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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 |
| 7226285 | Gas flowrate control device for gas burner A gas flowrate control device for turning the flame adjustment wheel of a gas burner is disclosed to include a control wheel, which has an internal gear meshed with the flame adjustment wheel of the gas burner, a big gear surrounding the internal gear, and two small... | 06/05/2007 |
| 5215076 | Gas powered heating tool A gas powered heating tool comprises a handle and a head which comprises a soldering tool element. Gas from a reservoir in the handle is delivered through a gas supply pipe to a combustion chamber where it is converted to heat by a catalytic heating eleme... | 06/01/1993 |
| 4150941 | Photoelectric control device for gas burners A device for photoelectrically starting and stopping the operation of a bunsen burner in response to the shadow of an operator's hand holding an object to be heated includes a solenoid valve in a line supplying gas to the burner and electronic control cir... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4119088 | Soldering irons A gas heated soldering iron comprises a soldering head having a chamber into which a gas/air mixture is fed by means of a bunsen tube to burn as a small, very hot flame. The chamber is surrounded by a flame suppression gauze which protects the flame and p... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4028047 | Photoelectric start-stop controls for gas burner A device for electrically starting and stopping the operation of a gas burner in response to the shadow of the user's hand holding an object to be heated, the device including a solenoid valve in the gas line and a dimmer circuit with a directional photoe... | 06/07/1977 |
