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 |
| 5680672 | Dust removing fan system for circular knitting machines A fan blower apparatus for use in connection with circular knitting machines includes a relatively small diameter frame to which a drive motor is mounted. The drive motor rotates an L-shaped platform about a vertical axis. The platform supports a fan unit... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5679006 | Multichannel electrical connector without and electro-magnetic barrier between the channels The invention relates to a multichannel electrical connector, each channel consisting of a coaxial contact element including a central conductor and an outer conductor, means of connection to a printed-circuit board and an electrically conducting pin conn... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5673955 | Pan gripper or the like with spring anchor A gripping device or the like, particularly for gripping hot pans. First and second movable members are formed by molding with structural plastic material. One of the members has a pivot post extending laterally and defining a pivot axis. The other movabl... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5669647 | Pan gripper or the like A gripping device or the like, particularly for gripping hot pans. First and second movable members are formed by molding with structural plastic material. One of the members has an integral pivot post extending laterally and defining a pivot axis. The ot... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5669155 | Suction drum system for processing web materials particularly knitted fabrics A suction drum dryer, for knitted fabrics and the like, is provided with an adjustable width bellows mechanism for masking side margins of the drums not occupied by the fabric web. Ambient air draw into the suction drums is thus caused to flow substantial... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5665434 | Processes for coating molded plastic substrates with aqueous coating compositions Aqueous coating composition based on polyols with ammonium groups and polyisocyanates, which coating composition may contain pigments and/or extenders, customary lacquer additives and one or more organic solvents, and contains A) as binder at least one (m... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5659983 | Device for filling in a trench dug in the sea bed in order to cover a pipe laid down in the trench An improved trench-filling device for covering a pipe and filling in a trench dug in a sea bed, characterized in that the device comprises two sets of nozzles (6,7) arranged above and proximate to the sea bed on both sides of the trench (1), the nozzles p... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5661199 | Hydroxyl group containing binder, a process for its preparation, and its use A non-aqueous dispersion containing, in addition to organic solvents, A) from 15-85% by weight of a dissolved film-forming component of hydroxyl group- and carboxyl-group containing polyesters, (meth)acrylic copolymers or mixtures thereof in which up to half t... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5658617 | Aqueous dispersion of polyurethane resins, a method of manufacturing them, coating agents containing them and use thereof A method of manufacturing aqueous dipsersion of polyurethane resins free from urea groups and containing ionic groups and suitable for coating agents, with a number average moleculear weight (Mn) of 10,000 to 300,000 and an acid number of 5 to 50, by prep... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655275 | Adjustment and cleaning mechanisms for compressive shrinkage apparatus A mechanical compressive shrinkage machine, especially for tubular and open width knitted fabrics, and of the type comprising feeding and retarding rollers cooperating with entry side and exit blades forming a compressive shrinkage zone between the roller... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5651319 | Car body carrier A carrier of car bodies having front wheels and rear wheels mounted from respective front and rear axes, by rolling the car body on the wheels on a floor along a generally horizontal direction of carriage, the carrier having a front wheel direction regula... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5644793 | Dispensible, disposable reversible forearm protector A dispensable, disposable reversible forearm protector is made up from continuous webs of composite material. Each of two laminated webs, comprised of a layer of soft, absorbent paper toweling or the like and a moisture impermeable layer of thermoplastic ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5644818 | Fabric distributor A distributing mechanism for depositing wet processed fabric in rope-form in a container. A tubular distributing guide is mounted for pivoting movement on a distributing ring rotatable about a vertical axis. Ribbed support rollers on the distributing ring... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5643194 | Subcutaneous valve and device for externally setting it A subcutaneous vane for the external regulation of fluid flow, said valve including a body comprising a substantially cylindrical and flat internal chamber having a central axis; an inlet pipe and a drain pipe formed in the lateral wall of said chamber an... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5639028 | Nozzle for generating and projecting a directed stream of liquid drops A nozzle particularly adapted for use in connection with mist oil lubricating units removes the mist oil from the carrier gas, collects the removed oil, and reintroduces it into the interior of the carrier gas flow such that it may be carried in the form ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5639905 | Process for preparing N-phenyl-N-methoxyacetyl-DL-alanine methyl ester derivatives Process for the preparation of N-phenyl-N-methoxyacetyl-DL-alanine methyl ester derivatives of the formula (I). ##STR1## wherein R is a C1-4 alkyl residue; and n is a cardinal number between from 1 to 3, which comprises reacting an N-metho... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5639252 | High-frequency electrical connector also providing a switching function The invention relates to a high-frequency electrical connector which includes a first connector element comprising a first conductor and an earth conductor, and a second connector element comprising a second conductor, an earth conductor and a third condu... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5619875 | Flexible ring device A flexible ring device, such as a key ring for example, is formed of a section of flexible material, such as metal cable or plastic anchored at one end to a coupling sleeve. The free end of the flexible section carries a coupling plug which can be inserte... | 04/15/1997 |
