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 |
| 7303655 | Apparatus for conditioning a fabric in a papermaking machine and associated method An apparatus is provided for conditioning a fabric being advanced in a machine direction in a papermaking machine. The fabric has an outer side adapted to engage a paper web and an opposing inner side. Such an apparatus comprises a fluid-emitting device configured t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6877251 | Drying installation within a sheet-fed printing press A drying apparatus for a sheet-fed offset printing machine which dries sheets as they pass along a sheet path with forcefully directed air and/or heat. The drying apparatus of the present invention is adapted for more effective sheet drying by means of an electrode ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6742277 | Device and method for drying noodles by hot air A hot air drying apparatus for noodles which makes possible steady production of high quality instant noodles by blowing hot air at an optimal velocity and in an optimal flow rate all over noodle ribbons to be dried in a short period of time and thereby makes a text... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6446358 | Drying nozzle and drying device and cleaning device using the same Disclosed is a drying nozzle for realizing a high-efficiency drying device capable of drying an object to be processed to a sufficient degree. The drying nozzle includes a drying gas supply portion having an air supply tube for supplying air for drying a ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6368459 | Method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board A method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board from on sides with at least one coat layer. The coat is applied to the web by means of a film transfer coater (12) and next the web is passed to a dryer cylinder group (4) via an air-cushio... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6209222 | Belt dryer with cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning a belt dryer (10) with at least one belt (18) running through a drying space (17) for receiving the products to be dried, and a cleaning nozzle emitting a cleaning agent into the drying space (17)... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6199301 | Coating thickness control An air knife mouth arrangement for use in an air knife assembly having a laterally extending mouth through which pressurized fluid passes to operate on a coating applied to a surface of a sheet material passing the mouth in a longitudinal direction to con... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5659975 | Board drying process and drier In order to dry boards, the boards are guided on racks through a drier and brought into contact with drying air in two stages. In a stage A with a higher drying power, the drying air is supplied at a higher temperature and with an at least average humidit... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5261146 | Creping machine Between the two runs of each conveyor (17, 17') of a pair of conveyors of a creping machine are provided an airtight chamber (22, 22') of which one large face, disposed substantially in contact with an operating end of this conveyor, is formed by a perfor... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5108022 | Universal web turning system, particularly for printed webs derived from a rotary web-type printing machine To supply an arriving and delivered portion of a traveling web (1, 21, 31, 41, 81, 91, 101) to have the same side-orientation as the delivered portion, the web is passed about a first turning bar (2), then looped about a first deflection roller (3), and s... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5101578 | System and process for drying a moving sheet A system for drying a moving sheet includes a housing, support means connected to the housing to support heater bulbs adjacent to moving sheet and a power supply connected to the bulbs. The heater bulbs are located so that at least part of the radiation f... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4887362 | Method and an apparatus for drying a paper web or the like The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for drying a paper web or the like. In the invention the web to be dried is transferred on a felt between bands moving around as an endless loop. The band making contact with the web is heated by means of... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4611410 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of synthetic yarn An apparatus for the heat treatment of synthetic yarn is provided where synthetic yarn is provided by a synthetic yarn source and is fed via rollers to a first heating surface and then via a heating pin to a second heating surface and from there via rolle... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4593480 | Paper deflection roller for a printer or copier means functioning on the principle of electrophotography A paper web recording medium provided with toner images as conducted through a fixing housing containing solvent vapor over a paper deflection drum for fixing the toner images on the recording medium. The paper deflection drum is formed by a rigid roller ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4256512 | Flexible circuit reflow soldering machine A process and machine are disclosed for reflowing solder plated continuous flexible circuit webs. During reflow in a vapor environment, the flexible web is maintained in a planar orientation to produce a relatively uniform distribution of solder. Virtuall... | 03/17/1981 |
| 3999360 | Machine for the texturation of textile yarn An improvement in false-twist yarn texturing machine of the type having a plurality of treatment positions each of which includes a yarn feed device, a first yarn delivery carriage, a heating tube, a cooling tube, a false-twist spindle, a second yarn deli... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3981084 | Closed draw transfer system with gaseous pressure direction of web A paper making apparatus and process of the type wherein the paper is processed from a starting condition of a slurry of pulp fiber to a later condition of a continuous self-sustaining paper sheet. The paper is carried continuously along a preselected pat... | 09/21/1976 |
