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...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 |
| 6983687 | Method for custom imprinting plastic identifier tags The invention is of an improved method and process for printing plastic tag blanks for producing plastic identifier tags (such as cattle ear tags). By printing images on tag blanks using conventional ink jet printers and thereafter “welding” the image to be plas... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984033 | Ink jet printing method An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recordi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979141 | Identification cards, protective coatings, films, and methods for forming the same The present invention relates to a protective film for application to a card member and forming identification cards having protective films. The method of applying protection to a card member includes providing a protective film. The protective film includes a prot... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979480 | Porous inkjet receptor media Improved macroporous ink receptor media are disclosed. An inkjet receptive media in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises a web comprising a plurality of fibers and a coating overlaying at least a portion of a plurality of the fibers. In ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977100 | Ink-jet recording material suitable for pigment ink An ink-jet recording material having on a support at least one ink-receiving layer comprising pigment and binder, which further contains in the uppermost layer of the ink-receiving layers at least one water-soluble acidic or neutral salt selected from the group cons... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972142 | Card having multiple layers indicating relative humidity A multi-layered card having a thin, flexible, non-moisture absorbable, printable first layer, a first high tack adhesive second layer on a back side of the first layer joining the first layer to a front face of a third layer of a moisture absorbable card stock. A ba... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969167 | Recording method A soft alumite is produced by forming an oxide film on the surface of an aluminum substrate. Printing is performed on a porous layer formed on the surface of the soft alumite while heating the soft alumite. Alternatively, printing is performed with a dye-based ink o... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969166 | Method for modifying the surface of a substrate At least two fixable fluid materials are digitally applied adjacent to each other on a surface of a substrate and fixed to provide fixed coatings having different surface energies The first fixed coating has a first average receding contact angle with water, and the... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969141 | Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method In the ink jet recording apparatus, while the formation of an image on the present sheet is in progress, the remaining length-to-rear end Le between the point at which the presence of the sheet is detected by the sheet detection sensor to the rear end of the present... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964474 | Printing apparatus, printing method and recording medium A highly quality printing of images such as photographs, designs, and the like, is effected without using special paper. The following is provided: a supply mechanism for supplying a recording medium; means for applying a surface modifier for coating the surface mod... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964468 | Printer A printer comprises a transportation belt, a printer head, and a pneumatic paper sucker. The transportation belt is driven by a driving roller that drives a driven roller. The printer head includes a plurality of head units each having ink-jet surfaces. In the print... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951377 | Inside printing of flexible packages A flexible package, and method for manufacturing same, that provides for the presentation of graphics inside the package using existing converter and vertical form and fill packaging machine technology. The invention involves pre-treating an area with ionized gases ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945646 | Recording medium A recording medium includes a substrate and an ink-receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the ink—receiving layer includes an alumina hydrate having a boehmite structure, an average particle thickness of 2.0 to 6.0 nm and a crystallite size of 5.0 to 8... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945647 | Method for increasing the diameter of an ink jet ink dot A method for increasing the diameter of an ink jet ink dot resulting from the application of an ink jet ink drop applied to the surface of an ink jet recording medium having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the image-receiving layer containing: a) ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946023 | Smear-resistant ink compositions In general, a smear-resistant ink composition according to the present invention comprises: (1) water; (2) at least one glycol selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, and propylene glycol; (3) a pyrrolidone selected from t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942332 | Index sticker print An index sticker print is created where small photographic images are printed on individual sticker blanks contained on a sticker blank carrier. The photographic images are derived from digital image data obtained when the photographic film is scanned. The digital i... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939002 | Method and apparatus for producing a selectable gloss finish on ink jet prints A method of selectively producing a glossy or matte finish to an ink jet printed image by applying a clear protective plastic laminate having a glossy finish to the surface of the image, heating the laminate to soften it and then selectively impressing a surface tex... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936315 | Ink jet recording medium, recording method therefor, and ink jet recorded article An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording medium for which the problem of bronzing is prevented and an image formed on the ink jet recording medium has good color representation, light-fastness and water resistance. The ink jet recording ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936075 | Textile substrates for image printing A textile coated with a coating having cationic and repellant properties, thereby accepting an image thereon more readily. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936076 | Textile substrate having coating containing multiphase fluorochemical, cationic material, and sorbant polymer thereon, for image printing A textile coated with a coating having a multiphase fluorochemical, a cationic material, and a sorbant polymer. A printed image is subsequently placed on the coated textile. