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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7892055 | Outboard motor A motor including an intake-side conduit member disposed outside a casing that makes a connection between a cooling water intake section of a water pump and an intake hole, and a cooling water relay section provided outside the casing. The cooling water relay sectio... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7811142 | Fitting for cleaning a through hull port from inside a marine vessel A marine through hull fitting (50) includes a cleanout housing (80, 204) attached thereto. The clean out housing (80, 204) is configured with a mechanical cleaning implement (94, 218) supported for movement through a first fluid conduit (... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7625255 | Marine propulsion machine provided with drive shaft An outboard motor S has a first drive shaft 31 directly interlocked with an engine E, a second drive shaft 32, an intermediate gear mechanism 33 interlocking the first drive shaft 31 and the second drive shaft 32, an output gear me... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7329162 | Cooling system for a marine propulsion device A cooling system for a marine vessel is configured to allow all cooling water to flow out of the cooling circuit naturally and under the influence of gravity when the marine vessel is removed from the body of water. All conduits of the cooling circuit are sloped dow... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7256970 | Elimination of electric-pop noise in MR/GMR device A magnetic reading head comprising: a bottom shield; a top shield; an AMR device with MR and SAL separated by a thin insulating layer; a first insulting gap layer between said bottom shield and said AMR; a second insulating gap layer between said AMR and said top sh... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247068 | Boat propulsion unit A propulsion unit for a boat has a cooling water intake structure through which entry of cooling water is obstructed when the boat is towed while the impeller is not turned, and through which sufficient cooling water enters when the impeller is turned. The propulsio... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7097522 | Water pickup configuration for a marine propulsion system A cooling system for a marine propulsion device provides a water flow directing device, which is generally annular in shape, which has a water inlet extending from it. The water flow directing device is attachable to a gear case of a marine propulsion device and is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7074456 | Process for manufacturing a bottom spin valve structure Currently, the shield-to-shield separation of a spin valve head cannot be below about 800 Å, mainly due to sensor-to-lead shorting problems. This problem has now been overcome by inserting a high permeability, high resistivity, thin film shield on the top or botto... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6881109 | Jet-propulsion watercraft Disclosed is a jet-propulsion watercraft having a simple structure for drawing water as cooling water, the inside of which may be cleaned easily. The watercraft typically comprises an engine, a water jet pump driven by the engine, a two-part pump casing, at least on... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6786782 | Pneumatically operated inlet water valve A pneumatically operated valve is provided for use in conjunction with a seacock, or in place of a seacock, so that flow of water through the hull of a marine vessel can be blocked more easily than by manually manipulating the lever of a standard seacock. A controll... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783412 | Cooling water distribution system for a marine propulsion device A cooling water distribution system provides a single cavity from which water is directed to a plurality of auxiliary devices. The cavity is formed within a housing structure that has a perforate surface shaped to be inserted into a primary water conducting channel ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6752671 | Water jet propulsion type outboard engine A water jet propulsion type outboard motor which includes: a power source; a driving system; a housing; a curved tubular duct member; guide blades; and an impeller. The duct member is fixed to the housing on which the power source is mounted, and having a suction po... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6682371 | Outboard motor position responsive system An outboard motor position responsive system is disclosed that warns and/or prevents a powerboat operator from engaging the ignition system of an outboard motor when the outboard motor is tilted up beyond a maximum safe tilt position. The system comprises... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6659816 | Water jet propeller To simplify a mounting job for a filter and a lid at a water intake port. A filter accommodation chamber of a cylindrical shape forms a water intake port that is provided in a side wall of a stator having therein an impeller rotatably disposed. A filter o... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6544086 | Four stroke engine with cooling system A four stroke internal combustion engine having cooling system for cooling the engine is disclosed. The cooling system includes a closed loop cooling system for cooling at least a portion of the engine. The cooling system also includes an open loop coolin... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6089933 | Boundary layer water pickup device A through-hull water pickup device for mounting in a watercraft below the water line where the layer of water next to the hull is known as the boundary layer. The device includes a flange having grooves that channel water into the watercraft via an open e... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6068529 | Marine propulsion unit with dual water inlet structure An improved twin propeller marine propulsion unit. A vertical drive shaft is journaled in the lower gearcase and drives a pair of bevel gears. A pair of concentric propeller shafts are mounted in the lower torpedo section of the gearcase and each shaft ca... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6036556 | Outboard motor with bleed for engine cooling jacket Disclosed herein is a jet propulsion unit comprising a housing including a wall defining a water tunnel having therein a water outlet port, and a recess located in the wall defining the tunnel and in surrounding relation to the port, and a screen located ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6022251 | Water inlet for marine drive An outboard drive is equipped with a water inlet located on a lower casing of the outboard drive. The lower casing includes a nacelle that houses a transmission and a propulsion shaft that are coupled to an engine through a drive train. The propulsion sha... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6009823 | Marine scoop strainer with cleaning access A scoop strainer has a rim to attach the strainer to an outer surface of a hull of a marine vessel over a through-hull fitting intended to admit water to the interior of the hull. The strainer has small openings therethrough to pass water but not large un... