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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 |
| 8156984 | Ultrasonic welding device, and packaging machine with an ultrasonic welding device The invention relates to an ultrasonic welding device for welding foil-like materials and includes an ultrasound sonotrode, an anvil, an adjusting unit for adjusting a relative position between the ultrasound sonotrode and the anvil, and a regulating unit which regu... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8011406 | Apparatus for producing RFID label and editing apparatus for label There are provided a cartridge to which a first roll around which a base tape with a plurality of RFID circuit elements arranged is wound can be detachably attached, an antenna for transmission/reception of information with the RFID circuit element, a signal process... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7987884 | Installation for applying glue to fibers for the production of fiberboard The invention relates to an installation for applying glue to fibers for the production of fiberboard, especially MDF board or similar wood material board. Said installation comprises a fiber feed unit having at least one fiber feed conduit which opens into a fiber ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7942180 | Apparatus for applying glue to fibers for making fiberboard The invention relates to an installation for applying glue to fibers for the production of fiberboard, especially MDF board or similar wood material board. Said installation comprises a fiber feed unit having at least one fiber feed conduit which opens into a fiber ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7921892 | Corrugating machine The invention relates to a machine for the manufacture of a web of corrugated board which is conveyed in a working direction and comprises at least one smooth liner and at least one corrugated medium that has corrugation tips and corrugation troughs, the corrugated ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7896047 | Semiconductor wafer mount apparatus A grinding unit grinds an annular convex portion formed at an outer periphery of a back face of a wafer such that the wafer has a uniform thickness. After such process, a robot arm of a transport unit transports the wafer to an inspection unit for inspecting occurre... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7814954 | Sheet sticking apparatus and sticking method A sheet sticking apparatus 10 comprises a sheet feed-out unit 12 that feeds out an adhesive sheet S to a position facing a surface of a semiconductor wafer W and a press roller 14 that presses the adhesive sheet S to stick the adhesive sheet S o... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7789121 | Sheet sticking apparatus and sticking method A sheet sticking apparatus 10 comprises a sheet feed-out unit 12 for feeding out an adhesive sheet S to a position facing a surface of a semiconductor wafer W, and a press roller 14 for imparting a press force to the adhesive sheet S to stick th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7766064 | Sheet laminating apparatus having thickness-detecting function The present invention relates to a sheet laminating apparatus having a thickness-detecting function. Before the laminating operation is done, the thickness of the article to be laminated is detected by a thickness detecting mechanism of the sheet laminating apparatu... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762301 | Device for the precise positional joining of two material webs In an arrangement for a position accurate joining of a first material web, which comprises elements in a section length separated by separating locations, with a second material web which is provided with marks arranged at a predetermined distance from each other co... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7757737 | Film pasting device To provide a device for pasting a film exhibiting dichroism and a film exhibiting birefringence at an arbitrary angle with high precision. The device for pasting a film exhibiting dichroism and a film exhibiting birefringence at an arbitrary angle comprises a detect... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753097 | Label making apparatus The label making apparatus of the invention comprises a guide plate 17 for guiding a raw sheet M in a predetermined feeding direction, an inspecting device 15 for inspecting a label L on a release liner S constituting the raw sheet M, a transfer device... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7438105 | Method for serial production of secure documents and machine therefor The method of the invention consists, on the one hand, in serially recording on a tape of photosensitive film a succession of volume holograms each relating respectively to an item of information of a corresponding document to be made secure, each of these holograms... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424901 | System for fabricating corrugated board A system for fabricating a corrugated board sheet fabricated includes warp status information obtaining means (6, 6A-6H, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 8A-8H, 240a, 240b, 241a, 241b) fo... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7392833 | Labeling device for moved objects and method of labeling moved objects To provide a labeling device for moved objects, comprising a stamp which is displaceably guided and by means of which a label is positionable on an object, with which a high reproducibility of the labeling operation on moved objects is achieved, a measuring device f... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383864 | Radio-frequency identification tag and tape applicator, radio-frequency identification tag applicator, and methods of applying radio-frequency identification tags A radio-frequency identification tag and tape applicator. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides an applicator that includes a tag and tape handling system having a base, a tape supply holder attached to the base, a tag supply holder attached to the base, ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370681 | Substrate bonding apparatus for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for fabricating an LCD device aligns upper and lower stages to accurately bond first and second substrates. The distance to which the upper and lower substrates are spaced apart from each other during bonding is adjustable depending on ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368028 | Method and unit for applying labels to products and collecting reject labels A method and unit for applying labels to products fed by a conveyor along a conveying path; a number of pickup heads are fed along a feed path to withdraw the labels successively from a feeder and apply the labels successively to respective products on the conveyor;... | 05/06/2008 |
