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 |
| 7044330 | Vending machine The present invention relates generally to improvements in article dispensing, such as in a vending machine, and more particularly to improvements in product containment systems which improve product storage capacity, as well as the ease and efficiency of product ha... | 05/16/2006 |
| 5397016 | Merchandizer for cigarette packages and the like A package merchandiser providing for front and rear stacks of packages resting on a common sloping surface, with a rotating gate positioned between the two stacks to prevent the rear stack to slide to the position of the front stack while packages remain ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5344007 | Resealable package comprising a container and wet absorbent sheet material with interposed liquid barrier layer The invention is a resealable package comprising a liquid and gas impermeable container with a resealable opening and a stack of wetted fibrous absorbent materials and particularly wet fibrous sheet material having interposed between the sheets of wetted ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5111964 | Device for holding articles and permitting the removal thereof A device for holding a plurality of firearm cartridges having resilient portions to prevent movement, and therefore noise, of the firearm cartridges and having access openings to permit removal of a predetermined number of the firearm cartridges from a fi... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5092489 | Device for the automatic dispensing of bottles, particularly of flexible materials The subject of the present invention are devices for the automatic dispensing of bottles, notably in flexible material. The technical sector of the invention is that of the manufacture of automatic vending machines of drinks in individual containers, of the ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5062545 | Automatic vending machine dispensing mechanism A dispensing mechanism for an automatic vending machine includes a conveying mechanism to move merchandise toward a discharge passage, and a discharge control mechanism. The discharge control mechanism holds the merchandise and prevents the merchandise fr... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4744489 | Store display fixture A rack for display of articles comprises a plurality of trays for holding the articles. Each tray comprises upper and lower courses connected at opposite ends. At one end, an upper course communicates with the lower course by means of a gate. The gate is ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4600120 | Magazine for dispensing cartridges into an automated analyzer A magazine is disclosed for dispensing generally cylindrical and elongated articles in a pre-determined order. The magazine comprises a series of shelves with a reciprocating ratcheting plate arranged perpendicular to the shelves. The ratching plate has s... | 07/15/1986 |
| 3957174 | Storage and dispenser unit for boxes A vertically-mountable storage and dispenser unit for holding and individually dispensing a large number of small boxes. The unit is constituted by a frame having a rectangular back wall and a pair of side walls secured to the edges of the back wall to cr... | 05/18/1976 |
