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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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120024895 | MOBILE FOAM DISPENSER A foam dispenser assembly may include a base portion, a flexible-walled vessels for A and B components that may include walls that define a volume and an opening, an insert within the volume to separate the walls and maintain the opening unobstructed when the volume is ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110315713 | THERMALLY INSULATED APPLICATOR A thermally insulated applicator for applying heated thermoplastic liquid includes an applicator body including a thermoplastic liquid supply passage and a heating element for supplying heat to liquid in the supply passage. A dispensing valve module is coupled in therma... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110266287 | Temperature Controlled Liquid Dispenser, Containers Therefore, and Bag-In-Box Container Construction A dispenser for relative rapid cooling or heating of the contents of a liquid storage container provides a receptacle for receiving the liquid storage container therein and positioning a thermal transfer portion of the liquid storage container in thermal conductive rela... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110259472 | MULTIPLE TEMPERATURE HOT WATER DISPENSING SYSTEM A system and method for controllably dispensing a predetermined volume of water at a predetermined temperature. The system and method include at least one heated water source and at least one second water source. Water is controllably dispensed from the heated water sou... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110248046 | UNDERFILL MATERIAL DISPENSER The present disclosure relate to the field of depositing an underfill material between a microelectronic die and a substrate for flip-chip packages with an underfill material dispenser. In at least one embodiment, an underfill material dispenser may include a heater hav... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110223349 | Powder Dispensing Apparatus and Method An additive manufacturing powder dispenser has a metering member for dispensing a line of powder to be used in an additive manufacturing process. The metering member has one or more metering voids that extend through the metering member with entrance openings defined in... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110204091 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus A waste liquid absorption material is laid within a waste liquid receptacle, and a portion of the waste liquid absorption material into which liquid flows is heated, causing the temperature of that portion to rise. This makes it possible to instigate a temperature diffe... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110174839 | UNDER COUNTER DRINKING FOUNTAIN An under counter drinking fountain of the present invention includes an electronic faucet. The electronic faucet includes an outlet pipe, a steam pipe, and a control device. The steam pipe is disposed with a valve. The control device can control liquid in the under coun... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110127295 | HAND APPLICATION DEVICE The invention relates to a hand application device (1) having improved handling capability, in that its individual elements (2, 7, 12) are rotatable and adjustable to one another around four rotational axes (8, 10, 13, 28).... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110114667 | System for Heating Pressurized Liquefied Gas Stores The invention relates to a device for storing and distributing a high-purity pressurized liquefied gas at a rate which is higher than or equal to 1 kg/h, said device having: a container comprising a liquefied phase of said gas in its lower part, and a gaseous phase of s... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110107513 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MIXING OF A FLUID An apparatus for facilitating mixing of a fluid, the apparatus comprising a first fluid channel in fluid communication with a mixing chamber for mixing the fluid with an agent, wherein the mixing chamber includes a dispenser to dispense the agent into the mixing chamber... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110101050 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FLUID STORAGE AND DELIVERY An apparatus and method for storing and delivering fluid to a person comprises, in at least one specific embodiment, a fluid reservoir having an internal volume therein with an opening disposed through a first wall or a second wall of the fluid reservoir and located tow... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110094897 | Hydrogen Storage Device A hydrogen storage device includes a first casing and a second casing. A hydrogen storage material is disposed in a receiving space formed inside the first casing. The second casing encloses the first casing such that the first and second casings jointly form an outer f... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110056986 | VEHICLE WINDSHIELD CLEANING SYSTEM Apparatus and method for providing a heated cleaning fluid to a vehicle surface. The apparatus has an inlet port for receiving an amount of fluid; an outlet port for dispensing an amount of heated fluid two glow plug heating elements and a control for activating or ener... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110036858 | VAPOR SHEATH FOR LIQUID DISPENSING NOZZLE The present disclosure provides a device for preventing the fouling of a liquid dispensing nozzle. The end of the dispensing nozzle is placed In a hollow interior of a band carrying the same solvents that are dispensed by the nozzle. The solvent on the band evaporates i... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110006078 | BEVERAGE DEVICE AND TANK THEREOF A beverage device includes a body having a temperature control unit outputting a temperature by a conduit unit. At least one temperature conducting device is received in the body and connected to the conduit unit, keeping the at least one temperature conducting device a... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006081 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AND DE-ICING A windshield heated liquid spray assembly including a liquid heating assembly and a heated liquid spray assembly operative to spray the heated liquid onto a windshield, the liquid heating assembly including a liquid heating chamber, at least one heating element disposed... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006080 | FLUID STORAGE AND DISPENSING SYSTEM HEATING UNIT A heating unit for use in heating a fluid storage and dispensing system includes a wall module and a lid module. The modules include cover layers. Each module may include a heating component disposed between the cover layers and which is configured to convert electrical... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100313765 | WATER HEATING SYSTEM FOR HOT BEVERAGE DISPENSING MACHINE A water heating system for use in a hot beverage dispensing machine. The water heating system comprises a water reservoir enabled to store a volume of water suitable for use in the hot beverage dispenser, a water pump enabled to receive water from the water reservoir an... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100308080 | PISTON WIPER PLATE FOR PRESSING UNITS FOR MELTING SYSTEMS FOR BAGS AND MELTING SYSTEM FOR BAGS PROVIDED WITH SAID PISTON WIPER PLATE A piston wiper plate for a pressing unit for melting systems for bags includes a single-piece wiper plate having an axial upper side and an axial bottom side made of elastically resilient material, and a radially outer wiper edge that surrounds the periphery in the rela... