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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 |
| 4586122 | Power enhancer A device for reducing electrical energy consumption is disclosed. The device is operated by a pulse type voltage source which may be a pulsating direct current or a rectified alternating current. In one embodiment, the device includes primary and secondar... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4580895 | Sample-scanning photometer An apparatus and method for reading agglutination tests and other procedures by scanning the contents of a microtest well or other sample-holding vessel to determine a certain charactersitic of the contents, such as the size of an agglutination button or ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4576424 | Artist's work and storage station A cabinet is disclosed which is generally rectangular and may have a plurality of drawers therein. A top section, however, may be lifted and rotated outwardly to form a drawing board which is angularly adjustable and includes sufficient knee room to permi... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4576090 | Tunnel heater An improved apparatus and method for heating food products by forced air convection are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a tunnel heater having a tunnel-like cavity through which food products to be heated are conveyed. Air is drawn from within the tunn... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4574855 | Tree processing machine A machine (1) for processing trees, comprises limbing tools, holding tools and a feed-in crane, where a holding tool and a limbing tool are movable relative to one another. According to the invention, the holding tool (5) and, respectively, limbing tool (... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4572943 | Electrical steam generator for intermittent operation A steam generator intended for intermittent operation has a cylindrical body in which a water-conducting passageway and hollow spaces for electric resistance elements are located. The cylindrical body is homogenous, and the water conducting passageway is ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4572111 | Heating apparatus Heating apparatus, typically for providing domestic central heating and hot water supply, comprises a gas or other fuel burner (13), a flue (16) extending from the burner to an outlet, a first chamber (21) operatively carrying a first body of medium, e.g.... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571114 | Strap connector A strap for attaching together wooden members having faces disposed in different planes. The strap includes a first connecting plate disposed in a first plane, the first connecting plate having a plurality of teeth projecting generally orthogonally from a... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570912 | Pneumatic spring counterbalance having improved damping structure A pneumatic spring counterbalance extensible link including a closed end cylinder with an end connector, a piston and rod assembly within the cylinder and maintained therein by the crimped over end portion of the cylinder retaining a rod bushing and rod t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570586 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine having an oil-retaining cylinder block and crankcase (10), a cylinder head (11), a cylinder liner (12) defining the cylinder (13) in which a piston (14) reciprocates, and a crankshaft (15) on which the piston is mounted via a... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4570407 | Truss assembly and attachment member for use with trusses A truss assembly and attachment member for use in constructing truss assemblies. The attachment member includes an intermediate leg with first and second connecting plates disposed at opposite ends of the intermediate leg. Each of the connecting plates ha... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4567810 | Automatic firearm A firearm in the form of a submachine gun which can fire in either a semiautomatic or full automatic mode. The firearm is provided with a front sear, a front trigger and a rear sear/trigger in a construction which allows the operator to instantly change b... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566614 | Casting nozzle A casting nozzle (1) at metallurgical processes, through which nozzle a metal bath is intended to flow out, where gas, such as argon or nitrogen gas or a mixture of gas and powderous material, is intended by means of an injection lance or the like to be i... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4563006 | Ice-hockey stick having bevelled lower surface An ice-hockey stick, preferably with a blade (1) slightly curved in its longitudinal direction, where the concave side (3) of the blade obtained by said curve is the forehand side. The stick is particularly characterized in that the lower side (2) of the ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562908 | Rotary actuator A rotary actuator having an output driver rod mounted within an output sleeve that is rotated by a drive motor. A driving mechanism for coupling the drive motor to the output sleeve includes a worm wheel that is mounted on the output sleeve so as to be fr... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562683 | Hinged metal webs for truss structures A hinged metal web member for use in forming a truss or joist assembly. In one embodiment, the web member includes a pair of leg members having connector plates at the upper and lower end portions. Each connector plate has a plurality of teeth struck ther... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562509 | Safety switch A safety switch for a glass door, which is used for refrigerating and deep freeze chambers and comprises two or more glass panes of hardened glass, of which the front pane (21) remote from the refrigerating and deep freeze chamber is heated by an electric... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4561230 | Truss assembly and truss hanger and connector hanger for use with trusses A truss and beam assembly and a truss hanger and connector for use with wooden trusses and beams is disclosed. The truss hanger is used for attaching a truss assembly to a beam extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the truss.... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4561197 | Golf shoe sole structures for relieving spike-produced pressure points A golf shoe or other spiked shoe having spike receptacles embedded in the shoe's outsole and an intermediate sole overlying the outsole and configured to relieve the spike-produced pressure points or zones which result from walking or standing on a hard s... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4559742 | Machine for vibratory grinding of workpieces Method for vibratory grinding of workpieces by means of abrasive bodies or the like under the influence of accelerative forces, wherein a homogenous, substantially horizontal stream consisting of workpieces and abrasive bodies is circularly limited in its... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559733 | Signboard rack A signboard rack according to the invention is designed to receive at least two opposite side edges of a signboard (4) or the like. The signboard rack includes longitudinal bars (1) of uniform cross-section which are adapted for interconnection at general... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559249 | Sliding member and a method for manufacturing the same A sliding member is provided which comprises a base body made of a firmly entangled and collapsed metal fine wire, with the voids formed between the metal fine wires constituting the metal mesh being filled compactly with a heat resistant material, the sl... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4559248 | Sliding member A sliding member is disclosed wherein a sheet-like heat resistant material comprising expanded graphite, mica, etc. singularly or in combination, and a reinforcing material comprising either a combination of a mesh made of metal fine wires with a mesh mad... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4557059 | Athletic running shoe An athletic shoe having a sole bottom which is contoured in the region of first foot strike along the lateral border to provide an arcuate landing surface which curves upwardly toward the lateral side edge of the sole and away from the ground surface and ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4555887 | Truss assembly and connector for use with trusses A truss assembly of floor or roof trusses and connector hangers are disclosed for attaching respective ends of a truss to a beam extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the truss. The hanger includes a connecting plate having a plurality of tee... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4553959 | Urethral catheter A urethral catheter comprising a tube for insertion into the bladder and having an inlet (17) for the drainage of urine via the tube, and a wall portion (18) having reduced thickness and increased flexural properties such that this wall portion (18) will ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553631 | Sound absorption method and apparatus A method of absorbing sound generated within a clean-room environment and the sound-absorbing panel for carrying out that method, wherein said sound absorbing panel comprises a fibrous core material enclosed in a non-porous membrane, said membrane being a... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4551393 | Heat-resistant shift member A heat-resistant shift member is disclosed which comprises a fundamental body having substantially a desired configuration and formed of one or more of compressed heat-resistant materials such as expanded graphite with entangled wires being firmly embedde... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4551334 | Dough improver A dough improver containing sodium thiosulphate and a method of manufacture of bread using the dough improver are disclosed. The sodium thiosulphate exerts a conditioning effect on dough gradually during yeast fermentation, in contrast to cysteine which r... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4548807 | Mastitis prevention A method, composition and containerized product for use in preventing the disease of mastitis in dairy cows and other animals. The invention employs a homogenous disinfectant composition in the form of an aerosol spray which applies disinfectant to the te... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4548675 | Nonsulfur chemimechanical pulping process A nonsulfur chemimechanical pulping process for producing pulp from woody materials is disclosed. The process is particularly suited for producing corrugating medium pulp from hardwood chips although the process can be adapted to production of other types... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4548245 | Disposable/reusable dispenser for dispensing contaminatable and noncontaminatable liquids A fully disposable self-contained manifold-type multiple stroke dispenser having sufficient capacity for dispensing 96, microliter quantities of liquid without refill to accommodate a standard 96-well microtitration plate.... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4547434 | Heat-resistant shift member A heat-resistant shift member is disclosed which comprises (i) a fundamental body having substantially a desired configuration and formed of one or more of compressed heat-resistant materials such as expanded graphite with entangled wires being firmly emb... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4547237 | Manufacture of plastic bags having drawstrings A drawstring is mounted near the open mouth of a plastic bag by a pressure sensitive tape that freely laterally encloses the drawstring except for projecting free ends, the tape being formed or treated so as to be non-sticky with respect to the drawstring... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546710 | Burner head A burner head for combusting solid fuels such as straw, peat, chips, coal etc., comprising a charging opening (11) for the fuel and a discharge opening (15) for flue gases. According to the invention the burner head (1) is characterized in that it compris... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546684 | Potato slicer A motor driven slicing machine for potatoes and the like is disclosed. The machine includes a circular fly wheel with a blade thereon which rotates across an exit port. Potatoes enter a feed tube at an entrance port and wedge against an outwardly tapered ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546579 | Seat plate protecting structural members A seat plate for protecting wooden structural members against structural damage due to crushing, as well as the effects of moisture, humidity and the like. The plate member includes a pair of mutually perpendicular planar members and, in one embodiment, i... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4545909 | Growth of biomass This invention provides a process and apparatus for the growth of biomass from a supply of suitable nutrient wherein the volume of biomass and the size and shape of the units in which it is present within a vessel (10) in which the reaction takes place ca... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4545721 | Combined lift fork and bucket device for attachment to a vehicle A device at a bucket (25,30), for example a so-called gravel bucket or transport bucket, which bucket is intended to be attached to a tractor or corresponding vehicle and be carried by preferably two lifting arms extending in parallel with each other, and... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4542598 | Athletic type shoe for tennis and other court games An athletic type tennis or court shoe wherein spaced apart forefoot and rearfoot sole units are connected together only through a flexible soleless coupling to allow the wearer's forefoot and rearfoot to act independently of each other, wherein each sole ... | 09/24/1985 |
