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...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 |
| 7469557 | Method for forming a capillary column for filtering, separation and concentration The column according to the present invention provides greatly increased effective length and tortuosity, per unit length of column material, by providing a smooth or textured, tight radius helical channel or channels within a silica monolith. The capillary accordin... | 12/30/2008 |
| 6925839 | Method for making capillary splice A method of making a capillary splice includes applying pressure to a bore in a tube, applying heat to a portion of the tube to soften the portion of the tube, and forming a bubble within the bore in the heated portion under the influence of the pressure and heat. W... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6813904 | Differential pressure process for fabricating a flat-panel display faceplate with integral spacer support structures A process for fabricating a faceplate for a flat-panel display such as a field emission cathode type display is disclosed, the faceplate having integral spacer support structures. Also disclosed is a product made by the aforesaid process. ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6685525 | Method for manufacturing an incandescent lamp A method for manufacturing an inexpensive lamp, which suppresses distortion of a bulb and prevents decrease in commercial value and breakage of the bulb. In a glass bulb having one end thereof communicating with an exhaust tube, an assembly of a filament,... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6631627 | Differential pressure process for fabricating a flat-panel display face plate with integral spacer support structures and a face plate produced by such process A process for fabricating a face plate for a flat-panel display such as a field emission cathode type display is disclosed, the face plate having integral spacer support structures. Also disclosed is a product made by the aforesaid process.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6598426 | Method of making a vehicle window with opaque layer A method of making a vehicle windshield or other window. An opaque layer (e.g., enamel or water-based) is applied to a glass sheet and then "fired" or cured. The opaque layer is preferably black or dark in color. Thereafter, the sheet with the opaque laye... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6564586 | Differential pressure process for fabricating a flat-panel display face plate with integral spacer support structures A process for fabricating a face plate for a flat panel display such as a field emission cathode type display is disclosed, the face plate having integral spacer support structures. Also disclosed is a product made by the aforesaid process.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6510709 | Shaping mold optical fiber guide block processes for the production thereof and optical fiber array Disclosed are a shaping mold for producing an optical fiber guide block which permits highly accurate positioning and fixing of optical fibers, an optical fiber guide block having such excellent properties, processes for the production of these, and an op... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6393869 | Differential pressure process for fabricating a flat-panel display face plate with integral spacer support structures A process for fabricating a face plate for a flat panel display such as a field emission cathode type display, the face plate having integral spacer support structures is disclosed. Also disclosed is a product made by the aforesaid process. The support st... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6279348 | Differential pressure process for fabricating a flat-panel display face plate with integral spacer support structures A process for fabricating a face plate for a flat panel display such as a field emission cathode type display, the face plate having integral spacer support structures is disclosed. Also disclosed is a product made by the aforesaid process. The support st... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6216492 | Methods and apparatus for providing quartz glass connectors A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a vitreous quartz pipe or container having a connector including a flange formed from at least one strip or rod-shaped piece of transparent quartz glass which is wound circumferentially around eith... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6101846 | Differential pressure process for fabricating a flat-panel display face plate with integral spacer support structures A process for fabricating a face plate for a flat panel display such as a field emission cathode type display, the face plate having integral spacer support structures is disclosed. Also disclosed is a product made by the aforesaid process. The support st... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5979187 | Lamp construction and method for forming In a method of forming a glass to metal seal between one end of a glass lamp tube (for, for example, a flash lamp or laser lamp), a metal rod which is terminated by the electrode is heated, and has molten glass sealing material applied thereto to form a b... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5903097 | Method of manufacturing a side glass for a vacuum fluorescent display A method of manufacturing a side glass for a vacuum fluorescent display is provided wherein a glass is cut to a predetermined length in accordance with the size of the vacuum fluorescent display. The glass is then bent to coincide two ends of the glass in... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5858046 | Method of making an internally channeled glass article The present invention is directed to a method for forming glass articles containing internal enclosed channels. The method comprises the following steps: (a) delivering and depositing a first or channel-forming ribbon of molten glass to a surface of a mol... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5858051 | Method of manufacturing optical waveguide A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide comprises a first step of laminating, on one major surface of a first glass material, a second glass material to a desired thickness, the second glass material having optical characteristics different from th... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5658363 | Method of joining a tube to a rod having an annular rib, so as to form an optical fiber preform A method of manufacturing a preform for drawing into an optical fibre comprises positioning a rod within a sleeving tube therefor to form an assembly in which there is an annular space between the rod and tube, and collapsing the tube onto the rod to form... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5639288 | Method for furnishing glass tube with internal glass spiral A method to provide a glass tube with an internal glass spiral being formed from a straight glass rod and fastened to the internal wall of the glass tube by merging the glass rod with the glass wall in the line of contact between the glass wall and the sp... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5324373 | Method of making a curved glass pane of laminated glass The subject of this invention is a method of making a curved glass pane of laminated glass, such as an automobile windshield, in which one of the two single glass sheets is provided, on the surface bearing against an intermediate layer, with a film of a b... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5316564 | Method for preparing the base body of a reflecting mirror The invention provides a method of preparing a light-weight base body of a reflecting mirror such as a mirror in a reflecting astronomical telescope, which is very stable not only thermally but also mechanically and is highly resistant against adverse env... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5225252 | Glass vacuum flask coating method A glass vacuum flask coating method comprising a step to put a metal material in the gap between an inner flask and an outer flask before said inner and outer flasks being formed into a blank for a glass vacuum flask, after the process of exhausting and t... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5133682 | Method and mold for fabricating an arc tube for an arc discharge lamp A method of fabricating an arc discharge capsule from a tubular blank, and a mold used in such fabrication, is provided wherein a first electode is sealed in a first press seal in one end of the blank, and a preform designed to facilitate insertion and po... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4997467 | Glass lamp base with side hole A hollow glass lamp base is molded with a sidewall having a tapered, truncated dimple in it. The inner end of the dimple is knocked out, after the base has been annealed, to provide an opening so that the electric cord can extend out through the sidewall ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4846746 | Method for the manufacture of vacuum tubes stems A method of manufacturing stems for vacuum tubes is disclosed. The method makes it possible, in particular, to improve the quality of the seal between the metallic bushings and the glass of the stem. The method consists in loading a bottom mold with a fir... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4842635 | Method of manufacturing a low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp and low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp manufactured by means of this method A method of manufacturing a low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp with a discharge vessel comprising two or more substantially parallel co-extending glass discharge tube portions (4 and 5) interconnected through a coupling which extend transversely to... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4786303 | Method of fabricating a glass nozzle array for an inkjet printer The method of this invention comprises first forming an assembly of a number N of cored glass fibers, separated by a number M of solid glass fibers. After a row of such alternated cored and solid glass fibers is assembled, a uniform pressure is applied to... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4778504 | Method and apparatus for bonding the pane edges of all-glass multiple panes Method for bonding the edges of all-glass multiple panes, particularly all-glass double panes, whereby the individual panes moving through an elongated tunnel furnace or the like are cut to size, may potentially be washed, are subjected to an at least par... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4725298 | Method for making low pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp A low pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp forms an electric discharge path by the use of a bulb placed on an end plate and the bulb is formed by a process which results in the connecting outer side surfaces of juxtaposed glass tubes through communicatio... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4723092 | Method of making a single-ended metal halide high-pressure discharge lamp, and single-ended lamp made according to the method To improve the high-voltage flash-over resistance by increasing the lead aration of the lamps, the pinch or press seal is, while the lamp is being made and the lamp tubing is in plastically deformable condition, extended at least is the region adjacent t... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4718932 | Method for making an electrically heatable windshield This specification teaches a method of manufacturing a curved windshield with an electrically conductive film thereon. The method includes the steps of placing an electrically conductive film, an oxidizable metal layer, and an oxidized metal layer in laye... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4530710 | Low-pressure arc discharge lamp having parallel discharge tubes with an arc-containing interconnecting channel; and method of manufacturing same A method of manufacturing a low-pressure arc discharge lamp formed by interconnecting two or more parallel glass discharge tubes, each tube being sealed at one end. A hermetically sealed arc-containing channel between the two adjacent tubes is formed by h... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4426215 | Method of fabricating a low loss fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler A known low loss fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler is fabricating by heating and pulling a plurality of fused optical fibers which may be twisted to provide a minimum biconical taper region. One method of improving this known biconical taper coupl... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4419119 | Method of forming multifocal lens blank A method of producing multifocal lens blanks by fusing a molten glass segment into a pressed countersink of a lens blank when it is being formed in which the pressed countersink is unpolished and into which unpolished and pressed countersink a minor eleme... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414009 | Method of making an image intensifier faceplate A glass faceplate having a central area of required useful diameter surrounded by a narrow ring of opaque glass and an outer glass mounting flange. Light entering the flange or ring is prevented from reaching the central area as stray light or glare in th... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4364763 | Method of making mirror blanks including blanks made according to said method The method is characterized by moulding at least one slab of a thermoplastic, normally solid material under heat treatment against a matrix having a form substantially matching that of the final mirror to form a shell (6) introducing into the shell a mate... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4243401 | Apparatus for producing double-walled heat insulating containers Inner and outer blow-moulded glass bulbs, each open at one end thereof, are positioned one inside another on an apparatus having a chuck means which holds the bulbs in a spaced apart relation. The apparatus includes pivotally moveable gripping means which... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4101303 | Perforate glass structures and method of making the same A channel-type electron multiplier made in the shape of a glass wafer having holes through a central portion thereof, and an imperforate glass border fused to the periphery of the wafer, the wafer glass having a thermal coefficient of expansion less than ... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4083710 | Method of forming a metal pattern on an insulating substrate A first die having a relief pattern is employed to provide predetermined shape and relative positioning for a first plurality of metal strips. A second die is similarly employed for a second plurality of metal strips Without removing the metal strips from... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4019886 | Method of manufacture of multiple glass nozzle arrays Multiple nozzle arrays are formed from an assembly of at least one pair of plates having intersecting channels for receiving orifice elements and sealant. The joined plates, with inserted orifice elements in one channel and sealant in the other channel ar... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019645 | Crucible of fused vitreous silica A crucible of pure transparent silica glass or pure translucent or opaque silica glass for the production of monocrystals used in making semiconductor elements which includes a hollow cylindrical part and a welded-on head. The head end of the hollow cylin... | 04/26/1977 |
