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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6095964 | Centrifugal separator with weight thrust bearing A self-powered centrifugal separator, for separating particulate contaminants from a liquid lubricant of an automobile engine, includes a rotor container rotatable about an axle to which it is journalled by bushes. When the engine is running, a film of pr... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6074336 | Separator with control valve and interlock device A centrifugal separator (FIG. 1) has a base adapted to be mounted to a surface of a machine, such as an engine, with internally communicating high pressure liquid lubricant supply and low pressure drain passages. The base includes a control valve to inhib... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5406157 | Electromagnetic bearing arrangement An electromagnetic axial shaft bearing 50 (FIG. 2 ) reduces rotational stresses on a ferromagnetic rotor 14' by reducing its radius and displacing inwardly the radially outer, axially extending part 51 of the stator core 15 containing an axial groove 18 a... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5355040 | Magnetic bearing back-up A back-up bearing (50, FIG. 1) is provided for a magnetic journal or thrust bearing by a source of pressurized fluid 52 (such as gas), channels 51 supplying the fluid to the suspension gap 30 between moving bearing armature 25 and stationary armature pole... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5345127 | Magnetic bearing back-up A magnetic bearing arrangement for a rotatable shaft 11 including electromagnetic journal bearings 20, 21 and electromagnetic thrust bearings 22, 23, is provided with back-up bearings provided as hydrostatic journal bearings 50, 51 and thrust bearings 52,... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5319274 | Magnetic bearings with twisted laminations Laminated stator and rotor components for a magnetic thrust bearing each include a plurality of generally radially directed laminations (10) whose roots lie along the axis of rotation of a shaft located by the bearing and whose distal portions are progres... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5317226 | Rotor and stator components for a magnetic bearing Laminated stator (15, 16) and rotor components (11) of a magnetic thrust bearing comprise a plurality of generally radially disposed laminations (2) fixed at their inner end to a cylindrical hub (3), the laminations all being curved in the same direction ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5272403 | Low friction backup system for magnetic bearings An assembly in which a rotating shaft is supported by a magnetic bearing has a back-up bearing to support the shaft in the event of failure of the magnetic bearing, the back-up bearing comprising one or more coaxial bearing parts each including cylindrica... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5231323 | Vibration isolated backup bearing for magnetic bearing An assembly in which a rotating shaft is supported by a magnetic bearing has a backup bearing to support the shaft in the event of failure of the magnetic bearing. If the bearing portion of the backup bearing comprises a ball race, the radially outer race... | 07/27/1993 |
| 4445592 | Lubrication system A lubrication system for a thrust and/or journal bearing for a shaft. The system comprises a viscosity pump mounted on the shaft within the thrust bearing housing, a main lubricant reservoir and a closed auxiliary reservoir. The pump inlet is connected to... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4405740 | Polyarylene sulphide compositions A composition comprising an intimate mixture of a polyarylene sulphide with an aryl ester of an aryl alcohol, the ester being in the liquid phase and the resin being a wet powder mixture, in suspension, in solution or in the form of a paste. The preferred... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4400167 | Centrifugal separator A centrifugal separator for separating contaminants from contaminated fluids comprising shroud means defining a first chamber, bearing means within the shroud means, a hollow rotor rotatably carried by the bearing means, said hollow rotor defining a secon... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4360208 | Segmented annular lip seal An annular seal against the flow of fluid along a shaft sleeve (5) includes a rigid ring (15) with flexible flanges (10,11) respectively radially inwards and outwards of the ring (15), one of which carries a sealing contact lip (9) against the shaft sleev... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4335925 | Thrust bearing This invention is a tilting thrust pad bearing in which bearing pads 11 are supported on individual pillars 19 which themselves bear on supporting bars 23, carried by rockers 24. The supporting bars and rockers are identical components and can be used in ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4288895 | Bearings This invention is a method of making a flanged half-bearing in which a semi-cylindrical journal bearing shell and two semi-annular end flanges are held in a jig with one flange in contact with each axial end of the shell over a part only of the thickness ... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4239715 | Method for manufacturing an elongated strip bearing This invention is a method for making a plain bearing in the form of a strong backing strip carrying a bearing lining. The lining is formed from powder material drawn from the bottom of a container by the strip moving past it, and a downstream wall of the... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4230581 | Centrifugal separators A centrifugal separator for removing a dispersed solid from a liquid phase by the combined action of a cyclone and a centrifuge, the centrifuge being mounted co-axially on the cyclone.... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4203184 | Bearings This invention is a method and apparatus for forming a partly-cylindrical bearing shell from blanks or a strip. An approximation of the final shape is achieved by feeding the strip through an arcuate passage defined by rollers, and the final shape is achi... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4189194 | Coated plain bearing and process of manufacture This invention is for providing a bearing lining on a backing, for example of aluminum, and uses polyphenylene sulphide which has good bearing properties, in combination with a base comprising a component of a metal from Group I or Group II of the Periodi... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4177063 | Method and apparatus for reducing metal oxide Method of reducing metal oxide on the surface of a bath of molten metal, wherein the geometry and the heat source in the bath are arranged so as to create a temperature difference on the surface of the bath comprising a first hotter region A and a second ... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4172622 | Plain bearings This invention consists of a plain bearing in which the bearing surface consists of or includes poly-phenylene sulphide to give good bearing properties and also because such linings can be bonded to backings of steel or aluminium or aluminium alloys with ... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4148966 | Polyarylene sulphide coated backing This invention is for providing a bearing lining on a backing, for example of aluminium, and uses polyphenylene sulphide which has good bearing properties, in combination with calcium hydroxide or another metallic base to effect a good bond between the li... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4140835 | Bearing materials This invention is an alloy for use as a bearing lining as an alternative to the known "white metals". The alloy is predominantly of tin, but includes from 0.001 to 0.5% by weight of chromium and from 0.005 to 0.5% by weight of cobalt. The micro-structure is go... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4015949 | Plain bearings This invention consists of a plain bearing in which the bearing surface consists of or includes poly-phenylene sulphide to give good bearing properties and also because such linings can be bonded of backings to steel or aluminum or aluminum alloys with a ... | 04/05/1977 |
