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 |
| 5692686 | Chopper fan for a fragmentation machine for recycling items made of plastics material A chopper fan for destroying and then recycling items formed of plastic material. The fan includes saw blades and a toothed disk downstream of the saw blades.... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5645232 | Tank cleaning apparatus and method A knockdown tank-cleaning apparatus that is easily broken down and reassembled is provided. The tank-cleaning apparatus, when knocked down, easily fits through a standard man-way opening in the side of the tank. The tank-cleaning apparatus includes a knoc... | 07/08/1997 |
| 4826089 | Treating asphaltene bearing fuels A static, flow-conditioner apparatus comprising a series of closely spaced shearing edges which contact and condition liquid flowing thereby. The edges are advantageously carried on propellor-shaped articles and mounted on an axial shaft in conduit formin... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4592513 | Pulper device An arrangement is provided for use in treating suspensions of waste paper in waste paper dressing plants. The arrangement includes a comminuting apparatus which includes a disintegrating rotor wheel which has a transport and disintegrating affect is provi... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4477029 | Shredding machine The shredding machine includes a housing with a lower shredding chamber located in the upper part of the housing. An upwardly extending trunk is mounted on the housing. A hopper is mounted on the free end of the trunk and the lower portion of the trunk co... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4429836 | Apparatus for disintegrating and mixing foodstuffs An apparatus which provides continuous production of sausage mix by permitting the sausage mix to pass through an annular space in which one or more cutting members and one or more mixing members move along the center line of the space, the sausage mix be... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4275848 | Portable garbage disposal unit A portable garbage disposal unit includes a one and one-half gallon container, with a water inlet neck and a garbage outlet neck. It further includes an external electric motor, which drives a multiple number of blade units on its interior, for grinding e... | 06/30/1981 |
