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...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 |
| 7338422 | Folding and threading station of a folding box gluing machine and method of moving the threading station A folding box gluing machine contains one upper and lower transport belt disposed on each side of the machine. A lower transport belt is guided in a roller cheek and an upper transport belt is guided in a roller rail. A central roller cheek and a central roller rail... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7258655 | Gathering and pressing device for a folded box-gluing machine A gathering and pressing device for a folded box gluing machine has two machine-width, circulating conveyor belts which are connected to a drive and whose conveying runs are disposed horizontally, one above the other and running parallel to each another. An upper co... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7150707 | Folding box gluing machine for production of folding boxes from blanks A folding box gluing machine has a folding station in which portions of blanks provided with a glue strip are folded, and a subsequent transfer station which includes as a conveyor mechanism at least two pairs of conveying straps, each including an upper and a lower... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7077798 | Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding method and image forming apparatus To avoid displacement of the fold formed on a sheet and misalignment between sheets when a fold is formed on a bundle of sheets stacked one on top of another, a sheet folding apparatus, for forming a plurality of folds on the sheet on which an image is formed, inclu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059532 | System and method for storing and synchronizing forms between printer and device for attaching personalized cards by creating shingled stacks An apparatus that stores and synchronizes printed forms that are being transferred between a high speed forms printer and a mechanism for attaching plastic cards to the forms. The apparatus is also able to buffer the forms that are in progress in the printer should ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055815 | Sheet processing apparatus with bundle delivery feature The present invention relates to a delivery processing apparatus for delivering a sheet after implementing a prescribed sheet processing upon aligning the sheet, and includes an aligning device for aligning a sheet, a conveying device for conveying the sheet to the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044184 | Plastic bag making apparatus An apparatus is arranged to successively make plastic bags each of which has a shape of circumference. The apparatus comprises web feeding means by which a web material is intermittently fed for a length along a longitudinal feeding path. The web material comprises ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6971979 | Folded box gluing machine for producing folded boxes from blanks Known folded box gluing machines for producing folded boxes (1) from blanks comprise—a folding station (3), in which the parts of blanks provided with an adhesive strip are folded,—an adjoining transfer station (5) which is configured as a t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6878103 | Controlling cuts in an inner liner for a group of cigarettes A device for controlling at least one cut in an inner liner for a group of cigarettes in a cigarette packaging machine comprises at least one optical detector consisting of a light source and a sensor. ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6808480 | Outsert-forming apparatus with glue verification An outsert-forming apparatus and method that forms outserts and booklets having printed product information thereon. The apparatus may comprise a first folding unit that forms a first folded article from a sheet of paper having printed information thereon, a second ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6689031 | Paper cutting apparatus for folder There is provided a paper cutting apparatus for a folder, the folder for a web rotary press being provided with a forming roller pair and at least one nipping roller pair on a downstream side of the forming roller pair in a paper passage between a former ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6323502 | Checking the accuracy of folding of parallelepiped boxes The method is disclosed for checking the accuracy of folding a parallelepiped box made from a cardboard blank (1) comprising four adjacent panels (Pa, Pb, Pc, Pd), at least some edges of the panels being associa... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6253817 | Apparatus and method for preparing printing labels An apparatus for the processing and segmenting of a cover-forming laminate web or sheeting structure which is adapted to interconnect a plurality of containers, such as the base members of blister packages each of which is designed to contain a hydrophili... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6171225 | Finisher A finisher including a tray to enable the stacking of sheets; a leading end stopper, which projects from an upper surface of the tray, to contact and align an end face of a sheaf of sheets stacked in the tray; and a sheaf-conveying device, having a pair o... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6021625 | Process for microbial barrier vent to a foil package A process for applying a biobarrier member to a vent opening in a foil member used for medical device packaging. The process provides for cutting a biobarrier member from a roll of stock and sealing the biobarrier member about the vent opening in the foil... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5970682 | Method and device for the manufacture especially of hinge-lid packs for cigarettes To improve the efficiency of powerful packaging machines for cigarettes or the like, the blanks (10) for wrapping the cigarettes or the like are monitored in respect of correct formation whilst being conveyed along a blanks path (27) to a revolving foldin... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5944645 | Finisher A finisher includes moving devices, which are movably mounted relative to a conveying path for applying additional-workings to a sheet having an image formed surface, such as a folding stopper which adjusts the position for folding the sheet, an aligning ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5896725 | Card affixing and form folding system A system for affixing cards to a form and folding the form with the cards attached. The system includes a card affixer for affixing cards to any location on a form having a form transporting mechanism for moving the form, a carriage for receiving and hold... