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 |
| 6915726 | Wood-turning lathe A wood-turning lathe includes a spindle and a drive shaft journalled to a headstock housing. A motor is mounted in the headstock housing, and includes a rotor. A torque converter includes a first wheel that co-axially surrounds the spindle and that is securely coupl... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6062118 | Speed change gear mechanism for lathes A speed change gear mechanism for lathes includes a driving shaft having a number of first gears securely mounted thereon to rotate therewith, a driven shaft including a number of second gears each rotatably mounted thereon via a bearing, and a chuck shaf... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6016729 | Turret device Positioning engaging members (27) are provided between a base table (10) and a turret (11) which is indexed relative to the base table (10) by a driving force of an indexing/tool turning motor (32) so as to be engageable with or disengageable from each ot... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5913955 | Vibration damping method and apparatus The present invention provides vibration damping method and apparatus that can damp vibration in more than one direction without requiring disassembly, that can accommodate varying tool dimensions without requiring re-tuning, and that does not interfere w... | 06/22/1999 |
| 4722123 | Driving system for automatic lathes An electric motor can drive a workpiece and a tool simultaneously at speeds in a ratio adjustable at will. The workpiece is driven via two pulleys and a belt, while the tool is driven via further pulleys and a belt from a hydraulic circuit comprising a pu... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4706415 | Numerical control machine tool with manual feed handle An operator's panel for a numerical controller of a grinding machine comprises a main frame of a generally box shape, which is carried on a front portion of a bed of the grinding machine for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis. A manual pulse generat... | 11/17/1987 |
