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 |
| 4336617 | Prosthetic substituted member for living body and a method for the surgical treatment by use thereof The invention provides an artificial prosthetic member for bone substitute with a novel structure comprising a core, an outer layer covering the core made of metallic aluminum, preferably, formed by electrolytic plating, and a surface layer on the outer l... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336618 | Bone connective prostheses adapted to maximize strength and durability of prostheses-bone cement interface; and methods of forming same There is disclosed a prosthesis comprising a prosthetic element and a polymethylmethacrylate film fixedly adhered thereto. The prosthesis comprises a surface adapted to be fixedly attached to bone and bears a polymethylmethacrylate film upon the attachmen... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336619 | Hand washer and drier mounting structure A hand washing and drying device having a recessed bowl defining a hand washing and drying space. Drying structure is provided including an air moving device which is mounted to the bowl. The air moving structure further includes an outlet opening to with... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336620 | Self-skimming dish rinser A self-skimming dish rinser for adaptation in a standard conventional sink comprising a liner inserted in the sink having side walls approximately equal to but slightly less than the sink side walls and a tray bottom having a drain opening fitting and ali... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336621 | Disposable orthopedic overmattress for articulated beds A continuous thin cushion is provided with stiff backing sections, arranged to align with the sections of an underlying conventional articulated hospital bed. The combination of cushion, backing, and preexisting hospital bed has a desired composite degree... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336622 | Power toothbrush or the like with orbital brush action The disclosure relates to a power toothbrush or the like characterized particularly by the fact that the brush element is driven in an orbital path, as distinguished from a more conventional angularly reciprocating motion. To particular advantage, the pow... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336623 | Bathing brush A velvet-like covered sponge inner-layer bathing brush having a pair of opposed retractable handles each connected to the body of the brush by a set of strings, with retracting means located within said body.... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336624 | Squeegee assembly A squeegee assembly having a tapered, flexible blade edge that will not develop a wary surface through use. The blade edge is formed on a flexible blade member, which blade member is disposed about and attached to another less flexible blade member. The f... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336625 | Wiper blade Several different configurations of the superstructure of a wiper blade are provided for use with a novel backing strip for a wiping element. The backing strip has two spaced apart backing elements which are joined at the ends and at at least one portion ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336626 | Controlled force safety switch mechanism A safety switch for a vacuum cleaner which includes a vacuum cleaner housing, at least two attachments adapted to be affixed to the housing, and a switch casing fixed to the housing. First and second slides are mounted for reciprocation in the casing rela... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336627 | Water conditioning systems The present invention relates to a system for conditioning and dispersing wash water which is particularly suited for mobile carpet cleaning. The system comprises a liquid cooled internal combustion engine operating a high pressure pump, a water supply ta... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336628 | Nozzle with pivoted wand The invention described provides a nozzle that includes a pivoted wand to permit relative movement in a vertical plane between the wand and nozzle during manipulation by the operator. The center for the pivot for the wand is located at floor level. This p... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336629 | Caster swivel lock A caster swivel lock construction comprising a base, a yoke rotatably mounted on the base for rotation about a vertical axis and having a ring plate and spaced legs extending away from the ring plate, an axle extending between the legs and a wheel rotatab... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336630 | Caster brake A caster brake construction comprising a base, a fork rotatably mounted on the base and having downwardly extending legs, an axle extending between the legs, and a wheel rotatably mounted on the axle. A washer is non-rotatably mounted on the axle exterior... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336631 | Handle assembly, top-load cartridge A disc memory cartridge double-acting handle design increases, over an earlier design, the amount of material resisting stresses at critical points to increase overall stiffness and strength. The increased stiffness and strength allows plastic to be used ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336632 | Continuous shirring and spinning apparatus for casings This relates to a machine for shirring tubular films such as those used for sausage casings and the like. In accordance with this disclosure, the films are continuously fed onto a mandrel where they are opened from their flat state and then are fed at a s... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336633 | Poultry processing method and apparatus As a series of birds are conveyed in a suspended, inverted attitude through a poultry processing plant the neck of each bird is received in a rotating helical rotor formed by a pair of helical bars arranged in overlapping, coaxial relationship and which f... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336634 | Apparatus for the severing of the fillets from the skeleton of fish In a fish filleting machine with one pair each of circular belly filleting knives, back filleting knives and severing knives as well as belly and back guides arranged on the one hand between the former and on the other hand between the latter, the fish is... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336635 | Bed sheet or the like securing means Means for securely keeping bedding such as a bed sheet in contact with an underlying mattress are provided which can be used to keep the corners of the sheet better tucked underneath the corners of a mattress and, if desired, the side edges of the sheet a... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336636 | Fastening device A fastening device is structured so that one half thereof is symmetrical with the other and includes a casing, with a pair of inwardly folded portions, and a pair of symmetrical block-members, each having a bar-member and accommodated within the casing su... