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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 |
| 7334357 | Snowplow impact reduction system An improved front hitch assembly is provided for mounting a snowplow to the front of a vehicle. The hitch assembly includes a pair of mounting brackets secured to the vehicle frame, and a pair of receivers releasably connected to the mounting brackets. The plow incl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7243857 | Grain aeration systems and techniques In one embodiment, the invention is directed toward a networked grain aeration control system. For example, the system can provide centralized monitoring of the aeration of a number of grain storage facilities, thereby improving the management of stored grain. The n... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7132034 | Apparatus for etching a glass substrate In an apparatus for etching a glass substrate according to the present invention, impurities that are attached to the surface of a glass substrate, which are formed by assembling a color filter substrate and a TFT substrate provided in the etching bath filled with e... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123822 | Air heater An air heater is provided with a connecting case for the power supply and the air to be heated, as well as a heating element attached to the connecting case by means of a carrier. In the connecting housing, the carrier is connected via a plug connection with the con... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117611 | Body hair and feet drying chair The body hair and feet drying chair is a seat comprising an upright base having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, and a hollow interior. A seat is disposed on top of the base. At least one air outlet is defined in the seat in communication with ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100303 | Apparatus and method for the heat treatment of lignocellulosic material There is provided an apparatus and a method for heat treatment of lignocellulosic material. The apparatus comprises a treatment chamber and devices for circulating and recovering gases from the treatment chamber such as to provide a uniform temperature within the ch... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6968629 | Method of drying metallic waste of pyrophoric tendencies that is to be compacted; apparatus and compacting canister associated with said method The present invention provides: a method of drying metallic waste having pyrophoric tendencies (liable to catch fire and/or explode), said waste being for compacting; an apparatus for drying said waste, the apparatus including a compacting canister and... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962007 | Method and device for drying substrate A device for drying substrates which stores a plurality of substrate (1) and which comprises a processing container (3) to which cleaning fluid (2) after cleaning the substrates (1) is drained and an injection nozzle (5) for inject... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962005 | Dryer system for shower A shower dryer system includes a dryer tower with nozzles for directing heated air into a shower enclosure interior. A programmed controller controls the rate of air flow and the temperature of air flow to and through the air nozzles. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955840 | Liquid crystal display device having thin glass substrate on which protective layer formed and method of making the same The LCD according to present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate, two protective layers including at least one layer formed on outer surface of the first and second substrates, a transparent electrode formed on inner surface of the first subs... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6868621 | Clothes drying apparatus and method of drying clothes A clothes drying apparatus is provided. This clothes drying apparatus comprises a cabinet with an interior region to receive clothes. At least one door is operably connected to the cabinet to allow access to the interior region thereof. Attached to the cabinet is a ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6857200 | Supercritical point drying apparatus for semiconductor device manufacturing and bio-medical sample processing A critical point drying apparatus for sample preparation in electron microscopy and semiconductor wafer production includes a computer system to automate the operational modes in drying the specimen. These operational modes controlled by the computer system are: coo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6826850 | Animal dryer and method for use thereof An animal dryer comprises an animal receiving chamber, a door member and an air providing member. The animal receiving chamber includes a first end portion, a second end portion and at least three side portions. The second end portion is disposed opposite the first ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6823608 | Apparatus and method for drying an automobile chassis An apparatus and method for inhibiting corrosion of an automobile chassis is provided. The method utilizes an apparatus which provides a flow of heated air to the underside of the automobile. The apparatus preferably includes a pair of elongated conduits positioned ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6766591 | Garment drying apparatus A garment drying apparatus includes a housing forming a base. A heater is mounted in the base for warming ambient air drawn into the base via a fan through openings formed in the base. A pair of air ducting walls are mounted in the base to direct a portion of the wa... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6735884 | Blower dryer for automatic vehicle wash systems and method of using same A dryer system for automated car wash systems includes a new and improved air dryer having a fan and a rotatable nozzle at its discharge end with the nozzle orientation being controlled by a rotary actuator whose drive shaft is mounted on the axis of rotation of the... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6715217 | Microfilm jacket drying device and method A microfilm drying device and method are presented for salvaging and drying microfilm which has become wet due to excessive moisture resulting from high water, floods and the like. The device includes a needle assembly which is slidably affixed within a frame to dir... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6689180 | Hot air flow control device of heat-shrinking film packaging machine A heat-shrinking film packaging machine includes a conveyor for transporting an article to be packaged through a heating device to have a heat-shrinking film surrounding the article heated and shrunk and thus tightly packaging the article. The heating dev... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684523 | Particle removal apparatus Embodiments of the invention generally provide an apparatus for removing particles from a substrate surface, wherein the apparatus includes a substrate support member configured to support a substrate thereon, and a broadband actuator in mechanical commun... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6678968 | Supercritical point drying apparatus for semiconductor device manufacturing and bio-medical sample processing A critical point drying apparatus for sample preparation in electron microscopy and semiconductor wafer production includes a computer system to automate the operational modes in drying the specimen. These operational modes controlled by the computer syst... