[QuadList] Semi-OT: SuperGlue discoverer passed away--How might ithave been used on Quad machines?

[Ted Langdell]

Maybe Tony Korte will jump in about that.

Ted


On Mar 28, 2011, at 8:54 AM, <bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv> <bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv 
 > wrote:

> I believe the vacuum tubes on the headwheel guide block and base are  
> sealed with Eastman 910.
>
> Bill Spencer
> NorthStar Studios, Inc.
> 3201 Dickerson Pike
> Nashville, TN 37207
> (615) 650-6610
> CP (615) 445-5616
>
> From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com 
> ] On Behalf Of Ted Langdell
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:22 AM
> To: Quad List
> Subject: [QuadList] Semi-OT: SuperGlue discoverer passed away--How  
> might ithave been used on Quad machines?
>
> The Kodak chemist that discovered Cyanoacrylate's adhesive  
> properties during World War II died in Kingsport, Tennesee, Saturday.
>
> Harry Wesley Coover, Jr.had 460 patents and introduced more than 320  
> new products for Kodak, and retired in 1984 as a Kodak vice  
> president.  Coover was 94.
>
> During wartime research on clear plastic gunsights, he discovered  
> the adhesive while working with acrylates. Unfortunately for  
> Coover's project, the gunsights stuck to everything they came in  
> contact with.
>
> The substance found a use in 1951, when another Kodak researcher  
> used it in a lens experiment and found it impossible to separate two  
> lenses he'd coated with Cyanoacrylate and then pressed together.
>
> Cyanoacrylate came to market in 1958 as Eastman 910.
>
> Later known as SuperGlue, Coover's patent had expired by the time  
> the sticky stuff became a household name.
>
> Coover was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation  
> last year by President Obama. He was inducted into the National  
> Inventor's Hall of Fame in 2004.
>
> What uses for Cyanoacrylate did manufacturers and engineers find on  
> Quad machines?
>
> Ted
>
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Ted Langdell
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