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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 |
| 5931074 | Press device A press device which can be produced at a lower price includes a slide cam base, a slide cam guided by the slide cam base for mounting a machining member such as a punch, a biasing member provided between the slide cam base and the slide cam for biasing t... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931075 | Method and apparatus for cutting flat tube A continuously-fed flat tube is cut into sub tubes each having a given length. The flat tube has multiple ports therein. A pair of roller cutters are enabled to follow the flat tube at a zero relative speed between the roller cutters and the flat tube. Th... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931076 | Rope construction A method for construction of a large diameter braided rope. The rope is formed of high strength, low elongation synthetic fibers which are twisted together at a twist factor in the range from about 125 to about 145 to form a plurality of comparatively sma... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931077 | Braiding machine eyelet tube support and drive mechanism A braiding machine comprises a frame, a plurality of rotors on the frame and rotatable about rotor axes arranged about a braiding axis, drive gears for rotating adjacent ones of the rotors in opposite directions, and a plurality of strand shuttles which a... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931078 | Hydrostatic drive system A hydrostatic drive system has a demand-responsive pump and at least one hydraulic circuit or consumer connected to it. Each consumer can be actuated by a directional control valve which acts as a throttle in intermediate positions. For the distribution o... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931079 | Variable capacity swash plate compressor A variable capacity swash plate compressor includes a plurality of pistons slidably received in a plurality of cylinder bores, respectively, a rotating member rigidly fitted on the drive shaft, for rotation in unison with the drive shaft, a swash plate mo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931080 | Espresso coffee machine provided with a device for whipping milk Espresso coffee machine provided with a device for whipping milk. It includes at least a coffee dispenser (5) and a whipping device (19) inserted in the stream supplying duct (9). The stream supplying is integral with a member rotatory about a vertical sh... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931081 | Electrical deep-fryer The present invention features an electrical, frying appliance that uniformly cooks food items placed within its food basket. This frying appliance automatically immerses and extracts the cooking basket into and out of an aluminum oil bowl containing heat... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931082 | Double boiler for domestic use A double boiler for domestic use includes a heating vessel for receiving water and a filtering device containing food, the vessel having a lid on the top; a main case having a reception hollow and a heater at one side so that the heating vessel is mounted... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931083 | Apparatus and system for conditioning food products Apparatus for high speed grilling and/or conditioning of a food product which comprises: a heatable surface which is capable caramelizing the food product at a temperature in the range between about 425° F. to 575° F.; a chamber for enclosing the food p... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931084 | Method and apparatus for searing and cooking food products A method and apparatus for efficiently making grill marks on both sides of a plurality of food products while simultaneously cooking the plurality of food products. The food products may include hamburgers, chicken breast, soy products, etc. A continuous ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931085 | Portable adjustable grill apparatus A portable, adjustable grill apparatus for cooking over a source of heat, including at least three grill legs having respective upper ends and lower ends, the grill legs being interconnected at the upper ends and angularly spaced relative to each other, a... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931086 | Apparatus for the assembly of sandwich products In one embodiment, the present invention relates to an apparatus for the sequential assembly of a sandwich-type comestible product, such as an ice cream sandwich, and comprises an essentially horizontal conveyor, sequentially placed wafer dispensing assem... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931087 | SpencCracker, an apparatus for shucking pecans An apparatus for shucking pecans having a stator, which is a trapezoidal front plate with a pair of adjoining tapered side-walls with longitudinal edges, a mounting bracket for immobilizing the stator, and a chute which is a reservoir for the pecans, wher... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931088 | Bulbous or tuberous crop surface treating apparatus Apparatus for treating the surface of bulbous or tuberous crops, comprising a substantially tubular treatment channel inclining upwards in the main direction of transport and comprising a top wall and a bottom wall, the bottom wall being made up of a numb... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931089 | Bale starting chamber with tensioning device A round baler for forming round bales of crop material includes side-by-side belts trained for movement between a starting position and a finish position around a series of stationary rollers including a forward baler roller and a rear baler roller spaced... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931090 | Printer A printer of the type wrapping a master around a print drum and pressing a sheet against the master with the print drum or a press drum is disclosed. A pulse encoder is mounted on the press drum for sensing changes in the rotation speed of the press drum,... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931091 | Multicolor offset perfecting press A multicolor offset perfecting press comprising a printing station having offset cylinders, plate cylinders in contact and operatively associated with the offset cylinders, and compression cylinders and at least one intermediate cylinder both having their... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931092 | Device for catching a torn web of printed material In connection with a device for catching a torn web of printed material with a roller actuated by a drive-mechanism, the roller is arranged within an area where the tearing of webs is likely to happen, preferably behind the last roller unit of a rotationa... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931093 | Pneumatic sheet guiding device in a printing machine A device for guiding a sheet as it is conveyed through a deliverer or between printing units of a sheet-fed printing machine is provided. The sheet guiding device includes a guide surface which has a plurality of openings therein and a housing which is ar... