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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 |
| 7990030 | Lamp assembly A lamp assembly includes a storage tank, a lamp, a liquid inlet pipe, a liquid outlet pipe and an actuator. The storage tank contains liquid therein. The lamp includes a lighting portion and a lid located at a top of the lighting portion. A flume is defined between ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7150562 | High voltage cable terminal and clamp system A cable terminal and clamp system particularly suited for use in an x-ray tube environment. The cable terminal and clamp system includes a cable socket having cable and terminal ports, each of which defines an axis. The cable terminal and clamp system includes a cab... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6979939 | Cooling device for an electron tube The present invention relates to a cooling device for an electron tube designated to amplify a high frequency signal. The invention is particularly suitable for cooling electron tubes that amplify radio frequency signals used for television or radio. The electron tu... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6917143 | Lighting apparatus with enhanced capability of removing heat A lighting apparatus comprises an LED-mounted substrate and an exhauster. The substrate has a flat area as well as one or more raised areas of trapezoidal cross section which each form a passage thereunder. LEDs are mounted on the raised areas. When the LED-mounted ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912356 | Method and apparatus for fracturing brittle materials by thermal stressing A method of fracturing or breaking rock includes the step of directing high intensity white light (radiation) at the rock to induce thermal stress sufficient to fracture the rock. The intensity of the energy source may be varied to control the manner in which the ro... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6770960 | Transferring semiconductor crystal from a substrate to a resin A semiconductor crystal layer formed by epitaxial growth on a seed crystal substrate is embedded in an insulating material in the condition where the seed crystal substrate is removed, electrodes are provided respectively on a first surface of the semiconductor crys... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6759794 | Discharge lamp with vented reflector A high intensity discharge lamp assembly (10) has improved thermal venting. The discharge light source (12) is housed within a reflector body (20). Recesses (40) are circumferentially spaced around an open end (28) of the reflector... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6670616 | Ultraviolet-light irradiation apparatus Irradiation lamps of an ultraviolet-light irradiation apparatus are uniformly cooled to achieve an appropriate temperature of the walls of the lamps and the ultraviolet light emitted from the lamps is efficiently reflected toward an object to be irradiate... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6614103 | Plastic packaging of LED arrays There is provided a flexible circuit module, including at least one rigid carrier, at least one solid state device mounted over a first side of the at least one rigid carrier, a flexible base supporting a second side of the at least one rigid carrier, a c... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6265820 | Heat removal system for use in organic light emitting diode displays having high brightness A heat removal system for use in an organic light emitting diode displays is disclosed. The heat removal assembly includes a heat dissipating assembly for dissipating heat from the organic light emitting device, a heat transfer assembly for transferring h... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5504666 | Light bulb cooling jacket and heat dissipation system A light bulb cooling jacket is adapted to confine a light bulb in a space through which cooling liquid, such as water, may be circulated. The light bulb cooling jacket includes an shell having a rim, the rim defining an opening in the shell. A stopper fit... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5355054 | Electrodeless low-pressure discharge lamp having a cooling body with a partitioned vapor channel An electrodeless low-pressure discharge lamp having a sealed discharge vessel filled with a metal and a rare gas and having a cavity. An inductive device is disposed in the cavity for generating a high-frequency electric field inside the discharge vessel ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5179312 | Television projection system having frame with integral cooling Device for projecting television pictures by means of an assembly of three television picture tubes with associated lens systems arranged in each other's proximity, including an integrated cooling system. The integrated cooling system has a liquid circuit... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5168302 | Apparatus for permeating irradiated light A light permeating apparatus preferably employable for an exposing equipment, a drying equipment, a printing equipment for forming a pattern on a printed circuit board is disclosed. The apparatus includes an opposing pair of light permeable plates, a casi... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5087853 | Magnetron and dielectric heater using magnetron A magnetron having an anode cylinder, cooling fins fixed thereto, permanent magnets vertically superposed on the anode cylinder and a yoke, serving as a magnetic path, for surrounding these components. The cooling fins extend on the windward direction to ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5036242 | Lamp cooling system A lamp cooling system is provided in which a liquid-cooled lamp is connected to a flow circuit conduit for cooling liquid circulating through the lamp. A liquid/air heat exchanger is positioned in the flow circuit conduit to cool liquid flowing in the flo... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4994705 | Water-cooled, low pressure gas discharge lamp A water-cooled low pressure gas or mercury vapor lamp which utilizes a cooling system to keep the lamp cool in the area where useful radiation is emitted. This is accomplished by means of a cooling chamber directly adjacent to the gas or mercury vapor dis... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4937490 | High intensity radiation apparatus and fluid recirculating system therefor An apparatus for producing high intensity radiation has electrodes positioned within an elongated cylindrical arc chamber across which an arc discharge can be established. Liquid is injected into the arc chamber to produce a vortex motion therein to form ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4775817 | Faceplate cooling system for display tube The invention relates to a display tube which is cooled by a flow of a translucent cooling liquid through a sealed space adjacent the display window, stimulated by a fluid-driven pump having two chambers, a drive chamber driven by a remotely located activ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4767961 | X-ray generator cooling system An X-ray generator system comprising a pressurized fluid source disposed for directing dielectric coolant fluid through a housing wherein an X-ray source may be electrically connected for generating X-rays, the system including a venturi device having a r... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4734613 | Liquid cooled display tube An efficiently cooled display tube is obtained by pumping a low viscosity liquid having a high heat capacity through a cooling space less than 1 mm. thick on the outside of the display window. A chamber is smoothly connected to the inlet aperture of the c... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4720660 | Projector lamp A projector lamp comprising a single ended metal halide discharge lamp in a generally spherical reflector has been found to exhibit turbulence when running. The resulting fluctuation of light especially when used in conjunction with the reflector to conce... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4665336 | Means for cooling the faceplate of a cathode ray tube in a television projection system For cooling the faceplate of a high-energy cathode ray tube in an in-line television projection system, a cooling cell (5) constructed as a separate entity is interposed between the CRT faceplate (2) and the transmission lens (3) which is arranged in fron... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4601331 | Multiple heat pipes for linear beam tubes having common coolant and vaporizing surface area enhancement A linear beam tube has multiple heat pipes formed integrally in the cavity wall between the beam collector and external air cooling fins. The heat pipes use sintered copper pellets on the walls of the pipes as wicks to facilitate the return flow of liquid... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4511927 | Liquid coupling system for video projectors A liquid coupling system for a video projector having a liquid in intimate contact with a CRT screen and the first lens element of the lens arrangement. The liquid is optically transparent and performs the additional function of absorbing heat and x-rays ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4495435 | Plasma switch A plasma switch includes means to introduce a cloud of particulate AII3 or AlCl3 and SiO2 is to a conductive gas discharge. The chemicals undergo a plasma reaction and generate SiI4 or SiCl4 both of w... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4047561 | Cooling liquid de-gassing system A closed loop forced liquid cooling system has provision for continuously separating dissolved gas from the cooling liquid. A gas separator is combined with a liquid-gas interface pressurizer to establish favorable temperature and/or low pressure conditio... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3989102 | Cooling liquid de-gassing system A closed loop forced liquid cooling system has provision for continuously separating dissolved gas from the cooling liquid. A gas separator is combined with a liquid-gas interface pressurizer to establish favorable temperature and/or low pressure conditio... | 11/02/1976 |
