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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 |
| 7156642 | Dough rolling apparatus and method An improved dough-rolling apparatus and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling apparatus having a dough sheeter, a sheeting conveyor having a ramped section, a roll-initiating curtain positioned above the ramped section, a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128555 | Dough moulder A dough moulder for producing moulded dough products of a desired size and/or shape. The moulder includes guide plate (155, 156) which are selectively insertable through respective pairs of slots (151, 152, 153) formed in a pressure rolling board (1... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6838105 | Dough product rolling apparatus and method for rolling dough products The leading edge of a sheet of dough product impacts an impacting feature and causes the leading edge to roll over onto itself thereby initiating a roll. Engagement enhancement is utilized to increased to increase the ability of the sheet of dough product to resist ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6770233 | Flapper assembly for producing a curly puff extrudate An improved method of applying a controlled pressure to the flapper in a curly puff production apparatus. The present invention uses a pneumatic system to apply a pressure to a flapper. The invention utilizes a rotary actuator that applies a near constant pressure t... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6207212 | Method and apparatus for conveying bar-like bread dough pieces A method of conveying bar-like bread dough pieces is provided. By it a bar-like bread dough piece being conveyed on the conveying face of a conveyor, with its axis being perpendicular to the direction of the conveyance thereof, is caused to rotate about t... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5783222 | Dough molder A dough molder including a stainless steel case, a sheeter, a former, a compressor, and a removable cleaning tray. The sheeter includes a fixed roller, adjustable roller, and a scraper for each roller, where the gap between the rollers is adjustable. The ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5702732 | Device for the production of pretzels In addition to a feeding structure for pieces of dough and a removal device, the device for the production of pretzels displays a working platform, a stand with a holding device and two grippers set up on its underside, a structure for measuring the posit... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5494428 | Apparatus and method for the production of pretzels An apparatus for manufacturing pretzels is provided, which increases production and reduces waste. The apparatus includes a stationary platform onto which strands of dough are deposited. Adjacent to the platform is a conveyor belt with projections that pu... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5338170 | Device for charging fillings A device for charging a filling material (6) with respect to pieces of dough (1) transferred on a transfer conveyor (2) comprising detectors (3) mounted on the transfer conveyor, the detectors being adapted to detect transverse shifts of the pieces of dou... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5151281 | Device for continuous manufacture of bent rods with shaped cross sections using an intermediate strip An apparatus for continuous manufacture of bent rods having a shaped cross section from a reinforced stabilizing material, produced inside a supporting mold wound on a mandrel and containing reinforcing elements impregnated with stabilizable material. The... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5061338 | Device for manufacturing curved strips including a barrel cam for discontinuous displacement of the curved strips A processing device for a continuous manufacturing of curved strips with a constant or non-constant cross-section, with the curved strips including reinforcing elements embedded in a stabilizable material and produced inside a molding element wrapped arou... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5009910 | Method of forming pretzels from strands of dough In a pretzel forming apparatus and method, dough strands are continuously conveyed at arbitrary distance from a receiving station via a knot forming station to a releaase station. Upon entering the receiving station, the ends of each dough strand are gras... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4904176 | Device for continuously producing reinforced stabilizable profiled bodies by a mandrel and a support A device for continuously producing reinforced stabilizable profiled section bodies, with the device including a mandrel and a drive for rotationally driving the mandrel around the longitudinal axis thereof. The mandrel maintains at least one support of a... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4894002 | Apparatus for configuring an extrudate The apparatus for extruding a paste like product on to a horizontal board or plate while moving the plate relative to the extruder, and subsequently overturning the plate to deliver the configured extrudate to a removal conveyor.... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4666391 | Apparatus for rolling up a pastry layer and a separator sheet Apparatus for handling a pastry product of the type comprising a pastry sheet unit and a film sheet unit which are adapted to be rolled together so that in the finished roll the film sheet unit is substantially interposed between the adjacent layers of th... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4555226 | Apparatus for rolling dough and coiling it A dough make-up machine comprising a rolling-out station having a roller and a carrier for dough pieces, as well as a rolling-up station, while in front of the rolling-up station, there are disposed a moistening roller having a moisture-retaining, roughen... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4478568 | Machine for forming unbroken rings, or similar, of dough out of strips of moistened and kneaded flour Disclosed herein is an invention that belongs to the technical field of mines or equipment for bakeries and relates, in particular, to a machine for forming unbroken rings, or similar, of dough out of strips of moistened and kneaded flour. The technical ... | 10/23/1984 |
| 3947179 | Dough rolling machine The disclosure relates to a dough processing machine that is capable of continuously feeding pieces of dough on a traveling surface first to a roll for the flattening operation where the pieces of dough are caused to assume the proper length and width for... | 03/30/1976 |
