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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| 20050060926 | Mosquito attracting and killing apparatus with air cleaning function Disclosed is a mosquito attracting and killing apparatus with an air cleaning function. The mosquito attracting and killing apparatus attracts mosquitoes using a UV lamp and the mosquitoes are sucked into a collecting net by operation of a fan. The contiuous operation o... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050055870 | Light attractant insect trap An insect trapping device having a light source, a liquid container disposed beneath the light source having an open surface, and means for preventing the light source from being viewed from a position normal to the axis, wherein light from the light source is reflected... | 03/17/2005 |
