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 |
| 6467294 | Apparatus and method for controlling temperature for a self-service food display A self-service food display in which a food tray that is supported by a support structure is cooled by an air stream that passes over and under the tray. The tray has opposed end sections and one or more intermediate sections. The air stream is uniformly ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467295 | Refrigerated cooling apparatus for semiconductor device The present invention relates to a refrigerated cooling apparatus for cooling heat generated from a semiconductor device by forming a circulating flow path of the air in a case with an evaporator and the semiconductor mounted. The refrigerated cooling app... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467296 | Air conditioning system for vehicle An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle that includes a multi-stage compressor, an internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger, a heat exchanger switching circuit, a cooling expansion passage and a heating expansion passage. The compressor has... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467297 | Wafer holder for rotating and translating wafers In the method and apparatus of this invention a wafer for manufacturing semiconductor devices is held by a vortex-type substrate holder against a moveable frame during processing. Motion of the wafer is controlled with movement of the frame. The frame is ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467298 | Energy transfer systems for refrigerator/freezer components An energy transfer system is provided for a household or commercial refrigeration appliance. The energy transfer system includes a fluid passage disposed in the housing of the appliance for enabling the transfer of a fluid into, through, and out of the ho... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467299 | Container for a vial or ampoule A portable container (10) suitable for housing and protecting vials (Y) ampoules and other small vessels containing pharmaceutical or veterinary preparations such as vaccines, which are sensitive to changes in temperature or to relatively high temperature... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467300 | Refrigerated intercooler A refrigerated intercooler for an air conditioning, refrigeration or similar cooling system. The intercooler provides a thermal interface between colder refrigerant gas leaving the air conditioning system's evaporator and the hotter refrigerant liquid lea... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467301 | Refrigeration system with purge The improved refrigeration system also includes a tee having a stem portion extending horizontally from the condenser of the system, and a pair of upper and lower arms connected in a vertical orientation to the stem. The tee lower arm is connected to the ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467302 | Accumulator for a refrigeration system The improved refrigeration system of the present invention includes an accumulator with a diffuser pipe extending downwardly into the upper end of a vapor refrigerant tank, the diffuser pipe extending from an evaporator and discharging vapor refrigerant t... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467303 | Hot discharge gas desuperheater A passive desuperheater for a vapor compression refrigeration system is disclosed. The passive desuperheater includes a chamber having two inlets and an outlet, the first inlet for introducing superheated gas into the chamber, the second inlet for introdu... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467304 | Refrigeration cycle In order to magnify capacity control of a refrigeration cycle for an increased efficiency and achievement of compactness, the refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a four-way valve, a heat exchanger on a side of a heat source, a liquid receiver, a he... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467305 | Method and apparatus for crystallization from liquids An installation for crystallizing a liquid from a solution, for example for freeze-concentrating effluent, having a nucleation zone, a ripening zone and a separator where the nucleation zone is constructed as a vacuum crystalline, such that the installati... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467306 | Process and apparatus for the separation of carbon monoxide and hydrogen from a gaseous mixture thereof A process and apparatus for separating carbon monoxide and hydrogen from a gaseous mixture thereof. The process comprises separating a cooled and partially condensed stream of feed gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen into hydrogen-rich vapor and c... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467307 | Color-coded ornamental article A color-coded ornamental article worn by a person having a plurality of interconnected pieces. Each piece has a colored face representing a digit according to a given code. The pieces are arranged in a sequence to form a number or date. Each piece has ope... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467308 | Jewelry prong setting A prong setting for a ring or other jewelry item is provided. The prong setting is mounted along the jewelry item and includes one or more first prong elements and one or more facing second prong elements for defining an opening therebetween in which a je... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467309 | Method for manufacturing a glass sheet having an uneven surface A heat-resistant pipe is arranged so as to traverse below a glass ribbon in a float bath of molten tin, and bubbles emanate from the heat-resistant pipe, thereby making the bottom surface (which is in contact with the tin) uneven. Alternatively, the botto... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467310 | Method for producing optical fiber base material ingot by grinding while core portion central axis is brought into line with rotational axis of grinding machine There are disclosed a method for producing an optical fiber base material ingot comprising depositing a soot on a starting core member, and subjecting the soot to dehydration, vitrification by sintering, and then cylindrical grinding, wherein the cylindri... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467311 | Double flame polishing method for fiber preforms The optical fiber base material heat treatment method can be provided that the first flame polishing heats the surface of the optical fiber base material (106) with fixing a length of the optical fiber base material (106) and the second flame polishing he... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467312 | Sol gel method of making an optical fiber with multiple apetures The disclosed method of making microstructured optical fiber comprises providing a mold, with a multiplicity of elongate elements extending into the mold and being maintained in a predetermined spatial arrangement with respect to the mold. Silica-containi... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467313 | Method for controlling dopant profiles The present invention discloses novel methods for fabricating glass articles, particularly optical fiber glass preforms, which may contain alumina, yttrium, lanthanum, erbium, or other rare earth metals as dopants. The glass articles made in accordance wi... