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 |
| 7264412 | Printer An ink switching cam (40) is rotated interlockingly with forward/reverse rotation of a head driving motor at all times to swing a cassette support member (20). Accordingly, ink belts can be switched with a simple construction without using a solenoid o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 5611273 | Check writing machine The check writer for imprinting checks is comprised of a frame having a printing line, a plurality of type segment members supported by the frame, with each segment member having a set of offset printing characters thereon on the segment member facing and... | 03/18/1997 |
| 4995315 | Money order imprinter An imprinting apparatus for imprinting checks, money orders and like negotiable instruments includes adjustable type segment members having type characters thereon for printing the dollar and cents amount of the money order in conventional arabic characte... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4343243 | Printer for imprinting zip codes and the like A hand-operated printer is disclosed which is suitable for imprinting ZIP codes on letters. The printer includes a printing lever which supports a printing head. Where only the numerals 0-9 need be printed, the printing head includes a printing wheel havi... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4214521 | Rolling parallel printer A rolling parallel printer in which a pressure element is driven through a swiveling motion each printing cycle and a pressure segment thereof rolls off a line of type. The pressure element is connected to a mechanical linkage which minimizes the sweep of... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4084503 | Printer apparatus High speed, on-the-fly line printer apparatus including an inked ribbon advancing mechanism, a print sheet advancing mechanism, and drive structure coupled with both the advancing mechanisms to interruptedly advance them. Also, the inked ribbon advancing ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 3952122 | Printing paper with a leader element attached to the end thereof The present invention has for its object a device for loading paper in a printing machine. The printing paper formed by a strip of white paper and a strip of carbon paper wound together bears a lead-in end made of thin cardboard, preferentially having the... | 04/20/1976 |
