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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 |
| 6893210 | Internal core profile for the airfoil of a turbine bucket First stage turbine buckets have internal core profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and the Z values are non-dimensional values convertible to Z distances in inches... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6706532 | Membrane for chemical and biosensors Aqueous membrane permeable by mass transport to a charged and uncharged species of interest, comprising a synthetic polymeric material and a surface active agent which is miscible with the synthetic polymer. The surface active agent is distributed throughout the mem... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6685947 | T helper cell epitopes The present invention provides T helper cells epitopes and compositions for use in inducing an immune response comprising at least one of these epitopes. The epitopes are contained within a peptide sequence selected from the group consisting of SSKTQTHTQQ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6565853 | Recombinant virus An adenovirus which encodes a polypeptide which produces a protective immune response against an alpha-virus such as a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus, in a mammal to which it is administered, said nucleic acid lacking a competant nuclear targeting s... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6308204 | Method of communications for an intelligent digital audiovisual playback system Method for communication between a central server and a computerized juke-box which operates in a conference mode, including: sending a header before any transaction, which includes the identity of the destination together, the identity of the emitter, an... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6302789 | Pedometer with game mode An object of the present invention is to provide a new pedometer with game mode which can be used as a game by a child to get some exercise such as walking and/or running without reluctance. When a vibration is detected by a vibration detector, the count ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6288697 | Method and circuit for driving display device According to the present invention, a method for driving a display device, including a display panel having a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines connected to the respective pixels, is provided. The method includes the steps of: sampling dat... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6156230 | Metal oxide containing gas generating composition A gas generating composition comprising ammonium nitrate and a non-toxic metal oxide which reduces the pressure exponent and enables the composition to sustain combustion at or near atmospheric pressure, thereby improving combustion efficiency. The compos... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5955166 | Point of purchase label constructions A display assembly uses a particular point of purchase label construction associated with a point of purchase display construction associated with a displayed item for purchase that does not take up valuable area that is covered by price stickers, or the ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5950909 | Pressure sensitive cohesive patterns for Z fold and C fold business forms In the production of mailer type business forms, particularly from a web in a roll configuration having a plurality of business form intermediates, with pressure sensitive cohesive, the problem of cohesive blocking (sticking together) at inopportune times... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5921065 | Two way mailed document with two sided variable color information A mailing envelope with a plurality of inserts is made by imaging variable color indicia on both faces of a paper substrate and imaging sense marks, and reply indicia, on at least one face of the substrate. The sense marks are used to properly align and s... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5814610 | Osteogenic growth oligopeptides and pharmaceutical compositions containing them The invention relates to biochemically pure oligopeptides having stimulatory activity on osteoblastic and/or fibroblastic cells having a molecular weight between 200 and 2,000. Preferred oligopeptides according to the invention comprise the amino acid seq... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5585292 | Method of fabricating a thin film transistor A thin film transistor comprises an insulator interposed between a gate electrode and a polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer, with the polycrystalline silicon semiconductor layer having a source region and a drain region with a channel between the ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5494368 | Fastener A fastener (50) is disclosed suitable for securing a grinding wheel (92) to the spindle of an angle grinder, the fastener (50) being capable of tightening and loosening by hand. The fastener (50) comprises a first disc-shaped component (52) having a first... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5340115 | Shooting scope used in shooting game system Engaging claws (15) and (16) are provided in the upper right front part in the longitudinal direction of a barrel (8), and engaging claws (18) and (19) are provided in the upper left part thereof. A gunsight (10) is held in the barrel (8) by the engaging ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5337360 | Method and apparatus for creating, supporting, and using travelling programs A method and apparatus for creating, supporting and using a "travelling program" is disclosed. A "travelling program" is a digital data structure which includes a sequence of instructions and associated data and which has the capability of determining at ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5261644 | Plastic jack A plastic pantograph jack for use in lifting and lowering automobiles comprising arms jointed together between a base and a load rest having a threaded rod passing through a pair of joints of the plastic members to raise or lower the load rest with respec... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5238464 | Process for making flame-resistant cellulosic fabrics Cellulosic fabrics are rendered flame resistant in a two-step procedure by applying first a tetrakis(hydroxymethyl) phosphonium salt/urea precondensate ammoniated to crosslink and form an insoluble phosphorus-containing polymer within the fiber structure ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5209698 | Piggyback label with CF or self-contained coating A business form that may be easily and inexpensively produced provides a security feature while allowing ready printing of variable information on carbonless sheets, and ready utilization of variable security information. Top and bottom sheets of base pap... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5125102 | Trunked radio repeater system including synchronization of a control channel and working channels A digitally trunked radio repeater system provides substantial improvements in timeliness of channel acquisition and channel drop, and in reliability of critical control signalling. The system uses a much higher digital signalling rate than is typically f... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5100109 | Fence board construction and related process Flexible fence board material is provided which comprises a length of hollow plastic material having a pair of face surface portions separated by upper and lower edge wall portions, wherein thinned hinge regions are provided at each of four corners along ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5071608 | Glossy finish fiber reinforced molded product and processes of construction Fiber reinforced thermoplastic molded products, sheets, and the like, having a glossy surface are produced by intimately blending discrete reinforcing fibers (e.g. fiberglass) and thermoplastic fibers (e.g. polypropylene or polycarbonate) into a web. The ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5025526 | Apparatus for cleaning electronic game consoles and cartridges Cleaning apparatus for an electronic game console and associated game cartridges, wherein the game console is of the type having a first edge connector adapted to engage a mating second edge connector provided in the game cartridge. The cleaning apparatus... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4984098 | Point of purchase automatically-actuated audio advertising device and method A point-of-purchase advertising device generates a prerecorded audio message automatically whenever a person is nearby, and then resets itself automatically to prepare for the presence of another person. A motion detector generates a logic level signal wh... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4983234 | Phosphine inhibition A composition comprising phosphorus and a minor amount of at least one radical inhibitor selected from 4-(p-n-trophenyl-azo)-1-naphthol and mono and fused bi- and tri-cyclic compounds bearing at least a first and a second substituent, the first substituen... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4980646 | Impedance tomographic tactile sensor Disclosed is a container holding a partially conductive ionic fluid with a flexible tactile surface covering the fluid and sealing the container. Along the bottom of the container a series of parallel conductors are located with the farthest spaced apart ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4968417 | Apparatus for screening a suspension of fibrous cellulose pulp An apparatus for screening a suspension of fibrous cellulose pulp comprising a housing and a rotor shaft, the housing having an inlet for the suspension and containing first and second screening sections, each comprising a rotor member mounted on the roto... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4965983 | Method and apparatus for feeding strips to a packaging machine A method and an apparatus are described for making individual strips and feeding the strips to a packaging machine for the strips, in particular to a sealing machine, for sealing the strips into a sheet or foil. The individual strips are cut simultaneousl... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4800033 | Process for the non-cutting reshaping of metals, and lubricant compositions for this process A process for non-cutting reshaping of metals using polymers in the form of homopolymers and copolymers of 1-olefins, of oxidation products of such homopolymers or copolymers, or of saponification or esterification products of these oxidation products as ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4793292 | Circulating fluidized bed reactor A circulating fluidized bed reactor includes a filter apparatus for separation and recycling of fine particles which are entrained by the flue gas. The housing of the filter apparatus has a plurality of vertically disposed ceramic filtration tubes. The re... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4788338 | Preparation of ketones A process for preparing ketones comprises reacting an alkene with carbon monoxide and a secondary alcohol at elevated temperature in the presence of a rhodium catalyst and an aminoalcohol or aminoether promoter. A preferred catalyst is Rh6 (CO)... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4760890 | Cutter assembly for rotary boring of earth A cutter assembly for rotary boring of earth. The assembly comprises a rotating cutter having a shaft protruding from the ends of the cutter; and a mounting member for the rotating cutter. The mounting member comprises two legs the ends of which are provi... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4722590 | Jointing armoured submarine cables A termination for the armour (11) of an armoured submarine cable at a repeater housing comprises concentric sleeves (12, 13) which are swaged together to grip the armour (11) there between. The termination can be mounted in an adjustable position relative... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4688838 | Twister bobbin lifter and carrier Easy lifting and transportation of a twister bobbin, and movement of the bobbin onto a creel pin of a warper creel, is facilitated. A bridle has an eye disposed at its top, the eye receiving a hook connected to a powered lift. A generally semi-circular sh... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4629502 | Pressurized reaction of refractory ores with heat recovery Metal is removed from particlized metal bearing refractory ores in an efficient manner utilizing pressure metallurgy with heat recovery. The particlized ore is mixed with a heated liquid, and preferably a flocculant and fibers, to form a slurry. The ore i... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4595975 | Efficient power supply suitable for inductive loads Disclosed is an Electrical Driving and Recovery System for a High Frequency environment. The recovery system can be applied to drive present day direct-current or alternating-current loads for better efficiency. It has a low-voltage source coupled to a vi... | 06/17/1986 |
