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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 |
| 5702820 | Photo-imaging resist ink and cured product thereof There is disclosed a photo-imaging resist ink containing (A) an unsaturated group-containing polycarboxylic acid resin which is a reaction product of (c) succinic anhydride with an additive reaction product of (a) an epoxy resin with (b) an unsaturated gr... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5691006 | Solder resist coating from photosensitive composition containing water as solvent or dispersant There are disclosed photosensitive compositions based on water as solvent and/or dispersant for the components of said compositions, comprising 10-50% by weight of water-soluble and/or water-dispersible solid, crosslinkable film-forming polymers as binder... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691395 | Process of making flexible circuits and imaged coatings Radiation sensitive compositions, processes for using the compositions, and articles of manufacture comprising the compositions. The photoimageable compositions of the invention comprises a radiation sensitive component, a resin binder and a polybutadiene... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5688464 | Vibrationally enhanced stereolithographic recoating Methods and apparatus for providing a vibrational enhancement to the recoating process in stereolithography are disclosed. The formation of a thin layer of building material over a previous layer of structure of a partially completed three-dimensional obj... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5674663 | Method of applying a photosensitive resin to a substrate for use in papermaking The invention comprises a method for applying a curable resin, such as a photosensitive resin, to a substrate such as a papermaker's dewatering felt. The method comprises the steps of providing a substrate; providing a curable liquid resin; providing a se... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5670096 | Retroreflective article comprising a transparent base sheet and nacreous pigment coating, method for making such a base sheet, and method for making a forming master A retroreflective article comprising a transparent base sheet having first and second broad faces, the second face being substantially planar and the first face having an array of substantially hemi-spheroidal microlenses thereon, the microlenses being wi... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5667850 | Method of curing with ultraviolet radiation on substrates requiring low heat A method is for curing ultraviolet light-curable coatings, inks or adhesives on heat sensitive substrates, wherein the substrates are coated and then passed under ultraviolet light. It includes reducing the temperatures of the substrates while being passe... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5648125 | Electroless plating process for the manufacture of printed circuit boards There is disclosed a process for electroless plating of a conductive metal layer onto the surface of a non-conductive substrate, in which the substrate surface is prepared for receiving a coating of activator using conventional methods, and the coating of... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5640942 | Ultraviolet cured throttle bore pre-coating A throttle body assembly (10) including a throttle plate (22) mounted in the main bore (16) of the throttle body. Either the throttle plate, the bore or both are pre-sludged around the throttle plate/bore interface, using a sealant (24) that is cured with... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5635544 | Process for preparing a UV-curable coating material and anti-abrasion coating composition Disclosed is a process for preparing a UV-curable coating material comprising the steps of effecting a hydrolysis reaction of (a-1) 40 to 90 parts by weight of colloidal silica, and (a-2) 60 to 10 parts by weight of a hydrolyzate of an alkoxy silane compo... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5633664 | Method of influencing the contact angle of the nozzle surface of inkjet printheads Molded inkjet modules having still closed nozzles are coated with a polymer solution, preferably a PEEK solution. By means of Eximer laser radiation of a definite wavelength the nozzle ports extending through the PEEK layer and the layer of channel format... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5631049 | Process of curing a gasket coating A formulation for a resilient gasket coating which is curable by ultraviolet radiation without emitting fumes into the surrounding environment. Different portions of the coating are cured by successive exposure to two different wavelengths of ultraviolet ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5629052 | Method of applying a curable resin to a substrate for use in papermaking The invention comprises a method for applying a curable resin, such as a photosensitive resin, to a substrate such as a papermaker's dewatering felt. The method comprises the steps of providing a substrate; providing a curable liquid resin; providing a se... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626919 | Solid imaging apparatus and method with coating station A solid imaging apparatus and method produces an integral three-dimensional object from a multiplicity of cross sectional portions of the object by selectively exposing successive layers of a liquid photoformable composition to actinic radiation. The appa... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5609814 | Optical molding process An optical molding process for obtaining a three-dimensional resin model by scanning a surface of a photocurable resin liquid held in a photocurable resin liquid tank by a light beam to cure the same and successively building up the scanned and cured laye... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5609812 | Method of making a three-dimensional object by stereolithography An improved method for stereolithographically making an object by alternating the order in which similar sets of vectors are exposed over two or more layers. In another method, a pattern of tightly packed hexagonal tiles are drawn. Each tile is isolated f... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5609813 | Method of making a three-dimensional object by stereolithography An improved method for stereolithographically making an object by alternating the order in which similar sets of vectors are exposed over two or more layers. In another method, a pattern of tightly packed hexagonal tiles are drawn. Each tile is isolated f... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5603157 | Methods of producing button-type batteries and a plurality of battery terminal housing members A method of forming a button-type battery includes: a) providing an electrically conductive sheet having an exposed surface which is divisible into a plurality of areas; b) depositing an uncured electrically insulative gasket material onto the conductive ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5597613 | Scale-up process for replicating large area diffractive optical elements The present invention discloses 1) a process for photopolymer replication on plastics, and 2) the scale-up step-and-repeat process in photopolymers. High fidelity optical element replication using a master optical element having submicron diffractive patt... