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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 |
| 7585169 | Method for producing an adhesive closure element The invention relates to a method for producing an adhesive closure element made of a thermoplastic synthetic material, by means of an extruder, which is produced without the need for screens, using a tempered forming cylinder (3) coated in rubber and a press... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7426843 | Roll assembly for a pipe extrusion plant A roll assembly and a pipe extrusion plant for producing pipes with a variable diameter, includes an extruder, an adjustable calibration device, and a cooling device, whereby a pipe to be produced is guided at least in part during the production process. In order to... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7284973 | Moulding The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7232584 | Method of chocolate coating soft confectionery centers The present invention is directed to a method of coating soft confectionery centers with chocolate. The method comprises the steps of: mixing the soft confectionery centers having a bed temperature of from about 0° C. to about 15° C.; applying chocolate onto the s... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7067167 | Method for making sweet cookie dough having an imprinted surface Rapid, efficient, and systematic processes and apparatuses for making repeatable imprints on multiple, individual sweet dough pieces are provided. An advantage of the process is the ease of making uniform imprints that are aligned with the individual dough pieces as... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6918900 | Absorbent article with friction-inducing substances and methods for preparing same Absorbent articles with friction-inducing substances at one or more predetermined application zones, as well as methods for using the absorbent articles and methods for preparing the absorbent articles, are disclosed. The absorbent articles have unexpectedly superio... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6838098 | Continuous formation of center filled gum Method and system for continuously producing pieces of liquid-filled gum material. An extruded rope of liquid-filed gum is sized and separated into individual pieces of gum. A rotating drum mechanism having a die ring and cutter ring with mating die members separate... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6675691 | Continuous platform cutting apparatus An apparatus for shaping a slab of compressible or cellular polymer material (80), such as polyurethane foam, shapes such slab by cutting portions of the material from one surface. A moving patterned platform (32), preferably an endless belt or a series o... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6546836 | Continuous platform cutting apparatus for cutting a cellular polymer surface An apparatus for continuously shaping a compressible or cellular polymer material, such as polyurethane foam, by cutting portions of the material from a surface of a slab of the material includes a compression roller, a support surface, a blade and a movi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6472001 | System for continuously forming center filled gum Method and system for continuously producing pieces of liquid-filled gum material. An extruded rope of liquid-filed gum is sized and separated into individual pieces of gum. A rotating drum mechanism having a die ring and cutter ring with mating die membe... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6302677 | Apparatus for continuously molding chocolate products Methods for continuously molding finished chocolate tablets, pieces and the like are disclosed. Apparatus for use with the method, comprise a chilled rotating mold having at least one recess into which liquid chocolate is deposited. Liquid chocolate, is h... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6263788 | Food extrusion apparatus An improved food extrusion apparatus includes a main body which has two or more rollers to form a squeezing space therebetween, a funnel located at the top end of the main body above the squeezing space and a conveyor located at the bottom end of the main... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6247914 | Casing material and a method and apparatus for its manufacture The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for perforating a web of material intended to form an outer casing sheet of absorbent articles. As the web is advanced, the web is first provided with a large number of mutually separated cuts in the n... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6213755 | Apparatus for manufacturing a molding continuously A process and apparatus is provided for automatically and continuously producing a mass of moldings. A continuous molding is manufactured by injecting a solid solution in order of precedence into a plurality of molds circulating in a line along an endless... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6203307 | System for finishing surface of a web of paper having an improved continuous finishing belt A hot soft nip calender apparatus is provided for a paper mill. The apparatus includes at least one heated calender roller and a finishing belt which is moved in proximity to the heated calender roller by a plurality of drive rollers and at least one pres... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6099885 | Double-sided ravioli apparatus, method and product An improved apparatus and method for improving the integrity of seams of ravioli in commercial production. The improvement includes applying dry steam to the top surface of the bottom layer of pasta dough and to the bottom surface of the top layer of past... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6039555 | Liquid-permeable topsheet for body exudates absorbent article, apparatus and method for manufacturing same A topsheet for body exudates absorbent article includes a hydrophilic nonwoven fibrous sheet and a plurality of thermoplastic synthetic resin filaments extending in one direction parallel to one another and continuously bonded to an upper surface of the n... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5935613 | Rotary molding apparatus for molding food Apparatus (10) is disclosed including first and second forming rollers (18, 21) which rotatably abut with an anvil roller (20). The forming rollers (18, 21) each include a periphery forming a continuous forming surface including a plurality of axially and... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5427723 | Intermittent, machine-direction fluff contouring method A distinctive method for contouring a fibrous web includes the steps of (a) providing a fibrous web which defines an interconnected series of appointed article segments along a length dimension of said web, and (b) conveying said web at a selected speed a... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5411390 | Apparatus for producing shaped products A machine for producing configurated products including a rotary die roll having die cavities therein and a pair of feed rollers for feeding viscous product into the die cavities. The feed rollers may be easily moved away from the die roll and the die rol... