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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 |
| 8097219 | Integrated reactor and centrifugal separator and uses thereof An apparatus for providing reaction of fluids and separation of products with increased residence time. The apparatus includes a stationary shell, a rotating hollow cylindrical component disposed in the stationary shell, a residence-time increasing device external t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7914750 | Continuous reactor system for anoxic purification A continuous process and related system for producing high purity silica are disclosed. The process and system utilize a unique high temperature rotary reactor which excludes oxygen. The use of one or more anoxic gases is described, that upon administration into the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7837955 | Continuous reactor system for anoxic purification A continuous process and related system for producing high purity silica are disclosed. The process and system utilize a unique high temperature rotary reactor which excludes oxygen. The use of one or more anoxic gases is described, that upon administration into the... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7780927 | Spinning tube in tube reactors and their methods of operation A spinning tube in tube reactor has the usual elongated transverse annular cross section reaction passage through which reactants pass to force reaction between them; the passage being between the rotor tube exterior surface and the stator tube interior surface. The... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7651670 | Method for continuously polymerizing in mass quantities and taylor reactor for carrying out this method A Taylor reactor (1) according to FIG. 1, comprising 1. an annular reaction volume (2) which widens in the flow direction and is defined by an outer reactor wall (3), a rotor (4) which i... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7534404 | Methods of operating surface reactors and reactors employing such methods New methods of operating surface reactors, and such reactors, particularly spinning disk reactors, require that a first reactant is fed to a reactor surface (20) and forms a thin radially outward moving film (60) thereon in a reaction passage (42 | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531148 | Oxidation reactor A two-tube centrifuge separates light material and heavy material from an input mixture. A hollow drive shaft rotates a central body member about an axis of rotation. Two hollow arm assemblies, each having circular cross-section, are mounted on diametrically opposit... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7407639 | Method for preparing particles of a defined size in a reaction vessel The present invention relates to a method of preparing particles of a defined size and morphology, using a reaction of reactants, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of rotational forces and wherein the reactants are separated from each other by mean... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7374940 | Method and apparatus for determining the progress of a uranium oxyfluoride conversion reaction in a furnace and for controlling the reaction A substance in a condensed state, for example a powdered solid, is in continuous movement in the longitudinal direction (6) of a furnace (4, 5). A reactive gas mixture is brought into contact with the substance in the condensed state. A plurality of sa... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371566 | Composting apparatus and method A composting apparatus including an electric motor driven drum. The drum is provided with spaced fins on the inner surface and a supporting shaft that can include air holes to provide air within the confines of the drum. In this instance, tubes with holes are secure... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361199 | Combined water gas shift reactor/carbon dioxide adsorber for use in a fuel cell system An apparatus removes CO from a hydrogen-rich gas stream in a hydrogen fuel cell system. CO fouls costly catalytic particles in the membrane electrode assemblies. Both a catalyst adapted to perform a water gas shift reaction, and a carbon dioxide adsorbent are dispos... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341872 | Multiautoclave with set of vessels for combinatorial synthesis of zeolites and other materials A vessel arrangement having a base and multiple vessels suited for simultaneously conducting a plurality of isolated experimental reactions or treatments at atmospheric process conditions or elevated temperatures and pressure condition has been developed. A componen... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7276095 | Fuel processor module for hydrogen production for a fuel cell engine using pressure swing adsorption A stand-alone fuel processor (10) for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon fuel for a fuel cell engine in a vehicle. The fuel processor (10) includes a primary reactor (14) that dissociates hydrogen and other by-products from the hydrocarbon fu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7147362 | Method of mixing by intermittent centrifugal force An apparatus for mixing fluids comprises a housing having at least a portion of its interior, for example, a channel, with capillary dimensions and at least one structural member in the interior adjacent an end of the channel. The dimensions of and placement of the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7125161 | Methods for mixing fluid in a rotating container The invention provides exemplary devices, systems and methods for mixing of fluids, such as biological fluids. One exemplary device comprises is particularly adapted for holding at least one cartridge having a chamber containing a biological fluid, with the chamber ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125527 | Methods of operating surface reactors and reactors employing such methods Methods of operating surface reactors, and such reactors, particularly spinning disc reactors require that a first reactant is fed to the reactor surface and forms a thin film on the surface. A second reactant is fed to the surface in the form of a second thin film ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122161 | Taylor reactor for materials conversion in the course of which a change in viscosity of the reaction medium occurs A Taylor reactor for conducting material conversions, having an external reactor wall (1) located within which there is a concentrically or eccentrically disposed rotor (2), a reactor floor (3) and a reactor lid (4), which together define... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122812 | Leak detection lamp A light source for examining sites in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems for leaks using a fluorescent dye is described. The light source can include a low voltage lamp or a low heat generating lamp. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7033407 | Method for internal heating reformation by oxidation A method of producing hydrogen by reforming a hydrocarbon or an aliphatic alcohol. The method includes preparing a columnar catalytic member having many axial passages and containing a reforming catalyst, a shift catalyst and an oxidation catalyst; preparing a refor... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029635 | System for treating material containing noxious components A system for treating a treatable material containing a noxious component, which comprises a mixer for mixing a treatment agent containing alkali material with the treatable material to form a mixture, at least one first heat treating furnace for producing a low oxy... