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 |
| 7077997 | Stripping apparatus An FCC apparatus uses a cantilevered support for supporting baffles in a stripping vessel. Only one end of the support is fastened to a wall of a contacting conduit or a wall of the stripping vessel and the other end is spaced apart from the near wall of the contact... | 07/18/2006 |
| 5829496 | Finishing device A device for finishing the corner of an impression of the profile. Corners of impressions of doors manufactured in one-piece are shaped to give the appearance of a mitered joint where a joint does not exist. By selecting the appropriate cutter, sides of t... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5547003 | Device and method for forming square inside corners on raised panels formed of single workpieces Square inside corners are formed in raised panels from a single workpiece to be used in the manufacture of cabinetry, furniture and the like. A machine with a rotatable spindle provides the drive for the square corner forming tool bit. The tool bit is mou... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5415211 | Apparatus for producing square inside corners on a workpiece An apparatus for machining a square inside corner on a workpiece. The apparatus comprises a rotatable shaft, a device cooperating with the shaft for transferring the rotating motion of the shaft to transverse oscillating motion, and a cutting tool mounted... | 05/16/1995 |
| 4932450 | Corner cutting shear machine and method for forming inside corners in a one-piece article A machine and method for forming an inside corner portion in a one-piece article material where the inside corner portion is produced by the meeting at a corner of first and second adjacent profiles defined by grooves or members. The inside corner portion... | 06/12/1990 |