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 |
| 7396438 | Lignocellulose fiber-resin composite material A method of making a formed, dried lignocellulose fiber material comprising (a) providing an aqueous lignocellulose fiber pulp slurry having an effective consistency; (b) de-watering the slurry to provide a de-watered material at an effective de-watering rate under ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 6918997 | Method of producing pulp moldings A method of producing a pulp molded article comprising the steps of assembling splits (10, 11) each having a suction passageway and a papermaking screen (5) into a papermaking mold (1), filling the cavity of the papermaking mold (1) with ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6481313 | Protective cover attachable to a working part which is mobile in at least one plane A protective cover for a zone of a machine tool, within whose area a working part of the machine moves along an operating path. The cover comprises a plurality of cover elements consisting of a fixed cover element which can be attached to the machine, a m... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6371241 | Speaker device A speaker frame is constructed from dried paper pulp. Features in the speaker frame such as holes or slits are formed by carbonizing corresponding sections in the dried paper pulp and applying shear processing to remove the carbonized material. A carboniz... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5681428 | Method of manufacturing an inorganic board An inorganic board consisting of a cured base mat and a cured surface mat is manufactured by forming a surface mat by the dry method on a base mat formed by a paper making method, embossing the composite mat, and curing the embossed composite mat. Ridges ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5071511 | Acoustical mineral fiberboard A rigid, self-supporting, acoustical mineral fiberboard comprising a mixture of about 50 to 70 weight percent of mineral fibers, 15 to 35 weight percent of perlite, 1 to 10 weight percent of cellulosic fibers, and 4 to 15 weight percent of a binder with t... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4698257 | Wet-end molded product An assembly of individual, decoratively embossed fibrous boards having a well-defined, repeating surface pattern, each board of said assembly: (a) being formed by a process comprising the steps of: (i) forming a wet mat of entangled mineral fibers; (ii) pressure mo... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4337116 | Contoured molded pulp container with polyester liner An inexpensive, disposable, three-dimensionally contoured container, suitable for many purposes including holding food during exposure to high temperatures for long times in either a microwave or a conventional oven without any detrimental effect to the c... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4263093 | Method for retaining textured surface of pressed ceiling board A low-cost mineral-fiber board having a natural-appearing highly textured surface, and improved uniformity of density is produced by coating the wet-textured surface of a perlite-containing mineral-fiber mat to a depth at least equal to the peak height of... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4116761 | Porous element and the preparation thereof A porous tubular element of uniform density and porosity is formed by uniformly depositing binder and crushable fibers selected from the group consisting essentially of polycrystalline, alumina, zirconia, aluminum silicate and potassium polytitanate fiber... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4072558 | Non-combustible hardboard sheet A process for preparing a non-combustible hardboard sheet is disclosed. The process comprises the formation of relatively low density insulation board type product which is dried, whereafter the board is wetted on both sides and compressed at relatively h... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4024014 | Non-combustible hardboard sheet A process for preparing a non-combustible hardboard sheet is disclosed. The process comprises the formation of relatively low density insulation board type product which is dried, whereafter the board is wetted on both sides and compressed at relatively h... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3968004 | Process for making a shaped fibrous article by a vacuum forming process and the shaped fibrous article made thereby A dilute slurry that includes mineral wool fibers, a clay binder, other binders and a flocculent is introduced into a forming tank at several elevations and with sufficient velocity to circulate toroidally therein. A mandrel having the desired configurati... | 07/06/1976 |
