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 |
| 7909069 | System and method for automatically adjusting an ORVR compatible stage II vapor recovery system to maintain a desired air-to-liquid (A/L) ratio A system and method for automatically adjusting an ORVR-compatible Stage II vapor recovery system to maintain the air-to-liquid (A/L) ratio within desired tolerances or limits to meet regulatory and/or other requirements. An air flow sensor (AFS) or vapor flow meter... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7721770 | Method of operating a device for filling a tank with cryogenically stored fuel A method for operating a device for filling a tank for storing fuel as condensed gas for a consumer that can be operated with cryogenically stored fuel. Included is at least one filling line and one extraction line for connecting to a filling device on a gas-station... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7578320 | Flexible storage bag The flexible bag includes overlaying first and second sidewalls that provide an internal volume that can be accessed via an opening. To evacuate air from the internal volume after the open top edge has been closed, the bag includes a one-way valve element attached t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7395755 | Container crusher and method of use thereof An aesthetic and useful device for enclosing a vacuum pump within a framed enclosure for the evacuation of air from used containers is herein disclosed. An enclosure for a vacuum pump comprises a latching access door, a lid, and a container-staging area that extends... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367660 | Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus is provided which can be composed of fewer number of parts and easily controlled. In the ink-jet recording apparatus, one pressurized unit such as a pressurized pump for ink supply is used. An open/close state switching member which op... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362407 | Method of fabricating liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device including forming a UV-hardening sealant on at least one of the first and second substrates, dropping a liquid crystal on one of the first and second substrates, attaching the first and second subs... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357159 | Container treatment device with a gas curtain Equipment for treating open beverage containers (3), e.g. by filling or closing, comprising: a treatment site (1), to which a container (3) can be delivered for treatment, and at which a treatment element (2) is situated that acts upon th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353848 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a filling device and a filling machine having such a filling device A beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage filling material having a filling device and a filling machine having such a filling device. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. ยง1.72(b). As stated in 37... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353703 | Method for detecting the fuel quantity during the refueling of a motor vehicle In an example method for detecting the fuel quantity during the refueling of a motor vehicle, the volume of the fuel conducted to the motor vehicle during the refueling operation and the temperature of the fuel are measured. The measured volume is corrected to prede... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350546 | Filling valve apparatus having a quick connect/release mechanism A filling valve apparatus having a flange for mounting to a beverage filling machine. A shank extends through the flange and is mounted to the beverage filling machine. A locking device is coupled to the shank with the locking device having an unlocked position loos... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347541 | Liquid tank A liquid tank includes a liquid chamber for holding liquid and an absorption chamber containing an absorber for absorbing and holding the liquid. The liquid chamber and the absorption chamber are separated by a partition. The partition has a communication part allow... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347231 | Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a filling machine for filling bottles with a liquid beverage Beverage bottling plant for filling bottles with a liquid beverage having a filling machine for filling bottles and other beverage containers with a liquid beverage. The filling machine having a gas tube being configured and disposed to permit evacuation of gas from... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343682 | Technique for filling bearing clearance of fluid-dynamic-pressure bearing unit with oil Fluid-dynamic-pressure bearing manufacturing method for more efficient and fail-safe degassing of bearing oil. Method makes it possible to prevent the generation of air bubbles in the course of an oil-charging operation that amounts to a step following degassing, an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341078 | Automatic container bulk filling process An automatic bulk filling process for filling a large number of liquid containers (20) simultaneously which consists of placing the open-topped liquid containers upside down in a rack (22). The rack is then inserted into a vacuum chamber (28) an... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324184 | Indicator for deciding grinding amount of liquid crystal display panel and method for detecting grinding failure using the same An indicator for deciding a grinding amount of a liquid crystal display panel and a method for detecting grinding failure using the same are disclosed in the present invention. The indicator includes at least one alignment mark formed at a gate pad unit and a data p... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319503 | Method for cutting liquid crystal display panel A method for cutting a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed in the present invention. The method includes forming a plurality of unit liquid crystal display panels on first and second mother substrates, wherein the unit liquid crystal display panels have at lea... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316750 | Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display utilizing the dispense-injection method, and it is an object of the invention to provide a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display which allows an optimum quantity of liqu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314068 | Apparatus for replacing gas in storage container and method for replacing gas therewith While gas in a general storage container with no gas inlet and in the storage container with the gas inlet is replaced in a short time, the semiconductor wafer surface is cleaned. In an apparatus for replacing gas in a semiconductor wafer storage container which inc... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311228 | Liquid crystal dispensing apparatus A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus for dispensing liquid crystal onto a substrate includes a liquid crystal container, a nozzle structure, and a valve structure. The liquid crystal container contains the liquid crystal to be dispensed. The nozzle structure is dis... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308913 | Liquid filling method, liquid filling apparatus, and discharge apparatus A liquid filling apparatus includes a discharge head having a cavity for storing liquid, a nozzle communicated with the cavity, and a discharge device for discharging liquid stored in the cavity through the nozzle. In addition, the apparatus includes a liquid supply... