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 |
| 7520934 | Gravure coating apparatus A gravure coating apparatus containing a gravure roll, a manifold block for continuously coating a solution on an outer peripheral surface of the gravure roll 15 by immersing a lower part of the outer peripheral surface in the solution, and a doctor blade for... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7314365 | Surface treating apparatus and image recording apparatus A surface treating apparatus includes: a sheet which includes; a base, and a thermoplastic resin layer disposed on the base; a contact member configured to convey the sheet while carrying out a surface treatment of the sheet; a surface property forming unit configur... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7281540 | Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes are manufactured having smokable rods with paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials can be applied to a continuous, moving paper web on a cigarette making apparatus using application apparatus ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276120 | Materials and methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes are manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive material can be applied as a coating formulati... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7101437 | Elements for embossing and adhesive application A patterned element for use in an embossing and adhesive application process. The patterened element comprises a material having an pattern disposed thereon, wherein the material comprises a polymer and has a Shore A hardness of greater than about 70, and has a crit... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094290 | Light guiding plate manufacturing apparatus and light guiding plate manufacturing method A light guiding plate is manufactured with accuracy and at low cost. This invention comprises a cylindrical roller, which has a heater built-in, rotating while fixing a stamper having a dot pattern formed on its surface, substrate fixing means for reciprocating alon... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7073514 | Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes Cigarettes are manufactured using modified automated cigarette making apparatus. Those cigarettes possess smokable rods having paper wrapping materials having additive materials applied thereto as patterns. The additive materials, which can have the forms of liquid ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060157 | Method for producing undergarments by using glued joints The present invention relates to a method for the production of undergarments free of seams with high wearing and support comfort. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7029529 | Method and apparatus for metallization of large area substrates A system and method for processing large area substrates. In one embodiment, a system for processing large area substrates includes prep station, a stamping station and a stamp that is automatically moved between the stamping station and the prep station. The stampi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6959645 | Printing press for processing continuous webs A printing press for processing continuous webs has a machine frame and printing cylinders exchangeably mounted in the machine frame. A drive is provided. An inking system is mounted in the machine frame. The drive has a two-row gear wheel having a first toothing an... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6915759 | Printing apparatus and method for spark plug insulator An object of the present invention is to disclose an apparatus and method for printing a spark plug, wherein an excellent print quality is obtained and maintained. The printing apparatus comprises: a marking roller for forming an ink film on an intaglio on itself; a... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6866715 | Gravure method and apparatus for coating a liquid reactive to the atmosphere A method and apparatus is disclosed for gravure coating a liquid reactive with the atmosphere onto a web. The gravure apparatus comprises an engraved gravure cylinder, an impression roller backing the web and pressing it onto the gravure cylinder to form a nip, a cu... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6827783 | Paste application apparatus and method for applying paste A paste application apparatus capable of evenly applying a paste to each of the front portion and the rear portion of a coating target with a simple operation. The paste application apparatus includes a setting device for setting the velocity difference between the ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6772709 | Varnish coating apparatus In a varnish coating apparatus, a first varnish film forming cylinder has a first supply surface to which varnish is supplied. A second varnish film forming cylinder has a second supply surface to which varnish is supplied. A first blanket cylinder has a first trans... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6756006 | Method of forming sculptured designs onto a substrate A method of forming sculptured designs onto a substrate using a hand tool includes a container that can contain compound that is suitable for placing sculptured designs onto a substrate such as a ceiling or a wall, and an applicator that can move into and out of the... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6709515 | Gravure coating apparatus In the gravure coating apparatus, while a bead portion of a coating liquid is formed between a roll surface of a gravure roll to which the coating liquid is excessively supplied and a web that runs continuously, the web is pressed on the gravure roll by using a back... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6607596 | Paintless film edge sealing tool An apparatus and method for securing an edge of a paintless type film gore. A fluid sealant material is beaded along the edge of the gore using a bead striping apparatus. The striping apparatus comprises a serrated wheel rotatably coupled to a housing whi... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6582515 | Element for deflecting excess liquid from a coating surface A coating element has a liquid deflector member for diverting doctored coating liquid away from the surface of a coating applicator roll. The liquid deflector member is arranged beneath a blade member that removes excess coating liquid from the surface of... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6572703 | Fabric making apparatus An apparatus for forming and finishing a continuous fabric web in a single operation. The apparatus includes a fabric web forming station for forming a continuous fabric web and a finishing station downstream from the fabric web forming station for receiv... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6558466 | Apparatus for coating a web An apparatus for coating a web of indeterminate length has a coating element comprising a liquid deflector member for diverting liquid away from a coating surface. The liquid deflector member is arranged beneath a blade member that removes excess coating ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6554900 | Device and method for applying a flowable medium onto a moving surface An apparatus for the application of a flowable medium (2, 2') from a stock chamber (7, 8) to a surface (6) being moved along the apparatus, and to the use of an apparatus of this type. The stock chamber (7, 8) partly covers the surface (6), with formation... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6531027 | Adhesive printing process for disposable absorbent articles The present invention relates to a process for making disposable absorbent articles comprising adhering two components materials to each other using an improved roll printing process to provide an adhesive to one of the two components, the adhesive has an... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6500260 | Apparatus for applying a coating material to sheets A method and apparatus for applying pressure sensitive adhesive to a substrate, in which the adhesive is deposited on a transfer surface, such as a circulating transfer belt, dried, and subsequently transferred to a plurality of overlapping sheets. The sh... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6471776 | Apparatus for applying abrasive substances to continuous paper webs An apparatus applies a coating composition consisting of a resin and fine abrasive particles like corundum particles, to a paper web by feeding the composition to the paper web as it loops around a guide roller to a metering roller juxtaposed with the gui... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6440277 | Techniques of printing micro-structure patterns such as holograms directly onto final documents or other substrates in discrete areas thereof An improved method and apparatus for applying discrete area holograms or other optical devices directly onto documents or other substrates in a continuous process analogous to the operation of a printing press. The continuous process is carried out in a v... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6361601 | Method of applying adhesive to a patterned web and application unit for selectively applying such adhesive Adhesive is applied to a web by way of a printing plate and reverse enclosed doctor blade so as to apply the adhesive in selected locations thereby minimizing the amount of adhesive applied in order to decrease the stiffness of the resultant multi-ply web... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6346147 | Dimple pattern glue roller A dimple pattern glue roller functions to apply glue to the closure flaps of a partially assembled cigarette pack. The roller has an outer cylindrical surface, and a pattern of dimpled recesses in the cylindrical surface receive glue and apply that glue t... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6277196 | Coating apparatus Apparatus for applying a coating of an insulation lacquer to a moving surface of a strip comprises a rotatable roller whose surface defines a multiplicity of cells and a reservoir containing a bath of heated organic/inorganic insulating lacquer in which a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6214118 | Apparatus for forming external electrodes of electronic component, component, component inserting apparatus, paste coating apparatus, and component conveyer belt An external electrode forming apparatus is used to form external electrodes on the component chips. The external electrode forming apparatus comprises a component conveyer belt, a belt feeding mechanism, a component-inserting machine, a component-reversin... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6193799 | Device for application of glue on objects Device for the application of a coating composition on a traveling web (17) comprising a transfer roll (5), a support roll (3) cooperating with the transfer roll (5), the traveling web being fed in a nip between said rolls, further comprising a gravure ro... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6155166 | Rotogravure printing and coating machine A machine for printing or spreading primers or coatings and the like with direct and indirect rotogravure system, comprising one or more printing or color units, with a respective drying hood and control unit, each printing or color unit comprising an ori... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6056982 | Confectionery pattern intaglio, pattern sheet, patterned confectionery sheet, confectionery, confectionery manufacturing method Concave portions, in which patterns to be put to a surface of a confectionery are formed, are provided to one surface of a confectionery pattern intaglio, the concave portions are charged with ingredients paste, and the ingredients paste are solidified. A... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6033513 | Method of adhesive application using transfer roll A roll transfer coating method for hot melt adhesive comprising a step in which hot melt adhesive supplied from a hot melt adhesive supply apparatus passes through a slotted nozzle with a smoother roll and coats the raised pattern surface of a coating rol... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6010771 | Electrical circuit component formed of a conductive liquid printed directly onto a substrate An article having an electrical circuit component printed directly onto one side of a substrate includes the substrate and an electrical circuit component formed of a conductive liquid printed directly onto one side of the substrate. The electrical compon... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5983970 | Apparatus for applying labels to objects having a helically grooved gluine roller An apparatus for applying labels to bottles or the like comprises at least one moveable gluing palette 7 which coacts with a rotary gluing roller 1 so as to be coated with glue, and which thereafter transfers the glue to a label 17 which is transported by... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5944897 | Paste application and recovery system for IPC termination unit An improved chip termination or application wheel for applying a layer of silver paste to the edge or end of a chip including a wheel that is defined by a broad circumferential surface, for contact with the chip, the surface containing an increased surfac... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5922406 | Coating method and apparatus A coating applicator is provided having a plate cylinder including a cylindrical body about which a coating plate is mounted in sleeve-like fashion. The plate is the type used in the flexographic printing industry, and is made of photosensitive, monomeric... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5908505 | High volume, textured liquid transfer surface In-line printing and coating method achieves high coat weights (e.g, over 0.7 lb./1,000 sq.ft.) characteristic of blister seal operations and/or high gloss and high scuff resistance requirements, substantially without deleterious slinging. A high volume o... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5858093 | Liquid applying member and a tool for manufacturing that member A liquid applying member and a tool are provided. The liquid applying member includes an applying roller which can stably apply an unstabilizing liquid to a transfer paper. The tool is referable for manufacturing the applying roller. A large number of rec... | 01/12/1999 |
