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(...) Nice work. With the exhaust sealed off, I figure the piston will move up and down gradually and gracefully rather than the quick movement that we're used too, because of the cushioning effect. This would be fine for an application like a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Mega Bloks wins SCOC ruling on Lego trademark
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(...) Bryan Wong spotted this story earlier and posted about it (URL) here,> but thanks for the heads-up as well. This is good news on all counts, IMO. Since it amounts to an across-the-board dismissal of LEGO's "trademark" claim (in Canada, at (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) No - exhaust! (...) You need to eventually discharge the compressed air (or vacuum) in a pneumatic system. Interestingly enough, this is the first time I heard of a pneumatic system using compressed air and vacuum at the same time. Usually (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Here we go. I finally got some pictures of my progress. (URL) The tank represents the load on the circuit. (URL) And this is with the ram for the load. I am very pleased to find that it works. (URL) Its interesting to me too. Rather odd that (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Canadian courts have ruled that Mega Bloks can continue to sell its products in Canada. From (URL) article, "Lego sought an injunction and damages from Mega Bloks. Lego believed it had a trademark on the look of the knobs on its blocks. After losing (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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