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 |
| 7150351 | Scraper chain conveyor comprising plastic pushers A drag chain conveyor for use in underground mining, including interconnected, profiled conveyor chutes in which are guided conveyor chains of metallic material. Plastic carriers are attached to the conveyor chains, with attachment being effected via a molding aroun... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6578461 | Saw fence and work feed apparatus The combination of a rip fence and a workpiece pusher are provided for a table saw or shaper. A preferred workpiece pusher moves along a track having a central portion aligned with the feed direction and having two end portions skewed with respect to the ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6446298 | Scraper for animal stalls A scraper for removing debris from the floor of an animal stall includes a central frame member oriented generally parallel to the direction of movement of the scraper assembly and a cross frame member integral with the central frame member, the cross fra... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6296102 | Container rejecting apparatus A container rejecting apparatus is used for rejecting a container filled with a liquid such as beverage from a feed conveyor to a discharge conveyor adjacent thereto. The container rejecting apparatus has a pusher for pushing the container from the feed c... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5733354 | Pusher mechanism for I.S. glass forming machine A pusher mechanism for transferring a selected number of containers from a dead plate of an I.S. machine to a conveyor. The mechanism has a finger assembly including a back support portion and a finger portion, with the back support portion and the finger... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5638942 | Scraper, scraping framework thus equipped, materials transfer installation and moveable cellular booth A scraper (14) arranged between two parallel side members (12) of a scraper frame, having a metal structure (51) in the shape of a comb (52) with teeth facing downwards and a flexible blade (59) covering the teeth (52) and bonded to the structure (51). A ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5447221 | Material handling equipment with brush sweep Material handling equipment includes an in-feed conveyor having a sweep arm for traversing across the in-feed conveyor to thus sweep off the conveyor units of material disposed thereon. The sweep arm includes a brush, having bristles extending downwardly ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5165837 | Apparatus for feeding articles from tube magazines Component feeder for feeding comonents (8) from a tube magazine (2) comprises a pusher (44) on the end of a flexible steel tape (48) which extends from a tape housing (52). A filled tube (2) is supported on retractable pins (30, 30') in alignment with the... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5163544 | Feed fork apparatus for large round baler A large round baler is equipped with a pick-up and a feed fork apparatus which work together to gather crop from the ground and deliver it to the inlet of the bale forming chamber of the baler. The feed fork apparatus includes a plurality of teeth which a... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4534301 | Incinerator ash removal systems An incinerator is disclosed which includes apparatus for removing ash from an incinerating chamber and which comprises hydraulically operated plows that slide along the floor of the chamber to push the ash towards an ash trough. Ash removal efficiency is ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4457424 | Apparatus for loading and unloading vehicles Apparatus for moving a load along a floor in the course of loading and unloading vehicles. The apparatus includes a pull bar movable along a floor surface, winch driven cable drums, and cable connected between the drums and the pull bar so as to provide a... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4332316 | Cup-stack delivery mechanism A takeoff-delivery mechanism for cup-like containers is provided with a pusher device that is operated repeatedly to remove stacks containing a predetermined number of containers from the front of a horizontal supply stack while containers are being fed t... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4256219 | Cable or chain actuated chip conveyor A cable or chain actuated chip conveyor for moving chips along a trough is disclosed. A trough is employed to collect chips from various operations and a harpoon is employed to move the chips along the trough to a point where they are collected for dispos... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4243137 | Barn or pit floor scraper assembly and drive means therefor A T-shaped scraper assembly is operatively connected to a drive unit via a cable assembly and is adapted to be pulled along the floor in one direction thus scraping manure or debris from the floor, and in the opposite direction to return the scraper assem... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4220238 | Apparatus for arraying randomly distributed objects Apparatus for arraying randomly distributed ampoules, bottles or like objects has a longitudinally grooved vibratory conveyor which receives randomly distributed objects from a magazine and converts the objects into files of aligned objects. The discharge... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4200185 | Harpoon type conveyor control system In a reciprocating harpoon-type conveyor operated by a hydraulic circuit, a control system for the conveyor which includes pressure sensitive switches in the hydraulic circuit operated in response to increases in hydraulic pressure indicative of stoppage ... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4190147 | Device for transport of bulk material or the like A device for moving bulk material collected along the length of a chute to a container located outside and below one end of the chute, comprises in combination a scraper means which is brought to reciprocate along the chute the scraper means being arrange... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4170292 | Cargo shuttle A shuttle conveyor for moving articles fore and aft on a cargo support, such as the baggage area in an aircraft cargo compartment, comprises a trolley assembly moved fore and aft by a cable means travelling in downwardly canted tracks and a means to raise... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4139091 | Transport device for the filter plates of a filter press A transport device for displacement of filter plates embodying a transport pawl pivotally mounted on a drawing element disposed to move the plates in the direction of opening. The pawl has a recess which cooperates with upwardly extending catches and a fo... | 02/13/1979 |
