...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 |
| 6652903 | Dry-copying method for producing flat, individually dosed preparations of active agents A method for metering active ingredient in powder form onto a predetermined area is characterized in that the active ingredient is transferred as electrically charged powder to a roll with the opposite charge, the active ingredient transferred to the r... | 11/25/2003 |
| 4705695 | Method for coating pharmaceutical formulations A method for coating solid pharmaceutical formulations, comprising coating said solid formulation with an aqueous fluid, film forming coating medium comprising a dissolved polymer prepared from acrylic and/or methacrylic monomers having a side group conta... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4522840 | Manufacture of highlighted intagliated articles Process for manufacturing colored solid articles, e.g. pharmaceutical tablets, bearing at least one highlighted intagliation, which comprises (1) either (A) applying to said articles a film coating suspension comprising at least one defined optically anis... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4287221 | Method for providing enteric coating on solid dosage forms The invention provides a novel method for providing entric coating on solid dosage forms using an aqueous coating liquid so that the problems inherent to the use of a coating liquid in an organic solvent can completely be eliminated. The inventive method ... | 09/01/1981 |