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 |
| 4541338 | Sheet numbering machine A machine for imprinting numbers on sheets of paper, particularly in a consecutive order, includes a base in the form of a box-like housing in which is located a levelling mechanism for levelling a platen against which sheets of paper are supported for im... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4367052 | Flat rate spring particularly adapted for typewriter cartridges Disclosed is a spring operating beyond the elastic limit of the material of which it is constructed, the spring including a length of resilient material having terminal end portions and a central body portion, one of the terminal end portions being adapte... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4330218 | Apparatus for connecting and disconnecting a motor and a print element by pivoting a ribbon cartridge A method of, and apparatus for, engaging and disengaging a selection motor drive hub and a daisy wheel print element. Included therein and utilized therefor are means for permitting a pivoting of a ribbon cartridge and means for connecting the ribbon cart... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4315694 | Carrier for print element and ribbon cartridges A daisy wheel printer carrier for print element and ribbon cartridges. The carrier is made up of a frame having a vertically oriented print element cartridge receptacle adjacent one end and support means for carrying a pivotable ribbon cartridge adjacent ... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4269521 | Key mechanism having a snap action A key mechanism arrangement for use in a keyboard of a business machine wherein a snap motion occurs in response to depression of a keylever. An elongated resilient member is pivotally supported intermediate its ends on a member. One end of the resilient ... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4204780 | Typewriter with improved case shift means In a typewriter of the kind having a carriage movable vertically relative to the type bar assembly to provide three cases of type, the carriage rests on a shift member slidable vertically in guides formed in the body of the typewriter and a spring acts be... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4195939 | Type bar actuating mechanism for a typewriter A typewriter of the kind having an array of typebars each movable by means of a flexible tension element or string connecting the typebar to the shank of a corresponding key, is provided with improved means connecting each string to the associated key. Th... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4109778 | Transmission mechanism, notably for typewriters Angular displacements of a rotary member in, for example, a typewriter are controlled by moving a guide roller to shorten and lengthen the path of an elongate flexible member attached at one end to a rotatable stationary pulley and at its other end to an ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4000802 | Type bar actuating mechanism Type bar actuating mechanism for typewriters comprises a cord connected to each type bar. Each cord is attached to an individual type bar at a position below the pivot axis of the type bar and extends forwardly to a keyboard area, where it is attached to ... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3987884 | Printing apparatus with paper positioning tractor means and escapement means The invention is directed to a highspeed digital print-out apparatus. The apparatus involved is provided with tractors which move the paper in a first direction past a stationary print-out wheel which in conjunction with a print hammer imprints preselecte... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3957150 | Impression control apparatus for typewriters A drive system for an electric typewriter has a power roll driven by an electric motor through a drive belt and a pulley rotatably mounted and resiliently connected to the power roll. The driving energy transmitted to the type action of the machine is con... | 05/18/1976 |
