"HOME TECH": The Inner Workings
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The Toilet
Yes...those tales you've heard are true. The toilet was first patented in
England in 1775, invented by one Thomas Crapper, but the extraordinary
automatic device called the flush toilet has been around for a long time.
Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400's designed one that worked, at least ....
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.... sealing water. As the water level in the tank nears
the top of the overflow pipe, the float closes the inlet valve, completing
the cycle.
From the oldest of gadgets in the bathroom, let's turn to one of the
newest, the toothpaste pump. Sick and tired of toothpaste squeezed all
over your sink and faucets? Does your spouse never ever roll down the
tube and continually squeezes it in the middle? Then the toothpaste pump
is for you!
When you press the button it pushes an internal, grooved ....
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