...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357595 | Pavement removal machine Portland Cement Concrete with steel reinforcement mats or rods used in airport runways, highways, and other objects need to have the cement broken up for recycling or disposal and the steel mat reused or the steel recycled. The pavement removal machine lifts the con... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7311627 | Drive arrangement for the drive of attached implements for a vehicle The present invention concerns a drive arrangement for the drive of attached implements for a vehicle, particularly an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle, with a combination gearbox, an electrical machine and a power take-off shaft, where a gearbox interface... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7156185 | Soil stabilizer with track apparatus A soil stabilizer treating earth includes a stabilizer frame, a rotor rotatably mounted thereon and including a cutting tool for cutting earth and being movable such that the rotor may engage various depths of earth, a rotatable axle, and a track apparatus mounted o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7069675 | Power tilt apparatus In a power tilt apparatus in which an operation state of a cylinder apparatus is switched between an extension side and a compression side in accordance with an oil feeding direction of a pump apparatus by a switching valve apparatus provided in a pipe passage conne... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6988571 | Crawler tractor The purpose of the invention is to enable a crawler tractor to brake and stop certainly without applying a load to an engine and a driving mechanism, and without complicated operation. An operation link links a conic linkage (53) which links a steering wheel ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 5957215 | Apparatus for preparing of a ground surface of an arena The invention relates to a device for reconditioning the ground area of an arena in a riding hall or in an open riding course, which the device comprises a chassis which spans the breath of the ground area and can be moved lengthwise backwards and forward... | 09/28/1999 |
| 4944353 | Agricultural machine An agricultural machine comprises a self-propelled chassis (1) and an arrangement for displacement of the working member (9) over the field surface, comprising a hermetic chamber (3) with a port (4), a source (2) of a fluid agent pumped into the chamber (... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4819738 | Vehicle for supporting an implement An implement supporting vehicle comprises an elongate implement support frame, along one side of which two drive units which propel the vehicle are mounted equidistance from the center of the vehicle. Two castor wheels are mounted along the other side of ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4791996 | Agricultural tractor with lightweight frame and front and rear wheels forming substantially continuous wheel path A tractor having a high power-to-weight ratio (power 100 kw, weight 3500 kg) is obtained by using light-weight components (e.g., made from synthetic resin) for the cab, and by making the wheels smaller than is usual, i.e., with a diameter of 1.3 meters, a... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4694872 | High performance drive tire arrangement for agricultural tractors A lightweight device for obtaining improved performance of rubber tired vehicles. The arrangement has high-strength, thin-gauged traction intensifying means secured to the driving member for a tire, having a smooth or shallow tread, providing improved dra... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4693331 | Tractor boom An elongated boom is pivotally mounted to the forward portion of a tractor and includes a pair of drive/steering wheels mounted to the forward end portion thereof. An electrically actuated, hydraulic control system provides for direction control and rotat... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4679634 | Apparatus for extending the frame of a tractor An apparatus for extending the frame of a conventional tractor whereby an agricultural implement may be mounted between the front and rear wheels of the tractor. A tractor is converted to an extended frame tractor by dismounting the front wheels of the tr... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4639008 | Self-propelling vehicle with two axle units cantilevered together A self-propelling commercial vehicle, especially a tractor-like agricultural vehicle, with two units each having an unsprung axle, of which the first unit, as drive unit, includes a drive aggregate and a driver place located within the area of its end coo... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4540054 | Cultivating attachment for crop harvester support vehicle A cultivator for attachment to a crop harvester including at least one tool frame member with soil tilling tools adjustably mounted relative thereto. A shaft is provided rotatably mounted relative to a support frame of the crop harvester. An actuating mem... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4537268 | Hydraulic connection means between a vehicle body and a track-mounted hydraulic motor A hydraulically driven track-type vehicle having conduit assemblies for hydraulic fluid connected between hydraulic motors respectively mounted on track frames for driving the vehicle and hydraulic fluid pipes mounted on the vehicle body. Each of the cond... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4483552 | Independent telescopic suspension A floating axle assembly for a vehicle. The assembly comprises an axle extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and beneath its frame. Wheels are connected to the axle and reinforcement members extend rearwardly from the axle to attach... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4364438 | Dual tractor road grader with double arched center frame A double arch center frame employs a depending center arch to mount by a ball and socket connection the leading end of a draw bar and yoke assembly. Bell cranks pivotably mounted to yoke plates borne by the arched center frame intermediate of the center a... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4279312 | Dual tractor road grader with double arched center frame A double arch center frame employs a depending center arch to mount by a ball and socket connection the leading end of a draw bar and yoke assembly. Bell cranks pivotably mounted to yoke plates borne by the arched center frame intermediate of the center a... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4266617 | Tractor with full-floating tool bar A tractor having a frame supported by ground-engaging drive wheels, a tool bar carried by the tractor and on which various implements may be mounted, the tool bar being universally mounted on the frame whereby the implement may be raised above or lowered ... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4266625 | Traction vehicle A traction vehicle includes a frame module formed principally from a plurality of platelike structural elements permanently fixed together to provide substantial rigidity for supplying and withstanding relatively large forces. Elongated boxlike drive asse... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4174757 | Material ripping vehicle A material ripping vehicle includes first and second traction units, and a frame having an upright pivot axis for steerably connecting the traction units. The second traction unit has a pair of spaced apart ground engaging members and a ripping apparatus ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4171023 | Triple tractor assembly First and second tractors are connected by a coupling device in a first row, and a third tractor is disposed in substantially parallel relation thereto in a juxtaposed second row. An implement assembly is connected to one of the first and second tractors ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4140186 | Heavy-duty ripper for dual traction unit An earthmoving apparatus has first and second traction units and a connecting device for connecting the second traction unit to the first traction unit in rearwardly spaced relationship. A ripper is carried by the connecting device intermediate the tracti... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4124079 | Driven implement connected to rockable motor of a vehicle A self-propelled tiller-planter including a motor providing hydraulic motive power for various operating mechanisms. A tiller pushed by said planter and hydraulic means is provided for lifting and lowering the tiller assembly into inoperative position abo... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4094373 | Method and apparatus for converting an agriculture machine to a tractor A Cultivator Planter comprising a traction wheel assembly of substantial width which is releasably connected to a steerable portion to push the steerable portion. The traction wheel assembly comprising two sections which are releasably connected together ... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4037544 | Agricultural machine A self-propelled agricultural machine which includes a vehicle capable of automonously advancing when driven, and an assembly of implements capable of processing the soil during advancement of the vehicle. The machine includes a primary source of mechanic... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4036304 | Wheel mounting for cultivator planter A self propelled apparatus providing a cultivator, planter units and fertilizer tanks. A traction wheel assembly composed of a plurality of wheels adapted to propel the entire apparatus forwardly by pushing. The plurality of traction wheels being mounted ... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3994349 | Apparatus for reclaiming strip-mined land Apparatus and method are provided for reclaiming strip mined land. The apparatus generally comprises a leading tractor and a trailing tractor and an elongated adjustable side casting blade angularly disposed between and connected to the tractors. Control ... | 11/30/1976 |