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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 |
| 7312531 | Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof Semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same. The devices include a substrate, a catalyst layer, a second dielectric layer, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The substrate comprises an overlying first dielectric layer with an electrode embedded therein. The... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7276172 | Method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure and use of a structure prepared by this method The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nanowire crossbar structure, comprising: (a) providing a substrate; (b) depositing thereon a composite structure comprising a nucleic acid-block copolymer having equidistant nucleic acid-catalyst binding site... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7145246 | Method of fabricating an ultra-narrow channel semiconductor device A method of forming a nanowire is disclosed. A nanowire having a first dimension is deposited on a first dielectric layer that is formed on a substrate. A sacrificial gate stack having a sacrificial dielectric layer and a sacrificial gate electrode layer is deposite... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140494 | Centrifugal machine A screen bowl type centrifugal separator which can not only eliminate the problem of the productivity being lowered resulting from the occurrence of clogging with the crystals in the screen part, but also minimize the amount of leakage of the object to be treated in... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7066187 | Modular treatment plant having horizontal drum machines A machine for treating bulk material of industrial volume parts, having a treatment drum which is arranged with a horizontal axis and can be driven in both directions of rotation around the axis, the treatment drum comprises a permanently open co-axial inlet apertur... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067867 | Large-area nonenabled macroelectronic substrates and uses therefor A method and apparatus for an electronic substrate having a plurality of semiconductor devices is described. A thin film of nanowires is formed on a substrate. The thin film of nanowires is formed to have a sufficient density of nanowires to achieve an operational c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056422 | Batch thermolytic distillation of carbonaceous material A distillation system is provided for batch thermolytic distillation of lump carbonaceous material, such as lump wood and shredded rubber tires. The system preferably includes multiple distillation units mounted side-by-side. Each unit includes a reactor bath for ho... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6627174 | Axial conveyor and loop reactor containing said axial conveyor An axial conveyor is described, in particular for conveying gas/liquid dispersions, wherein the conveying elements comprise a wall-sweeping edge pointing in the direction of the pressure side of the conveying elements. The axial conveyor is particularly s... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6428757 | Device for bringing solid bodies in the form of pourable pieces into contact with liquids and possibly gases The instant invention relates to an apparatus for contacting solids in the form of flowable lumps with liquids and, optionally, gases, particularly for producing aluminum alcoholates by reacting aluminum with an excess of an aliphatic C3 to C | 08/06/2002 |
| 6096170 | Pressurized peroxide bleaching vessel having a rotatable scraper arm and cleaning device A pressure vessel 1 with an output arrangement 5, primarily for use with pulp bleaching using peroxide at high temperature and high pressure, comprising a pressure vessel housing 1, a first end 2, as well as an output arrangement 3 at a second end, whereb... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5702614 | Fluid treatment method A device for treating fluid, particularly polluted water such as add-sulphate water. The device includes a stainless steel chamber which is provided with buoyancy pontoons allowing it to float in communication with the polluted water in a reservoir. The c... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5660802 | Water purifier A water purifier for killing bacteria in water located in a confined area includes a water inlet, a water outlet, and a purification unit that kills the bacteria in the water. A first fluid path is located between the water inlet and the water outlet so t... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5653815 | Process for solid-liquid extraction and extraction tower for carrying out the process In a process for solid-liquid extraction, in particular of sucrose from beet cossettes, countercurrent extraction in an extraction tower is employed. The tower juice is drawn off together with the small-sized solid constituents obtained in the process, su... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5569331 | Method and apparatus for recycling oil-soaked boom and pads A method and apparatus are provided for removing oil from absorbent materials of the type used in components for absorbing oil and containing oil spills. The components are first passed through a press to squeeze some of the oil from the components. The c... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5290433 | Froth washer The washer comprises an open-topped vessel having a tube mounted vertically and centrally therein. Post-primary bitumen froth is fed to the upper end of the tube. Pairs of down throw and up throw propellers mounted to rotate in the tube act to shear the f... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5178733 | Apparatus for separating oil and precious metals from mined oil-bearing rock material A method and apparatus for producing oil, bitumen, precious metals, and hydrocarbon gases from mined oil-bearing rock material, such as tar sands and soil shale. The rock is ground, preconditioned in a heated and pressurized atmosphere devoid of oxygen, a... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4816225 | Apparatus for the purification of contaminated sulfur Impurities are removed from pieces of sulfur by dropping the pieces directly into a bath of heated liquid sulfur disposed in a vessel. The liquid sulfur is heated externally of the vessel and conveyed thereto. The sulfur pieces melt in the bath. A movable... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4741807 | Apparatus for extracting valuable substances from a granular feedstock In a reactor, granular feedstock having particle sizes in the range from about 0.5 to 15 mm is subjected in a moving bed to a countercurrent extraction at a temperature in the range from 20° to 150° C. and under a pressure in the range from 50 to 400 ba... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4549935 | Conditioning drum for a tar sands hot water extraction process The thermodynamic efficiency of a tar sands conditioning drum is improved by continuously and simultaneously discharging steam from all the nozzles of an array of a few relatively large nozzles distributed circumferentially around the inner drum periphery... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4495032 | Split hub wheel apparatus A shale oil retort apparatus is provided for retorting oil shale under airtight conditions. The retort apparatus employs a split hub wheel device which allows for the axial feeding of crushed oil shale and the axial dispensing of spent oil shale. The reto... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4464341 | Vortex apparatus for the continuous producing of a precipitate Vortex apparatus for the continuous production of a precipitate by reacting together at least two reactants wherein it comprises a rotary bowl, having a vertical axis a fixed cylinder arranged coaxially within the bowl in order to define with the latter a... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4410416 | Split hub wheel apparatus and use of same for shale oil retorting A shale oil retort apparatus is provided for retorting oil shale under airtight conditions. The retort apparatus employs a split hub wheel device which allows for the axial feeding of crushed oil shale and the axial dispensing of spent oil shale. The reto... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4296072 | Apparatus for the treatment of wet solids, especially pulpy materials, by heating or cooling Apparatus for the treatment, such as drying, freezing, crystallization of wet solids, slurries, suspensions, pulps and similar materials with heating or cooling. The apparatus is characterized by a treating body having two sections. The first section has ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4238322 | Apparatus for preparation of a sprayable precipitated silicic acid suspension A silicic acid filter cake and suspension agent are fed to a container equipped with a stirrer having a peripheral speed of about 20-30 m/sec. The ratio of container diameter to stirrer diameter is about 3:1. The ratio of container diameter to level of fi... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4098648 | Rotary separating and extracting devices A rotary separator, specially adapted for extraction of bituminous materials from tar sands or shale, comprises an inclined vessel having a helical conveyor attached to it, provided with apertures at the radially outer portion of the helical flights. Mate... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4066417 | Solid-fluid contacting apparatus In a batch process in which fluid is contacted with solid particles in a vessel and withdrawn therefrom through a passageway, the passageway is provided with filtering means to prevent solid particles from escaping. The next batch of feed is introduced in... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4060390 | Apparatus for producing composts An apparatus for producing well-fermented compost by achieving an aerobic fermentation of organic wastes, excretion, etc. The apparatus comprises a fermentation vessel of a rectangular configuration, a device for feeding slurry-like organic wastes within ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4057392 | Apparatus for treating sewage sludge An apparatus for and a process of treating sludge filter cake and the granular product thereof which comprises reducing the particle size and moisture content of the sludge cake, sterilizing the sludge cake by contacting the sludge cake with an N-methylol... | 11/08/1977 |
