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...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 |
| 7292809 | Drive unit, method of producing drive unit, running body moving unit, image reading apparatus, and imaging apparatus A drive unit including a drive shaft, a drive pulley attached to the drive shaft, and a drive wire driven by the drive pulley so as to move a movable body. The drive pulley is formed by press working or rolling. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7202980 | Mounting structure for inverter circuit board for light source lamp of image reader A mounting structure for an inverter circuit board for a light source lamp of an image reader in which mounting means for mounting the inverter circuit board for a light source lamp of an image reader onto a carriage is located to be operated from the direction in w... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191944 | Drive mechanism for image scanner apparatus An image scanner apparatus is composed of a housing, an optical unit positioned in the housing, a drive mechanism driving the optical unit. The drive mechanism includes first and second wires connected to the optical unit, and a drive motor driving the first and sec... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7154639 | Transmission mechanism of image scanner with adjustable resolution A transmission mechanism of an image scanner with adjustable resolution is disclosed. The transmission device is driven by a step motor to move a carriage to perform a scanning operation at a selected speed The transmission device includes a transmission control set... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133164 | Optical carriage of scanner and method for the same An optical carriage of scanner has a mirror assembly and a device assembly, the mirror assembly has a mirror mount, some mirror holder, and some supporters, and the device assembly has a chassis. In this invention, the mirror assembly and the device assembly are mec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119933 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a movable image-capturing printed circuit board including an image device, and a controlling printed circuit board which is fixed to the image reading apparatus and which controls the driving of the image device. Both printed circ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113314 | Support structure for reflectors on half rate carriage A support structure for supporting reflectors on a half rate carriage in an image reader has an angle between a reflecting surface of a second reflector and an optical path from a first reflector of a full rate carriage to the second reflector is greater than 45° a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7048394 | Mechanism for adjustable installation of band plate-like member A mechanism for adjustable installation of band plate-like members facilitates the separate adjustment of a cylindrical mirror in the normal direction of the reflecting face of the mirror, in a direction intersecting the normal direction, and the orientation of the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6963430 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus which enables a reduction of FCOT by omitting a home position search and a shading compensation after an input of a reading instruction for a succeeding original when reading different originals successively. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6819896 | Image reading apparatus with wire twist preventing structure and imaging apparatus using the same An image reading apparatus having an optical system that moves via coated wires wherein the twisting or crisscrossing of the electric wires upon electrically connecting the optical system to the apparatus can be effectively prevented. To this end, an image reading a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6791724 | Imaging device with media clamp An imaging device comprising a transparent, media support platen having a first surface portion and a second surface portion; a media clamp mounted in displaceable, overlying relationship with the first surface portion of the platen; and a lid mounted in displaceabl... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6652089 | Duplex inkjet printing system A recess-mountable printer having a housing with a top, a base, a pair of sides, a back and a front. The front of the housing has a paper ejection slot which is designed to facilitate the ejection of paper from within the housing. The housing contains a p... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6075960 | Image scanner pulley system for maintaining a constant distance between an optical sensor and a scanned document An image scanner of the type projecting the image of a document on a one-dimensional image sensor while maintaining the length of an optical path between the image sensor and a document scanning position constant is disclosed. A stop member is fitted on o... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5970288 | Image reading device The image reading device providing a scanning unit provided with a slider pulled by a wire driven by a motor, the image reading device being provided with bilateral direct movement guides which bilaterally support the bilateral ends of the slider so as to... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5926330 | Optical variable power module An optical variable power module has a movable lens unit slidably mounted on a chassis, such that the lens unit is moved along an optical axis defined thereby, and a movable mirror unit slidably mounted on the chassis, such that the mirror unit is moved a... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5913091 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes one or more sliders which carry optical parts and can linearly reciprocate in a predetermined direction. The apparatus optically scans and thereby reads an image on an original document located at a predetermined positi... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5835824 | Exposure device in an image-forming machine An exposure device in an image-forming machine, in which an optical lens unit is able to reciprocatingly move in the direction of the optical axis, and the image of a document is exposed to the photosensitive surface of a photosensitive material through t... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5821977 | Image forming apparatus and control method for reducing the required processing time The invention provides an image forming apparatus which requires only a little standby time at the time of shifting from a standby state to a usual operation state, and accordingly can reduce the required processing time. In a copy machine 2 employed in t... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5717982 | Electrostatographic reproduction machine including optics assembly realignment tool In an electrostatographic reproduction machine having a charged imaging member and an optics assembly for forming a properly registered latent image on the charged imaging member, a quick and precise optics assembly realignment tool mounted removably with... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5708516 | Moving mechanism of a scanner A moving mechanism installed in a scanner to move a scanning mechanism and a reflecting unit to achieve a scanning operation, the moving mechanism including a pulley wheel transmission mechanism and a belt transmission mechanism, the scanning mechanism be... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5327198 | Movement hampering device for an exposure apparatus The exposure apparatus is provided with a first mirror frame movement hampering means for hampering the movement of the first mirror frame in the exposing direction. The first mirror frame movement hampering means has a closure mounted on an operating ope... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5191377 | Original scanning apparatus with electrical connecting member An original scanning apparatus comrpises a scanning unit for scanning an original. The scanning unit has a mirror and a light source for illuminating the original. A connecting member is electrically connected to the scanning unit. A guide member supports... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4989041 | Optical scanning device for image forming apparatus An optical scanning device for an image forming apparatus includes a document table on which an original document is placed, an image carrier, and a carriage for transmitting reflected light from the original document onto the image carrier. The optical s... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4931836 | Scanning optical device having at least one reciprocating optical assembly The present invention relates to various improvements in a scanning optical device having a pair of supporting members spaced from each other in a width-wise direction and an optical element assembly mounted reciprocably on the pair of supporting means. A... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4728988 | Driving apparatus for optical systems of photocopier The present invention relates to a driving apparatus for the optical systems of a photocopier comprising 1st and 2nd optical systems, 1st and 2nd wires stretched out facing with each other through the wire-fixed ends of the 1st optical system, moving pull... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4710017 | Optical unit holding device for copying machines An optical unit holding device for copying machines having a pair of stationary slide members attached to one end of a support frame proper which holds an optical unit reciprocating for document exposure, and another pair of slide members which is turnabl... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4636058 | Exposure optical apparatus An exposure optical apparatus with two sets of wire pulleys disposed on both sides of a carriage for optical scanning of a document, the wire pulleys working for drive and control of the carriage, wherein two sets of fixed pulleys are provided on an appar... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4634261 | Optical system for reproducing apparatus An optical system of a reproducing apparatus having an exposure light source wherein the reflector of said exposure light source has a form of a curve of secondary degree and is adapted to be split into an upper half part and a lower half part at the non-... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4629310 | Optical scanning system for variable-magnification copier An optical scanning system for a variable-magnification electrophotographic copier includes a first scanning carriage reciprocated along a path by endless bands attached to the carriage at transversely spaced locations and driven purely by friction. Pulle... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4623239 | Optical scanning system A document scanning apparatus is disclosed which provides a scan and rescan motion to a scan carriage using only mechanical drive components. Motion of a rotating photoreceptor is transferred, via drive pulley components to a main drive shaft having, in a... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4603963 | Optical scanning carriage An optical scanning carriage is arranged to be moved along guide rails placed in a plane beneath, and parallel to an object plane. Magnets are incorporated into the carriage base to provide an attractive force between the carriage and the guide rails. Thi... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4448514 | Split exposure optical system for copying machine The slit exposure optical system for a copying machine generally includes two mirror-carrying movable tables of which one is driven at half the speed of the other. Normally each table is driven from one and the same end which means that the other end of e... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4436407 | Electrophotographic reproduction of a three-dimensional object An electrophotographic copying machine capable of making a two-dimensional copy either from a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object is provided. In accordance with the present invention, if a three-dimensional object has portions which cannot be bro... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4429986 | Control method of electrophotographic copying machine In an electrophotographic copying machine of the type using a slit exposure optical system with reciprocating carriages, movement of these carriages at the time a transfer medium is being processed in the usual fixing device often causes a jittering of th... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4355883 | Photocopier scanning apparatus Photocopier scanning apparatus wherein a scanning carriage is mechanically driven by a pair of flexible cables acting on the carriage at widely spaced points on either side of its center of gravity. The cables may be electrically conductive to energize an... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4161359 | Apparatus for synchronizing movement between an optical scanning system and an imaging member A scanning optical system for a photocopier is mounted on a reciprocating carriage which travels between a start-of-scan and end-of-scan position. The carriage is engaged and driven by a drive transmission member which, in a preferred embodiment, is an en... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4155641 | Apparatus for scanning an original in a copying machine Apparatus for scanning an original in a copying machine herein disclosed is of the type in which first and second mirrors are moved in the same direction at the velocity rate of 1:1/2. The apparatus comprises first and second carriages for supporting and ... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4084898 | Photocopying apparatus mirror drive means In a photocopying apparatus wherein a first mirror is suitably connected to a second mirror, a mirror drive comprises an endless chain which is driven on a continuous path, and to which is affixed an actuation element, which may contact a projection attac... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4073584 | Slit exposure device for use with a stationary original carriage A slit exposure device of the type in which an original carrier is fixed and an optical system is movable. A driving force transmitting member adapted to move an optical system is passed over output shafts, and rotation of the output shafts causes two gro... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4023897 | Optics drive mechanism A copier having a stationary document glass and a scanning illumination/optics mechanism. The illumination/optics mechanism reciprocates through a linear scan motion and a reverse-direction reset motion during a copy process cycle. A moving photoconductor... | 05/17/1977 |