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467314 | Method and apparatus for pairing threads in textile machine An apparatus and method for pairing at least two threads for processing in a textile machine. The apparatus includes individual thread feeding devices for furnishing individual threads to a pairing device in which the individual threads are formed into a ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467315 | Anti-theft boat locking mechanism An anti-theft device for water craft to secure boats and to secure accessories in three embodiments. The first embodiment discloses a two part locking mechanism comprising a tubular locking bar which reciprocates into locking relationship with a tubular l... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467316 | Protective sleeve for a padlock A protective sleeve for a padlock includes a sleeve body having an open inserting end adapted for insertion of a lock body of the padlock into the sleeve body, a restricting end opposite to the inserting end and adapted for abutting against the lock body,... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467317 | Lunette trailer hitch lock A lunette trailer hitch lock prevents theft of trailers and other objects equipped with a lunette-style trailer coupler hitch having a lunette eye. The lock device has a top member and a bottom member which are engageable with each other. A conventional s... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467318 | Theft-resistant releasable container for valuable articles A theft-resistant container or keeper of the instant invention is suitable for use with a case having a hinged edge and an opening edge, the keeper comprising a frame, a locking mechanism, a cover member. The frame has a back panel, a top wall, a bottom w... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467319 | Remote key interlock system A remote key interlock system includes a locking device mounted on a steering column and a key actuated ignition switch located remote from the locking device, where a cable connects the locking device to the key actuated ignition switch. The locking devi... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467320 | Door locking apparatus of automobile A door locking apparatus of an automobile is provided wherein inner and outer handles mounted at a door of an automobile for releasing a latch transfer the manipulating force to the latch by an integrated link member, thereby shortening an assembly proces... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467321 | Device for ultrasonic peening of metals A device for ultrasonic peening of metals is intended for strengthening and relaxation treatment of metal surfaces with an ultrasonic oscillation and includes an ultrasonic generator (1) having the optimized power of from 0.2 to 0.5 kW, a piezoelectric tr... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467322 | Pipe shaping method A pipe shaping method forms a narrow neck at one end of a workpiece in the form of an elliptical pipe having a cross sectional shape elongated in a predetermined elongating direction, with a roller. The pipe shaping method includes the following steps of:... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467323 | Plate reduction press apparatus and methods A material 1 to be shaped is reduced and formed by bringing dies with convex forming surfaces, when viewed from the side of the transfer line of the material 1, close to the transfer line from above and below the material 1, in synchronism with each other... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467324 | Die hemming assembly and method A hemming assembly and method for joining the edges of a pair of panels together includes a main die supporting edges of the two panels, a pre-hem slide supporting a pre-hem tool, a final die holder supporting a final die, and at least one drive to move t... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467325 | Method of fabricating a flow control device Semi-spherical supports are used in the piercing of small, consistently sized holes in a soft metal. In particular, a flow control device, such as an orifice plate, can be fabricated with small, consistently sized flow apertures to regulate flow in a gas ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467326 | Method of riveting Rare earth metal switched magnetic devices that comprise one or more magnets, a rare earth metal element positioned in the magnetic field produced by the magnet(s) and a system for controlling the temperature of the rare earth metal element are disclosed.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467327 | Press brake tool and tool holder An American style press brake tool and tool holder having a safety key. The holder has a body with walls defining a downwardly open, tool receiving recess having a top, a downwardly facing force-delivering shoulder adjacent the bottom of said recess, and ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467328 | Process and device for detecting microparticle movement For the detection of the position and/or velocity of microparticles which move from dispensers of a dispensing head (30) to a target, a detector target with two linear bound, electro-acoustic or electro-optic interactive areas which fix a target plane is ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467329 | Neutral point voltage adjuster of torque sensor The present invention provides a neutral point voltage adjuster of a torque sensor which comprises: a pair of coils having inductances changing mutually in a reverse direction in accordance with a torque; and a differential amplifier means inputting first... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467330 | Apparatus for testing physical characteristics, especially rolling contact fatigue resistance of materials The present apparatus for testing rolling physical characteristics of materials, especially rolling contact fatigue resistance of materials, represents the most simple and universal solution, by which it is possible to test not only laboratory tested obje... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467331 | Bubble measuring instrument and method Method and apparatus are provided for a non-invasive bubble measuring instrument operable for detecting, distinguishing, and counting gaseous embolisms such as bubbles over a selectable range of bubble sizes of interest. A selected measurement volume in w... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467332 | Device for olfactory judgment of an odorous substance, use thereof and a method of operating the device A device for olfactory judgement of an odorous substance, particularly a perfume, substantially comprising a flat test object in a casing, preheated or heated electrically by a temperature control and measuring circuit to a given temperature and with prol... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467333 | Trace level detection of analytes using artificial olfactometry The present invention provides a device for detecting the presence of an analyte, such as for example, a lightweight device, including: a sample chamber having a fluid inlet port for the influx of the analyte; a fluid concentrator in flow communication wi... | 10/22/2002 |
