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 |
| 6808066 | Pouch for heated appliances A pouch for heated appliances protects external articles from damage from heat emitted from the appliance immediately after use. The present pouch is formed of inner and outer fabric sheets, with the inner sheet comprising a heat resistant synthetic material and the... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6416452 | Method of producing mutliwall plastic bags, especially tie bags A method of making multiwall plastic bags wherein half-width foil webs are unwound from respective rolls below a segment of a path within which a multilayer full-width web is guided. The half-width webs can be slit and unfolded or simply unfolded to form ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6110091 | Nurser liner with textured tabs There is provided a nurser liner having a pair of removable textured tabs for mounting the nurser liner to the rim of a nurser container. The tabs have a textured surface formed by piercing and embossing with forming tools. Each tab has a plurality of pie... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5984850 | Gusseted bulk bag liner and method of manufacture An apparatus for manufacturing gusseted bulk bag liners having a continuous web of gusseted bulk bag liner material, wherein the continuous web is advanced along a predetermined path, includes four simultaneous cutting and resealing apparatus that engage ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5759144 | Gusseted bulk bag liner and method of manufacture An apparatus for manufacturing gusseted bulk bag liners having a continuous web of gusseted bulk bag liner material, wherein the continuous web is advanced along a predetermined path, includes four simultaneous cutting and resealing apparatus that engage ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5647832 | Apparatus for manufacturing baffle liners An apparatus for manufacturing a liner having baffles therein for use inside of a flexible bulk container, having a frame supporting a first feed means mounted adjacent to a feed path for feeding a sheet of liner material over the feed path at a first spe... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5618254 | Gusseted bulk bag liner and method of manufacture In a method of manufacturing gusseted bulk bag liners, a continuous web of gusseted bulk bag liner material having longitudinally extending fold line is advanced along a predetermined path. Simultaneous cutting and resealing apparatus are engaged with the... | 04/08/1997 |
| 4636189 | Machine for placing a plastic bag automatically into a larger feedstuff bag An automatic machine for placing a plastic bag into a larger feedstuff bag. The plastic bag and feedstuff bag to open by the action of two vacuum holders connected to the upper and lower vacuum tanks. A push rod is then introduced, via the opening of the ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4094491 | Core form for lining containers The invention provides a mold for the molding of a resilient material to the insides of a container placed upon the mold.... | 06/13/1978 |
