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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 |
| 6903654 | Automatic dispenser apparatus The invention is directed to improved automatic dispenser apparatus for dispensing sheet material and the like without contact between a user and the dispenser. Proximity detection apparatus is provided to detect the presence of a user in a detection zone generated ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 5375920 | Handtowel dispenser In this dispenser, the housing (1) is divided by means of a separation partition (9) into a lower compartment (12) containing a roll of clean towel (28) and an upper compartment (11) containing a shaft (45) around which the strip of used towel is wound un... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5340045 | Method for the sequential provision of portions of a towel web In a towel dispenser, a selection can be made between a standard program, in which, to form a towel loop, first a portion of unused towel and subsequently a shorter portion of used towel is released, and a hygiene program, in which only unused towel is re... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5244263 | Continuous towel cabinets A continuous towel cabinet comprises a compartment for a roll of clean towel, and an arrangement of rollers for repeatedly allowing a length of clean towel to be dispensed into a loop beneath the cabinet and for simultaneously rewinding an equivalent leng... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5184885 | Cloth towel dispenser with two adjoining units The cloth towel dispenser appropriately comprises two towel units, whereof each unit is independently completely operational. The cloth towel (7) is guided over a delivery roller (20) into a draw-in roller (25). On pulling out the towel (7) for forming a ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 4848854 | Continuous towel cabinets A continuous towel cabinet comprises a holder for a roll of clean towel, an arrangement of rollers for repeatedly allowing a length of clean towel to be dispensed into a loop beneath the holder and including a rewind roller on which an equivalent length o... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4826262 | Electronic towel dispenser A continuous towel dispenser includes a sensor which detects the disruption of the radio frequency (RF) field below the dispenser's cabinet caused by movement of a user's hands in withdrawing unused towel from a towel from supply roller and provides a con... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4573750 | Dispensing apparatus A towel dispensing apparatus comprises an electrically-operated towel winding mechanism for winding-up the tail end of a used towel. The towel winding mechanism comprises a battery operated electric motor coupled to a towel winding roller. A limiting mech... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4270818 | Power winding paper towel dispenser Dispenser for rolls of paper toweling of standard size and width, accommodating withdrawal of clean roll toweling from a cabinet for use and rolling the spent toweling in a spent towel compartment in the cabinet, for disposal. The roll of clean toweling i... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4010988 | Towel apparatus A towel apparatus which handles an endless towel within a cabinet and subjects the same to cleaning and drawing, making use of a low vapor pressure chemical type solvent.... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3971607 | Fabric hand towel dispenser A fabric hand towel dispenser is disclosed which has an electric motor for winding up used hand towel, and a towel brake member for smoothing and tensioning the used hand towel which is being wound up. The towel brake member is a movably mounted flap, and... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3951485 | Dispenser for textile hand towelling web A dispenser for textile hand towelling web is disclosed in which towelling is dispensed over a rotatable dispensing roller which is blocked each time after the dispensation of a predetermined length of fresh hand towelling. The dispenser also comprises an... | 04/20/1976 |
