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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 |
| 8176833 | Firearm receiver with extended bridge A firearm receiver with an extended bridge is created to prevent the fully automatic fire of an assault rifle. The extended bridge receiver has a narrowed magazine well for a single stack removable magazine, safety catch with one or more grooves on its lower left ha... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7986238 | Tracking location and realtime management system of a container using RF Disclosed is a system for managing containers through RF communication and to a container position tracking and real-time management system employing RF, in which safety information and management information of a container are obtained by a sensor and a wireless te... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7975706 | Make-up compact A make-up compact has a hollow base, a lateral tray, a front cover and a slider. The base has a front surface and an oblique slot. The oblique slot is formed on the front surface and communicates with a chamber of the base. The lateral tray for containing cosmetics ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967688 | Motion simulator A motion simulator has a motive device suspended in midair and having a base, a moving panel, twelve universal joints mounted on the base and the moving panel and six actuators connected to the universal joints and being retractable. A seat assembly is hung on the m... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7916825 | Fuel rod of nuclear fuel assembly The present invention relates to a fuel rod of a nuclear fuel assembly having a vase-like compression spring adapted to increase the internal volume thereof wherein when the vase-like compression spring is inserted into a cladding tube, it has a relatively smaller v... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7737588 | Three-phase induction motor The preferred embodiment the invention proposes pertains to a three-phase induction motor, and operates on the premises of having the extension cords on two ends of the motor embedded with several balancing eccentric washers and a balancing eccentric block added, of... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7292010 | Energy attenuating device with the dynamical and adaptive damping feature A new methodology for dealing with the Electric-Magnetic Anti-skid Braking System (EMABS) and recycling the regenerating energy on braking is proposed. Developing a dynamic damper which comprising positive and negative type resistors connected in series becomes a fa... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7134264 | Adjustable connector for a lawn rake An adjustable connector for a lawn rake has a sleeve, a rake head and a lever. The rake head is connected in front of the sleeve. The lever is attached pivotally to the sleeve and has a cam head operationally pressing against a shaft of the lawn rake when the lever ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125327 | Scraper for refurbishing windscreen wiper blades A scraper for refurbishing windscreen wiper blades has a frame with an outer periphery, at least one trimming groove defined in the outer periphery of the frame, and at least one scrubbing material respectively received inside the at least one trimming groove. The t... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7519549 | Inventory sales system and method A computer system which permits inventory information to be used in connection with a technology enabled selling (TES) system to facilitate a sale is disclosed. The inventory information may be used during configuration of an item to be sold to a customer in a manne... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7503832 | Linear sander A linear sander has a base, at least one rough abrasive assembly, at least one fine abrasive assembly and a reciprocating device. The base has two sides and a belt. Each rough abrasive assembly is mounted on the base above the belt and has a rotating axle and an abr... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7498921 | Transformer and transformer assembly A transformer is to be electrically connected to a circuit board. The transformer has a bobbin, a copper sheet assembly and a coil assembly. The bobbin has two side plates and a winding core on which a primary winding, a secondary winding and a magnetic core assembl... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7484701 | Suspension device A suspension device can be used to support a musical instrument for display. The suspension device has a holder and a mounting portion. The holder may be a clamp, is able to clamp and hold a musical instrument in position. The mounting portion has a stationary hook ... | 02/03/2009 |
| D583260 | Chronometric counter | 12/23/2008 |
| 7464885 | Spraying head assembly A spraying head assembly has a tubular body, a cap, an upper plug, a lower plug and a spring. The cap is attached to the body and has a spraying channel, a conical cavity and a spraying hole. The conical cavity is defined inside the cap and communicates with the spr... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7466550 | Integrated heat dissipating assembly An integrated heat dissipating assembly includes two heat sinks, a heat dissipating fan mounted between the two sinks and a body provided below the two heat sinks and the heat dissipating fan. The body is composed of a hollow body, a pump received inside the hollow ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7462949 | Floating electricity production unit Electricity is produced by harvesting energy from flowing water, which does not harm the environment and which does not consume natural resources. A paddle wheel is stationarily positioned to penetrate the surface of a body of water. A plurality of paddle wheels may... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7451682 | Semi-automatic sporting rifle A semi-automatic sporting rifle is created by the modification of a fully automatic assault rifle Sa vz. 58. The semi-automatic rifle is constructed partly from original parts of the Sa vz. 58 assault rifle, i.e. bolt carrier, locking piece, striker, return mechanis... | 11/18/2008 |