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308079 | MELTING SYSTEM FOR BAGS A device is provided for successively melting a solid working material, such as a hot melt adhesive, packed in a packaging bag, and for pressing the molten working material out of the packaging bag. The device includes a cylindrical receiving chamber provided with at le... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100275786 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER WITH COHESIVE SEALING PART AT THE TAP UNIT An automatic beverage dispenser comprises a receptacle for beverage substrate cartridges, one tap unit for a hot water inlet and one tap unit for dispensing a beverage into the receptacle for tapping the cartridge upon preparation of a beverage. The tap units are dispos... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100272767 | Insect Controlling Bands Disclosed herein are insect repellant wrist and ankle bands. The bands contain a space within which a substrate that has been impregnated with an insect control repellant can be heated by a heater such as a pouch providing an exothermic chemical reaction. Thus, the band... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100258585 | WARMING DEVICE FOR HEATING A CARTRIDGE CONTAINING A VISCOUS FLUID A warming device that employs a sheet and a pocket that is coupled to the sheet and configured to hold an exothermic heat pack. The sheet is formed of an insulating material that reflects radiant heat. The pocket is formed of a thermally conductive air permeable materia... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100252580 | Automatic C.A.R.C. waterborne or water based paint and/or coating batch mixing apparatus An automated apparatus, recipe based C.A.R.C. paint batch mixing system and method for mixing two or more water based or waterborne chemical agent resistant coating materials, primarily designed to meet military specification number MIL-DTL-64159. Once homogeneously dis... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100219201 | SYSTEMS USEFUL FOR BEVERAGE MAKING MACHINES Various systems are provided which may be used in a beverage machine for dispensing one or more, (in particular a plurality of) beverage types. A beverage machine may thus comprise one or more systems selected from the group consisting of i) a conveyance system for the ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100108713 | WATER DISPENSER WITH SABBATH FUNCTION Water dispensers are disclosed which include a Sabbath function. When activating the Sabbath function, water refill of the hot water reservoir tank is prevented and the heating of the water in the hot reservoir tank is modified to provide a constant heating at a less th... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100084431 | Self-Heating Material Dispenser A dispensing unit, which utilizes a chemical reaction or phase transition to soften a material into a flowable state, is described. The material comprises an adhesive, sealant or caulk.... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100086467 | Release of Stored Ammonia at Start-Up A system for storage and dosing of ammonia, including a solid ammonia storage material capable of binding and releasing ammonia reversibly by adsorption/absorption. The system is able to release ammonia gradually according to a demand that can vary over time with interm... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100072226 | WATER DISPENSER FOR A KITCHEN WALL PARTITION A water dispenser is adapted to be disposed in a kitchen wall partition that is formed with an opening and that has a sink unit disposed thereon. The water dispenser includes a housing retained in the opening, a pipe unit disposed in the housing to fluidly communicate w... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100063174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND FORMING POLYMER GELS In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods of controllably making a vinyl polymer hydrogel having desired physical properties without chemical cross links or radiation. The gelation process is modulated by controlling, for example, the temperature ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100038378 | INVENTORY SYSTEM FOR LIQUIDS DISPENSED FROM A CONTANIER The present invention pertains to a pourer spout, a use of the pourer spout, a method for measuring liquid outflow from a container, and an inventory system for liquids. The invention aims at solving the problem to keep track of the volume of liquids that has been dispe... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100021780 | System for Storing Ammonia In and Releasing Ammonia from a Stroage Material and Method for Storing and Releasing Ammonia A system for storing ammonia in and releasing ammonia from a storage material capable of binding and releasing ammonia reversibly by adsorption or absorption for a process with a gradual ammonia demand that can vary over the time. The system has a container capable of h... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100021604 | DISPENSER FOR PREPARING A NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION A dispenser for a nutritional composition comprises a water reservoir, water heating means, water discharge means, a bacterial filter between the water heating means and the water discharge means such that heated water passes though the filter prior to discharge from th... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100018996 | PROCESS AIR-ASSISTED DISPENSING SYSTEMS Systems for dispensing heated liquids, such as hot melt adhesives, with the assistance of process air. The dispensing system may include a control operative to independently control a characteristic of the process air dispensed by a first dispensing module compared to t... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100006658 | Device For Dispensing Water With Variable Temperatures The invention relates to a device for dispensing water, comprising a water tank for keeping water at a tank temperature, which water tank comprises a tank inlet and a tank outlet, in which the tank inlet is connected to a source of water, and the tank outlet is connecte... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090321335 | Water-dispensing appliance and drinks-dispensing arrangement with a water-dispensing appliance A water-dispensing appliance is provided, in particular for dispensing drinking water, comprising a water inlet which can be connected to a water-supply device, also comprising a dispensing device with a water outlet, via which water can be dispensed from the appliance,... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090249962 | BEVERAGE MAKER COMPRISING A FLOATING MEMBER FOR DETERMINING WHEN A WATER PUMPING ACTION NEEDS TO BE TERMINATED A beverage maker (1) comprises a water tank (20) for containing and supplying water during a beverage making process, and a pump (40) for pumping the water out of the water tank (20). In order to terminate a pumping action at a predetermined ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090214742 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING AROMATIC HOT DRINKS, PARTICULARLY COFFEE AND TEA A device (1) for preparing aromatic hot drinks, particularly coffee, milk, tea, or mixed drinks, with a device (2) for preparing the hot drink, having a first outlet (5), via which the hot drink can be dispensed into a receiving vessel (6), s... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090205742 | ORGANIC POLYMER COATINGS FOR WATER CONTAINERS Water tanks, such as water heaters, are coated with an organic polymer coating, which coating contacts water during use of the water tank. The organic polymer coatings resist corrosion or blistering when used to store or contain water. The water tanks may be made by tre... | 08/20/2009 |
