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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 |
| 4451965 | Method for installing a sleeve on a substrate An apparatus is provided for installing sleeves onto elongated substrates such as electrical wiring or cable, where the sleeves are slideably arranged on fingers extending from a carrier belt. The apparatus includes a base having a belt path for receiving... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4439256 | Method of producing flat stranded magnetic conductor cable A cable comprised of coated conductors, wound together and compacted, has an insulating strip interposed between the two layers in which the conductors are disposed, to ensure good insulation therebetween. Apparatus for producing the cable includes a stra... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4436954 | Steel-cored aluminum cable A steel-cored aluminum cable for electric power conduction comprises a steel core including a plurality of steel wires and an aluminum coating disposed therearound in direct contact therewith and formed from an aluminum sheet and a plurality of aluminum s... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4417394 | Method and apparatus for positioning an expandable insulating sleeve on a connector Apparatus for insulating a connector, mechanically joined to one end of an electrical conductor, by positioning a radially expandable resilient insulating sleeve, having an inside diameter in its non-expanded condition smaller than the largest cross-secti... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4387746 | Wire separation tool and method of preparing multiconductor cable A separation tool has a multiple-sectioned cable-advance assembly which locates an electrical cable relative to cutting blades on an anvil assembly, portions of the advance assembly being displaced laterally to follow the positions of the cable wires duri... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4365400 | Apparatus for installing sleeves on substrates An apparatus is provided for installing sleeves onto elongated substrates such as electrical wiring or cable, where the sleeves are slideably arranged on fingers extending from a carrier belt. The apparatus includes a base having a belt path for receiving... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4313247 | Apparatus for the manufacture of mineral insulated cables In apparatus for the manufacture of mineral insulated cable by a continuous process in which the tubular sheath is formed by bending and seam welding travelling metal strip, and insulating powder is fed through a powder delivery tube into the sheath while... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4296271 | Gas insulated high voltage line and method of assembling same A gas insulated, high-voltage electric line, as well as a method and apparatus for assembling the high-voltage line, is disclosed. The high-voltage line includes a pipe jacket as well as a conductor centrally arranged within the pipe jacket. A carrier rin... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4212097 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing optical cable elements A method of manufacturing elements for an optical cable, such elements including a tube of an elastic material, e.g. a synthetic resin or an elastomer, which loosely encloses one or more optical fibers. Preferably, the fiber or fibers are longer than the ... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4189828 | Conductor transfer device This invention provides a device enabling movement of an electrical conductor through, or from one side to the other of, a string of insulators coupled between a supporting tower and a yoke plate, and has an upper frame with clamping jaws engageable with ... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4157614 | Armor wrapping tool A portable hand tool for forming and applying metallic tape as armor on cables. The tool includes a magazine for holding the metallic tape, replaceable roller dies for contouring the tape, a rack and pinion ratchet mechanism for moving the dies over the t... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4060305 | Loop forming gauge and method of forming a loop An electrical wiring device is provided combining a strip gauge, a loop forming gauge and a wire-restraint which are coordinated to form a loop in a bare end of a solid insulated conductor wire at a location where insulation on the wire extends into the w... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4040178 | Apparatus for assembling a flexible sleeve to a lead Apparatus for assembling an electrically insulating sleeve to a terminated high tension lead for use in an internal combustion engine spark ignition system, the apparatus including a frame which in use is fixed. Supported on the frame is a sleeve carrier ... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4034450 | Marker sleeve installation An apparatus for the facile installation of non-cylindrical marker sleeves on wire-like members such as electrical wiring or cable. The apparatus is particularly directed to the handling of non-cylindrical marker sleeves which are tightly and slidably arr... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4025998 | Wire slitting and installing apparatus Apparatus for slitting a sheathed three-conductor cable having two outer conductors and a central ground conductor preparatory to installing the slit segment into a specially prepared electrical fixture comprises a slitting assembly reciprocatingly slidab... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3984798 | Hotstick applicator for fault indicator cores The disclosed device is adapted for placing a ferrite core onto an energized power distribution system cable and includes a pair of generally U-shaped core holders. Each holder receives a core half which is loosely retained within the concave portion of t... | 10/05/1976 |
