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 |
| 7811046 | Dual-compartment trailer with front and rear live floors A bifurcated, dual-compartment trailer having a front storage compartment and a rear storage compartment, each having a power driven live floor. The storage compartments are selectively separated by a moveable or openable partition having a closed position and an op... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7419348 | Incremental material urging system An incremental urging system comprising a container structure including floor, roof, and side wall structures, and closed at a rearward end. A loading aperture is provided in the roof of the container structure for the introduction of compactable material. An increm... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7316307 | Reciprocating slat conveyor with continuous splash guard bearings An elongated plastic slide bearing (10) comprises a top (30), sidewalls (32, 34) depending from the top (30), and connecting to walls (36, 44, 48 and 38, 46, 50) that form laterally inwardly extending recesses (40, 42... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7252190 | Bale wagon load rack and round bale unloading attachment A bale wagon for large bales that uses a load rack made of a plurality of longitudinal spaced-apart channel members that move in segments to transfer the load rearwardly for unloading. A tilting bed round bale unloader deposits bales one tier at a time onto their cy... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7191889 | Remote controlled swing auger system A remote controlled swing auger system for efficiently manipulating a position of a swing auger. The remote controlled swing auger system includes a swing auger connectable to a main auger, a swing hopper connected to the swing auger, a plurality of front wheels and... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7063205 | Reciprocating conveyor with liquid collecting tray A system for carrying refuse and other materials can be used in combination with a transport vehicle. More particularly, the system can be part of a trailer for a transport vehicle. The system has a frame to which a load-bearing platform is attached. The platform ha... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6769532 | Method and apparatus for conveying a solid material In a method and conveyor for conveying a solid material by means of parallel, oblong transfer elements that move back and forth in the direction of transfer, most of the surface of the transfer elements moves in the direction of transfer at the same time and at leas... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6675956 | Slat conveyor with lifting slats and conveying slats A slat conveyor includes both lifting slats (10) and conveying slats (12). Longitudinal movement of drive members (34) move lifting blocks (32) up lifting ramps (30). The tops of the lifting slats (10) rest on the lifting blocks (32) and the lifting slats... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6585106 | Reciprocating slat conveyors Bolt fasteners extend through a bottom wall (38) in longitudinal guide beams (14), to secure the guide beams (14) to transverse frame members (70, 72). The guide beams (14) include sidewalls (40, 42) which extend upwardly from the bottom wall (30) to late... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6261049 | Withdrawal device A device for withdrawing debris, for example compost material, stored on a sliding base with longitudinally displaceable boards. A mobile driving unit having at least one driving device can be coupled/uncoupled to at least one section of the sliding base ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6019215 | Reciprocating slat conveyors with pressure seals Side-by-side conveyor slats (62) have laterally outwardly extending opposite upper side portions (72,74), each including a depending, longitudinal support and seal bead (B) having a lower edge that contacts and slides along a longitudinal bearing/seal sur... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6003660 | Drive units and drive assembly for a reciprocating slat conveyors Three tandem drive units are provided. Outward variable volume working chambers at one end of the drive units are connected via passageways in the piston rods with inward variable volume working chambers at the opposite end of the drive units. In similar ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996773 | Fluid drive for reciprocating floor An enclosed fluid drive system for cycling the beams in a reciprocating floor between a reset position and a delivery position wherein an array of fluid motors engages the beams for moving the same and the fluid drive system includes an exhaust system whe... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5860507 | Reciprocating slat conveyors with pressure seals Side-by-side conveyor slats (62) have laterally outwardly extending opposite upper side portions (72,74), each including a depending, longitudinal support and seal bead (B) having a lower edge that contacts and slides along a longitudinal bearing/seal sur... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5850905 | Reciprocating slat conveyors with pressure seals Side-by-side conveyor slats (62) have laterally outwardly extending opposite upper side portions (72,74), each including a depending, longitudinal support and seal bead (B) having a lower edge that contacts and slides along a longitudinal bearing/seal sur... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5839568 | Reciprocating floor conveyor control system The reciprocating floor conveyor (10) has a frame (14) guide beam assemblies (46) and floor slats (50) slidably mounted on the guide beam assemblies. An A group of floor slats (50) are connected to a transverse drive beam (100) and reciprocated back and f... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5605427 | Level gravity conveyor with gravity return of transfer units A level gravity conveyor provides a plurality of individual load-engaging support pads aligned longitudinally along the conveyor. The pads are movably supported on runway segments which extend longitudinally. Each runway segment defines an upper raceway s... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5547067 | Reciprocating floor conveyor with liquid collecting base structure Adjacent base sections of a base structure of a reciprocating floor conveyor are connected along longitudinal side edges by a tongue and groove joint. Side portions of adjacent sections form a guide beam. The groove and tongue portions of the joint are fo... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5544739 | Installation for the temporary storage of bulk goods An installation for the temporary storage of bulk good, such as a composting tunnel, comprises a number of supported floor plates (1), which are slidable in their longitudinal direction, for receiving the bulk goods, the floor plates (1) are jointly movab... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5431523 | Remote control for a reciprocating vehicle bed conveyor floor A reciprocating conveyor being switchable between an operation mode and an interrupt mode by an RF remote control. An electric valve communicates between a hydraulic drive pump and a reciprocating switch valve to provide a bypass for a pressurized fluid. ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5383548 | Reciprocating floor conveyor A reciprocating floor conveyor has at least one group of at least three individually reciprocatable slat members. A drive engages each slat member and moves more than half of the slat members simultaneously in a conveying direction and moves the remainder... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5340264 | Reciprocating floor conveyor A reciprocating floor conveyor has at least three groups of one or more individually reciprocatable slat members. A drive engages each slat group and moves more than half of the slat members simultaneously in a conveying direction and moves the remainder ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5238360 | Reciprocating floor conveyor with liquid collecting channels between the floor members In a reciprocating floor conveyor, a plurality of longitudinal base sections (16) are connected together to form a support and guide structure for the floor members (10). The base structure comprises a plurality of guide beams (18 and 20, 22) which extend... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5234309 | Container for holding material which includes a drainable liquid A wide floor member (10) is supported by slide bearings (18) which are located on a pair of spaced apart guide beams (12). The floor member has opposite side portions each of which includes a top portion (38, 40). A liquid collecting channel (46) is locat... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5228555 | Load positioning and conveying system A load positioning and conveying system includes a plurality of groups of elongate conveyors, wherein each group includes at least two conveyor slats. A conveyor drive mechanism includes a first drive unit connected to one end of the conveyor slats and a ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5145309 | Container for liquid bearing material A reciprocating floor (12) is provided at the bottom (22) of a container (10). The conveyor (12) may slope rearwardly from a front end to a rear end. A transverse liquid collection trough (30, 32) is provided at the rear end of the conveyor. Liquid in gar... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5139133 | Reciprocating floor conveyor and floor member A wide floor member (10) is supported by slide bearings (18) which are located on a pair of spaced apart guide beams (12). The floor member has opposite side portions, each of which includes a top portion (38, 40). A liquid collecting channel (46) is loca... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5000647 | Reciprocating floor conveyor having separable floor unit and drive unit Disclosed is a reciprocating floor conveyor having a separable floor unit and power drive unit (24). The floor unit includes a bottom frame (38, 40, 42, 44) and at least three sets of elongated reciprocatable floor members (26, 28, 30) which are supported... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4923356 | Apparatus for collecting and compacting garbage and then loading it into a road vehicle A bulk material such as garbage is introduced into a hopper inlet (14) of a comparator (12). A piston (18) in the comparator moves the bulk material out from the comparator (12) into the vault (26). In the vault (26) the material is compacted against a ba... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4798802 | Method for accelerating composting of organic matter and composting reactor therefor A plug-flow composting reactor including a longitudinal hollow chamber having a floor, a pair of oppositely disposed side walls, and a top wall. The reactor preferably includes an entrance structure and an exit structure mounted at opposite ends of the ho... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4571150 | Reciprocating floor conveyor method Generally horizontally disposed bracing trusses (44, 46) are interconnected between the bottoms of the longitudinal drive beams (70, 72, 74) and the bottoms of the associated transverse drive beams (100, 102, 104), within a reciprocating floor conveyor. T... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4549840 | Self-loading carriage for round bales A self-loading cylindrical bale carriage having at least one frame member including a center frame member extending along the longitudinal center line thereof. The frame member provides a supporting sliding surface for bales loaded on the carriage by mean... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4009774 | Conveyor A conveyor primarily useful for handling palletized loads comprising in combination a walking beam conveyor and a non-powered roller conveyor. The palletized load is normally supported on a static support and the roller conveyor, but when it is desired to... | 03/01/1977 |
