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 |
| 5023587 | Arm for electric switches and the like controlled by electricity An arm preferably for electric switches, the arm being controlled by electricity, and having a first fixed end the other end of which is movable perpendicular to the length direction of the arm. The arm comprises two parallel portions (47) separated by an... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4821009 | Overcurrent-protective snap switch for household appliances The invention is directed to an overcurrent-protective switch for household appliances such as a vacuum cleaner. The snap switch has a housing in which a contact mounting unit is mounted at one end of the housing and contains one of two current terminals ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4419640 | Unitary contact-terminal blades integrally formed in a molded base There is provided a method of producing a contact switching device comprising a step of pressing an electrically conductive metal sheet to form a lead frame having at least one relatively resilient contact member extending from one of terminal portions an... | 12/06/1983 |
