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 |
| 7360785 | Pivotal handle for a food service table A pivotal handle for a food service table is disclosed. The handle includes two elongated, parallel curved bar members. Each member has an outwardly extending arm and an outwardly extending leg. The legs have means for pivotably attaching the handle to the underside... | 04/22/2008 |
| 6936793 | Oven apparatus and method of use thereof A solder reflow oven with horizontal cyclonic convection air flow for enhancing equalized heating of printed circuit boards conveyed therethrough. Air circulation apparatus can include a first air movement fan for urging air to move horizontally laterally from the f... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927365 | Food serving set for roasting oven A food serving set for use in combination with a roasting oven or similar deep well cooker is disclosed. The present food serving set is comprised of a plurality of individual containers with sealable lids for maintaining food items in a ready-to-eat condition. The ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6773738 | Steam cooking apparatus A steam cooking apparatus with a steam generator and several cooking planes in a common cooking chamber in which there are arranged a steam input opening connected to the steam generator and a steam outlet opening whereby a temperature measuring device is associated... | 08/10/2004 |
| 5654016 | Wax artwork kit A kit and method for making artwork in wax. The kit includes a plurality of thermally conductive containers; at least one substantially solid wax compound; a heating unit for heating each of the containers, having a separate temperature control for each c... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5373145 | Cooking apparatus operated by a single operational key that automatically sets a most suitable cooking mode A cooking apparatus for heating food to be served and capable of being operated with utmost simplicity without using and choosing various cooking-mode selection keys so as to achieve superb ease-of-operation. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamb... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5065818 | Subterranean heaters An electrical resistance subterranean heater is provided which is cemented directly in a well borehole without a casing in the borehole within the zone to be heated. The absence of the casing results in an economical installation.... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4817512 | Cooking utensil A deep fryer includes two or more sections having separate on and off switches to permit the heating of each section individually. The fluid tight construction of each section prevents the intermixing of the cooking oil so that different types of food can... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4580024 | Microwave deep fat fryer In a deep fat frying appliance, microwave energy is applied by separate magnetrons to a pair of ceramic vessels located side by side. The foods are held in baskets which are connected with lids for the vessels by slotted brackets which lower the baskets i... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4489235 | Hydrocolloid conditioner apparatus A microprocessor controlled hydrocolloid conditioner comprising a frame, a bath tank separably supported by said frame for containing water heated to a pre-determined temperature useful in the conditioning of hydrocolloid material, heating means comprisin... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4431398 | Apparatus for adjusting the temperature of a parison for stretch blow molding A method of heating a parison neck by stretching blow molding, wherein an injection molded synthetic resin parison is adjusted in temperature while holding a parison neck, by a neck mold for molding a parison neck, after which the parison is stretched and... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4328387 | Fail-safe thermostatically controlled circuit for use in apparatus for melting and dispensing thermoplastic material A fail-safe thermostatically controlled circuit is disclosed for use in high-throughput thermoplastic material melting and dispensing apparatus including a hopper into which solid thermoplastic material is deposited for feeding the thermoplastic material ... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4147924 | Tortilla warmer The present invention is an apparatus for use at the dining table to provide a continuous supply of hot tortillas. An elongated housing has two openings in the top thereof with a first opening having a resistive heating element contained therein, and the ... | 04/03/1979 |
| 3940589 | Portable cooking equipment A portable cooking installation consists of a heat-insulated enclosure containing a plurality of separately controllable electrical-resistance heating element surrounding and at least partially defining a space to receive a cooking vessel. For instance, t... | 02/24/1976 |