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5855542 | Fishing device The improved fishing device including a first jaw. The first jaw has a first upper portion with a projection, a first lower portion with a projection and a first intermediate with a projection and a hooking portion. Included is a second jaw. The second ja... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5782731 | Method for checking the correct manufacture of cross bottom valve sacks For manufacturing cross bottom valve sacks, the ends of continuously transported tubular sections are opened out with the formation of so-called "bottom squares" with triangular corner folds lying opposite each other. A valve leaf or a valve tube is tacke... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5776297 | Apparatus and method for preparing printing labels An apparatus for the processing and segmenting of a cover-forming laminate web or sheeting structure which is adapted to interconnect a plurality of containers, such as the base members of blister packages each of which is designed to contain a hydrophili... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5342278 | Apparatus for the on-line control of folding box blanks A device for on-line control and automatic ejection of faulty blanks moving along a conveyor wherein there is a linear ejector conveyor positioned laterally and at an acute angle to the conveyor direction and wherein the speed with which the faulty blanks... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5098362 | Spiral tube making methods and apparatus including splice rejection In apparatus for forming cut lengths of tube by winding one or more strips of material into a continuously advancing spiral wound tube and periodically cutting off lengths of the tube, lengths of tube containing splices present in the strips are rejected ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5067305 | System and method for controlling an apparatus to produce mail pieces in non-standard configurations An apparatus and control system for producing items in selected configurations and a system and method for controlling the same. More particularly, an apparatus for producing mail pieces and a system and method for controlling it to produce mail pieces in... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5030188 | Spiral tube making methods and apparatus including splice rejection In apparatus for forming cut lengths of tube by winding one or more strips of material into a continuously advancing spiral wound tube and periodically cutting off lengths of the tube, lengths of tube containing splices present in the strips are rejected ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4998910 | Packaging container ejection apparatus Apparatus for removing defective knocked down carton blanks, from a carton erecting machine. In one embodiment opposed sets of tractors for clamping the selected unit and driving it from the conveyor line with moving tractive belts. A sensing device detec... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4988330 | Machine for and method of manufacturing folded containers A machine for and a method of manufacturing folded containers, especially folded blanks. The machine has a mechanism for applying adhesive, a folding station, and a pressure-application station with pressure-application mechanisms for forcing the adhesive... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4984409 | Process and apparatus for the testing of carton packs Conventionally, large-volume carton packs are constructed in such a way that two mutually opposite walls (bottom wall 19 and cover wall 20) are formed from folding tabs (15 to 18) overlapping one another. The folding tabs are connected to one another by a... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4917659 | Packaging container ejection apparatus Apparatus for removing defective knocked down carton blanks, from a carton erecting machine. In one embodiment opposed sets of tractors for clamping the selected unit and driving it from the conveyor line with moving tractive belts. A sensing device detec... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4913691 | Device for assembling cuttings more particularly for the produciton of packing boxes This invention relates to a device for the assembling of cuttings, more particularly for the production of packing boxes, of the type including a plurality of work places arranged along a main vacuum conveyor, the work places consisting mainly of a first ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4648409 | Paper web feed device in a cigarette production machine In a cigarette production machine, a device for feeding at least one paper web along one or other of two paths, the first of which extends through a station for loading a continuous stream of shredded tobacco onto said web, and the second of which is a di... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4486186 | Method and machine for making filter rod sections for cigarettes or the like The trailing end of a running tow of filamentary filter material in a filter rod making machine is spliced to the leader of a fresh tow, and the splice is held at a preselected location ahead of the first tow treating station in the machine. An optoelectr... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4402410 | Sheet sorting apparatus Apparatus for sorting sheets from a stack. A take-out device is provided for drawing sheets from the stack one at a time. These sheets are transferred to an inspecting station which classifies the sheets and sorts them into reusable sheets and unreusable ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4349998 | Carton inspecting and conveying apparatus A carton inspecting and conveying apparatus is disclosed as including a lower horizontal conveyor formed by two parallel spaced plastic chain loops with retractable pawls therebetween for stopping cartons at stations along the conveyor. At one such statio... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4086846 | Apparatus and method to sense and adjust the relative position of hollow tubes within a continuous filter The sensing and correcting apparatus is employed in a machine for making cigarette filter rods containing hollow tubes on a continuous in line basis. The apparatus senses the position of the hollow tubes in a stream of tow and corrects the insertion posit... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4055111 | Envelope machine Envelope machine of the window-applicator type and means for avoiding application of gum to window when envelope blank is missing and to dispose of the window under similar circumstances.... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4001579 | Device for controlling composite cigarette filter rods Faults in a composite filter rod being supplied to a sectioning device are detected optically by traversing the rod with a beam of light supplied along a first fiber bundle and taken up and delivered to photo-detector by a second fiber bundle. The ends of... | 01/04/1977 |
