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!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7119463 | Vibration motor boot A boot for a vibration motor of a mobile communication device is provided. The motor has a generally flat upper surface and is adapted to be installed in a mounting slot in a mobile communication device frame with the upper surface substantially parallel to an adjac... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6121788 | Method and fixture for evaluating stator core quality in production A fixture to evaluate stator production quality is placed about a stator core so as to introduce a test winding about the stator without need for hand winding. The fixture includes an inner annulus and an outer annulus each with axial conductors thereon, ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 4087804 | Information display device A group of information carrying flaps are pivoted to the circumference of a drum so that, upon rotation of the drum, the flaps drop down, one by one; the flaps carry information conveying indicia, for example trouble indication during operation of a motor... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4024532 | Character module for automatic sign A reflective type module for remotely controlled sign displays providing a plurality of linear elements adapted for form the Latin alphabet and Arabic numerals, each element controlled by a two position electromechanical motor to be rotatably moved to a v... | 05/17/1977 |
| 4001815 | Rotary electromagnetic indicator A rotary electromagnetic indicator having a stator with an annular arrangement of five equiangularly spaced radially inwardly extending salient poles, a winding on each stator pole and an indicating rotor having a permanent magnet with diametrically oppos... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3979747 | Control circuit for a character segment display assembly A seven character segment display assembly with each assembly including a rotatable drum carrying a character display adapted to be viewed at a window of a stationary mask. The drum includes a permanent magnet which is adapted to be attracted by the poles... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3973726 | Electromagnetic indicator In a multi-polar electromagnetically energized rotary indicator each of the pole pieces is associated with a significantly isolated flux path, which, at one end of the turning axis of the rotor part of the indicator, leads diametrically to a flux concentr... | 08/10/1976 |
