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 |
| 8057626 | Process and system for making noise absorber carpet and a noise absorber carpet made therefrom A process for making a noise absorber carpet including a fabric layer portion and a resinous backing layer portion including the substantially concurrent steps of continuously feeding a softened resinous backing material from a backing resin feeder onto a backing ro... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8038825 | Fibre strip application heads The invention relates to improvements in fiber strip application heads for applying fiber strips (4) that are supplied with a support and protection paper (5), the fiber strip (4) to be applied being supplied with the immediate separation of the... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7942997 | High resolution inkjet printer A method of manufacturing a printhead for an inkjet print cartridge includes depositing a metal film on a mandrel; separating the metal film from the mandrel, mounting the metal film to a work holder, modifying the metal film while the metal film remains mounted on ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7918959 | Method for the production of a diaper The disclosure relates to a method for the production of a diaper having a main part comprising a front region, a back region, and a crotch region located there between that comes to rest between the user's legs in the longitudinal direction, and side sections attac... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914639 | Partial encapsulation of stents A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7799164 | Flocked articles having noncompatible insert and porous film The present invention is directed to flocked articles comprising a metallized film and methods of manufacturing such articles. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7776175 | Method of sealing a face of a MST device A method of sealing an attachment face of a MST device to a mounting surface on a support member, the attachment face having an aperture connected to a first fluid conduit, the attachment face having a second aperture connected to a second conduit, the method compri... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7736458 | Method of attaching fluidic MST devices to a support member A method of attaching a MST device to a support member with an adhesive film, the MST device having an attachment face and a first fluid conduit connected to a first aperture in the attachment face; the support member having a moun... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7718028 | Fluid filled unit formation process A process for forming fluid filled units is disclosed. In the process, a web having a series of side connected pouches are fed to an inflation station. The pouches are connected by a line of perforations. First perforations of the line of perforations that extend fr... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713370 | Clothing ventilation device allowing the human body to breathe, and method for producing the device A ventilation device to be applied to items of clothing, which includes an assembly with through holes, which is composed of a band of material that is at least partially transparent and impermeable and is configured to be arranged externally. A layer is provided to... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7674345 | Adhesive articles with discontinuities and methods of making the same A method of introducing discontinuities to an adhesive coated region of a substrate is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a web having upper and lower edges; (b) excising a portion of the web creating open sections interposed between retained s... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7443021 | Electronic component packaging structure and method for producing the same An electronic component packaging structure, includes: circuit boards each having a wiring at least on a surface thereof; and an electronic component package secured between the circuit boards. The electronic component package includes at least one electronic compon... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7381286 | Laminate sheet material punching method and optical disk manufacturing method A laminate sheet material punching method, in which a part of a cover sheet is punched from a laminate sheet material including the cover sheet which has an adhesive film formed at one surface thereof and is adhered to a recording side of a disk substrate of an opti... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378044 | Method for manufacturing wood-based composite panel having foil overlay The present invention provides a product that includes (a) a wood-based composite panel having a pair of outer surfaces; and (b) a radiant barrier material having a pair of outer surfaces, wherein at least a portion of an outer surface of the radiant barrier materia... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357422 | Label A label having information carriers provided with an imprint, with each semantically identical and provided in different languages and which are joined to one another as pages of a booklet by means of an adhesive binding. The transparent covering is placed on top of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354211 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of print media having a front side and a back side includes a printhead carriage for carrying a printhead. A perforator carriage carries a perforation forming mechanism. An isolation damper having elastic, vibration absorbing, ch... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347914 | Method for producing an article having an elastic bonded between two webs A method for producing an article of the present invention includes: a supply step of supplying a first web; a first bonding step of bonding the first web and an elastic together; a placement step of placing a second web so as to sandwich the elastic between the fir... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348183 | Self-contained microelectrochemical bioassay platforms and methods Methods and devices for improved chemical and biomass detection assays combined well defined microstructures having independently addressable electrodes with various surface immobilization electrochemical assays. Combining known chemical detection immobilization ass... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341085 | Station for applying segments of openable/reclosable strip on a plastic film web destined to form bags A station for the application of segments of openable/reclosable strip on a plastic film web destined to form bags, includes a device for sealing segments of strip at intervals on the film and a device for punching predefined zones of film. The punching device and t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343357 | System and method for printing multiple postage indicia A system and method for printing multiple postage indicia, such as an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a document or label is described. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a custo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334323 | Method of making mutilayered circuitized substrate assembly having sintered paste connections A method of making a circuitized substrate which includes a high temperature dielectric material in combination with a low temperature conductive paste, the paste including an organic binder component and at least one metallic component. The flakes of the metallic c... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332208 | Card The invention relates to a card having a card base body (20) and a plastic layer (30) joined thereto. According to the invention, the delimiting edge(s) of the plastic layer (30) is/are set back from the card edge(s) and comprise(s) projections ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330354 | Mobile terminal device and method for radiating heat therefrom In a mobile terminal device, at least one heat conduction layer formed of a member, such as copper, aluminum or carbon, being excellent in heat conductivity is provided inside a circuit board on which electronic components are mounted. The heat generated in the elec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328913 | Low risk deployment passenger airbag system A passenger airbag system is designed for an automotive vehicle with a passenger compartment, a windshield and an instrument panel disposed between the passenger compartment and the windshield. The instrument panel has a top portion with a surface which is more hori... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326309 | Method of producing ceramic laminate body This invention provides a method of producing a ceramic laminate body capable of suppressing the occurrence of de-lamination and cracks, and providing high reliability. This method comprises a heat-bonding step of covering a full periphery of side surfaces of cerami... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326314 | Method of making a nonwoven absorbent fabric The present invention is directed to a low-linting laminated nonwoven fabric comprised of a reticulated film layer and an associated absorbent layer, which is suitable for medical, hygiene, and industrial applications, wherein said nonwoven fabric performs to absorb... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325652 | Bumper/muffler assembly A bumper/muffler assembly is provided comprising a bumper; and a muffler having an outer shell. The outer shell may be formed from a non-high impact resistant material, such as a thin metal or a composite material. The muffler may comprise a separate element from th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323072 | Multi-roll bonding and aperturing A method and apparatus for bonding and aperturing one or more fibrous webs including bonding at least one fibrous web in a bonding nip created by a rotatable bonding roll and a rotatable anvil roll and aperturing the at least one fibrous web in an aperturing nip cre... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320738 | Method for encapsulation of a chip card and module obtained thus Method for conditioning of an electronic microcircuit designed for the production of an electronic module which can be glued by means of a simple glue or by soldering. For this purpose the microchip has a geometric shape compatible with a recess in a card provided t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318875 | System and method for manufacturing a publication A method of manufacturing a publication including uniting a printed paper web with a printed film web to form a combined web, forming at least one signature sheet from the combined web, and folding the signature sheet to form a signature, wherein the signature compr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317134 | Medical adhesive dressing Medical adhesive dressings are disclosed having handle members adhered to polymeric film layers by a layer of adhesive which adheres firmly to the polymeric film layer, but does not adhere to skin or to the silicone coated surface of a release liner. A portion of th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316939 | Semiconductor device manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided including: providing a reinforcing member on one surface of a wiring substrate that has a first region where a semiconductor chip is mounted and a second region around the first region, and has terminals ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313245 | Intracanal cap for canal hearing devices An acoustically permeative intracanal cap is adapted to be worn semi-permanently deep in the ear canal for shielding a hearing device positioned deeper within the ear canal against moisture and debris infiltration. The intracanal cap conforms circumferentially to th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313001 | Electrical switch having a mount for an electrical circuit The invention relates to an electrical circuit arrangement (3) having electrical and/or electronic components (4). The components (4) are arranged on a mount substrate (5). The conductor tracks (6) for electrical connection of the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309397 | Process for the manufacture of piezoceramic multilayer actuators A block of stacked green films provided with internal electrodes is laminated, at least one actuator is separated from the block, the actuator obtains its shape by means of a machining operation, is then sintered, and the sinter skin produced by the sintering is use... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303642 | Methods of making responsive film with corrugated microlayers having improved properties A multi-microlayer thermoplastic film structure and methods of making the same. More specifically, this invention relates to a multi-microlayer film having a corrugated polymer layer and a thermoplastic elastomer layer. Filler materials may be included in either the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292448 | Circuit substrate A circuit substrate includes a first rigid substrate having a plurality of land portions located at a predetermined interval on one surface, a second rigid substrate having a plurality of second land portions located at a predetermined interval on one surface and a ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288162 | Process for making a garment including an absorbent assembly A process for making a garment that can include an absorbent assembly is disclosed. The process includes transporting a garment shell web in a machine direction. Portions of the web may be removed to provide an opening, and an absorbent assembly may be disposed on t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287489 | Pet deterrent device A pet deterrent device is herein disclosed wherein common household pets may be trained away from the negative habit of chewing on various household items. The pet deterrent device generally comprises an absorbent substrate having a non-toxic, foul tasting substance... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282257 | Resin composition and adhesive film for multi-layered printing wiring board The present invention relates to resin compositions that are useful for preparing adhesive films, which are, in turn, useful for forming interlayer insulation layers for multi-layered printed wiring boards having an excellent mechanical strength and capable of being... | 10/16/2007 |
