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 |
| 8133344 | Process for production of hollow-fiber membrane bundles The present invention relates to a method of producing a hollow fiber membrane bundle having an end fixed with a casting material wherein the ends of hollow fiber membranes are fixed with the casting material in a condition that an insert is placed inside a hollow f... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8066842 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a composite material A method of manufacturing a composite material, the method comprising: providing a first layer (14) of CNTs reinforcement elements (13) with liquid matrix material in interstitial gaps between the reinforcement elements; dipping a second layer of reinf... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8012300 | Balloon catheter having a shaft with a variable stiffness inner tubular member A catheter having an elongated shaft and a balloon on a distal shaft section, the elongated shaft comprising an outer tubular member, and an inner tubular member which has a bonded portion along which an outer surface of the inner tubular member is bonded to an inne... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7972465 | Reinforced multi-lumen catheter A reinforced multi-lumen catheter and method of manufacturing the same. An assembly for manufacturing the multi-lumen catheter includes a catheter body substrate including a septum, one or more mandrels, a reinforcing element and one or more sleeves. The septum may ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972464 | Mat member, method of fabricating mat member, exhaust gas treating apparatus, and silencing device A mat member includes inorganic fibers, a first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, an edge surface surrounding the first main surface and the second main surface, and an inorganic fiber scattering reduction unit. The inorganic fi... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7754046 | Process for structurally joining modular hollow columns or rods generically elongated in shape and the product obtained A process for the production of a hollow structural column or rod in polymers includes the steps of assembling two or more elongated modules, each one provided with male-female truncated cone-shaped terminal parts. The inner surface of the ‘female’ terminal part... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749352 | Process for making bi-tapered reinforcing fibers Non-fractured, non-fibrillatable short fibers, for reinforcing matrix materials such as concrete, have substantially uniform transverse cross-sectional areas along their length for maximum efficiency in pull-out resistance, and two different tapering characteristics... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7699956 | Method and a machine for making a cell structure The invention relates to a method for making a cellular structure (1) comprising a plurality of elements (2), in which method a first plurality of elements (2) is provided that form a first row (3) of elements, and that furthermore a seco... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7438777 | Lightweight high-tensile, high-tear strength bicomponent nonwoven fabrics A method of producing a nonwoven fabric comprising spinning a set of bicomponent fibers which include an external fiber component and an internal fiber component. The external fiber enwraps said internal fiber and has a higher elongation to break value than the inte... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422787 | Oriented strand boards Oriented strand board (OSB), comprising a core layer and two face layers, whereby the face layers comprise an adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive composition in at least one of the face layers comprises a resin composition comprising melamine, formaldehyde, o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7402225 | Veil with a PVOH fibre binding agent The process according to the invention comprises: a step in which chopped filaments and discontinuous PVOH fibers are dispersed in a process water, followed by a step in which a bed is formed in a forming device by... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399375 | Connecting conduits to components of fluid handling devices A component of a fluid handling system has a wall that separates an interior of the component from an exterior of the component. A channel passes completely through the wall for receiving a conduit therein. A trough is formed on an exterior of the component. A sidew... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393428 | Method for making a thermal interface material A thermal interface material includes a matrix, a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and at least one phase change layer. The matrix includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. The carbon nanotubes are embedded in the matrix uniformly. The carbon nanotubes ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387976 | Composite fiber structure and method for producing the same A web containing comprising side-by-side or eccentric core/shell conjugate short fibers A, which contain two kinds of polyester different from each other in intrinsic viscosity, and elastic conjugate fibers B, which contain a thermoplastic elastomer having a melting... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7371787 | Methods of incorporating treatment agents into wood based composite products A treated wood-based composite is formed by treating a green wood furnish with an amount of a treating agent effective to increase the value of the resulting wood-based composite. The treating agent can be, for example, a fire retardant, a wood preservative, a dye, ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371305 | Tube connecting apparatus and tube connecting method A tube-joining apparatus capable of stably and reliably joining tubes where liquid is contained and sealed. In a tube joining apparatus, a first clamp (6) and second clamp (7) for pressing and holding tubes (8, 9) are arranged in a contact state... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361241 | Filamentary nonwoven bandage fabric In order to produce a nonwoven fabric having elastomeric properties spun filaments (1), consisting preferably (but not essentially) of cellulose material such as cellulose acetate or solvent spun rayon, not in yarn formats, are corrugated or crimped in an ove... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7323079 | Production process of core material for vacuum insulation material A core material for a vacuum insulation material is produced by forming under heat a mat of inorganic fibers with an uncured, thermosetting organic binder adhered thereon into the core material while pressing the mat for at least 30 seconds such that a density of th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7294218 | Composite material with improved structural, acoustic and thermal properties A method of forming a multilayer insulation material formed of an acoustical composite layer and a first thermal layer is provided. The acoustical and insulting layer is formed of a polymer based thermoplastic material and reinforcing fibers. Preferably the reinforc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279059 | Polymer/WUCS mat for use in automotive applications An acoustical and thermally absorbent chopped strand mat formed of thermoplastic bonding materials and bundles of reinforcing fibers is provided. The reinforcing fibers are preferably wet use chopped strand glass fibers (WUCS). The thermoplastic bonding materials ma... