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 |
| 5735728 | Device for lifting and moving beehive boxes A device for lifting and moving beehive boxes has two legs hinged at their upper ends to form a triangular structure having a suspension joint at its apex. A chain is hooked to the apex of the triangular structure, and a gripper is suspended to the chain.... | 04/07/1998 |
| 4409697 | Beehive rack A rack for a beehive for handling a brood chamber and a honey chamber. The rack includes a frame carrying the brood chamber below a queen excluder and the honey chamber above the queen excluder. The queen excluder is mounted on the frame to support the ho... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4395788 | Apparatus for separating beehive boxes An apparatus for separating beehive boxes for removal of honey frames in the boxes. The apparatus includes a rectangular framework which fits over the beehive with one end of the framework engaging against an upper box in the hive at one end thereof and a... | 08/02/1983 |