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933671 | Display system including functional layers and electronic device having same The invention provides a display system for displaying images and an electronic device equipped with the display system. The display system can include a first electrode region in which first electrodes connected to switching elements are arranged on a substrate in ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929344 | Apparatus and method for detecting paper skew in ink-jet printer A paper skew detection apparatus in an ink-jet printer. The paper skew detection apparatus includes a first light emitter positioned below the paper being transported to irradiate light onto the paper; a second light emitter spaced apart from the first light emitter... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926399 | Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording method having the steps of: ejecting ink containing pigment, water and an organic solvent onto an image receiving medium, wherein the image receiving medium has a support member having a non-solvent-permeable resin layer, and an ink image receivi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926936 | Ink-jet recording sheet with improved ozone resistance An ink-jet recording material having a high ozone resistance comprises at least one ink-absorbing and at least one dye-fixing layer wherein on the top and/or bottom side of the dye-fixing layer, at least one water-soluble compound exhibiting ionic charge centres is ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926957 | Water-based ink-receptive coating A film receptive to a variety of different classes or kinds of inks, such as water based inks, solvent based inks and UV cured inks. The film includes a water based latex polymer, such as transparent film-forming core/shell latex polymers, a polar polymer, such as p... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921562 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the image-receiving layer containing: a) from about 20 to about 65% by volume of particles; b) from about 25 to about 70% by volume of a polymeric binder; and c) up to about 10% b... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919110 | Packaged product for ink-jet recording material, and recording method and recorded material using ink-jet recording material There are disclosed a packaged product for an ink-jet recording material which has a protective sheet for protecting the surface of the outermost ink-receptive layer of the ink-jet recording material, wherein a protective paper sheet is used as the protective sheet ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916092 | Recording method A recording method includes a step of ejecting onto a recording material ink having a Ka value of not more than 3 (ml.m−2.msec−1/2), applying to the ink deposited on the recording material processing liquid having a Ka value of not less tha... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916595 | Image recording material A heat mode type negative image recording material is provided which comprises (A) a polymer compound that is insoluble in water but is soluble in an alkali aqueous solution and has at least one of groups represented by general formulae (1) to (3) on a side chain; (... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6914684 | Method and apparatus for detecting media type Media manipulation and sensing apparatuses having a media type detector and method for media type detection, wherein non-linear characteristics of light sensors used for measuring a media type are compensated for by adjusting for the light flux capability of one of ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911239 | Recording material and method A recording material which comprises a polymeric substrate having two surfaces, wherein one surface is coated with a sealing layer comprising a particulate polymer having a film forming temperature of between 60° C. and 160° C. and an average particle size between... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911132 | Apparatus for manipulating droplets by electrowetting-based techniques An apparatus is provided for manipulating droplets. The apparatus is a single-sided electrode design in which all conductive elements are contained on one surface on which droplets are manipulated. An additional surface can be provided parallel with the first surfac... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908191 | Ink jet printing method An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element having a substrate having thereon: i) a subbing layer of a polymeric binder and a bor... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908192 | Apparatus and method for printing and laminating media A printing apparatus comprises a printing device and a laminating device that work in an integrated operation, such that in normal operation the print media extends between the printing device and the laminating device; the printing device comprises means for printi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908187 | Ink-jet recording method An ink-jet recording method providing an ink containing a fine resin particle, a water-soluble dye, water and an organic solvent to an ink receiving sheet comprising a support and a porous ink receiving layer coated on the support is disclosed. In the method the dif... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908188 | Ink jet ink set/receiver combination An ink jet ink set and recording element combination including: A) a porous ink jet recording element having a 60° specular gloss of at least about 30; and B) a pigment based ink jet ink set having at least two inks; wherein the RGD value is less than 40% when 60°... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908189 | Ink jet recording apparatus, ink-jet recording method and ink jet recording medium A recording method comprising the steps in the following order of: correcting a curl of a recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium; and forming an image on the recording medium by jetting ink onto the recording medium. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905742 | Polypropylene card construction An image retaining card is disclosed. An image retaining card in accordance with the present invention may be utilized as an identification card, a driver's license, a passport, and the like. An image retaining card in accordance with the present invention comprises... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903841 | Decorating system for edible items A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer. The user then sel... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902268 | Printing process There is described a recording medium and related ink jet printing method which comprises the steps of: 1) printing onto a receiving medium which comprises a substrate coated with at least one ink receiving layer comprising polymeric particles having film for... | 06/07/2005 |
