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 |
| 7055655 | Disc brake caliper assembly with shims A bicycle assembly includes a frame portion, a component and a shim. The frame portion has a component mounting section. The component has a frame mounting section. The frame mounting section is removably coupled to the component mounting section by a fastener. The ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7018591 | High heat transfer tubular reactor A vapor-phase tubular reactor in a shell heat exchanger for removal of the heat of reaction at essentially isothermal conditions has porous wicking surface applied to the external surface of reactor tubes. The porous wicking surface on the reactor tubes draws liquid... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6045474 | Drive belt, element therefor and construction in which this is used A drive belt for a continuously variable transmission having belt discs having an at least partially conical contact surface for enclosing a drive belt between pairs of said discs, which drive belt to this end comprises one or more transverse elements pro... | 04/04/2000 |