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292304 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME COMPRISING A DUMMY COLUMN SPACER TO REGULATE A LIQUID CRYSTAL FLOW AND A SUPPLEMENTAL DUMMY COLUMN SPACER FORMED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND ALONG THE DUMMY COLUMN SPACER A liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed in the present invention. The liquid crystal display panel includes first and second substrates facing into each other, a column spacer in a pixel region between the substrates, a dum... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275417 | Fueling system vapor recovery and containment performance monitor and method of operation thereof A method and apparatus for monitoring and determining fuel vapor recovery performance is disclosed. The dispensing of liquid fuel into a tank by a conventional gas pump nozzle naturally displaces a mixture of air and fuel ullage vapor in the tank. These displaced va... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271904 | Seal dispenser for fabricating liquid crystal display panel and method for detecting discontinuous portion of seal pattern using the same A seal dispenser for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel and a method for detecting a discontinuous portion of a seal pattern using the same are disclosed in the present invention. The seal dispenser for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes a t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270587 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display devices, method for using the apparatus, and device produced by the method An apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes a unitary vacuum processing chamber, a upper stage affixing a second substrate and a lower stage affixing a first substrate, and a substrate receiving system provided within the vacuum processin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267072 | Dry cargo submarine with air-charge cargo hold Submarines with air-charged cargo holds are provided. The pressurize hull of a traditional submarine's cargo hold is replaced by non-pressurized hull, which lowers costs for transporting dry cargo and solves strength and seal problems raised when providing large ope... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264342 | Liquid container and printing apparatus using the same An intermediate chamber 7 is provided in a liquid storage chamber 6 of a liquid container 1, for separating the liquid storage chamber 6 from a chamber 5 for accommodating a negative pressure generating member. The intermediate cha... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258142 | Method for correctively controlling gas recirculation system at filling station A gas recirculation system at a filling station is controlled during a refuelling process by generating a corrective control signal used for the next refuelling process, to actuate the gas recirculation system and control the gas volume flow, based on the fuel volum... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255147 | Bonding device for fabricating liquid crystal display and substrate for fabricating liquid crystal display A bonding device for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes a vacuum chamber, an upper stage and a lower stage within the vacuum chamber, a stage moving system moving at least one of the upper and lower stages, a plurality of first observation holes formed th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249618 | Device for filling a flexible pouch A device (1) fills a flexible pouch (100) with medicinal fluids. The pouch is mounted with its distal end (113) upward and attached to a filling infuser (110) which is supported in a supporting bore (121). A neck end of the supply ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250989 | Substrate bonding apparatus having alignment system with one end provided inside vacuum chamber for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a vacuum processing chamber, a lower stage provided in an interior of the vacuum chamber, an upper stage provided in the interior of the vacuum chamber and having at least one first through h... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246639 | Suspended containment system The present invention provides methods and apparatus for containing aircraft fuel. According to some embodiments the apparatus includes a structural connector comprising an open shape, a first surface and a second surface, a seal defining a suction area disposed in ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244160 | Liquid crystal display device bonding apparatus and method of using the same A liquid crystal display device bonding apparatus includes a chamber part for bonding substrates together, a plurality of moving elements within the chamber part, and at least one origin verifying system provided along moving paths of the moving elements. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243483 | Beverage bottling plant for filling containers, such as bottles and cans, with a liquid beverage, a filling machine for filling containers with a liquid, and a method for filling containers with the filling machine A method for hot bottling of a liquid in bottles, kegs or similar containers using a filling machine that has a plurality of filling elements, each filling element has a liquid duct disposed at a dispensing opening and a valve for dispensing the hot liquid to the co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240696 | Device for damping pressure pulsations A device for damping pressure pulsations, in electronically regulatable vehicle brake systems for damping the pressure pulsations that are caused by pressure generators in a hydraulic circuit connected to it. The device has a housing which encloses a damping chamber... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7214283 | Working range setting method for bonding device for fabricating liquid crystal display devices A working range setting method of a bonding device includes identifying a model of a first substrate, extracting a set value corresponding to a working range of working elements according to the identified model, and setting the working range of the corresponding wo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210336 | Gas link leak evacuation and monitoring system An apparatus and method for evacuating gas from the soil surrounding a leaking gas conduit utilizes non-sparking and static dissipating components to reduce the risk of an explosion. The evacuation of gas from probes in boreholes in the vicinity of the leak is induc... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207505 | Method for producing small granules A method for quickly forming a high value powdered feed materials, particularly pharmaceuticals, into small, durable granules using known elements of process equipment, comprising the steps of mixing the feed materials with a wetting solution in a high shear mixer o... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7196763 | Liquid crystal display panel and method for fabricating the same The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same including a main UV sealant on a substrate, a first dummy UV sealant outside the main UV sealant, and a second dummy UV sealant outside the first dummy UV sealant. | 03/27/2007 |
| 7171990 | Contoured surface defueling fitting A method and apparatus for defueling an aircraft. The apparatus includes a defueling fitting comprising one or more structural connectors, which may include one or more suction cups. The suction cups are disposed in a mount. The suction cups may be raised from a sur... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168463 | Method of charging dynamic-pressure bearing device with lubricating fluid, and method of inspecting dynamic-pressure bearing device Method of charging dynamic-pressure bearing device with lubricating fluid. Preparatorily, lubricating fluid is put into a vacuum chamber and the chamber is vacuum-evacuated to subject the lubricating fluid to a degassing process. An appropriate quantity of fluid is ... | 01/30/2007 |
