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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20100077546 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEATING A SAUNA The present invention is directed to a system and methods for heating a room such as a spa or a sauna. In the present invention, a heating source placed upon a transportable vehicle is electrically heated in an oven and transported to the room via rail. Heat from the pa... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100024118 | BATHROOM SAUNA DEVICE A bathroom sauna device having a heating device for heating air in a bathroom, a humidifying device for humidifying the air in the bathroom, and an airflow path for sending the air, which is adjusted in temperature and humidity by the heating device and humidifying devi... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100024117 | SAUNA DEVICE To provide a sauna device having a small number of components without any special heat source, operable at a low running cost, and capable of turning a sauna room into a high humidity space with low noise. The sauna device has a heating/humidifying unit for heating/humi... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100017953 | Dynamic Sauna Systems and methods are provided for controlling infrared radiation (IR) sources of a sauna including tuning IR wavelength-ranges and radiated power-levels of IR sources, and directing IR to locations on a user's body. In one illustrative embodiment, a sauna may be prov... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090300836 | STEAM BATH AND RESISTANCE SYSTEM EMPLOYED Steam bath and steam bath type resistance system (5) employed, composed by three rectangular base prisms with open bases, placed one into the other where the two first prisms (1) and (2) generate 120 v and when third prism is placed (3) 240 v... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090276950 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR HEATING AND CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURES IN A SAUNA A control panel used in combination with a power unit to control the operation of a sauna. The control panel is equipped with a microprocessor that has software and proper circuitry to allow a user to use buttons to input information into the control panel regarding the... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090265847 | APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICALLY GROUNDING SAUNA USERS, INFRARED SAUNA USERS IN PARTICULAR Apparatus for electrically grounding users of saunas, particularly users of infrared saunas, includes an electrical conductor having a first end connected to an electrical ground and a second end coupled to a person using the sauna. The sauna may include a plurality of ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090254153 | Horizontal sauna device A horizontal sauna device mainly includes a controller used to command a positive temperature coefficient thermistor (PTC). The controller has two using modes, a sleep mode and a sweat mode. The maximal power value of the sleep mode is designed with one that is not to m... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090235447 | DYNAMIC SAUNA Apparatuses, methods, and computer-storage media provide for a sauna that is operable to provide a programmable sauna experience to a user. A sauna may include mechanisms for monitoring biological data associated with a user, mechanisms for generating and updating train... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090126098 | Infrared Sauna with Metal Board Coating An infrared sauna is provided. The infrared sauna comprises a chamber formed of a floor, a plurality of side walls a door and a ceiling, a far infrared-heater embedded in the chamber and a control and display device mounted in the chamber. The side wall and door are thr... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090070926 | THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT METHOD USING A SPA SYSTEM A spa system of the invention includes a room of a structure having a plurality of faces defining a room interior space. A plurality of panels each have a front surface and a rear, with the front surface of each of the panels having an emissivity characteristic with res... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090056009 | SAUNA DEVICE A sauna cabinet is humidified and heated without airborne perceivable water drops by the use of a fine spray. The user can thus remain comfortably in the sauna cabinet that is free of airborne perceivable water drops. The user's view is also not clouded by mist. Accordi... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090049597 | SAUNA APPARATUS A sauna apparatus includes an air blower, a blow channel and a humidifier. The air blower suctions and blows air. The blow channel conveys the suctioned air and humidified air. The humidifier has a sprayer spraying humidifying water into the air passing through the blow... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090019635 | PORTABLE SAUNA ROOM ASSEMBLY The sauna room assembly contains a bottom frame, left and right front walls, left and right back, columns, left and right walls, a back wall a top frame, a top cover, a floor and a door. A major characteristic of the present invention is that each of the aforementioned ... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090019634 | Steam bath cabinet A steam bath cabinet for one or several persons including a floor, walls, a ceiling and close able door being open able as well as a bathing compartment formed inside the steam bath cabinet and a technical compartment housing the steam generator equipment for generating... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090013459 | Blower system for health booth A blower system in a booth including a hollow base, an internal space, and an air outlet is disclosed and includes at least one blower assembly in the base, each blower assembly including a heating element and a motor driven fan; and a pipe assembly communicating with b... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080092287 | Device for Active Temperature Equilisation in a Sauna Room A device (1a) for positioning next to an existing sauna heater (3). Device (1a) is equipped with an air duct (2′) which is designed to conduct air from a level close to the floor in a sauna to a location close to the upper par... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20070294819 | Sauna with infrared emitter A sauna comprises a radiant heating element for supplying heat to the interior of a sauna cabinet. A cover is disposed between the radiant heating element and the interior, and has multiple openings sized to prevent the insertion of a finger. ... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070294818 | THERMOTHERAPIC SAUNA APPARATUS In order to attain adequate thermotherapic effect in a sauna room without forcing any extra burden on a patent, an aged person or a disabled person, an intake/exhaust fan, a room temperature sensor for measuring the room temperature, and a planar heater radiating infrar... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070220668 | Turkish bath A Turkish bath has a steam generating device for feeding steam into a stall, user access to which is through an opening fitted with a door connected to a supporting frame, which has at least one tubular channel located substantially inside a space defined by the support... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070186340 | Coating apparatus and method The present invention provides an apparatus for applying a composition to the skin, the apparatus including a chamber, the chamber including means for washing the skin (10), and means for applying the composition (4). Applicants have recognized that incorp... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070113333 | STEAM BATH AND RESISTANCE SYSTEM EMPLOYED Steam bath and steam bath type resistance system (5) employed, composed by three rectangular base prisms with open bases, placed one into the other where the two first prisms (1) and (2) generate 120v and when third prism is placed ,(3) 240v ... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070089229 | Sauna room The present invention provides a sauna room which allows to bathe at a low temperature by utilizing the far-infrared ray effect of a radiator and is superior in hygiene, in safety by avoiding the possibility of falling over and burning, in energy savings without losing ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070061958 | Boiler The present invention relates to a sauna bathroom. At present, a commercial sauna bathroom is generally provided with apparatus both for shower-bath and pool-bath. With plenty of hot water drained in vain, a sauna bathroom is often gloomy and damp. To take a bath at hom... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070050903 | MAGNETICALLY COUPLED MODULAR SAUNA Improved, aesthetically appealing enclosure assemblies, such as dry saunas (20), are provided which eliminate unsightly threaded fasteners and other external connection hardware, while also affording an easy method of construction. The saunas (20) include ... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20060260037 | Barrel-type steam and hot-air bath appliance A barrel-type steam and hot-air bath appliance includes a pottery barrel serving as a steam or hot-air room, a heating device, and a delivery pipe line. The pottery barrel has a volume sufficient for a user to sit therein, and has a layer of powdered minerals applied on... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060168719 | Portable sauna system A portable sauna system includes a portable sauna enclosure defining an enclosed body receiving interior volume and defining a head opening, two hand openings, and two foot openings. A divide, or entryway, extends from the head opening to a point spaced apart from the b... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20050286877 | Sauna apparatus A sauna apparatus includes a housing having a plurality of walls, and a plurality of heating pads attached respectively to the walls. Each of the heating pads of the sauna apparatus includes a flat heating body, and a flat electrical insulator enclosing the flat heating... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050076430 | Sauna cabin assembly system and method A sauna cabin assembly system, for enabling the assembly of a front panel of a sauna cabin to each of a pair of side panels of the sauna cabin. The system is able to hide multiple securing elements for securing the front panel and each of the pair of side panels togethe... | 04/14/2005 |
