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 |
| 7322206 | Device for refrigerating and/or freezing products A device for refrigerating and/or freezing products in which the products are conveyed by a conveyor belt through a treatment zone equipped with refrigeration equipment. The conveyor belt passes over sliding rails which are mounted on a supporting frame. To prevent ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310968 | Device for freezing and/or refrigerating articles in a refrigeration room equipped with a fan A device for freezing and/or refrigerating articles, in which at least one cold gas generating device is provided in a refrigeration room and at least one fan is provided for distributing the cold gas in the refrigeration room. The fan is connected to a drive motor.... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264112 | Method for cooling components subjected to high temperatures Heat is transferred away from the rollers and base of a printer heater by introducing chilled water into the rollers and the base. The paper upon which print has been applied remains at an elevated temperature so that the drying of the print is not delayed. A conven... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7228960 | Hot material conveyor A conveyor for hot material comprising a conveying unit for conveying the hot material, a material delivery unit for delivering the hot material to the conveying unit, a housing for covering at least a portion of the length of the conveying unit, introduction device... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222738 | Sorting system for multiple conveyor belts An apparatus and a method for sorting workpieces (204) includes multiple conveyors (201, 202), a scanner (208), an offloading device (216), a workpiece processor (218), and a computer (210). The computer has instructions for... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7197883 | Cooling or heating with multi-pass fluid flow Apparatus and methods for cooling or heating product by passing it through a tunnel in which gaseous heat transfer medium such as cryogen vapor or steam is impinged toward the product and then drawn away from the product in a manner that minimizes intersection with ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7111474 | Device for removing gas from freezing installations by suction The invention relates to a device for cooling products to be cooled, said device comprising a carrier for products to be cooled, a housing, a coolant supply for supplying coolant into the housing, and at least one opening of the housing for supplying and extracting ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7071589 | Method and system for reducing bearing fluting in electromechanical machine A non-conductive insulating ring (210) is inserted between a motor bell (130) and a motor bearing (135) that supports a motor shaft (110). Stray currents that normally discharge thorough the motor shaft and the motor bearing to the motor ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6994204 | Device for heating escalators or moving walkways A device for heating components of an escalator or a moving sidewalk comprises at least one heating element that is mounted in a pivotal manner so that hot air emerging from the heating element can be directed onto a respective component of the escalator or moving s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6786322 | Cooling tunnel for flexible packages filled with hot liquid products Cooling tunnel for flexible packages filled with hot liquid products. The cooling tunnel is applicable to automatic packaging installations and comprises a main conveyor belt (1) adapted for the transport of packages (2) filled with hot liquid products... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6698582 | Belt for the thermal treatment of a continuously operated material bed A conveyor belt for a continuously operated conveyor-type thermal treatment of a material bed includes metal conveyor belt elements that are connected to each other. Each conveyor belt element is formed with perforations in order to allow gas to flow thro... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6672098 | Chiller/cooler A chiller comprises a vessel for coolant and an endless conveyor having transverse flights. The conveyor passes in a loop from one side to another of the vessel. An arrangement is provided to alter the path of the conveyor so as to shorten and lengthen th... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6523775 | Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus. The apparatus includes an air-cooled hydraulic driving unit, a hydraulic motor, a conveyor and a connecting element. The air-cooled hydraulic driving unit includes a hydraulic pump, an electrical motor, pipes, a flow regulator, and ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 5836722 | Spraying method and device for cooling a powdered coating product In a coating plant, the powder feed device is cooled permanently in order to avoid the deterioration of the powder which could be caused by an excessively high temperature. The air for the fluidization of the powder contained in the reservoir (1) is cool,... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5816387 | High-temperature furnace and ceramic conveyer belt therefor A high-temperature, conveyer-type furnace includes a selectively flexible-inflexible conveyer belt for transporting articles through the furnace. The belt, which is preferably made of ceramic, includes a plurality of longitudinally-extending, pivotally-in... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5798038 | Device for removing deposited material from a liquid in a flume A device for removing deposited material from a liquid in flume includes a conveyor for the deposited material that is disposed at an ague with respect to the plume and leads to a discarding point. The device includes a housing which houses a shaft and a ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5727654 | Conveyor with a heater for food and beverage items in an aircraft A conveyor system for transporting menu boxes (14) in an aircraft is equipped with at least one heater element (17) or groups of such elements (17/17A . . . ) which tilt automatically into spaces (16) between neighboring boxes (14) or pairs of boxes withi... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5672512 | Chain incubator/conveyor and method of use A chain incubator or conveyor, and method of use in an analyzer, wherein an endless chain is formed of repeating members and each comprising a link, element support, a cover, and means for biasing the cover onto the support with an article such as a test ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5664338 | Inlet air seal for use with a cooler/dryer A horizontal cooler/dryer having a continuous traveling conveyor, the conveyor being a chain conveyor formed of a plurality of links adjoined in end-to-end relationship, each of the links being pivotally pinned at its ends to adjacent links; a housing abo... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5651191 | Material treatment system A material treatment system for treatment of particulate material includes a transport conveyor including a transport surface for transporting particulate material through a treatment zone, conveying compartments attached to the transport surface, and for... