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 |
| 5419018 | Sheet of clips A sheet-like, integral plastic accessory for a notebook is disclosed featuring at least one paper clip sheet. Each paper clip sheet is formed with a frame as defined by a pair of parallel spaced rims and a pair of outer cross rims. A plurality of ribs ext... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419019 | Automatically locking slider for slide fasteners An automatically locking slider for slide fasteners is formed from a moldable plastics material and provided with an integral multi-leg locking structure including a spring portion, a locking prong portion and an anchoring portion. The spring portion is r... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419020 | Separable buckle A buckle comprising a plug having a base plate and a pair of resilient arms extending forward from the base plate; each arms having a coupling hook; a socket including a pair of upper and lower walls to define therebetween a chamber for receiving the arms... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419021 | Telescoping slot nozzle Telescoping slot nozzles for use with a rail assembly are disclosed. Each nozzle includes a fixed portion and at least one telescoping portion slidably guided in the fixed portion. Metal-to-metal contact in the nozzle is avoided, thereby allowing the nozz... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419022 | Apparatus for spin-drawing thermoplastic filament yarns In an apparatus for the spin-drawing, on multiple ends, of thermoplastic filament yarns on at least two pairs of godets (1, 2 and 1', 2'), their axes of rotation (7 and 8) are arranged skew with respect to each other in such a way that the axis of rotatio... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419023 | Apparatus for crimping tow and application of finish to the tow An apparatus for crimping continuous tow of textile material and application of the finish to the crimped continuous tow, including a pair of rollers and a stuffer box chamber having two regions therein. In particular, the stuffer box chamber has a first ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419024 | Method of producing a controlled fragmentation warhead case An improved method of producing a controlled fragmentation warhead case by mbedding an expanded metal liner on the interior surface of a casing for a warhead or other ordnance device. The process of embedding an expanded metal liner into the casing during ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419025 | Automatic terminal crimping apparatus There is disclosed an automatic terminal crimping apparatus (1) which comprises a cable cutting station (3), a mark positioning station (4), a mark location rotating station (5), a stripping station (6) and a terminal crimping station (7). The mark positi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419026 | Tool for anchoring a housing barrel A tool for anchoring a housing barrel where in the barrel has a plurality of expandable claws, the tool comprising a support plate moveable axially and a plunger associated with the plate moveable therewith. The plunger has a plate engaging in and a taper... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419027 | Puller A puller for removing an object from a shaft including first and second collars movable relative to one another along an axis, at least two circumferentially spaced damping jaws pivotally supported at one end to the first collar and having means at the ot... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419028 | Method of making a hose coupling A hose coupling, ferrule therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the method of making the hose coupling comprising a ferrule having opposed ends and an insert interconnected to one of the ends of the ferrule so that an end of a hose can be i... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419029 | Temperature clamping method for anti-contamination and collimating devices for thin film processes In a thin film process system, an anti-contamination device, anti-flake shield or collimator plate, is fit to a process chamber. By maintaining a temperature differential between the chamber body and the device, or between the device and any adapter used ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419030 | Method for mounting a protective sleeve onto a hose A tool to facilitate placement of a flaccidly flexible protective sleeve onto a hose includes a hollow tube to receive the protective sleeve thereon, and a conical end portion removably attached to the tube for facilitating sliding placement of the protec... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419031 | Attachable golf club grip for the layman A grip for a golf club which is completely self-contained with respect to attachment to a golf club shaft. A preformed, one-piece grip which requires no other tools, agents, equipment, or special expertise for application to a shaft. Once the grip is atta... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419032 | Method for forming a container ring An apparatus for forming a container closure includes at least one driving wheel, at least one biasing wheel, a first bending wheel and a second bending wheel. The biasing wheel operates to hold a metal band having a first edge and a second edge against t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419033 | Method of making load spring manufacturing assembly having an electric conductor carrying and positioning tail for carrying a conductor bonded to the surface of a load spring A method in which the wires from the heads on an actuator arm can be positioned and attached to the arm electronics automatically. A loadspring manufacturing assembly has a pair of wire carrying and positioning tails and a disposable portion. The disposab... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419034 | Apparatus for exchanging seal of shock absorbing apparatus To safely and quickly exchange a seal of a shock strut of a selected shock absorbing apparatus of an airplane, an apparatus is provided whereby the main body of the airplane is lifted by pressurizing and extending at least one other shock absorbing appara... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419035 | Snap attaching tool A snap attaching tool for attaching stud and socket type snap assemblies to an edge or intermediate location of a fabric or other carrier material. Separable base, stabilizer and top elements respectively carrying a seat recess with a convex floor, a guid... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419036 | Insertion and bending ram and method for its use An apparatus and method for first inserting wire pins in a printed circuit board and then bending the pins in progressive die fashion by means of a bending ram. The apparatus consists of an improved insertion and bending ram for use with a pin insertion m... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419037 | Method of inserting, boring, and honing a cylinder bore liner A method of manufacturing an engine block assembly which includes a one-piece cylinder block and cylinder head member including a cylinder block portion having a cylindrical bore with an inner end, and a cylinder head portion including a cylinder head sur... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419038 | Method for fabricating thin-film interconnector A three dimensional thin-film interconnector is fabricated by depositing a dielectric layer onto the surface of a substrate, depositing a layer of conductive material onto the dielectric layer to form a signal plane, depositing a dielectric layer onto the... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419039 | Method of making an air cooled vane with film cooling pocket construction The method of manufacturing an air cooled stator vane for a gas turbine engine by casting an inner shell with suction side wall and pressure side wall of the airfoil, stamp forming from a blank sheet metal a pair of sheaths and attaching one sheath of the... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419040 | Hollow fan blade fabrication Purge flow openings through chordwise ribs in hollow fan blades are formed by making partial circular cuts at the rib edges before diffusion bonding the blade halves. A full semi-circular section is used on the pressure side, but only a segment of a semic... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419041 | Process for manufacturing a pin type radiating fin A process for manufacturing a pin type radiating fin comprising the steps of forming a constituent unitary body, which comprises a connecting element and a plurality of slender bars, by means of punching out a metal plate, and connecting a suitable number... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419042 | Method for temporarily assembling a heat exchanger A heat exchanger, such as a condenser for use in an automobile air conditioning system includes inlet and outlet union elements. Each inlet and outlet union element includes a union joint and a pipe member having one end secured to a header pipe. The othe... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419043 | Method of fastening two parts with an internally threaded folded fastener Two mechanical components are interconnected, for example, the two principal parts of a pedal rod by forming the clevis with a progressive die so that threaded portions are provided on opposite sides of an opening and are formed and shaped strictly by com... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419044 | IV bag cutter A cutter useful for opening relatively thin flat packages such as IV bags has a handle and a slot which receives the marginal edge of the package. A recessed blade within the slot severs the margin of the package, the slot being sufficiently narrow as to ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419045 | Hand cutting tool for preparing caulking gun cartridge nozzles A hand tool for cutting plastic caulking gun cartridge nozzles in preparation for laying a uniform bead of caulk wherein a slicing blade mechanism is provided between the handles of the plier like implement to cut off the caulking tube tip and a V-shaped ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419046 | Chrome plate remover The present invention is designed to easily and quickly remove chrome plating from the end of a copper or brass tube to prepare the tube for soldering. The device resembles a conventional tubing cutter with a special angled peeling blade in the position n... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419047 | Stainless steel plier-type cutters Plier-type cutters for cutting metal objects having a pair of plier halves which are each of one piece construction and made of a hardenable stainless steel. Each plier half has a cutting edge hardened to a cutting hardness suitable for cutting the metal ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419048 | Cutting tool A three bladed cutting tool (10) with a middle blade (16) provided between the other two blades (12,14). The middle blade (16) is pivotal relative to the other two blades (12,14). A thin ribbon of swarf (102) is removed from the sheet material (100) in a ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419049 | Foldable eating utensil A foldable eating utensil includes an elongate handle member having a food-engaging blade extending integrally from one end thereof when operatively disposed, the blade being hingedly connected about a transverse axis to the inner edge of a connector plat... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419050 | Range adjustable laser sight for bows An adjustable laser beam sight comprises a supporting plate and first, second and third serially arranged and rotationally coupled levers mounted on the supporting plate by two pivots. The first pivot rotationally couples the first lever to the supporting... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419051 | Bowsight A bowsight for attachment to a bow. The bowsight has a crosswire frame which is supported by a bracket held to the bow. A pin slide is formed in an inner frame member and has a cylindrical opening. The pins are held on discs which slide into the cylindric... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419052 | Field land survey light A field land survey light adapted for securement between a target and a prism. The light includes a hollow cylindrical housing having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper portion, and a lower portion. The light further includes a lens positioned within... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419053 | Measuring tool A measuring tool includes a primary body having an elongate rectangular primary ruler with a primary protractor at one end describing a segment of a circle. A secondary body is provided having a pair of parallel spaced members. Each of the parallel spaced... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419054 | Triangular drafting instrument A flat triangular piece, usually of shatter resistant plastic, is formed with straight edges and is used in connection with a T-square for drawing perpendicular lines and geometric shapes. The outside peripheral corners are rounded for safety purposes and... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419055 | Construction apparatus Construction apparatus used for positioning column base brackets, for positioning hold down plates used to position anchor bolts for steel beams, for constructing brick or block walls and columns, and for positioning concrete forms.... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419056 | Centerless gaging apparatus for checking the concentricity and straightness of shank-type tools and the like A cylindrical portion of the tool or workpiece is rotatably supported by two pairs of spherical rollers rotatably carried by two pairs of holders mounted on first and second upright supports secured to a bed. The second support is adjustable to change the... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419057 | Floor joist square A template square (10) for marking a length of floor joist lumber to be cut into a floor joist board for mounting to a support beam in the center sill support framework of a building. The template plate (10) comprises notches (26,27), slots (31), flange p... | 05/30/1995 |
