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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 |
| 4158511 | Pivot joint An improved pivot joint has a rotatable and tiltable stud. A rotational preload force is applied to the stud by a bearing which is circumferentially stressed in tension to apply a clamping force to the stud. This clamping force resists rotation of the stu... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4144952 | Sliding support structure for a disc brake caliper A disc brake of a type using pins for guiding a caliper in the axial direction of a rotor. A rigid sleeve having an elastic annular member inserted and secured to the inner circumference thereof is provided at a base portion formed on one side of the cali... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4134842 | Molded plastic bearing assembly A bearing assembly comprises two engaging members movable relative to one another. One of said members has a bearing surface made of metal or ceramic coated with a thin film of a parting agent, and the other bearing surface is a woven fabric impregnated w... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4132453 | Turbine meter bearing The rotor of a turbine meter has two ceramic bushings and is mounted on a pair of ceramic shafts, each shaft extending from a spider support. A ceramic washer is mounted in each spider support and about the shaft extending from the support to provide cera... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4130251 | Combination trolling and casting reel A fishing reel is adapted to be shifted between casting and trolling modes and includes a housing, a spool which includes a line portion around which fishing line can be wound and which is adapted for rotation about an axis relative to the housing, and ro... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4121813 | Vibration control bush assembly A bush assembly for vibration control, particularly adapted for use in supporting a suspension arm of an automobile suspension system, which includes an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder which is smaller in length than the inner cylinder. The outer cyl... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4114467 | Snap-on wear pad A snap-on wear pad is adapted to be used on conveyor chains. The wear pad includes a resilient, generally cylindrical body portion of a length adapted to fit between the opposite inner side bars of a conveyor chain. The body portion has an axial through h... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4112574 | Torsielastic thrust bushing for track chains For inclusion as spacer between first and second axially spaced apart members mounted for limited angulation about a common axis, the first member having a seal recess formed in one face, the second member having an end face opposite the seal recess, the ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4099804 | Plain bearings This invention consists of a plain bearing in which the bearing surface consists of or includes poly-phenylene sulphide to give good bearing properties and also because such linings can be bonded to backings to steel or aluminium or aluminium alloys with ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4098485 | Swivel apparatus Swivel apparatus for a chair or the like comprising nonmetallic bearing members rotatably supporting a swivel plate. The bearing members are mounted in fixed positions on a support and each has a laterally disposed arcuate groove located in interfitting e... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4097057 | Independent suspension system An independently sprung front suspension system for improving the ride and handling of a recreational vehicle having a unitized body and frame. A wishbone-shaped lower control arm having spaced apart inner ends is mounted for pivotal movement on a control... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4094253 | Railway truck floating pedestal wear liner A pedestal liner for railroad trucks is disclosed in which the liner is not bolted to the pedestal leg, but instead is allowed to "float" -- that is, to move relative both to the journal box and to the pedestal leg.... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4080014 | Slide articulation bearing assembly A slide articulation bearing assembly, in particular to be used in a tiltable converter arrangement, has sliding elements between the bearing inner and outer races, and force measuring devices between one of the bearing races and the sliding elements.... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4076346 | Face-to-face plate-type swivel A pair of relatively rotatable face-to-face metal swivel plates centrally secured together adjacent the common center axis and arranged along their respective margins for respective securement to an article and the base. A continuous circular V-shaped bea... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4060287 | Bearing seal and method of forming same The disclosure embraces a method of securing sealing members in place in a bearing of the type having two relatively movable members, one being an outer bearing member having a surface that is complementary to the exterior surface of the inner bearing mem... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4057304 | Heavy duty resilient coupling assembly A resilient coupling assembly having a housing with a generally cylindrical bore therein, a shank with a generally cylindrical portion received in the bore, and a bushing of an elastomeric material interposed between the housing and the cylindrical portio... