Celebrity Inventors
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.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7047618 | Single stroke O-ring insertion device An apparatus and method of applying an expandable member, such as an O-ring, to a part to from an installed part. The apparatus and method comprise a piston slidably positioned within a housing with a slidable sleeve interposed between the housing and the piston. Th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 5752314 | Traveler application system A method and apparatus for applying travelers to a ring of a fiber processing machine. A traveler applicator includes a traveler rail on which travelers are urged by a pusher towards a reciprocating traveler tooth. Actuation of a trigger causes the travel... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5417045 | Traveller changer A traveller changer in which a first operating portion having a tensor for absorbing the slack of yarn passed through a traveller in a ring spinning frame, and a second operating portion having a yarn hooking lever, a traveller removing element and a trav... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5390483 | Traveler changing method and traveler changing apparatus for carrying out the same A traveler changing method and an apparatus for carrying out the same capable of automatic traveler changing operation for labor saving. The traveler changing method comprises steps of positioning a traveler at a predetermined position on a ring by turnin... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5303464 | Apparatus for replacement of ring travelers on spinning or twisting rings An apparatus for automated replacement of ring travelers on spinning or twisting rings is disclosed comprising generally a housing having two planar support members, parallel to each other. A lift-out device is pivotably supported in a first of the two pl... | 04/19/1994 |
| 4864720 | Traveller setter A traveller setter having a main mechanism which includes a traveller holder with a guide on the undersurface of a forward end thereof and a magnet arranged at the upper part of said ring flange receiving seat, a traveller engaging hook at a forward end p... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4575933 | Apparatus for placing or mounting ring travelers on spinning or twisting rings Ring travelers supplied on a magazine strip are transferred to a magazine bar by pulling at the magazine strip in a predetermined direction. At its front end the magazine bar is bent-off at right angles and is tapered in order to form a hook at this locat... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4373247 | Method and device for removing a ring traveller from the ring of a ring-spinning or ring-twisting frame A tool is supported by a support face on the upper side of a spinning or twisting ring, with a bearing face bearing on the outer edge of the ring. A hook engages by a tip below the inner end of a ring traveller, which is brought into a predetermined posit... | 02/15/1983 |
| 3980248 | Manufacturing method for thermoplastics The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing component thermoplastic sections and for joining them into bobbins for spinning and twisting machines. A frictional surface is formed by injection molding at the outer end surface of a male secti... | 09/14/1976 |
