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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 |
| 8122824 | Pneumatic can crushing apparatus The present invention features a pneumatic can crushing apparatus for compacting cans comprising a pipe having a piston assembly, wherein the piston assembly is connected to an air compressor via hoses and valves. Compressed air causes the piston assembly to move an... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7461592 | Wall mounted can crusher A wall mountable can crushing apparatus for self-feeding and rapidly repeating manual crushing of beverage cans or the like through user striking includes a housing section for feeding cans through a chute and detaining cans in a crush chamber before crushing. A pun... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7434506 | Propane bottle recycler A propane bottle recycler comprising a bottle station, first and second propane collection tank, compressor, liquid propane storage tank, bottle crusher, and crushed bottle storage compartment. The bottle station comprises a bottle manifold and bottle station frame,... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430960 | Apparatus for removing foreign matters from construction waste An apparatus for removing foreign matters from construction waste. A feeding section is installed at a lower end of a hopper. A heating and compressing section has an entrance which is coupled to the feeding section and an exit which is defined at a lower end of the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421946 | Two stage oil filter press A two stage oil filter press having a housing with a precompression chamber and a main compression chamber together with a vertically reciprocating precompression ram and a horizontally reciprocating main compression ram powered by individual fluid cylinders. A feed... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7395757 | Waste compactor A system and apparatus for crushing aluminum cans, plastic containers and other crushable waste that is manual and portable. On the underside of the lid to the apparatus is a detachable handle with a plate attached thereto that has a series of rough ridges. The hand... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7360484 | Self-standing aluminum can crushing device The present invention is a self-standing unit designed to compact aluminum cans. A stand is connected to a vertical housing, which is hollowed out and contains a can slot, a slot for a handle, and a plurality of slots for a plurality of springs to operate. Connected... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350459 | Foliage compactor An organic foliage compactor for compacting organic foliage into a bale is disclosed. The compactor includes a compactor frame and a compacting tube coupled to the compactor frame. The compacting tube includes a first end, a second end and a housing that defines an ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7303160 | System and method for processing waste on a continuous basis A system for processing waste on a continuous basis comprises an infeed assembly, a vessel held at a non-ambient pressure and/or temperature, and an outfeed assembly. The infeed assembly includes: a sleeve where waste is delivered; a gate construction that moves bet... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293502 | Food masher A food masher includes a support frame having an opening, a hopper having a perforated floor, received detachably by the support frame within the opening, a handle extending from the support frame, a lever extending pivotally from the support frame, and a plunger at... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267051 | Cotton receiving and densification apparatus for a cotton module builder of a cotton harvesting machine A cotton receiving and densification apparatus for an upper region of a cotton module builder adapted for receiving a plurality of side-by-side flows of cotton and air and converging and densifying the cotton for distribution and conveyance downwardly into the modul... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267052 | Portable can crushing and pickup device A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing opposite the rectangular ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7178454 | Compactor apparatus including single cylinders and guide members on the sides of an on-board module builder of a cotton harvesting machine Compactor apparatus for an on-board module builder, including single cylinders and guide members on opposite sides of the module builder for guiding and effecting a cotton compacting process. The compactor apparatus includes a frame disposed in a cotton module build... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152523 | Press machine A drive mechanism drives a slide in a cycle along a centerline. The slide includes a press center symmetrical with a frame centerline. A frame includes guides aligned with the press center and the slide to eliminate rotative force upon the slide during operation and... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137335 | Plastics waste processor A plastics waste processor is provided for efficiently compacting and melting plastics waste, so as to form easily disposable compact plastic units having a volume considerably smaller than the unprocessed plastics waste. The plastics waste processor has a waste con... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7114365 | Ram guidance system A ram guidance system for a stamping press is provided including an outer bush mounted to a portion of the stamping press. The outer bush has a central passageway sized and arranged so that a reciprocating ram extends through the passageway. An inner bush is coaxial... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096774 | High pressure press, method for operating a high pressure press and use of such a press A high pressure press for treatment of substances such as food includes a floating piston in a pressure chamber, with seals. The floating piston has drainage system for collecting any pressure fluid that leaks past a seal of the floating piston. The drainage system ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089853 | Portable trash compactor A trash compactor suitable for backpacking having two parts: a container and a removable plunger. The container is made from a tube. The ends of the tube are formed to accept caps. The caps are fitted with gaskets to prevent leaking of liquids and odors. One of the ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077059 | Portable apparatus for compacting and storing cigarette butts An apparatus for compacting and storing cigarette butts includes a housing having a central bore with a releasable bottom closure, a closable upper extremity, and a plunger which can be forced downwardly to compact butts within the bore. The plunger also serves as r... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051651 | Baling apparatus Baling apparatus (2) for preparing highly compressed bales of materials such as silage, wool, paper, cardboard, plastics materials and scrap metal, the baling apparatus including a compression chamber (5) which includes two opposed gates (6, 7) ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017478 | Grinding sludge compacting machine A compressing machine includes a press unit for compressing a concentrated sludge within a squeezing chamber to provide a briquette, and a press control unit to control the press unit. The press control unit includes a parameter and compressing speed setting unit, a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007600 | Selectively positionable trash compressing apparatus A trash compressing method and apparatus (10) including: a tower unit (11) having a vertical support shaft (20) provided with a plurality of support legs (21); a support unit (12) having a support column (30) slidably dispos... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6854384 | Packing attachment for front loader machines A packing attachment for front loader machines includes a substantially elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis, a mount and a compacting end, the mount end having a mounting structure disposed thereon, the mounting structure defining spaced mounting points for co... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6837158 | Baler with resilient-wheeled platen A frame (12) with a charging chamber (14) for receiving a load of waste material, a platen (20) that moves in the charging chamber to compact the material load, and one or more wheels (44) rotatably coupled to the platen. The charging cha... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6626095 | Can recycling system An apparatus for collapsing and collecting a can utilizing a tray having a first portion with a surface and a second portion with an opening through the same. A housing is also provided and includes a press which is movable between a first position and a ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6564705 | Manually operated multi-function food processing, preparation and juicing unit A multi-functional food processing, preparation and juicing unit includes an elongated hollow post fixed to a base and extending vertically therefrom. A pressure assembly is movably mounted to the post and configured to removably accept an upper processin... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6308618 | Method of compacting with shearing compactor pump A compactor for containers containing flowable materials in which the containers are compacted in a compaction chamber and flowable materials from the containers are recovered in a controlled manner as by extrusion from the compaction chamber. The compact... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6275778 | Location-force target path creator A location-force target path creator creates a smooth target path function from target values among values of location, position, force and moment given for a force control system. The target values are set as nodes together with times for which the targe... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6178882 | Shearing compactor pump A compactor for containers containing flowable materials in which the containers are compacted in a compaction chamber and flowable materials from the containers are recovered in a controlled manner as by extrusion from the compaction chamber. The compact... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167803 | Door assembly for waste-paper baler A baler has a front door assembly formed with an upper loading port and a loading door engageable in a closed position over the loading port. A plurality of guides on the assembly define respective generally vertical paths along which can travel respectiv... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5967029 | Automatic aluminum can crusher A new automatic aluminum can crusher for compacting aluminum cans for disposal includes an upper housing comprised of a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment has an open upper end with a lid hingedly coupled thereto. The first ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5934188 | Oilseed press An oilseed press of the present invention is adapted to extract oil from oilseeds. The oilseed press includes a base plate having a raised surface with straight and tapered edges. A cylindrical sleeve also has a tapered edge at one end and is adapted to s... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5899139 | Mobile pinestraw baler A device for baling pinestraw including a compressive chamber with a gate at one end of the chamber, a compressive arm, and a compressive plate adapted for motion along the longitudinal dimension of the compressive chamber. Pinestraw is loaded at the gate... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5870951 | Rubber baler with extended service life A improved service life baler press assembly including a number of novel press chamber and ram assembly components formed of a relatively hard material, such as a thermoplastic polymer (e.g., acetal resins) or any other suitable material having low static... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5785486 | Replaceable wear system A vehicle mounted reciprocating refuse packing or ejecting mechanism designed to operate along and carried by spaced parallel rails include a pair of spaced parallel bottom rails mounted in the vehicle body and a packer or ejection mechanism designed to b... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5765465 | High pressure press and method for high pressure treatment of substances A high-pressure and a method for high-pressure treatment of substances. The high-pressure press comprises a high-pressure cylinder consisting of a number of concentrically arranged cylinder elements (1, 2, 3). The cylinder elements (1, 2, 3) are radially ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5740725 | Waste plastics compacting apparatus A waste plastics compacting apparatus has a tubular accommodating container for accommodating waste plastics, a bottom plate sliding up and down inside of the accommodating container for varying an inner volume of said accommodating container, a bag provi... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5718168 | Trash and recycling center A trash and recycling center having a modular trash receptacle unit and a modular recycling receptacle. The trash receptacle unit has at least two interior compartments and a movable lid. A trash bag can be placed in one compartment and used newspapers ca... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5690025 | Trash receptacle and compactor for use in public areas and method A low profile trash receptacle housing carries a plurality of vertically and horizontally spaced hydraulic cylinders (A) and (B) for incrementally and simultaneously supplying a downward stroke upon a horizontally disposed compaction plate (C) so that upo... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5642662 | Guide elements for the pressure ram of waste material presses An arrangement of guide elements of the pressure ram of waste material presses for compacting foils, cardboard and similar used packaging material of upright construction, i.e., with vertically acting pressure ram and guidance for support of the pressure ... | 07/01/1997 |
