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 |
| 6920702 | Cooling grid for bulk material A cooling grate for bulk material, having a carrying plate for accommodating a layer of the material for cooling, and having conveying elements by means of which the material for cooling is conveyed in a conveying direction on the resting carrying plate and which co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6808592 | High throughput plasma treatment system A system for the plasma treatment of parts. The system includes a chamber base sealingly engageable with a reaction chamber to form a treatment chamber and a lifting device operable to lift the reaction chamber from the chamber base. A transfer mechanism is operable... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6712576 | Batch charger for cold top electric furnace A batch charger has a telescopic belt conveyor with a vertical take-up system for the belt when the conveyor retracts. The conveyor may pivot and/or shift laterally besides the furnace on a track. Fixed silos are positioned to refill an on conveyor bin while it is p... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6413481 | Sterilization tunnel A sterilization tunnel for pharmaceutical containers such as vials has an inlet zone, a sterilization zone, and a cooling zone. A conveyor belt for the vials is disposed inside the sterilization tunnel. An emptying device that can be raised and lowered is... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6270305 | High temperature conveyor furnace with low friction conveyor travel surface A high-temperature conveyor furnace with a low friction conveyor travel surface is provided. The furnace includes a muffle defining a heating chamber, hearth plates providing a hearth surface within the heating chamber, and a conveyor belt to convey produ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6267587 | Thermal curing oven and thermal curing process An apparatus and a method for curing coatings on ophthalmic lenses is disclosed. The apparatus includes an oven that is continuously supplied with lenses. A vertically oriented conveyor having multiple carrier bars for supporting the lenses is positioned ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6223975 | Method and apparatus for the temperature regulation of components, for example semiconductor circuits, printed circuit boards and the like A method and apparatus for the temperature regulation of components such as semiconductor circuits, printed circuit boards and the like. The components are conveyed on carriers through an inlet slot into a temperature regulating housing provided with temp... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5976258 | High temperature substrate transfer module A system and method for processing a substrate. The system includes a substrate heating station, a processing station, a conveyor for transporting the heated substrate from the substrate heating station to the processing station and a conveyor heating sta... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5871325 | Thin support for PC board transfer system A transfer system that supports circuit boards as it conveys them through a reflow oven. The system uses a sag support between edge supports. The sag support does not have to move as the circuit board is transferred along the transfer system. The height o... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5595282 | Article treatment apparatus An article treatment apparatus including at least one treatment zone, and a conveyor for conveying articles through the treatment zone, with the conveyor having an air-permeable conveyor belt displaceable along a support provided with a plurality of vacuu... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5435686 | Bearing race hardening line A pusher furnace for heating workpieces has an elongate and generally horizontally extending chamber housing a plurality of trays to receive workpieces thereon to be heated within the chamber. The chamber is divided into at least two generally parallel ro... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5313505 | Rod handling apparatus ROD HANDLING APPARATUS comprises a continuously operated modified walking beam conveyor apparatus activated mechanically, electrically and electronically, utilizing computer and servomechanism technology to control the movement of a series of nuclear fuel... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5267853 | Curing device A curing device, which hardens on heater blocks a paste used for die-bonding the chips to lead frames, including frame supporting wires, wire slacking preventing collars and frame conveying wires. The frame supporting wires are installed above the heater ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5241807 | Method and apparatus for wrapping lollipops and similar articles A method and apparatus for wrapping lollipops wherein the candy portion is first placed in a pre-formed wrapper envelope and then loaded between chuck jaws translated on a conveyor. The conveyor includes a plurality of chucks, and the chuck jaws of each c... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5234302 | Conveyor belt for braze furnace A conveyor assembly for a braze furnace includes a plurality of first chain links pivotally interconnected to form a continuous loop chain and a plurality of second chain links pivotally interconnected to form a continuous loop chain identical to the firs... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5230421 | Means for storing and conveying objects, installation arrangement for the means and method for operation in a closed container The storage arrangement for operation in an autoclave with horizontal cylinder (60) includes a conveyor chain (10), which is moved on both sides back and forth over guide sprocket wheels. Shelves (1) are conveyed with the conveyor chain (10). The parallel... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5141379 | Continuous furnace for the heat-treatment of workpieces A continuous furnace for the heat-treatment of workpieces comprising an endless chain-like conveyer belt (18) consisting of a ceramic material and having a plurality of links (34, 34', 34", 34'"; 36, 36',36', 36""; 38, 38', 38") which are arranged one bes... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5081938 | Method and apparatus for controlled bidirectional feeding of particulate matter A method and apparatus are provided for effecting bidirectional feeding of particulate material, such as in the bidirectional feeding of fuel to a circulating fluidized bed combustor. A feeder has a housing with at least one inlet in the upper portion of ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5071305 | Device for supporting and turning over board-like objects, to be transported through a continuous circulation oven An arrangement for transporting printed circuit boards along a path through a dryer operative for drying wet ink applied to at least one of the surfaces of each board, includes an endless conveyor for successively conveying the boards along a vertical asc... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5040236 | Apparatus for irradiation of printed wiring boards and the like An open-weave conveyor moves a printed wiring board through a region of radiant energy. The conveyor has a plurality of supporting projections extending from the major surface of the conveyor to minimize engagement between the conveyor and the board, prov... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4895081 | Gravimetric feeder, especially adapted for use in a calorimetry system A calorimetry system for measurement of the heating value of coal, having a combustor 24 and a mixing unit 30 wherein heat from combustion gases is transferred to air. The system has a gravimetric feeder 64 for providing coal at a measured mass feed rate;... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4846081 | Calorimetry system A calorimetry system for measurement of the heating value of coal having a combustor 24 and a mixing unit 30 wherein heat from combustion gases is transferred to air. The system has a gravimetric feeder 64 for providing coal at a measured mass feed rate; ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4780040 | Conveyor guide arrangement A conveyor with a frame and a guide rail for guiding the movable member supported on the frame with a tension imparting arrangement which applies a tensile force between the ends of the guide rail.... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4661325 | Sterilization processing system for can-sealed products A system for sterilizing can-sealed products, stored in aligned groups in a carrying basket for sterilization, uses loading and unloading conveyors for the systematic loading and unloading of alternating groups of canned products and partition panels, int... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4507039 | Automatic parison feed system The present invention relates to an automatic parison feed system for tubular plastic parisons. The parisons are fed, one at a time, from a parison feed unit into a parison loading unit. The parison loading unit, which holds a parison vertically, is posit... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4446800 | Apparatus for firing solid fuels This invention relates to a boiler installation for the combustion of solid fuels, for example forest waste material in the form of e.g. bark and/or chips, peat pellets, coal etc., which installation comprises a furnace located in connection to a heat med... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4432214 | Device for insertion and feed of products on the plates in a horizontal plate freezer This invention concerns a device for insertion and feed of products on the plates in a freezer, particularly to horizontal evaporating plate freezers.... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4412816 | Sliding shoe for a pusher furnace A sliding shoe or member for a pusher or reheating furnace for the sliding transport of substantially bar-shaped heated objects has an essentially U-shaped profile or sectional shape and is provided with downwardly protruding legs for the laterally guided... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4325478 | Transport belt intended for transporting products at a high temperature, and a transport means equipped with this belt A transport belt for a conveyor or bucket conveyor especially for transporting products whose temperature exceeds 200° C. is provided wherein a flexible belt carries on its outer face a metal carrier means adapted to receive or pick up the hot products w... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4260371 | Modular heat exchange apparatus Modular, conveyor-type heat exchange apparatus is provided which is especially adapted for handling large volumes of shale rock and preheating incoming raw shale using hot, spent shale from a commercial processing operation. The apparatus includes an elon... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4245943 | Unloading apparatus for vacuum electric furnaces Unloading apparatus for vacuum electric furnaces having a hostile environment is disclosed in which a compartment is provided to which work pieces are delivered from such a vacuum electric furnace, transferred from the furnace by movable supporting and tr... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4142304 | Apparatus for gas treatment of articles traversing an enclosure Treatment of articles in an enclosure traversed by gases, according to which the articles are advanced translationally and are simultaneously rotated, characterized by apparatus for causing the articles to travel the length of the enclosure several times ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4062459 | Conveyor for heat treating furnace A conveyor for heat treating furnaces including a plurality of heat insulating elements mounted on a conveyor roller-chain assembly and arranged side-by-side along the conveyor path through the furnace. Articles to be heat treated are supported on the ins... | 12/13/1977 |
| 3985225 | Chain conveyor with support chain Chain conveyor with support chain comprising a frame mounting a drive sprocket and a tension sprocket, as well as an endless traction chain running therearound having a working run carrying a load that is transported, which run is supported by guides fixe... | 10/12/1976 |
