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 |
| 7614329 | Stop rule for circular saw benches A fence ruler for table circular saws includes a longitudinally extending profiled hollow body of mostly rectangular cross-section mountable onto a machine table. One side of the profiled hollow body is formed as a guiding leg with a protruding extension having on i... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7150214 | Vegetable cutter A vegetable chopper (10) includes a lower housing part (14), which has a knife (16) on its underside and receives a rotatable inner body with a chopping grid (20), the inner body (18) being fillable with the vegetable. Vegetable ch... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146890 | Annular octagonal hand held pushing tool for use with cutting and abrasive tools A hand held pushing tool for use with cutting and abrasive tools is formed as a planar disk. The disk has a first side surface, a second side surface, a first predetermined thickness and an outer peripheral edge. The outer peripheral edge has at least one notch. The... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140284 | Device for cold cutting elongate members along a longitudinal axis A cold separation device for separating an elongate metallic member along its length. The device has a separation unit having a driven blade, support member to support the elongate member upstream and downstream of the separation unit. The device further has to feed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140288 | Device for shaping a food product A method and cutting device makes incisions in an elongated food product, like a hot dog or sausage, to form a pattern or character after the product is cooked. One form of the cutter includes a hinged housing into which the food product is positioned. The housing i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7051633 | Ampoule card splitter A device for splitting apart a card of thermoplastic ampoules is described. The splitter device includes a card receiving base, a cutter assembly, and a pusher assembly for pushing the card along the base through the cutter assembly so as to divide the card into sep... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040206 | Straddle safety pusher system An adjustable pushing apparatus (50) for safely moving a work piece (22) past a cutting tool (16). The apparatus includes a body (52), a first leg (56), a second leg (58) and a moveable center leg (60) defining a leg ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6837030 | Automated method for placing sliced food stacks in packages A system and method are provided that allow meat logs to be manually loaded into a slicing station and thereafter be continuously automatically processed at the slicing station, a harping station, and an insertion station for automated packaging thereof without the ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6813982 | Positioner and cutting apparatus A computerized positioning and cutting apparatus and method for automatically cutting structures to predetermined lengths with a minimum amount of scrap for a given project. The apparatus includes a frame and a positioning trough supported by the frame. A magazine i... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6732623 | Safety push tool for table mounted cutting tool having an adjustable heel A safety push tool for use with table mounted cutting tools. The push tool is of the type having a carrier guide body with an underside adapted to rest on a work piece to be moved along a cutting tool. The safety push tool has a handle portion and the improvement of... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6672190 | Precision miter gauge The present invention provides a precision miter gauge for orienting and positioning a workpiece relative to a cutting tool. The miter gauge reduces positioning errors and improves repeatability. The miter gauge includes a base and a body pivotably connec... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6487949 | Just-in-time bulk rubber bale processor A bale processor for cutting or dicing a bale or slab of unvulcanized rubber produces small cubes or blocks of a predetermined size and uniform shape for continuous feeding at a predetermined rate into a mixing machine or blender. A bale or slab of feedst... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6401605 | Device for dicing garlic The invention relates to a device for dicing garlic, or similar vegetables. Said device comprises an inner section (2) which has a receiving chamber with a cutting grid (6) located at one end, an upper housing section (3) which can close the other end of ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6148705 | Table saw combination A table saw includes a base having one or more tracks secured on top. A seat is secured on one end of the tracks. A plate is slidably engaged on the tracks and detachably secured to the tracks. A saw device is secured to the bottom of the plate and includ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6095024 | Miter fence-box joint fixture In order to enable both miters and box joints to be fabricated using the same piece of apparatus, a miter fence is provided with multiple slidable portions or segments which enable a ledge to be projected from a lower edge of one of the fence faces and fo... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6044740 | Push stick A push stick for use with stationary power tools including table saws and shapers. The push stick has a flat base plate that can ride on the surface of the power tool thereby providing stable operation with a resulting increase in safety for the operator ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5983769 | Apparatus for high capacity rotary cheese shredding An apparatus for shredding cheese is disclosed which is capable of producing relatively precise square cross-section cheese shreds of a desired length. The apparatus is capable of simultaneously shredding multiple cheese blocks for high capacity cheese sh... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5957018 | Process and apparatus for cutting up by shearing of elements of a nuclear installation A process and apparatus for cutting up an element used in the construction of a nuclear installation for dismantling. The element is placed on a support and pushed toward a shearing tool having a blade pitch angle of 30°. As the element is pushed, the bl... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5947016 | Garlic cutter A garlic cutter comprising a housing bearing a cutting blade (8) at its underside and further comprising an upper part (2) with a punch (12) affixed thereto. The upper part when in the operational state and during rotation relative to the housing (6) carr... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5894777 | Protective device for machine tool operators The protective push stick includes a transparent cover extending over the cutting tool of a machine tool to protect the operator's hand from the saw blade, to protect the operator's eye from particles flying upwards from the cutting tool and still provide... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5881619 | Method and apparatus for cutting blocks of solid energetic materials A remotely controlled apparatus for reducing the size of energetic materials is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a remotely controlled cutter, retainer and a device for positioning the energetic material to be reduced. Also disclosed is a method for red... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5732610 | Automatic protective bagel slicing system An automatic protective bagel slicing system for automatically slicing food, such as bagels or rolls, into symmetric halves within an enclosed drawer for precluding injury to a user. The inventive device includes an encasement having an interior cavity, a... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5692425 | Protective device for saw operators The protective push stick includes a transparent cover extending over the saw blade of a table saw to protect the operator's hand from the saw blade and to protect the operator's eye from particles flying upwards from the saw blade.... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5678467 | Exchangeable handle for wooden pushers An exchangeable handle for wooden pushers which handle includes a grip having a base plate which is L-shaped in cross section, this base plate having a long leg and a short leg in which spikes are provided for driving into the wooden pusher. The spikes at... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5477760 | Sliceable product carriage for a slicing machine The sliceable product of an automatic slicing machine is advanced toward the stop plate by a slider which is engaged on both sides of the receiving surface for the sliceable product by respective belt drives.... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5311801 | Cutting device A cutting device has a transportation railway for guiding a pile of sheets, a cutter positioned along the transportation railway for cutting a pile of sheets delivered thereto into a plurality of smaller sheets; a first pusher movable along the railway by... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5060546 | Method and apparatus for cutting irradiated fuel elements in the horizontal position by means of a blade-carrying carriage The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for cutting irradiated fuel elements when in the horizontal position. A fuel element is placed on a support and presents a cross-section for cutting. The fuel element may be displaced along its longitudin... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4697488 | Device for slicing and storing food such as cheese and the like A device for slicing and storing food such as cheese and the like for cutting of said food into slices of any thickness. Said device comprises a carrier with a top, a bottom, two sides, one enclosed end and a closable aperture end. A pusher, integral to t... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4463643 | Product pusher for cutting apparatus An improved product pusher for a cutting apparatus. The pusher slides downward along an upright receptacle to urge a comestible product, such as meat through a magazine movable past a cutter of the apparatus. The pusher has a catch for automatically retai... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4434694 | Food material slicing machine A food material slicing machine has a housing, a cutter mounted in the housing, a hopper pivotally mounted to the housing for receiving food material when the hopper is in a first position remote from the cutter and being pivotable to a second position in... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4125046 | Food slicer A kitchen implement for evenly slicing meats, breads and other foods; the implement including a wooden base upon which a sheet metal frame is mounted, the frame having vertical opposite sides and a horizontal top with a series of parallel slits close toge... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4103579 | Device for slicing a block of cheese and the like A device for slicing a block of cheese and the like including a base having spaced side members with a flange on the inner surface of each side member. A pallet for mounting a block of cheese thereon is slideably mounted on the flanges of the side members... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4051758 | Bread slicer useable by a blind person A bread slicer that can be used by a person with normal sight but especially designed to be readily used by a blind person. Adjustable means is provided for advancing the loaf of bread, or other object to be sliced, the same measured distance toward a cut... | 10/04/1977 |
