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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 |
| 7225819 | Apparatus process and method for mounting and treating a substrate The present invention is a method, apparatus and process for an improved substrate mounting and processing technique for various substrate treatments comprising cleaning, dicing, sawing, polishing, and planarization, among others. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7025555 | Sweep auger with drive assembly A sweep auger having an auger that is rotated about its longitudinal axis by a power means and a drive assembly having at least three reduction gears that operatively connect the auger to a drive wheel such that the drive wheel rotates at a speed that is substantial... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6993856 | Apparatus for producing powder from biomaterials A jet spouted fluidized bed drier is described in which the bottom half of the drier chamber comprises a first lower conical part, and the top half of the drier chamber comprises a second upper conical part surrounding a conical grid located near to the top end of t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6298579 | Fluidized-bed drying and classifying apparatus A fluidized-bed drying and classifying apparatus is provided with a main body (10) in which a fluidized bed is formed to dry a granular material and to classify the same into fine particles and coarse particles. A perforated gas-distributing plate (12) is... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5557859 | Continuous process for harvesting, solar drying and accumulating hay or other crops A method and apparatus for processing a crop growing in a field by continuously cutting the crop with a transportable cutter and forming a layer of the cut crop on a moving conveyor. A stream of solar heated air is continuously forced onto the moving crop... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5535525 | Vapor/liquid phase separator for an open tank IPA-dryer An Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) tank vapor/liquid phase separator for collecting liquid while still allowing for efficient vapor flow in an IPA tank includes a first row and a second row of spaced-apart coplanar parallel catch trays. Vapor flows upwardly throu... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5428906 | Sludge treatment system A method of converting industrial, domestic or other sludge, into a pelletized or granular fertilizer, as well as a sludge converter for practicing the method. The sludge is dewatered to form sludge cake solids which are dried in a dryer, and then sorted ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5245762 | Sludge drying apparatus and method A treating apparatus for drying wet sludge in batches or continuous feed which is circulated through the apparatus. The apparatus includes conveyor means for circulating the wet sludge in a closed loop and means for heating and circulating the dryer air a... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5105560 | Apparatus and process for drying and comminuting matter A flow dryer is disclosed for comminuting and dehydrating matter using a stream of hot gas, said flow dryer being of the type employing an inlet duct in series with an agitator followed by a drying duct, the agitator having an inlet communicating with the... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5016527 | Product display enclosure For an outdoor display of items for sale and for protecting such items against environmental elements such as dust, dirt, moisture, sunlight and temperature variations and the like, a lightweight box-like structure is formed of radiation reflecting materi... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5007181 | Deagglomerating direct-fired flash dryer for drying stir-in phosphors and method of using same A method for making stir-in type halophosphate phosphors to obtain a fluffy, deagglomerated powder is disclosed. A wet phosphor filter cake is fed into a toroidal-shaped direct-fired glass flash dryer in which a hot gaseous stream is circulating. The wet ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4989344 | Particulate removal for a sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge and a means for controlling odor from the production of said pellets. The system includes a pro... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4956926 | Sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge. The system includes a process and apparatus for mixing the dewatered sludge with previously dr... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4949474 | Method and apparatus for drying particulate material A method and apparatus for drying particulate material such as bark by forming a circulating bed of other material to be dried, which bed, being guided by wires, moves on an endless web around two wire turning rolls. Material to be dried is continuously f... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4852269 | Combined sewage and lime slude treatment process A process is described for combining the disposal of sewage sludge and lime sludge economically by recalcining the lime sludge to product lime for municipal water treatment, and utilizing the excess heat from the recalcining process to dry and pelletize s... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4829678 | Sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge. The system includes a process and apparatus for mixing the dewatered sludge with previously dr... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4761893 | Sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge. The system includes a process and apparatus for mixing the dewatered sludge with previously dr... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4754437 | Method of making or drying particulate material An improved method for mixing and/or drying particulate material is achieved with a housing having a substantially cylindrical portion and a tapered portion arranged coaxially therewith. A motor-driven rotor is arranged within the housing and is provided ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4674976 | Method for the preparation of a foamed article of a polyolefin resin A sheet of a cross-linkable and foamable polyolefin resin is thermally treated on an endless conveyor belt formed of a plain weave wire net. A plurality of parallel, spaced apart rolls are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which th... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4524528 | Wind powered grain drying apparatus This invention relates to solar grain drying apparatus in general, and more specifically to a windmill powered grain circulating conveyor mechanism used in conjunction with a solar heat source to accomplish a slow uniform drying of the contents of a grain... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4499669 | Combination dryer and surge bin A combination surge and drying apparatus is described which includes first and second bins, a jacket surrounding the first bin for passage of a hot fluid therethrough, and air coils positioned within the jacket to be heated by the hot fluid. Air within th... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4481721 | Method of and an apparatus for drying pulverulent materials A body of pulverulent material is confined in a receptacle, and a screw conveyor having a vertical axis conveys a predetermined quantity of the material per unit of time in the upward direction. The amount of the pulverulent material which is being convey... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4466200 | Process and apparatus for drying a granular free flowing bulk material Process and device for convectively drying grannular bulk material in a silo. A hot gas jet is vertically blown upward through a jet nozzle of jet aperture (orifice), a tube having a wall closed over is entire length is inserted into the bulk material coa... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4398356 | Multi-stage dryer for particulate material A gravity-flow grain dryer for particulate material comprises first and second generally vertical drying columns spaced apart to provide a plenum chamber therebetween, the drying columns each having opposed spaced perforate walls. First and second inputs ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4373272 | System for controlling spouted bed inlet conditions Semi-insulating granular bed material in a spout inlet region of a spouted bed vessel between a draft tube and a portion of the vessel base section adjacent a fluid inlet is aligned along the force lines of an imposed localized electric field to thereby a... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4372053 | Dryer for particulate material This invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying particulate material wherein the particulate material is passed through an enclosed chamber. A heated fluid is introduced into a portion of the enclosed chamber to heat and absorb the moisture fr... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4349967 | Magnetic field coupled spouted bed system Variable control is achieved over processes involving the spouting of magnetizable granular material in a draft tube-equipped spouted bed device through the application of a localized magnetic field in a spout inlet region of the device between an inlet o... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4349969 | Fluidized bed reactor utilizing zonal fluidization and anti-mounding pipes A fluidized bed reactor in which a grate is disposed in a housing for receiving a single bed of particulate material. The interior of the housing below the grate is divided into a plurality of zones and air is selectively passed through portions of the gr... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4280283 | Method and device for the operation of a hot gas generator within a dryer A dryer system, such as is used in a pulverizing mill assembly, includes a hot gas generator which supplies drying gas to the starting point for a gas circulation system. The drying gas passes through the circulation system commingling with particles to b... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4247987 | Continuous countercurrent fluid-solids contacting process stabilized by a magnetic field The present invention relates to a process for continuous countercurrent contacting with magnetically stabilized fluidized beds. More particularly, the invention relates to the operation of a magnetically stabilized bed with continuous solid addition and ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4234447 | Mixing method and container therefor In a process for the admixture of radio-active waste with an encapsulating resin in a container which will accompany the waste to a disposal site, the improvement which comprises providing a generally annular deflectable foil at an upper open end of the c... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4051603 | Fluidized bed apparatus In a fluidized bed dryer or reactor in which particles are coated or aggregated to form granules, oversized particles are withdrawn and separated from the product of a desired granule size, the oversized particles are pulverized, and the pulverized partic... | 10/04/1977 |
