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 |
| 6619558 | Support for supporting rail of railway A railway rail support has a fixing plate with a flat body with an upper surface for receiving a rail, left and right fixing portions and front and rear extended support portions respectively extending from opposite sides of the body, and a through hole a... | 09/16/2003 |
| 5628454 | Foot support modification for railroad rails A sole, ribbed or slide chair plate for a foot of a railroad rail provided with two spaced flat bearing surfaces between which is a concave surface allowing for non tipping of the rail when in place if the bottom of the rail has a convex surface and a shi... | 05/13/1997 |
| 4915298 | Rail mount for railway-type rails A rail mount has a metal frame in which a rigid mounting plate to which a rail is attached and received with all around clearance on a rubber plate and surrounded by a rubber strip so that the thickness of the rubber plate is 1/8 to 1/3 the thickness of t... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4773591 | Elastic rail pad An elastic rail pad to be positioned between a tie and a rail includes a first portion to be positioned beneath a foot of the rail at the field side thereof, a second portion to be positioned beneath the rail foot at the gauge side thereof, and a connecti... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4572432 | Anchor lock fastening assembly A substantially load free anchor lock fastening assembly for fastening a floating rail to a railroad tie which comprises an anchor lock plate which is adapted to be attached to an existing railroad tie plate or rail support, the tie plate having a rail su... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4480787 | Rail fastening device Disclosed is a rail fastening device particularly suitable for fastening a long rail to a wooden tie, comprising: a flat bellows-shaped intermediate member having tie-mounting parts provided at constant distances; a spike member for securing each of the t... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4155507 | Tie plate arrangement for railroad track A tie plate for mounting railroad track rails on track ties in which the tie plate is formed from a corrosion resistant resilient polymer of dry self-lubricating characteristics, in which the tie plate has its upper side shaped to define along either side... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4141500 | Railway tie plate and a method of making a railway tie plate A railway tie plate has at least one rib to locate a railway rail and two arches under which parts of rail clips can be driven parallel to the rib. It can be made by deformation of a conventional tie plate designed for use with fastening devices for holdi... | 02/27/1979 |
