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 |
| 7156221 | Break-away positioning conveyor mount for accommodating conveyor belt bends A break-away mounting system for a continuous-motion, high-speed position conveyor system is disclosed. A support cradle may be suspended from a conveyor belt such that the support cradle maintains a fixed position and orientation relative to at least one point on t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131538 | Material classifier having a scoop wheel A material classifier for classifying a liquid-solid mixture containing solid material to be separated. The material classifier includes a tank and an angularly mounted scoop wheel for scooping solid material which has settled on the bottom of the tank. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7080730 | Conveyor assembly The invention provides an apparatus including a conveying member defining a loop that may be used for transferring a product into a container. The conveying member can be a belt, a chain, or plurality of hinged plates. The invention also includes first and second su... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6547060 | Conveying device The present invention concerns a conveying device with an endless conveyor belt, which has catches extending essentially transverse to the conveying direction. In order to further develop a previously known conveying device so that small bulk articles, wh... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6267226 | Bucket elevator improvements A bucket elevator for use in grape harvesting which has buckets in sequential alignment which are each attached to a bucket elevator chain so that the orientation of each bucket will remain that of the chain to which it is attached. There are disclosures ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5971136 | Tower-like transfer device A tower-like transfer device includes a cylindrical tower post having an upper post portion and a lower post portion constituted by connecting post constituent members of one kind or two kinds or more, a lift installed liftably to the tower post, an upper... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5660266 | Pocket belt conveyor A pocket belt conveyor is indicated which comprises an endless traction member (1) guided around drive pulleys (2), deviator pulleys (4), and deflection pulleys (6) and including at least two spaced apart supporting belts (8, 10) having between them a plu... | 08/26/1997 |
| 4779719 | Lifting device with a higher speed in the downward movement area than in the upward movement area Lifting device with a higher speed in the downward movement area than in the upward movement area, equipped with a driving motor with brake, a gear and a load pick-up system, which runs on an oval or circular or loop-shaped race via a lower and an upper r... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4719059 | Process of handling and transferring a molded product A material handling device for transferring a formed good from an injection molding machine includes a pair of spaced tracks. Inner ends of the tracks are positioned below a mold carried by the machine with the track positioned transversely to opening and... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4355714 | Bucket elevator In a bucket elevator having two traction members guided in parallel loops by upper and lower guide wheels, and buckets spacedly mounted between the traction members, the rim of at least one of the upper guide wheels defines a free space about its axis of ... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4279562 | Bucket conveyor A bucket conveyor is provided with a frame having upwardly inclined spaced parallel guide rails which support the bucket for up and down movement along the inclined guide rails, a chain-and-sprocket bucket support and drive mechanism is disposed along eac... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4200184 | Bottomless bucket for hoist conveyors The buckets used for producing hoist conveyor devices according to the invention comprise at their upper and lower edges reinforcing means for the purpose of improving the rigidity of the wall of said buckets, which walls include laterally a greater conve... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4107794 | Mixing bed pick up apparatus for a staple supply pile The present invention involves a mixing bed pile apparatus with a bladed pipe pick-up, or similar means, to break down peaked piles of staple materials. The arrangement is of a kind where blades are distributed, spiral-like, over the pick-up pipe or tube ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4063634 | Oscillating flatware washing device A device for holding flatware which flatware is cleaned in a commercial warewashing machine is disclosed. The device is secured to a conventional dolly. A drive wheel on the device engages the conveyor pan. As the dolly moves, the drive wheel oscillates a... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4042114 | Feed wheel for a sorting apparatus A feed wheel for use in sorting apparatus for feeding beans or other similar articles to be sorted in single file into a viewing head in which the objects are optically examined to detect those of undesirable quality or characteristics. This feed wheel is... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4026617 | Apparatus for storing and displaying articles Apparatus for storing and displaying articles for sale on transverse article supporting members pivotally fastened to a pair of endless movable chains mounted on two uprights so that they swing freely on the moving chains. Each chain has an upwardly and a... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4000568 | Bucket dredger A bucket dredger has a bucket chain guided over a rocker, the buckets being pivotally interconnected by links of a length shorter than the length of the frame member of the buckets. Each link has an elongated opening with rounded ends in which the pivot p... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3952860 | Plastic link for conveyor chain having optimal three dimensional mobility A link to be assembled to other similar links to form a chain, such as is used with conveyors, capable of movement in three mutually perpendicular directions comprises a one-piece plastic member of generally U-shaped configuration including a cross piece ... | 04/27/1976 |
