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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 |
| 7353935 | Conveyor discharge device A device for spreading aggregate material from a discharge conveyor onto a work surface includes a tremie attached relative to the discharge conveyor and a flexible hose connected to the tremie. A crank connected between the tremie and the discharge conveyor permits... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334675 | Flexible discharge attachment for friction feeder A flexible discharge attachment for the discharge a feeding machine to deliver the items being discharged at different orientations ranging from horizontal to vertical. The attachment have a multiplicity of brackets each pivotally connected to each other for simulat... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7261198 | Bi-directional package divert mechanism and method of use A bi-directional package divert mechanism used for sorting mail and other packages and items into appropriate bins for future delivery. The mechanism includes a downward extending moving mechanism which is capable of moving items into one of two directions, both per... | 08/28/2007 |
| 4631125 | Midstream coal handling apparatus A midstream apparatus for the receipt, sampling, cooling, and blending of coal provides a continuous transfer capability from one or more barges containing coals of various grades to an ocean vessel requiring blended coal meeting given specifications. The... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4352424 | Device for conveying molded pieces A device for obliquely conveying pieces of cylindrical hollow shape with a bottom for forming a thin, transparent, bottle-shaped container from the floor level to the height for supplying the pieces to the mold of a blow-molding machine. The numerous piec... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4170290 | Lift and feed mechanism for high speed integrated circuit handler An apparatus for lifting packaged integrated circuit parts and feeding them into the input reservoir of a high-speed handler and tester. Parts slide down an input track to the bottom of a fiber-faced belt stretched around two vertically disposed rollers. ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4052311 | Apparatus for separating solids from liquids An apparatus for separating solids, such as metal cuttings, from liquids, such as machine coolant, the apparatus having an upwardly inclined elongated housing which in cross-section is U-shaped with a semi-circular bottom and parallel sides, the housing b... | 10/04/1977 |
