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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 |
| 7182009 | Adjustable shuttle stop apparatus A adjustable shuttle stop apparatus for use in controlling feeding of material to a machining operation on a machine tool, such as a band saw. The apparatus comprises a feed conveyor, a band saw adjacent to the feed conveyor, a shuttle vise movably disposed on the f... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7143676 | Vise carriage and support mechanism A roller table with a vise carriage and movable roller supports for moving, positioning, and supporting material. In the preferred embodiment, a hydraulic cylinder and piston rod are used in conjunction with a rack and pinion system such that there is a doubling eff... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6931703 | Rail producing method and producing equipment The present invention provides a method and equipment for producing a rail, the method and equipment being capable of lowering a bend at an end of a rail effectively and the truncation amount thereof. The present invention is a method for producing a rail, character... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6745655 | System for stacking blanks produced particularly in a progressive die process System for stacking blanks produced, particularly in a progressive die process, has one or more stacking mandrels which can be lifted and/or lowered in a stacking channel. The stacking mandrel/mandrels has/have a stacking mandrel top part and a stacking mandrel bott... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6655429 | Saw mill with apparatus for guiding a board and method for use thereof A saw mill includes a base frame having a front and a rear and being sized and configured to support a log; saw apparatus having a cutting blade and being connected with the base frame for horizontal movement in a cutting stroke from a start position near... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6237217 | Apparatus and method for processing a web, more particularly a transponder strip For removing defective transponder units or electronic transponder equipment a web (6)is parted in a station (23) firstly in front and then at the rear of the individual unit. Thereafter the picked out unit is conveyed off transverse to a working plane (3... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6192778 | Cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line A cutting apparatus for separating packages from a line of interconnected packages. The technical problem is to simplify the cutting apparatus and shorten the set-up times and the work cycles. This problem is achieved with a lower knife (4) capable of bei... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5921160 | Release assembly for a wire cutting apparatus A release assembly for wire cutting apparatus. The present invention provides a release assembly for wire cutting apparatus which allows for dynamic alteration of the cut parameters. The release assembly allows for the length of the wire to be cut to be a... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5865081 | Anti-roll rake An apparatus for cutting thin tissue sections using an anti-roll rake. The anti-roll rake comprises a rake head for engaging the cut tissue section and leading it away from the specimen block without rolling. The rake head is hingedly mounted to a mountin... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5660073 | Apparatus and method for forming a ball of relatively small diameter An apparatus and method for forming a ball of relatively small diameter from metal wire includes a cutoff bar and a slide mechanism for shearing a length of metal wire from the remainder thereof at a first station to provide a blank with which a ball is s... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5388489 | Dough sheet rotary cutter A dough-processing system for dividing a dough sheet into multiple separate portions and transporting each portion in a predetermined direction. A rotary cutter, having a multiplicity of cutting dies affixed thereon, divides the dough sheet. The cutting d... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5312058 | Device for cutting a web of material In winding machine for material webs (4), particularly paper or cardboard webs, it is known to provide devices for severing the material web (4) on the bearing or support cylinder (1), which have a cutting element applicable to the web (4) in a wrapped ar... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5195412 | Notching and shearing machine for exterior siding panels and method of using same A cutoff system for exterior siding which includes a flying punch and shear. The system includes a main carriage which is adapted to reciprocate and, in one direction of travel, move at the same speed as the siding to be cut. A pair of punches are then ac... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5156075 | Chip removal apparatus for rotary cutters of web printing presses Apparatus for removing and disposing of scrap paper chips impaled on a roller rotating away from the cutting region of a rotary cutter has a pneumatic baffle plate located a distance of 3/8 to 11/2 inches away from the roller, defining a narrow flow chann... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5031495 | Sheet punching cutter A cutter for punching a sheet of material having a fixed block disposed so as to face one side of the sheet, a punching blade disposed at the opposite side of the sheet relative to the fixed block, a cutting blade disposed spacedly and along the punching ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5024128 | Sheeter for web fed printing press A sheeter for a web fed printing press having: an infeed section; a first cutting head into which the infeed section feeds the web, the first cutting head for cutting the web transversely comprising a circular knife cylinder and corresponding anvil cylinder ha... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4939967 | Cut-off machine A cut-off machine for cutting off predetermined lengths from a moving length of roll form material such as tubing adapted to be positioned downstream from a source such as a tube mill for receiving a moving length from the mill and severing plural predete... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4932296 | Apparatus for cutting a continuous strip of limp material An apparatus and method for cutting segments from a strip of limp sheet material advanced lengthwise along a planar support surface utilizes a finger mechanism for ensuring that following severance of the strip from the remainder thereof, the remainder of... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4892019 | Sheet punching cutter A cutter for punching a sheet of material having a fixed block disposed so as to face one side of the sheet, a moving blade disposed at the opposite side of the sheet relative to the fixed block, and a transporting roller disposed inside the moving blade.... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4823662 | Apparatus for handling bar-like workpiece material in a sawing machine An apparatus for handling bar-like workpiece material in a sawing machine, in particular in the form of a miter-box saw, whichhas a clamping carriage that is disposed on the machine frame above the workpiece table and is movable horizontally and parallel ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4791845 | Straight line shear A straight line shear has a pair of carriages which support opposed pairs of shear blade assemblies. These carriages are displaceable to shear gobs from molten runners of glass. Each shear blade assembly can be adjusted relative to its carriage, in the di... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4671151 | Paper tail cutter A paper tail cutter for cutting and deflecting a tail from a moving sheet of paper. A cutter body member is pivotally mounted to swing a knife up through the moving sheet of paper, thereby cutting a narrow tail at one side of the moving sheet. The tail is... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4648299 | Apparatus for cutting off a tear-open strip A tear-open strip is severed from a band of material having a width equal to the desired length of the tear-open strip by cooperation between a stationary knife-edge defining member and a pivotal knife-edge defining member. The knife edges form chords of ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4535662 | Method and apparatus for gathering beverage straws and the like The leading end of a continuous tubular supply is fed past a rotating flywheel into a guide. When the leading end reaches the back of the guide, a blade mounted on the flywheel severs the supply to form a straw or stirring stick. The straw is immediately ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4519283 | Band sawmill A sawmill utilizing a bandsaw which is movable back and forth in the operation of cutting planks from a log that is cradled in a horizontal position. The cradle and the bandsaw are so arranged that the cutting portion of the saw is inclined at an angle to... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4476754 | Automatic cable measuring and cutting machine A machine for measuring and cutting predetermined lengths of electric cable such as armored (BX) or insulated cable which is supplied from a coil or reel to a "caterpillar" feed assembly and then to a cutting assembly, the feeding and cutting being synchr... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4455902 | Apparatus for parting-off pieces, particularly candy, from a strand of material, particularly a soft plastic strand of material An apparatus for parting-off pieces, particularly pieces of candy, from a strand of material, particularly a soft plastic strand of material, wherein the parted-off piece arrives on the upper side of the knife blade and is moved by this in the conveying d... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4417378 | Apparatus for applying heat shrinkable tubing Apparatus draws a continuous length of shrink tubing from a reel, cuts off a section, and advances it onto the terminated end of a lead carried by an adjacent conveyor. This is accomplished by shear blades integral with jaws which close on the end of the ... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4411181 | Fully automatic apparatus for producing an electrical cord of a predetermined length with a plug attached thereto An apparatus is provided for cutting and holding a piece of wire cord. The apparatus comprises a conveyor which includes a plurality of plates for movement in a first direction and a plurality of holding blocks wherein each of the holding blocks is mounte... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4389868 | Apparatus for shearing and coiling strip material Apparatus for shearing and coiling strip material, the apparatus including a rotatable mandrel adapted to receive strip material thereon, a first cutter in fixed position proximate the mandrel, and a second cutter removed from the mandrel in a first posit... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4277995 | Rotary slicing tool for making neat, complete slices in a food processor A rotary slicing tool is provided for a food processor having a hub with a horizontal disc-like member carrying an elevated slicing blade. The disc-like member has a horizontal area with an arcuate slot extending from the hub out to the periphery. The sli... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4214494 | Apparatus for straight line shearing A straight line shearing mechanism which includes a unique pneumatic control system to cause the operation of the shears. One feature involves the cushioning of the piston member of the pneumatic cylinder assembly on the return stroke. Another feature is ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4163524 | Variable stack feeder and method Apparatus and method for cutting and feeding foliage material from a stack, the apparatus comprising a wheeled vehicle, for example a wagon pulled by a tractor, capable of being displaced along the ground, a tiltable bed thereon disposed in a parallel pos... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4148237 | Terminal forming and installing apparatus An apparatus for simultaneously forming a plurality of terminals from a plurality of lengths of wire and inserting the terminals simultaneously into preformed openings in a plastic part. The apparatus includes a mechanism for simultaneously moving a plura... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4101368 | Inner tube splicing machines In, or for use in, a vehicle inner tube splicing machine, a tube end cutting assembly comprising a cutting knife supporting carriage which is mounted on a pair of spaced parallel guide shafts and is reciprocated by hydraulically powered means. The knife s... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4085638 | Apparatus for cutting lumber to variable clear lengths Apparatus for cutting lumber to random or specified clear lengths by removal of sections containing defects and by making single end or intermediate cuts, includes infeed means for transporting a piece of lumber, locating means for locating the piece of l... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4084465 | Sugar cane planter A sugar cane planting machine for eliminating the excessive manual labor previously required to plant sugar cane stalks. The uncut stalks are loaded in the rear of a tractor-pulled cart at the bottom of which is positioned a conveyor-like belt for moving ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4078461 | Trimming press having die movable to inactive position to facilitate scrap removal A press apparatus which comprises a press body formed of a bed and a ram, fitted with an upper die; an auxiliary bed disposed adjacent to the bed and designed to be rotated at a prescribed angle thereto; a rotation mechanism for rotating the auxiliary bed... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4027563 | Controlled transversely movable guide means for lumber Precision guide means for accurately directing lumber to and/or receiving cut lengths from saws. The guide means is mounted for selective movement by setworks back and forth across a path along which the lumber moves. A closed hydraulic system includes pi... | 06/07/1977 |
