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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 |
| 7565781 | Conveyor for feeding small objects to a blister-film loader An apparatus for packaging small identical objects in respective blisters of a package strip has at least two separate but substantially identical plates each formed with an array of pockets. An upper conveyor shifts the plates one behind the other horizontally at a... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7392630 | Packaging system having loading carousel A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7144470 | Process and device for producing electronic anti-theft elements This invention concerns a process and a device for producing strip elements for electronically securing articles and a corresponding produced strip element. The aim of the invention is to present a process, a device, and a strip element which can be economically pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6041570 | Palletizing method with compressive strength reinforcement The invention relates to a palletising method with compressive strength reinforcement. The method includes the steps of stacking packages (20) comprising one or more holes (22) passing vertically through each of said packages (20) so as to form a lower pa... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5479760 | Clamshell packaging machine and method A wrap suspended in air by creating a cushion of air above and below the wrap is inserted into an envelope, formed by a clear plastic cover and the body of a clamshell, by propelling the wrap and the cushion of air into the envelope. The clear plastic cov... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5271209 | Packaging process and apparatus Apparatus and process in which one plate, or several accurately superimposed plates carry items to be packaged. On inversion of the plates, items either fall directly into the voids of a partitioned box or fall into individual packages held by a plate, wh... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4631905 | Bag making apparatus The bag making apparatus may have a bonding means for making bonded seams between webs of thermoplastic material. The bonding means includes first, second, and optionally third, sets of cooperating rotary or reciprocating, bonding members for making trans... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4424658 | Method and apparatus for the production of a double package Double packages with two trays which are formed from a common, one-piece blank and are connected in the area of central partitions (center panels), are manufactured such that the trays, which in the original position as a flat blank have a greater distanc... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4403462 | Plastic pill box and associated loading appliance A dispensing container or box for pills or capsules having multiple individual compartments, which can be individually opened for extracting or dispensing a pill or capsule. The individual compartments are formed by partitions within the container. A top ... | 09/13/1983 |