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5297947 | Rotary die moulding insert system A rotary die moulding machine used in the commercial production of baked goods, which includes plastic inserts for the moulding cavities on the die roll, is disclosed. Each moulding cavity is formed as a bore with a first wall section extending inwardly f... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5288220 | Intermittent, machine-direction fluff contouring roll A distinctive apparatus for contouring a fibrous web includes a supplying mechanism for providing a fibrous web which defines an interconnected series of appointed article segments along a length dimension of the web. A conveying mechanism moves the web a... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5205106 | Rolled food item fabricating apparatus and methods A rolled food item is fabricated by advancing food (14) and a sheet of support material (16) between the rollers (18, 20) of a strip sheeter (12) where the food (14) fills grooves (24) of the first roller (18) to deposit the food (14) in continuous strips... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5198233 | Apparatus for producing granules or pastils from flowable material An apparatus is disclosed for producing granules or pastils from a flowable material of varying viscosity wherein material is supplied to a pressing nip between a rotating hollow roll (1) having internal teeth and an externally toothed ejection roll (2) i... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5104718 | Prepreg and process for producing the same A novel unidirectionally paralleled fiber reinforced thermosetting resin prepreg excellent in moldability which has plural grooves arranged continuously in longitudinal direction on at least one side surface thereof.... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5064584 | Rotary molding machine A rotary molding apparatus has a die roll and a split clamping pillow block structure of self-centering structure supporting the opposite shaft ends of the die roll. The split pillow block has a pivotally mounted portion and a device for locking that port... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5049333 | Briquet forming apparatus and method Apparatus and method for preparing briquets of charcoal or the like with various shapes, preferably half pillow or "D" shape, in which briquets are molded between roll type press for compressing particulate material wherein mold cavities are circumferenti... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4999152 | Apparatus and method for forming a plastic sheet A method and apparatus for forming a continuous extrudate of a heated soft thermoplastic material into a continuous sheet of a cooled rigid thermoplastic material having a plurality of recesses formed in one surface thereof and a plurality of projections ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4957425 | Apparatus for producing shaped products An improved machine for producing a configurated and specified weight product in die cavities of a rotary die roll, each of the die cavities being defined by a configurated sidewall and a porous bottom wall. During each revolution of the die roll, a batch... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4938677 | Pattern rolls useful for the in-line contoured edge molding of extruded plastic products A pattern roll especially adapted to form, in an in-line manner, peripheral edges of an article having substantially constant geometry and the pattern roll's method of fabrication are described. A bounded surface region is defined on at least a portion of... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4886441 | Apparatus for forming three dimensional food products An apparatus for forming food materials into three dimensional shapes that may be made to duplicate the appearance of a variety of natural food products. The machine includes a dual rotary, matching forming cavity apparatus for producing, at continuous hi... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4798529 | Apparatus and method for briquetting fibrous crop or like materials For forming fibrous crop or like materials into self-supporting products, an apparatus comprising first and second compression members arranged so that opposed closing faces of the compression members co-operate to define the principal pressure-generating... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4758148 | Manufacture of concrete tiles In manufacturing concrete tiles a stiff concrete mass is molded and heavily compacted by means of a rapidly rotating pressing roller on sheet metal molding trays, which during the molding operation are supported by carriers having relief-like supporting s... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4586888 | Apparatus for shaping "soft" baking dough and the like by rotary molding apparatus Rotary molding apparatus particularly for use with "soft"-type baking doughs and like media includes, in combination with a rotary die roll which carries molding cavities in its outer surface, a feed roll for forcibly filling the molding cavities with med... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4469476 | Apparatus for manufacturing wafers Wafers are produced by guiding a sheet of bread having friable outer crusts and a relatively soft center through wafer forming apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of rolls, one of said rolls, i.e., a cutting roll having one or more wafer forming rece... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4459907 | Press for removing water Press for removing water, wherein the material to be treated is led together with a wire which is pervious to water through a press nip zone formed by opposite surfaces. The press comprises compressible means for transporting the material to be treated. T... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4381697 | Apparatus to make cookies An apparatus to make cookies which consists of a drum shaped device known as a die roll for shaping the cookies. The drum shaped die roll receives dough from a feed hopper and deposits the shaped dough on the surface of a transfer conveyor at a first loca... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4381906 | Apparatus for producing ravioli and the like An apparatus for the production of ravioli and like products characterized by a base, sidewalls rising from the base, a forming roller rotatably coupled to the sidewalls, a platen roller rotatably coupled to the sidewalls in proximity to the forming rolle... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4362754 | Method of forming shaped potato products A method and apparatus for forming shaped potato products are disclosed, pursuant to which a die roll is disposed adjacent an opposed, coacting, counter-rotating feed roll. The feed roll includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally exte... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4349574 | Method and apparatus to make cookies An apparatus to make cookies which consists of a drum shaped device for shaping the cookies. The drum shaped device termed a die roll receives dough from a feed roll which in turn removes dough from a feed hopper. The die roll then deposits the shaped dou... | 09/14/1982 |
