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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 |
| 7265309 | Button assembly of control panel assembly A button assembly of a control panel assembly, which includes buttons each enabling execution of a selected operation of a drum washing machine when pressed, is disclosed. The button assembly includes a control panel provided with a plurality of button holes, a prin... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261264 | Locking assembly A locking assembly for readily attaching and detaching a device to a surface such as a wall, non-planar surface, or a plurality of bars such as those found in a kennel. The locking assembly has a bracket assembly with a front and back plate that are fixedly attached... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7116226 | Cash register alarm system A cash register alarm system for sounding an alarm to the police without delay. The cash register alarm system includes a cash drawer having a bottom wall and a back wall, and also includes a tray having a bottom wall and a back wall and plurality of partitions spac... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077372 | Locking assembly for mounting a device to a solid surface A locking assembly having a substantially joined bracket assembly with a front and back plate defining an opening therebetween with a top slot and a side slot. At least the back plate is directly or indirectly fixedly attached to a solid surface. Positioned within s... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7004386 | Cash drawer A cash drawer comprises a casing, a drawer with a lock head and a connecting rod, a shift plate, a locking device, an opening device, a guiding device and a transmitting device, wherein the drawer is closed by being pushed rearward and opened by turning the lock hea... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6831558 | Mailbox operated signal device A mailbox operated signal device has a motion detector that is attached to the inside of a conventional mailbox and activates a light and a speaker to alert residents that the mail has been delivered to their mailbox. A wireless transmitter is electrically connected... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6414253 | Object insertion/separation sensing apparatus An object insertion and separation sensing apparatus and method is provided for detecting the insertion or separation of a predetermined object into or from a main body. Included is a tactile switch installed on a circuit board provided in the main body, ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6267522 | Media holding apparatus, media size detector and method for detecting size of media for a document-generating device A media holding apparatus includes a tray having a support surface configured to receive media and a media stop carried by the tray. The media stop is movably supported for continuously adjustable positioning relative to the tray to conform dimensionally ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5564767 | Motorized extendible drawer apparatus for a vehicle A motorized extendible drawer apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus has a drawer slidably mounted to a frame. The drawer is extendible from the frame in a cantilever position for allowing access within the drawer. The frame has a tray mounted... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5512877 | Currency removal sensor system A currency removal sensor system for detecting removal of currency from a cash drawer includes a tray base positioned within the bottom of the cash drawer and a removable tray sitting on top of the base. A sensor is mounted at a predetermined location in ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5483889 | Automatic media size detector The present invention is an apparatus for conveying the size of a media to a printing system. The apparatus is constructed from a tray that has several receiving positions, one position for each size of media. A plurality of conductive strips are attached... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5350894 | Two piece switch assembly for members that move relative to one another in a fixed manner A two-piece switch is mounted on two members which slidably move in a fixed relation to each other. One portion of the switch, mounted to the stationary member, has a contact recessed within for connecting to a power source. The first portion has flexible... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5187336 | Switch assembly with transfer actuator An electrical switch assembly operable by means of a force applied in a first direction and including a switch having an switch actuator member responsive to a force applied thereto in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The switch assem... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4980800 | Electronic unit retention system An electronic unit retention system is shown. With the present invention, electronic modules are kept retained within a system housing so long as power supplied to the module. A bracket is mounted within a module along its back wall. One or more guide pin... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4829429 | Electronic cash register Disclosed is an electronic cash register comprising an input unit including numeric keys to enter the numerical information such as price and function keys to enter a variety of transaction information, an internal processing circuit to process the numeri... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4720611 | Electro-manual drawer latch An electro-manual drawer latch for a drawer which in a manual mode locks the drawer when the drawer is pushed into a housing and unlocks the drawer when the drawer is again pushed into the housing and which in an electrical mode prevents the drawer from b... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4603239 | Cash drawer assembly having a compulsory switch activating drawer latch A compulsory switch activating latch for being fixed to the casing of a cash drawer. The latch includes a pivotable latch member for engaging a latch bar on the drawer. The pivotable latch member is also capable of limited reciprocal movement in the direc... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4424426 | Battery powered drawer opening device A battery driven cash drawer provided with a latching arrangement in which a solenoid energizable by a battery operates to rotate a latch lever release arm pivotally mounted to the cash drawer casing, out of engagement with an extended portion of a latch ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4360796 | Register-gate system An anti-theft system for use in an attended parking lot has a cash register and an exit gate. Upon ringing up a transaction, when the cash drawer is unlatched, a normally closed switch, held open by a portion of the drawer latch, is permitted to close the... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4104490 | Coding lock A lock system for cash registers or the like which does not require rotational movement of a key. The system has a key, with a pattern of lugs and gaps along an edge thereof, and a lock containing one row of fixed and one row of movable contacts are urged... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4101745 | Drawer operated switch assembly A latch mechanism is disclosed for latching a cash drawer of a data terminal device in a closed position and for generating an electrical signal indicating the position of the drawer within the terminal device. The latching mechanism includes a rotatable ... | 07/18/1978 |
