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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7024792 | Measuring tape holding tool A holder and guide for a measuring tape and a process of making and using the holder. The holder is made up of a hollow tube having a rectangular cross section. The tube has a slit or gap running the length of the tube to enable a measuring tape to be inserted. A ma... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004032 | Pressure gauge measuring multiple pressure values A method for measuring multiple pressures by a single gauge (6) for simultaneously measuring separate pressures by respective pressure sensing elements (7, 8); and simultaneously indicating measurements of the separate pressures by respective pointers ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6886614 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener having a sharpening sub-assembly for sharpening pencils, and first and second external shells having internal ribs defining surfaces for supporting the sharpening sub-assembly. Components of the sub-assembly are placed into corresponding portions ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6845795 | Portable handheld sharpener with loop attachment A portable, handheld sharpener having an elongated body with loop attachments, a battery-operated DC motor with speed reducing gears and a gear plate and a rotatable sharpening unit. A pouch-shaped waste shavings receptacle detachably attached to the body provides a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 4966208 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener comprises a housing defining a pencil passage, roller means for supporting and conveying a pencil back or forth along the pencil passage, abrasive means driven to rotate around the leading end of the pencil and self-rotate to produce a ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4961451 | Sharpener for rectangular pencils Power operated sharpener for nonconic rectangular pencils has single, orbital, weight-balanced cylindrical milling cutter which follows orbital path set by the track of an eliptical internal gear. The cylindrical milling cutter is carried loosely upstandi... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4054164 | Pencil sharpener A pencil sharpener of a rotary type including a rotary blade having spiral cutting edges and a blade holder, wherein the rotary blades makes a rotation around its own axis while making a revolution around a rotational axis of the assembly of the rotary bl... | 10/18/1977 |
