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 |
| 7481884 | Powder coating apparatus and method of powder coating using an electromagnetic brush Apparatus and methods for applying powder coatings to a substrate either directly or by intermediate transfer using a magnetic brush developer. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7435299 | Method and apparatus for coating skin piercing microprojections An apparatus and method are provided for selectively applying an agent-containing liquid coating to extremely tiny skin piercing microprojections (10). The coating solution is applied to the skin piercing microprojections (10) using a coating technique... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7393415 | Method and apparatus for applying coating liquid to cylindrical substrate and method for producing electrophotographic photoreceptor and electrophotographic photoreceptor produced by the production method To suppress generation of a joint when detaching an applicator roll and cylindrical substrate from each other in a simple control to form a coating film having a uniform thickness efficiently on the cylindrical substrate is provided. A coating liquid is supplied fro... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7306744 | Method of manufacturing a nozzle plate A method of manufacturing a nozzle plate 2 is disclosed. The nozzle plate 2 has a plurality of nozzle openings 22 through each of which a droplet is adapted to be ejected. The method includes the steps of: preparing a processing substrate (silic... | 12/11/2007 |
| 6722645 | Automatic machine for the continuous binding of books and brochures A machine for the continuous binding of books and booklets, includes clamps mounted on a chain for the transport of groups of sheets to be bound along various stations. Each clamp is provided with a manual opening mechanism. A sheet levelling device includes two par... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6221158 | Apparatus and method for intermittently coating a tape A header tape for a curtain or the like comprises loop regions for use with a hook and loop fastener. The loop regions cause the header tape to be thicker in these regions. The loops of the loop regions will be pulled out under constant use unless the bac... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5779854 | Adhesive application device An adhesive application device includes an adhesive chamber for containing adhesive, an adhesive roll which dips partially into the adhesive, and an adhesive application roll or block roll for applying glue onto a workpiece guided past the block roll by a... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5339658 | Yarn dyeing apparatus A method and apparatus for space dyeing a plurality of strands of yarns which are fed over a series of dye applicator rolls. Each roll is rotated in a partly submerged condition in a dye pan containing a different color. Above and offset relative to each ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5318631 | Pressure control device for a pressure roller A pressure control device for controlling the application of pressure provided by a pressure roller to a pressing object, which includes a support member for pivotally supporting the pressure roller, a locking member coupled with the support member, an ec... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5043189 | Method and apparatus for placing a code on textile webs A method and an apparatus for applying a code to textile webs in the form of detectable dots of iron-containing paste. The moving textile web (1) is passed over an iron-containing paste (3) placed on a movable support (2). A series of dots is formed on th... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4747365 | Toilet roll dispenser A toilet roll dispenser, comprising a holder for a toilet roll, a medicament reservoir, and means operable selectively to apply medicament to a part of a surface of a toilet roll as it is dispensed.... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4737378 | Roll coater control method and roll coater Prior to starting, the size of a clearance, defined on a second end side of a roll when an end of a coating roll is brought into contact with a first end side of a doctor or back-up roll, is measured and stored as data in a memory. After starting, the amo... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4736703 | Device for applying adhesive material to sheets of wrapping material A device for applying adhesive material to card blanks in a packeting machine, comprising a gumming roller and a pressing roller which are substantially mutually tangential and between which the blanks are led in succession to receive traces of adhesive m... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4665860 | Apparatus for automatically humidifying the bead of tires made of rubber with a humidifying agent An apparatus for automatically humidifying the beads of tires made of rubber with a humidifying agent has a conveyor for retaining and centering a tire received horizontally. An upright humidifying roller is supplied by an applicator with humidifying agen... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4616592 | Receiving belt blowback arrangement A powder reinforcing machine for the manufacture of stiffening or reinforcing articles applyable to shoe uppers or articles of clothing or the like, for reinforcing, stiffening or even decorating thereof. The machine utilizes an annular rotating belt supp... