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 |
| 4987704 | Plunge jointer for planer knives A base is arranged to be secured to the support frame of a planer and supports a slide for movement toward and away from the planar knife head. The slide supports a grinding stone, and a lever connected between the base and the slide is arranged to move t... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4581856 | Apparatus for high tooth equalization of cutters Methods and apparatus for equalizing the effective radii of multiple cutting elements on a power-driven spindle of a machine tool. A fixture carrying an abrasive stone is placed upon a pre-existing workpiece supporting or guiding surface in the machine to... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4545413 | Device for use in wood chippers Device for use in connection with wood chippers of the type comprising a rotary disc (15) whereof one face is fitted with substantially radially positioned knives (1) which are attached thereto by means of knife holders (2) incorporating a log guiding sur... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4512114 | Method for high tooth equalization of cutters Methods and apparatus for equalizing the effective radii of multiple cutting elements on a power-driven spindle of a machine tool. A fixture carrying an abrasive stone is placed upon a pre-existing workpiece supporting or guiding surface in the machine to... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4442636 | Dual head edge sharpening device for skis An edge sharpening device that simultaneously sharpens the edge faces on both sides of the skis has a hand-grippable support (31) capable of changing in length that carries a pair of opposed edge sharpening heads (32, 33). The heads are movable to a sprea... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4337808 | Super-surfacer A super-surfacer used for super-finishing a surface of timber, wherein the shaving blade has a length which is much larger than the width of the working table and is arranged to be movable reciprocally in a direction transversely to the timber feeding dir... | 07/06/1982 |
