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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 |
| 7357387 | Sheet feed device for feeding cut sheets while interposing shortened interval between successive fed two sheets A sheet is firstly fed only by a sheet feed roller and then relayed to a transportation roller. When the transportation roller starts conveying the sheet, a motor coupled to the sheet feed roller is deenergized so that the sheet feed roller is not rotated by the pow... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7290146 | Managed credential issuance In a method of issuing a credential, a request for issuance of the credential is received. Next, a unique identification for the requested credential is assigned and data elements corresponding to the credential are provided. A credential production data collection ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7159861 | Device for the delivery or receipt of individual sheets A device for the delivery or receipt of individual sheets (16), comprises a parallelepiped container (12), in which the individual sheets (16) are stored in the form of a sheet stack (14) and are pressed against the container wall paralle... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7111840 | Sheet feeding roller with variable radius, sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention relates to a sheet feeding roller for feeding a sheet by rotation in pressed contact with stacked sheets by an outer peripheral surface of the roller. A distance from a rotary center to the outer peripheral surface is changeable according to th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6932527 | Card cartridge A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output sl... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6889972 | Banknote dispenser A banknote dispenser is constructed to include a housing adapted to hold banknotes in a stack for dispensing, a power module, a transferring wheel set driven by the power module to spread a stack of banknotes into a stepped stack of banknotes and then to dispense ba... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6705605 | Methods of and apparatus for feeding sheets of material An apparatus for feeding sheets of material, such as paper, sequentially from the bottom of a stack of sheets comprises a suction chamber, a perforated belt movable over the suction chamber, a sheet restraining gate above the downstream end of the suction chamber, a... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698748 | System and method for singulating a stack of sheet-like materials An improved hopper and singulating/feed assembly for a utilization device, such as an inserter, that feeds sheet-like materials from a hopper feed stack that reduces the various geometrical and physical problems that lead to jams, misfeeds and failures to... | 03/02/2004 |
| 5630581 | Apparatus for dispensing lightweight sheet-style articles from a stacked supply of articles An apparatus for dispensing individual thin sheet-like articles from a supply stack of articles includes a supply magazine, and a base closing off the supply magazine. The base includes a dispensing assembly which includes a reciprocatably driven roller u... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5622361 | Method of and apparatus for separating and feeding workpieces of limp material from a stack thereof A method of and apparatus for separating and feeding workpieces of limp material one at a time and one another from the bottom of a stack of the workpieces wherein the stack is supported at the bottom with a gap in the support for exposing a portion of th... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5393045 | Sheet medium dispensing apparatus having a recess to permit buckling of a lowermost sheet An apparatus for dispensing, one by one, a stack of media as stacked in a stacker table by friction rollers to separate and supply the media to the next work station. The friction rollers are rotated in such a manner that rotational force thereof is provi... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5377969 | Method and device for separating sheet-type recording media To separate sheet-type recording media of different stiffnesses from a stack, a separating roller acts by friction on the current first sheet of the stack, in order to push it against a ramp and lift it up from the stack along this ramp. The separating ro... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5280900 | Convertible metering hopper for thin single sheet and bulky multiple sheet articles A metering hopper which utilizes an oscillating friction pad to engage and initiate the feeding of successive, bulky newspaper sections or the like from the bottom of a stack may be converted into a machine using a vacuum separating feeder for thin, singl... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5111759 | Inconstant-thickness workpiece feeding apparatus An apparatus for picking up and feeding, one by one, workpieces which are stacked in a guide, such as shirt cuffs or the like having an inconsistent thickness. A pair of delivery rollers is rotated so as to slacken the lowermost workpiece so that the latt... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4715593 | Stack-supporting bottom feed conveyor A conveyor for removing stock items from the bottom of a stack comprising an intermittently operable roller member having conveying and lifting portions movable in an orbit, the conveying portions being operative during their operative periods to drag aga... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4462586 | Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding sheets from the top or bottom of a stack of sheets which includes a sheet stack supporting tray, a vacuum plenum and feed belt sheet separating and feeding assembly with at least one feed belt having a vacuum plenum d... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4372549 | Device and a method for withdrawing articles in the form of sheets from a stack of articles A device and a method for dispensing articles in the form of sheets from a supply. In order to dispense the articles, for example banknotes, from a supply in the form of a stack of banknotes, the outermost banknote of the stack is first displaced in one d... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4355796 | Apparatus for separating sheets from a stack There is disclosed an apparatus for separating sheets at the bottom of a stack comprising two contrarotating suction drum assemblies (14,15:17) and a suction pipe (18) extending between the two assemblies. In order to ensure that the edges of the lowermos... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4323168 | Method and apparatus for dispensing flexible trays Method and apparatus for dispensing trays one at a time from the bottom of a nested stack of flanged flexible trays are disclosed. The bottommost tray rests on two supports, thereby supporting the stack, and a rotating barb or the like compresses the bott... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4277059 | Sheet feeder for typewriters An improved sheet paper feed apparatus for a printing apparatus having a platen for holding and providing at least longitudinal motion to a sheet of paper. The sheet feed apparatus comprises a rectangular tray including a rear paper support portion and a ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4157692 | Label dispensing system for use with sewing apparatus The label dispensing system includes an upright label housing which is open at its lower end, a stationary shelf at one side of the opening of the housing for supporting the edge portion of the bottom label in a stack of labels in the housing, a movable p... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4154639 | Bottle labeller In a bottle labeller of the type having a rotating discharge roller with an extending finger that withdraws a label from a magazine, the discharge roller contains a piston in which the finger is carried by a complimentary shape of a slot in the piston wit... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4093207 | Magazine and feeder for carton blanks A magazine and feeder for carton blanks. The magazine has two stages and a pair of independently-driven rollers located between the two stages, which rollers support the major portion of the stack of carton blanks. Below the lower stage is an ejector mech... | 06/06/1978 |
