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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 |
| 5906673 | Pressure swing system with auxiliary adsorbent bed The invention is a pressure swing adsorption system. The pressure swing adsorption system has a plurality of primary adsorbent beds and at least one secondary adsorbent bed. The feed gas stream is flowed to a primary adsorbent bed loaded with an adsorbent... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5869114 | Production of fermented malt beverages A process for chill-treating, which is exemplified by a process for preparing a fermented malt beverage wherein brewing materials are mashed with water and the resulting mash is heated and wort separated therefrom. The wort is boiled, cooled, and fermente... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5866910 | Flow-through photo-chemical reactor A flow-through photochemical reactor includes a reactor body, that circumscribes a longitudinally extending channel having a generally annular cross section. This channel accommodates fluids passing between an inner wall of the reactor body and an outer w... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5866496 | Cracking catalyst and process for preparing same The invention is a catalyst and a process for manufacturing a catalyst. The process includes adding an effective amount of an acid stable surfactant or an alkaline stable surfactant to a slurry of particles including an active mineral component. Desirable... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5857570 | Primary and secondary packaging system for beverage products A container suitable for shipping and dispensing a plurality of individual products is disclosed. The container conforms with accepted beverage industry handling and distribution practices, is conveniently transported from the point of retail sale by the ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5823222 | Sanitary sampling device and method for using same A sanitary coupling device and a method for its use are described. The sanitary coupling device taps a vessel, such as a brewery tank, without exposing the fluid to the atmosphere. The device can include a coupler that prevents the collected fluid from ex... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5811144 | Beer having increased light stability and process of making A process for the production of a hopped malt beer wherein a processing liquid containing riboflavin is hopped to form the desired beverage. The improvement comprises subjecting that processing liquid to an effective amount of actinic radiation of a wavel... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5800059 | Static fluid flow mixing apparatus A static mixer conduit comprises a longitudinally elongated conduit having tabs that are arranged with respective first edges adjacent the conduit wall, and respective opposed second edges that are spaced radially inwardly from the conduit wall. These tab... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5797863 | Collapsible cervical collar A collapsible cervical collar is disclosed with an elongated neck encircling band and a chin support brace. The chin support brace has first and second ends and a concave edge separating the first and second ends. A hinge connects the elongated neck encir... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5792239 | Separation of gases by pressure swing adsorption A natural gas feed stream containing significant quantities of nitrogen and/or carbon dioxide can be increased to a content of greater than 95 percent by volume of natural gas, and preferably greater than about 98 percent, by passing the natural gas feed ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5773387 | Herbicidal composition comprising two 1,3,5-triazine sulfonylurea derivatives This invention relates to herbicidal compositions containing sulfonylureas useful for control of undesired vegetation by treatment of vegetation or the locus to be protected. To eliminate detrimental effects of herbicides in crop rotation and phytotoxicit... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5762655 | Fuel for internal combustion engines and turbines containing ozonization products The invention is a fuel and a method for producing an improved hydrocarbon fuel for internal combustion engines and turbines. The method includes the steps of subjecting a conventional hydrocarbon liquid fuel to ozonization. The ozonization is performed u... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5741755 | Herbicidal composition and a method to control undesired vegetation This invention is related to herbicidal compositions comprising derivatives of benzenesulfonylurea and 2-methoxy-3,6-dichlorobenzoic acid for control of undesired vegetation by treating said vegetation and locus to be protected by said compositions. To el... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5739072 | Process for improving the physical and catalytic properties of a fluid cracking catalyst A process for significantly improving the physical and catalytic properties of fluid cracking catalysts (FCC) is disclosed. The invention is a process for manufacturing a fluid cracking catalyst. The process includes adding an effective amount of an acid ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5728413 | Production of fermented malt beverages A process for preparing a fermented malt beverage wherein brewing materials ere mashed with water and the resulting mash is heated and wort separated therefrom. The wort is boiled, cooled and fermented and the beer is subjected to a finishing stage, which... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5728054 | Adjustable cervical collar An improved cervical collar comprised of an elongated neck encircling band, a chin support brace, a sternum and shoulder brace and an adjustment system secured to the sternum and shoulder brace and the elongated neck encircling band for adjusting the heig... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5711930 | Process for improving the phyiscal properties of formed particles A process for significantly improving the physical properties of formed particles is disclosed. The process includes adding an effective amount of an acid stable surfactant or an alkaline stable surfactant to a component of the material before drying the ... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5707425 | Helium recovery from higher helium content streams The present process is directed to the efficient recovery of helium gas from gas streams which contain about 25 percent by volume or more helium. The process comprises two stages of pressure swing adsorption, each stage being comprised of a plurality of i... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5696380 | Flow-through photo-chemical reactor A flow-through photochemical reactor includes a reactor body, that circumscribes a longitudinally extending channel having a generally annular cross section. This channel accommodates fluids passing between an inner wall of the reactor body and an outer w... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5695795 | Methods for chill-treating non-distilled malted barley beverages A process for chill-treating, which is exemplified by a process for preparing a fermented malt beverage wherein brewing materials are mashed with water and the resulting mash is heated and wort separated therefrom. The wort is boiled cooled and fermented ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5685764 | Exercise garment with support bra The invention is an exercise garment having an integrally formed support bra. The exercise garment includes an upper bra portion for providing support to the user. Connected to the upper portion is a lower, stretchable fabric portion for covering the tors... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5671906 | Flush valve The invention is a flush valve for a water-cooled, marine outboard engine having a flush orifice. The flush valve includes a valve body having an engine attachment end and a flush water source end. The valve body has a channel between the engine end and t... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5665187 | Method for connecting composite drive shaft to annular member A method of forming a coupling or connecting a composite drive shaft to an annular member comprising the steps of locating the shaft over the member and injecting adhesive through holes in the shaft to bond the shaft to the member.... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5632803 | Enhanced helium recovery The disclosed hybrid membrane and pressure swing adsorption process can recover helium from source streams of about 0.5 to 5 percent by volume helium and concentrate the helium to a concentration of greater than about 98 percent by volume. The process com... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5593849 | Method for detecting antibody against Staphylococcus aureus for replication protein B sequence 275-290 and Arg-Lys-Leu in human body fluids This is an immunochemical assay that uses enzyme-linked immunosorbence to detect the presence of antibodies against environmental protein sequences that mimic the human opioid peptide dynorphin in samples of human body fluid. The assay makes it possible t... | 01/14/1997 |
