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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 |
| 5615993 | Method of removing articles A method of removing a required number of articles from a packing box which is accommodating a plurality of articles and having one open side. The method includes a step of setting the orientation of the packing box with the open side directed side-wise, ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5601396 | Method and device for manipulating stacked flat articles A method and a device for manipulating substantially similar flat articles each having two main surfaces and at least one pair of opposite edge portions delimiting the main surfaces, the flat articles being arranged in a stack such that consecutive ones o... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5601392 | Front-side lifting and loading apparatus A device for lifting and loading materials employs a pick-up arm for engaging material at ground level and an associated lift arm assembly. The pick-up arm can be swung relative to the lift arm about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the ground t... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5588792 | Pipette tip rack loader An apparatus for loading multiple pipette tips into laboratory storage boxes. The apparatus is principally composed of a dispenser that may be positioned above a box housing a pipette insert-rack. The dispenser is adapted to receive pipette tips from a ma... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5575611 | Wafer transfer apparatus A wafer transfer apparatus capable of simultaneously transferring multiple semiconductor wafers to and from a furnace or similar columnar wafer station. The apparatus has a cantilevered extension which extends from a main part. The extension is preferably... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5547332 | Top mounted container handling apparatus A container handling apparatus having a mounting platform a lifting arm extending from the mounting platform and terminating in a gripper mechanism, mounted on top of a body of a refuse collection vehicle and configured to include three four-bar linkages ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5544997 | Device for expediting the cutting of boxes The invention is a device for expediting the cutting of boxes containing goods used in restocking shelves and the like. This device can either be free standing or operatively mounted on a stocking cart or dolly. In either case, a free-wheeling turntable i... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5538390 | Enclosure for load lock interface A load lock interface for a semiconductor wafer process chamber includes a platform adapted to receive and engage with a carrier containing a cassette of semiconductor wafers; and a removable bell-shaped enclosure adapted to surround and seal said carrier... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5509773 | Machine and process for recovering pharmaceutical product An apparatus for recovering pharmaceutical product from blister packs and a method for doing same is provided. Pharmaceutical product blister pack cards, which are unsuitable for sale, are straightened, if necessary, and stacked in a magazine. Individual ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5484247 | Bag breaker A separation system tears apart trash bags in a manner that will ensure that the trash and recyclable material inside the bag will fall out onto a conveyer while at the same time maintaining the bag in substantially one piece. The bag is dropped onto two ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5476354 | Method and apparatus for opening soft-cup cigarette packs An apparatus and method for opening soft-cup packs of cigarettes. In progressive stages, the cellophane wrapper top and the pack closure strip are cut, the cellophane wrapper top piece is removed, the remaining cellophane is removed, the soft-cup is remov... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5449265 | Feeder and method of supplying a continuous strip of surface mount contacts to pick-and-place machine A feeder and method are disclosed for individually dispensing surface-mount contacts in a strip of tab-connected contacts on a pick-and-place machine having a pick-up member and pick-up station actuator for actuating the feeder when the pick-and-place mac... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5443355 | Trash collection vehicle A vehicle having a bed which is pivotal from a trash collection position to a trash dumping position. The bed is provided with inner walls for dividing the interior of the bed into three compartments, a central compartment for receiving paper and two side... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5388953 | Method for the lifting, turning, and tilting of containers A container manipulating method and apparatus which includes at least one vertically disposed pedestal assembly (12); a tubular column assembly (14); a container support assembly (16); and a container retaining device (18). This method and apparatus house... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5385438 | Method of using a robotic system for mixing and packing articles A method for transferring articles between containers to vary the mix of articles in the containers. A plurality of containers are moved to a mixing station and apparatus including a robot removes selected articles from the containers and places them into... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5378107 | Controlled environment enclosure and mechanical interface Disclosed is a method for enabling the contents of a first chamber to be moved into a second chamber without exposing either chamber to elements making particulate-producing sliding contact. In one aspect of the invention, the method includes providing a ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5375961 | Apparatus and method for debagging articles The invention provides a method and apparatus for debagging a stack of articles such as can ends and the like which are arranged in a facewise stacked condition in an elongate tubular bag. The method comprises the steps of engaging one end of the bag and ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5368436 | Method for transporting waste material A method for transforming a refuse vehicle into a combination refuse disposal and recycling vehicle, the refuse disposal vehicle having a cab portion and a rearwardly disposed container on a chassis, the rearwardly disposed container having a single compa... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5362198 | Bulk materials transportation system An intermodal transportation system for hauling bulk material, particularly municipal solid waste, by rail and truck utilizes multiple rectangular, open-top boxes each having a removable lid. Each box and associated lid include one or more channels that c... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5360308 | Vehicle dumping apparatus with pulsating platform and movable hinge A truck platform is elevated at one end and then moved rearwardly by pulsation cylinders which slowly accelerate and then rapidly decelerate the platform and truck. The abrupt deceleration causes the material in the truck to continue to move rearwardly se... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5344274 | Envelope removal apparatus A sealed envelope, which encloses a rectangular shaped container having an audio or video tape therein to form a package, is automatically removed from the container through cutting a first edge of the envelope during its travel in a first direction and t... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5336034 | Method and apparatus for unpacking contents from envelopes A method for unpacking contents from an envelope in which the envelope is at least weakened along three folding edges and a first panel of the envelope is folded over relative to a second panel about a fourth folding edge. The contents are separated from ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5318399 | Method and apparatus for removing ties and wrappers from textile fiber bales A method of removing ties and a wrapper from a fiber bale being at least partially covered by the wrapper and surrounded by the ties tightened about the wrapper includes the steps of severing the ties; carrying the ties away from the bale and pulling the ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5304028 | Method and apparatus for the dejacketing of flat parallelipipedic deep-frozen blocks packed in one-piece folding cartons The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the dejacketing of flat, parallelipipedic blocks packed in folding cartons. Dejacketing is performed in three steps. First the flaps provided overlapping one another on opposite sides are unfolded by bei... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5235795 | System for the delivery, storage and disposal of medical supplies A system for the delivery, storage and disposal of medical supplies including a lidded receptacle for receiving the supplies and facilitating their delivery to a use site, such lidded container subsequently being employed in the collection and ultimate di... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5232331 | Automatic article feeding system A method for stocking a plurality of containers in a stocking device and feeding one container at a time to a robot includes the steps of separately supporting each container in a vertically moveable frame and moving the frame to align a selected containe... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5205699 | Method and apparatus for lifting and tilting drums of flowable material A drum, container and the like of a flowable material is placed and retained on a container support assembly of a lifting and tilting apparatus. This lifting and tilting apparatus includes a telescoping column attached to a base support. Interior of the c... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5188504 | Envelope opener and load separator Numbers of similar, loaded envelopes having side edge folds and end edge folds joining two rectangular panels are arranged in a stack in a drawer-like portable holder having a side opening. The drawer is installed with the envelopes disposed as a vertical... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5163805 | Waste collection system for segregating solid waste into preselected component materials An improved waste collection system having an on-site container which is internally compartmented to receive and separately store the various waste components such as aluminum, glass, paper and land-fill trash. The route collection vehicle is divided into... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5145305 | Collection vehicle, apparatus for use in the vehicle and method of collecting material A refuse collection vehicle has a pair of hoists which can be operated together to lift a large container by both hoists and which can also be operated separately for the lifting of a small container by each hoist, a hydraulic liquid circuit which include... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5118243 | Pallet load transfer method and apparatus A frame includes a plate mounted thereon for driving movement along the frame. A captive pallet having a load thereon is staged onto the frame. The plate drives into an edge of the captive pallet thus driving the pallet from beneath the load and shifting ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5114304 | Motor-driven garbage truck comprising a detachable container There is disclosed a refuse container provided with a receiving pocket disposed near the upper edge of the container. The receiving pocket has an undercut portion and is formed by a section member located on and reinforcing the upper edge portions of the ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5102282 | Unit load transfer device and method An apparatus and method for transferring a unit load from one pallet to another pallet or slip sheet without creasing the containers constituting the unit load. In one embodiment the unit load containing pallet and the empty pallet are aligned side-by-sid... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5094582 | Waste collection and disposal system A waste collection and disposal system utilizing a multi-compartment container and a collection vehicle with compartments corresponding to those of the container so as to keep the different waste materials separated throughout the collection process. The ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5090864 | Method of opening fiber bales A method of operating a fiber bale opener (which has a tower arranged for travel along a series of fiber bales and an opening device carried by the tower and movable vertically relative thereto) includes the steps of moving the opening device back and for... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5059082 | Method and apparatus for emptying a container An apparatus for and a method of emptying from a case a compressible load consisting of carton blanks, prongs penetrate through a preformed perforation in opposite side walls of the case and push the load away from those walls, an upper portion of the cas... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5056979 | Lift unit for lifting and emptying waste containers A lift unit for lifting and inverting waste containers for emptying. The waste containers are of the type having an enlarged lip proximate the mouth of the container. The lift unit includes grippers for gripping the enlarged lip of the container and lifti... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5026241 | Apparatus and method for dumping a waste receptacle An apparatus and method for lifting and dumping a waste receptacle attachable for use with refuse loaders and the like is illustrated as including a stationary frame A carrying a pivoted depending housing B supporting the waste receptacle provided with tr... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5024573 | Lifting device A lifter to empty a container into a cavity of a vehicle. The lifter is movably mounted below a sill edge of the cavity, so that the lifter is beneath the vehicle when not in use. The lifter has hooks to grasp bars on the container. The lifter has devices... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5020965 | Method for shifting goods and apparatus therefor A method for shifting goods in which goods arranged in a predetermined manner within a container having an opening portion are taken out of the container in such a manner as to correspond to the arrangement of the storing state of the goods. The method co... | 06/04/1991 |
