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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 |
| 5467559 | Electrically operated drop seal for pass doors in operable walls An electrically operated drop seal assembly for a pass door in an operable wall. The drop seal assembly includes an actuator which is selectively movable by a motor between a first position and a second position. The assembly also includes a retractable d... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467560 | Window assembly A window assembly comprises, a first base member and a second base member, both being of general T-shaped configuration, and having a middle portion and two transversely extending arms. The arms have a longitudinal channel and a plurality of longitudinal ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467562 | Prefabricated modular closet unit A prefabricated modular closet is disclosed comprising a base, an integral enclosure having sidewalls, a back wall, a front wall with an opening therein, and a ceiling, and furring attached to the exterior surface of the enclosure. An integral floor may b... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467563 | Deformable sealing device for a gap between the edge of a wall opening and the back wall of a vehicle docking at the wall opening A deformable sealing device for a gap between a wall opening of a building wall and a back wall of a vehicle docking at the wall opening has a flap-shaped deformable skirt for receiving loads by the back wall of the vehicle docking at the wall opening. Th... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467564 | Daylight collection and distribution system An apparatus designed to capture and direct daylight to a target area in a building or other structure. A housing provides an aperture and passive directing structure which directs daylight entering the apertures towards the target area. The passive direc... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467565 | Method and apparatus for improved activation of services in an office building floor This patent discloses a method and apparatus for activation of services in a concrete floor of an office building from below floor slab distribution systems. Void-forming boxes that are secured to a conventional metal deck sheet and surrounded by the conc... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467566 | Curtain wall clip A curtain wall clip for coupling a curtain wall framing structure to the floor structure or load bearing structure of a building is disclosed. The curtain wall clip includes a flat plate portion with two closely spaced oppositely depending ears, each ear ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467567 | Spring biased apparatus for maintaining precast panels in a stable removable position in a vertical slot An apparatus for wedging a road barrier panel between opposed flanges of an I-beam post includes a spring biased arm retained in a recess hole within the back side of the panel.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467568 | Dimensional hip and ridge roofing panel A bituminous hip and ridge roofing panel having roofing granules on its exposed surface and having folded underlay and overlay sections such that a three dimensional appearance and improved weatherability is achieved upon installation.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467569 | Anchor device An anchoring apparatus is provided for securing a beam to a structural member, including a first vertical support having a top end and a bottom end, a second vertical support generally parallel to the first vertical support having a top end and a bottom e... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467570 | Tension tie A single piece tension tie connection for tyhing a wood, or steel structural frame member to a wood, steel or concrete structural base member. The tension tie consists of an elongated strap member having triangular shaped side members with four seat membe... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467571 | Snap fastener and method of installing removable trim A method of installing trim employs a Snap Tack fastener which allows the trim to snap on and off when needed. The Snap Tack includes a ball head screw which snaps into a small plastic receptacle. In a typical application, several ball head screws are scr... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467572 | Bagging system The bagging system disclosed herein utilizes T-shirt type bags which are mounted on the projecting arms of a rack by means of holes through the handle portions of the bags. Between the handles a mounting tab extends upward from the front and back panels o... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467573 | Method of using a wrapping material having a pull tab and pull indicia for wrapping a floral arrangement A method for both wrapping a floral arrangement and removing the wrapping material from the floral arrangement, comprising a sheet of material having a pull tab and pull indicia thereon, the pull tab sized to be easily graspable, a bonding material dispos... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467574 | Stacking and carrying device A stacking and carrying device for spherical objects such as golf balls wherein a tray member supports the spherical objects in the form of a pyramid and has strap members for carrying the tray. A filling device is also provided which stacks the balls on ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467575 | Method for wrapping a floral grouping with a sheet of material having a reinforcing member A sheet of material having a closure bonding material disposed thereon and a reinforcing member associated with the sheet of material. The sheet of material is wrapped about a floral grouping to provide a wrapper. The reinforcing member cooperates to prov... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467576 | Machine for making a package of food casing strands A machine for making a package of food casing strands, wherein the package has a hexagonal-like cross section, comprising a product holder for initially holding a plurality of the strands in a configuration having a hexagonal-like cross section, wherein t... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467577 | Apparatus and method of enclosing and sealing enclosure An insert carriage having a manipulating member attached thereto for inserting an enclosure into an envelope is arranged reciprocally in the direction of said envelope. By moving said insert carriage, said manipulating member may be reciprocated between t... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467578 | Method for encapsulating articles in wicketed bags A wicket of bags such that the bags are releasably secured to a header by release lines. Each bag has a front and back side, side edges, a bottom edge and inner and outer surfaces. The outer surface of the back side of a first bag is adjacent to the outer... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467579 | Method and device for laterally joining product wrappings A method and device for laterally joining product wrappings, whereby the connection of two overlapping longitudinal portions of a tubular wrapping defined by a sheet of wrapping material wrapped about the product inside a wrapping seat is at least complet... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467581 | Apparatus and process for positioning a fitment An apparatus for positioning and attaching a plurality of fitments to a film comprises a means for guiding a plurality of fitments; a means for attaching the fitments to the film; and a means for indexing the fitments, the means for indexing comprising a ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467582 | Cotton picker spindle moistening system A cotton picker moistening system is provided that includes a pump driven by an electric motor to deliver a pressurized flow of moistening fluid. The system also includes a detecting device for generating a sensed parameter signal representative of a char... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467583 | Dual actuator control assembly and method of dual action control assembly utilization A dual action cable control apparatus (20) includes a mounting bracket (22), a first Bowden cable assembly (24), a second Bowden cable assembly (26), an elongated lever (28), and a rotatable spool (30) mounted upon one end of the lever. Spool (30) is coup... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467584 | Line trimmer stabilizer A stabilizing roller for a line trimmer device that includes a housing with a cylindrical bore for receiving and mating with a ball roller. The lower end of the housing is open to allow the ball to contact the ground while in operation. The ball is mainta... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467585 | Brushwood clearing machine capable of cutting and recuperating the cut brushwood material A brushwood clearing machine comprises two mutually adjacent brushwood cutting units rotating in opposite directions about respective parallel axes lying in a generally horizontal plane. The cutting units are elongate and comprise cylindrical surfaces cen... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467586 | Replaceable cutting blade for a lawn mower blade An improved lawn mower blade including a cutting blade detachably affixed to a surface of the lawn mower blade and extending outwardly beyond a forward edge of the lawn mower blade, and a cover plate affixed to the cutting blade on the surface of the cutt... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467587 | Sunflower harvesting attachment for corn picker heads The sunflower harvesting attachment comprises a generally triangular-shaped blade which is attached to a blade mount having an elongated upper plate member, an elongated lower plate member, a space member fixedly attached to and separating the two plate m... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467588 | Fluid filled shaker pad for a tree shaking harvester A flexible main shaker pad with an inexpensive and environmentally safe filler. The pad to be used in opposing pairs, one pad placed on each opposite side of a tree trunk or branch and supported by shaker arms of a tree trunk shaking harvester. The pad is... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467589 | Vegetable harvesting system A vegetable harvesting device or cutter (8) for harvesting a harvest portion from a plant, e.g. okra, which plant has a harvest portion supported at the end of a stem. The cutter includes a conduit member (10) that has a passageway (12) therethrough. The ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467590 | Raking tool A raking tool comprises an elongated handle and a rake head mounted to a distal end of the handle. The rake head includes a support plate with a plurality of integral tines extending therefrom in mutually diverging directions between first and second edge... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467591 | Gas turbine combined cycle system An improved gas turbine combined cycle system having a diffuser duct between the gas turbine and steam generator. The diffuser duct has boundary layer suction to prevent gas jet separation, thereby reducing pressure loss and improving gas velocity profile... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467592 | Sectorized tubular structure subject to implosion A sectorized tubular structure able to resist implosion pressures, especially at the links between annular sectors. The tubular structure includes annular sectors interconnected by flat linking elements, each including at its ends at least one projection ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467593 | Method of electronic fuel injection feedback control A method of feedback control for an electronic fuel injection system in an internal combustion engine includes the steps of calculating a front O2 sensor switching voltage threshold based on a signal from a front O2 sensor upstream o... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467594 | Exhaust gas-purifying system for internal combustion engines An exhaust gas-purifying system for an internal combustion engine is provided with hydrocarbon-adsorbing catalyzer for adsorbing unburnt gas components present in exhaust gases. At least one exhaust gas-purifying catalyzer is arranged in the exhaust passa... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467595 | Valve means Valve system for a vehicle gas suspension system having a central chamber (41) to which pressurized gas is admitted via valve 50 or from which pressurized gas is exhausted via valve 51. Interposed in gas communication paths between the central chamber and... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467596 | Unitary electro-hydraulic rotary actuator for automotive convertible top A self-contained rotary actuator assembly has a pump assembly, a precharged hydraulic circuit, and a rotary vane actuator in a single unit. The pump assembly is a bi-directional electric motor driven gerotor pump which is manifolded to a module assembly i... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467597 | Hydromechanical transmission A hydromechanical transmission which includes a swash-plate type hydrostatic axial piston motor with a rotary cylindrical drum having work cylinders and a driven shaft. A planetary gear is located adjacent to and coaxial with the piston motor and includes... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467598 | Displacement override/brake control circuit In a wheeled vehicle propelled by a hydrostatic transmission which has a variable displacement pump fluidly connected to a motor in a closed circuit for propulsion and a hydraulically-released brake for stopping the vehicle, a return to neutral and brake ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467599 | Method for reducing seal stiction in a fluid cylinder An apparatus and a method for reducing seal stiction is provided. In the method, a first step provides a fluid cylinder comprising a piston displacably mounted in a housing containing pressurized fluid is provided in the first step. The housing has first ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467600 | Naturally circulated thermal cycling system with environmentally powered engine A thermal cycling system comprising an evaporator and a radiator and two separate conduits extending between the evaporator and the radiator to form a closed cycle. The evaporator is arranged to receive thermal energy available around the evaporator and t... | 11/21/1995 |
