Patent of the Day: Coin-Controlled Vending Machine
On this day in 1916 Harvey Giles was granted the patent for COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE. U.S. Patent No. 1.198.210. The invention as presented in this application in what is commonly known as a…
Patent of the Day: Illuminating Tile
On this day in 1890 John W. Mark was granted the patent for ILLUMINATING TILE. U.S. Patent No. 436,085. The design of this invention is to secure increased light-transmitting capacity for…
Patent of the Day: Apparatus for the Distillation of Tar
On this day in 1891, Frederic Lennard was granted the patent for APPARATUS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF TAR. U.S. Patent No. 459,123. The object of this invention is to provide means whereby the…
Patent of the Day: Elastic Fluid Turbine
On this day in 1897, Charles G. Curtis was granted the patent for ELASTIC FLUID TURBINE. U.S. Patent No. 589,422. The expanding-nozzles which have heretofore been used or proposed for converting the…
Patent of the Day: Apparatus for the Prevention of Seasickness
icag.biz/customers.html On this day in 1904 Carl Brendel, Ph.D., was granted the patent for Apparatus for the Prevention of Seasickness. U.S. Patent No. 769,466. The object of this invention is to…
Back to School Patent of the Day: Scientific Calculator
Assignee Hewlett-Packard Company and Inventors Peter Dickinson, Thomas E. Osborne, France Rode and Allen H. Baum were granted the patent for Scientific Calculator on July 12, 1977. U.S. Patent No.…
Back to School Patent of the Day: Loose-Leaf Spiral Notebook
James Francis Key was granted the patent for Loose-Leaf Spiral Notebook on January 14, 1941. U.S. Patent No. 2,228,355. The primary purpose of this invention is to provide a loose-leaf notebook held…
Back to School Patent of the Day: Wall Mounted Combination Chalkboard, Projector Screen and Information Display Apparatus
On May 2, 1972, Adelard L. Aubin, Jr., was granted the patent for Wall Mounted Combination Chalkboard, Projector Screen and Information Display Apparatus. U.S. Patent No. 3,659,355. An upright wall…
Back to School Patent of the Day: Talking Backpack
Dianne Sims was granted the patent for Talking Backpack on April 27, 1999. U.S. Patent No. 5,897,042. A combination backpack and audio cassette system wherein the audio cassette system, separately…
Back to School Patent of the Day: One-Piece Combination Clip
The One-Piece Combination Clip was granted on July 13, 1976 as U.S. Patent No. 3,968,546. It is known as the first Trapper Keeper®. The one-piece molded clip for holding a tablet or sheets of paper…
Patent of the Day: Steam Turbine
On this day in 1902 Charles Richard Schulz m was granted the patent for Steam Turbine. U.S. Patent No. 707,727. This invention relates to controlling or valve mechanism for steam-turbines and is…
Patent of the Day: Ultrasonic Cleaning of Allograft Bone
On this day in 1998 Lloyd Wolfinbarger Jr. was granted the patent for Ultrasonic Cleaning of Allograft Bone. U.S. Patent No. 5,797,871. The invention is directed to a method for cleaning cadaveric…