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 |
| 6086271 | Photographic material grasping and dragging device for photographic material developing machines, in particular of photographic paper Photographic material grasping and dragging device for photographic material developing machine, in particular of photographic paper, shaped as a fork provided with a first and a second portion (26, 27) respectively for the photographic material winding a... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6053644 | Clip and hanger for sheet-like photosensitive material A sheet-like photosensitive material clip for use in a hanger-type film processor, in which the clip has a pair of opposite forward end portions for clipping a sheet-like photosensitive material therebetween, in which a photosensitive material contacting ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5682533 | Updating software within a telecommunications switch without interrupting existing communication and neither moving nor converting data A system and method for exchanging an old software version for a new version within a telecommunications switch without a system restart. The switch includes memory, a software loading subsystem, a database management subsystem, and a program exchange sub... | 10/28/1997 |
| 4537486 | Apparatus for the exposure and development of photographic images Apparatus for the exposure and development of photographic images in a photographic monosheet material having two frame members. The first frame member holds the monosheet with the photosensitive side sealed against light and moisture and the opposite sid... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4447146 | Photographic printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a paper cutter, a hole puncher and a guide clip which engages a strip of printed paper for conveyance to a developer. As the printer operates intermittently while the developer operates continuously, a reservoir or buffer zon... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4192602 | Photographic film clip A clip to suspend within the air an elongated strip of photographic film to facilitate drying of the film after being processed which takes the form of a pair of identical body members hingedly connected together in a facing, mirror image relationship. Th... | 03/11/1980 |
