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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 |
| 7205498 | Closure lining and color detector A system is disclosed for detecting or inspecting for a lining of a container closure that is formed of a sheet metal and has a panel on an inside surface of the closure. The panel of the closure has a lining formed thereon. The system according to the present inven... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6689978 | Closure lining and color detector A system is disclosed for detecting or inspecting for a lining of a container closure that is formed of a sheet metal and has a panel on an inside surface of the closure. The panel of the closure has a lining formed thereon. The system according to the pr... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5769202 | Inside-out can lid removal device When an inside-out can lid is detected in a lid row, an abutting block mounted on a pneumatic cylinder moves upward. The abutting block passes through the inside of a through-hole and pushes up the lid row in a position near the inside-out can lid. Then, ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5186331 | Method and apparatus for separating bottle caps from plastic bottles An apparatus having a pair of rollers disposed below an input hopper so that beverage bottles having caps thereon will be pulled between these rollers as they rotate in opposite directions, thereby compressing the bottles, and at the same time exploding t... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5145050 | Reversed can end ejection system A reversed can end ejector system for detecting and ejecting a can end in reverse orientation with respect to a moving stack of otherwise similarly aligned and nested can ends is disclosed. The system utilizes a reversed end extractor bar having a hook fo... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4928831 | Garment-greeting card combination A novelty greeting card is provided wherein an item of wearing apparel is attached in combination with a stiffener element and the combination is folded so as to take on the appearance of a conventional greeting card. The item of wearing apparel is remova... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4889243 | Apparatus for detecting and ejecting bent crowns A conveying system for crowns used to cap containers having a portion thereof adapted to detect and eject bent crowns comprising a conveyor chute for permitting the gravity feed of bent and unbent crowns therethrough, a conventional crown orienting appara... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4879025 | Apparatus for sorting parts A sorting device suitable for sorting defective parts from a stream of parts is disclosed. The parts may be non-magnetic. A sorting disc having a number of recesses disposed around its periphery receives the parts to be sorted. A reject disc having a numb... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4863007 | Orienter for cup-shaped objects A bottle cap orienter has two rotating pin sorters, one positioned above and the other below a path over which randomly oriented bottle caps must travel. A stationary cam adjacent each sorter causes a plurality of pins at selected locations to project int... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4735508 | Method and apparatus for measuring a curvature of a reflective surface A method for measuring a curvature of a reflective surface includes the steps of directing a pair of collimated light beams onto a substantially smooth portion of the reflective surface and measuring the separation of the light beam images reflected from ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4709798 | Rotary feeder to orient and feed bottle caps and similar parts A rotary feeder for articles is provided and consists of a rotating bowl that has a domed floor and an upper ledge, an inclined stationary ramp that will carry the articles from the domed floor to the upper ledge, a stationary guide ring that has an exit ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4655350 | Reversed end ejector system A reversed can end ejector system is provided for detecting and ejecting a can end in reverse orientation with respect to a moving stack of otherwise similarly aligned and nested can ends. This system comprises an optical detection apparatus including a l... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4390098 | Automatic closure reject from upstacking device Apparatus and a method of rejecting articles, such as can closures, are disclosed. The rejection of articles is obtained by variation in the length of a reciprocating member. In one mode of operation, a register of a multiregister counter is activated by ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4260483 | Bottle cap inspecting machine In accordance with the present invention, methods and machinery are provided for automatically inspecting shaped, lined closures and rejecting those which fail to meet pre-established criteria for shape and seal. Specifically, shaped closures having conca... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4135306 | Closure testing means and method The depth of thread in a roll-on closure is tested by determining the radial distance between the peak and valley defining a profile of the external surface of the threaded section. Apparatus for measuring the peak includes a first sensor broad enough to ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 3991882 | Method and apparatus for inspecting articles for openings An apparatus and method are disclosed for inspecting a series of can ends as they come off a forming press wherein the can ends are carried on a continuous belt which moves them through the forming press and then past a light source and a light detecting ... | 11/16/1976 |