| D580209 | Barbecue grill | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441428 | Latch locking apparatus for a frameless glass door A latch locking apparatus for a glass door has a body, an operating member, a transmitting device and a lock device. The body has a casing with a mounting hole and a lower mounting post. The operating member is mounted in the casing and has a pulling arm, a mounting... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439433 | Snare drum strainer A snare drum strainer includes a switch stand, a brake part, a suspender steady base and a pull handle driven part. The brake part can slide inside the switch stand and also can move upward and downward. The suspender steady base is steady located at a lower end of ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438853 | Photoelectrocatalytic method and photoelectrochemical detector for electrochemical analysis A photoelectrocatalytic method for detecting current that illuminates a photoelectrochemical electrode to generate a photocurrent and to magnify the current. Thereby, accuracy of the detection is increased. A photoelectrochemical detector used in the method has a ba... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429140 | Case assembly for lipstick and associated closure cap A case assembly, rotating or non-rotating, containing a cosmetic product such as lipstick, and a closure cap associated with that case by way of complementary attachment and release mechanisms, wherein the rotating case as well as the attachment and release mechanis... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424856 | Grate element for a grate of a waste combustion installation The present invention relates to a grate element (1) for a grate of a waste-incineration plant, having a plurality of rows of grate blocks, which are moveable or fixed, arranged one behind the other, a plurality of grate blocks (67) being arranged in e... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421762 | Hinge for a liquid crystal display A hinge of a LCD has a stationary bracket, a first shaft assembly and a second shaft assembly. The LCD had a base and a screen. The stationary bracket is attached to the base. Each shaft assembly is mounted pivotally on the stationary bracket and has an adapting bra... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414185 | Portable trombone stand A portable trombone stand has a base and a post. The base can be placed over a plane stably and has multiple legs radially mounted around the base. Each leg has a pivoting end pivotally mounted in the base. The post is perpendicularly mounted securely on the base an... | 08/19/2008 |
| D574823 | Versatile multimedia gateway box | 08/12/2008 |
| D573067 | Vehicle grille | 07/15/2008 |
| D572352 | Portable air conditioner | 07/01/2008 |
| D571936 | Tile | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383618 | Hinge for a portable device A hinge for a portable device has a body, a spring, a slide and a shaft. The body has a cavity and multiple retaining tabs. The spring is mounted in the cavity in the body. The slide is mounted slidably in the cavity in the body, abuts the spring and has a positioni... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380420 | Fabric with different thicknesses A fabric with different thicknesses has an upper layer, a lower layer and at least one yarn layer made of firm yarn, connecting to and formed partially between the upper layer and the lower layer to from at least one thick section of the fabric. Multiple sections of... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373868 | Semi-automatic rifle Sa vz. 58 A semi-automatic sporting rifle is created by the modification of a fully automatic assault rifle Sa vz. 58. The semi-automatic rifle is constructed partly from original parts of the Sa vz. 58 assault rifle, i.e. bolt carrier, locking piece, striker, return mechanis... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367745 | Securing assembly for use between a bike trailer and a bike A securing assembly for a bike and a bike trailer includes a securing body provided with a gap defined in the securing body and composed of two plates each provided with an elongated hole and a cutout to respectively correspond to and align with the elongated hole a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361128 | Exercising apparatus An exercising apparatus has a front frame, a rear frame and a seat assembly. The rear frame is connected to the front frame and the seat assembly is mounted pivotally between the front frame and the rear frame. The seat assembly has a seat back, a seat, a leg holder... | 04/22/2008 |
| D566819 | Portable air conditioner | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343866 | Waste-throughput limiting control Waste-throughput limiting control device (MBR) comprising at least one averaging unit (ME), a waste-throughput limiting controller (MBr) and a minimum unit (MIN). Starting from a waste weight (MG) applied to a charging system of the waste incineration plant and a pr... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342784 | Cooling method and device for an electronic component A cooling device for electronic components has a main body, a motor, an adaptor tube, a shaft, a valve assembly, a reservoir, and a delivery tube. The motor is mounted in the main body. The adaptor tube is mounted between the main body and the reservoir and is gradu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338022 | Support apparatus for suspending a monitor A support apparatus for suspending a monitor with a back has a mounting seat, a support arm assembly, an extending arm and a mounting device. The support arm assembly is mounted on the mounting seat and has a proximal bracket, a positioning device, a upper arm, a lo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338157 | Spectacle A spectacle has a body and two hinges. The body includes a frame, at least one glass and two temples. The temples are pivotally and respectively connected to the frame, and each temple has a hinge hole define through the temple. The hinges are held respectively in t... | 03/04/2008 |
