...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 |
| 6138921 | Mechanism for securing rails of railways on wooden sleepers A rail-to-wood sleeper fastening mechanism in railroads, consisted of a clamp having an upper and middle branch fixed to the lower face of a sleeper, and with a pair of lateral and hinged branches, constituting the clamp, going through the sleeper via chi... | 10/31/2000 |
| 4821957 | Resilient material housing in the nose of a rail anchorage A rail anchorage has a housing in which is received resilient material for bearing on the flange of a rail that the anchorage is to secure. The housing is formed to exert a wedging action on the resilient material when the material bears on the flange, an... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4770342 | Adjustable rail brace An adjustable rail brace assembly for buttressing the head of a rail includes a rail brace having surfaces for engaging the head and the base of the rail and a vertically extending wedging face, a cover plate for retaining the brace having a vertical wedg... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4424935 | Spring rail fastener A resilient rail fastener having a clip having a lower leg with a toe at one end and a heel at the other, an upstanding back portion between the heel and an upper leg, and a rectangular locating aperture in at least one of its legs which engages over a re... | 01/10/1984 |