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 |
| 6955310 | Remote control assembly for wood chipper A remote control assembly for an infeed area of a wood chipper includes an infeed mechanism(s) associated with the infeed area of the wood chipper and a control system operatively connected to the infeed mechanism(s). The remote control assembly also includes a rece... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6666242 | Wood planing machine with a height display unit A wood planing machine includes a base, screw rods mounted rotatably on and extending from the base, a cutter carriage mounted movably on the screw rods, and a detecting unit including a light transmitter and a light receiver that cooperates with the ligh... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6578610 | Automatic feller/buncher clamp control A clamp control system for a feller/buncher has three buttons for automating the operation of the harvesting and accumulating clamps. A CLOSE button, when momentarily actuated for the first tree of a bundle, closes the harvesting clamp and the accumulatin... | 06/17/2003 |
