...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5314566 | Mailing machine including low speed sheet feeding and jam detection structure In a machine including structure for printing an indicia on a sheet at a predetermined printing speed, wherein the machine includes structure for feeding the sheet in a path of travel to the printing structure, apparatus for detecting a malfunction of the... | 05/24/1994 |
| 4865578 | Glue head mounting bracket for glue applying folding machines A glue head mounting bracket for glue applying folding machines is disclosed which holds a glue head for dispensing glue onto a sheet of paper that is to be folded and secured at the glue lines, which bracket permits the glue head to be placed at a predet... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4838846 | Apparatus for coating glue onto packaging blanks In the production of cigarette packs, especially soft-cup packs 11, folding tabs have to be provided with glue marks 15. To make accurate glue marks 15 even on packaging machines operating at a high working speed, a glue unit 16 is arranged on the periphe... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4551124 | Corrugated box machine glue apparatus The application discloses a gluing apparatus for an adjustable machine for manufacturing corrugated boxes of a plurality of sizes. The apparatus includes an automatic glue dispensing head for applying glue to a corrugated box blank. The dispensing head is... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4522618 | Mechanism for assembling tapered, nested containers Apparatus for forming a tapered, nestable leakproof container having a bottom wall integral with front and back panels and side panels and a triangular connecting panel between additional panels extending from the front and back panels and the side panels... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4289491 | Apparatus for adhesively bonding a carton Apparatus for adhesively bonding a clam-shell type carton formed from a paperboard blank includes a carton forming die for receiving the paperboard blank, a movable frame for transferring the carton blank from a stack into registration over the die and a ... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4175476 | Method and apparatus for forming reinforced top file folders A method and apparatus for forming reinforced top file folders wherein a paperboard web is first sent through a cutting and scoring station where the web is severed transversely and the various score lines are formed therein, including one which is a rela... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4112827 | Method of making cutting, scoring and embossing die set A die set for cutting, scoring and embossing sheet material comprises a first die having cutting rules, scoring rules and embossing means attached to a base, a mating die cooperating with the first die having mating embossing means for cooperating with th... | 09/12/1978 |