| RE40288 | Apparatus for inflating and sealing air-filled packing cushions A machine which inflates and seals pillows in packaging is compact in overall size, can be conveniently operated to produce varied lengths of strips of inflated pillow-type packaging as needed, can begin production of inflated pillow-type strip packaging immediately... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361249 | Apparatus for applying a removable cover to a ticket substrate A covering apparatus (10) includes a cutter (12), an applicator (14) and a continuous length of removable cover material (16). The cutter (12) is adapted to cut off a discrete section (50) of cover material, and the applicat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351940 | Product with multiple functions, such as on board technology, eg panel or pipe with enhanced systems within The invention relates to a product, which may take a wide variety of forms but which is exemplified by a pipe or a panel. The product has a first function, such as that normally expected of a pipe or a panel, and a second function different from the first. The secon... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343949 | Installation for treating parts such as labels or sleeves for labeling and presentation of bottles The invention concerns an installation comprising a feeding device (100, 101, 103, 104, 1, 11, 12) unwinding the support (G) and a treating device (105, 4) for operating on the parts (P). A reading unit (102) positioned on the passage (Z) of the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339141 | System and method for monitoring heat seal devices An apparatus for monitoring the operation of a heating element moving periodically along a predefined path includes first and second sensors positioned adjacent the path of the heating element. The first sensor is configured to sense the presence of the heating elem... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335272 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head and magnetic head manufacturing apparatus After photographing a surface on which an ABS is formed, and the outer shape of a slider, the ABS and an engraved region formed within the ABS are identified from a photographed image. A reference that becomes a guide for attaching to a suspension is then computed, ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332045 | Automatic blocking and lens blank measuring apparatus and method An apparatus and method for automatically blocking and providing measurement of a lens blank during the blocking process includes an alignment station and a blocking station. The alignment station aligns a lens blank to a block for bonding that is also known as the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322394 | Apparatus and method of assembling head unit and of fixing liquid droplet ejection head An apparatus for assembling a head unit has a carriage, a recognition apparatus for image-wise recognizing a position of each of liquid droplet ejection heads, a moving apparatus for moving the carriage, a correction apparatus for slightly moving head holding member... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320737 | Cushion forming apparatus and method of use A cushion forming apparatus includes a frame with a pivoted hold down member and a pneumatic bladder below the hold down member. The bladder is alternately connectable with a source of pressure and to atmosphere through control valve. The components of a cushion sub... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314076 | Multilayer shim peeling device The invention is a device for peeling one or more individual layers of a multilayer shim. In detail the device includes a platform having a surface with a recess. A mechanism is mounted in the recess for mounting the shim and a moving the shim upward such that a por... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306685 | Mounting device and method thereof A mounting device and a method thereof for preventing a pellet from cracking or chipping when the pellet is mounted. A mounting device comprises a first head for mounting a second pellet on a first pellet already mounted and temporarily pressure-bonding the second p... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7287315 | Apparatus for measuring slider mounting position in magnetic head, and magnetic head manufacturing system using the measurement apparatus The present invention provides a measurement apparatus for obtaining a suitable position on a suspension where a more miniature magnetic head slider is to be mounted to the suspension, the apparatus including a front camera having a photographing optical axis within... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285749 | Thermoplastic tube sealing device utilizing actuators to control separate heating and cooling stations A tube sealing device for sealing a resilient thermoplastic tube. The tube sealing device includes a base that supports a resilient thermoplastic tube in a fixed position relative to the base. The heating tool and the cooling tool are coupled to the base for movemen... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275577 | Substrate bonding machine for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding device for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device accurately aligns substrates of the LCD device while preventing the introduction of foreign material into the substrate bonding device, thereby substantially preventing the generation o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267150 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing instant photographic film units An instant photographic film unit includes a mask sheet having an image frame and two sheets, one of which has a photosensitive layer, laminated and bonded together, and a developing liquid container disposed in a predetermined position for supplying a developing li... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268794 | Method of printing label on optical disk, optical disk unit, and optical disk A visible light characteristic changing layer formed from photosensitive or heat-sensitive material is formed in a location which can be viewed from a part of a label surface of an optical disk. The optical disk is set on a turntable of an optical disk unit while th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267286 | System and method for batch conversion of RFID tag to RFID label A system for batch conversion of RFID tag onto a label in a liner, to produce a RFID label, the system having at least a RFID tag dispenser having a plurality of RFID tags, a liner having a plurality of labels, each label spaced apart and marked with pitch marks, a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250989 | Substrate bonding apparatus having alignment system with one end provided inside vacuum chamber for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a vacuum processing chamber, a lower stage provided in an interior of the vacuum chamber, an upper stage provided in the interior of the vacuum chamber and having at least one first through h... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240894 | Pulse width modulated solenoid A pulse width modulated solenoid control valve is described, wherein the valve includes a polymer fluid control body. The body includes a segmented fluid flow path for providing strength to the fluid control body assembly. Stand off ribs are provided to improve asse... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219708 | Apparatus and method for inspecting film carrier tape for mounting electronic component An apparatus and method for inspecting a film carrier tape for mounting electronic component, in which film carrier tapes for mounting electronic component provided with a plurality of electronic component mounting portions in multiple strips in a transverse directi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213629 | Vacuum assisted ply placement shoe and method A device for placing a ply on a substrate surface includes a vacuum manifold assembly configured for attachment to a vacuum source and a substrate seal configured to provide a substantially gas impermeable interface with the substrate surface. This device further in... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202796 | Device and method for triggering a sensor for cables In order to provide a triggering signal for a cable stripping device that is also capable of dealing with very thin wires, it is suggested to use a piezoelectric sensor, the output signal from which is forwarded to an electronic evaluation unit. The electronic evalu... | 04/10/2007 |
