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 |
| 7189020 | Pushbutton controlled correction tape assembly A pushbutton controlled correction tape assembly includes a casing having therein a correction tape assembly having an application head, a pushbutton assembly received in the casing to selectively extend the application head of the correction tape assembly out of th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6905545 | Transfer device Provided is a transfer device capable of maintaining a constant tension of band-shaped ribbon from the start till the end of operation requiring no action by a user. While band-shaped ribbon (F) is being supplied, a feed shaft unit (4) and a feed drive gear (... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6702491 | Film transfer apparatus A film transfer apparatus includes a mechanism which is adapted to prevent a reverse rotation of a take-up reel (8) for a tape. The mechanism is formed of a check claw (29) and reverse rotation preventing teeth (30). The check claw and one of the teeth ar... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6565657 | Hand device for transferring a film from a backing strip to a substrate, with a return lock A hand device for transferring a film, of, for example, adhesive, covering, or colored material, from a backing strip to a substrate. A supply spool and a take-up spool for the backing strip are rotatably mounted in a housing. An applicator tip is arrange... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6558058 | Printer head of a coating tool A coating tool has a printer head capable of securing a smooth traveling of a transfer tape having a correcting paint or a paste applied thereto by preventing adhesion of the transfer tape to the printer head thereby securely transferring and coating the ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6521045 | Clutch mechanism of coat film transfer tool and coat film transfer tool A clutch mechanism having an easy-to-manufacture and inexpensive constitution, by making use of frictional engaging force in thrust direction, in a coat film transfer tool of automatic winding type. At least at the feed reel side, a clutch mechanism is pr... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6500259 | Coat film transfer tape cartridge and coat film transfer tool A refill type coat film transfer tool, specifically a tape cartridge for a coat film transfer type having a support main body of lightweight and simple structure, capable of replacing a coat film transfer tape easily, securely and promptly. The support ma... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6454856 | Structure of winding correction tape in correction tape adhesive A device for winding correction tape in a corrective film dispenser comprising a supplying reel and winding reel arranged between upper and lower cases and a tape guider projected through the front ends of the cases through which a correction tape with a ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6205088 | Thermal graphic pen and method of use A method and apparatus for filling a void in a printed image which has been printed by a thermal transfer printing process employs of a heat-sensitive pigmented material on a foil. A piece of the foil is provided with a dot of the pigmented material havin... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5942036 | Correction tape roller device A correction tape roller device which can be easily refilled is provided. It is difficult to shorten the distance between the first and second shafts in the conventional tape roller device of the prior art thereby causing the prior art device to be of a r... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5785437 | Tape cartridge for coating film transfer tool and coating film transfer tool A tape cartridge detachably attached to a refill type coating film transfer tool that allows replacement of coating film transfer tapes, and formed in a compact size and simple structure using fewer components. The tape cartridge has a compact size and si... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5759270 | Correction tape adhesiver for correcting mistyped letters This invention relates to a correction tape adhesiver for correcting a mistyped letter comprising a rotatable tape guider which may turn its direction according to the gripping posture and/or using direction of the user. Said tape guider is formed separat... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5683189 | Thermal printer with erasing function using thinned heating energy generating patterns A thermal transfer printer with an erasing function for recording data by use of heating energy. Included are a signal generator to generate a signal to instruct the erasure; a heating energy generator; a memory in which generation patterns of heating ene... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5568986 | Printer device A printer device is provided with an erasing portion for erasing recorded items of a medium on which characters or figures have been recorded, and a recording portion for printing or copying the surface of the medium having passed through the erasing port... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5562355 | Serial printing apparatus with sentence memory and display having correcting means A printing apparatus system includes a plurality of type units each having a plurality of type elements and each being different from the others. Each type unit may be mounted in the apparatus. A detector detects which of the type units is so mounted and ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5489158 | Printer system for removable machine readable code A numbering and reading system with record having two-dimensional erasable bar code or a removable label with a two-dimensional bar code is disclosed. The bar code can be PDF417.... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5484214 | Serial printing apparatus including an error correcting capability and having a memory A printing apparatus system includes a plurality of type units each having a plurality of type elements and each being different from the others. Each type unit may be mounted in the apparatus. A detector detects which of the type units is so mounted and ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5430904 | Paint film transfer device An instrument for transferring coating film onto a surface requiring transfer printing. An instrument of this invention for transferring coating film is in such a structure that: a transfer head (4) is composed of a pressing body (4A) having a tape pressi... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5365256 | Recording apparatus with recording medium conveyance control for fixing recorded ink A recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer or bubble jet printer consists of a recording head to record by discharging an ink to a recording paper; a conveying device to convey the recording paper; an instructing device to instruct to convey the rec... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5322376 | Serial printing apparatus including an error correcting capability and having a memory A recording apparatus has a memory for storing information entered from a key input device, whereby the stored information can be used to rapidly and precisely position erasing means at a previously recorded indicium for erasure thereof. The apparatus may... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5269866 | Thermal transfer material and thermal transfer recording method A thermal transfer material comprising at least a support, a first ink layer, a second ink layer, a third ink layer and a fourth ink layer disposed in this order on the support, wherein the first ink layer predominantly comprises a water-soluble polyester... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5269611 | Hammer driving mechanism for printing apparatus A hammer driving mechanism in a printing is arranged to prevent double striking during erasing operations. A controller is provided to control the hammer drive means or a stopper based upon whether an erase command or a print command is received.... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5199805 | Image recording apparatus and ink sheet cassette applicable therein A thermal transfer recording apparatus capable of image recording and image correction using a self-correction ribbon. In image recording the ribbon is lifted off from the recording sheet immediately after heating, while in correction the ribbon is lifted... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5183345 | Two-color shifting device for printing ribbon A feed wheel 10 provided at front and rear sides thereof with an intermittent gear 10b and a notched gear 10d, is formed on one end portion of a cylindrical cam shaft 5 for moving a printer, with a mesh-prevention side 10c left at its center. A switch cam... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5127753 | Printer with area defined and character defined erasing patterns A document processing apparatus comprises an element for editing input character data an element for recording and outputting the input or edited character data, and an element for erasing the recorded and output character data. A plurality of different e... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5090826 | Printing with automatic on page text replacement without changing memory A method of printing with an automatic replacement includes the steps of specifying a memory; setting a sheet of paper on which a character group stored in the memory specified has been printed, to a printer having a carrier; inputting a search text and a... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5082383 | Method of erasing printing of thermal transfer printer The present invention relates to a method of erasing printing by a thermal transfer printer which is capable of erasing printing on paper. A printing area is divided into a plurality of small areas extendedly disposed in the direction in which a carriage ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5044802 | Printing apparatus having an eraser for erasing a printed character A printing apparatus including a print mechanism for printing key-input print information; an eraser for erasing a character or symbol printed on a recording medium with the print mechanism; a first memory for storing the key-input information; a second m... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5039232 | Office machine including a multicolor plotting mechanism A typewriter includes a carriage arranged for reciprocating travel, a receiving arrangement mounted on the carriage, a drive arrangement mounted on the carriage, and a ribbon cartridge receivable in and removable from the receiving arrangement and operati... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5013167 | Bounded word replace function for an electronic typewriter erasing a zone bounded by erroneous characters The typewriter is equipped with the capability to check or verify the spelling of words as they are typed and the typewriter may also upon request from the operator provide candidate words from which the operator may select a word to replace a misspelled ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5010496 | Document processing system There is provided a document processing system having an erasing device to erase the printed characters when a document is made. The system comprises: a memory to store the printed data train such as a word or the like together with end-of word or end-of-... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4995739 | Text editing device for erasing hyphenated words located on two lines In a text editing device, provided is an improved so-called wordout function, a word lying across two lines can be erased at one time with a single key operation. In case that a hyphen is located at the end of the line, it is determined that two divided p... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4995740 | Printing device with spelling check that continues printing after a delay A printing device that detects misspelled words which contains a counter for counting a period of time after a detection of misspelling of the character string executed by a spelling check and a print controller for controlling a print head member so as t... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4993852 | Print head control for subscript and superscript correction Disclosed is a text processing system such as a word processor and an electronic typewriter. The disclosed system comprises memory means for storing character data and shift data indicating a character be printed on a line shifted upward or downward from ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4968371 | Method for removing a marking from a surface Method for removing a marking from a stratum surface involving the steps of superposing a pellucid film including a heat-softenable polymeric material over a marking so that the marking is in contact with the polymeric material and irradiating the marking... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4961660 | Method for correcting mistypes in an electric typewriter A method for correcting mistypes in an electric typewriter, wherein a printing type corresponding to a character to be corrected is struck a plurality of plural times onto a character, with a correction tape intervening between the printing type and the c... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4834566 | Typewriter having means for interruption of automatic erasing operation, and/or automatic suspension thereof at each space between successive words A typewriter having an automatic erasing function, having an erasing device responsive to an erasure-start key, for effecting an erasing operation to successively erase the characters printed by a printing device, and a controller responsive to the erasur... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4831387 | Thermal transfer recording apparatus having erasing function In accordance with a printing data, resistive thermo-generating elements in a thermal head are selectively heated to a relatively high temperature and a heat-fusible solid ink on an ink ribbon is thereby melted and the melted ink is transferred to a print... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4673303 | Offset ink jet postage printing A postage meter utilizing an offset printing roll. A die plate carried by the roll has a first region for receiving thereon fixed information such as the city and state, and a second region for receiving thereon variable information such as the date and p... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4671687 | Eraser of characters etc. An eraser of the present invention comprises a magazine having set therein a carriage means for mounting a freely turning first reel loaded with an erasing ink transfer tape and a second reel for winding up the used erasing ink transfer tape and a head fo... | 06/09/1987 |
