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 |
| 7824169 | Stretching apparatus for web of thermoplastic synthetic resin A stretching apparatus for thermoplastic synthetic resin improved so as to ensure that a web can be easily stretched over its entire width. The stretching apparatus 2 for a thermoplastic synthetic resin web 1 comprises a plurality of first stretching m... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7513768 | Embedment roll device An embedment device includes a first integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the support frame and having a first plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to the first shaft, a second integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the sup... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7314908 | Polythiophene processes Polythiophene may be processed using a method including providing a composition including the polythiophene and a liquid including at least one hydrocarbon having at least 6 carbon atoms; heating the composition to a temperature of at least about 50° C.; and separa... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7223311 | Method and apparatus for fabricating gypsum board A method enables gypsum/fiber board to be manufactured such that recessed areas are formed on the same face of the cut wallboard on all four edges without interrupting the production line. The system accommodates different lengths of cut wallboard as the lateral cut... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214047 | Cutting machine for food products The invention relates to a cutting machine for cutting up, in particular, foodstuff products having an unstable outer contour. The product feeding unit of the cutting machine has a number of conveyor and shaping belts, which are distributed over the peripheral conto... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205017 | Apparatus and method for beating and rolling a food dough belt A plurality of rolling rollers move sequentially upstream from downstream or downstream from upstream along the food dough belt, while each rolling roller rotates on its own axis. The moving direction of the rolling roller is changed according to technical requireme... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182589 | Embedment device for fiber-enhanced slurry An embedment device for use in a structural panel production line wherein a slurry is transported on a moving carrier relative to a support frame, and chopped fibers are deposited upon the slurry, includes a first elongate shaft secured to the support frame and havi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182588 | Device for the continuous production of a strip of dough The invention relates to a device for the continuous production of a strip (6) of dough from a mass (5) of dough, the width of said strip being a multiple of its thickness. The inventive device comprises at least one pair of opposite, interspaced, long... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168938 | Nylon gripper elements of zippers and threaded rods for shaping the nylon gripper elements A nylon zipper has two fastener structures. Each fastener structure has a plurality of nylon gripper elements. Each nylon gripper element has at least one side including a concave portion. A seaming wire for seaming the zipper to a cross strip is embedded in the con... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165959 | Apparatus and method for producing two-sided patterned webs in registration An apparatus for casting a patterned surface on both sides of a web. The apparatus includes a first patterned roll; a second pattered roll; and a means for rotating the first and second patterned rolls such that their patterns are transferred to opposite sides of th... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165962 | Web handling roll stand A telescoping roll stand for use in an extrusion line includes a linkage connecting one or more auxiliary rolls in a spatial relationship relative to each other and other auxiliary web processing components, including conveyors, load cell rolls, draw rolls, and othe... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156642 | Dough rolling apparatus and method An improved dough-rolling apparatus and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling apparatus having a dough sheeter, a sheeting conveyor having a ramped section, a roll-initiating curtain positioned above the ramped section, a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147446 | Crosslinking agent application method and system Methods and systems for applying crosslinking agent to a sheet of cellulose fibers are described. The method and system apply crosslinking agent to one or both sides of the sheet and results in a sheet having a high loading of crosslinking agent that is uniformly di... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135429 | Attrition resistant carrier product The present invention is directed to an attrition resistant carrier product such as silica. Further, this invention is directed to the use of a binder to improve the attrition resistance or reduce the friability of a carrier product such as silica. In an embodiment,... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132120 | Method and apparatus for producing a continuous food shaped as a bar and a belt conveyor used for its production A method for producing a food shaped as a continuous bar by placing a continuous inner material on a continuous strip of an outer layer material that is transferred on a former belt, comprising the steps of placing food material that includes the inner material plac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128555 | Dough moulder A dough moulder for producing moulded dough products of a desired size and/or shape. The moulder includes guide plate (155, 156) which are selectively insertable through respective pairs of slots (151, 152, 153) formed in a pressure rolling board (1... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128802 | Manufacturing method of compressible printing layer and manufacturing method of blanket for printing The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a compressible printing layer, comprising a vulcanizing step comprising a first heating process in which one surface of a compressible printing layer including an unvulcanized compressible layer containing mic... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7060314 | Method of and apparatus for producing endless rolls of a resilient foodstuff A method of and an apparatus for producing endless rolls of a resilient foodstuff, as well as a product in the form of a roll of hard cheese is provided. The method comprises supplying a layer (7) of the resilient foodstuff in a supply plane and against a fir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7001171 | Apparatus and methods for managing molds and forming transverse corrugations and other shapes in extruded tubular polymer melt parisons A corrugator and mold management apparatus and methods for continuously forming transverse corrugations and other shapes in a tubular polymer melt parison formed by an extrusion die employs a plurality of molds that interlock when mated. Each mold has common outside... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978817 | Method for manufacturing fluoropolymer compound plate and device for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a fluoropolymer compound plate comprises the steps of: combining a fluoropolymer sheet and a medium plate as a fluoropolymer compound plate; transferring the fluoropolymer compound plate to a preheat section for being heated uniformly in a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6955533 | Apparatus and method for extending food dough An apparatus for extending food dough is provided that is compact and has a relatively long conveying path for food dough that extends the food dough. Also, the apparatus can be easily cleaned and maintained. It includes a lower frame (3) having a food-convey... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6923631 | Apparatus for forming a resin impregnated flexible graphite sheet A flexible graphite sheet exhibiting enhanced isotropy is provided. In addition, an apparatus, system and method for continuously producing a resin-impregnated flexible graphite sheet is also provided. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6698243 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing bent glass sheet A heated glass sheet is bent by pressing together with at least one belt made of a heat-resistant material against a bending member. The glass sheet is bent as the glass sheet is conveyed with the belt along the bending member, and the bending member is c... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6695032 | Method and apparatus for forming cover tape of tape feeder A method and apparatus for facilitating discharge of a cover tape detached from a base tape in a tape feeder are disclosed. A section of the cover tape is formed to have a predetermined shape by providing a predetermined stiffness to the cover tape. The a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6688872 | Apparatus for making unvulcanized rubber tape An apparatus is provided for making an unvulcanized rubber tape having a finished thickness TO in a range of from 0.3 to 1.5 mm, comprising an extruder which includes a passage for unvulcanized rubber defining an outlet for the extruded unvulcanized rubbe... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6675691 | Continuous platform cutting apparatus An apparatus for shaping a slab of compressible or cellular polymer material (80), such as polyurethane foam, shapes such slab by cutting portions of the material from one surface. A moving patterned platform (32), preferably an endless belt or a series o... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659755 | Dough shaping machine This dough shaping machine includes, carried by a frame (12), a station (20) for rolling out dough, a station for rolling up the rolled out dough, a station for shaping the rolled up dough by stretching it and at least one conveyor (14, 16) for transferri... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6656412 | Compaction system for particles in particle filled cavities of an article A method and apparatus for compacting particles or granules in discrete cavities spaced along an article or articles such as a cigarette filter rod moved underneath the compacting system. The compacting system can be provided with spaced lugs or other pro... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6622617 | Apparatus for the folding of croissants An apparatus for the folding of croissants comprising, in series, downstream of at least one preparation station of rolls of pastry, obtained from triangles of pastry rolled up with one pointed central external end, and fed one after another, a positionin... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616882 | Hose texturing apparatus and method An apparatus and method for imprinting a hose (2) with a continuous grip enhancing texture is disclosed. The texturing device (C, C') is comprised of a circular guide tube (8) through which the hose (2) to be textured is driven. The guide tube (8) is rota... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6546836 | Continuous platform cutting apparatus for cutting a cellular polymer surface An apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of a slab of the material includes a compression roller, a support surface, a blade and a movi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6467386 | Multiple continuous platform cutting apparatus Apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of one or more slabs of material (180) includes two compression rollers (146, 146a), two moving p... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6361307 | Dough lump shaper This invention concerns a dough piece moulder comprising a dough piece sheeting station (20), a station transporting (14,16) sheeted dough pieces along an outgoing path, from the infeed (18) of the transproting station (14,16), located opposite the sheeti... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6349635 | Apparatus to roll-up laminar sheets of food material in tubular shape An apparatus for rolling up laminar sheets of food material in a tubular shape. The apparatus includes an assembly having a plurality of roll-up rollers located at a terminal zone of a conveyor for the laminar sheet of food material. The rolling-up roller... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6302678 | Setting device for bending layer material more particularly paper For levelling webs of paper (3) gaps (20) are provided, each defined by a deflection roll (17) and a stationary bending face (16). For changing the wrap angle at the bending face (16) and also for non-bended passage of the web (3) through the device (1) t... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6296469 | Producing apparatus of film with through-holes A producing apparatus of a film with through-holes includes a pair of stretching rollers which sandwich a film therebetween and stretch the film. The producing apparatus further includes a pair of punching rollers which sandwich the film therebetween and ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6279347 | Method and apparatus for producing bent glass sheet This invention provides a method and an apparatus for producing a bent glass sheet. A heated glass sheet (4, 24, 24*) conveyed from a heating furnace (1, 21) is bent by pressing with at least one belt (5, 9, 25) made of a heat-resistant material against a... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273697 | System for forming low-density polymer foam article A crystalline polymer resin, such as poly(ethylene terephthalate), is heated to melting. One or more blowing agents is selected wherein at least one of the blowing agents has a boiling point greater than the glass transition temperature for the resin and ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6272979 | Apparatus for supplying food dough An apparatus for supplying food dough is provided. It can be made compact, easily assembled, and easily cleaned. The apparatus includes a hopper (3) for receiving a food dough F, a first cutter (7) for dividing the food dough into dough pieces, a transmit... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6254916 | Method and device for producing edible wafer rolls Edible wafer rolls are produced by baking an endless plastically deformable wafer strip from a flowable sugar containing wafer dough, directing the wafer strip continuously from the hot endless revolving baking surface onto a continuously rotating mandrel... | 07/03/2001 |
