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 |
| 7276570 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of anionic moieties attached thereto. These co... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265195 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of cationic moieties attached thereto. These c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256249 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. The compositions comprise at least one regioselective polyisocyanate having an asymmetric structure and comprising at least a first NCO group and a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253242 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable materials are presently disclosed. The materials have a rebound height percentage of greater than 60% and are formed from compositions comprising at least one resilient polyamine polydiene and/or ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253245 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7157545 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138477 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138475 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise at least one amine-terminated polyamide and at least one isocyanate-containing prepolymer. These elastomer com... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138476 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one fatty compound chosen from fatty polyamines and fatty polyamine telechelics. These elastomer compositions c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7115703 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise reaction products of polyacids and polyamines. The polyacid is chosen from polymerized fatty polyacids and polyacid telechelics. T... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105623 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise at least one poly(urethane-co-urea) prepolymer and at least one curative. These elastomer compositions can be ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105628 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101951 | Compositions for golf equipment A golf ball comprising at least one thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable material formed from a composition comprising at least one telechelic polycarbonate having a generic structure of: where R1... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098274 | Compositions for golf equipment A golf ball comprising at least one thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable material formed from a composition comprising at least one telechelic polycarbonate copolymer formed from at least one polyol telechelic and at least one carbonate-forming compound; | 08/29/2006 |
| 6962961 | S,S′-BIS-(α, α′-DISUBSTITUTED-α-ACETIC ACID)-TRITHIOCARBONATES AND DERIVATIVES AS INITIATOR-CHAIN TRANSFER AGENT-TERMINATOR FOR CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATIONS AND THE PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME A s,s′-bis-(α, α′-disubstituted-α″-acetic acid)-trithiocarbonate and derivatives thereof can be used as an initiator, chain transfer agent, or terminator for polymerization of monomers such as free radical polymerizable monomers. Homopolymers, copolymers, a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6770679 | Compounds from epoxidised nitriles, process for their production and use as cleaning agents The present invention relates to nonionic compounds of the polyoxymethylene type that are low-foaming and can be used as surfactants, especially in cleaning compositions at an alkaline pH. They are obtained from unsaturated nitriles, that have been epoxidized with e... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6013826 | Method formation of a carbon-carbon bond A method for an addition reaction with the formation of an additional carbon--carbon bond comprising reacting an -halogeno carboxylic acid derivative with an alkene in the presence of a catalyst shown by the general formula (1): ##STR1## ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 4804775 | Process for reducing residual monomers in low viscosity polymer-polyols An improved process is provided for preparing stable low viscosity polymer-polyols containing less than about 100 ppm residual monomers by using a monoperoxycarbonate initiator in combination with at least one initiator selected from diperoxyketals and pe... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4667050 | Preparation of pyrethroid precursors Substituted vinylcyclopropane carboxylates, useful precursors to pyrethroid insecticides, are prepared by noble metal catalyzed addition of 1-methyl-3-buten-2-yl or 4-methyl-3-penten-1-yl carbonates or carboxylic acid esters to malonic acid diesters, alky... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4547323 | Synthesis of 2,2-dimethyl-4-methyleneglutaric acid and derivatives The process comprises dimerizing methacrylic acid derivatives in the presence of an organic Co(II) glyoxime to produce 2,2-dimethyl-4-methyleneglutaric acid and/or derivatives thereof. Methacrylic acid derivatives include methacrylic acid or derivatives o... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4529558 | Heat curable solventless liquid prepolymer A heat curable, solventless liquid prepolymer formed from an N-(R-oxymethyl) acrylamide; a rubber monomer such as isoprene, butadiene or alkyl esters of acrylic acid; and a nitrile monomer such as acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile. The prepolymer is form... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4459238 | N-Arylthiolcarbamates, herbicides containing them, and processes for combating the growth of unwanted plants with these compounds N-Arylthiolcarbamates for the formula ##STR1## where R denotes methyl or ethyl, X denotes halogen, Y denotes alkyl, haloalkyl of at least 2 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy or halomethoxy, and n denotes one of the integers 1 and 2, herbi... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4246189 | Process for the production of hydroxynitriles from epoxides and ketone cyanohydrins Aliphatic, cycloaliphatic and aromatic epoxides are reacted with ketone cyanohydrins of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are aliphatic groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms at 20° to 150° C. to produce hydroxynitriles. The react... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4217290 | Process for preparing bifunctional aliphatic organic compounds This invention consists of a process for preparing bifunctional aliphatic organic compounds of at least 6 carbon atoms, wherein a cycloaliphatic oxyhydroperoxide is reacted with an alpha-olefine having its double bond activated by a conjugate electron-att... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4031124 | Cyanoperfluoroether acid fluorides and their preparation Disclosed herein are cyanoperfluoro(vinyl ethers), intermediate acid fluorides; a process for preparing the acid fluorides, and a process for preparing the vinyl ethers from acid fluoride and an alkali-metal carbonate. Also disclosed are copolymers incorp... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4009195 | Processes of preparing oligomers This invention relates to novel oligomers of 1-alkenes and derivatives of acrylic acids, to methods of making the oligomers, and to compositions which comprise the oligomers.... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3965140 | Process for the preparation of hydroxyl-terminated liquid polymers A process for the preparation of hydroxyl-terminated liquid polymers by polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a mixture thereof with a vinyl monomer using hydrogen peroxide as a radical initiator in the presence of a member selected from the halogen-... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3957883 | Process for oxidizing organic compounds to peroxides Process for producing oxygenated organic compound comprising continuously flowing into and admixing in a reaction chamber at least two separate streams comprising reactive fluorine in the form of fluorine or a fluorine compound readily decomposable into f... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3946065 | Production of cyclopentane derivatives Cyclopentane derivatives of the formula ##SPC1## Wherein R1 is a group of the formula in which X is a carboxyl group or its homologue, a halogen atom or a hydroxyl group and n is an integer of from 1 to 7; Y1 is a formyl group of a c... | 03/23/1976 |
