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 |
| 7435470 | Indicator panel for instrument and method of manufacturing the same An indicator panel for an instrument includes a translucent resin substrate having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and a design film on the first face of the substrate. The design film includes a translucent portion through which a light f... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435471 | Indicator panel and method of manufacturing the same An indicator panel is shaped by thermoforming an indicator panel. The indicator panel includes a resin substrate and an inkjet design film on the substrate. The design film is formed by printing a UV hardening ink in an inkjet printing, and hardening. A crack and a ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 6965734 | Electronic equipment and camera Pawls are formed on an outer peripheral portion of an operation dial at intervals equal to step rotating angles of the operation dial so that a user's finger nail can be placed on one of the pawls to rotate the dial. When the finger nail is placed on one of the pawl... | 11/15/2005 |
| 5964514 | Illuminating instrument panel gauge with indicator and graphics An illuminating instrument panel gauge has a movable indicator, a front side for positioning toward a viewer and a back side for positioning away from the viewer. The gauge includes a light source, a subdial surface in front of the light source, a transpa... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5444227 | Heater apparatus for use in a liquid environment An improved heater and control apparatus (10) suitable for maintaining a proper temperature in a liquid environment such as an aquarium (12) is provided. The apparatus (10) includes a heater element (26) housed within a protective casing (28) to reduce th... | 08/22/1995 |
