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 |
| 4434911 | Label feed control system A label feed control system for separating labels sequentially from the base ribbon. The base ribbon is transported for a certain length after the front edge of each label has been detected. The feed amount of the label after its front edge has been detec... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434912 | Accumulator for veneer feeder Apparatus for supporting a stack of veneer sheets with the top of such stack at approximately the level of pinch roll mechanism in a dryer feeder. An accumulator in the apparatus may be actuated to support a remnant stack of veneer sheets at proper elevat... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434913 | Cyclical mechanical dispensing mechanism A mechanical dispensing device, suitable for dispensing miniature elements, comprises a cyclically driven finger element having a cam follower member which rides over a cam surface to produce a generally rectangular motion path for the finger during each ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434914 | Personal defense actuator A directional applicator for a self-defense product includes a container having a bottom, side walls and a top; a valve mounted to the top of the container, an actuating stem, having an axial dispensing bore, for the valve, projecting outwardly from the c... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434915 | Child-resistant finger pump dispenser A child resistant finger pump dispenser having a vertically oriented body member or tank. The tank has a piston therein with an attached hollow outlet stem extending out of its upper end. An actuator button is attached to the upper end of the stem and has... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434916 | Manually operated liquid dispensing pump The invention relates to a pump applicable to containers holding a substance to be delivered or dispensed under pressure, which pump is manually operable. The pump includes a hollow stem movable within a hollow body, urged out of the latter by a spring an... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434917 | Trigger-actuated atomizer A trigger-actuated atomizer pump has a first engagement member held in fitting engagement with a second engagement member on a flattened liquid container for orienting the atomizer pump securely against rotation relative to the flattened liquid container ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434918 | Boarding apparatus and method Hosiery toe closing and boarding apparatus has a pair of heatable boarding forms to which hose are fed by a reciprocally-acting transfer mechanism from carriers of a known toe closing machine. The boarding forms are mounted on a turret to move between hos... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434919 | Multiple-position spare tire mount A tire mounting arrangement allows a spare tire to be stored either inside the rear portion of an automotive vehicle or outside the tailgate door thereof.... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434920 | Soft orthopedic pouch-type infant carrier This invention relates to an improved pouch-type infant carrier characterized by a drawstring subassembly extending transversely of the seat operative upon actuation to preset the maximum distance separating the leg openings so as to locate the latter dir... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434921 | Handbag and belt carrier This invention is for a receptacle comprising a combined handbag and belt pouch having concealed support means attached to an inner surface of said receptacle. The support means are adapted to the insertion of a carrying strap and are located at a positio... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434922 | Flexibly-supported, pivotable load carrier for vehicles A carrier for carrying loads, e.g., bicycles, external to a vehicle is described. It comprises: an inverted U-shaped frame which is usually disposed in an upright position when in use; a set of flexible straps which attach to the lower end of the frame an... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434923 | Apparatus for separating castings into necessary and unnecessary pieces An apparatus for continuously separating castings into necessary and unnecessary portions, which castings are automatically and continuously produced by a die casting machine. The castings are separated into the necessary and unnecessary portions by vibra... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434924 | Dual driven feed rolls for a punch press The input shaft of a punch press is rotated at a continuous preselected speed and is drivingly connected by a cam drive mechanism to an output shaft to generate oscillating rotational movement of the output shaft. Upper and lower feed rolls are rotatably ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434925 | Strip solder feeding and re-winding device A motorized strip solder feeding device including a spool of strip solder which may be mounted on a soldering iron for selectively feeding strip solder to the heated tip. When the strip solder on the spool is depleted, the spool may be mechanically connec... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434926 | Transportation device, in particular for shaped, flexible material A machine for transporting a web particularly a web of flexible material of indefinite length. The device comprises a pair of rotary clamping groups, each clamping group having the form of an endless carrier of clamps. Each rotary clamping group is pivota... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434927 | Penetrator interface adapter concept A penetrator interface adapter comprising a generally cylindrical fluted oilless nozzle adapter with means for positioning a penetrator with holder and an energy absorbing collar adjacent the target container so that the penetrator projects into the targ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434928 | Tape feeding device for stapling machines A stapling machine for hook-and-eye fasteners includes an improved tape feeding device which comprises a roller means having means on its circumference for continuously engaging a reinforcing tape, and means for rotating the roller means in one direction.... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434929 | Hammer with magazine nail feed A generally conventional hammer construction is provided including a nail containing and feeding magazine supported therefrom and extending through the head of the hammer and the adjacent handle portion thereof along a substantially straight path disposed... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434930 | Process for producing reinforced structural articles Reinforced structural elements are produced by taking two or more sheets of the same or different malleable metal and applying a pattern of thermally decomposable stop-off material on an interfacial surface, solid phase green bonding the sheets one to ano... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434931 | Cash box for paper currency A cash box for paper currency has an opening therein through which a bill can be introduced into that cash box to form part of a stack of paper currency within that cash box. A closure is movable away from that opening to an open position to permit a bill... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434932 | Air-conditioner control system for automobiles An air-conditioner control system for an automobile includes a shifting unit for shifting the direction of flow of conditioned air supplied to the vehicle compartment between a first flow direction including the direction of an object occupant and a secon... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434933 | Gas flow rate control system A gas flow rate control system designed to control the gas flow rate by continuously controlling the opening of an electromagnetic valve, wherein the magnetic hysteresis of a plunger and a yoke which are magnetic material forming the magnetic circuit is r... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434934 | System for heating the operators cabin of a machine powered by an internal combustion engine A system for heating the operator's cabin of a machine powered by an internal combustion engine includes a primary oil conduit system wholly contained within the oil pan of the machine and having a high-pressure pump for feeding oil under heat and high pr... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434935 | Powder, especially metallic powder for marking workpieces Powder, such as metallic powder for marking workpieces, consists of a blend of fine powder and of coarse powder.... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434936 | Irrigation system An irrigation system, such as of the self-propelled type with a series of self-propelled support towers for supporting and moving an irrigation conduit over a field to be irrigated, the conduit comprised of a series of conduit sections supported by the to... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434937 | Reaction drive sprinkler A reaction drive sprinkler, particularly of the large gun type, is provided with an improved drive assembly adapted for full- or part-circle rotation of the sprinkler in steps about the axis of a water supply standpipe. The sprinkler includes a relatively... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434938 | Aroma system The present invention presents an aroma system for use with toilets and the like. In the present aroma system an improved pump has been combined with a container to provide a compact and trouble-free system. The pump is activated by the toilet handle when... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434939 | Applicator gun A portable, self-contained unit for the application of textured wall and ceiling covering material comprises a pressure tank adapted to be charged from an external source or by a manually actuatable pump incorporated in the tank. A pressure line containin... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434940 | Insulated fuel injection nozzle device and method for manufacturing same An insulated fuel injection device, particularly for diesel engines, is provided for maintaining the nozzle spray hole temperature at a reduced level during engine operation whereby coking at the nozzle hole is prevented. The device comprises an elongated... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434941 | Sealing system for the air feed of a rotatable air nozzle system A system for the axial feed of air to one of two air nozzles (7, 7) which together are rotatable about a longitudinal center axis (4), comprising a housing (6) having a pair of stationary air feed ducts (10, 11) each of the ducts terminating in a thrustin... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434942 | Process and apparatus for attrition carried out in a humid medium This invention provides a process and apparatus for the wet attrition of ore. The process comprises grinding the ore to a pulp having a particle size distribution such that about 80% by weight of the particles have a diameter of from about 30 to about 0.4... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434943 | Pump intake cutter head The present invention relates to improvements in the pumping of a slurry of aquatic growths being removed from lakes, rivers, canals and other waterways wherein final comminuting of the growth takes place directly adjacent the inlet impeller of the pump t... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434944 | Mass (inductive) reactance vibratory mill or crusher employing mechanical drive force A mill or crusher useful for crushing and grinding material employing mechanical vibratory drive force at a sonic frequency. A drive shaft having orbiting eccentric weight means fixedly attached thereto and having freedom of motion both rotationally and l... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434945 | Winding apparatus An improved winding apparatus for winding wires and the like, which includes a flyer having a passage for passing the wire through it and driven for rotation around a winding form or winding frame for winding the wire onto the winding form, a roller movab... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434946 | Strand guide for packaging apparatus A strand guide reciprocable along a winding collet as part of a package builder and having an upper strand-reciprocating portion and a lower strand-flattening portion.... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434947 | Axially displaceable reel holder for packing machine webs A reel 12 for a web of packaging material, such as metal foil for wrapping cigarettes, is axially extendable outwardly from the machine base 10 to facilitate web roll replacement. Such extension, and retraction, is implemented by a double acting pneumatic... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434948 | Apparatus for producing overlapping band rolls from superposed overlapping flat workpieces In an apparatus for coiling flat workpieces arriving in overlapping formation on a conveyor onto a winding core to form a reel of overlapping workpieces, a pivoted frame carrying rollers for an endless driven belt is mounted so that the belt lies initiall... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434949 | Winder rider roll control A winder rider roll assembly for paper rolling devices is provided with a rider roll having a counter weighting system in which chains affixed adjacent axial ends of the rider roll assembly are entrained over chain sprockets non-rotatably affixed to a cro... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4434950 | Winding-on device for paper sheets and lengths of textile A device for winding-on sheets of material (3), particularly sheets of paper and lengths of textile, includes a winding-on device and a feed unit (6,8) coupled with the winding-on spindle (4) of the winding-on device through a belt drive (21,22,26), which... | 03/06/1984 |
