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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 |
| 7431633 | Plating removing apparatus for three-piece wheel To provide a plating removing apparatus for 3-piece wheels, which can easily and neatly remove plating at the welding planned portion of the superimposed part of the inner rim and the outer rim. A plating removing apparatus that removes plating of a welding planned ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7360735 | Device for the attachment of a card clothing with a force measuring device The present invention relates to a device for winding a card clothing onto a roll with a roll drive unit and a braking device acting on the card clothing for generating a winding pretension in a region of the card clothing between roll and braking device. To be able... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7261620 | Method and device for reprofiling railway wheels The present invention relates to a method for reprofiling wheel disks (7) or brake disks of a railway wheel or wheelset (6), rotatably mounted in bearing housings (9), by machining using a machine tool (12), which is designed to be portab... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7174271 | Tire radial force variation prediction method It is possible to significantly reduce a prediction error of the high-speed RFV and the high-speed TFV in a tire having a large PRO growth amount at high speed. Three or more sample tires are extracted from each lot. The PRO and RFV are measured and the least-square... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7108589 | Polishing apparatus and method A polishing apparatus and method has a function of polishing a surface of a film formed on a substrate to a flat mirror finish and a function of polishing unnecessary metal film such as copper film deposited on an outer peripheral portion of the substrate to remove ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7055381 | Method of testing tires for durability A laboratory test for general tire durability can produce results comparable to the GM-ATE road test. A passenger tire is mounted in a test machine and run at approximately 50 mph (80 kph), at maximum rated inflation pressure, with at least 100% maximum rated radial... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044840 | Grinding method and grinding machine In a grinding machine grinding a workpiece W by a grinding wheel G to supply coolant to one of a grinding point P or the workpiece W by way of a relative movement between the grinding wheel W rotatably supported on a wheel slide 11 and the workpiece W support... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008307 | Apparatus for sharpening a circular blade The present invention relates to an apparatus for sharpening a circular blade. The sharpening apparatus is adapted to be positioned adjacent a power-driven sharpening wheel at an angle. The sharpening apparatus includes an angularly adjustable tool holder for angula... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6942069 | Braking system for a wheeled abrading machine An abrading machine braking system for use in braking a wheeled abrading machine having a rotating abrading tool used in abrading a surface. The abrading machine braking system uses two braking wheels that engage the surface of the wheels of the abrading machine and... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6902467 | Apparatus for processing a lens and process for processing a lens A apparatus comprises a portion for setting a load 133 which sets the load of pressing a lens to a rotating tool, a portion for setting the rotation speed of a lens shaft 132 which sets the rotation speed and the direction of rotation of a lens-holding... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6875080 | Method for force correction A method for directional force correction of pneumatic tires that simultaneously corrects radial and tangential force exerted by the tire. The method allows for the correction of tangential force regardless of the rotational direction of the tire. This invention acc... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6773334 | Dust collection and removal system A dust collection and removal system for use in conjunction with a tire uniformity machine includes a grinding wheel shroud having a vacuum aperture therein. The vacuum aperture is connected to a vacuum source. An air nozzle is centrally mounted in the vacuum apertu... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6722964 | Polishing apparatus and method A polishing apparatus and method has a function of polishing a surface of a film formed on a substrate to a flat mirror finish and a function of polishing unnecessary metal film such as copper film deposited on an outer peripheral portion of the substrate to remove ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705156 | Cross-correlation method for identification and removal of machine contribution from tire uniformity measurements Method to identify and remove machine contributions from tire uniformity measurements made on a tire uniformity machine by synchronizing and averaging together multiple measurements of tire uniformity made on a single test tire that is re-mounted between measurement... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6648738 | Grinding fluid supply device of lens grinding apparatus Disclosed is a grinding fluid supply device of a lens grinding apparatus. The grinding fluid supply device includes first grinding fluid supply means for supplying a grinding fluid in a tangent direction of a circular grinding wheel, which has a grinding ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6615613 | Method of grinding a substrate and method of manufacturing a glass substrate and a magnetic recording medium by the use of the glass substrate In a method of grinding side end surfaces of substrates, spacers are interposed between the substrates to form a stack of the substrates and the spacers. The spacers are slightly smaller in size than the substrates. The stack of the substrates and the spa... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6609074 | Tire uniformity prediction using balance and low speed uniformity data Methods and apparatus for predicting tire uniformity, preferably a harmonic component of force variation for a production tire, preferably when operating at a high speed, and also method and apparatus for manufacturing tires and controlling the manufactur... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6431961 | Apparatus and method for chamfering wafer A grindstone and a wafer are rotated at high speeds in the same direction. The rotating wafer is slowly moved toward the rotating grindstone to thereby gradually chamfer the periphery of the wafer.... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428397 | Wafer edge polishing method and apparatus A semi-conductor wafer (12) has its inclined edge flanks polished by a grooved wheel (16) of synthetic plastics material, while a jet (20) of polishing slurry, which may comprise colloidal silica, is fed downwards into the zone of contact between the whee... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6410438 | Method and device for polishing work edge Method and device for polishing an edge of a work is disclosed, wherein a rubber wheel 6 containing abrasives is rotated in a plane normal to a surface of a work 5 in a form of a thin plate having an edge 5a to be polished. A spindle portion 8 holding the... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6328641 | Method and apparatus for polishing an outer edge ring on a semiconductor wafer An outer edge ring of a semiconductor wafer is polished to prevent delamination and peeling-off of at least one layer of material deposited near the outer edge of the semiconductor wafer during fabrication of integrated circuits. The semiconductor wafer i... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6296549 | Apparatus and method of machining brake components This invention relates to an improved apparatus and method for finish machining brake components. The apparatus includes an electrode ring adapted to be secured to a rotatable shaft. The electrode ring includes at least one plurality of circumferentially ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6261160 | Method and apparatus for specular-polishing of work edges A polishing apparatus comprises a rotating table intermittently rotating through 120°0 increments; three polishing drums and three work-holding means 12 provided on the rotating table; a handling means for unloading a processed work from the work-holding... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257956 | Method to identify and remove machine contributions from tire uniformity measurements Method to identify and remove machine contributions from tire uniformity measurements made on a tire uniformity machine by averaging one or more measurements of tire uniformity from a single test tire to calculate an average machine contribution signal, a... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6248005 | Method and device for polishing work edge Method and device for polishing an edge of a work is disclosed, wherein a rubber wheel 6 containing abrasives is rotated in a plane normal to a surface of a work 5 in a form of a thin plate having an edge 5a to be polished. A spindle portion 8 holding the... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6217424 | Metal-polishing technique A technique for polishing metal objects such as, for example, those made of aluminum, stainless steel, and brass is described. The technique employs a metal-polishing apparatus which includes a double-jointed arm assembly and a table assembly. The arm ass... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6200205 | Lapping tool A lapping tool has an elongate shank mechanically coupled to a platform, having a generally planar working surface, by a universal joint comprising a ball and socket. A cavity is provided for entrapping grinding paste. Normally, the parts are made of elec... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6139401 | Method of correcting the imbalance of a pneumatic tire with a tire uniformity machine A method for correcting the balance of a pneumatic tire mounted in a tire uniformity machine modified for balance screening such tires. After balance screening of the tires, tires which are unacceptably imbalanced are maintained at the second rotational s... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6066031 | Wafer chamfering method and apparatus A wafer to be chamfered is supported in such a manner as to rotate and to move in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction which are perpendicular to one another, and a periphery grinding wheel is rotatably placed on the Y-axis. To chamfer a circular... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062950 | Dual wheel tire grinder A tire grinding apparatus includes at least one support arm pivotally connected to a base. A pair of grinding wheels are rotatably carried by the support arm and are adapted to engage the outer surface of a tire. The grinding wheels are disposed such that... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6050876 | Automated abrader An automated apparatus for testing a plurality of sample wheels includes a grindstone, a first programmable servo motor coupled to the grindstone, a plurality sample wheels disposed about a circumference of the grindstone, and a second programmable servo ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5964652 | Apparatus for the chemical-mechanical polishing of wafers An apparatus for the chemical-mechanical polishing of wafers has a rotating disk provided with a polishing body, a supply device for a polishing fluid and a holding device for the wafer. An axis of the disk runs parallel to the surface of the wafer. A cyl... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5954566 | Method and apparatus for reconditioning digital recording discs An apparatus (96) and method for reconditioning the protective coating (14) of a digital recording disc (10) is provided. The apparatus (96) includes a turntable (98) configured to receive the non-data center section (17) of the digital disc (10), a brake... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5727990 | Method for mirror-polishing chamfered portion of wafer and mirror-polishing apparatus A method and an apparatus, which enable mirror-polishing a peripheral chamfered portion of a semiconductor wafer effectively, are disclosed. Mirror-polishing a peripheral side surface of the chamfered portion of the wafer, beveled surfaces thereof, and ro... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5720652 | Device for microfinishing both sides of a workpiece In a device for microfinishing both sides of disklike workpieces with plane and/or spherical surface, two tool spindles with two tools are provided on two orbit spindles; the two tools engage the two face-end surfaces of the workpiece. The tool spindles r... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5707272 | Polishing apparatus for a CRT glass panel and a method of polishing the glass panel When a face portion of a CRT glass panel is polished by fixing the glass panel on a rotating table and pushing a rotating cylindrical drum type polishing tool, which is supported by a supporting frame, to the face portion, the supporting frame is swung ar... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5678963 | Method for truing sets of rail vehicle wheels by chip removal and under-floor machine for performing the method Wheels of rail vehicles are trued while the wheels are kept rotating about a wheel center of rotation that is continuously corrected to keep the center of rotation in a fixed position in response to eccentricities a wheel may have, especially in its outer... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5658189 | Grinding apparatus for wafer edge A slide table is slidably supported on the slide stage which is moved by a guide screw. The slide table is connected with the slide stage by means of pressurization means. A rotatable wafer table is provided on the slide table. A grinding wheel for chamfe... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5647791 | Process for grinding rotating rubber rolls and means for carrying out this process The process for grinding a rotating rubber roll by means of a grinding wheel is taking place in such a way that at least during the last grinding cut a rotating plugging roll is applied to the grinding wheel which plugging roll has a harder rubber than th... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5593343 | Apparatus for reconditioning digital recording discs An apparatus for reconditioning the protective coating of a digital recording disc is provided. The apparatus includes a turntable configured to receive a digital disc, a first motor for rotating the turntable, a turntable support for attaching the turnta... | 01/14/1997 |
