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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 |
| 7387693 | Method of altering the resistivity of a metal wire A method for altering the resistance of a length of metal wire is disclosed. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7055244 | Method of manufacturing flat wire coil springs to improve fatigue life and avoid blue brittleness The present invention relates to a method of forming a coil of spring wire by winding a wire into a coil spring formed of a plurality of rings of the wire wherein each of the rings has a substantially constant strain rate. The forming speed of the wire being wound i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011720 | Double-taper steel wire and continuous heat treating method and device therefor A double tapered steel wire (S) is evenly heat treated over the entire length thereof. The wire (S) has its constant-diameter straight portion (21, 24) disposed between its opposite end tapered portions (22, 23) each tapered down to its reduced-diamete... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6978594 | Process for the manufacture of a disintegrating roll of an open-end spinning apparatus as well as a disintegrating roll made by such a process A sawtooth wire to be laid in a groove of a shredding-element-carrier of a disintegrating roll of an open-end spinning apparatus is brought into a shape, which essentially represents that shape, which the sawtooth wire is to assume on the shredding-element carrier. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 5951793 | Ni-Ti-Pd superelastic alloy material, its manufacturing method, and orthodontic archwire made of this alloy material The present invention provides a Ni--Ti--Pd superelastic alloy material of a composition consisting of, by atomic percent, 34 to 49% nickel, 48 to 52% titanium and 3 to 14% palladium. Optionally, in a part of nickel and/or titanium of this alloy is replac... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5700335 | Process and device for regulating the calorific output in a continuous annealing and processing line for continuously cast metal products A process and device are disclosed for regulating the annealing power in at least one annealing section of a continuous annealing and processing line for continuously cast metal products. The speed of the cast products (D) passing through the continuous a... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5463886 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing of soldering rod containing copper The invention concerns a process and an apparatus for manufacturing soldering rods with a copper percentage of at least 60 weight-%. An extruder serves to convert a block of the alloy at a temperature between 540° and 680° C. into an individual wire of ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5294270 | Heat-treated wire-mesh EMI/RFI shielding gasket A wire-mesh gasket fashioned from heat-treatable materials such as beryllium copper alloy wire is knitted or braided into a tubular structure. Plural wires may be used. Various cross-sectional configurations such as circular, teardrop, double lobed, and f... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5092941 | Method for imparting shapes to shape memory alloy wires A method of imparting a particular shape to a wire made of a shape memory alloy, such as a Ni-Ti alloy, which includes the steps of bending the wire inside a tubular body into the particular shape; heating the wire within the tubular body to a temperature... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5058410 | Method and apparatus fo producing thin wire, rod, tube, and profiles, from steels and alloys with low deformability, particularly hardenable steels A method and apparatus for performing forming operations on steels, metals, and alloys having low deformability and/or high resistance to deformation at room temperature, wherein the thickness of the stock material is small. In the method, stock material ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4938811 | Steel wire for a spring and method for the production thereof A steel wire, and a method for producing the same, for use in the manufacture of a chassis or suspension automotive spring having a high sag resistance. In accordance with the invention, after a heat treatment is effected, strain is imposed to the steel w... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4919177 | Method of treating Ti-Ni shape memory alloy A method of treating a Ti-Ni shape memory alloy to improve their various characteristic properties. In a first step of the method, a wire of the shape memory alloy is held at a high temperature within a predetermined range to be turned into a solid soluti... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4830684 | Process for heat treating a carbon steel wire A process for heat treating a carbon steel wire to obtain a fine pearlite structure is characterized by the following steps: (a) cooling the wire until the wire reaches a given temperature which is below the AC1 transformation temperature; (b) ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4437904 | Method for improved heat treatment of elongated aluminum alloy materials A method and apparatus for heat treating and especially annealing of elongate metallic materials such as wire wherein the wire (24) given a longer length exposure to complete the heat treatment of the wire at higher line speeds. This is accomplished eithe... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4398973 | Traverse annealer Disclosed is an improved system for annealing strand of the type comprising at least two sheaves across which the strand passes and becomes electrically annealed, the improvement comprising a first flange member, a second flange member concentric with the... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4308080 | Method of shaping coils The invention relates to the shaping of coils in the form of helically wound bare wires, particularly for use in "smooth top" cookers. In so-called "smooth top" cookers an unprotected helically coiled wire is secured in an electrically and thermally insul... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4280857 | Continuous draw anneal system An apparatus and method of continuously drawing and annealing wire in a slip mode. The method comprises the steps of directing a wire successively through a plurality of drawing dies of a continuous wire drawing machine, and from the next to the last die ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4168995 | Steel wire patenting process Process for patenting steel wires, comprising the steps of passing steel wire substantially horizontally through a preheating tank containing a salt bath, and through a patenting tank similarly containing a salt bath; and applying an electrical potential ... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4087295 | Mechanical and thermal treatment of steel wire A process is described whereby steel wire is made into killed twisted strand or cord having essentially no retained tensile, bending or torsional stresses which comprises twisting a plurality of steel wires to form a strand or cord, austenitizing and simu... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4063065 | Method and apparatus for the resistance heating of wire pins A method for the consecutive resistance heating of sequentially advanced wire pins by means of electrodes positioned on end faces of the pins includes the following steps: A. connecting in series at least two wire pins to a current source through the elec... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4043170 | Patenting process and apparatus combined with a wire A patenting process and a hot-forming process take place simultaneously, based on the principle of the direct electrical resistance heating, in an apparatus wherein the steel wire is led onto two discs or drums, provided with peripheral surfaces having di... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3948688 | Martensitic alloy conditioning A two-stage process for conditioning an annealed martensitic alloy of titanium and nickel to improve its service life and provide enhanced elongation activity under high operating stress. In the first stage of the process, the alloy is maintained under a ... | 04/06/1976 |
