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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 |
| 7125019 | Single seal with resilient member The invention relates to a single seal, and more specifically to a seal for a rotary shaft extending through a wall, e.g. that of a pump housing. The single seal exhibits one single sealing location between a stationary and a rotating sealing ring. The seal is attac... | 10/24/2006 |
| 5687973 | Dust seal for pinion bearing housing A seal is provided on a slinger for a pinion shaft in an axle housing. The seal provides sealing contact at a location between the bearing cage and the slinger. The slinger prevents relatively large dirt, stones, and debris particles from reaching an inne... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5607169 | Sealing assembly for connector having deformation compensating shape A sealing assembly for sealing two surfaces of two elements by a seal member between the two surfaces, wherein the two elements are pressed against each other by a coupling means acting between them and applying a bending moment to at least one of the two... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5324047 | Thread seal A thread seal comprises a helical rib (6) for use with a threaded member (1). The end portions (7) of the rib (6) are axially staggered and are joined by a transverse thread bridging member (8) which engages a crest (9) of the thread between successive tu... | 06/28/1994 |
| 4913448 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement for a container in which an auger having vanes is disposed in the chamber thereof for moving particulate material stored therein. A threaded sealing member is adapted to engage the auger vanes so as to be driven along the container o... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4588310 | Bearing arrangement to be submerged in water or a slurry A bearing assembly comprises an outer bearing housing and at least one inner bearing element, which serves for rotatably mounting a component. The bearing assembly is intended to be submerged in water or in a slurry and defines outwardly open gaps, which ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4573946 | Driveline Agricultural slip type driveline assemblies are generally of a sliding shaft design. A square shaft is fitted into a square tube slip yoke having an internal cavity that generally mates with the square shaft. The square shaft is generally welded to the sq... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4465286 | Seal for closing a cavity A seal assembly (54) for closing a cavity (55) between a rotor (24), a bearing retainer (38) and a crankshaft (80) to retain a fluid therein for lubricating bearings (48, 50, 90) associated with the crankshaft (80). Seal assembly (54) has a disc (72) with... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4460182 | Square sealing member for slip-type drive shaft A square one piece sealing member for a slip type driveline assembly to prevent loss and contamination of lubricant. The sealing member is made of a resilient material and has four walls and integral radially inwardly extending ridge members. The walls an... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4407511 | Seal and scraper assembly A seal and scraper assembly for a nut and screw actuator has an elastomeric member bonded to a metal ring. The elastomeric member has an annular lip outer portion and a helical thread form inner portion. The inner portion has a plurality of scraper or wip... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4337954 | Wear sleeve oil seal An inner peripheral seal ring on the inner periphery of a wear sleeve to seal axial flow of oil and permit heat radially transferred through the wear sleeve for cooler operation of the seal on the wear sleeve.... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4337952 | Hermetic sealing apparatus for a rotating shaft This invention relates to an apparatus effecting a drive through the wall of a pressure vessel comprising a stationary housing containing a rotating drive shaft, a motion transmitting member, a driven shaft and a flexible member attached to both the motio... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4281942 | Lubrication system for high speed spline connection and bearing A lubrication system for the spline connection and generator bearing of a high speed aircraft generator which utilizes a split ring seal and quad o-ring is disclosed. The split ring seal retards lubricant flow so that there is an accumulation in the area ... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4224808 | Venting arrangement for stroking universal joint A venting arrangement for a stroking universal joint comprises a split vent sleeve seated in a closed position in a shallow annular groove of the drive shaft and maintained therein by a clamped neck portion of a flexible elastomeric boot. The vent sleeve ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4217813 | Power steering gear with delashed piston nut and screw threading Power steering gear with integral rotary valve for directing hydraulic pressure fluid to and from a piston nut and in which an elongated screw threaded through the piston nut is slit longitudinally to give the metallic screw a barrel-shape configuration w... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4201391 | Flexible bellows end connection in a marine stern drive A flexible bellows assembly covers the universal drive coupling connecting between a marine stern drive unit and the inboard engine. The flexible bellows includes a rectangular bead at the periphery of one end and is tubular shaped at the other end. The tubula... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4159118 | Sealing device for screw threads A sealing device for sealing between a screw and a nut threaded thereon. The device is particularly suitable for sealing a ball type screw wherein the thread on the screw includes a helical rounded groove and wherein the thread crest is a cylindrical surf... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4054040 | Telescoping torque transmission apparatus A telescoping torque transmission apparatus including an inner mandrel of upper and lower sections, a sleeve surrounding the mandrel and slidable thereon, a splined drive connection between the sleeve and mandrel with drive keys interposed between all dri... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4052076 | Screw seal An improved screw seal for providing a dynamic seal between a screw and a nut is disclosed. A carrier for the screw seal includes a chipper, wiper, and a sealing member. The wiper includes a wiper seal and a drain groove which cooperate to remove lubrican... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4003669 | Anti-corrosive insert for sucker rod couplings This invention provides a substantially tubular sealing insert for use with a sucker rod for an oil well and a coupling adapted to engage the end of the sucker rod. The coupling has internal threads engaging external threads of the sucker rod, and the lat... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3975027 | Face seal A lubricant retaining face seal useful, for example, in a pivoting mechanical connection, and having a flexible compressible annular sealing lip comprising a conical sealing surface to provide significant annular area of sealing engagement between seal an... | 08/17/1976 |
