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 |
| 7381126 | Coin payout device A device for dispensing bulk-loaded coins including a transport unit having a transport unit frame, an electric motor driving a drive gear, a rotor and a transport slide. The drive gear further includes a drive pin. The rotor agitates coins located within a bin of a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 6641476 | Currency unit dispensing apparatus A coin (or banknote) dispenser has a plurality of cash stores, a common actuator and a clutch for each store selectively transmitting a driving force to cause dispensing of a currency unit. The clutch has a driving member which is driven by the actuator, ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 5135434 | Interest paying bank A bank having a coin slot and a repository for deposited coins is provided. The bank can detect coins deposited. A coin is returned upon deposit of a predetermined amount of money to return interest such as a nickel in interests for depositing twenty-five... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4830375 | Bingo chip dispenser A bingo chip dispensing device having a body with a cartridge receipt area for attachment of a cartridge containing bingo chips. The chips feed into a chip receipt area in the body where one is retained between the arms of a slide member. When the arms ar... | 05/16/1989 |
