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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 |
| 7868995 | Device for soundproofing motion picture cameras A motion picture camera is provided. The motion picture camera having a camera housing that has an objective carrier which is arranged in the recording beam path of the motion picture camera and on which a recording optics can be fastened, having a camera frame that... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7259923 | Lens barrel A lens barrel, including, a moving frame (2) to hold a lens (8), a direct-advance ring (4) provided on an outer periphery of the moving frame and movable relative to the moving frame in an optical direction, a resilient member (6) provide... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7025466 | Portable light projector unit A rugged portable projector unit is suitable for transport and easy set-up. A projector is mounted to a rigid subframe by a mounting platform. A shock absorbing element is provided between the subframe and the mounting platform. The subframe is mounted within a hard... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6934461 | Low attention recording, with particular application to social recording The invention enables “low attention recording,” i.e., recording that need not appreciably affect interaction of a recorder (i.e., a person in control of a recording unit according to the invention) or others with the environment in which the recording is taking... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6266124 | Device for focusing a film frame A device for focusing a film picture in a movie film camera with a camera housing which has a lens carrier 5 for holding a camera lens, with a camera end which forms a lens plane, and a film window where a film is moved along in an image plane by means of... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5706074 | Motion picture camera A motion picture camera with an inner camera which has a camera mechanism that generates noise, a camera housing which has a lens carrier on which a photographic lens is disposed in the optical axis of the motion picture camera, and a plurality of noise-i... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5268539 | Acoustic apparatus An acoustic apparatus adapted to be heard only by a specific person or persons in one space without being worn by the user as in the case of an earphone. Sounds issuing from the apparatus do not leak to the outside and are not affected by the surrounding ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5237352 | Apparatus for soundproofing moving picture cameras Apparatus for the soundproofing of moving picture cameras with a soundproof mounting of the camera skeleton supporting the parts of the camera mechanism which generate noise and vibrations in a camera housing, which has a lens holder, to which interchange... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5037195 | Sound-damping lens adapter for a motion-picture camera This adapter is interchangeable with standard nondamping lens-mounting adapters. It reduces the amount of vibration that is transmitted from the camera mechanism to the lens. It thereby reduces the amount of vibration that is retransmitted as objectionabl... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5009499 | Sound insulated interchangeable lens An interchangeable lens suitable for use in conjunction with a motion picture camera features a lens mount 13 that is removably attached to such motion picture camera, a lens casing 11 commecting to lens mount 13, and an external casing 10 that both house... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4816857 | Interchangeable lens for movie camera with a sound dampening system Interchangeable lens for a movie camera having a bayonet ring or a threaded ring for releasable attachment thereto, the outside mount (41) of the interchangeable lens (4) itself being designed as a blimp.... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4577944 | Lens mount with noise reducing means A lens mount, especially but not exclusively for use with motion picture cameras, with special means for preventing transmission of noise through the lens mount from operation of moving parts within the camera to a microphone located in front of the camer... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4536066 | Adjustable mountings for a movie camera Adjustable mountings for positioning and supporting an inner housing of a movie camera within an outer housing to permit fine adjustment of the position of the inner housing with respect to the outer housing and dampen the noise produced within the outer ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4174157 | Quiet motion picture camera A motion picture camera employs a mounting plate supported within the camera housing by means of sound-insulating connectors. All of the sound-generating moving parts are supported solely on the mounting plate. The lens, however, is mounted directly on th... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4162829 | Photographic film drive system employing inertia dumper/energy dissipater A yieldably resilient shock absorber is provided, which is disposed in driving relationship between a pair of gears in a photographic apparatus drive system. The yieldably resistant shock absorber is confined within an annular chamber or channel defined b... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4134648 | Motion picture camera The present invention relates to a motion picture camera which includes a film feeding device for intermittently feeding a film for recording picture information on the film and the sound information on the film exposing part of the film. A sound recordin... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4121886 | Quiet motion picture camera A motion picture camera employs a mounting plate supported within the camera housing by means of sound-insulating connectors. All of the sounds-generating moving parts are supported solely on the mounting plate and all are out of contact with the camera h... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4013352 | Self-blimped motion picture camera A compact self-blimped motion picture camera is achieved by mounting all drive train components on a mounting frame which together with a truncated conical lens support floats within the camera body. The lens support includes a forward annular lens mount ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3958869 | Sound motion picture camera The disclosure relates to a system for providing a substantially noise free audio intelligence signal for a sound-movie camera. The system comprises first and second microphones mounted on the camera, the first microphone being arranged for detecting came... | 05/25/1976 |
