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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 |
| 7395986 | Dispenser for readily attaching to a role-type toilet-tissue holder and dispensing moist towelettes from a role A dispenser for readily attaching to a roll-type toilet-tissue holder and dispensing moist towelettes from a roll of the moist towelettes. The roll-type toilet-tissue holder is disposed in a wall and has a spindle that is axially spring loaded to facilitate insertio... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7347395 | Box for transportation and dispensing items to be used in garages A box for supplying items to be used in garages includes a portion being made of cardboard, a plurality of side walls and of front walls. The items may be seat covers, steering wheel covers, floor carpets, trash bags, replacement parts bags, foils for sealing the in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320445 | Electrician's caddy An electrician's caddy useful for conveyance and dispensing of wire wound on wire spools. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311221 | Dispenser for separately dispensing wet and dry paper in the shape of a conventional roll of toilet paper A dispenser for wet and dry paper formed as a housing composed of a first canister for wet paper and a second canister for dry paper, the first and second canisters being separate and provided with their respective papers in isolation from one another for being remo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7281772 | Outdoor storage compartment An outdoor storage compartment with a housing having exterior rectangular side walls, an interior semicircular side wall, with an open-side, a center swinging door with an integral tray, and a magnetic closure. The door has a center elongate bearing, to hingedly rot... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7188799 | Dispensing system for wipes There is provided a system and apparatus for dispensing wet wipes. The system may include a housing, a tray and a cartridge, and a wiper blade. The cartridge may have the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner based on the desired orienta... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168654 | Media cartridge for wallpaper printer A media cartridge is constructed as a case in which a roll of blank media may be deployed for supplying a wallpaper printer. The case has two halves, hinged together. An area between the two halves, when they are closed, defines a media supply slot. The case has int... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7111727 | Roll holding system A portable gift-wrap holding and dispensing system that can be used to store and dispense rolls of material. A cutting guide is provided to assist cutting the material. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104620 | Outdoor storage compartment The invention is an outdoor storage compartment. The major components are a housing having an interior with an open-side, a center swinging door with an integral tray, and a magnetic closure. The door can nominally be opened by pressing a designated push point near ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070143 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a system for dispensing a plurality of perforated wipes having a perforation detach strength characteristic. The system includes a dispenser having a dispensing force characteristic and including a sealable chamber. The chamber is configured to ret... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059493 | Dispenser for wet and dry interfolded tissue A dispenser is provided for simultaneously storing and dispensing premoistened tissue sheets and dry tissue sheets. The dispenser includes a housing having a compartment configured to retain a supply of dry tissue sheets, and a liquid impermeable compartment configu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7011271 | Toilet paper dispenser An inventive toilet paper dispenser includes a dispenser body and an opening. A door is connected to the body and can selectively open and close the opening. A toilet paper roll holder is connected to the door and extends into the holder when the door is closed. A f... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011272 | Dispenser gasket and tensioner system There is provided a system and apparatus for dispensing wet wipes. The system may include a wiper assembly, which may include a chassis, a wiper blade, and a tensioner. The wiper assembly minimizes the amount of wipes which cannot be dispensed. The wiper assembly ma... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6957791 | Paper roll dispenser A paper roll dispenser comprising a tube having an open upper end through which rolls may be introduced and an open lower end through which dispensed rolls may be retrieved. The tube is adapted to hold a plurality of rolls comprising at least a lowermost roll and a ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6926225 | Plastic wrap dispensing apparatus An apparatus (10) for dispensing a roll of plastic wrap (100) having a hollow core (101) wherein, the apparatus (10) includes a pair of end cap members (20) each having an axial stub (22) dimensioned to engage the hollow cor... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6902134 | Dispenser for rolled paper The present invention provides an apparatus for dispensing rolled sheet material, the apparatus including a housing defining an interior adapted to contain rolled sheet material and a dispensing opening for allowing sheet material to be dispensed from the interior o... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903307 | Hygienic wipes steamer Provided is a hygienic wipes steamer for warming hygienic wipes. The hygienic wipes steamer comprises a housing assembly contains a liquid container, a roller assembly, a heater assembly and an ejector assembly. The liquid container stores a quantity of liquid. The ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6785946 | System and method for refilling a dispenser There is provided a method for refilling a system and apparatus for dispensing wet wipes. The system may include a housing, a tray and a cartridge. The cartridge has the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner based on the desired orientat... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6745975 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a system for dispensing a plurality of perforated wipes having a perforation detach strength characteristic. The system includes a dispenser having a dispensing force characteristic and including a sealable chamber. The chamber is configured to ret... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6729512 | Ribbon dispenser A ribbon dispenser for storing and dispensing selected lengths of safety ribbon for use by construction workers, particular. The ribbon dispenser includes a housing having side and end walls, and also having an open end; and also includes a cover being removably dis... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6705565 | System and dispenser for dispensing wet wipes There is provided a system and apparatus for dispensing wet wipes. The system may include a housing, a tray and a cartridge. The cartridge has the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner based on the desired orientation of the wipes contai... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6702227 | Wipes dispensing system There is provided a system and apparatus for dispensing wet wipes. The system may include a housing, a tray, a cartridge. The cartridge that may be used in the system may have the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner. Such pr... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6682013 | Container for wet wipes There is provided a cartridge for dispensing wet wipes and for use with or in a dispensing system. The system may include a housing, a tray and a cartridge. The cartridge has the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner based on ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6659391 | Method for dispensing wet wipes There is provided a method for dispensing wet wipes. The method may include mounting a dispenser, inserting a container of wet wipes, threading the wipes through the dispenser, and separating a portion of wipes. The container may have the ability to be in... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655630 | Dispenser for premoistened wipes A compact dispenser for both premoistened wipes and dry bathroom tissue. The dispenser includes a first compartment for the premoistened wipes. The premoistened wipes may be placed in a removable tray in the first compartment. The dry bathroom tissue may ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6626395 | Dispenser for premoistened wipes A compact dispenser for both premoistened wipes and dry bathroom tissue. The dispenser includes a first compartment for the premoistened wipes. The premoistened wipes may be placed in a removable tray in the first compartment. The dry bathroom tissue may ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6536707 | Moistened tissue dispenser with ejection mechanism and paper roll package for use therein A device for holding and dispensing moistened tissue from a roll includes a housing having a cylindrical wall, a fixed end wall and an opposite removable end wall to allow placement of the tissue roll on an integral tubular dowel in the housing. A hinged ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6503326 | Hygienic toilet pack A hygienic toilet pack includes a roll of toilet tissue and a roll of flexible sheet material disposed end to end and of a size to fit in a conventional toilet tissue roll holder. The sheets forming the rolls are doubled over to provide inner and outer sh... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6481607 | Dispenser for roll of tape A dispenser for a roll of tape that is suitable for dispensing material such as transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive, and method for making thereof are disclosed. The dispenser includes a single-piece housing comprising a first side wall and a second s... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6412655 | Towel dispenser The invention relates to a towel dispenser (10) such as a paper towel dispenser comprising a housing (12) in which a paper roll and an issuing device (50) are arranged. Said issuing device can AC be controlled by a sensor (38). In order to simplify the op... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6398146 | Device for maneuvering a shutter or roller-type closure member and process for manufacturing such a closure member A device for winding a strap or strip of material for maneuvering a shutter, roller blind or equivalent device comprising a member for winding and tensioning the strap disposed inside a box formed by two shells each including at least one edging extending... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6328255 | Method and apparatus for converting a toilet tissue roll dispenser from a concurrent-roll dispensing mode to a sequential-roll dispensing mode A toilet tissue dispensing mechanism includes a unit formed by a pair of parallel vertical walls. Each wall includes vertically spaced openings arranged such that the openings of each wall are in vertically staggered relationship with the openings of the ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6161794 | Auxiliary tissue roll holder and dispenser An auxiliary roll dispenser has a body member with opposing side walls joined by a back member, a top member, and a bottom member and a discharge opening. A pair of opposing extensions extend outwardly from the side members proximate the discharge opening... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6056235 | Refillable dispenser for replacing standard roll of toilet tissue with roll of pre-moistened wipes A refillable dispenser for replacing a standard roll of toilet tissue on a standard pre-existing roll-type toilet-tissue holder with a roll or selectively dispensable pre-moistened wipes replaceably contained therein so as to allow the roll of selectively... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056233 | Protective housing for bathroom toilet paper A cover system for toilet paper to protect the toilet paper from dispersal by children and pets comprising a wall-mounted plastic casing completely covering upper and lower rolls of paper. The upper and lower rolls are covered by respective upper and lowe... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6015125 | Toilet paper holder with wall mount A paper roll holder comprises a back wall, a concave bottom, a pair of side walls, and a front wall having an upper edge. The back wall, concave bottom, pair of side walls and front wall form a cavity for holding the paper roll. The cavity has sufficient ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6000658 | Toilet paper dispenser A toilet paper dispenser in which a roll of toilet paper is supported on a rotatable spindle with a music box activated by rotation of the spindle. The toilet paper dispenser is equipped with an aromatic fragrance dispenser which is automatically activate... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5954256 | Dispenser for dispensing paper upon manual tearing from a roll, wherein the dispenser is provided with a second roll in reserve A container device that dispenses paper from a roll, with a roll (B) in reserve. The device has two substantially parallel pins (4,4') for supporting and unwinding paper (10) from the rolls (A, B) with two openings (20) corresponding to the pins in the lo... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5901921 | Toilet tissue roll holder A toilet tissue roll holder has a flanged, generally semi-cylindrical housing and a spindle fixed at one end to a member slideable along one side of the housing. To replace a roll of toilet tissue, the spindle is pulled forward with the slideable member l... | 05/11/1999 |
