost its adhesion. The device includes a core and an adhesive coating that surrounds the core so as to form an attaching element. ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 4705488 | Eye assembly for toy dolls The eye assembly includes two eyeball units, a socket unit for each eyeball unit and a holder unit that grips the shanks of the two socket units. The eyeball unit in each instance includes a lens having a rib extending peripherally therearound and printed... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4629442 | Artificial eye for doll A plastic eye having an appearance closely resembling a glass-blown eye is formed of two generally spherical halves, secured together by solvent or cement at confronting flanges. The spherical halves are formed of clear glass or plastic and the front half... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4328639 | Viscous fluid damping system A damping system for damping relative rotation of a pair of members having confronting surfaces spaced apart by a primary gap or zone of capillary dimension, a viscous damping fluid in the gap contacting the confronting surfaces of said members and held i... | 05/11/1982 |
