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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 |
| 7094164 | Trajectory detection and feedback system A trajectory detection and feedback system is described. The system is capable of detecting one or more moving objects in free flight, analyzing a trajectory of each object and providing immediate feedback information to a human that has launched tile object into fl... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086120 | Caster for shopping and transport trolleys A caster for shopping and transport trolleys which are suitable for conveyance on travelators, includes a wheel fork provided with fork arms and carrying an axle body having a round cross-section and extending through a hub which is arranged between the fork arms an... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6478141 | Automated conveyor cleaning system An automated cleaning system for an endless belt conveyor. The cleaning system having a central control which controls pump supplying hot water, soap and a sanitizer to a plurality of controllable spray valves for plural spray bars.... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6398013 | Differential impulse conveyor and method A differential impulse conveyor 10, 80, 90, 100 includes a tray 12 which is driven in a forward direction at a slow speed and a backward direction at a higher speed to slide goods with respect to the tray and thereby move goods along the tray. The drive m... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6360874 | Automated conveyor cleaning system An automated cleaning system for an endless belt conveyor. The cleaning system having a central control which controls pumps supplying hot water, soap and a sanitizer to a plurality of controllable spray valves for plural spray bars.... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6308950 | Paper processing device with a tape replacement apparatus and method of replacing a tape of the paper processing device A paper processing device, in particular, a folder that includes an apparatus for replacing tapes that convey signatures and a method for replacing tapes of the paper processing device. The paper processing device has a frame or frames with opposing sides... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6290435 | Spacing tool for use with bottle conveyor A spacing tool is adapted for use with a conveyor that conveys plastic bottle containers of the type having a neck ring, a neck below the neck ring, and a body below the neck. The conveyor has a pair of support flanges that are spaced laterally from one a... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6244428 | Conveyor belt maintenance specialty tools A set of specialty tools is provided that includes a belt jack trough side tool, a belt jack return side tool; a pair of return roll tools of one of two embodiments for use in conveyor belt maintenance utilizing one of two most prevalent types of return r... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6193052 | Conveyor belt lifting arm A conveyor belt lifting device is configured to shift the belt away from the conveyor frame, which facilitates cleaning of the undersurface of the belt and the portions of the frame covered by the belt. The device includes a support bar rotatably mounted ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6109428 | Belt lifting apparatus A lifting apparatus (10) for lifting an endless conveyor belt (11) supported on a support frame structure (15) including two spaced apart frame members (33). The lifting apparatus (10) comprises a lower beam member (57) for extending between and resting o... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6044960 | Conveyer belt lifting device A conveyor belt lifting device is configured to shift the belt away from the conveyor frame, which facilitates cleaning of the undersurface of the belt and the portions of the frame covered by the belt. The device includes a support bar rotatably mounted ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5896981 | Spliced conveyer belt method and apparatus The apparatus of the present invention includes a tube having locking apparatus at one end that is inserted into a hinge joint in a first direction. A lead wire is inserted into the tube in the opposite direction and locked in place within the tube. Then ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5611421 | Method of installing multiple-lift conveyor system A method of installing a multiple lift, vertical conveyor system in a conveyor shaft includes steps of: erecting a framework for the vertical conveyor system, installing a first belt for operation on the framework; feeding a second belt into position for ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5579896 | System for arresting scraper-conveyor chain A scraper conveyor has a channel having a pair of parallel and longitudinally extending upstanding sides and a chain extending longitudinally along the channel between the sides thereof and normally advanced therein in a travel direction. A chain-arrestin... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5555970 | Device for the quick change of tracks Device for the quick change of tracks, which is suitable to cooperate with a traction unit (12) of a type with two facing tracks (11) such as that of EP-A-548723, for instance, and comprises a movable trolley (13), which has in a position substantially at... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5061142 | Device for loading and unloading vehicles and aircraft The present invention relates to an assembly for loading or unloading cargo which comprises a cargo space having a base portion and a loading-unloading apparatus having a supporting structure. A cargo conveyor has an upper part and a lower part, the upper... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4890715 | Method of and a device for coding workpiece carriers in a production plant Workpiece carriers are fed to successive work stations along conveyor tracks at which stations work operations are performed on individual parts on the carrier and in which a defect signal is allocated when appropriate. After a work operation has been per... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4821866 | Conveyor for a clean room A conveyor for transporting articles to or from a clean room or from one place to another within a clean room. The conveyor has housings extending along either side of the path of conveyor travel. Extending between the housings are conveying members, usua... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4276981 | Pump assembly A pump assembly to be used for mining, and the like, is supported on rope-like members (32, 110, 112, 140, 181, 190) of an endless conveyer. In one type of embodiments a channel-shaped mounting member (20, 72, 138, 164, 192) of the pump assembly straddles... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4208022 | Twin reel beltwinder The present invention is directed to a twin reel beltwinder which is designed to support an indeterminate length of conveyor belt for transportation within a mine cavity. The present invention includes a frame structure rotatably mounted on four wheels an... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4093066 | Acoustical conveyor cover A cover for acoustically enclosing a conveyor is described. The cover includes a curved, dome-shaped or gabled top portion and two side walls which project downwardly from the top portion to a support structure for the conveyor. Also, the cover includes a... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4043444 | Cup accumulator assembly An improved accumulator and storage device for metal containers provided with open and closed ends, wherein one of the major wall areas of the accumulator and storage device is of acoustical construction and wherein the containers are deposited in the acc... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4011935 | Sorting machines A combined sorter and conveyor for articles of considerable bulk or weight, characterized by tandem sections articulated for movement between conveying position and discharge position; shock absorber means cushion the attainment of both positions but offe... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3993183 | Lehr loading bar An improved lehr loading bar for loading newly formed glass containers into an annealing lehr. A series of relatively flat faced liner bars are loaded into a carrier bar having opposed dove tail slides. The liner bars are separated by spacers which also e... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3944055 | End member for driven rollers of roller conveyors An integrally formed, molded plastic end member for a conveyor roller having a cylindrical portion insertable in a roller tube and a portion protruding from the end with a shoulder formed on the outside to limit insertion. The insertable portion has an in... | 03/16/1976 |
