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 |
| 5223076 | Mechanism for assemblying and adhering sheets together A mechanism and method for applying adhesive to a sheet at an adhesive applying station from a mechanism adjacent the adhesive applying station for applying adhesive. A sheet support mechanism is provided adjacent the adhesive applying station. A moving m... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5194114 | Means for making a sealed envelope A mechanism for applying adhesive to a sheet comprising a plurality of glue applicators comprising valves or nozzles adapted to form a charge of adhesive at the tip of each. The sheet is moved toward the nozzles to permit adhesive spots to be deposited on... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5188144 | Plug valve A plug valve having a body with an inlet, an outlet and a plug-receiving opening which intersects the inlet and outlet. A plug is mounted in the opening and has an outer wall and an orifice extending therethrough. The plug is movable from an operative pos... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5169259 | Adjustable foot insert A foot element with exterior threads on a portion of its surface is die cast or injection molded. Two half sleeves are die cast or injection molded, and are each half cylindrical in shape and have threads on the inside surfaces of the half sleeves and one... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5137593 | Method of assembling and adhering sheets together A mechanism and method for applying adhesive to a sheet at an adhesive applying station from a mechanism adjacent the adhesive applying station for applying adhesive. A sheet support mechanism is provided adjacent the adhesive applying station. A moving m... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5122779 | Stage programmable light sequencer for a toy A light sequencer for a toy having a simple way for individually varying the on and off times of each stage of a chain or ring. Each stage has a light controlling amplifier/switch whose gain is individually controlled by a hysteresis element. When the vol... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5120587 | Support binder A support binder in the form of a scrim having a plurality of spaced frame elements forming openings. Foam material surrounds said frame elements and extends into some of said openings. The foam material has a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating thereon. ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5096537 | Tower spray dryer with hot and cool air supply A tower spray dryer for spray drying a product having a vertically oriented drying chamber. A spray nozzle is provided above the drying chamber which sprays a product into said drying chamber. A heater is provided for supplying hot air to a plenum tube ab... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5086562 | Utility knife A utility knife having a main body formed from a pair of body halves which are assembled together. The main body has an opening at the front with means to prevent the pair of body halves from spreading apart and with means to prevent the blade from swayin... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5082564 | Method and means for desalination of seawater and brackish water The method and mechanism for desalinating seawater and brackish water in which saline water is divided into inside and outside streams. The inside stream is moved through the inside of a transport membrane. The outside stream moves across the outside of t... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5072921 | Feeding mechanism A mechanism for feeding sheets having a feed belt on front and rear rollers. A singulator assembly overlying and in contact with the feed belt. An auxiliary roller interposed between said front and rear rollers, with the singulation assembly in contact wi... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5069118 | Mechanism and method for agglomerating food powders A spray drying mechanism for agglomerating food powders in which a standard spray dryer having a drying chamber is used. Spray nozzles extend into the drying chamber and are supplied with an agglomerating medium which the spray nozzles spray into the dryi... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5039077 | Multibin feeder A multibin feeder having a plurality of bins. A stack of sheets in the bins. Each sheet having data thereon. A mechanism for storing predetermined data. Each sheet is fed from the bins. Reading means are provided to read the data on each sheet before the ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5035067 | Air flow control mechanism for spray dryers A mechanism for controlling the air flow in a spray dryer having a plurality of air tubes for conducting air into the spray dryer. Each air tube has inner and outer edges. Movable control mechanisms are mounted each air tube which are movable beyond the o... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5033608 | Screw conveyor A screw conveyor mechanism mounted within the trough assembly. One end of said screw conveyor is removably mounted on the trough assembly. A drive shaft is provided for rotating the screw conveyor with the drive shaft being removably connected to the oute... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5031322 | Utility knife A utility knife having a main body formed from a pair of body halves which are assembled together. The main body has an opening at the front with means to prevent the pair of body halves from spreading apart and with means to prevent the blade from swayin... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5003864 | Geared air actuator A geared air actuator comprising a piston mounted for movement within a housing. The piston has a front wall and a hollow body portion which extends rearwardly from the front wall. A spring is mounted within the hollow body portion of said piston. When pn... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5000657 | Two-way conveyor A two-way conveyor having an accumulating station for accumulating a plurality of sheets. A mechanism for determining in which direction the sheets are to be moved is also provided as well as a mechanism for moving the sheets in one direction or the other... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4989852 | Electronic publishing system Mechanism for assembling a document from a plurality of predetermined sheets having a central controller, with a plurality of modules. The sheets are moved past each of said modules. One of said modules is a feed module which feeds the sheets. The feeder ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4954032 | Anti-backlash nut An anti-backlash nut having a pair of nut segments, each with an internal threaded bore adapted to receive a threaded bolt. One nut segment has a portion insertable within the other nut segment and interlocking means are provided to lock the two nut segme... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4946157 | Sheet loading and unloading mechanism A mechanism for feeding sheets deposited in a container which has side walls, end walls and a bottom moveably mounted within the container on which the said sheets are deposited. An exit mouth is provided in one of the walls. The moveable bottom has slots... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4946413 | Multi-use toy A multiple-use toy in the form of a useful article having the configuration of a type of article recognizable by children and being of a generally normal size for that type of article, and a toy set of miniature size built into said useful article, the us... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4944610 | Bearing seal and retainer A bearing retainer and seal is described which is snapped into locking engagement on a bearing mounted in a pillow block. The retainer includes an interior circular locking flange which snaps into locking grooves on the outer surfaces of the bearings wher... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4930218 | Utility knife A utility knife having a main body formed from a pair of body portions which are assembled together. The main body has an opening at the front with means to prevent the pair of body portions from spreading apart and with means to prevent the blade from sw... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4925180 | Feeding mechanism A feeding mechanism for stacking and moving sheets of paper and the like in which sheets are moved to a stacking area where they are held stationary and accumulate in a stack. The stack is released and moved away from the stacking area after a predetermin... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925362 | Feeding mechanism A feeding mechanism for stacking and moving sheets of paper and the like in which sheets are moved to a stacking area where they are held stationary and accumulate in a stack. The stack is released and moved away from the stacking area after a predetermin... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4922556 | Flushing means An improved flushing means is disclosed for use in water tanks such as are for flushing toilets. The flushing means has a water inlet with an improved two-stage valve using inlet line pressure for operating the two stages. A float is movably mounted on th... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4869602 | Bearing seal and retainer A bearing retainer and seal is described which is snapped into locking engagement on a bearing mounted in a pillow block. The retainer includes an interior circular locking flange which snaps into locking grooves on the outer surfaces of the bearings wher... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4853852 | Means for marketing A marketing tool having portable lap computer for recording a sales call made by a salesman of an employer on a customer. The information of the call is transmitted from the lap computer to a master computer and at the end of the day, the master computer ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4842011 | Flushing means An improved flushing means is disclosed for use in water tanks such as are for flushing toilets. The flushing means has a water inlet with an improved two-stage valve using inlet line pressure for operating the two stages. A float is movably mounted on th... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4836423 | Pump dispenser package The preferred package of this invention has a fluent or paste containing body portion with a pump, nozzle and cover combination mounted at its top. The cover is rotatably mounted on the body portion of the container so that it may be turned through a half... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4813561 | Composite retortable closure A closure is described for sealing retortable containers. The closure has a disc shaped metal cover with a grooved sealing portion at its outer edge containing a sealant and a plastic ring for engaging the container. A clamping action holds sealant in the... | 03/21/1989 |
