Talk:The Clapper

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don't do it—Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.41.18.140 (talk • contribs) 13:30, 11 September 2007

So if you plug a TV into this thing, you have to reset the clock every time you turn it on?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk • contribs) 23:35, November 18, 2007

Yes, unless you have an old-school TV with 13 channels selected by a knob, in which case you should probably get a new TV. Charles 05:22, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Inductance[edit]

Does it work with ALL items that may be plugged into a standard outlet? HID light ballasts often kill standard timer switches. Is The Clapper any different? Alvis 09:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sources[edit]

can you get it from kissing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 20:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the article does say that it can be activated by intercourse [1] so maybe there's a link there. E Eng 02:20, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bruce Almighty[edit]

Would it not be more accurate to say that the Clapper was "referenced" by Bruce Almighty rather than "appeared"? Because God quite clearly says that he doesn't have a Clapper, but does find the jingle catchy. R'win (talk) 13:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Movie Le Casse[edit]

The french movie Le Casse has an hilarious scene with a clapper type device to switch light on and off. When Jean-Paul Belmondo starts slapping Dyan Cannon, light goes on and off. The weird thing is that this movie was made before the clapper patent... --Tilman (talk) 17:25, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The patent is for technology (or technical principles) and not for idea. Like people thought about flying devices like birds for centuries before invention of plane.59.162.170.113 (talk) 08:07, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Patent Info[edit]

There is something wrong about the patent info. It says here that the patent was:

Publication date Feb 20, 1996
Filing date May 7, 1993.

While the article says it was in 1983. Am I missing something here? --Jak123 (talk) 12:33, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Entirely possible for the product to be introduced well before the patent. Do we have a source for when the product was introduced? Googling seems to imply mid-'80s Joseph_Enterprises says: brand name: 1966!, design patent granted 1988. There was also a first, failed design that harmed the appliances, so perhaps that's the 80's design. --24.228.96.165 (talk) 09:31, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you think a product can be introduced well before the patent, then you know nothing about patents. This patent is for certain improved implementations of the basic idea -- better circuitry etc. E Eng 23:59, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Some products do have "patent pending" on them.--Auric talk 20:48, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In the US you have one year from the time you start marketing the invention, or otherwise disclosing it, it apply for a patent; in many other jurisdictions you don't even get the year. While you're waiting for a determination on the patent ("patent pending") you can go ahead and sell the product. Anyway, like I said this patent doesn't cover the idea of a clap-actuated control device, but rather a particular way of implementing such a device. Undoubtedly it's just one of numerous such patents on this kind of device. E Eng 20:57, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]