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 |
| 7281875 | Caulk applicator A caulk applicator attachable to a caulk delivery apparatus. The caulk applicator comprises an applicator body having a retainer bracket and a scraper element, wherein the retainer bracket is attachable to the caulk delivery apparatus. An applicator wheel is rotatab... | 10/16/2007 |
| 6918138 | Heated shower cap A liner for a shower cap has a chamber or ampoule containing a predetermined quantity of a supercooled liquid exotherm compound and a small amount of the compound in the crystal form, such that the crystal and the liquid are separated until time for use. Upon action... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6578285 | Device for removing grease from the surface of a food item A device for absorbing or blotting grease from the surface of foods such as pizza comprising a support member having a handle for manually gripping the device and an absorbent or oligiophilic pad attached to such support member for blotting the surface of... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6393722 | Chamber and installation for drying animal waste The invention concern a chamber for drying animal waste, in particular poultry manure, adapted to receive a mixture (M) of fresh waste and dry waste, the floor thereof being adapted to retain the mixture (M) while being permeable to air (A), said floor co... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6298577 | Device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric A device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric utilizing mechanical and aerodynamic techniques. A base plate contains one or more apertures to which a vacuum is applied for extracting water from the fabric. The total cross-sectional area of the aper... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6266892 | Device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric A device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric, such as a vacuum head device for removing liquid from carpet, includes an elongated base plate to be moved across the carpet. The vacuum head has a tapering cross section with a wider upper end and a n... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5291669 | Shoe preservers A shoe preserver having a wicking portion and an absorbing portion retained within a flexible porous covering. The preserver is sized to substantially fill the volume defined by the interior of the shoe. A pair of preservers is interconnected by a flexibl... | 03/08/1994 |
| 4566203 | Apparatus and method useful for removing liquid from the outer surface of cylindrical pipette tube or the like Apparatus and method for biological fluid analysis involving radiation measurement. The apparatus includes a pipetting dispenser having means for directing radiation from the piston thereof generally axially through the liquid in the pipette tube such tha... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4400892 | Tongs having a removable absorbent lining for drying the handles of tennis rackets and similar A device for drying a prismatic object, comprising two jaws (1, 2) hinged about a common pin (3) and each extended by a handle forming a lever (6, 7), each of these jaws defining a cavity (4, 5) for housing an absorbent lining. Application to the drying o... | 08/30/1983 |
