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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5968235 | Method for VOC abatement A VOC (volatile organic compounds) adsorbent material is treated with a masking agent to reduce its affinity for VOC's to a level that the material can be regenerated at a predetermined low temperature which will not desorb the masking agent. Preferably, ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5944045 | Solvent circuit A circuit is provided for the circulation of solvent to and from a valve having a movable component and a housing for movably housing the movable component. The movable component has a first orientation with respect to the housing in which it permits the ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5843536 | Coating material dispensing and charging system A coating material dispensing and charging system comprises first electrical conductors extending between first electrically non-conductive supporting members, a power supply coupled across the first conductors and articles to be coated to maintain a high... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5836517 | Spray gun with fluid valve A spray gun having a fluid flow control valve which is preferably located in a spray head. The flow control valve eliminates the need to change the spray head or fluid tip to change the flow rate in a suction feed and/or gravity feed paint spray gun when ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5816501 | Disposable paint container liner and method A disposable liner for a pressure feed paint cup and a method for using such liner. A lid is removed from the paint cup and a disposable liner bag is inserted into the cup while an open end of the liner bag extends from the open cup end. The open liner ba... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5814132 | Method for VOC abatement and paint spray booth incorporating such method A VOC (volatile organic compounds) adsorbent material such as an alumino-silicate gel desiccant is treated with a masking agent to reduce its affinity for VOC's to a level that the material can be regenerated at a predetermined low temperature which will ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5787928 | Valve structure A valve has a housing and a component movable within the housing. The housing has first, second, third and fourth ports formed in it. The movable component has a first passageway formed in it. Movement of the movable component within the housing selective... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5746831 | Voltage block A coating system comprises a source of electrically non-insulative coating material, a dispenser for dispensing the coating material toward an article to be coated thereby, an electrostatic high potential supply for supplying charge to the coating materia... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5711485 | Pneumatic trigger valve for spray gun The invention is directed to an improved pneumatic valve for use in paint spray guns of the type having a pneumatic trigger operating mode. When actuated by a trigger, the valve vents a pressurized chamber in the spray gun, causing a piston to move to ope... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5662278 | Method for treating non-conductive rotary atomizer A fluent, electrically non-insulative coating composition for an electrically non-conductive rotary atomizer comprises about one-tenth to about one-seventh, by weight, short oil alkyds, about one-fourth to about one-third, by weight, phenolic, and about o... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5639027 | Two component external mix spray gun A two component external mix spray gun having a pneumatically operated valve for controlling the injection of a catalyst into pattern shaping air passages in the gun. The catalyst is contacted with the atomized fluid externally to the spray gun. A trigger... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5633306 | Nonincendive rotary atomizer A fluent, electrically non-insulative coating composition for an electrically non-conductive rotary atomizer comprises about one-tenth to about one-seventh, by weight, short oil alkyds, about one-fourth to about one-third, by weight, phenolic, and about o... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5632448 | Rotary powder applicator A system for atomizing and dispensing powder comprises a fluidized powder bed for entraining the powder fluidized in a bearing air stream, a dispenser, and a motor for rotating the dispenser. The dispenser has a somewhat bell-shaped interior. The motor ha... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5632816 | Voltage block A coating system comprises a source of electrically non-insulative coating material, a dispenser for dispensing the coating material toward an article to be coated thereby, an electrostatic high potential for supplying charge to the coating material, mean... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5622563 | Nonincedive rotary atomizer A resistor housing includes passageways to accommodate high potential electrical connectors. Connection is made from one of the connectors through a high voltage cable assembly to one output of a power supply. The cable assembly includes a length of high ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5582350 | Hand held paint spray gun with top mounted paint cup A hand held paint spray gun having a top mounted paint cup which extends from the rear of a gun body at an angle of 30°&#b1;10° to an axis about which the atomized paint is discharged. A retainer ring secures a lid on the cup. The lid seals to both the ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5538189 | Swivel fluid fitting A robot is provided for manipulating an atomizing device. The robot has an arm having a proximal end for coupling to a robot controller and a distal end for supporting the atomizing device. The atomizing device is coupled to the source of fluid to be atom... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5456023 | Advance cure paint spray booth An advanced cure paint spray booth in which a high volume flow of air is directed over the surfaces of a freshly painted workpiece such as an automobile to accelerate drying. A squirrel cage blower or other high volume blower directs a flow of spray booth... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456414 | Suction feed nozzle assembly for HVLP spray gun For an HVLP paint spray gun, an improved suction feed nozzle assembly including a fluid tip and an air cap. The air cap directs an annular flow of atomization air around a fluid discharge orifice formed by a tubular portion on the fluid tip to aspirate fl... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5433387 | Nonincendive rotary atomizer A rotary atomizer includes an inside surface onto which a coating material is deposited, an opposite outside surface and a discharge zone adjacent the rotary atomizer's inside and outside surfaces, coating material being discharged from the discharge zone... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5413283 | Quick disconnect for an automatic coating device A quick disconnect for a coating material dispensing device includes a passageway through which coating material is supplied from a supply conduit for dispensing. The supply conduit includes a first region along its length provided with a surrounding O-ri... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5411210 | Automatic coating using conductive coating materials A device for atomizing and dispensing a first liquid coating material onto a first group of one or more articles to be coated by the first coating material and then for dispensing a second liquid coating material onto a second group of one or more article... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5395054 | Fluid and air hose system for hand held paint spray gun Light weight fluid and compressed air supply hoses are attached to a hand held paint spray gun. The heavier air hose is attached through a swivel fitting to permit the gun to rotate relative to the air hose. One or more generally e-shaped clips secured al... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5364033 | Seal for spray gun A seal assembly for providing multiple fluid tight seals about a valve needle or other axially moveable shaft, such as a valve needle in a spray gun. The seal assembly is disposed in a chamber through which the shaft passes. Two conical sealing surfaces a... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5344078 | Nozzle assembly for HVLP spray gun An improved nozzle assembly for an HVLP paint spray gun. The nozzle assembly includes at least an air cap and a fluid tip, and preferably also includes a baffle for uniformly distributing air flow through the nozzle assembly. The fluid tip has a conical f... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5335854 | Electrically insulated pressure feed paint reservoir An electrically isolating pressure feed paint reservoir suitable for holding electrically conductive paint applied with an electrostatic spray gun. A paint container is located in an electrically insulated housing which is mounted on a dolly for portabili... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5332159 | Spray gun with dual mode trigger A paint spray gun having a dual operating mode trigger. The trigger pivots on a gun body about an axis. The two operating modes are selected by radially positioning the trigger relative to the axis. In a first operating mode, fluid flow to a nozzle is gra... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5332156 | Spray gun with removable cover and method for securing a cover to a spray gun A removable cover for a paint spray gun and similar tools. The cover is formed into two halves which enclose opposite sides of the gun. A tab on the front of each cover half is retained in a notch in the gun. Rear ends of the cover halves are releasable s... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5330108 | Spray gun having both mechanical and pneumatic valve actuation An ergonomic hand held paint spray gun which reduces operator fatigue and stress. The handle of spray gun has an ergonomically designed shape and the size of the handle may be changed through the use of different size handle covers. The spray gun has a pl... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5318065 | Color valve multiplexer A coating material dispensing system comprises a hazardous area and a non-hazardous area. Multiple coating material type controls have coating material input ports, coating material output ports, and control ports for controlling the passage of a type of ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5289974 | Spray gun having trigger overtravel protection and maximum flow adjustment knob warning An improved hand held spray gun. The spray gun includes at least one manual trigger which when squeezed moves a valve needle to initiate fluid flow. A knob is provided to adjust the maximum fluid flow when the trigger is squeezed. When the trigger is rele... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5284299 | Pressure compensated HVLP spray gun HVLP spray gun capable of operating from a source of high pressure air. Compressed air is delivered to the gun through a relatively small diameter air hose. A pressure compensated control valve is mounted in the spray gun to reduce the air pressure delive... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5259879 | Powder application booth liner and method of making it A powder coating booth and a construction method therefor comprise a pair of inflatable polymer walls defining between them a booth inner space, a booth entry end and a booth exit end, and supporting the inflatable walls in spaced orientation to define be... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5236129 | Ergonomic hand held paint spray gun An ergonomic hand held paint spray gun which reduces operator fatigue and stress. The handle of spray gun has an ergonomically designed shape and the size of the handle may be changed through the use of different size handle covers. The spray gun has a pl... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5209405 | Baffle for HVLP paint spray gun A replaceable baffle for dropping high pressure air to low pressure air for atomization and for pattern shaping in a high volume low pressure (HVLP) air paint spray gun. The baffle has a first plurality of orifices for distributing and dropping the air pr... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5205849 | Air filter having a low internal pressure drop Disposable air filter includes a filter element formed from a stacked plurality of annular disks. The disks are formed from a sorptive material and expand upon absorption of oil or water droplets. The disks are slightly compressed by a movable baffle. The... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5199989 | Powder booth floor wiping mechanism A pulverulent coating material application and reclaiming system comprises a booth including a floor, a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed ends. Articles to be coated are conveyed through the booth between the walls and above the floor for c... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193750 | Peristaltic voltage block roller actuator A peristaltic voltage block (34) couples a dispenser (10) to a source (20) of coating material. The peristaltic voltage block (34) has a length (220) of resilient conduit, a wall against which the resilient conduit lies in generally planar loops (222), an... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5178330 | Electrostatic high voltage, low pressure paint spray gun Easily replaceable pressure reducers are located at the front of the spray gun behind the air and fluid nozzles. These reducers are calibrated and marked for use with a particular air/fluid nozzle combination and maintain ࣘ10 psig exit air pressure. If ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5154357 | Peristaltic voltage blocks A coating material dispensing system comprises an electrostatic high potential supply having an output terminal on which the supply maintains a high electrostatic potential, a source of coating material, and a dispenser for dispensing the coating material... | 10/13/1992 |