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5597520 | Simultaneous multiple layer curing in stereolithography A method and apparatus for making high resolution objects by stereolithography utilizing low resolution materials which are limited by their inability to form unsupported structures of desired thinness and/or their inability to form coatings of desired th... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5595790 | Method for forming a reflective surface for a LCD An effective non-specular reflector, for use in a Liquid Crystal Display, is formed by first coating a substrate with a two component solution. One component hardens when heated or when exposed to ultraviolet light (optionally through a mask) while the ot... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5594989 | Process for making jewelry utilizing a hard photopolymer The instant invention contemplates a process for manufacturing jewelry including the steps of: (a) creating a photographic negative from a computer-generated image; (b) masking the negative over a photopolymerizable resin backed by a rigid substrate; (c) ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5595703 | Method for supporting an object made by means of stereolithography or another rapid prototype production method A method of supporting an object made by stereolithography or another rapid prototype production method, in which a support is provided with at least one supporting structure which is airier than a supporting structure made of solid standing walls, includ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5589270 | Processed substrate obtained by a process for effecting suppression of electrification Electrification is suppressed with a water-soluble electrification-suppressing film having an electron conductivity and comprising a polymer resin. A high electrification-suppressing effect which is also high in vacuum can be easily obtained by using the ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5586040 | Process and apparatus for controlled laser texturing of magnetic recording disk Controlled laser texturing of a magnetic recording disk is accomplished by use of a textured test band on the disk and an analyzing laser system to provide feedback to the texturing laser. The analyzing laser system determines, from diffracted laser light... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582876 | Stereographic apparatus and method An apparatus for producing an object using stereography is disclosed. The apparatus has a bath of liquid material in a container, the bath having a free surface. A support in the container supports and positions the object relative to the surface. A means... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5576070 | Method of fabricating a liquid crystal display A light influencing element and the process of fabricating the same is disclosed, wherein the light influencing element is fabricated by disposing a layer of a substantially opaque material upon a transparent substrate. One or more openings or wells may t... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5573722 | Method and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography A system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate synergistic stimulation by impingi... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5573721 | Use of a support liquid to manufacture three-dimensional objects A system is provided for producing a three dimensional object from a reactive liquid medium capable of being solidified. The object is constructed from many successive layers of the solidified reactive liquid medium when subjected to appropriate synergist... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5573816 | Friction coating for film backings A friction promoting layer is provided which comprises a binder and particulate material and is suitable for use with film backed coated abrasives. The binder used is one that shrinks upon drying and curing to ensure that particulates in the layer are not... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5571471 | Method of production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography A system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate synergistic stimulation by impingi... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5569431 | Method and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography A system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate synergistic stimulation by impingi... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5567482 | Method of protecting steel strip In a high-speed electrogalvanizing process, steel strip is protected from the formation of troublesome zinc nodules by masking the edges of the strip, while the strip is moving and upstream from the electrogalvanizing step, with an ultraviolet curable coa... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5565246 | Method of forming heat-resistant raised print from radiation-curable solid particulate compositions A method of forming heat-resistant raised print on a substrate using a thermographic radiation-curable powder by a thermographic process that includes radiation curing. The powders include free radical photoinitiated compositions of acrylated polymers and... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5560964 | Minute-particle iron oxide red pigment slurry and method of manufacturing the same A minute-particle iron oxide red pigment slurry is formed by adding sodium silicate to a minute-particle iron oxide red pigment slurry, and used to form a red filter formed between a phosphor layer of a color cathode ray tube and a panel thereof. Therefor... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5556590 | Apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography A system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate synergistic stimulation by impingi... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5554432 | Press polymerization of lenticular images The present invention is a lenticular sheet having lenticles over only a portion of the sheet. The lenticular sheet is formed by bonding a base substrate to a thermosetting polymer sheet having a lenticular array on its top surface. In one embodiment of t... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5554336 | Method and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography A system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate synergistic stimulation by impingi... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5536467 | Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object A method for producing an object by layerwise solidification of the object by means of electromagnetic radiation is expedited by simultaneously solidifying the material of a layer at a plurality of places. An apparatus for carrying out the method comprises an ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534104 | Method and apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects In a method for producing a three-dimensional object by successive solidification of superposed layers of the object a deformation of the object caused by shrinkage during the solidification shall be reduced. To this end first of all respective partial re... | 07/09/1996 |
