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A spirit duplicator (also Rexograph and Ditto machine in North America, Banda machine and Fordigraph machine in the U.K. and Australia) is a printing method invented in 1923 by Wilhelm Ritzerfeld, which was used for most of the 20th century. The term "spirit duplicator" refers to the alcohols that were the principal solvents used in generating ...
Front view of a Quickcakes-brand pancake machine, with various condiments atop the machine Commercial pancake machines are typically used in the commercial foodservice and hospitality industries. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Popcake is an international company that produces Popcake-brand pancake machines, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] which can produce 200 pancakes per hour.
The coffee vending machine was invented in the United States by the Rudd-Melikian company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1947, and the machine was named the Kwik Kafe.[a] [12] The machine would drop a paper cup through a chute onto a platform and fill the cup with hot coffee prepared using instant coffee and hot water. [13]
Duplicating machines were the predecessors of modern document-reproduction technology. They have now been replaced by digital duplicators, scanners , laser printers , and photocopiers , but for many years they were the primary means of reproducing documents for limited-run distribution.
The Napier Vacuum Machine by James Robert Napier, presented in 1840, was an early example of this technique. [2] While vacuum coffee makers generally were excessively complex for everyday use, they were prized for producing a clear brew, and were quite popular until the middle of the twentieth century.
Coca-Cola Freestyle is a touch screen soda fountain introduced by The Coca-Cola Company in 2009. The machine features 165 [1] [2] [3] different Coca-Cola drink products, [4] as well as custom flavors. [5]
Joseph Herscher is a YouTube personality known for his channel Joseph's Machines. Herscher is a kinetic artist who specializes in making comical chain-reaction machines. [2] He made his first machine, the Lolly Machine, when he was five. [3] He was a 2013 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina ...
In the eleventh and final series of Big Brother UK and the Ultimate Big Brother series, a fortune teller machine named Bob Righter (an anagram of Big Brother), was present in the main living area of the house. In the first few weeks of the series, after an eviction, the machine would tell a good or bad fortune to one of the current housemates.