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336637 | Safety clamp A clamp used on pipe comprises a clamp having a body adapted to be positioned around the pipe having first and second ends, gripping members for engaging the pipe connected to the body and a screw member pivotally connected to the first end of the body fo... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336638 | Apparatus for stretching plastic webs An apparatus is afforded for transversely stretching a continuously advancing flexible web between a pair of opposed banks of tranversely-spaced pressure elements, one of which banks is stationary and whose elements have slide surfaces, the margins of the... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336639 | Method of making a seismic apparatus A seismic streamer section includes a flexible tube with bulkheads at intervals therealong, end means to make electrical and mechanical connections with adjacent sections, tension lines extending from one end means to the other through the bulkheads, hydr... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336640 | Cylindrical turning tool The tool for machining pneumatic tires for vehicles comprises a plurality of peripherally consecutive, segment-shaped cutter blades, which constitute a peripheral surface of the tool and are axially spaced apart and extend in planes that are transverse to... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336641 | Bearing setting process Two indirectly mounted tapered roller bearings that are located between a spindle and a hub are set by first bringing one of the bearings into a condition of no end play and then measuring the distance between the cup of the second bearing and the end of ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336642 | Method of enlarging the heat exchange surface of a tubular element A method of enlarging the heat exchange surface of a tubular element used for guiding a medium in a heat exchanger, and the product obtained thereby.... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336643 | Method for the processing of heat exchanger, tube-strip elements Method and apparatus for processing solar panel elements which have been cut from relatively long lengths of metal tubing secured to metal strip and which are to be joined at their opposite ends to headers. At a first station, the elements are, if necessa... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336644 | Method of installing bulletproof windows in an armored automobile Methods of installing bulletproof front and/or rear windshields of an armored automobile are disclosed. A first method involves rebuilding the window frame of the automobile, installing the bulletproof windshield, then recontouring the surface of the auto... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336645 | Frame corner structure An improved corner frame structure and method of manufacturing it is provided. The corner is effected by joinder of channelled members by a solid bracelet having legs extending at the desired angle. Each leg is provided with a pair of spaced apart depressions.... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336646 | Apparatus for shearing and crimping Apparatus comprises a plug holder having a passage therein profiled to axially receive a plug body with a metal sleeve preassembled thereto. Neck dies slideably mounted in the holder move radially inward to shear sleeve and crimp it into a circumferential... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336647 | Method of making implant programmable N-channel read only memory An MOS read only memory or ROM formed by the standard N-channel silicon gate manufacturing process uses a cell structure which allows implant programming after the metal level of contacts and interconnections has been deposited and patterned. Address line... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336648 | Method of contacting a solar cell A solar cell comprises a semiconductor body with a p-n-junction, a metallized area on the light receiving surface of the semiconductor body, a connection or contact area on the light receiving surface, a reflection reducing layer completely covering the m... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336649 | Method of making rotor assembly having anchor with undulating sides A rotor assembly having wedge-shaped permanent magnets and anchors with undulating sides for attaching the rotor hub to the pole bodies.... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336650 | Cutting unit for a shaving apparatus There is provided a shaving apparatus having a circular shear plate and a cutting unit rotatable relative to the shear plate. The cutting unit comprises a cutting member having cutters extending toward the shear plate and a lead-cutting element having lea... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336651 | Circular safety razor A circular razor assembly having replaceable annular blades and apparatus for adjusting the positions of the blades whereby the user can control the depth of the cut of hair or beard. Cleaning openings are also associated with the blades to provide for ea... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336652 | Cutting tool for flexible plastic conduit A cutting tool for cutting flexible plastic conduit, formed by a pair of handled jaws pivotally connected intermediate their ends. One jaw is box shaped in cross-section and forms a handle which supports a knife blade, which has a longitudinal cutting edg... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336653 | English unit to metric unit conversion device A conversion chart having a transparent base sheet with a first series of divergent solid lines and a second series of divergent broken lines, with the first and second series of lines having a common base line. The first series of divergent lines are spa... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336654 | Adjusting device for ski bindings An adjusting device for determining the thrust force of a ski binding capable of movement along the longitudinal axis of a ski, which thrust force is adapted to urge the heel binding into engagement with the heel of the ski boot. The adjusting device incl... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336655 | Rule or measuring rod The present invention is in respect of a rule or measuring rod, also referred to occasionally as a measuring stick, and in particular in respect of the type of rule which comprises a number of telescopic components so arranged as to slide in relation to e... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4336656 | Method and apparatus for positioning a tapered member to verify the accuracy of the taper The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for positioning a tapered member so that the taper of a tapered surface thereof can be verified. The apparatus comprises a first surface having an angle with respect to the horizontal which is equal ... | 06/29/1982 |
