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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 |
| 8113140 | Powder coating apparatus and powder coating method A powder coating apparatus is provided with: a coating booth, wherein a work to be coated is moved by a conveyer in the coating booth; and a coating gun that sprays powder coating material to the moving work. In the powder coating apparatus, the coating booth includ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7665414 | Powder coating booth A powder spray for lengthy parts includes a booth wall structure comprised primarily of doors. A moveable roof may be raised and lowered to clean powder overspray from the interior surfaces of the booth. A cleaning process may be performed with a sideways extraction... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7399362 | Installation for powder coating of articles An installation for powder coating articles, in particular vehicle bodies, comprises a coating booth, in which a plurality of application devices for the powder coating may be arranged. The articles to be coated are located during the coating process on a rotating r... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7351287 | Method and apparatus for applying particulate material to a substrate A method and apparatus of applying a particulate material to a substrate includes applying adhesive to the substrate and passing the substrate through a chamber in which a particulate material is suspended in a fluid in order to adhere the particulate material to th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325750 | Powder coating system with improved overspray collection Powder overspray that is extracted from a spray booth is recovered back to a powder supply that is used to supply powder to the spray guns inside the spray booth. The powder overspray extracted from the booth is separated from the high flow air stream by a separator... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7297314 | Fluidized bed device A fluidized bed apparatus has a rotary rotor 4 arranged at the bottom center thereof, a disintegrator mechanism 5 arranged above the rotary rotor 4, and a cylindrical draft tube 6 installed above the disintegrator mechanism 5. A fl... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293720 | Fluid balanced paint system Disclosed herein is a paint circulation system for a painting line, comprising a supply channel, a return channel and a plurality of drop lines downstream of the supply channel and upstream of the return channel, a paint pump means for circulating paint through the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287964 | Method and system for pumping powder, and powder coating apparatus In a pump system for supplying powder, in particular coating powder, to a powder coating apparatus, time controller is used to introduce compressed gas into a metering chamber as a function of the predetermined delay time elapsed since a predetermined operational po... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7247205 | Vehicle powder coating system An apparatus for applying powder coating material onto large objects such as automotive, truck or other vehicle bodies includes a powder spray booth defining a controlled area within which to apply powder coating material onto the vehicle bodies, a powder kitchen lo... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235278 | Method and apparatus for applying particulate material to a substrate A method and apparatus of applying a particulate material to a substrate includes applying adhesive to the substrate and passing the substrate through a chamber in which a particulate material is suspended in a fluid in order to adhere the particulate material to th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220616 | Methods for epoxy loc die attachment A plurality of lead frames is supplied in a lead frame-by-lead frame sequence. A curable adhesive, preferably a 505 Epoxy, is applied to one surface of each lead frame as it indexes through an application device. An attaching device attaches a device to each lead fr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7166164 | Vehicle powder coating system An apparatus for applying powder coating material onto large objects such as automotive, truck or other vehicle bodies includes a powder spray booth defining a controlled area within which to apply powder coating material onto the vehicle bodies, a powder kitchen lo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7108894 | Direct Write™ System Methods and apparatus for the deposition of a source material (10) are disclosed. An atomizer (12) renders a supply of source material (10) into many discrete particles. A force applicator (14) propels the particles in continuous, paralle... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077740 | Paint spray booth A paint spray booth is provided containing a plenum packed with a contact material for treatment of paint overspray generated during operation of the paint spray booth. The contact material is packed to provide a relatively large surface area and a relatively large ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074274 | Quick color change powder coating system Systems and methods for applying powder coating materials in electrostatic spray systems are provided. For example, a gravity feed of recovered powder coating from the recovery system to the feed system is disclosed. In addition, a powder feed system is disclosed wh... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7045013 | Spray booth systems and methods for accelerating curing times One embodiment of the invention provides a spray booth that comprises a spray booth housing having a ceiling and side walls that define an interior for holding an object to be sprayed. A pressurized air plenum is disposed above the ceiling and is adapted to supply a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037374 | Pneumatic pump switching apparatus A coating material spray application system includes first and second coating material supplies; first and second coating material pumps and first and second feed hoses; wherein each feed hose is in communication with a respective one of the coating material pumps a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037556 | Process and apparatus for preparation of a no-jam vending machine plastic card A process and apparatus is disclosed for preparation of a no-jam vending machine card wherein the card is treated with a suitably adhering powder to have a residual powder layer on the card to reduce generation of an electrical static charge upon each card as the ca... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7014556 | Powder coating systems A powder coating system is provided comprising a powder spray booth (2) with a powder recovery system having an overspray intake (18) communicating with the interior of the booth. A diverter plate (26) may be held within the booth (2) to ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008481 | Method and apparatus for depositing a homogeneous pyrolytic coating on substrates A method and apparatus for depositing a homogeneous pyrolytic coating on substrates. These coatings would include insulator, metal and semiconductor films on a glass substrate. The apparatus controls the size and distribution of the spray droplets to improve the uni... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006778 | Detoning apparatus and method A toner separation apparatus includes a target, an inlet through which toner laden carrier enters to strike the target, an exit for carrier particles below the target, and an exit for toner particles downstream of the target. A filter can be positioned between the t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000978 | Thin-skin ultralight recreational vehicle body system An extremely light weight one-piece “thin-skin” molded RV body that can be manufactured without a heavy steel chassis frame, and which construction method minimizes costly hand labor . . . while lending itself to automated assembly line manufacturing processes a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997991 | Device for cleaning a powder coating booth and powder coating booth with cleaning device Device for cleaning a powder coating booth and powder coating booth with cleaning device. The device for cleaning a powder coating booth is provided with a first air distribution batten arranged on the floor of the powder coating booth. Also provided is a second air... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6982004 | Electrostatic loading of drugs on implantable medical devices An apparatus and method for electrostatic loading of drugs on an implantable medical device is disclosed. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6972053 | Installation for coating a workpiece with powder The installation for coating a workpiece with powder in accordance with the invention comprises a powder spray device and a guide arm, the powder spray device being supported in such a manner as to be rotatable with respect to the guide arm around a rotation axis an... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964708 | Booth for coating objects with powder A booth for coating objects with powder, in particular for powder painting, comprises in a manner known per se a housing, in which there is situated at least one application device, with which powder can be applied to the objects. Situated in the upper region of the... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6946032 | Installation for powder painting objects An installation for powder coating articles, in particular vehicle bodies, comprises a coating booth, in which a plurality of application devices for the powder coating may be arranged. The articles to be coated are located during the coating process on a rotating r... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6916376 | Painting booth, preferably of the electrostatic painting type A painting booth, which includes: a frame which supports a plurality of movable walls (3) made of deformable material, whose internal surfaces bound a volume which can contain objects to be painted; at least one distributor arranged inside the volume and suit... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6905546 | Conveyor and powder paint collection and method A conveyor system for a powder paint spray booth including spaced continuous parallel first and second moving belts supported by a plurality of spaced rollers enclosed within a sealed housing and a powder paint collector located below the powder paint spray booth wh... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6878205 | Powder coating system and method for quick color change A powder coating system includes a booth and one or more powder-recovery modules that are insertable into an equipment-receiving space of the booth. A color change method includes removing a first powder-recovery module from the equipment-receiving space and positio... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866717 | Powder coating spray booth with air curtain A powder spray booth includes a booth canopy wall arrangement to contain powder during a spraying operation; and a booth floor that is rotatable relative to the booth wall during a spraying operation. The floor can be rotated about an axis that is also the longitudi... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6852165 | Powder spray coating A powder spray apparatus is described including a powder booth with a scraper bar which reciprocates across the floor thereof to collect deposited overspray powder and supply it to intakes located at each end wall. The intakes are connected by a feed channel to one ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6837931 | Fluid washer for a spray booth A water washer for spray booth includes a gas exhaust duct, an exhaust fan and a fluid pump. The duct includes an entrance and an exit, with the entrance of the duct including a plurality of apertures. The entrance of the duct is positioned to receive a gas mixed wi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6833028 | Particle deposition system with enhanced speed and diameter accuracy In a method for depositing particles onto a substrate a flow of gas containing particles is provided along a flow path that bypasses a deposition chamber. The flow path may direct the flow of the gas containing the particles to a vacuum. To deposit particles onto a ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6830620 | Powder coating booth containment structure A powder coating booth containment structure including first and second canopy halves, each of which is a substantially nonconductive, seamless, structural composite to substantially reduce oversprayed powder particle adhesion to the booth inner surfaces. The compos... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6800138 | Installation for coating objects with a powder An installation for coating objects with a powder, in particular for powder painting, comprises a booth, in which powder can be applied to the objects, a recovery device for the excess powder, which does not adhere to the objects during coating, a storage container ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6790281 | Finely-divided powder spray apparatus The present invention provides a finely-divided powder spray apparatus having a spray nozzle pipe for discharging finely-divided powders from the tip together with a gas stream, which is disposed at a prescribed distance from the member to be sprayed and inclined in... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6770139 | Device for dusting products A dusting device comprises a housing (12) and at least one powder gas delivery device (14, 15), which discharges a powder gas jet (16) onto a surface of products transported in one conveyor direction (18) and a suction device (34) ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6746535 | Apparatus for spray coating a continuously advancing article An apparatus is provided for coating a continuously advancing article. The apparatus includes a housing defining a spray chamber having an inlet end and an outlet end. Walls in the spray chamber form an inlet buffer zone adjacent the inlet end, an outlet buffer zone... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743295 | Compartment for powder coating of workpieces A compartment for powder coating workpieces conveyed through an aperture for the workpieces formed in an end wall and coated by means of automatic coating equipment inside the compartment in which there is negative pressure comprises at least one manual coating stat... | 06/01/2004 |
