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 |
| 6189573 | Stopper for mounting fitting A stopper for covering a mounting fitting of the type used to hold a chair, table or similar object in an operative position on the floor or other surface of a boat or recreational vehicle is usable with a range of different sized fittings. The stopper is... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189574 | Flexible tube for endoscope A flexible tube for an endoscope is provided with a tubular sheath. An outer circumferential surface of the sheath is provided with an indicator that indicates at least one of an orientation of the sheath about an axis thereof and axial length information... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189575 | Recoverable article A recoverable article comprising an inner resilient tubular member that is held out in a laterally expanded configuration by engagement with outer holdout structure, wherein the outer surface of the inner member is provided with a plurality of cavities, a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189576 | Apparatus for the controlled moving of a warp thread An apparatus moves a warp thread in a controlled manner by a punctuate compulsory guidance between three positions, namely a middle, an upper and a lower position. It comprises a pendulum which is pivotal about an axis and into which an electrical coil is... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189577 | Papermakers fabric with stacked machine direction yarns A method for weaving a papermakers fabric having a system of flat monofilament machine direction yarns (hereinafter MD yarns) which are stacked to control the permeability of the fabric. The system of MD yarns comprises at least upper and lower layers of ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189578 | Filling system and filling element A filling system for filling bottles or similar containers with a liquid product under counter pressure has a plurality of filling elements. Each filling element has a liquid valve for the controlled dispensing of the product as well as a plurality of gas... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189579 | Gas filling method and device, and method for filling discharge gas into plasma display panel A pipe is connected to a panel of a plasma display panel. Non-porization type getters are arranged in the pipe. The panel, getters, and a portion of the pipe located between the panel and the gatters are heated. The inner space of the heated panel is evac... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189580 | Vial transferset and method The improved vial transfer assembly or vial transferset may be attached to a vial under sterile conditions and used to transfer fluid to or from a conventional vial. The transferset includes a tubular transfer member which is sealingly supported on the ri... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189581 | Filler neck closure A fuel tank filler apparatus includes a fuel tank filler neck, a pressure-relief valve coupled to the fuel tank filler neck, and a filler neck closure coupled to the fuel tank filler neck. The filler neck closure includes a drainage basin configured to co... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189582 | Small electrode for a chalcogenide switching device and method for fabricating same A memory cell and a method of fabricating the memory cell having a small active area. By forming a spacer in a window that is sized at the photolithographic limit, a pore may be formed in dielectric layer which is smaller than the photolithographic limit.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189583 | Apparatus for removing barks from a wood- and bark-containing log flow An apparatus for removing bark from a wood and bark containing log flow. The apparatus includes a number of bark separation units, each of the bark separation units comprising an aggregate of a toothed disc mounted on a first disc shaft and a smooth-surfa... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189584 | Disposable carbide blade assembly for universal rotary cutter A disposable carbide cutting blade assembly for a universal rotary molding cutter head. The assembly comprises a disposable carbide blade blank having its cutting surface contoured to the desired configuration, a smooth rear, bottom, and front surface, an... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189586 | Pneumatic rubber tire for on/off-road vehicles An aggressive on/off-road pneumatic tire tread design for recreational vehicles which is highly durable, self cleaning, improves rolling resistance on paved roads, has excellent tread wear characteristics, and is relatively quiet on paved roads. The tread... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189587 | Automated tape splicing system A multi-roll automatic tape splicing device includes a platen which is rotatably mounted on a support frame via a shaft. Two or more tape mandrels are rotatably disposed on the platen at a substantially equal distance from the shaft, and substantially equ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189588 | Simple binding device Between the binding tape taking out section 7 and the tape cutting section 4 the tape reel 2 for keeping a wound tape 1 is disposed horizontally with each other. Thereby, the total length of the simple binding device is shortened to contribute to lower th... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189589 | Molding method for laminated body using cooling air In a method and molding apparatus for laminated molded bodies, a thermal-molding felt and a thermoplastic resin sheet, respectively in hot and soft condition, are set or placed on a mold face of cold-pressing-molding lower mold. A cold-pressing-molding up... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189590 | Disk label sticking device An improved disk label sticking device includes an annular label bearing seat configured to have a lower side pressing against elastic elements on a movable base below. The edges of the label-bearing seat are formed with guide flanges extending into slant... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189591 | Wafer sheet expanding apparatus and pellet bonding apparatus using thereof A wafer sheet expanding apparatus comprises an expanding mechanism, a rotating mechanism for the expanding mechanism, a motor, a power transfer mechanism. The expanding mechanism has a support ring, an expanding ring, and a movement mechanism. The support... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189592 | Roll up shade doubled fabric having patterns thereon A roll-up shade is doubled and its ends suspended from a head rail that is mounted above a window. One end is attached to a roller tube and the other end is attached to a stationary tube, with a bight being formed between the tubes. A first sheet is defin... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189594 | Portable display case A portable display case includes two centermost and two outermost panel members mounted for pivotal movement relative to each other between panel face-to-panel face opposing relationship in substantially parallel planes in a closed position and in substan... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189595 | Louvered blind lock A cord lock engaged with a vertically moveable handle for selectively engaging and disengaging a cord for transporting vanes in a blind. A rotatable mechanism is proximate with a vertically moveable handle. An extension is attached to the rotatable mechan... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189596 | Structure of a driving mechanism for venetian blinds The present invention relates to an improved structure of a driving mechanism for a venetian blind, wherein the frame body is provided with fixing seats having being mounted with blind slat control element. The control element is driven by a control shaft... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189597 | Hanger ring assembly for curtain A curtain with a hanger ring assembly for mounting onto a supporting rod includes a sheet material and a plurality of hanger units. The sheet material has a plurality of hanger openings formed along a top edge, and a plurality of edge gap each extending f... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189598 | Lost foam casting without fold defects Fold defects are reduced or eliminated in lost foam castings by contacting a destructible polymeric pattern surface proximate to which deleterious fold defects comprising unbonded seams are prone to form in the solidifying molten metal with a material tha... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189599 | Method and machine for producing an open riser in a mold A method and machine for forming an open riser in a mold includes a resiliently compressible plug received into the upper end of a riser sleeve, which projects above the riser sleeve and cope sand level so as to be advanced into the riser sleeve during sq... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189600 | Method and apparatus for production of amorphous alloy article formed by metal mold casting under pressure An apparatus for producing a formed article of amorphous alloy by a simple process are disclosed. A molding apparatus comprises a forced cooling casting mold which is provided with a sprue and at least one molding cavity communicating with the sprue and f... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189601 | Heat sink with a heat pipe for spreading of heat The invention provides a heat sink for cooling and electronic device. The heat sink includes a member, and a heat pipe secured to the member. The member has a first portion, a second portion, and a plurality of fins on the second portion. The heat pipe ha... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189602 | Electronic device with improved heat dissipation A portable electronic device such as a portable personal computer has a first part such as a main unit incorporating a heat-generating component, e.g., a CPU, a second part such as a display unit, and a connector for pivotally connecting the first and sec... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189603 | Double heat exchanger having condenser and radiator A double heat exchanger includes a radiator having a radiator tank and a radiator core portion, and a condenser having a condenser tank and a condenser core portion. The radiator tank and the condenser tank are integrally connected by a connection portion... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189604 | Heat exchanger for inside/outside air two-passage unit A heat exchanger in which refrigerant flows has a first core portion disposed in a first air passage for exchanging heat with inside air and a second core portion for exchanging heat with outside air. The second core portion is disposed at a downstream si... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189605 | Device and method for cooling gas Device for cooling fluid, comprising: an inlet for infeed of the fluid; a through-flow space through which the fluid flows; a discharge for outfeed of the fluid; and a number of pipes containing coolant which extend helically in the interior of the through-flow spa... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189606 | Fluid box-manifold assembly for heat exchanger, in particular for motor vehicle The invention concerns a fluid box-manifold assembly for a heat exchanger comprising at least a single-piece housing produced by swaging a sheet metal and including; a cap comprising a base linked to a peripheral wall defining an open surface, and a cover... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189607 | Heat exchanger A multi-flow type heat exchanger includes a pair of headers and a plurality of heat transfer tubes interconnecting the headers. The flow direction of the heat exchange medium through the whole of the heat transfer tubes is only one direction. A flow divis... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189608 | Cooling apparatus with automatic louvre operating mechanism A cooling apparatus comprising an air-cooled heat exchanger, a plurality of louvres to control a cooling air flow passing the heat exchanger, a mechanism for operating the louvres and means for actuating the operating mechanism according to temperature of... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189610 | Anchoring tool An anti-rotation device prevents right-hand rotation of a tubing string within a stationary well casing. The device includes a tubular housing connected inline with the tubing string. A fixed jaw configured for gripping the well casing projects outwardly ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189611 | Radio frequency steam flood and gas drive for enhanced subterranean recovery A method and system is provided for autogenic generation of a subterranean fluid flow, such as may be applied, for example, to enhance oil recovery or pollution abatement. In general, the method and system includes placing an electromagnetic apparatus dow... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189612 | Subsurface measurement apparatus, system, and process for improved well drilling, control, and production Subsurface wellbore conditions are measured directly in the wellbore while the fluid circulation system is not pumping. The measured values are recorded at the subsurface location and subsequently transmitted to the well surface when circulation is resume... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189613 | Downhole oil/water separation system with solids separation A downhole oil/water separation apparatus and process which separates solids from total production fluid prior to oil/water separation is disclosed. Production fluid is passed to a downhole solid/liquid cyclone which separates the fluid into a solids enri... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189614 | Oil and gas production with downhole separation and compression of gas A method and system for producing a mixed gas-oil stream through a wellbore wherein at least a portion of the gas is separated from the stream downhole and is compressed (e.g. using a SPARC) before both the compressed gas and the remainder of the stream i... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189615 | Application of a stabilized polymer gel to an alkaline treatment region for improved hydrocarbon recovery A process is provided for reducing the permeability of or fluid mobility within a carbonate-containing treatment region in or proximate to a hydrocarbon-bearing formation below an earthen surface penetrated by a well bore. The process is initiated by prep... | 02/20/2001 |
