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...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 |
| 7325283 | Method and device for thread distribution in a warping frame The invention relates to a method for thread distribution in a warping frame (1) which comprises a yarn package (2) for coiling a coil consisting of a plurality of threads (18). According to said method, a warp for producing a thread crossing or... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316755 | Method of producing multi-terminal type laminated ceramic electronic component In a method of producing a multi-terminal type laminated ceramic electronic component in which internal electrodes are embedded in a sintered ceramic member, and the internal electrodes have plural first lead-out electrodes led out to a first side surface and plural... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309397 | Process for the manufacture of piezoceramic multilayer actuators A block of stacked green films provided with internal electrodes is laminated, at least one actuator is separated from the block, the actuator obtains its shape by means of a machining operation, is then sintered, and the sinter skin produced by the sintering is use... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7260873 | Method of setting up a beam winder An apparatus and method for winding a sheet of aligned parallel yarns onto a beam is described. The beam winder utilizes a circularly arced yarn spool rack that feeds each yarn with air flow to an alignment comb through associated guide tubes. The distance between e... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7086129 | System for producing wound warps Wound warps are made by pulling a multiplicity of warp filaments off respective supplies and winding them around a warp beam by rotating the warp beam while pressing the filaments against the beam with a predetermined packing force by a packing roller. The packing r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7040354 | Device for regulating the tension of a thread unwound from a bobbin of a bobbin-holder for a leno selvedge apparatus The subject matter of the invention is a device for regulating the tension of a thread unwound from a bobbin of a bobbin-holder for a leno selvedge apparatus, said device comprising a brake drum for receiving the bobbin-holder, said brake drum having a brake means a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6401314 | Method and a device for thread division on a sectional warping machine For inserting a dividing cord loop into the opened shed warp on a sectional warping machine, a dividing device has at its disposal an introduction element (28) with a first, preferably movable guide arm (26) and a second, preferably stationary guide arm (... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6249939 | Method and device for warping using a cone sectional warping machine Method for warping with a cone sectional warping machine, which winds threads in bands on a warping drum, wherein a support for a thread guide comb and the warping drum are displaced in relation to each other in correspondence with the increasing thicknes... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5956827 | Apparatus for fast return of the yarn into the channels of warpers with thread-by-thread warping system An apparatus is disclosed for the formation of yarn turns on a warper support. The yarn is loaded onto a support intended for a samples weaving loom, in a warper utilizing a suitably programmed thread-by-thread warping system. The apparatus includes a sup... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5940945 | Shed insertible sensor for dividing-shed formation on a sectional warping machine On a sectional warping machine, the dividing-shed formation for introducing a dividing element is controlled in such a way that at least one yarn sensor (18, 18') is introduced transversely to the running direction of the shed warp (11, 12) into the opene... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5758395 | Controlling feed in a thread warping process and machine In a warping machine, once a temporary feed speed for a warping reed is set in synchronism with the speed of rotation of the warping drum, the winding thickness of the warp lap is detected several times and the feed speed is corrected depending on the num... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5628098 | Method and device for the winding of warp strips A manipulator (16) is provided in the case of a method and device for winding of warp strips (19) in at least two adjacently arranged sections onto the drum (9) of a sectional warping plant. On completion of the winding sequence for a section, the yarns o... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5603146 | Arrangement and process for the production of short warps In a process for the production of short warps, especially pattern weaves, an individual thread (1) of different or the same color is wound up on a wind surface (9,11) sequentially with turns lying next to each other in an individual layer. This layer cor... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5590448 | Arrangement for producing short warps with orbiting thread laying device An arrangement can produce short warps, in particular for woven patterns in which threads (1) of different colors are wound onto a winding arrangement in single layers next to each other and sequentially with respect to each other. The arrangement has pos... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5410786 | Process and arrangement for the warping of threads onto a drum having a conical surface Threads are warped with an axially moveable slide onto a drum having a cone, into a plurality of successive warp bands. The threads are warped for a first band based on a predetermined advancement schedule for the slide. The warping of the first band, aft... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5206976 | Automatic shedding mechanism With the automatic shedding mechanism according to this invention, the warping conditions are inputted by using the program setting unit 151. When it arrives at the predetermined position, the warping drum stops rotating. The closed reed 38 is operated to... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5107574 | Cone section warping machine and method of warping Separate drive motors (30, 35) for the positioning of the warping carriage (25) in the X-, respectively the Y-direction, are provided on a cone section warping machine. In addition to that, separate servo signals for both the servo motors (30, 35) are gen... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5027485 | Sectional warping machine with a height adjustable cross reed for the formation of yarn crossings and methods of its operation The yarn crossing device of a sectional warping machine has a height adjustable cross reed (16), two guide rods (28, 29) which are able to slide in opposition to each other, as well as a horizontally displaceable leasing device (34, 35). Drive motors (22,... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5022128 | Method and device for yarn division on a warping machine Individual segments (38, 39) are slid over a divided yarn strip (22) with a dividing device (35) and connected together on both sides (63). By this means separate separating elements (23, 29) are formed.... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4974301 | Method and apparatus for regulating the yarn strip width in warping machines On the warping machine (12) the width (11) of the yarn strip (10) is continuously monitored by means of a line camera (25). The measured strip width is compared in a processor (32) to a stored reference value, with deviations forming a control signal for ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4937926 | Method for manufacturing loom beams for woven fabrics and an apparatus therefor A method for manufacturing loom beams for woven fabrics comprising the step of preparing a dividable warper beam which has the form of dividing a conventional single large warper beam into a plurality of divisional warper beams each having a uniform or no... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4893386 | Apparatus for the production of pattern warps etc. on a cone warping machine An apparatus for producing pattern warps on a cone warping machine comprises a drum, a support, a warping reed and lease rods, means for displacing the lease rods, and a driving means for rotating the drum. There is provided a tong-type gripper (60) for s... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4831695 | Apparatus for the production of short warps especially for cloth designs in multicolor weaving A winding drum particularly adapted for the production of short warps, such as cloth designs in multicolor weaving, which includes a winding drum having an exterior peripheral surface upon which thread is wound, the winding drum including an axis of rotat... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4819310 | Apparatus for regulating the warp section tension during warping During warping, the threads removed from the bobbins of a warp creel are supplied by means of a respective adjustable and settable thread brake to a reed located on the warping carriage of the warping machine and from that location the threads are ordered... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4765041 | Apparatus for the production of short warps especially for cloth designs in multicolor weaving In apparatus for the production of short warps, yarns of different color are consecutively wound up while traversing yarn crossing means. A drum having a conically ascending initial portion is provided as a winding body, while lease rods and an overrun ro... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4683625 | Apparatus for the production of short warps especially for cloth designs in multicolor weaving Apparatus for the production of short warps, particularly cloth designs in multicolor weaving in which differently colored yarns are wound one after the other and are crossed while being wound, including a drum of generally conical configuration upon whic... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4154267 | Hand loom A weaving loom. A mid-beam subassembly includes a pair of horizontal supports, one secured to each of a spaced-apart pair of uprights, and supporting between them a cloth beam and a sectional warp beam. Both beams have, at one end, a handle and a ratchet ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4141120 | Apparatus for controlling the movements of a reed carriage during warping An apparatus for controlling the movements of a reed carriage of a warping machine during warping a package composed of successive adjacent warp sections wound onto the warping drum of the warping machine, wherein the displacement of the carriage for prod... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4074404 | Apparatus for controlling application of warp sections during warping An apparatus for controlling the application of warp sections during warping, wherein a winding of predetermined length of warp threads and application height should be exposed to a warping operation wherein successive threads withdrawn from the bobbins o... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4009512 | Method for sizing warp yarns A method for sizing warp yarns for yarn dyed fabric. It consists of the first operation of arranging cheeses on a cheese creel for a desired pattern and winding the warp yarns from the cheeses to form a warpers beam, and the second operation of sizing and... | 03/01/1977 |
