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 |
| 6944986 | Bait clipper A clipper for cutting and severing a portion of bait material preventing direct contact of a user with the former. The two elongated pivotally mounted members include cutting assemblies ends that cooperate to come towards each other in a substantially parallel fashi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941658 | Nail clipper A nail clipper, of which a fixed body is operated with a lever, is folded by a board spring, and unfolding angle between the fixing body and the lever is maintained in certain angle, so that the fingernail can be cut safely, at the same time, when the present invent... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6035690 | Hog ring clamping device A hog ring clamping device which clamps a hog ring such as a C ring, comprising a magazine attached around a clamping portion of a clamping device main body, jaws to deform a C ring, provided in the clamping device main body, a moving rod to open and clos... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5979213 | Pneumatic device A hand-held pneumatic device, such as a C ring clamping device, comprises a main body, a grip joined to a lower portion of the main body, a pneumatic cylinder contained in the main body, and a directional control valve contained in the main body. A first ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5653140 | Lightweight pneumatic hog ring gun A lightweight pneumatic hog ring gun utilizing a pair of pivoting jaws to catch and retain a hog ring for application when a power wedge spreads the rear of the jaws apart, clinching the hog ring, with a lock piston that retains tension on the rear of the... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5483815 | Pneumatic hog ring gun A pneumatic hog ring gun utilizing a pair of pivoting jaws to catch and retain a hog ring for application when a power wedge spreads the rear of the jaws apart, clenching the hog ring, with a lock piston that retains tension on the rear of the jaws before... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5121624 | Pipe ring crimping tool This invention is directed to a novel pipe ring crimping tool which is adapted for crimping a ring over plastic plumbing pipe onto a plastic fitting. A crimping tool which comprises: (a) a first jaw component constructed to have therein a concave semi-cyl... | 06/16/1992 |
