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 |
| 7997525 | Retractable hose guide A retractable hose guide includes a shell assembly that is structured to be embedded into the ground. The shell assembly defines an enclosed space that is open at the top. A guide rod assembly is movably disposed within the shell assembly and structured to move betw... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7905446 | Unwind and feed system for elastomeric thread An overend unwind system for unwinding tacky elastomeric fiber threads such as uncoated spandex thread, capturing the ballooning affect of the thread as the thread leaves the spool, applying a first-stage tension control on the thread adjacent where the thread leave... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7891602 | Retractable hose guide A retractable hose guide includes a shell assembly that is structured to be embedded into the ground. The shell assembly defines an enclosed space that is open at the top. A guide rod assembly is movably disposed within the shell assembly and structured to move betw... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878447 | Unwind and feed system for elastomeric thread An overend unwind system for unwinding tacky elastomeric fiber threads such as uncoated spandex thread, capturing the ballooning affect of the thread as the thread leaves the spool, applying a first-stage tension control on the thread adjacent where the thread leave... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7607605 | Apparatus and method for reversing a print material web An apparatus and method for reversing a print material web is disclosed. A reversing bar unit includes a frame and a reversing bar pivotably mounted on the frame at a pivot point. The reversing bar includes an outer tube and an inner tube. A first end of the couplin... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7506836 | Irregular surfaced tape guide A tape guide that has textured surface over which the tape passes. The textured surface has a surface roughness exceeding the flying height of the tape above the surface. This new irregular surface topography reduces the air bearing and allows limited contact betwee... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7440231 | Single reel tape cartridge having guide surface In one example of one aspect of the invention, a single reel data storage cartridge is provided. The single reel data storage cartridge includes a housing having an access window and a reel rotatably disposed within the housing and having storage tape wound on the r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7407127 | Single reel tape cartridge having guide surface In one example of one aspect of the invention, a single reel data storage cartridge is provided. The single reel data storage cartridge includes a housing having an access window and a reel rotatably disposed within the housing and having storage tape wound on the r... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7380748 | Towel dispenser with improved drive roll and improved dispensing chute In a dispenser for dispensing rolls of paper towel including means for rotatably mounting the roll, a feed nip including a segmented drive roll with a plurality of drive surfaces and a nip roll adapted to cooperate therewith to advance the towel to a dispensing chut... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367372 | Printer There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded with label an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341550 | Roll, in particular middle roll of a calendar, and calendar Roll and calender including the roll that includes a roll jacket structured and arranged to surround an interior space. Roll also includes an absorber arrangement having at least one passive vibration absorber located within the interior space. The instant abstract ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325763 | Magnetic tape guiding system guide roller with single flange oriented at lower debris tape edge Magnetic tape guiding system takes advantage of characteristics of slit magnetic tape wherein one of the two tape edges has a higher tendency to shed tape debris than the other, and the slit tape is consistently loaded into tape cartridges in the same direction. A t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7306181 | Guide for directing tape media along tape path with reduced contact between guide and tape edge A tape guide is provided for use in routing a tape media, used in a computer or other application, along a pre-specified path of travel. The tape guide is oriented along a vertical axis and comprises three sections or components joined together to form an integral g... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296717 | Method and apparatus for controlling a moving web A method of controlling a moving web in relation to a selected transverse position comprising positioning a first positioning guide proximate a second positioning guide wherein the second positioning guide has a mechanism for positioning the web having minimal backl... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7278605 | Guide roller in tape drive and method of controlling the same A roller body receives a tape at a cylindrical surface. First and second flange members are located adjacent one and the other ends of the roller body for movement in the axial direction of the roller body, respectively. If one edge of the tape creases, the movement... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275404 | Method and an apparatus to control the lateral motion of a long metal bar being formed by a mechanical process such as rolling or drawing An adjustable guide, includes two or more mechanisms each having a rotatable retaining element containing a retaining groove with a variable radius in its perimeter surface. The grooves form a guidance path to control the lateral, i.e. non-axial, motion of a long ba... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252343 | Portable child seat demonstration device A demonstration seat assembly includes a frame on which a demonstration vehicle seat is supported, and a plurality of seat belt assemblies and child seat securing structures. The seat belt assemblies include a lap belt assembly, a lap/shoulder belt assembly, and a p... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249725 | Thread carrying apparatus and a textile machine, in particular a weaving machine, including a thread carrying apparatus for this kind In accordance with the invention a thread carrying apparatus is proposed with a thread (2) lying in contact with or passing along the thread carrying apparatus with friction in the operating state. The thread carrying apparatus includes excitation means (3... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240421 | Electric-wire processing machine An electric-wire guide unit is provided with a fixed roller and a movable roller that is supported movably toward and away from the fixed roller, and holds an electric wire from both of the sides of the electric wire in cooperation with the fixed roller. An electric... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240872 | Guide roller including a pair of bearing having bearings flanges for retaining a pair of firm disk-shaped annular flanges A pair of disk-shaped annular flanges is made of material firmer than that of a hollow cylindrical-shaped roller portion. The roller portion has an outer peripheral surface in which the flanges are mounted at opposite ends thereof. On press-fitting a pair of bearing... