Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6074293 | Apparatus for finishing surfaces Apparatus is described for surface finishing complex and simple surface shapes by abrasion of select zones of the surface, leaving contiguous zones unfinished. The apparatus is simple in construction and required little in training for operation. The appa... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5853319 | Grinding tool Grinding tool including a basic body symmetric with respect to rotation and a grinding layer deposited on the periphery of said grinding tool. The grinding layer being composed of the grinding grains, bonding agent and occasionally filler and/or wear-chan... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5018315 | Apparatus for holding and storing sharpening stones Apparatus for holding and storing sharpening stones that includes a water-tight reservoir which is open at the top and contains an integral supporting lip, bars that span the open top of the reservoir and are received within recesses in the reservoir side... | 05/28/1991 |