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931094 | Web press twist registration correction A twist registration machine for use in adjusting twist registration in printing presses of the type that comprise a plurality of aligned print towers mounted on a support, the twist registration machine and a method for adjusting twist registration of pr... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931095 | Method and apparatus for dusting products, especially printed products To dust printed products, it is proposed to arrange a powder-gas mixture delivery nozzle arrangement in a flow of transport gas that has a speed component opposite to the direction in which the products to be dusted are conveyed.... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931096 | Cleaning cloth for a cleaning device on a printing machine In a cleaning device on a printing press for cleaning outer cylindrical surfaces of cylinders and rollers, there is provided a cleaning cloth unwindable from a supply roll and guidable via a pressure bar to a drivable soiled-cloth take-up roll, the cleani... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931097 | Laser imageable lithographic printing member A laser imageable direct write printing member for use with a laser producing laser radiation comprising a flexible sheet of plastic having first and second surfaces serving as a film substrate. A vacuum-deposited laser ablative coating is carried by said... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931098 | Robot mounted printhead The present invention relates to a mechanism for and method of applying labels, printing images, or scanning a feature on the surface of a substrate. The mechanism (1) comprises a read/write/apply means (4) for reading, writing or applying the information... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931099 | Model train set with storage means and variable track arrangement A model train set includes a base member having two base member sections that are connected together in a horizontal arrangement such that an upper surface is formed. The upper surface has a continuous integral trackway disposed thereon. The model train s... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931100 | Track-supported playground shuttle A playground shuttle device includes a track having an upper surface and a lower surface and a support structure connected to and supporting the track. The shuttle device includes a shuttle having a housing defining a chamber through which the track trave... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931101 | Light weight draft sill The present invention provides a lightweight draft sill end casting for use with railroad cars. Weight reductions are achieved and adequate strength is maintained by using a set of front ribs and back ribs, with angled top and bottom ribs. The back rib se... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931102 | Ergonomic support device An ergonomic support device having a platform supported by a telescoping support arm which is in turn adjustably supported on a vertical post. The vertical post may be clamped to a desk, table, or the like so that the platform is elevated relative to a de... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931103 | Computer desk A desk for supporting computer includes a top panel having a slot formed in the middle portion for engaging with a casing which is formed on a rear portion of a plate. The plate includes a front hook for engaging with the front portion of the top panel fo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931104 | Pivotal hinge security safe A pivotal hinge for a security safe that includes a cabinet (20) with a door opening (48) in the front having recessed doorjambs (30) and (46). The cabinet is smooth and devoid of any through-holes or hardware for attachment purposes. A door (50) is posit... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931105 | Sensor plugs for a seed tube Sensor plugs are used to fill in sensor apertures formed in the front and rear walls of seed tubes used on row crop planters. The size of the plug and the depth of the plug is dictated by the diameter of the sensor aperture and the thickness of the walls ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931106 | Buttonhole sewing machine, with a needle-thread clamp and cutter A sewing machine, in particular a buttonhole sewing machine, is equipped with needle-thread-clamping scissors which have a lower half provided with a cutting edge at its tip portion. They further have an upper half pivotal relative to the lower half and h... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931107 | Advanced stitching head for making stitches in a textile article having variable thickness A stitching head for a computer numerically controlled stitching machine includes a thread tensioning mechanism for automatically adjusting thread tension according to the thickness of the material being stitched. The stitching head also includes a mechan... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931108 | Process and automatic sewing machine for sewing a flap with a rough closing edge and a pocket on a fabric part in one operation A preparation station including a fabric support plate, a folding plate and a positioning support for a flap of a flap pocket. The fabric part to which the pocket is to be connected, is supported by the fabric support plate. The flap, and possibly the poc... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931109 | Sail A sail, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises an inner membrane and two outer membranes, each attached substantially around the periphery of a respective side of the sail to form a respective pocket. The camber of the inner membrane ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931110 | Vessel direction control system for small-scale vessel A fishing boat has a direction sensor disposed at a midship of the boat for detecting as a vessel direction a direction of a bow of the boat, an outboard motor attached to the bow for controlling the vessel direction, and a control unit responsive to a de... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931111 | Ship hatch cover A ship hatch cover of lightweight, water impervious sheet material covers the hatch of a ship to permit loading of bulk materials during inclement weather while protecting the cargo from potential damage or spoiling from rainwater or other contaminants. T... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931112 | Easy-releasing cleat An easy-releasing cleat for sailboat deck equipment includes a sheave against which the rope can be pressed by a toothed roller rotatably mounted on an axle. The a toothed roller is provided with a controlable lock which can be set either in an unlocked p... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931113 | Floating drive on dry dock assembly having a supporting beam A floating, drive-on dock for personal or commercial watercraft is assembled from a combination of hollow, air-tight floatation units. The dock includes a beam formed from a plurality of floatation units coupled together positioned underneath and attached... | 08/03/1999 |
