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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4688789 | Exercise method A method of exercise is disclosed which enables the user to exercise both the arms and the legs simultaneously. The method utilizes a device which includes a pair of arm braces having handles which can be gripped by the user. The arm braces have supports ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688790 | Torque metering device for a bicycle-type ergometer The invention relates to a torque metering device for a bicycle-type ergometer, in which ergometer the braking force is steplessly adjustable and in which the rotational movement is compensated by means of a flywheel. The rotational movement of the flywhe... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688791 | Swimming motion exerciser A device is described, the use of which results in total body exercise which closely mimics that derived from swimming. Upper and lower extremities and trunk are all exercised with the body in an upright, slightly forward-tilted posture, and totally suppo... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688792 | Training and exercising machine for football and wrestling A machine for training football players and wrestlers comprises a rigid U-shaped support frame (12a, 12b, 14) which supports vertical struts (22a, 22b). A crossbeam carrying a dummy (39) slides either in vertical guides (24a, 24b) or in inclined guides (2... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688793 | Back saver A weight-lifting apparatus, for reducing the amount of back injuries, having a chest platform to which thigh supports and telescoping adjustment and locking devices are pivotally connected. The unconnected ends of the thigh supports and the telescoping ad... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688794 | Medical exercise apparatus This invention is for an apparatus which is used to stretch the perineum of a pregnant woman through a self exercise program. The apparatus consists of an arcuate curved handle made of a sturdy, durable material. The handle is designed to allow the user t... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688795 | Football lineman training apparatus A training assembly used to teach football players, primarily offensive and defensive interior, down linemen the proper technique and body orientation when moving from an initial, set position into a blocking position. The assembly includes a frame struct... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688796 | Aiming system for billiards An aiming system for billiards and like games wherein a cue is provided with a switch-actuateable generator for causing a narrow collimated beam of light to emerge from the playing tip along the longitudinal axis of the cue. In the preferred embodiment, a... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688797 | System for generating groups of different numbers Disclosed is a system for generating six different numbers to bet in a lottery comprising a panel having six openings of the same square shape which is hand held for use with a board having building blocks containing different numbers in square spaces cor... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688798 | Golf club and head including alignment indicators A putter type golf club alignment system wherein a ball to be struck forms an extension of the alignment indicia on the golf club to provide an indication that the putter head is properly aligned with the ball and the intended target line, including a put... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688799 | Golf club A system for properly vertically positioning and stabilizing a golf club which may be utilized with either a putter or a driving wood wherein a rotatable circular roller is mounted on either the toe or the heel of the golf club and provides for proper ver... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688800 | Golf swing guide A golf swing guide having a generally triangular configuration that will allow the golf student to swing a golf club as most golf teachers want their students to swing, otherwise the golf student will abruptly hit the golf swing guide with his elbow and w... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688801 | Production of homogeneous molded golf balls Homogeneous molded one and two-piece golf balls exhibiting, improved compression and fracture strength while maintaining desired rebound, click and feel required in a golf ball, are disclosed. The core of the golf ball is obtained by curing a composition ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688802 | Board game A game (1) for two players has as its object the entrapment of a particular playing piece of one player by a playing piece or pieces of the other player. A game board (3) is divided into a plurality of individual spaces. A plurality of individual playing ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688803 | Casino game table and dice A table dice game comprising a table surface upon which the game is to be played, the surface comprising a number of player positions, each of which has a location for at least one form of bet, the form of bet being indicated by the position on the locati... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688804 | Upstanding target structure for playing a game The apparatus comprises an upstanding target structure defining one or more scoring zones and a launcher for launching clay pigeons across the scoring zone or zones. Clay pigeons are launched from a trench and a shooter occupying a cabin scores by hitting... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688805 | Annular front-sealing gasket assembly The gasket assembly comprises an annular gasket (20) and a coaxial thrust ring. The central portion of the ring (20) is bounded by two faces (35) and (36) which are parallel and inclined so that the thickness of the central portion remains constant. The f... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688806 | Slide ring sealing assembly with bellows and fluid pressure control of sealing pressure A slide ring seal for sealing the gap between a rotatable shaft (1) and a fixed wall (2) to separate a space (3) for a pressure fluid from the external space (4). The slide ring seal comprises at least one seal ring (5) mounted on a fixed wall or a shaft ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688807 | Shaft seal A shaft seal comprises a rotatable seal ring carrying an annular seal member for rotatably engaging a seal face of a seal member. The seal ring is mounted in a seal holder and is coupled for rotation with a hollow sleeve connected to the shaft by at least... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688808 | Composite sliding structure for piston body A composite sliding structure which can be applied to automotive shock absorbers or sliding portions of hydraulic apparatus or pneumatic apparatus and comprises a deformable member in the form of piston, bush, or spherical seat, and a sliding member actin... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688809 | Gasket for internal combustion engine A cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine which is adapted to compensate for variations in the clamping or hold-down forces which are exerted on the gasket disposed within the joint formed between the cylinder head and the engine block. Bec... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688810 | Support for a chuck A system for holding workpieces during machining providing a plate to which the workpiece can be rigidly secured. The plate, on its rear face, has a central frusto-conical boss which seats into a complementary central recess in a support member. The suppo... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688811 | Chassis structure of vehicle A chassis structure of a vehicle or a working machine, to which belong the axles (3) of the wheels (2) connected to the frame (1) of the vehicle, which axles are articulated to the frame in such a way, that the wheels have been arranged mobile in the heig... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688812 | Wheeled arrangement A wheeled arrangement, particularly a wheeled vehicle such as a wheelchair, includes two wheels (12,14) mechanically interconnected by a linkage including an inclined pivot (16) such that when forward movement of one wheel is obstructed continued forward ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688813 | Carrier for rescuing patients A carrier for rescuing patients having a frame having a pair of lower horizontal portions and upwardly inclined portions adjacent to the horizontal portions at rear end portions thereof. A pair of front and rear wheels are provided on the frame, and a pair of ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688814 | Device for fixing a mud flap to the fender fold of a motor vehicle A device for fixing a mud flap has a bracket with an elongated central part, a bracket section provided at one end of the central part which can be engaged with the free edge of the fender fold, as well as a support at its other end. The device also has a... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688815 | Hydraulically driven bicycle A hydraulically driven bicycle frame with two axle members coupled to the bicycle frame and front and rear wheels mounted on such axles for rotation about the axis of the respective axle and a pair of pedals mounted on a pedal drive shaft coupled to the b... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688816 | Multiple-wheel cycle A multiple-wheel cycle includes a front wheel and two rear wheels respectively driven by two chainwheels formed on a driving shaft rotatably mounted on a bottom bush of a seat tube of the cycle frame so that the three wheels having their centers projectiv... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688817 | Apparatus for adjusting a vehicle steering mechanism Apparatus is disclosed for adjusting the steering column and handlebars of a snowmobile. The steering column has upper and lower sections, pivotable with respect to one another about a first lateral axis. A first pawl and cylinder, mounted respectively to... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688818 | Method for regulating the bending stability of road vehicles A method for regulating the bending stability of road vehicles with at least two vehicle parts linked by an articulation as well as an articulation unit with an articulation operable by means of a hydraulic adjusting assembly and a hydraulic control mecha... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688819 | Hitch A tractor has a typical three-point hitch with lower lift arms and an upper stabilizing arm comprising, in part, of a transverse horizontal rod extending between the lift arms. A pair of connecting structures are mounted on the implement and spaced on the... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688820 | Apparatus for holding skis together The ski brake blades of the present invention have a recess or notch on their inner surface. These notches engage the mandrels of the other ski brake at a point above the blade. The two skis are thus held together.... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688821 | Asymmetric alpine ski with offset boot platform In an alpine snow ski there is provided an asymmetric design in which the inside edge of the ski has a large sidecut with a short radius of curvature such that the centerline of a skier's foot when positioned in mounting plates on top of the ski is betwee... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688822 | Safety ski binding A ski binding adapted to releasably hold the front of a ski boot on a ski. The front of the boot includes front-end zone spaced from the lateral edges of the boot. The binding includes a jaw, a support, and a support zone on the jaw. The jaw is adapted to... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688823 | Axle weight for motor vehicles A traction device for a motor vehicle which may include a heavy weight for placing in the trunk of an automobile or in the box of a truck. A better form of weight-type traction device includes a metal body for mounting on a motor vehicle axle and a strap,... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688824 | Safety device for vehicles A guard for a school bus which consists of a sheet of flexible material which can be extended into an open planar state and which can be reduced into a compact folded state. A connector is connected to one edge of the sheet and is pivotally connected to a... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688825 | Seat belt retractor mechanism There is provided an improvement in a seat belt retractor mechanism of the type having a seat belt reel rotatably mounted in a support frame adapted to be assembled on a movable door of a vehicle, wherein the reel has at least on one end a generally circu... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688826 | Folded shipping form This invention is concerned with a folded shipping form characterized in that a sheet form which is oblong, folded from the flap portion and narrower in width than that of a transparent film having a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive at the back surfac... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688827 | Pipeline safety joint A pipeline safety joint to provide a controlled weakness in a pipeline in which a pair of tubular mandrels are connectable to first and second pipe-ends. A portion of the first mandrel of a pair is insertable in a part of the other and a latch mechanism i... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688828 | Tubing joint for corrosion protection A tubing joint for the corrosion protection of a production string of metal tubes having one or more annular grooves on the surface of the tube for the inclusion of sacrificial metal rings. Preferably, the metal rings are substantially coincident with the... | 08/25/1987 |
