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 |
| 6740131 | Apparatus for automatically fabricating fuel cell An apparatus and method provide for automated converting of a web of a thin patterned catalyst-coated membrane to separate membrane sheets for fuel cell assembly. The membrane typically has a thickness of about one thousandth of an inch. Automated web converting inv... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6152438 | Floor supported fabric spreading machine A fabric spreading machine including a dispensing system frame, a fabric dispensing assembly secured to the frame, a floor mounted track and a drive system secured to the frame for traversing the track. Also disclosed is a loading and unloading system for... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5499564 | Method and apparatus for forming a spread An apparatus for forming a spread of generally thin, pliable material from a roll thereof onto a table includes a cradle for holding the roll of the material which is selectively operable to rotate the roll of material for feeding a web of material genera... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5341543 | Spreading and lap-forming machine A web of fibers (4) is conveyed by conveyor belts (2, 5) which pass around rollers (32 to 43, 60 to 69). Some of these rollers are carried by main carriages (10, 14) which are capable of displacement in reciprocating motion above an apron (8) which moves ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 4982940 | Machine for laying a fabric web with surfaces for directing the fabric web In order to so improve a fabric laying machine for the zigzag laying of a fabric web with a means for guiding the fabric web, comprising a means for delivery of the fabric web which is guided at a predetermined height above a pile of laid-out fabric layer... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4741233 | Cluster spreading and cutting system A system for spreading and severing material utilizing a roller movable over a lower substrate and carrying with it a loop of material for spreading without tension. One or two plies are spread as a function of roller travel prior to severing from a sourc... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4086835 | Resilient knife guide for cloth spreading machine A transversely reciprocating cutting apparatus mounted on the frame of a cloth spreading machine to cut a cloth web spread by the machine, including a knife guide having an elongated transversely extending, highly frictional surface for holding a portion ... | 05/02/1978 |