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7265169 | Adhesive compositions and methods of using and making the same Adhesive compositions produced from abundant and renewable resources such as lignocellulosic materials, particularly decayed lignocellulosic materials or demethylated lignin. Other components present in particular examples of the adhesive compositions include relati... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264876 | Polymer-wrapped single wall carbon nanotubes The present invention relates to new compositions of matter and articles of manufacture comprising SWNTs as nanometer scale conducting rods dispersed in an electrically-insulating matrix. These compositions of matter have novel and useful electrical, mechanical, and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258761 | Multi-step preheating processes for manufacturing wood based composites A method for the production of a wood composite board is provided that comprises the steps of: providing a quantity of wood in the form of strands; coating the wood strands with a binder composition to from coated strands; forming a mat from the coated strands; expo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252729 | Polymer/WUCS mat for use in sheet molding compounds A method of forming a molding mat formed bundles of reinforcing fibers and bonding materials is provided. The reinforcing fibers are preferably wet use chopped strand glass fibers (WUCS). The bonding materials may be any thermosetting material having a melting point... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7228606 | Method for producing a piezoelectric transducer A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric transducer including piezoelectric fibers in a polymer matrix is described. The piezoelectric fibers or fiber segments are jacketed with a liquid polymer substance in such a way that a distribution of longitudinal axes of th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226522 | Method for the production of a mineral fibre product The present invention is directed to method of bonding mineral fibers in a mineral fiber material, according to which an acid is applied to the mineral fiber material in an amount sufficient to dissolve mineral material from the fiber to form a silica containing bin... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217332 | Brush filament bundles and preparation thereof Methods and devices are provided for forming filament bundles of long, continuous strands of filaments. The methods include bonding the long, continuous stands of filaments together so that they cannot move axially with respect to any other filament in the bundle. M... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208064 | Method for embossing air-laid webs using laser engraved heated hard rubber embossing rolls A method of making an embossed air-laid absorbent sheet includes: depositing a dry web of fibers on a foraminous support; embossing the compacted web with a laser engraved roll provided with a hard rubber embossing surface having an embossing pattern with a depth of... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207152 | Method for handling, labeling and filling syringes An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206483 | Method of forming a plurality of optical waveguide bundles A method of forming a plurality of optical waveguide bundles may include arranging a plurality of optical waveguides in a substantially coplanar configuration, constraining a distal portion of the plurality of optical waveguides with an initial distal constraint, an... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200984 | Consumable staple refill The present invention is directed to a device and method for building a consumable refill that includes the steps of fabricating a plurality of arrays of detachably connected consumable parts along a first direction, stacking the arrays of detachably connected consu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195810 | Air-laid absorbent sheet with sinuate emboss An absorbent sheet made from an air-laid fiber web includes a functional emboss pattern of a continuous (wave-like) shape extending in the machine direction of the sheet. The emboss pattern defines a plurality of compressed regions operative to preferentially convey... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192499 | Nonwoven fabric with characteristics similar to woven and knitted fabrics A nonwoven fabric having characteristics resembling woven and knitted fabrics is produced by extruding a plurality of plural component fibers, where each fiber includes first and second polymer components with the first polymer component having a degree of shrinkage... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182831 | Method and device for moistening fibrous raw materials with binding agents The disclosure includes a method for gluing fibrous raw materials, which improves the even distribution of the binding agent on the fibers considerably. The disclosure furthermore describes a device for performing the gluing process. The disclosure suggests a method... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176149 | High-performance absorbent structure Disclosed is an absorbent structure having wet integrity greater than about 4.0 mN/gsm, softness greater than 8.0/J, pliability greater than about 70/N, and providing a substantially dry liquid-accepting surface after receiving a quantity of liquid. The structure in... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169250 | Nanofibrous articles Nanofibrous articles can be manufactured by a process that includes preparation of a surface of a substrate to provide an adhesion mechanism for securing the nanofibers to the surface. The nanofibers can be dispersed in an area near the substrate for the purpose of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169246 | Process and device for the placement and fixing of a sheet of filaments for the production of scrims A process and a device are suggested for the placement and fixing of a sheet, which is at least partially implemented as a closed flat structure, of filaments, lying essentially in a plane, for the production of scrims having the filament sheet, wherein the filament... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160500 | Method of fabricating a micro device The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a micro device, comprising the steps of pressing an upper mold formed with a plurality of recesses for molding a plurality of rods and a lower mold formed with a seat recess for molding a plate supporting the ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147815 | Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) bicomponent fiber process A process for the preparation of a side-by-side or eccentric sheath-core bicomponent fiber wherein each component comprises a different poly(trimethylene terephthalate) composition. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147745 | Bamboo beam and process Bamboo building material and process of manufacture therefor. The material includes a plurality of layers each formed of bamboo segments which have been dried and glue coated. The segments are substantially free of outer nodes and husk and inner membrane material pr... | 12/12/2006 |
