Did You Know...
...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 |
| 6298648 | Multiple twist spindle Multiple twist spindle to impart two+two twists to textile yarns and threads, whether they be continuous filaments or discontinuous fibres, the spindle comprising a spindle support (16) which supports a support (13) for the feed bobbin (12) maintained sub... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5979154 | Multi-twisting spindle with rotating balloon limiter A multi-twisting spindle has a hollow spindle axle defining the axial direction of the twisting spindle. A bobbin support including a support bottom and a protective pot is rotatably connected to the hollow spindle axle. A rotor disk is fixedly connected ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5682146 | Method of monitoring an advancing yarn Method of monitoring the quality of an advancing yarn by continuously measuring the yarn tension, which includes determining the progression of the yarn tension upon occurrence of a defined failure (failure record), storing the failure record in a data me... | 10/28/1997 |
| 4945720 | Thread cabling machine having an improved regulator device A thread cabling machine is provided with an improved regulator device (or cabling head) in which each work station consists of a DT unit similar to a double-twist unwinding spindle which enables two elementary threads to be united by twisting. One of the... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4854116 | Spindle rotor adapted for use in a spindle of a textile thread processing machine A spindle rotor is adapted (1) for use in a spindle of a textile thread processing machine, such as a two-for-one twister, in which the running thread being processed passes through an axially and radially extending thread passageway in the spindle and fo... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4754599 | Yarn twisting apparatus A yarn twisting apparatus is disclosed for twisting a plurality of yarn strands into a composite yarn, and which comprises a central twisting spindle and yarn guide means for ballooning the yarn about the package as it is withdrawn therefrom. A common dri... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4578939 | Choke guard for twisting machine spindle A choke guard for the spindle of a twisting machine for preventing broken yarn from entering the rotating parts of the spindle comprises a cylindrical member disposed coaxially about the spindle so as to extend between the fixed body of the spindle and th... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4553709 | Yarn accumulator The yarn (31) is fed substantially tangentially from a feed station (30) to the feed end (101) of an accumulator roller (10) of a yarn accumulator (1), drivable by a rotary drive means (120). The yarn is dischargeable from an exit end (103) of this accumu... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4345423 | Yarn reserve disc for a spindle assembly of a two-for-one twister textile yarn processing machine An improved yarn reserve disc having an annular rim of a radial length of at least 7 mm extending radially outwardly from a lower portion of an outer, circumferential, yarn storage surface thereon in a spindle assembly of a two-for-one twister textile yar... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4317328 | Combination of strand neutralizer capstan and accumulator and closer A continuous process of drawing a plurality of strands from a supply and neuturalizing the twist as taken from supply reels, twisting the various strands into a cable and then passing the cable over capstans and an accumulator to maintain proper tension i... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4315397 | Device for twisting a yarn by means of a double twist device A double twist spindle comprising a shaft adapted to be rotatably driven, the shaft having a first end to be supported on a machine frame, a package carrying assembly rotatably mounted at the opposed end of the shaft for rotation independently of the shaf... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4291527 | Cable strand tension controlling apparatus A cable strand tension-controlling apparatus is described. As numerous individual wire or fibre-optic cable strand material is fed from multiple pay-off neutralizers, the cable strand material is directed across a rotating driven capstan and subsequently ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4125992 | Two for one twister having freely rotatable guide plate An improved spindle assembly construction for a textile yarn processing machine, such as a two-for-one twister and the like, which normally includes a rotatably driven rotor mechanism having a horizontally-extending reserve yarn storage disc and a general... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4028870 | Method and device for preventing creation of fuzzy fibers of yarn during twisting operation of the multiple twister In a multiple twister provided with at least a first twisting mechanism and a second twisting mechanism successively arranged, when a yarn supplied from a yarn package held in said multiple twister contacts component elements of the twister, there is a te... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3983685 | Yarn-twisting apparatus provided with thread-wetting means A thread is pulled off a yarn package and down past a thread brake into a spindle shaft forming part of a rotating structure. The thread exits at the bottom of the shaft from a radial opening in a payoff disk having a frustoconical surface formed with a p... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3950927 | Apparatus and method for measuring yarn storage at a spindle assembly station in a textile yarn processing machine An apparatus and method for measuring yarn storage at a spindle assembly station in a textile yarn processing machine, such as a two-for-one twister or the like, in which each station includes a spindle assembly for carrying a package of yarn to be withdr... | 04/20/1976 |