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4042186 | Fishing reel with bearing for level wind shaft This invention relates to an apparatus in fishing reels with a line guiding mechanism including a double-threaded screw and a bearing box. According to a preferred embodiment, the bearing box displays at least two diametrically located resilient projectio... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4027750 | Floating disc brake including air escape structure A floating disc brake is diclosed having a caliper which is guided by pins therein which slide axially within blind holes provided in a fixed member. At least one of the pins is enclosed in a resilient bag having air passages therein for permitting the co... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4023247 | Variable speed sheave assemblies and method of producing An adjustable flange for a dry lube variable speed sheave assembly having an unmachined bore is centered on a vacuum fixture. A thin dry bearing material is secured and located axially and radially within the flange bore and the annular space between the ... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4007975 | Articulated bearing An articulated bearing has an inner ring with a spherical outer surface, and an outer ring with a hollow spherical inner surface corresponding to and engaging the outer surface of the inner ring. Plastic bearing segments are circumferentially arranged in ... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4006051 | Method of preparing a low-friction laminate liner for bearings A laminate liner adapted to be secured to a supporting surface, which liner comprises in combination: a backing sheet member characterized by a number of relatively large openings therein; a fibrous polymeric sheet material characterized by a number of sm... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4002327 | Resilient bushing An annular resilient pivot bushing is described which is suitable for connecting a vehicle suspension link to a vehicle body. The bushing provides greater resistance to linear movement of the suspension link in one direction than to linear movement in the... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3993371 | Thin rubber surfaced bearings An improved water-lubricated bearing consists of longitudinal strips of rubber bonded to a rigid backing. The strips are either flat or have a concave surface of less curvature than the journal, and are so thin that the width of each strip is at least 6 a... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3975568 | Low-friction, wear-resistant material and process for making the same A composite material comprising substantially uniformly dispersed, tightly packed smooth spheres or spheroids embedded in a matrix with the size of the spheres or spheroids being between 10 and about 50 mesh USA Sieve size and the surface roughness of sai... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3972233 | Turbine meter bearing A turbine meter having a center support bearing structure including components with mating coaxial cylindrical bearing surfaces formed of fired ceramic materials, in which one of the bearing surfaces is formed of a high strength ceramic consisting of at l... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3972124 | Device for measuring the length of a member A device for measuring the length of a tubular member as it is run into or pulled from a well bore includes a support means which defines ends in spaced relation. Elastomer members are secured on each of the ends with axially, aligned openings therein for... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3971606 | Water lubricated bearing device Water lubricated bearing devices best adapted to be used in water or sea water are disclosed wherein a composite bearing member comprising an elastic bearing member lined with a thermoplastic resin compound is anchored to the inner wall of a bush fitted i... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3958840 | Flexible bearing having reinforcements A flexible bearing is constructed of layers of elastomer and rigid shims, alternately stacked and bonded together. At least some of the rigid shims are replaced with flexible reinforcements of refractory cloth or wire screen. The reinforcing material mini... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3957939 | Method for manufacturing a composite bearing member A composite bearing member is made from a sheet of a thermoplastic having good impact resistance having an insert of a low friction polymeric material such as filled PTFE. The sheet with the insert therein is heated, vacuum formed and subsequently cooled ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3955856 | Anti-friction device An anti-friction device for use under hostile conditions such as high temperature or nuclear radiation environments or for use under sustained impact loading. The device comprises two components: first, a fibrous, non-metallic substrate which is capable o... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3950599 | Low-friction laminate liner for bearings A laminate liner adapted to be secured to a supporting surface, which liner comprises in combination: a backing sheet member characterized by a number of relatively large openings therein; a fibrous polymeric sheet material characterized by a number of sm... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3950044 | Method for the production of concentric machine elements A method of manufacturing concentric machine elements from flat steel strips by permanently bending a flat steel strip of limited length along its longitudinal axis, and burring the concave surface of the strip, while supported, through the application of... | 04/13/1976 |
