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 |
| 5102243 | Printing apparatus for printing same size ruled line without regard to print pitch selection In the print apparatus of this invention, a ruled line is formed on a print medium as a line-up of lines printed by plural printing operation with a line type. A carriage on which the printing unit including the line type is installed is moved from the po... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5037223 | Serial printing apparatus with controllable pitch An electronic apparatus for drawing up documents. The apparatus includes an indicator for indicating registration of information, a keyboard for entering indicia and print pitch information, a memory including a first area for storing keyboard information... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4624591 | Impact printer with type font elements having mid-line pitch change capability An impact printing system which is particularly suitable for word processing is provided with the capability of effecting mid-line pitch changes. The impact printer system which is particularly compatible with interactive display terminals in word process... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4615631 | Printing apparatus with means for indicating the selected printing pitch and paper advancing pitch A printing apparatus includes a power supply for supplying power thereto and a battery supply for supplying back-up battery power. A printing mechanism effects printing on a printing paper in accordance with one of a plurality of printing pitches, and a p... | 10/07/1986 |
| 3985220 | Tabulator apparatus for a typewriter carriage moving in steps of different length A tabulator apparatus for a typewriter whose carriage can be manually set to make carriage steps of different length corresponding to the width of types of different exchangeable type carriers. The apparatus includes a manually shiftable transmission conn... | 10/12/1976 |
