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 |
| 7316366 | Compact creel A highly mobile, compact creel that utilizes frames for holding yarn packages (or bobbins) for feeding yarn to a tufting machine. Each frame includes holders affixed to the frame for holding yarn packages facing front and back, a header attachable to the frame for d... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7156334 | Pay-out tube A pay-out tube adapted to be used in conjunction with a capable container for directing cable from a winding disposed within the container. The pay-out tube includes a molded tube for receiving and guiding cable from the interior of the cable container and includes ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7024790 | Double-axis belt-driven tape measure A measuring tape having a housing for receiving a spring-powered double-axis reel assembly. The reel assembly includes a primary spool having a length of measuring tape wound around it, and a secondary spool having a spring. The primary and secondary spools are conn... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007799 | Box for payout of a filamentary product A box for payout of a filamentary product such as cable or wire that is wound in a coil inside of the box. The box is constructed to retain the coil securely and utilize material in an efficient manner. Particularly, the box is adapted to retain a figure-eight coil ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007929 | Electric wire removing roller for LP insulator and power distribution method of construction The present invention discloses a wire stranding roller and a new method for the same, in a LP insulator being mounted at a cross arm of pin long column and insulating and supporting a high voltage wire, which drastically improves workability and greatly reduces con... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004415 | Compact creel A highly mobile, compact creel that utilizes frames for holding yarn packages (or bobbins) for feeding yarn to a tufting machine. Each frame includes holders affixed to the frame for holding yarn packages facing front and back, a header attachable to the frame for d... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978962 | Wire winding machine with arcuate moveable traverse and wire directional control device A wire winding machine includes two mandrels for winding wire alternately thereon. A traverse positions wire axially along each mandrel, and moves in an arcuate path to position wire adjacent one or the other mandrel. A single transfer arm transfers wire from a woun... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6964115 | Levelling rod for building construction A leveling device for leveling floor pavement layers comprises a rod (1) having a hollow (90) therethrough and a fixing flange (11) for fitting with a fixing member at a lower end, a fixing member (3) including an aperture (31) in ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6926257 | Rollable conduit device A rollable conduit device for enabling the pulling of electrical wires through a tubular conduit without having to apply lubrication in the tubular conduit. The rollable conduit device includes a tubular conduit member having open ends and a bore being disposed ther... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921421 | Producing dyed thread There is disclosed a method for producing a package of dyed thread, comprising: producing a package of undyed thread on a user package support which is dye permeable; and dyeing the thread on the user package support to produce a user package of dye thread; the pack... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6719243 | Industrial edger An industrial edger for mounting to a sharp or abrasive edge to protect rope from physical damage caused by contact between the rope and the edge as the rope passes over the edge. The industrial edger comprises an elongated tube having an exterior surface over which... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6702218 | Thread-feed device, comprising an adjustable thread-guide unit A modular yarn feeder having a basic carrier on which additional modules can be secured as needed by suitable coupling devices. This makes the yarn feeder more adaptable to different kinds of use and different situations.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6702213 | Molded fiber and plastic tubes A payout tube for insertion in a radial hole of a wound coil of filamentary material and the radial hole extending from the inner to the outer wind of the wound coil, the payout tube including an entrance and an exit opening in coaxial and spaced relation... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6676054 | Unwinder for as-spun elastomeric fiber An over-end takeoff device (OETO) and a method for unwinding elastomeric fiber from a package are provided. The OETO includes a fiber guide spaced apart from the fiber package and disposed at an acute angle between 0° and 30° to the rotational axis of t... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6644585 | Solenoid coil assembly and method for winding coils A coil assembly includes a spool that is rotatably attached to a connector. In order to wind a coil on the spool, the spool is rotated with respect to the connector until the connector does not interfere with the winding bay on the spool. Thereafter, a wi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6634585 | Compact creel A highly mobile, compact creel (20) that utilizes frames (22) for holding yarn packages (30) (or bobbins) for feeding yarn (33) to a tufting machine (58). Each frame (22) includes holders (60) affixed to the frame (22) for holding yarn packages (30) facin... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6598826 | Vehicle tire hose guide device A vehicle tire hose guide device that includes a smooth molded plastic member having a curved tire receiving channel along one side and a smooth hose guide surface on an opposite side. The curved tire receiving channel has resilient arms extending outward... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595449 | Fishing line guiding mechanism for spinning reel A bail arm includes a bail, a fixed shaft formed by a machining process, a line roller supported by fixed shaft, and a fixed shaft cover formed in one piece with fixed shaft by a die forming process. Fixed shaft cover includes a guiding portion and a rece... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595462 | Method and device for measuring multiple strands of material dospensed form a single spool A device and method for dispensing and measuring a plurality of strands from a single spool of stranded material is disclosed. The device is comprised of a mobile portion on which a plurality of pulleys is mounted. The mobile portion includes a frame moun... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6572042 | Spinning-reel line guiding apparatus A spinning-reel line-guiding apparatus that prevents fishing line snarl on a bail arm is provided. A spinning reel bail arm 7 has first and second bail-support members, a stationary shaft 10, a stationary-shaft cover 11, a line roller 12, and a bail 13. T... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6572041 | Fishing-line guiding mechanism for spinning reel Spinning-reel bail arm is provided on the fore-ends of first and second rotor arms to let it pivot between a line-guiding posture and a line-releasing posture, and is furnished with: first and second bail-support members mounted pivotally on the fore-ends... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6550708 | Device for a wound wire that is relatively stiff A device is provided for a wound wire that is relatively stiff such as electrical wires, cables or similar. According to a first aspect of the invention, the device comprises a shaft; a hub rotatively mounted around the shaft, the hub comprising a central... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6520441 | Winding device for a cheese-producing textile machine A winding device (1) for a textile machine producing cheeses (8), having a cheese drive mechanism (5) acting on a tube receiving plate (6), a separately driveable yam cross-winding device (10), and a support and clamping roller (9), in frictional contact ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6439498 | Apparatus and method for winding a web of tapes or yarns An apparatus and a method for winding a web of tapes or yarns to a plurality of packages, wherein a plurality of winding positions are arranged side by side on a long side of the apparatus, with at least one package being wound in each winding position. T... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439499 | Method and apparatus for winding cross-wound bobbins driven in a rotary manner A traversing yarn guide (5) that is moved back and forth produces cross winding of yarn on a bobbin at each winding head of a textile spinning or winding machine in order to wind cross-wound bobbins. After a yarn interruption, an auxiliary yarn guide (4) ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6416010 | Cable installing method and apparatus A method for installing cable in a building wherein the cable is to be pulled from a central room or closet to multiple outlets in multiple offices, the method comprising providing a spool of cable to be installed, providing a cable guide device having a ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6367675 | Yarn blow-in valve A yarn blow-in valve is constructed of a base body and a connecting piece. This permits locating a compressed air line behind a cover wall, assembling the yarn blow-in valve, and then coupling it to the air line in a readily performed manner. In order to ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6341741 | Molded fiber and plastic tubes A payout tube for insertion in a radial hole of a wound coil of filamentary material and extending from the inner to the outer wind of the wound coil, the payout tube having entrance and exit openings in coaxial and spaced relationship with one another. T... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6328238 | Cable pay-out tube A pay-out tube for container-packed coiled wire or cable in which the tube in use has a cable entrance end within the container and a cable exit end on the container exterior. The tube has a flange thereon adjacent the cable exit end and passes through a ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6299097 | Anti-whip fiber cutter The invention includes an optical waveguide whipping end cutting apparatus. The apparatus includes an active cutting element. The element is positioned to cut a segment from a whipping end of an optical fiber, while the fiber is being wound onto a rotatin... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6257517 | Method and apparatus for feeding welding wire A welding wire feeding system feeds welding wire from a barrel to a welding gun. The system includes a feed mechanism for drawing welding wire from the barrel and advancing the welding wire toward the welding gun. A free-wheeling wheel is disposed between... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6161786 | Spinning reel for fishing having transparent line roller In a spinning reel for fishing structured such that, on the leading end of a support arm disposed on a rotor rotatable in linking with the operation of a handle, there is supported a support member including a line roller. The support member can be revers... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6152399 | Fiber entry whip reduction apparatus and method therefor An apparatus and method for reducing or preventing fiber entry whip as the loose end of a fiber being wound on a spool enters a fiber winding device. A fiber winding device comprises a spool winder entrance, a winding spool and a fiber whip shield substan... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6126102 | Apparatus for high speed beaming of elastomeric yarns A beaming apparatus that includes a creel and warper head, the creel being positioned adjacent to the warper head, the creel having elastomeric yarn unwinder assemblies which include a guide support that supports rotating guides and stationary wound cakes... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6109554 | Combined fiber containers and payout tubes and plastic payout tubes A payout tube for insertion in a radial hole of a wound coil of filamentary material and extending from the inner to the outer wind of said wound coil, comprising: an entrance opening and an exit opening in coaxial and spaced relationship with one another... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6086012 | Combined fiber containers and payout tube and plastic payout tubes A container for holding a wound coil of filamentary material and a payout tube formed integrally with the container for engaging a payout hole formed in the wound coil from the innermost winding to the outermost winding thereof and enabling filamentary ma... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6070827 | Yarn winding machine A yarn winding machine for winding a continuously advancing yarn to a package, wherein the package is wound on a tube mounted on one of two winding spindles. The winding spindles are mounted in cantilever fashion for rotation on a spindle turret. To be ab... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6067928 | Filament guide assembly especially useful in combination with filament finish applicators A filament guide assembly is provided with a support rod carrying a plurality of filament guides each for guiding a respective one of a plurality of filaments. A pair of support blocks mount the support rod at each end thereof to allow for (i) rotational ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6058692 | Pivotally segmented device for feeding a set of wires to a robot arm An apparatus for feeding a set of threads (25) to a feeding head at a robot arm (10) which is freely movable in the room. The apparatus comprises a first arm segment (11) which protrudes at an angle from the robot arm (10), and which is pivotally connecte... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6045075 | Low profile double bearing reel having thumb rest A double-bearing reel includes a reel frame having an upper portion and a lower portion, a handle rotatably mounted on said reel frame, a spool rotatably mounted within the reel frame, a level winding mechanism, and a rotation-transmitting mechanism for t... | 04/04/2000 |
