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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1983
Page
17
A guide from Don Nunes reviews practical steps for moving a computer system. It covers salvaging packing materials, using styrofoam inserts and bubble wrap, choosing a reputable mover, adding insurance, anchoring moving parts, and keeping floppy disks or tapes in a car to avoid heat and static damage.
The U S Patent and Trademark Office in Washington announces recent patent grants detailing newly issued inventions across various fields. Each patent specifies the inventor or assignee and the official patent number and issue date.
A satellite retrieval system designed for use by space shuttles has been patented for NASA. Engineers from Essex Corp. developed grappling bars and a rectangular rod with a knob to secure an attached satellite. Four satellites have launched to perform communications and observation, while the new gear could recover a disabled satellite pending future vehicle installations.
A new RCA patent assigns control of television programs and telephone calls to a handheld remote. David J. Carlson of RCA Indianapolis is listed as inventor. The device lets a watcher interrupt TV, dial numbers, and operate lights from the chair, with no manufacturing yet started.
William C. Dino and Stephen L. Johnson patent a pill counter with a housing and top entrance chute. Pills slide along a tray and pass an electromagnetic counter, while a digital readout on the cabinet displays the count.
A conference with the European and Japanese Patent Offices will be held in Washington by the Patent and Trademark Office October 17 through 19. Commissioner Gerald J. Mossinghoff called the meeting a key step toward international computerized data exchange by 1990. The partners already have automation pacts and foreign inventor interest is shown by last week’s patent counts including 76 Japanese and 65 West German general and mechanical patents.
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