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 |
| 7404708 | System and process for providing at least one opening in dosage forms The present invention relates to apparatus, methods, and processes for making solid dosage forms comprising at least one active ingredient, a core and shell configuration, wherein the shell comprises a hardenable material, such as a thermal-gelling polymer, for exam... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7359764 | On-line/off-line scoring bridge A scoring bridge includes a plurality of moveable mounted carriages. The carriages each have a rotor, and the bridge has a linear stator to move the carriages. The position of a carriage designated as a reference carriage is recorded as it moves past a motion detect... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7335412 | Pile weatherstripping dust plugs Block seals of pile weatherstripping (6), which may be inserted in doorjambs or window sash and are sometimes called dust plugs (15), are provided by hinged segments (16-21) of a continuous length of pile weatherstripping folded against e... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7200940 | Tool for surface burring A tool for burring the surface of a material. The tool has two sets of oppositely facing toothed blades which are made to move towards each other when the tool is pressed against a surface. Each tooth planes a shallow groove into the surface which results in hook-li... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168364 | Method and apparatus for marking workpieces A method and an apparatus are provided for marking a sheet-shaped workpiece using a marking tool. The marking tool is mounted in a punch holder of a punch press and a counter-support is fixed in place on a side opposite of a marking surface of the workpiece to be ma... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7140288 | Device for shaping a food product A method and cutting device makes incisions in an elongated food product, like a hot dog or sausage, to form a pattern or character after the product is cooked. One form of the cutter includes a hinged housing into which the food product is positioned. The housing i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6910256 | Continuous cable processing apparatus A continuous cable processing apparatus for producing cable sections with processed ends comprises a cable transport apparatus having at least one transport device for moving and holding the cable in the axial direction and, transversely thereto, a knife station. Ac... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6886443 | Apparatus and method for making a tampon applicator There is provided a tampon applicator apparatus and method for creating and scoring petals or petal tips of the tampon applicator. The apparatus has a holding element for the tampon applicator, a score device for forming a score line at the base of the petals, and t... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6817276 | Apparatus for forming bridges in tamper-indicating closures A tamper indicating closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread adapted to engage the threads of a container wherein a tamper indicating band is provided on the skirt by a plurality of circumferentially spaced bridges. The band in... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6799737 | Disc scratcher A burn side of a compact disc is maintained in contact with edges of triplet blades while the disc is moved relative to the blades. In one embodiment, the disc is manually moved into and out of an enclosure where the blades scratch the burn side. In another embodime... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6792842 | Pin kit for V-cutter A V-cutter for use in manufacturing a light guide panel of the backlight unit in liquid crystal display (LCD), and more specifically, a kit with a plurality of pins for the V-cutter is disclosed. The pin kit may be used to form a plurality of V-shaped grooves spaced... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6631662 | Apparatus for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers are disclosed comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities,... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6578458 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities, can dice wafe... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6427676 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities, can dice wafe... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401580 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities, can dice wafe... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6279563 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers are disclosed comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities,... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6250192 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers are disclosed comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities,... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6196096 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities, can dice wafe... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6155247 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities, can dice wafe... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6119675 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities, can dice wafe... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6006739 | Method for sawing wafers employing multiple indexing techniques for multiple die dimensions A semiconductor wafer saw and method of using the same for dicing semiconductor wafers comprising a wafer saw including variable lateral indexing capabilities and multiple blades. The wafer saw, because of its variable indexing capabilities, can dice wafe... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5927175 | Stationary and indexable cutter A cutting device for cutting elongate flat-walled tubular stock into preselected lengths which cutting device includes opposed circular cutting blades that are laterally movable to effect a transverse cut across the tubing. The cutting blades are rotatabl... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5743164 | Automatic reconfigurable die An automatic reconfigurable die having an array of knives, each of which is separately pivoted and extended along and about a respective longitudinal axis, to allow a desired contour to be scored and cut from a sheet material, according to a real time com... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5740717 | Blister package scoring machine In contrast to typical machines though, the present invention discloses a device which allows the plate to "float" within the mechanism, so that any inaccuracies in dimensional tolerances between plate and knife are absorbed in a damping of the plate or b... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5659961 | Cutting tool to perform cutting operations on board material A cutting tool for sheet material such as plasterboard, plywood, plastic, masonite or metal comprising two portions which are aligned and secured by magnetic attraction, such as permanent magnets or electro-magnetic devices. Each portion includes a cutter... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5600892 | Dual side drywall panel cutter A cutter for simultaneously severing opposed sides of a drywall panel. The inventive device includes a guide assembly for sliding along an exposed edge of a drywall panel. Support columns project from the guide assembly for positioning along respectively ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5598760 | EOP scribe device The described embodiment of an edge-of-part (EOP) scribe device is operative to simultaneously scribe opposed trim lines in an oversized, cured leading-edge sheath mounted on a sheath mold assembly. The EOP scribe device includes a primary carriage assemb... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5564319 | Apparatus for forming bridges in tamper indicating closures A tamper indicating closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread adapted to engage the threads of a container wherein a tamper indicating band is provided on the skirt by a plurality of circumferentially spaced bridges. ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5010797 | Arrangement for cutting and/or stripping apparatuses The invention relates to an arrangement of a plurality of holding, centering or knife jaws (7, 18) for cutting and/or stripping apparatuses for rod-like or cable-like articles (22). The jaws (7, 18) are each displaceable or pivotable in a certain directio... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4951539 | Apparatus for cutting duct board and the like An apparatus which cuts grooves in duct board panel is provided which includes a cutting head assembly which travels transversely across the apparatus on a cross track which is mounted to travel along the length of the apparatus. The cross track is positi... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4905558 | Apparatus for cutting slits in flexible plastics sheeting The invention relates to apparatus for cutting a series of spaced-apart continuous linear slits in a sheet of flexible plastics material, for example in the manufacture of an ajustable width blind. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a feed roller fo... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4736661 | Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus for cutting material into a desired shape has a first travelling member and a second travelling member which are arranged on a holding stand, on which the material to be cut is placed, and which approach and separate from each other. A... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4711147 | Device for scoring workpieces A device for scoring workpieces, in particular, laminated panels, which are to be split up subsequently by a circular saw along the scored track, comprises a scoring head arranged in the direction of operation forwardly of the circular saw, and two scorin... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4601693 | Apparatus for crimping a moving web Apparatus for crimping of a moving web is provided, the web having a plurality of holes formed therethrough along a line defined thereon in the direction of movement of the web, each of the holes being separated from a preceding hole by a substantial unif... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4513649 | Cutting vitrous sheet corners Apparatus for forming arcuate corners on a vitreous sheet, the apparatus including a support for a vitreous sheet, a pair of carriages mounted above the support for relative movement so that the spacing between the carriages can be adjusted, a pair of sco... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4457199 | Method for cutting slits in flexible plastics sheeting The invention relates to apparatus and a method for cutting a series of spaced-apart continuous linear slits in a sheet of flexible plastics material, for example in the manufacture of an adjustable width window blind. In one embodiment the apparatus incl... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4422630 | Blade holder and method of using the same A crimp blade holder for attachment to a rotatable shaft for removably mounting a plurality of crimp blades includes a body in which first and second cylinder portions are joined together at an end face of each, such that the portions are disposed along a... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4170159 | Linear positioning apparatus A movable carriage which is connected to a smooth actuating rod for movement therewith to a desired position where it is locked to a fixed bridge permitting the actuating rod to move with respect thereto. The movable carriage or head is clamped to the act... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4104939 | Force applying device for scoring wheels A device for applying a constant force to a glass scoring wheel includes a pivotally mounted L-shaped lever arm having the scoring wheel rotatably mounted at one end of the horizontal member and an adjustable vertical member. A constant force coil spring ... | 08/08/1978 |
