Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7549543 | Cylindrical sieve In a cylindrical sieve, a first frame 7 is provided with a first ring plate 7a arranged in a radial direction and a ring plate 7b extended inward in an axial direction X of the sieve from an inner end of the first ring plate 7 | 06/23/2009 |
| 7413086 | Inline sifter An inline sifter including a gas-powder mixture receiving module which receives a mixture of a gas and powdery material from an inlet, a sieving module which communicates with a supply chamber of the gas-powder mixture receiving module, a rotating mechanism which is... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7093718 | Inline sifter A booster 8 extending in an internal area 53 of a sieve 7 is attached to the outer circumferential face of a rotating shaft 6. The booster 8 has four blades 82, which are radially extended from the outer circumferential face... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055696 | Rotary valve type magnetic foreign matter remover A rotary valve allowing a rotor to be stored rotatably in a tubular powder granular material feeding chamber in a casing, storing and feeding powder granular material received from a powder granular material feed port to the troughs of the rotor, and discharging the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 5649338 | Automatic interior cleaning system for a powdered material processing device An automatic interior cleaning system for a powdered material processing device cleans interior surfaces of powdered material processing devices such as silos, mixers, and dust collectors. A compressor and an accumulator tank supply a cleaning gas, prefer... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5613824 | Automatic bag opening device An automatic bag opening device includes a housing having a bag intake opening for receiving a filled shipping bag. A bag assist plate forms a chute, allowing the bag to slide down and rest on a bag rest. A hollow penetrator penetrates the bag to hold it ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5564555 | Screw conveyor for transporting powder with automatic air washing device A hollow shaft of a screw conveyor for transporting powder material receives pressurized air in its interior. A plurality of openings through the wall of the hollow shall permits the pressurized air to exit energetically to prevent build-up of the powder ... | 10/15/1996 |
