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 |
| 7036824 | Device for the float mounting a sealed housing A device for float mounting a sealed housing around a rotating, deflecting shaft. A sealed housing is connected to a static part in such a way that it can yield radially as well as rotate around a shaft axis at least to a small extent. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017916 | Shaft seal assembly and its associated method of manufacture A system and method of manufacturing improved wear ring assemblies and positive pressure shaft seals. The wear ring assemblies are made from stacked layers of flat metal. Different shaped component parts of the wear ring assemblies are cut from various sheets of met... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6736401 | Laminated finger seal with ceramic composition A ceramic finger seal for use between a housing and a combustor liner to inhibit air passage therebetween and for use in fluid sealing between a rotating shaft and a housing circumscribing the rotating shaft. The ceramic finger seal has at least two annular diaphrag... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6712363 | Compression ring sealing device with end gap control and a method of manufacturing same A sealing method and method according to which a first and second ring are each provided with split ends, and an arcuate lip extends from one end portion of the each ring and in an axial direction relative to the ring and projects outwardly from the face of the ring... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6688601 | Mechanical seal A mechanical seal includes a fixed ring, a rotating ring and a shaft sleeve. The fixed ring is connected in a sealed state to a housing. The rotating ring has a slide part and an engaging part. The slide part faces and slidably contacts with the fixed rin... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6517081 | Machinery seal A seal assembly for a groove or seal gland in a relatively displaceable machine part for sealing an axial machine part extending therethrough comprises a pair of annular seal elements and a support element disposed between the annular elements and radiall... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6340161 | Machinery seal A seal assembly 20 for a groove 12 or seal gland in a relatively displaceable machine part 10 for sealing an axial machine part 18 extending therethrough comprises a pair of annular seal elements 30 and a support element 50 disposed between the annular el... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6220604 | Self-adjusting interlocking bushing A self-adjusting interlocking throat bushing is provided in which mating concentric bushing rings are provided with an interlocking annular slot in the outer bushing ring and an annular ridge at the periphery of the inner bushing ring to hold the two ring... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6182974 | Stuffing box packing assembly Compact stuffing box packing assemblies of the present application include high density metal inserted braided end rings of graphite which have each been die formed to have angled facing surfaces and a plurality of center Preform rings is disclosed In one... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5901966 | Removable glide rings for pneumatic tube carriers The present invention relates to glide rings for use with a carrier for transporting articles through pneumatic tube systems, and more particularly, glide rings comprising Velcro.RTM. secured plastic or rubber strips to allow efficient replacement of said... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5806858 | Compact five ring stuffing box packing assembly The compact five ring stuffing box packing assembly includes high density metal inserted braided end rings of graphite which have each been die formed to have angled facing surfaces. Three low density graphite preform rings having angled facing surfaces a... | 09/15/1998 |
| 4706971 | Seal ring for piston rods with partings For sealing-off a piston rod moistened with lubricating oil, for example of a 2-stroke diesel engine, several seal rings, some of which only act as wiper rings and some of which also act as seal rings for a gas-tight seal, depending on their design, are a... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4657264 | Fluid seal assembly with segmented sub-assembly A pair of beveled-face load rings between which is confined a seal ring sub assembly formed of segmented, polytetrafluoroethylene seals. The seals too have beveled faces which slidably engage the beveled faces of the load rings and, thereby, are prevented... | 04/14/1987 |
