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 |
| 7368037 | Refiner steam separation system for reduction of dryer emissions A refiner steam separation system according to the present invention includes a blowline for transporting a mixture of fiber material from a refiner to an inlet of a steam separator. Waste steam is discharged from the separator through a waste steam outlet. Cleaned ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7311281 | Grinding and impeller clip for a coal pulverizer The present invention is directed to, among other things, a grinding and impeller clip for attaching to a wheel assembly mounted for rotational motion within a grinding chamber of a coal pulverizer, wherein the clip has an arcuate cross sectional profile and a prote... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7128285 | Disintegrator with rotative disk cutters An object of the present invention is to diminish the sizes of most disintegrated material effectively, said sizes being determined by the box seats made on the surface of the under roll (7). In a disintegrator (1) having a case (4) with ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104172 | Method for conveying, guiding, and locating a thermoformable web A method for delivering web-supported articles between dies and punches of a trim press. The method includes providing a treadle having an article detector, while moving the web and the articles, guiding the web and the articles along the web and between a pair of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7048215 | Comminuting apparatus having screen and access tray A comminuting apparatus is provided with a housing, at least two intermeshing scissor rolls, a screen, and an access tray. The housing has an entrance opening for receiving waste material and an exit opening for removing subdivided waste material. The scissor rolls ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6969017 | Comminuting apparatus A comminuting apparatus is provided having a frame, a set of overlapping scissor rolls, a shear outtake manifold, and a pneumatic conveyor. The frame has an enclosure with an entrance for receiving waste material. The set of overlapping scissor rolls includes a feed... | 11/29/2005 |
| 5938129 | Rotary mills The present invention relates to improvements in screen and blade assemblies for rotary mills as well as to the design of a rotary mill to promote air flow through the mill. A rotary mill incorporating these improvements has increased capacity and the abi... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5836527 | Apparatus for comminuting solid waste materials A solid waste comminuting apparatus (10) for reducing solid waste material (12). The apparatus (10) has rolls (42, 44) for severing material that is fed into the entrance (32). After the material is severed, it is carried by an airstream to a fan (112). T... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5752664 | Vertical grain milling machine In an abrasive type vertical grain milling machine, there are mounted, on a main shaft extending generally vertically and disposed rotatably in an upright bran-removing cylinder, a screw roll for feeding grain, a plurality of abrasive milling rolls dispos... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5526990 | Apparatus for separating wood fibers from other fibers in fibremat residues Residues from fibermat materials are broken down and separated into wood fibers and other fibers so that the fibers may be recycled. If the fibermat residues are not recycled, they present a disposal problem due to the uncured resins that become toxic was... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5395059 | Spacer for abrasive roll of abrasive type grain milling machine An abrasive type vertical grain milling machine in which each of spacers comprises a boss portion fitted on a main shaft and a plurality of arm portions extending from the boss portion in the radially outwardly and serving to induce bran removing air into... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5370322 | Filtering particulate cellulosic-based material A method is provided for filtering shredded cellulose-based material, for example to enable the formation of a mixture containing cellulose dispersed in a solvent for cellulose such as amine oxide. The shredding operation creates both fine particles of ce... | 12/06/1994 |
| 4687144 | Apparatus for comminuting waste materials An apparatus for comminuting waste material such as waste plastic sheet material, into progressively smaller pieces until a desired size is reached that may be recycled. The apparatus has a set of slowly rotating, intermeshing scissor rolls for receiving ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4511092 | Milling apparatus A milling apparatus comprises a container with a plate extending across the container and movable relative thereto by an oscillator which communicates oscillatory movement to the plate at right angles to its plane. The oscillation can be tuned so that the... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4131247 | Apparatus for reducing fragmentary stock A cylindrical working chamber in stock reducing apparatus features opposite ends which are open to the atmosphere so that a fan in the chamber outlet draws atmospheric air into the chamber through the open ends thereof, thence through stock in a turning a... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4106705 | Resin material reclaiming machine This invention is concerned with a resin material reclaiming machine consisting of a feeding means, dehydrating means and an assorting means thereby to reclaim raw materials of synthetic resin by shredding and cleaning dirty resin or resinated articles us... | 08/15/1978 |
