...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5802961 | Methods and apparatus for particulate heat exchange and transfer Apparatus and methods for transferring particulate product contained in a compatible media and then separating or straining the particulate product from the compatible media. A housing is provided for containing the compatible media at an optimum level an... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5152213 | Hydroextractor A hydroextractor in which a liquid material to be processed can be introduced into a hydroextracting chamber under a small pressure and the chamber can be filled with the material in a short period of time to thereby improve the operational efficiency, an... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4820540 | Method and apparatus for continuously producing cheese utilizing brine salting Appparatus and method for continuously manufacturing cheese from cheese curd via mechanical means in which the curd is drained, matted and cheddared while carried upon a pair of conveyors running in opposite directions; milled and discharged upon a third ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4588597 | Process for producing a rolled cheese A rolled cheese and a process for making the cheese is described. The cheese comprises a layer of fresh cheese curd coated with flavoring such as herbs, which is rolled into a spiral. The fresh cheese curd is neither cooked nor kneaded, and the resulting ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4510856 | Manufacture of Cheddar and like cheese A method and apparatus for use in the manufacture of cheeses which proceed through a cheddaring stage. The method comprises treating a pre-drained and stirred cheese curd with a compressive and shear force so as to simultaneously expel the residual whey a... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4206696 | Cheese curd processing apparatus and method Apparatus and method for processing fresh cheese curd such as is produced in the manufacture of cottage cheese. Employs a belt in the form of a plastic screen which is caused to press a continuous layer of the curd against the peripheral surface of a rota... | 06/10/1980 |