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651449 | Conveyor device for thermoshrinking film packaging systems A conveyor device comprises at least two training chains, which adjoin and support a plurality of rod-like elements, arranged between the chains and transversely of the driving direction, so as to define a supporting surface for the articles to be conveye... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5462154 | Slat for transporting device for extruded articles of aluminum or aluminum alloy A slat for a transporting device for an extruded article of aluminum or an aluminum alloy in which only a worn-out portion of a heat-resistant member may be exchanged easily. The slat includes an elongated base member secured to the transporting device fo... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5216949 | Conveyor for transporting lasagne and similar forms of pasta through a drier A conveyor for transporting fresh lasagne through a drier includes a plurality of container-supports substantially like cylindrical cages and each having a plurality of radial pockets for receiving and holding the lasagne. The containers are mounted remov... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5214999 | Zig-zag path processing facilities A processing facility, for subjecting products to process conditions for lengths of time and having a processing chamber equipped for establishing a predetermined condition within and throughout the chamber, a pair of continuous flexible conveyor elements... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5199346 | Apparatus for high speed sterilization of irregularly shaped containers A carrier for holding irregularly shaped containers for movement through a hydrostatic sterilizer. The carrier adapts irregularly shaped containers for movement through a sterilizer which can also process contents of cylindrical food cans. A plurality of ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5191267 | System for indicating extent of overdrive in frictional drive arrangements A spiral drum freezer apparatus having a system for measuring and monitoring the "overdrive" of a rotated drum relative to a spiral belt helically wrapped around the drum in an ascending fashion. The system measures overdrive directly and continuously by ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5184542 | Drier for pasta A drier comprises a plurality of structurally independent drying chambers in each of which a respective climate, which does not interfere with that of the other chambers, is created and controlled. The chambers, each of which is equipped with its own conv... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5148100 | Handler used in testing system for semiconductor devices A handler used in a testing system for semiconductors includes an arm shaped conveyer unit for conveying a semiconductor device from a first end thereof to a second end thereof and vice versa,a loader/unloader unit which is provided at the first end of th... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5048719 | Apparatus for storing, heating and dispensing portioned food items An apparatus for storing, heating and dispensing portioned foods items has a cooled storage unit for storing portioned food items, a cooking unit for heating the portioned food items, a transport lift unit for transferring the food items to be heated from... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5020208 | Process for heating a semifinished product produced by continuous casting or deformation The process of our invention heats a plurality of partially finished products extruded in an extrusion unit or changed in a transforming unit as a preparation for introduction into subsequent transformation or processing units. In extruding and/or transfo... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5014844 | Conveyor belt cleaner A conveyor belt cleaner is disclosed which comprises a body with cleaner elements attached side by side to the body, each cleaner element consisting of a blade, a blade holder attached to the body and a torsion spring element located between the blade and... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4927003 | Heated conveyor belt cleaner A heated conveyor belt cleaner is provided including a support shaft positioned adjacent to the belt to be cleaned and generally transverse to the belt's direction of travel, an electric resistance heating element is disposed within the support shaft, a h... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4922304 | Reproduction machine fuser belt A fuser belt for a reproduction machine is disclosed. The belt may have one of several configurations which all include ridges and interstices on the outer surface which contacts the print media. These interstices are formed between regularly spaced ridge... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4903824 | Conveyor belt made of carbon or ceramic fibers A conveyor belt for circulating within a high temperature furnace, which is consisted of a desired number of flattened cylinders, each of the cylinders being composed of a number of carbon or ceramic fibers cylindrically wound up and flattened. The fibers... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4903820 | Idler rollers for belt conveyors A conveyor belt advances over an assembly of cylindrical idler rollers. Each idler roller includes a cylindrical body rotatable about an axially disposed tubular shaft. Air under pressure enters the proximal end of the tubular shaft and advances through t... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4866354 | Spiral freezer drive system In spiral drum freezer apparatus having an insulated disclosure a spiral drum is mounted for rotation within the enclosure and includes a spiral belt to the spiral drum with the top of the spiral drum being supported by UHMW bearings and the bottom of the... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4846676 | Oscillating discharge chute The invention relates to a structure for controllably discharging articles that are being continuously transported by a primary conveying structure. A discharge assembly is provided having a chute with an inlet and an outlet. Articles are diverted away fr... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4699263 | Feeding and processing apparatus A feeding and processing apparatus has a plurality of intermediate conveyor members disposed between upstream and downstream conveyor means, the intermediate conveyor members being vertically spaced. The feeding and processing apparatus also includes a de... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4685557 | Conveyor belt drive sprocket system A conveyor drive sprocket system for driving a conveyor belt in a conveyor system used in varying ambient temperature conditions within a predetermined range is disclosed. The conveyor belt is formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4573011 | Method and apparatus for testing electro-mechanical devices A method and apparatus are disclosed for testing devices of the type having elongated flexible appendages (12, 14; 16, 18) at which test signals or responses must be applied or received. An elongated flexible carrier (40) is provided with a plurality of f... | 02/25/1986 |