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5902160 | Twin propeller marine propulsion unit An improved twin propeller marine propulsion unit. A vertical drive shaft is journaled in the lower gearcase and drives a pair of bevel gears. A pair of concentric propeller shafts are mounted in the lower torpedo section of the gearcase and each shaft ca... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5890939 | Boundary layer water pickup device A unique through-hull water pickup device for mounting in a watercraft below the water line where the layer of water next to the hull is known as the boundary layer. The device includes a flange having a curved lip provided with grooves that channel water... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5766046 | Cooling water pickup for marine propulsion unit An improved water pickup arrangement for a marine propulsion device for picking up cooling water for the propelling, water-cooled internal combustion engine. The lower unit has a bullet-shaped portion and the water inlet openings are formed at the forward... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5752763 | Light bulb and a light device using the same A light device includes a housing which has an end with a bulb mounting hole and a conductive plate around the bulb mounting hole, and a light bulb to extend through the bulb mounting hole. The light bulb has a base which includes a cylindrical contact po... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5700172 | Submerged marine exhaust system An improved marine engine exhaust device for discharging exhaust below the surface of the water in a submerged turbulent region generated by said device which is fixed to a the undersurface of the vessel hull, wherein the gas is maintained for a period of... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5607333 | Cooling water inlet and method of fabricating a cooling water inlet member A cooling water intake (1) is constructed as an integral body from a composite material, having a duct (2) running from a first opening (3), adapted to face toward the sea, and to a second opening (4), where the cooling water intake may be connected to th... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5472359 | Enclosed shaft system for marine jet propulsion drives An enclosed shaft system for tunnel jet drive marine propulsion systems for providing an improved lubrication and coolant system over current designs. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates the utilization of an enclosed shaft syst... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5376032 | Marine drive with skeg water inlet A marine drive (10) has a water inlet (234) on the side of the skeg (194). One or more turning vanes (261, 289) receive incoming water flow and turn and direct same forwardly and upwardly within the skeg to a torpedo nose passage (198). A flow divider (28... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5344349 | Surfacing marine drive with contoured skeg A marine drive (10) has two counter-rotating surface operating propellers (12 and 14). The upper end (302) of the leading edge (288) of the skeg (194) is spaced forwardly of the lower end (310) of the trailing edge (306) of the skeg (194) by a horizontal ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5301079 | Current biased magnetoresistive spin valve sensor A magnetoresistive read sensor based on the spin valve effect in which a component of the read element resistance varies as the cosine of the angle between the magnetization directions in two adjacent magnetic layers is described. The sensor read element ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5215487 | Marine propulsion device water inlet screen A marine propulsion device comprising a housing including a side wall having therein a water inlet and having an outer surface which extends generally in the fore and aft direction and which includes a ramped portion having a forward end and sloping rearw... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5098322 | Marine propulsion device with self assembling coolant water inlet screens A marine propulsion lower unit including spaced first and second sides, first and second water inlet openings respectively located in the first and second sides, a water passage including a laterally extending branch extending between the first and second... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5078630 | Engine cooling system induction arrangement for marine inboard-outboard and outboard engines A marine outboard engine has a section of its cooling water suction passage defined by an annular groove formed in the periphery of a bearing housing which accommodates the bearing of the propeller shaft. This allows the suction passage to be connencted t... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5045001 | Auxiliary automatic cooling water supply for marine engines A marine propulsion device comprising an internal combustion engine, primary structure for supplying cooling water to the engine, and ancillary structure for supplying cooling water to the engine in response to the temperature of the engine exceeding a pr... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5011615 | Method and apparatus for inhibiting organism growth in marine motors A device for controlling the growth of organisms in the cooling water inlets (7a and 7b) in outboard or stern drive motors. The device comprises of a resilient collar (1) that is placed over the cooling water inlets (7a and 7b) in such a way as to trap a ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4955837 | Cooling water feed structure for inboard/outboard engine A number of embodiments of cooling water feed structures for inboard/outboard engines wherein the outboard drive includes a first conduit that extends through the outboard drive and communicates with an adjustably mounted second conduit. The adjustable mo... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4954109 | Water pickup insert A cooling water pickup system is provided for a marine stern drive. The stern drive includes an outdrive housing having a cooling water passage defined therein with first and second cooling water inlet openings defined on opposite sides of the housing and... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4950190 | Marine stern drive unit with improved water handling A marine stern drive unit (1) includes a fluid passage disposed within a drive shaft housing (11) of cast construction. The fluid passage has a discharge outlet (23) which is connected to the lower inlet end (41) of a generally centrally disposed vertical... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4861293 | Marine propulsion device with screened water inlet Disclosed herein is a marine propulsion device comprising a lower unit including a gear case rotatably supporting a propeller shaft adapted to support a propeller, which gear case includes an interior passage leading to a water pump, which gear case also ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4861291 | Marine engine protection device Several embodiments of marine outboard drives including devices for protecting the unit in the event of tilting up more than a predetermined extent. The protection devices slow the engine when the outboard drive is tilted up more than the predetermined am... | 08/29/1989 |