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219851 | Tape path roller guide and method for making A tape path roller guide has a cylindrical guiding surface between two flanges. A plurality of continuous venting valleys in the guiding surface are wholly parallel to a central axis of the cylinder forming axial paddle-like surfaces generating air flow away from th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213785 | Method and device for turning strips The invention relates to a method for turning and reorienting the displacement direction of strips (1), especially of a thin hot strip. The strip can be turned about any angle by means of at least one deflection roller, with roller banks (5) which are ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207367 | Method and apparatus for joining adhesive tape In an adhesive tape joining method for joining an adhesive tape to a surface of an article, cutting out the adhesive tape along an outer peripheral edge of the article and, then, collecting the unnecessary adhesive tape which has been cut out, the unnecessary adhesi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204446 | Data storage tape guiding systems using tapered guides The invention is directed to arrangements of tapered data storage tape guides which can improve the guiding of data storage tape. Tapered data storage tape guides having specific sizes relative to the data storage tape are also disclosed. The tapered data storage ta... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204445 | Guide arrangements for data storage tape guiding systems The invention is directed to arrangements of tape guides which can improve the guiding of data storage tape. Tape guides having specific sizes relative to the data storage tape are also disclosed. The disclosed tape guides and arrangements of tape guides can improve... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192485 | Application device A device (510) for the direct or indirect application of liquid or pasty application medium (516) by means of an applicator unit (512) to a material web (520), in particular of paper or board, comprises a device (570) upstream of t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175129 | Drive for magnetic tape adjustable for use with tapes of different widths A tape drive has a take-up reel assembly and a tape guide arrangement that are each selectively actuatable for interchangeable use with magnetic recording tape of a first width or a second width. The take-up reel assembly includes at least one actuatable, retractabl... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163175 | Irregular surfaced tape guide A tape guide that has textured surface over which the tape passes. The textured surface has a surface roughness exceeding the flying height of the tape above the surface. This new irregular surface topography reduces the air bearing and allows limited contact betwee... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153372 | Method for removing particles from elements installed in a vacuum chamber Gas is introduced prior to a flooding process of a vacuum chamber of a vacuum installation, into coverings of elements, which coverings can be ventilated such that solid bodies are blown out of said coverings thereby preventing a penetration of said solid bodies int... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143972 | Driving device for a cable reel assembly The present invention is related to guiding cable, wire, chain etc. (7) on to a cable drum, orderly and layered, such that the moments of force experienced by the device according to the present invention is minimized thereby providing a simpler design that i... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7130521 | Cable guide A cable guide for a cable support system that includes at least one support tray. The cable guide has a base with two base portions disposed in side by side relation. The base portions are adapted to cooperatively engage wires of the support tray(s). A support shaft... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7085091 | Reducing tape media damage in data regions A method and apparatus for reducing tape media edge damage in data regions. The present invention controls where popped strand occur by shifting the wrap turn around/stream points in the tape media to an unused region of tape. As data is written for the length of th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7028946 | Expander roll An expander roll that has a plurality of metallic, cylindrical roll members is constructed to obtain sufficient liquidtightness, wherein a gap-facing concave portion 19 is formed in the outer circumferential surface of a ring-shaped elastic packing 17 ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025450 | Recording element printing and treating system and method A recording element printing and treating system and method are provided. The system includes a printhead for dispensing a liquid comprising a carrier onto a recording element. A carrier removal station positioned downstream from the printhead removes a predetermine... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023347 | Method and system for forming a die frame and for transferring dies therewith A method, system, and apparatus for a die frame, and for transferring integrated circuit dies therewith, is described. In one aspect for making a die frame, a wafer that comprises a plurality of dies is attached to a surface of a tape structure. A grid of grooves is... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007929 | Electric wire removing roller for LP insulator and power distribution method of construction The present invention discloses a wire stranding roller and a new method for the same, in a LP insulator being mounted at a cross arm of pin long column and insulating and supporting a high voltage wire, which drastically improves workability and greatly reduces con... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997412 | Cable or the like protection and guide device To provide a cable or the like protection and guide device, which can guide and move a cable or the like at high speed and at low noise between a link connection mode where the cable or the like is extended on one side and a link connection mode where the cable or t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994293 | Tape drive transport roller A tape transport roller for a tape drive includes a roller body having a longitudinal axis and first and second grooves that each run obliquely to the axis. The grooves are configured to vent air disposed between the roller body and magnetic tape traveling across th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986305 | Web stabilization for non-contact web guidance in flying-change printing units The printing-material web is guided in the same position and plane when the transfer cylinders are moved apart for the flying printing-plate change, so that contact between the web and the transfer cylinders and smearing are avoided, that is to say undesired contact... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6969021 | Variable curvature in tape guide rollers An apparatus is provided for reducing tape media edge damage in data regions and controlling the position of the tape media in a passive manner. A curved tape guide surface of a tape guide roller controls tape media edge damage by restoring the tape media to a prope... | 11/29/2005 |
