Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6597392 | Apparatus and method for computerized multi-media data organization and transmission Accordingly, the present invention provides an apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission. The apparatus has a computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage, a display for providing information to a user, and an input device. An ima... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6578987 | Intra-lens color and dimming apparatus A stage lighting instrument having a high-intensity light source or lamp coupled with a concave reflector, and a projection optical system having a lens system that includes a well-defined aperture stop. The lens system forms a real image of the light sou... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6577699 | Container for nuclear fuel elements According to the present invention there is provided a container for the storage and transport of nuclear fuel elements comprising a plurality of elongate compartments for receiving the nuclear fuel elements, the compartments being defined by a first set ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6560457 | Enhanced call delivery system for interoperability between circuit switched and packet switched networks The invention expedites the delivery of a call originating in a circuit-switched network to a mobile terminal camped on a packet-switched network. Information representing the location of the mobile terminal in the packet-switched network is provided to t... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6553508 | Redundant communication fabrics for enhancing fault tolerance in Totem networks Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing fault tolerance in Totem Networks by use of redundant fabrics. The above is accomplished in one embodiment of the invention by operating devices on the network in such a way that the devices mark the token... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550939 | Light beam shutter apparatus A light beam shutter apparatus for a lighting instrument includes several individual shutter mechanisms arranged radially around the axis of a light beam. Each shutter mechanism includes a generally circular shutter blade having a circumference, but with ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6543646 | Method and apparatus for remotely dispensing beverages The invention comprises a system for maintaining the freshness of a beverage, while allowing a delivery of the beverage to customers at a visually appealing, remote dispensing station. A quantity of the beverage is maintained within a beverage tank housed... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6539221 | Automated wireless network design The present invention is a system for optimizing an existing wireless network and additions to an existing network. The system determines a value representing estimation of traffic in discrete bins within a geographic area. The traffic estimation includes... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6519457 | Methods and systems for standardizing interbase station communications Disclosed is an apparatus and method whereby a direct base station to base station communication link is used to bypass message transmissions to an MSC in establishing a soft handoff. By using a standardized protocol for both traffic and signaling message... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516452 | Method and apparatus for verifying design data Disclosed is an apparatus for comparing CAD (computer aided design) design data comprising one or more components with a set of design rules generated relative said components and generating an output report of detected discrepancies. The output may inclu... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6515975 | Fast forward power control during soft handoff Disclosed is an apparatus for and method of increasing the stability of a CDMA cellular system using fast forward power control. This is accomplished by improving the relative power level synchronization of all the BTSs communicating with an MS in a hando... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6507741 | RF Repeater with delay to improve hard handoff performance An RF repeater having a fixed or adjustable time delay inserted in the reverse path and/or forward path of the RF repeater is used in a first cell for improving hard handoff performance from the first cell to a second cell. Certain factors associated with... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6496496 | Crucial control message transmission method and systems Disclosed is an apparatus and method of increasing the likelihood of successful and quick reception of messages containing crucial data in a CDMA cellular communication system. The data may be transmitted at a lower frame rate than normal messages but at ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6487606 | System and method for delivering messages through a totem communications system An improvement is disclosed for a Totem system having a network and a plurality of host processors connectable to the network, each of which host processors includes a CPU and is configured for executing processes, wherein the improvement includes, for ea... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6483724 | DC/DC ZVS full bridge converter power supply method and apparatus Disclosed is a DC/DC converter apparatus comprising a full bridge non-resonant pulse-width-modulated (PWM) switching circuit, which includes inductive device(s), clamp diodes, and an output transformer rectifier and filter circuit. Capacitive and diode el... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6453106 | Method and apparatus for a cable location and protection system A method and an apparatus for protecting fiber-optic cable bundle closures includes a quick disconnect that allows for cabling to the closure to be separated upon the presence of a sudden jerk or pulling force. Additionally, a plurality of quick disconnec... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6438376 | Wireless communications management and control system using mobile station position and movement information The present invention incorporates information representing the location and movement of a mobile station in a wireless telecommunications network to manage and control hand-offs, reduce the risk of falsing, prioritize channel assignments and control the ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6421741 | Switching between active-replication and active-standby for data synchronization in virtual synchrony Disclosed is a method and apparatus for causing CPUs comprising portions of a fault tolerant process group to operate in an active-standby mode when synchronizing newly on-line CPUs and reverting to an active-replication mode when synchronization is compl... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421739 | Fault-tolerant java virtual machine A method for providing a first JVM with support for fault tolerance by using information maintained by the first JVM to checkpoint objects that are created, modified, and/or deleted during the process of responding to an event of a transaction. The checkp... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421339 | Methods and systems for call forwarding Disclosed is an method and apparatus for configuring an H.323 compliant data packet network with a registering function whereby home based users are identified separate from visiting users having other networks as home bases. Thus user location data may b... | 07/16/2002 |
