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 |
| 7046625 | Method and system for routing network-based data using frame address notification A method and system for routing network-based data arranged in frames is disclosed. A host processor analyzes transferred bursts of data and initiates an address and look up algorithm for dispatching the frame to a desired destination. A shared system memory existin... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6947410 | System and method for communicating data packets using a backplane switch A communications device includes a backplane, backplane cards, and a backplane switch. Each backplane card is coupled to the backplane and assigned an industry standard-based network address. The backplane switch, also coupled to the backplane, receives a first data... | 09/20/2005 |
| 3983546 | Phase-to-pulse conversion circuits incorporating Josephson devices and superconducting interconnection circuitry Josephson tunneling devices are used as parametrons in circuits for logic and memory. Parametron circuits are used as input devices to conventional pulsed Josephson tunneling device circuitry, and as output devices from pulsed Josephson tunneling device c... | 09/28/1976 |