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6665949 | Drying tool for honeycomb core A drying tool for drying moisture present in cells of a honeycomb core. The tool includes an inflatable bladder compartment having a bendable exterior surface and a plurality of open-ended nozzles protruding from this exterior surface, with each nozzle ha... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6651356 | Air ionizing drying apparatus An air ionizing drying includes an elongated housing that has an interior, an inlet opening, and an elongated outlet opening. A microcontroller is positioned in the interior of the housing. A control panel is coupled to the housing and operationally coupl... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647642 | Liquid processing apparatus and method A cleaning processing apparatus and method of wafers W held by a rotor capable of holding a plurality of wafers W, which is one embodiment of the liquid processing apparatus of the present invention, comprises an outside chamber, an inside chamber arrange... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6606802 | Cleaning efficiency improvement in a high density plasma process chamber using thermally hot gas Method and apparatus are disclosed for improving the cleaning efficiency of a high density plasma system by introducing thermally hot gases to heat downstream chamber walls to improve the fluorine attack on deposit coatings. In certain embodiments of the ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6601318 | Dryer unit A drier unit (10) for drying printed products has a plurality of drier rails (12), which comprise in each case a supporting body (14) manufactured from a hollow section (16). The clear outer contour of the cross-sectional area of the supporting bodies (14... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6598313 | Equipment for drying bales for forage of any shape whatsoever The invention produces equipment for drying bales of forage comprising: at least one unit for generating hot air (30) channeled onto at least one pair of treatment units (A, B) stack one over the other, each having a rectangular bottom chamber (2, 5) and ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6560892 | Air blowing tool for heat-shrinkable packing material An air blowing tool includes a connecting pipe (1) and an air blowing head (2). The air blowing head includes an inner wall (22) and an outer wall (21). An annular passage (24) is defined between the inner and outer walls. The inner wall encloses and defi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6493964 | Supercritical point drying apparatus for semiconductor device manufacturing and bio-medical sample processing A critical point drying apparatus for sample preparation in electron microscopy and semiconductor wafer production includes a computer system to automate the operational modes in drying the specimen. These operational modes controlled by the computer syst... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6481119 | Apparatus for removing organic antireflection coating An organic antireflection coating is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A resist film is formed on the semiconductor substrate through the organic antireflection coating. The resist film is patterned for forming a resist pattern having an opening. A par... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6449873 | Apparatus and method for dry cleaning of substrates using clusters Disclosed is a dry cleaning apparatus and method using cluster for cleaning a surface of a specimen such as semiconductor wafer. The cleaning method first forms a neutral cluster no having polarity by passing a cleaning gas such as argon, nitrogen, or car... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446358 | Drying nozzle and drying device and cleaning device using the same Disclosed is a drying nozzle for realizing a high-efficiency drying device capable of drying an object to be processed to a sufficient degree. The drying nozzle includes a drying gas supply portion having an air supply tube for supplying air for drying a ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6393717 | Foot dryer device with diffused heated air flow system A foot dryer device for completely drying the feet of the user that utilizes a heat/blower mechanism in connection with an air diffusion assembly that diffuses a heated air stream so as to prevent uncomfortable hot spots from occurring on the feet of the ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393724 | Vehicle interior drying apparatus The present invention has a heater, a blower and connecting hoses to provide hot air to one or more vent boxes. The vent boxes have multiple, directional hoses to direct hot air to the desired parts of the vehicle. A separate vent box rack is provided to ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6374511 | Activation method of textile products and apparatus thereof A corona discharge apparatus 2 is provided as an ionized gas irradiation means above a plate 3 on which a textile product 2 is placed. The ionized gas E generated by the corona discharge apparatus 4 is irradiated to the textile product 2 and the textile p... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374510 | Drier-heat-exchanger The invention relates to a drier-heat-exchanger for heat treating PET granulate and similar products. The drier has a channel which is delimited by air permeable sheets. This ensures that the product can pass through efficiently and evenly which in turn m... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6357141 | Evaporator with hot air bath and method of use An evaporating system for evaporating solvents from chemical samples held in supply plates, which accelerate evaporation by warming the samples in a hot air bath. The system includes adapters to allow the use of supply plates of varying heights, such as e... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349485 | Apparatus for cooling and conditioning of grain A high capacity grain aeration apparatus (10) is provided which includes opposed, upright, tubular, ported inlet and outlet ducts (24,26) positioned within a grain bin (12) and having inlet and outlet fans (28, 30) adjacent the upper ends of the ducts (24... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6282812 | Multi air-knife box and method of use An apparatus is provided for the drying of electronic components. The invention provides multiple holes through which air is passed before striking the components. This provides the apparatus of the invention with multiple air knives, thereby breaking maj... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6259064 | Concentric air delivery and return oven An impingement heat transfer device for transferring heat between a stream of temperature controlled air and a product wherein an air supply duct and an air return duct have a common wall. A tube has one end communicating with the inside of the air supply... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6240653 | Gas-blowing device for cleaning and drying a plurality of plate lug surfaces for producing pore-free cast-on-strap joints for lead-acid batteries A gas-blowing device used in an apparatus for carrying out a process for producing pore-free cast-on-strap joints for lead-acid batteries. The device includes a metallic pipe closed at both ends having a plurality of groups of aligned gas outlets, gas inl... | 06/05/2001 |
