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 |
| 5370056 | Safety explosion-sound type bullet for toy gun This invention relates to a safety explosion-sound generating type of bullet for a toy gun, and more particularly one having a cavity formed in a plastic body filled with a material which can produce an explosion-sound effect by collision with a hard obje... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5054397 | Parachute ejection and recovery system for rockets Parachute ejection and recovery system for rockets which protects and permits recovery of the entire rocket after launch including means for cooling ejection gases, means for directing the cooler ejection gases for using in ejection, the nose cone and par... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4052940 | Method and article of manufacture of a pyrotechnic device A firecracker being constructed of minimal quantities of exothermic composition having maximal audible detonating effect which is achieved through the balanced relationship between burst strength of casing, its sealing of plugs, and the charge, resulting ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4005657 | Pyrotechnic noisemaker A pyrotechnic toy noisemaker detonates an explosive charge on impact without hazards of burning or shrapnel. A container with constricted outlet retains solid particles and releases gaseous products.... | 02/01/1977 |
