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 |
| 6976515 | Modular drive wheel for log processors, delimbers and single grip harvesters The modular drive wheel for log processors includes a tubular midsection sandwiched between a pair of annular rings mounted concentrically on opposite ends of the midsection. The midsection has a resilient outer surface extending around the midsection. The pair of a... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6776202 | Log peeling apparatus A log-peeling machine for removing bark from logs to simulate hand peeled logs. A log is held in position on a pair of movable log support frames, each having multiple adjustable log support and drive roller assemblies. An independent high-speed cutting head is mova... | 08/17/2004 |
| 4672006 | Tree processing and wood products system A system is described for processing an entire tree into wood fiber material for molding the constituent wood elements into custom molded wood products. A delimber removes limbs and leaves from the trunk, a debarker removes bark from the trunk of the deli... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4595041 | Portable log peeling apparatus having a draw knife Portable apparatus for peeling logs has a powered draw knife mounted on a frame. The draw knife is swivably mounted on a cutter fork attached to a cutter rod, which is slidably mounted in a hydraulically or pneumatically powered cylinder. A cutter cradle ... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4078592 | Log feed mechanism for sawmills A log feed mechanism that will longitudinally move successive logs toward the cutting and/or chipping mechanisms of a sawmill while holding the successive logs along a prescribed path of movement such that the successive logs may be efficiently sawed into... | 03/14/1978 |