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008460 | Process for the production thermally converted light products and electricity Process for the production of thermally converted light products from residual feedstock and electricity from syngas obtained from thermal conversion residue as feedstock, in which process flue gas exiting from the electricity producing unit is fed through a heat re... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6984345 | Cavity-preventing type reactor and a method for fabricating a preform for a plastic optical fiber using the same A cavity-preventing type reactor and a method for fabricating a preform for a plastic optical fiber using the same, wherein post-process charging of additional monomer or prepolymer into rotationally-induced central cavities is avoided by forming void-free plastic f... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6964692 | Carbon monoxide adsorption for carbon monoxide clean-up in a fuel cell system An apparatus removes carbon monoxide (CO) from a hydrogen-rich gas stream in a hydrogen fuel cell system. CO fouls costly catalytic particles in the membrane electrode assemblies of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. A vessel houses a carbon monoxide adsorbe... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6919055 | Hydrogen supply device In the hydrogen supply device for producing and supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell, a heat exchange section has a rotary thermal storage through which low and high temperature passages pass. Reforming material is supplied to the low temperature fluid passage on an up... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911187 | Apparatus for internal heating type reformation by oxidation The present invention provides an apparatus for the production of hydrogen by the reformation of a hydrocarbon or aliphatic alcohol having a hollow cylindrical frame; a columnar catalytic member having a multitude of axial passages, mounted in and supported by the c... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910801 | Agitating and mixing device The object of the present invention is to provide a device with a simple structure which can uniformly mix bulk materials. A device comprises a rotary shaft 6 to be rotated by a driving means 3, a container outer shell 7 fixed to the rota... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6849160 | Method and device for heat treatment of waste products An apparatus and method are for the pyrolysis of waste. The aparatus has a rotating cell formed of a cylinder in combination with a truncated cone rotating on the same axis. The apparatus also has a hopper for charging the waste at one end of the cylinder, an ash bo... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6838063 | Hydrogen supply device In the hydrogen supply device for producing and supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell, a reforming section has a rotary thermal storage through which low and high temperature passages pass. Reforming material is supplied to the low temperature fluid passage on an upstre... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6713028 | Rotating process chamber with integral pump and energy recovery turbine A rotating process chamber assembly for processing various fluids comprises a substantially cylindrical process chamber has an outer wall extending between two end walls and a substantially cylindrical inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall in an axia... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6627174 | Axial conveyor and loop reactor containing said axial conveyor An axial conveyor is described, in particular for conveying gas/liquid dispersions, wherein the conveying elements comprise a wall-sweeping edge pointing in the direction of the pressure side of the conveying elements. The axial conveyor is particularly s... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6582666 | Apparatus for high flux photocatalytic pollution control using a rotating fluidized bed reactor An apparatus based on optimizing photoprocess energetics by decoupling of the process energy efficiency from the DRE for target contaminants. The technique is applicable to both low- and high-flux photoreactor design and scale-up. An apparatus for high-fl... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6551561 | Apparatus for decoupled thermo-photocatalytic pollution control A new method for design and scale-up of photocatalytic and thermocatalytic processes is disclosed. The method is based on optimizing photoprocess energetics by decoupling of the process energy efficiency from the DRE for target contaminants. The technique... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6342128 | Method and apparatus for decoupled thermo-photocatalytic pollution control A new method for design and scale-up of photocatalytic and thermocatalytic processes is disclosed. The method is based on optimizing photoprocess energetics by decoupling of the process energy efficiency from the DRE for target contaminants. The technique... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6309611 | Apparatus for low flux photocatalytic pollution control A new apparatus for design and scale-up of photocatalytic and thermocatalytic processes is disclosed. The apparatus is based on optimizing photoprocess energetics by decoupling of the process energy efficiency from the DRE for target contaminants and is a... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6149881 | Pyrolysis method for increasing limonene production and novel oven to facilitate such method The amount of limonene produced during pyrolysis of scrap tire carcass or polyisoprene rubber can be increased by decreasing residence time of the isoprene gas produced during the thermal degradation of polyisoprene rubber in the high temperature reactor ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6068816 | Process for the mild reduction of germs in pharmaceutical preparations The present invention relates to a process for degerminating drugs in a vacuum drying system comprising a multi-blade stirrer under the conditions of reduced pressure, keeping the active ingredients intact and largely destroying toxic mould fungi.... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6061925 | Rotary type heat treatment device, and temperature control method for the device An object of the invention is to provide a rotary type heat treatment device wherein, when a material to be sintered is continuously and stably sintered in a container, the material in the container is stably detected for a long period of time, and a temp... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6054057 | Downflow hydrothermal treatment A system and method for treatment of a feed material includes a reactor chamber in a reactor vessel. The reactor vessel has a longitudinal axis which is vertically oriented so that gravitational forces act generally in a direction along the axis between a... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6017499 | Apparatus for contacting solids in the form of freeflowing lumps with liquids or gases The invention is directed to an apparatus for contacting in a reactor solids in the form of free-flowing lumps with liquids or for contacting solids with liquids and gases by bringing the reactants into contact with each other, said reactor comprising a h... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6007786 | Device for doping silica powder A device for doping silica powder with a dopant includes an arrangement for receiving silica soot particles or previously fabricated silica granules. The particles or granules contained in the receiving arrangement are heated to a temperature sufficient t... | 12/28/1999 |
