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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 |
| 7204179 | Shear assembly for a roll forming machine A shear assembly for a roll forming machine which forms a rain gutter. A pair of coplanar blade members separated along a vertical line are caused to first move vertically downwardly, then have their lower ends pivot outwardly and, finally, have their upper ends piv... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7066222 | Veneer slicer In a slicer having a table for supporting a workpiece from which a slice is to be sliced, a knife is linked at opposite end portions of the knife to cranks for moving the knife in strokes having components generally transverse and parallel to the knife. The table wi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6997093 | Cross web shear apparatus In order to selectively reinforce portions of a material web, a cutting and laminating device efficiently produces the required reinforcing strips and then laminates them to the web. In order to efficiently and accurately produce these reinforcing strips, a cross we... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6694850 | Cutter for cross cutting of reeled webs Cutter for cross cutting of reeled webs comprising a rotary cutting assembly including a blade and a counter blade rotated in synchronism with an advancement assembly of the web. The rotation axes of the blade and of the counter blade are displaceable rel... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6561069 | Cutting device, in particular for cutting foodstuffs The invention relates to a cutting device for products, in particular for cutting up foodstuffs. A blade driven by a drive shaft so as to rotate is provided which orbits a further drive shaft in a planetary path-like manner on a rotor driven by the furthe... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6520058 | Three-side trimmer A top edge trimming cutter, a bottom edge trimming cutter and a front edge trimming cutter are arranged to have predetermined distances from one another so as not to cause mechanical interference. The top edge trimming cutter, a first table element, a fir... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6178862 | Cutting tool assembly in coil spring winding machines The present invention relates to a cutting tool assembly which can cut spring wires in either a vertical or a progress tilt direction in coil spring winding machines. This assembly uses a cam seat and a cam center guide seat for the cutting in a vertical ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6041686 | Microtome having an oscillating blade The invention relates to a microtome having a blade oscillating transverse to the direction of advancing the cut, for sections on soft tissue samples. The oscillation frequency of the blade is controlled variably by the rotational speed of an electric mot... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5974668 | Irising cigar cutter The cigar cutter (1) has a housing (2), an opening (3) adapted for insertion of a cigar or the end of a cigar, at least three blades (5), and a squeeze bar (6). When the cigar cutter (1) is squeezed, for example by the pressure of a single hand on the squ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5916601 | Apparatus for manufacturing raised-brim products A simple method and apparatus is provided for manufacturing raised-brim products in which the end of a continuous bar-shaped dough body is fed into an opening surrounded by a plurality of movable cutting members. The bar-shaped dough body includes a filli... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5884545 | Log sawing assembly There is provided a device for sawing logs to a predetermined length which includes a log lead-in support member, a log support frame, a log cutting station and a log collection deck. The log support frame includes a front end, a rear end, opposite sides ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868056 | Bi-directional actuator for working tool An actuator apparatus (10) includes a transverse support structure (14) for guiding a transverse carriage (16) therealong, with the carriage being powered by a remotely located rotational actuator (20) through an endless belt (80) secured to the carriage ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5839338 | Wire steel rope cutter machine A wire rope cutter machine has at least a first and pair of jaws for holding the rope to be cut taut and a cutting blade for cutting the rope. The cutting blade has a "V"-shaped cutting edge and the bottom jaw of the first pair of jaws has a "V"-shaped ed... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5826479 | Cutting device A cutting device capable of obtaining high speeds, approximately three times faster than known cutting devices by using a structure employing an internal positive cam. A rotary slider rotates upon rotation of a spline shaft via a gearbox, and the operatio... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5791222 | Tool for cutting an open-profile setion, particularly a gutter A tool including two flat parallel flanges (2 and 3), defining between them a space (4) which corresponds to the thickness of a cutting blade (5) and including two symmetrical slots which have profiles that are roughly identical to that of a gutter (7) so... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5718528 | Cutting mechanism A cutting mechanism for a printing apparatus is described. The cutting mechanism is particularly suitable for tape printers. In the cutting mechanism, one of a cutting blade and an anvil is mounted for rolling motion with respect to the other so that as t... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5479711 | Orbital and adjustable cant mechanism for reciprocating saws The housing of the reciprocating saw includes rectilinear guide bars mounting a drive block for reciprocating movement by the motor of the power tool. The drive block has a recess defining arcuate cam surfaces. A blade clamp has a cam follower engaging th... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5375492 | Apparatus and method for slitting corrugated paperboard boxes A stack of folded and glued corrugated paperboard boxes is slit in unison with a thin cutting blade having a linear cutting edge disposed parallel to the plane of the boxes and moved through the stack in an angular direction to slit essentially one box at... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5284078 | Chain cutter A chain merchandising apparatus includes a frame, a cabinet secured to the frame, and chain support means mounted to the frame and located within the cabinet for supporting a plurality of chain containers. A chain cutter is moveably fixed to the apparatus... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5261262 | Method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs having louvers A method and apparatus for cutting corrugated webs having louvers from a strip which is continuously formed to define undulating fins or corrugations extending transversely of the strip. The method and apparatus comprises periodically interrupting the mov... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5223277 | Apparatus for cutting an enveloped body An improved apparatus for cutting an enveloped body, which consists of an assembly having at least three circumferentially disposed cutting members, each cutting member having at least two sliding surfaces. The cutting members are assembled in sliding con... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4934236 | Sheet slicing mechanism A sheet slicing mechanism includes a rigid frame member supporting a stepper motor coupled to a drive gear. A rotatably supportable rotary member includes a driven gear coupled to the drive gear and is rotatably supported upon the frame. A blade frame hav... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4790222 | Apparatus for cutting various forms out of a picture frame mat or the like A device for cutting oval or circle shaped forms, as well as irregular or scalloped variations thereof, in picture frame mats or the like. It consists of a cutting unit releasably securable both to a stationary arm or a reciprocating arm. When the cutting... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4736661 | Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus for cutting material into a desired shape has a first travelling member and a second travelling member which are arranged on a holding stand, on which the material to be cut is placed, and which approach and separate from each other. A... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4664007 | Hoop material cutter In a hoop material cutter having a movable blade driven by an eccentric cam to effect swirl or rocking motion of the movable blade, the hoop material is fed in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the movable blade. The space between the movabl... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4567802 | Mortise and bevel cutter A mortise and bevel cutter (10) includes a base (11) and a table (12) mounted thereon for rotation. A platform (22) is mounted for pivotal movement on table (12). A cutter assembly which includes a blade holder (40) and blade (45) is mounted on a handle (... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4516457 | Plane die-cutting machine The invention concerns a plane die-cutting machine for die-cutting laminar material, of the type comprising a plane punch and an arc-shaped counter punch, which is controlled by moving means pressing the same against a work material inserted between it an... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4475938 | Cutting device for sectioning liquid glass strand The invention relates to a cutting device for the sectioning of a liquid glass strand into individual fragment (gobs) to be further processed into hollow glass articles. In order to achieve a trouble-free cutting process as well as a relatively small mass... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4471678 | Ring saw for cutting a tube A ring-blade saw for cutting a tube generally centered on a tube axis has a subtantially stationary base, an outer frame displaceable in a straight line in a plane, and an actuator connected between the base and the outer frame for displacing the frame re... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4466318 | Drive system for a cutting station in a platen press A drive system for the cutting station in a platen press has four toggle joints supporting the platen and each having a cam follower for moving the toggle joint by an associated rotating cam. The four toggle joints are disposed in pairs perpendicularly to... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4328729 | Plane die-cutting machine A plane die-cutting machine, having a plane and fixed punch as well as a counter-punch with arch-shaped profile and apparatus to roll the counter-punch without any reciprocal sliding with respect to the punch, in order to die-cut each sheet of material un... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4300427 | Three-knife trimmer Cutting apparatus with three blades, for trimming three sides of an inner book or the like, having a drive system which permits the simultaneous trimming of two opposed sides of the work closely followed by the trimming of the third side. Operation of the... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4249443 | Machine for sawing elongated work pieces A circular saw for elongated work pieces particularly of metal has a saw blade mounted on an arm which is connected by a pivotal mount to a saw frame at one end and which is pivotally connected to a piston and cylinder type raising and lowering assembly a... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4247984 | Knife and chopper board combination A knife and chopper board combination is provided in which the knife is pivotally coupled to the board at its forward end to permit it to be turned about a vertical axis to various angular positions with respect to the top of the board and then turned abo... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4245537 | Optical fiber scoring tool A two-piece tool for circumferentially scoring an optical fiber (11). Retaining member (21) has a substantially flat end surface (26) beyond which a portion (13) of the optical fiber protrudes perpendicularly. The scoring ring holder (28) floatably mounts... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4122740 | Shear A rolling blade shear has a stationary blade and a movable blade which latter is mounted and driven to roll over the stationary blade. The movable blade is carried by a pair of opposed toggle mechanisms which are pivoted to a supporting frame and to the m... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4054994 | Knife and bread board attachment A knife and fixture for attaching the knife to an existing bread board, the front end of the knife being pivoted to the attachment so that the knife may be pivotly swung for chopping vegetables and the like, slicing tomatoes, meat and other foods, etc. Th... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4054076 | Rolling cut type shear Disclosed is a rolling cut type shear wherein a downwardly curved upper blade is moved in such a way that the midpoint thereof in the longitudinal direction passes a cycloidal path, whereby the slip of the upper blade relative to a steel plate to be cut m... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4019416 | Hydraulic paper cutter A paper knife is mounted at its opposite ends on a pair of arcuate arms pivotally attached to the knife table. The knife is operated by a fluid cylinder which extends from the table to the knife. This way all of the operating apparatus is positioned benea... | 04/26/1977 |