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4594962 | Apparatus for spreading glue onto sheet-like blanks In spreading glue onto blanks for the manufacture of packs, it is necessary to ensure that the metered amounts of glue spread onto the glue spots are neither too large nor too small. There is therefore a need to provide a glue transfer which is precise in... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4530306 | Coating device for plates A device which provides an economical means for coating offset plates on one side with a solvent based coating. An offset plate is advanced along a feed table by a suction belt toward a roller assembly consisting of a fountain roller, a metering roller, a... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4497274 | Apparatus for spreading glue onto sheet-like blanks In spreading glue onto blanks for the manufacture of packs, it is necessary to ensure that the metered amounts of glue spread onto the glue spots are neither too large nor too small. There is therefore a need to provide a glue transfer which is precise in... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4442791 | Adhesive compound coating apparatus An adhesive compound coating apparatus for coating an adhesive compound on leading and trailing beveled end faces of a rubber strip material, comprising: a conveyor unit for conveying the strip material in its longitudinal direction; a coating roller disp... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4386998 | Adhesive applicator and method for cigarette-to-filter adhesion and similar applications This disclosure is concerned with enabling the use of multiple liquid adhesive nozzles principally to provide continuous uniform adhesive layers, particularly in relatively small items such as cigarette filter tips or the like, wherein a critically orient... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4339481 | Process and apparatus for applying liquid to web material A process for applying exactly metered small quantities of liquid to web material, such as textile. The web material is passed through the nip of a pair of rollers. One of the rollers is provided with a film of liquid by means of an applicator roller whic... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4277301 | Wide-band and continuous line adhesive applicator for cigarette filter attachment and the like This disclosure involves periodically bumping webs such as a cigarette filter paper or the like against a shear surface disposed beyond a multi-nozzle adhesive extruder to provide longitudinally intermittent bands of adhesive coatings for the filters or t... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4262626 | Gluer lockdown The shaft of a lockdown assembly is supported at its ends in the side sections of the stationary frame of a glue applicator. Lockdown legs are mounted to the shaft at each end of the shaft and extend parallel to each other from the shaft toward engagement... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4208956 | Glue transfer apparatus for cigarette filters A filter is formed by placing increments of glue in spaced apart relation on a moving stream of plug wrap paper and thereafter depositing alternating fibrous filter sections on the glue increments. Particulate material is then deposited between the fibrou... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4173199 | Apparatus for reinforcing a fabric by applying a fluid reinforcing material thereto A method and apparatus for reinforcing a fabric, wherein a grooved printing member prints on the fabric a strongly directional pattern of lines of fluid reinforcing material having a Brookfield viscosity of from 10,000 to 25,000 centipoise, the reinforcin... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4046099 | Apparatus for sizing a yarn sheet Sizing of a yarn sheet is practiced without direct immersion into a size bath through running pressure contact of same with a rotary sizing roller while the process is so automatically controlled that, at starting of the sizing operation, the drive for ru... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4020194 | Process for discontinuous coating of a web by periodic deflection thereof against a fluid coating Novel fluid application processes and apparatus wherein fluid extruded through a nozzle is wiped off the nozzle at various angles of attack by periodically forcing a moving sheet, web, or other article against the nozzle in a controlled manner as the same... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4006704 | Straight line gluer A gluing machine employs substantially linear conveying motion and has easily installed change parts, which adapt the machine to handle thin paper or relatively heavy cardboard. A vacuum head with compound motion delivers a sheet of cardboard or paper fro... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3991708 | Gravure-type adhesive applicator An adhesive applicator of the gravure-type is provided for continuously applying spots of adhesive onto a travelling web with the use of a roller of the intaglio type. A filling device having a spring loaded shoe element bearing against the roller fills t... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3969742 | Automatic engagement and metering adjustment controls for metering blade device The mechanism of this invention deals with a series of gears for sequentially moving and controlling a pair of blade-like members associated with a liquid applicator roller, one of said blades serving to wipe excess liquid from the surface of the roller, ... | 07/13/1976 |
