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 |
| 7251971 | Method for regulating the temperature of strip metal The invention relates to a method for controlling or regulating the temperature of a metal strip in a cooling path of a hot rolling system. A desired temperature gradient is compared to an actual temperature gradient in order to determine adjusting signals for the c... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7197802 | Control method for a finishing train and a finishing train According to a method, initial temperatures (T1) of strip points (101) are detected when the hot-rolled strip (6) is fed to the production line. The strip points (101) are monitored on their way through the production line. The hot-rolled... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6223573 | Method for precision temperature controlled hot forming Methods and apparatus for operating a press, such as a forge or trim press, are directed at activating a ram in a press having a lower die and an upper die connected to a ram by heating a workpiece to a first temperature above an impact temperature. The w... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6079245 | Device and method for straightening out damaged metal and plastic elements The invention concerns a device and a method for straightening out damaged metal and plastic elements. The device for straightening out a deformed element is characterized in that it comprises means for exerting pressure (3) on the deformed element (2), m... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5787747 | Process and apparatus for making in-situ-formed multifilamentary composites Methods and apparatus are disclosed for maximizing the strength and deformability of dimensionally-reduced in-situ-formed composites. According the invention, the temperature of the composite is maintained at less than its recrystallization temperature as... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5713233 | Vane adjustment machine The present invention is a vane adjustment machine for adjusting contoured vanes on a vane ring. The vane adjustment machine has a support structure with a bench top and a free-floating suspension. The bench top supporting a programmable rotary table whic... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5306365 | Apparatus and method for tapered heating of metal billet Apparatus and process are disclosed for providing, and continuously monitoring and controlling, a tapered temperature profile in solid metal first heated to a specified initial temperature. Temperatures are monitored at a plurality of locations along the ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4686844 | Method of bending a thick metal tube, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for bending thick metal tubes is disclosed and is characterized in that thermal insulation is disposed inside the heated zone of the tube being bent, and that the thickness of said thermal insulation is great enough to considerably ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4675826 | Temperature control system A temperature control system (50) for use in a furnace (10) for heating metal logs (13) as the logs (13) move through a furnace heating chamber (12) includes thermocouples (52a-52e) adapted to sense log temperatures by direct contact during intermittent t... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4573336 | Method and apparatus for wire drawing For continuously drawing wire the temperature of the wire at each die is measured and the drawing speed is adjusted so the hottest running one of the dies is just below an overheated temperature.... | 03/04/1986 |
