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 |
| 6732615 | Multiple-size nut driver A multiple-size nut driver comprising a socket portion and a handle connected to the socket portion for rotating the socket portion. The socket portion includes a plurality of concentric hexagonal sockets slidably mounted along a longitudinal axis of the driver. Eac... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732616 | Wrench locking and positioning device A wrench locking and positioning device includes at least one positioning body formed with an oblique slide guide portion facing an end face of a drive portion of a drive head of a wrench, and an elastic member mounted in the positioning body, for normally pushing t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732617 | Replaceable tool tip A replaceable tip for a tool. A locking pin is disposed on a transverse opening in the end of the tool. A sleeve having a cammed surface formed interiorly is disposed over the end of the tool with the ends of the locking pin contacting the cammed surface. The replac... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732618 | Machine tool The invention concerns a machine tool which, in spite of the possibility of being simple and inexpensive to produce, permits a highly variable design configuration and fitment of the machine tool with machine modules and moreover in spite of good chip removal permit... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732619 | Cutter mechanism A cutter mechanism for use in a printer. The cutter mechanism includes a base and a cutter blade slidably fixed relative to the base. The cutter blade is movable along a cutting path in a first direction between a retracted position and a forward position through a ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732620 | Cutting machine with rotating cutting blade The invention relates to a cutting machine, in particular a tread cutting machine, having at least one cutting blade (8) linearly traversable on a blade carriage (1) for achieving a feed movement and rotationally driven by a motor (2), the motor... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732621 | Method for machining slots in molding die An improved method of machining slots and material feed holes in a molding die such as an extrusion die designed to form a honeycomb structure of ceramics employed as a catalyst carrier of a catalytic converter for automotive vehicles. In one of the preferred embodi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732622 | Safety manual vegetable cutter The present invention relates to a manual vegetable cutter, for selectively varied cutting. Furthermore, the cutter of the present invention does not expose the user to risks of serious cuts. The cutter comprises a frame fitted with at least one cutting blade mounte... | 05/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6732624 | Cutting device The invention pertains to a cutting device, particularly for the cutting of predetermined breaking points in plastic membranes, foils or the like, with an air-permeable supporting surface for the plastic membrane or the like and with an aspirating device, with which... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732625 | Easily adjusted web slitter A vertically adjustable web slitter is adapted to be supported by a track of a web-slitting machine, and comprising an input port adapted to receive pressurized fluid. Also, a control assembly is adapted to controllably transmit the pressurized fluid into any one of... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732626 | Tape-cutting device of automatic roll tape cutter Disclosed is a tape cutting device of an automatic roll tape cutter capable of automatically cutting a tape fed out by a proper length. The tape cutting device includes: a frame detachably assembled onto the front surface of a case of the tape cutter, and having a s... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732627 | Carrying mechanism for power tools A power tool including a motor, a housing having first and second holes, and first and second plugs disposed within the first and second holes, respectively, the first and second plugs each connectable to a belt. One of the first plug and the belt has a hole and the... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732628 | Portable bullet trap A bullet trap for arresting and trapping a fired bullet. The bullet trap includes a primary enclosure having a shooting port and a plurality of discrete, resilient bullet trap media in the enclosure. In the preferred embodiment, the media are generally spherical and... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732629 | Pneumatic actuator circuit Disclosed is a piston positioning system for positioning a piston within a cylinder of a pneumatic circuit. The system comprises a piston position indicator for sensing an actual piston position, a controller for generating an output signal in response to the piston... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732630 | Ultrathin cylinder An ultrathin cylinder includes a cylinder bore formed in a short columnar cylinder body and having an axial length smaller than its radius, a short cylindrical piston for sliding in the cylinder bore and also functioning as a piston rod, a guide rod positioned at a ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732631 | Needle bearing and pump unit having a needle bearing A needle bearing for use in a pump has an inner race, embodied as an eccentric sleeve, needles, and an outer race with rims oriented radially inward on both of its face ends, of which one rim is intended to secure the axial position of the needles and the outer race... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732632 | Lost mould for producing a cylindrical bushing sleeve A cylindrical bushing sleeve or another cast part, in particular a ring carrier for pistons, has a rough surface so that the surrounding cast material can cling to the cast part as required. The rough surface is created by producing the cast part with the aid of a l... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732633 | Reduced dead volume hollow piston A piston for use in the cylinder block of a hydraulic power unit. The piston has an elongated cylindrical body with one end configured to connect with a slipper element. The second end of the piston is open with an annular cavity in the piston body defining an elong... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732634 | Automatic coffee beverage machine, in particular automatic espresso machine An automatic coffee beverage machine, in particular an automatic espresso machine, suitable for selecting a coffee beverage from a plurality of preparation varieties. A plurality of switching contact groups is provided for this, of which respectively one is assigned... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732635 | Coffee pot A coffee pot has a strainer (3) in the form of a bag which extends down into the pot (1). Ground coffee (6) is first poured into the pot (1), and then hot water (5) is filled into the pot, causing the coffee (6) to be stirre... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732636 | Angel hair pasta basket The angel hair pasta basket is a cylindrical mesh basket with a flat bottom, an ergonomic handle and three retaining clips extending downward from the outside surface of the mesh basket. The mesh is a fine mesh sized to prevent fine pasta from escaping from the bask... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732637 | Forced convection and radiant heat cooking Cooking apparatus having an enclosed cooking chamber with a radiant heater suspended in the upper portion thereof provides radiant and forced air convection heating to cook food products. The food is contained in a cooking tray which has a screen or perforated botto... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732638 | Time-out indicator for pneumatic strapper A time-out indicator is adapted for use in a pneumatic strapping tool for tensioning a strap around a load, adhering the strap onto itself, and cutting a feed end of the strap. The strapping tool has a cylinder housing, a piston disposed within a cylinder in the cyl... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732639 | Stenciling assembly A stenciling assembly for connecting and interlocking stencil members together end-to-end. The stenciling assembly includes one or more stencil members each including a piece of material having a distinctive pattern and being used to transpose the pattern onto other... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732640 | Screen printing frame having prestressing reinforcement A frame for supporting the screen of a screen printing machine having elongated frame members coupled together each providing support for an edge of the screen. The frame further includes a reinforcing member supported by the frame to extend in intimate proximity al... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732641 | Method for providing display images in an illuminated display device A method and system for providing an image for display by an illuminated display device is provided whereby certain areas of the image appear highlighted to a viewer. An illuminated display device for displaying an image on a medium or on a transparency is also prov... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732642 | Auto screen-printing method for use in IMR and injection-molding An auto screen-printing method for use in IMR and injection molding is disclosed to include the steps of: (a) printing a layer of transparent hardening agent on a roll of PET material by means of an auto screen printing press and then drying the printing, (b) printi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732643 | Method for forming pattern using printing process Disclosed is a method for forming a pattern of a LCD device using a printing process, in which additive for detachment corresponding to detachment accelerant is coated in a groove of a cliché filled with ink, thereby easily transferring ink to a layer to be process... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732644 | Method for producing an effect upon an emulsion in a printing machine A method for producing an effect upon an emulsion formed of a printing ink and a dampening solution on a roller in a printing machine includes introducing oscillations produced by an oscillation exciting device of the printing machine, which oscillates at a frequenc... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732645 | Method of presetting ink In a first printing process in Steps S1 through S6, ink supply is controlled so that a measured printed density (Vn) is approximately equal to a first target density (V1). This provides a uniform amount of ink remaining on ink rollers after the ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732646 | Pump inking unit An ink pump for a punp inking unit of a rotary printing press utilizes a two piece coupling between the ink pump and an ink pump drive unit. The ink pump is part of a replaceable inking unit while the ink pump drive unit is supported in the frame of the press. The t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732647 | Pump for inking or like purposes An inking pump for an offset printing press has a cylinder defining a bore in which a plunger is received for both rotation and linear reciprocation, creating a first and a second opposed fluid chamber. The cylinder has formed therein a first and a second suction po... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732648 | Printing blanket sleeve having sound dampening feature An easy to manufacture and install sound dampening pad for a printing blanket sleeve is provided. The pad effectively attenuates noise emanating from the sleeve during air pressurized mounting and dismounting of the blanket sleeve to an underlying cylinder. The soun... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732649 | Methods for providing custom rubber stamps The present invention relates to an improved retail process and apparatuses for putting customized marking devices, commonly called rubber stamps, in the hands of a customer in a convenient period of time such as five minutes after data entry. Prior art processes ma... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732650 | Device for providing a cylinder with a packing and registers A cylinder can receive one or more packings which are held in proper register. One or more register elements are carried by support strips which are placed in the cylinder barrel. These register elements can be held against longitudinal displacement in the cylinder ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732651 | Printing press with infrared dryer safety system A printing press with an infrared dryer unit is provided with a safety system for detecting overheating and sheet jamming conditions. The safety system has a temperature sensor disposed to directly detect the temperature of a passing printed sheet and to generate an... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732652 | Device for cleaning a cylinder of a printing-material processing machine A device for cleaning a cylinder of a machine for processing printing material includes a cleaning cloth pressable onto the cylinder for forming a contact zone. A first monitoring zone is monitorable with regard to a faulty position of the cleaning cloth, and is dis... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732653 | Method to remove unwanted, unexposed, positive-working, radiation-sensitive layer The presence of unwanted ink-receptive sections on developed positive-working lithographic plates due to shading by plate-holding clamps during imaging, is avoided by the use of clamps that are substantially transparent to the imaging radiation. In the case where th... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732654 | Method for producing a photocatalytic printing plate by film transfer A method for making a printing plate including a step of forming a hydrophobic image area on at least a part of a hydrophilic surface of a plate. The plate surface contains a photocatalyst and the image area is formed by using an organic compound which is decomposed... | 05/11/2004 |
