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In Canada, Norman James Breakey invented a paint roller in 1940, had it patented in Canada, [1] and produced it in a home factory. [2] After WW II, he sold at least 50,000 of the paint rollers under the name Koton Kotor and it was also sold as the TECO roller by Eaton's.
Paint roller – invented by Norman James Breakey of Toronto in 1940 [7] [18] Robertson screw – invented by Peter L. Robertson in 1908; Rotary vane pump – invented by Charles Barnes and patented in 1874; Toggling harpoon – an Inuit tool used by Inuit while whale or seal hunting to impale the animal when thrown
In 1886, Schlicht & Field of Rochester, N.Y., introduced the Rapid Roller Damp-Leaf Copier, a roller copier, which used pressure supplied by rollers to copy letters onto a roll of dampened paper. After copies were pressed onto the paper, the paper entered the cabinet under the copier, where it dried on a large roller.
Colored toner became available in the 1940s, [citation needed] although full-color copiers were not commercially available until 1968, when 3M released the Color-in-Color copier, which used a dye sublimation process rather than conventional electrostatic technology. Xerox introduced the first electrostatic color-copier (the 6500) in 1973.
In 1866, Sherwin-Williams in the United States opened as a large paint-maker and invented a paint that could be used from the tin without preparation. It was only when the stimulus of World War II created a shortage of linseed oil in the supply market that artificial resins, or alkyds, were invented. Cheap and easy to make, they held the color ...
Nicholas McKay, Sr. (December 8, 1920 – November 15, 2014) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. [1] His most well-known (and first commercial) product was the Lint Pic-Up, the world's first lint roller.
In 1863, James Leonard Plimpton of Medford, Massachusetts, invented the first four-wheeled roller skates arranged in two side-by-side pairs. Before Plimpton's invention, all wheels on the bottom of roller skates were inline. [163] 1863 Double-barreled cannon. The double-barreled cannon prototype located in Athens, Georgia
Lewis Paul (died 1759) was the original inventor of roller spinning, ... though some licences were granted in satisfaction of debts. In 1741, ...