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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 |
| 7322098 | Method of simultaneous two-disk processing of single-sided magnetic recording disks Various methods and apparatus for simultaneously processing two single-sided hard memory disks is provided. Disks are positioned in pairs, with one surface of one disk positioned adjacent one surface of the second disk, with the disk surfaces touching or with a slig... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314404 | Burnishing head A burnishing head comprises at least two rails, each rail having an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer walls are at an angle relative to one another and relative to a central axis of the burnishing head. This angle permits the burnishing head to exhibit improve... | 01/01/2008 |
| 6468133 | Method for treating fibrous webs The present invention concerns a method for treating the surface of a fibrous web by mechanical grinding. According to the invention, the grinding is performed at substantially dry state by removing only the higher parts of the paper surface without subst... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6243934 | Paper polishing belt and method of polishing paper A polishing belt is made from a woven base layer with a matte affixed thereon. The matte includes a plurality of batting fibers with abrasives. These abrasives are permanently mounted on the batting fibers. The abrasives can include abrasive particles imp... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5871685 | Method of burnishing brake pads Provided is a fast and efficient method of burnishing a brake pad. The brake pad is contacted with a heat source having a power density greater than about 270 Mw/m2. Also provided is pre-burnished brake pad having an increased coefficient of fr... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5533244 | Woven belt paper polisher A woven belt paper polisher imparts mechanical energy to paper by sliding a woven belt against a paper sheet while the sheet is supported against a shear inducing roll. The contact force, slide distance and the coefficient of friction of the polishing bel... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5224367 | Method for the treatment of the steel belts of a double belt press In a double belt press, in which the steel belts are supported on the back by rollers, inherent compressive stress occurs on the side of the steel belts of a double belt press that are supported on the back by rollers, resulting in an undesirable bowl-sha... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5174143 | Surface densification of porous materials A method for producing a densified layer on the surface of a porous material having gas-containing voids which includes: (1) heating the outer surface of the porous material to cause localized removal of the gas contained in the voids so that the voids co... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5172580 | Non-destructive determination of surface cold work due to a shot peening operation This invention relates to a method for directly measuring the amount of surface cold work due to a surface treatment operation. Such methods of this type, generally, allow the surface cold work created by a shot peening operation to be directly measured w... | 12/22/1992 |
| 4848122 | Method and apparatus for deburring using shot A self-limiting method and apparatus for deburring or rounding sharp edges. Structures which basically comprise a skin which is a surface of revolution with a plurality of upstanding ribs in a pattern forming pockets often have sharp edges on the sides of... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4089738 | Method and apparatus for influencing the characteristics of the surface of a paper product During the manufacture of a paper product such as paper or cardboard, a moving web of sheet material which is to form the paper product is lapped over a roll while the relatively smooth, hard surface of a smoothing member is pressed against an outer surfa... | 05/16/1978 |
