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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 |
| 20120079797 | Accumulating Apparatus For Discrete Paper Or Film Objects And Related Methods An apparatus is provided for accumulating discrete paper or film objects traveling in a machine direction. A first accumulator element of the apparatus is rotatable about a first axis of rotation. A second accumulator element is disposed in confronting relationship with... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20110175279 | UNDER-SHINGLED ARTICLE HANDLING AND STACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD A device and process for processing flat articles such as pieces of paper by utilizing a stream of under-shingled flat articles and generating a gap at predetermined intervals. The under-shingling process incorporates an accelerating and decelerating portion wherein eac... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110068531 | Infinitely Variable Format Signature Collection Apparatus and Method of Collecting Signatures A variable format signature collection apparatus is provided. The variable format signature collection apparatus includes a sprocket and a timing belt traveling about the sprocket. The timing belt includes a plurality of gripper mounts. The gripper mounts include a firs... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110024974 | MEDIUM DELIVERY DEVICE, MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CHECK DELIVERY DEVICE WITH A PRESSING UNIT A medium delivery device comprising a medium insertion section into which a sheet-shaped medium to be delivered is inserted in a stacked state, first and second medium guide surfaces that are opposed to each other to guide the sheet-shaped medium to the medium delivery ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20090179375 | Sheet accumulation apparatus and image forming system having same The invention is to provide a sheet accumulation apparatus enabling to uniformly load tabbed sheets into a train of sheets for load and store the sheets on a tray. The sheet accumulation apparatus has a sheet outlet for successively discharging the sheets, a tray means ... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090166957 | Cash Transaction Machine Provided is a cash transaction machine including a temporary stack portion. The cash transaction machine includes: a carriage receiving a paper medium stacked in the temporary stack portion; a driving belt transferring the carriage to a medium outlet; a pressing belt pr... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090101481 | BELT DRIVING MECHANISM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING BELT A belt driving mechanism related to the present invention includes: a toothed drive pulley configure to rotate actively; a toothed driven pulley configured to rotate passively; a toothed belt configured to engage with the toothed drive pulley and the toothed driven pull... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20080251985 | DRIVEN ROLLER, TRANSPORT ROLLER DEVICE, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS A driven roller operates together with a driving roller to form a nip area for a medium to be transported. The driven roller includes a roller shaft and a roller element having a through hole through which the roller shaft extends. A contact position at which the roller... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080099972 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus has a sheet stacking apparatus including a tray on which sheets are stacked, and an aligning member aligning the sheets stacked on the tray. The aligning member aligns sheets stacked, on a sheet previously stacked on the tray, with a displacem... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20070052160 | Delivery device in sheet-fed offset rotary printing press A delivery device in a sheet-fed offset rotary printing press includes a vertically movable pile board, suction unit, detection bar, and limit switch. A conveyed sheet is to be placed on the pile board. The suction unit is arranged on an upstream side in a sheet convey ... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070052159 | Device for controlling printed products A tape transport system for printed products includes a tape having a tape width, a pulley, and a lever arm supporting the pulley, the lever arm having a first side and a second side. The pulley has a first section disposed on the first side of the lever arm and a secon... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070045939 | Belt driving mechanism In a belt driving mechanism, an endless belt is wrapped around a driving roller and a driven roller. The endless belt runs between the driving roller and the driven roller. The axis of the driven roller is placed so as to form a certain angle of torsion to a plane conta... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060244205 | Automatic angle adjustment mechanism for stacking apparatus A device for stacking sheets includes a layboy, a transfer conveyor, a main conveyor, a diverting apparatus, and an accumulator. The main conveyor is pivotably mounted to a base to that it may be pivoted between an upper position and a lower position. The diverting appa... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060220302 | Belt unit and image-forming device having the same A belt unit includes a drive roller, a follower roller and an endless belt looped around the drive roller and follower roller, and formed of a resilient material. The drive roller transfers a first force based on the driving force to the endless belt to circularly move ... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060181011 | Transport belt A transport belt, in particular an endless suction belt, for conveying sheets to a press, can be driven, deflected over at least two rollers, and guided over a conveyor table. The lateral edges of the transport belt have a high degree of roughness or a structure, in ord... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060118390 | Conveyor assembly for affixing booklets to a moving web The conveyor assembly of the present invention is for affixing booklets and the like to a moving web. The conveyor assembly includes a pair of endless chain each having a plurality of lugs attached thereto, a pair of lug supports and a pair of booklet supports. The plur... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060082045 | Apparatus and method for stacking media sheets An apparatus and method for stacking sheets of media traveling along a web use exit rollers arranged in a contoured pattern to shape each sheet. Shaping a sheet, stiffens the sheet and prevents drooping and thereby prevents scratching preceding sheets. Twist rollers pos... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20050212198 | Method of operating a vacuum corrugated belt feeder to improve sheet acquisition from a feed supply A method of operating a vacuum corrugated belt feeder during a feed cycle wherein the paper is taken away by a belt which is activated when a feed clutch is energized, and wherein the vacuum is actuated at the start of the feed cycle and de-actuated prior to, or at the ... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050179195 | Device for guiding a brochure from a stock-piling device to a brochure conveying device A transfer device for package inserts is disposed between a brochure device and a brochure conveyor system has two pairs of two conveyor belts each. To enable ejection of defective package inserts two of the conveyor belts are disposed pivotably by means of a lever, in ... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050174616 | Print media feeding apparatus and method thereof A print media feeding apparatus and method thereof. The print media feeding apparatus includes a tray, a first feeding device and a second feeding device. A print media sheet is supported by the tray. In the first feeding device, a first main roller rotates a first sub ... | 08/11/2005 |
