"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
Dr. Alfred Velpeau, French surgeon ; 1839
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6600409 | Signaling self-contained add-on accessory for an analog metering device such as a speedometer and secondary device A self-contained accessory for an analog metering device such as a speedometer or tachometer. The accessory includes a sensor which is selectively adjustable to align with a plurality of positions in the range of movement of an output needle of the analog... | 07/29/2003 |
| 4565322 | Liquid spray apparatus for dispensing liquid droplets of constant droplet size A liquid spray apparatus comprises a pneumatic drive and automatic speed regulating device. To this end, a vane wheel which can be acted upon by an air stream is mounted axially displaceably on a shaft. The vane wheel is in contact with regulating element... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4377125 | Swing speed analyzer A training or practice device especially designed for use on athletic club type of equipment such as a golf club, tennis racket, baseball bat or the like which is swung to strike a game ball during normal game use and which device is releasably attached t... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4259918 | Self-cleaning traction wheel motion sensor A traction wheel motion sensor for endless conveyors which is self-cleaning of foreign matter that may enter the traction wheel housing and is spring biased toward the associated conveyor. A traction wheel housing located adjacent a moving conveyor engage... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4119055 | Traction wheel motion sensor The invention pertains to apparatus for sensing the motion of endless conveyors. A housing, on which a traction wheel having a high friction periphery is rotatably mounted, is located adjacent the moving conveyor member to be sensed, and the housing inclu... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4022147 | Flywheel impelled cycle signal for appliance A signal device signals cycle changes in a dryer by sounding a bell assembly upon acceleration and/or deceleration of the motor shaft. When the rotational speed of the flywheel is synchronized with the rotational speed of the motor shaft there is no strik... | 05/10/1977 |