Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 7305873 | Method for dynamically determining peak output torque in an electrically variable transmission A method for determining output torque limits of a powertrain including an electrically variable transmission relies upon a model of the electrically variable transmission. Transmission operating space is defined by combined electric machine torque constraints and e... | 12/11/2007 |
| 6860198 | Press having a slide A press has a slide which can be driven by way of one or more one knee link element by a driving device in order to carry out a stroke movement. The knee link element or elements is or are connected by at least one connection element with another knee link element w... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6378389 | Toggle-style overload protection device An anti-overloading device for use in a restraint-camming apparatus in which the apparatus includes a linear guide for guiding an associated operating member in reciprocating movement and a restraint cam for reciprocating the operating member in its movem... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5584741 | Halloween toy A Halloween toy comprises an image member received within a frame. A mechanism is provided for moving the member into and out of the frame so as to achieve a scary effect. The image member may represent a face and movement of the member may be accompanied... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5390556 | Control system for the rectilinear vertical reciprocating movement in a needling machine Rectilinear vertical reciprocating movement is transmitted to the needle-holder beam of a needling machine by a crank mechanism preferably comprised of two horizontal auxiliary connecting rods hinged to a support of the beam. The two auxiliary connecting ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5287728 | Power transmission device for press machine A power transmission device for a press machine comprises a connection link connected to a crankshaft of the press machine and reciprocated in accordance with the rotation of the crankshaft, a first slider provided in a frame of the press machine so as to... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5189922 | Force impulse generator A force impulse generator designed for machines with impulse action used for press working of metals, ceramics, cermet and other materials can produce force impulses with high values and large amplitude of displacement of the impulse body with reduced ove... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4800767 | Acceleration control device for a hydraulic drive unit An acceleration control device for a hydraulic drive unit having a rotatable control shaft movable between an on position and an off position. An arm is connected to the control shaft for rotating the shaft between the off and on positions. A motive appar... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4322864 | Binding machine for the application of a strip of flexible material around the outline of thin articles, particularly for edging parts for boots and shoes A binding machine for the application of a strip of flexible material around the outline of thin articles, particularly for edging parts for boots and shoes, comprising a fork with an alternating movement for folding the strip partly above and partly belo... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4270413 | Intermittent operation arrangement in a notching machine An arrangement for an intermittent operation in a notching machine which includes a ram driven by way of a crank or eccentric drive which ram is articulated to a toggle joint. The notching machine has an operating cycle which consists of alternatingly suc... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4208924 | Drive for operating a punching tool A drive for operating a punching tool comprises a toggle-joint lever to one of whose lever members the punching tool is operatively connected. The second lever member of the toggle-joint forms part of a quadrilateral linkage. This linkage consists of the ... | 06/24/1980 |
