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 |
| 6913293 | Spiral spline pipe joint apparatus and method A pipe joint apparatus and method using spiral groove halves formed on the nested surfaces of male and female pipe ends. The exterior half of the spiral groove is connected to an exit port. The interior half of the spiral groove has a proximal end recessed from edge... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6858046 | Emulsified water-blended fuel compositions This invention relates to an emulsified water-blended fuel composition comprising: (A) a hydrocarbon boiling in the gasoline or diesel range; (B) water; (C) a minor emulsifying amount of at least one fuel-soluble salt made by reacting (C)(I) at least one acylating a... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6648929 | Emulsified water-blended fuel compositions This invention relates to an emulsified water-blended fuel composition comprising: (A) a hydrocarbon boiling in the gasoline or diesel range; (B) water; (C) a minor emulsifying amount of at least one fuel-soluble salt made by reacting (C)(I) at least one ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6051039 | Diesel fuel compositions This invention relates to a diesel fuel composition containing an additive composition made by admixing at least two components: A) at least one dicarboxylic acid having about 8 to about 500 carbon atoms or a reactive equivalent thereof; and B) at least o... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5264005 | Two-cycle lubricants and methods of using the same This invention relates to a two-cycle engine lubricant composition, comprising (A) at least one dispersant, (B) at least one reaction product of a fatty acid and a polyamine, and (C) at least about 25% by weight of the composition of at least one varnish ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5160350 | Fuel compositions This invention describes a water fix for an alcohol containing gasoline which has been formulated with a lead replacement.... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5152807 | Fuel oil compositions containing guanidinium salts Sediment and color formation in diesel and heating fuel oils, especially those comprising a cracked fraction, may be reduced by incorporating in the fuel oil a guanidinium or substituted guanidinium salt.... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4659338 | Fuel compositions for lessening valve seat recession A fuel composition for internal combustion engines, and more particularly, a fuel composition for internal combustion engines containing less than about 0.5 gram of lead per liter of fuel is described. The fuel composition comprises a major amount of a li... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4581039 | Diamine carboxylates and lubricant and fuel compositions containing same N-Hydrocarbyl hydrocarbylenediamine carboxylates, which can be made by the reaction of the appropriate diamine and organic monocarboxylic acid, demonstrate friction reducing properties when formulated into lubricants, particularly lubricating oils, and fu... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4552569 | N-Hydrocarbylhydrocarbylenediamine carboxylate and lubricants containing same Amide carboxylate salts of certain diamines are provided. These compounds give excellent results when tested in lubricants as, among other things, friction reducing additives.... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4525174 | Method and fuel composition for control of octane requirement increase The control of the octane requirement increase phenomenon in a spark ignition, internal combustion engine is achieved by continuously or intermittently introducing with the combustion charge a fuel composition containing (a) an oil-soluble iron compound, ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4125383 | Ashless fuel detergent additives A long chain monocarboxylic acid, a polyamine, and an isocyanate containing about 12 to 18 carbon atoms are reacted to provide compounds which are suitable as ashless detergent additives. Optionally, these compounds can be further reacted with hydrocarbyl... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4071327 | Salts of Mannich bases and derivatives thereof Novel compositions, useful as additives for normally liquid fuels to impart dispersancy, anti-icing and rust inhibiting properties thereto, comprise salts of amines prepared by the Mannich reaction between a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound, usually ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 3996024 | Fuel composition Monocarboxylic acid salts of hydrocarbyl amines are provided, which function as rust inhibitory and dispersant hydrocarbon fuel additives, wherein the hydrocarbyl substituent contains from 30 to about 300 carbon atoms.... | 12/07/1976 |
