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

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

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

Bruce Almighty

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

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]

The Avengers

There is no clapper system in the avengers. No lights go on or off during the battle between hulk and thor. It doesn't happen when hulk punches thor in the cathedral either. Anyone mind explaining why this reference was put in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enzosbox (talk • contribs) 22:11, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Patent Info

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]