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 |
| 4524105 | Melt-spun acrylonitrile polymer fiber of improved properties There is disclosed a melt-spun acrylonitrile polymer fiber of improved dye intensity and reduced shade change due to hot-wet processing.... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4520623 | Activated carbon fiber spun yarn An activated carbon fiber spun yarn having excellent workability and adsorptive property is disclosed. The activated carbon fiber spun yarn comprising activated carbon fibers having a specific surface area of 500 to 1,500 m2 /g, a ductility of ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4513564 | Yarn A yarn comprised of a number of threads twisted with each other is provided with a plurality of feathers, the quill portions of which are tightly inserted into twisted threads and the feather portions of which project outwardly from the twisted threads to... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4487040 | Spun polyester warp knit A moldable fabric of improved hand warp knitted on a 28 gauge tricot warp knitting machine using spun polyester stable yarn.... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4477526 | High strength aramid spun yarn High strength, high modulus, continuous filament aromatic polyamide yarns are stretch broken under high tension while being sharply deflected in a lateral direction by mechanical means to provide a sliver which is processed by conventional means to a high... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4439482 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape A base fabric for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising as the warp a flat yarn of polyester fibers containing a specific residue in the molecular chain. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape obtained from this base fabric is easy to tear in the cros... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4422285 | Apparatus and process for making a fur yarn A novel fur yarn is provided and comprises a core of a permanently twisted strand of animal skin and a fluffy exterior consisting of animal hair; the process of making such fur yarn consists in slicing a narrow elongated strand of such fur, twisting this ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4384448 | Ring spinning frame Improvements in conventional ring spinning processes of the type wherein a strand of staple fibers if drafted, twisted and collected on a ring spinning frame are obtained by the added step of subjecting the strand to the twisting action of a pneumatic fal... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4359859 | Twine formed of corn husks and leaves The extraction of fibres from corn husks and/or leaves or corn husks alone is accomplished to provide fibres which are substantially free of the vegetable binder material. The corn husks (and leaves) are preferably allowed to dry to a substantially moistu... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4356690 | Fasciated yarn Fasciated yarn having uniform yarn construction and high strength, comprising a staple fiber group having a special staple assortment for making such a fasciated yarn.... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4279121 | Stranded nickel braze alloy preforms Fabrication techniques for making nickel boron stranded wire braze preforms are described. The techniques involve the provision of the wire material in a stranded form having a large surface to volume ratio. This general form consists of a plurality of fi... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4241574 | Spinning process and apparatus A process and apparatus for producing a thread from staple fibers by the open-end or round-about spinning methods wherein the individual fibers are transported by an air stream to the thread forming zone in the nip between two air-permeable rollers with s... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4233808 | Tobacco tying product A twine suitable for tying tobacco leaves together and consisting essentially of stalks and/or leaf stems of tobacco plants.... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4158283 | Cable stress and fatigue control Titanium aluminum, non-frangible structural wire, when assembled into axially symmetric and contrahelically wrapped cable has high fatigue strength and loading linearity for uniquely high work efficiency. Dynamic stresses are moderated by more suitable me... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4154050 | Fail-safe cable and effect of non-frangible wire in cable structures A synthesis of four (4) factors is applied, through a test approach, to eliminate wire fractures, and fractures and overstressing of other cable components. This approach shows this "crucial flaw" is prevented from occurring amidst other flaws within the ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4154049 | Method and apparatus for forming optical cables An optical cable is assembled by inserting dielectric optical waveguides into a filament having periodically reversing helical grooves. Dielectric optical waveguide is unwound from fixed reels by movement of the filament past the reels. A rotatable guide ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4118921 | Yarn of entangled fibers A zero twist, staple fiber yarn of good strength, outstanding cleanness and good uniformity is produced from continuous filaments by a direct spinning process followed by entangling to a pin count of less than 50 millimeters. Filaments of less than 70 per... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4091607 | Twine and method of forming same There is disclosed a process for making fibrous material which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of baler twine. The material is preferably made from polypropylene and is produced from film which is roll-embossed and fibrillated, the roll-embos... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4079165 | Composite materials A composite article comprising at least two load-bearing members one within the other and having mutually contacting surfaces adapted to generate a restraining force resisting relative axial movement of the members, wherein the members are constructed suc... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4070816 | Yarn manufacturing A process for making a dispersion-based asbestos strand for later twisting to form a yarn comprises (a) forming an elongate continuous stream from an aqueous coagulable dispersion comprised of asbestos fibres, water and dispersion-forming chemicals; (b) c... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4062177 | Spun yarn and process for manufacturing the same This invention relates to a novel spun yarn composed of staple fibers only and having the average number of fibers in cross section and the rate of yarn evenness being within a limited range, and a process for manufacturing the same directly from continuo... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4004406 | Spun type yarn and process for manufacturing the same A spun-type yarn having a unique configuration and useful properties is manufactured by a novel process which comprises forming a ribbon-shaped fiber bundle being substantially free from twists and composed of randomly oriented continuous filaments, each ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3988882 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously texturizing and cutting continuous yarns Methods of and apparatus for processing yarn in order to texturize and cut the yarn include using a fluid to direct yarn into a tube having a rotating spindle therein around which the yarn forms a wad. At least part of the fluid is exhausted from the tube... | 11/02/1976 |
