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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 |
| 7219855 | Rising and moving apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A fluid-structure interactive analysis is performed while n types of wing structure models are caused to flap in accordance with a prescribed model of flapping manner. Based on an analysis, data 1, data 2, . . . data n of physical values related to flu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7090553 | Paddle wheel propulsion system and improved paddle used therewith A paddle wheel propulsion system includes a paddle wheel mounted for rotation about its horizontal axis for propelling a vessel, and for unlimited rotation about a vertical axis perpendicular to its horizontal axis for steering the vessel. The paddle wheel is also s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6109875 | Cycloidal propeller A cycloidal propeller including a so-called slider-crank mechanism. The couplers of the slider-crank mechanism are attached to a control ring which is attached to a ball socket located at the lower end of a control rod. The required torsional retention re... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5137416 | Vehicle compressed air energy converter A vehicle compressed air energy converter has been developed for use along vehicular roadways, railways and airfield runways to collect wind pressure developed by the vehicles, trains and aircraft moving through the atmosphere and convert such air motion ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4957413 | Omnidirectional variable thrust propeller An omnidirectional variable thrust propeller for a vehicle includes a hub, plurality of blades, and a plurality of shafts. Each shaft is coaxially rotatably connected to a respective blade and extends through the hub at an acute angle to a hub longitudina... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4789297 | Enclosed wind device mechanism with eccentric rotor shaft A wind drive mechanism (10), comprising a housing (16) with a wind entry opening (25) and a wind outlet opening (26). In the housing (16) a rotor (30) is arranged with a vertically extending rotor shaft (31). The rotor shaft (31) is offset from the middle... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4455491 | Wind driven device and method of recovering wind energy A wind driven device for driving an electrical generator to produce electricity having a base, an anchor pole stationarily affixed to the base, and a drive assembly support rotatably mounted around the anchor pole. A plurality of gears engage the lower po... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4260328 | Windmill A vertical axis windmill, having a plurality of propelling blades, or vanes, supported in a vertical position by horizontal support bars extending outward from a rotatable tube concentric with a main support pipe. In operation the blades remain down-wind ... | 04/07/1981 |
