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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6654171 | Image projector In an image projector having at least one projection beam that is actuated in the raster mode and in the calligraphic mode for representing a raster component and a calligraphic component of a total image that is projected onto a display, to attain a high... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6574842 | Method for producing an ultrasonic transducer A method for producing an ultrasound transducer having piezoelectric or electrostrictive ceramic elements (11) embedded in plastic, with reduced production costs. The ceramic elements (11) are ceramic rods (20) provided with a plastic jacket (21) of a con... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6556945 | Measurement of grooves and long waves on rails with a longitudinal streak of light A system for measuring unevenness formed by grooves and/or long waves in a surface of an object by using a measuring platform. The system moves the object and the measuring platform relative to each other and projects from the measuring platform a light s... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6549872 | Method and apparatus for firing simulation A first laser beam is transmitted through the actuation of the gun trigger, the trajectory of the virtual projectile is calculated, and the deviations of the trajectory from the target direction at the firing time are determined. The first laser beam is p... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6301761 | Method for producing a composite ultrasonic transducer A method of producing a composite ultrasonic transducer having transducer elements comprising piezoelectric ceramic, with the elements being dispersed in plastic and radiating essentially in the longitudinal direction. To reduce production costs, in sever... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6124713 | Matching amplifier having an extremely high input resistance for an induction probe A matching amplifier for an induction probe which detects low-frequency alternating magnetic fields of floating bodies propagating in water. The matching amplifier has an isolating amplifier and a frequency response-determining network, with the network b... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6110049 | Device for simulating longitudinal and transverse accelerations on a vehicle compartment The device for simulating longitudinal and transverse accelerations on a vehicle compartment has a first motion level for longitudinal displacement of the compartment and, placed on top of the former, a second motion level for transverse displacement of t... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6002253 | Magnetic field probe having a rectangular core formed of strips of material A probe for the detection of alternating magnetic fields has a highly permeable probe core (10) and a measuring winding (11) surrounding the probe core, with the measuring winding being put together of several coils (111, 112, 113) which are connected in ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5992292 | Fire control device for, in particular, transportable air defense systems A fire-control system for anti-aircraft defense systems, particularly mobile ones, having at least one launch apparatus for guided missiles that is pivotable in elevation and disposed on a platform that is pivotable in azimuth, has an optical target-track... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5523569 | Apparatus for detecting leakages in structural members An apparatus for detecting leakages in structural members (8) is disclosed. The apparatus includes a device (2) for conveying gas through the structural member (8) to be investigated, a camera (14) having a narrow band filter characteristic matched to the... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5499219 | Electro-acoustical transducer arrangement An electro-acoustical transducer arrangement for underwater antennas comprised of a plurality of hydrophones (10) which are arranged at equal distances in a linear array, and are to be disposed vertically above each other on a support. For reasons of a si... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5485432 | Method of measuring the acoustic backscatter property of the floor of bodies of water A method is provided for measuring the acoustic backscatter property of the floor of a body of water in which an acoustic multibeam echosounder employed on a ship is used to measure the sonic backscattered from a narrow transmission target strip on the se... | 01/16/1996 |
