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 |
| 4497069 | Universally fitting, modular ballistic garment A universally fitting modular ballistic garment having a harness member to which are connected various body protector members. A chest protector is formed of ballistic material and is removably secured onto the harness member by Valcro-type fasteners. Add... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497070 | Unitary leg and foot protective device A unitary leg and foot protective device of soft energy absorbing material which may be worn by a human comprising a lower portion for covering the top and sides of the foot of the wearer, a middle portion for covering the front and sides of the ankle of ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497071 | Exercise garment An exercise garment including a jacket and trousers in which the jacket is provided with a combined double entry side pocket and pouch having a zippered closure along the top edge thereof to enable insertion of an insulating member to protect a large port... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497072 | Porous coated glove A porous glove for use especially by workers and motorcyclists made of fabric material with a coating layer, the coating layer has sharp projections in the shape of broken bubbles whereby the glove provides tenacious grip. In addition, a method for making... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497073 | Lacrosse glove An improved lacrosse glove having a hand receiving portion and a cuff or gauntlet connected by a novel flexible connecting means comprising a padded portion attached at one edge to the inside of the hand receiving portion and at the other edge to an elast... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497074 | Organ prostheses Organ prostheses are manufactured starting from a support preformed in the shape of the prosthesis to be formed on which a sol giving on cooling a gel enabling a surface state approximating to that of a liquid-air interface is deposited, a hardenable flex... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497075 | Filler for filling in defects or hollow portions of bones A filler for filling in defects or hollow portions of bones to coalesce with the bone tissues is provided which comprises powders of a calcium phosphate compound having the apatite crystalline structure of each crystallite size of 400 Å or larger and of ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497076 | Dual flush system for controlling flush water in water closet The invention is an improved, adjustable ball valve closure for use in a dual flush water closet which allows the choice of a regular flush or a water saving flush. The adjustable closure is the type having a buoyancy chamber with a relatively lower drain... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497077 | Portable basin apparatus This invention relates to portable wash stands, and in one embodiment comprises a base member with an upright support affixed to it and a basin support affixed to the top of the upright. The basin support comprises a semi-circular, upward facing member to... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497078 | Apparatus for preventing the transmission of vibrations An apparatus for preventing the transmission of vibrations from one object to another including a first and second frame having a rod attached to one of the frames and the other being slideably mounted to the rod. An air bag or other force transmitting me... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497079 | Beehive aerator An invertible beehive cover provides aeration at the top of a hive when supported in one position on the hive, suitable for hot weather, and provides substantially no aeration at the top of the hive when supported in the inverted position suitable for win... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497080 | Boot tree A boot and shoe tree is described for maintaining a pair of boots or shoes in adjacent relationship for storage while being self-standing when not in use. The boot or shoe tree is constructed from a pair of adjacent members joined together at one end and ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497081 | Apparatus for treating printing plates A printing plate produced by a photochemical process is treated using an apparatus in which one or more flat washout elements are arranged facing the exposed side of the plate passing through the apparatus, these washout elements moving to and fro at righ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497082 | Cleaning cloth for gun and cannon bores A cleaning cloth body for the inside of firearms for clearing and removing of powder, gas, dirt oil, dust, wetness, and rust from the inside of firearms. The porosity, extension-and-contraction elasticity, absorbability, heat-proof, cold-proof, durability... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497083 | Heated windshield wiper A heated windshield wiper has resistance wiring running along the length of the wiper arm, the blade carrier, and the wiper blade for heating the blade and carrier when connected into a vehicle electrical system. Wiring connections are provided between th... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497084 | Windscreen-wiper element comprising a windscreen-wiper arm subjected to the action of a compression spring by means of a stop bracket The invention relates to a windscreen-wiper element comprising a windscreen-wiper arm (1) and a head (2) fixed on a drive shaft; a compression spring (14) is interposed between a member (10) connected to the head (2) and a bracket (5) encased in the casin... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497085 | Apparatus for feeding modules of seed cotton into disperser apparatus Disclosed is apparatus for feeding modules of seed cotton to disperser apparatus. The apparatus is capable of picking up, moving and delivering to the disperser the modules of cotton to be ginned, and further is constructed and arranged to load or dischar... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497086 | Regulating method and system for producing a uniform sliver in a carding machine A regulating apparatus for obtaining a uniform sliver delivered by a carding machine includes an rpm setter connected to a roller drive of the carding machine for determining an operational speed for the drive, a signal generator for producing a first sig... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497087 | Apparatus for cutting a fiber sliver The can filling station is provided with can removal means for moving full cans away from a filling position. A sliver separator is also mounted on the can removal means to engage against the underside of the coiler guide wheel under a spring biased force... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497088 | Ground cotton retriever with dual cleaning means An improved cotton cleaner incorporating a cleaning mechanism utilizing successive stages of saw-tooth drums and transverse bars. The physical orientation of individual cotton balls is controlled to assure exposure of at least two sides of each cotton bal... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497089 | Fiber drafting arrangement A drafting arrangement including a collector means suitably utilized for fasciated yarn spinning. The collector means in the shape of a hollow shell is disposed between a preceding draft means such as a pair of front rollers and the post draft means such ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497090 | Wire grip clamp with radially-directed screw take-up A radially-adjustable wire grip hose clamp made of a single wire strand forming a pair of coaxial, axially-spaced clamping loops. Each loop having a portion progressively traversing a seat element as said clamp is adjusted by a radially-disposed screw thr... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497091 | Twist clip This invention is a spring steel wire clip used to clamp and grasp objects of various size and shape. Spring steel wire is bent to form a top area from which extend two legs, each in three segments; an upper part, a crossmember and a foot. Each upper part... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497092 | Device for fixing rods in selected relative position The disclosure concerns a device for clamping two axially telescoping rods in a selected telescoped position, wherein the device includes a case supported at the end of the outside one of the two rods and the case encloses an annular bush wrapped around t... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497093 | Two-part fastener A two-part fastener for fastening two objects together comprising a first fastener part mounted on one of the objects and a second fastener part mounted on the other object. The first fastener part has a plurality of openings therein and the second fasten... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497094 | Child proof seat belt An automobile seat belt includes a latch tongue fixed to one belt segment and having a latching aperture, and a latch housing fixed to the other belt segment, having a recess and opening at its distal end to receive the latch tongue. The tongue is automat... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497095 | Apparatus for preparing a suede-like raised woven or knitted fabric A process and apparatus for making the appearance of a raised fabric suede-like comprising jet spraying a high pressure liquid (12) (14) onto the nap surface of a raised fabric through the means of the liquid passable material (2) having liquid impassable... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497096 | Tenter frame drive and method A tenter frame drive is illustrated wherein auxiliary power operated means are provided to drive the sprockets at the entrance end of the chain runs, opposite the main drive at the exit end. The auxiliary drives remove the slack in the chains which normal... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497097 | Preparation of improved thermoplastic spun fleeces In spun fleeces of thermoplastics in which the filaments are in approximately random arrangement, which fleeces have been strengthened by needle-punching and which have a higher tensile strength in one direction than in the direction at right angles there... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497098 | Fill yarn removal apparatus Apparatus for removing a fill yarn from a web of warp tows advances the web lengthwise across a tabletop having opposite pairs of bars at the leading edge thereof for separating the outermost tow at each of the opposite edges of the web from the remaining... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497099 | Method for production of synthetic yarn and yarn-like structures Synthetic yarn and yarn-like structures are formed by the method of treating separate strands of thermoplastic material so that at least one has a shrinkage ratio higher than normal at an elevated temperature. The strands are fed forwardly at different ra... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497100 | Apparatus for working pipes An apparatus for working of pipes or tubes, rod or bars, and the like, in the field of sanitary and heating installations, with electromotor drive. A drive machine is provided as the basic machine, and workpieces or working tools are selectively drivable ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497101 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a three-dimensional, shaped graphite electrode utilizing a three-dimensional, shaped file The invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional, shaped graphite electrode (3) utilizing a three-dimensional, shaped file (4), moved toward one another (filing stroke) while executing an orbital relative movement between the sh... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497102 | Process for manufacturing a piston ring A process for manufacturing a piston ring is disclosed wherein web-like first metal member which will form a base of a piston ring and web-like second metal member which will form a wear resistant layer of the piston ring are separately fed and joined tog... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497103 | Method for manufacturing a heat insulation sash bar The invention provides a novel method for manufacturing a heat insulating sash bar for window frame constructed with two oppositely positioned metal-made face members, one facing inside of the room and the other facing outside of the room, connected toget... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497104 | Separation device manufacture A method for making a hollow fiber separation device including the steps of forming an integral structure which comprises at least one tubular housing portion and an elongated chamber portion extending in elongated relation to the tubular housing portion ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497105 | Method of manufacturing solid electrolyte chip capacitors A method of manufacturing solid electrolyte chip capacitors. Each capacitor comprises a substantially rectangular capacitor element having a cathode layer surrounding it, an anode conductor rod protruding therefrom and a pair of electrode terminals dispos... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497106 | Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device comprising at least one bipolar transistor and at least one MIS FET integrated in a single semiconductor substrate, has an electrode for each region of the bipolar transistor and the MIS FET. Each electrode has the same conductivity... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497107 | Method of making self-aligned high-frequency static induction transistor A gate-source structure and fabrication method for a surface-gate static induction transistor. The method requires only one masking step during fabrication, thereby eliminating or minimizing mask registration problems during fabrication of the devices. Th... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4497108 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device by controlling thickness of insulating film at peripheral portion of element formation region A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device wherein a thickness of an insulating film at a peripheral portion of an element formation region of a semiconductor substrate is increased. The feature of this method is that an antioxidant film is formed o... | 02/05/1985 |
