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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 |
| 7340848 | Ambient air clothes dryer The ambient air clothes dryer is an automated device providing axial flow of unheated ambient air through the dryer drum. The dryer may include different drum drive systems, timer and/or humidity detector controls, and a configuration utilizing a separate, portable ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325969 | Container mixer A container mixer comprising a loadbearing device, a mixer arm (5) and a docking unit (6) for holding a container (7). The mixer arm (5) is mounted on the rotatable part of a first rotary device (10) having a horizontal first axis ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7257905 | Laundry appliance A laundry drying machine includes a cabinet and a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within the cabinet for rotation. The drum includes a wall that is circumferential relative to the rotation and a drum hatch that is a section of the wall. The drum forms an en... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7178265 | Ambient air clothes dryer The ambient air clothes dryer is an automated device providing axial flow of unheated ambient air through the dryer drum. The dryer may include different drum drive systems, timer and/or humidity detector controls, and a configuration utilizing a separate, portable ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6948844 | Olive stuffing method and apparatus Apparatus for stuffing pitted olives with an edible filling features a drum and drum holder, plus drive means for rotating the drum holder and drum about a selected rotational axis. Pitted olives are placed in a drum along with a quantity of filling, then the drum i... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6332705 | Stirring device with vessel centering and stabilizing means A device for stirring, mixing, and agitating liquids includes a vessel 1 having vertical supporting elements (2, 5) to support at least part of the weight of the vessel, rotational holding elements (7, 8) for positioning and guiding the vessel as it rotat... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6241380 | Mixer for granular material A mixer for granular materials has a mixing container consisting of a first mixing container portion and a second mixing container portion detachably connected to one another. The mixing container has a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis extending pe... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5947337 | Rotary union A rotary union for dispensing of a single central supply of water-based can sealing compound to an orbiting can end lining station includes a rotating reservoir (1) inside a stationary housing (2) with a dip tube (3) carried by the housing extending down ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5868494 | Wheeled motorized mixer A mixing apparatus, comprising, a frame, a pair of handles secured to the frame with each handle having a proximal and a distal end thereto and a pair of downwardly depending support elements. A first wheel is secured to the distal ends of the pair of han... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5636921 | Powder dispersing apparatus with movable powder storing member A powder dispersing apparatus which can disperse every given amount of sample powder in a gas even when the amount is small, thereby continuously generating dispersed powder or floating powder at a desired concentration. The powder dispersing apparatus in... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5507574 | Variable speed mixer Apparatus for mixing liquids such as ink and paint includes a support platform having a plurality of rotating spindle and support tray combinations. Each tray is adapted to receive and support a respective open container or bucket containing ink or paint ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5445513 | Apparatus for enhancing concentration An apparatus is disclosed for enhancing the concentration of a second material within a first material, by liquefying the first material and introducing the second material within the first material. The first and second materials are introduced into a co... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5282368 | Beverage cooling device A beverage cooling device for quick chilling beverages. The device rotates the beverage in a hollow receptacle such as an ordinary commercially available ice chest while positioning it vertically and at an angle such that it can be used with receptacles h... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5265525 | Automatic breader/sifter unit The invention is an automatic breader/sifter unit used to facilitate the application of a breading material to a food product. The unit includes a rotatable, horizontally-oriented drum that has an octagonal shape. The sidewalls of the drum include a large... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5266273 | Process and apparatus for forming a solution gradient and for conducting a blotting process An apparatus for conducting a blotting process comprises a support member, a first electric motor for rotating the support member about a vertical plane, a tube holder having a substantially flat surface for magnetically mounting at least one tube, a seco... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5236263 | Printing ink mixing apparatus An apparatus to mix printing inks consisting of a mixing container having a single power source for rotating the container and the mixing blade therein with an automatic safety power shut off upon detachment of the mixing blade and a guard member about th... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5226354 | Automatic breader/sifter unit The invention is an automatic breader/sifter unit used to facilitate the application of a breading material to a food product. The unit includes a rotatable, horizontally-oriented drum that has an octagonal shape. The sidewalls of the drum include a large... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5182981 | Revolving peanut roasting apparatus An outer cylindrical stationary housing is mounted on a support frame. An inner removable rotating drum mounted at an angle of 6-7 degrees from the base of the apparatus is turned by a shaft driven by an electric motor turning the shaft at 2-4 rpm. A heat... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5171539 | Apparatus for forming a continuous solution gradient An apparatus for generating a continuous solution gradient wherein solutions of differing concentrations are layered in a tube and the tube disposed at an angle with respect to the vertical and is rotated for a predetermined period of time thereby to gene... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4775242 | Mixing apparatus A gravity operated mixing apparatus for pulverulent, granular and liquid materials has an upright vessel with an opening at the top and a sealable pyramidal or conical outlet at the bottom. The opening can be sealed by a closure which carries one or more ... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4721036 | Apparatus for mixing kettle contents A processing apparatus for comestibles such as nuts and syrup comprising a kettle having an opening at one end thereof for access for insertion and removal of the comestibles. The kettle has a generally concave shape and is rotatable about an axis with re... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4652712 | Microwave appliance used for warming blood or blood derivatives stored in a bag A microwave appliance serving to warm blood or blood derivatives stored in a bag possesses a microwave generator and a receiving apparatus, provided in the warming chamber, for a bag (8). This axis (26) of the bag (8) is arranged transversely to the axis ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4575254 | Transit mixer support pedestal mounting apparatus A mounting apparatus for a transit mixer support frame and pedestals including flexure joints and rotational joints. The flexure joints allow the front of the front pedestal and the back of the rear pedestal to move both vertically and laterally in respon... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4497581 | Paint shaker A paint shaker for agitating and mixing paint and the like, and/or flowable materials in a container comprises a bucket having an open upper end for receiving the container and mounted to rotate around an upwardly sloping axis. A yoke is provided for supp... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4491415 | Rotary drum mixing device A light weight, inexpensive rotary drum mixing device is provided in which an essentially pear shaped drum, open at the small end and having an axially elongated socket at the large end, is rotatably supported on a unitary base having a transversely exten... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4435082 | Rotary drum mixing device A light weight, inexpensive rotary drum mixing device is provided in which an essentially pear shaped drum, open at the small end and having an axially elongated socket protruding from the large end, is rotatably supported on a unitary base having a trans... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4372686 | Double-cone rotating mixer A rotating mixer with a double-cone mixing vessel carried by a horizontal mixer spindle, the mixing vessel consisting of two identical half-vessels which are releasably clamped to a central spindle ring. The opening of the spindle is closable by means of ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4368986 | Dual shell blender with intensifier Disclosed is a dual shell blender having a liquid dispersion intensifier assembly or agitator which extends in only one of two legs of the blender. The intensifier assembly includes a single assembly of discs adapted to be rotated at a high rate of speed ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4301717 | Cooking utensils The invention concerns a utensil for cooking food. There is a container provided with an opening for insertion and removal of the foodstuffs to be cooked. The container is mounted on a stand and rotatable about a vertical axis. There is provision for tilt... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4173925 | Variable tilt rotating pot cooker and mixer A heated, variable tilt, rotating container or pot for making possible automatic, continuous mixing or tumbling, with or without simultaneous heating, of a plurality of foods or substances. The device consists of an outer non-rotating shell pivoting on a ... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4141657 | Blending apparatus A dual shell rotational blending apparatus which is formed by two hollow cylindrical leg sections joined at one end to form a closed apex portion. One cylindrical leg section has a mean length greater than the other leg section such that as the unit is ro... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4100616 | Docking station A docking station for rotating a container to mix the materials therein. The docking station includes fluid actuated cylinders which are operative to retain the container thereon during rotation. The cylinders are actuated by a mechanism which is energize... | 07/11/1978 |
