Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7254979 | Device for ejection of moulded pieces from a moulding tool The invention relates to a so-called spring cushion (5), for the ejection of moulded pieces (4) from a moulding tool (3), with a plunger (6), moving in a guide tube (9) within the moulding tool and loaded in the ejection direction ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250003 | Encapsulated fastener and method and tooling for manufacturing same An encapsulated fastener includes a nut adapted to receive a bolt. The nut is encapsulated by an encapsulation including an extension, which includes a tube adapted for receiving a portion of the bolt and a flange adapted for engaging a face of the nut. The encapsul... | 07/31/2007 |
| 4417464 | Nib for forming tool for bolt heads or nuts The present invention relates to a nib for a forming tool of bolt head or nut, wherein a nib 7 to be used for a tool comprises a segment combination nib 2 composed of a plurality of nib segments 1, and a regular polygonal hole 6 is formed at the inside of... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4359794 | Self-locking fastener and a stamp for making said fastener A male die for making a self-locking threaded fastener where the die has a planar working surface with a plurality of elongated teeth on the surface. The teeth are arranged in a plurality of groups with the teeth of each group extending parallel to each o... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4114217 | Die assembly A die assembly comprising a reinforcement case formed with a tapered bore, a forming die inserted into the tapered bore from therebelow, and a stock die supporting the forming die in fitting contact with the bottom of the forming die and formed at its low... | 09/19/1978 |
