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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 |
| 7232299 | Flow molding apparatus with multiple layers of molds and electrodes A flow molding apparatus with multiple layers of molds and electrodes is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes top and bottom electrodes with an intermediate electrode positioned therebetween. A first mold is disposed between the top electrod... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6918753 | Dual-mold thermoforming press The thermoforming press has a frame, a forming die assembly affixed to the frame, a mold-supporting table suspended to the frame under the forming die assembly, and a pair of molds mounted side by side on the mold-supporting table. A drive system is provided for imp... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6805545 | Molding and packaging apparatus An apparatus that receives packaging containers and a mixture of powdered chemicals and compresses the powder into the containers at a pressure sufficient to form a solid of the powder yet not so high as to rupture the container. The apparatus is computer controlled... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6349638 | Dual die chip compactor A briquetting machine for compacting metal chips into briquettes with a movable die that provides plural die cavities. After metal chips are loaded into a loading chamber from a hopper, a chip compacting ram pushes the chips at a high speed and low pressu... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6244851 | Device for producing chocolate shells A device for producing a chocolate article, in particular a shell for hollow chocolate bodies, comprises a conveyor device having a first collecting line, from which chocolate molds can be discharged, and a second collecting line, which is parallel to the... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5743105 | Apparatus for producing ice vessel An apparatus for automatically producing ice vessels. Ice masses produced by ice making machine 3 is crushed to pieces by ice crusher 1. Then, the ice pieces are fed from an outlet chute 2A of the ice crusher 1 to one of female dies 12, which are provided... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5591463 | Apparatus for the thermoforming and stacking of hollow objects incorporating a base formed from thermoplastics sheet material Apparatus for the thermoforming of hollow objects at a base comprises thermoforming of the objects from a sheet of thermoplastics material in a half of a double female mould that can be moved between a forming area against a male die and a discharge area ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5059372 | Process and apparatus for producing compressed solid briquettes There is disclosed a novel process and apparatus for producing compressed solid briquettes from particulate materials, such as sawdust and like waste by-products wherein the particulate material is compressed into a predetermined briquette-shaped cavity o... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4867670 | Apparatus for producing press shaped bodies In an apparatus for producing shaped bodies of non-swelling mixture, of fiber materials with a heat hardenable binding medium, the shaped body of a complex shape can be formed so that at its visible side seams are not formed during pressing, by means of a... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4710121 | Injection mold changing unit A mold closing unit for an injection molding machine has an exchangeable injection mold assembly; a mold exchanging device; a conditioning table situated adjacent a clamping space of the mold closing unit; and a supply line coupling for connecting to and ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4698001 | Machine for the production of moulded articles of plastic material, in particular of crash helmets for motorcyclists and the like A machine for the manufacturing of moulded articles of plastic material, in particular of helmets for motor cyclists, includes at least two moulds and at least a counter-mould for the forming of the articles, the moulds and counter-mould(s) defining betwe... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4544342 | Device for the manufacture of pressed profiled bodies A device for the manufacture of pressed profiled bodies from a non ascending mixture and including a raisable and depressable heated pressing tool upper part formed as a flat plate, at least one pressing tool lowerpart disposed below the pressing tool upp... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4274824 | Mold box apparatus A mold box apparatus for casting cementitious building blocks having special channels formed in the sidewalls thereof in which thermally insulative foam is castable.... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4235578 | Provolone cheese molding apparatus and mold assembly therefor A provolone cheese molding apparatus constituted by a fixed, horizontal table having a single circular hole within the table, a chute depending from the table and aligned with the circular hole, and means for pressing warm cheese upwardly within the chute... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4218206 | Mold box apparatus Interlocking cementitious building blocks of special configuration are fabricated in a mold box apparatus which includes a pallet die, a mold box die and a head die which are used in conjunction with a conventional block making machine. The mold box assem... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4165353 | Method and apparatus for molding articles from agglomerated particles Method for molding articles from agglomerated particles utilizes a press and a plurality of molds mounted to circulate in a closed path. After the pressing step a mold is aligned at one end of a row of molds, the row is placed under pressure and the artic... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4106884 | Production of articles of foamed plastics material A machine for the production of articles of foamed plastics material in a two-stage process has a first work station for a hot preforming stage and a second work station for a following cold forming stage. Each station has a two-part mould, the second mou... | 08/15/1978 |
