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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 |
| 8172071 | Tilting and rotating station for use in an automated order-picking system A system (10) and method for packing an article (20) onto a shipping carrier (26), the article (20) having an arbitrary orientation relative to the conveyor (28) and being transported within an order-picking system on a conveyor ( | 05/08/2012 |
| 7658273 | Carriage-type conveyance device A carriage-type conveyance device using a carriage having a vertically movable object-supporting base that is controlled by a cam rail on the floor side, in which a turntable for changing the direction of the carriage has a low-floor structure. In the carriage-type ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7290648 | Device for moving a heavy load Arrangement for moving a heavy load wherein the arrangement includes at least one actuating unit. The at least one actuating unit utilizes a support for supporting the heavy load. A plurality of jacks are coupled to the support. A first movable element is adapted to... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275460 | Rotary indexing machine for use in a group of treatment stations A rotary indexing device for use in a group of treatment stations, includes at least one respective tensioning device for exchangeable tool holders disposed in a treatment zone. The rotary indexing machine has a rotary indexing unit with a lift-and-turn device on wh... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264434 | Automobile display system A vehicle display lift and rotator includes a base and a platform. A bearing between the base and the platform mounts the platform on the base for rotation about an upright axis. A rotator drive is provided for rotating the platform on the base. The apparatus also i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7188721 | Adjustment apparatus An adjustment apparatus, which is able to adjust a substrate position. The apparatus includes a plurality of transport rails, a plurality of rollers on each transport rail, a pin up device and an adjustment device. The roller is transported the glass substrate, a pi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6913133 | Transfer and tilt apparatus A transfer device has an undercarriage with two or more carriage portions which are movable along a travel path between a first location and a second location. The carriage portions carrying at least one work piece support. A linkage extending between the carriage p... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907983 | Conveying device for conveying stock on pallets or the like with change of direction A conveying device (1) with change of direction for conveying stock, preferably on pallets (2), along a first conveying line (3) and along a second conveying line (4) oriented in a different direction, and with a transferring system for t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6901851 | Rotating mechanism for conveyor systems A mechanism for rotating an object having a flat bottom surface on a conveyor system is described. Four circular disk segments whose rotational axes lie on a plane and are offset 90 degrees from each other are pressed against the bottom surface by a linear drive and... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6653588 | Auto reject unit An auto reject unit includes a turntable rotatable about an upright axis and held stationary in operation along the upright axis. Driven rollers are mounted upon the turntable for selectively driving an article across the turntable in a direction. A motor... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6601689 | Manufacturing system Disclosed is a manufacturing system comprising a plurality of cell conveyers being supplied with a variety of pallets and products through an input section thereof, on which the products are firstly assembled; a main conveyer whereto the firstly assembled... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6591960 | Edge grip aligner with buffering capabilities The present invention is an edge grip aligner with buffering capabilities and a method for increasing the throughput of wafers through the device. According to one embodiment, the present invention has first and second buffer arms, and a chuck arm. A work... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6405849 | Transport device having a diverting station and motor suspension for a transport device The invention comprises a conveyor device 1, provided with a turning station (3) and a supply belt for supplying products to the turning station in a direction of conveyance with a first orientation. The turning station comprises a cam belt (20) that is r... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6378690 | Apparatus for conveying and rotating book packs, pamphlet bundles and the like An apparatus for conveying and rotating book packs (11), pamphlet bundles and the like upon deposition onto a conveyor belt (7) for stacking the packs (11) onto a pallet or a stacking plane, comprising a device (A) for grasping and rotating the pack (11) ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6345713 | Automatic machine for overturning containers and the like The invention relates to a machine for overturning containers such as bottles having a bottom which is not flat. The machine has a fixed base which supports rotational movement of devices for gripping/releasing, raising/lowering, and overturning the conta... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6308818 | Transport system with integrated transport carrier and directors A director assembly for selectively directing a transport carrier from one conveyor path portion to another. The director assembly having a pair of spaced director rails positioned below and in between drive and support rails of the conveyor. The pair of ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6280136 | Bundle turner An assembly for turning bundles includes a planar surface that receives bundles from an upstream station. A sensor detects movement of the bundle toward the surface and initiates a timing sequence. The sequence includes slowing the bundle over the surface... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6189677 | Apparatus for conveying articles in selected directions An apparatus for advancing articles in a selected, approximately horizontal conveying direction, includes a plurality of side-by-side disposed table elements each having an upper, approximately horizontal article-supporting surface. The article-supporting... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6148988 | Automatic pallet changer An automatic pallet changer is composed of a pallet lifting mechanism and a revolving mechanism. The pallet lifting mechanism has a pallet platform and a lifting rod which is fastened with the bottom of the pallet platform. The pallet platform and the lif... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5873155 | Apparatus for automatic fabrication of circuit boards Apparatus for automatic execution of operations in the fabrication of circuit boards or similar boards. The apparatus comprises a conveyor (4) consisting of two parallel conveyor halves (5, 6) provided with a traction element (7) to convey the circuit boa... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5293984 | Device to handle and to orient flat workpieces arranged in batches A handling and orienting device comprises a carrier plane surface that includes a series of driven rollers between which a table equipped with driven balls is located, the carrier plane and table are relatively movable upward and downward, as well as shif... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5172801 | Device for twisting workpieces, particularly for turning casings In order to twist single packs transported in a row through 90°, for example, in such a way that after all the packs have passed through the device, the row which is still disposed in the conveyer device is turned, it is proposed that a workpiece carrier... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5143198 | Turnable cylinder for a conveyor system A turntable for a conveyor system includes a cylinder having a longitudinal axis mounted to a stationary base plate; a non-rotatable piston disposed within the cylinder and mounted for reciprocal movement along the longitudinal axis; a bushing disposed ab... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5109976 | Cleaner A cleaner comprising a rotary drum, radial rubber blades attached to the outer surface of the drum, and abrasion-resistant ceramic members each secured to the outer edge portion of each of the blades.... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5090554 | Rotary device to change the direction of advancement of a plastic card or metal plate in a punching machine A rotary device performing the task of changing the direction of advancement of a plastics card or metal plate, suitable for being inserted in a punching machine, constituted by a bearing structure, a linear conveyor for the plastics card or metal plate a... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5070996 | Chain conveyor and pallet An improved chain conveyor and pallet structure are disclosed in which the pallet contacts the middle link of the three-link chains typically employed in chain conveyors, and is supported upon the outer and inner links of the chain. The distance between t... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5069598 | Apparatus and method for loading sheet material articles An improved apparatus for sequentially loading sheet material articles into a plurality of compartments in a plurality of containers includes a loader assembly which is disposed at a loading station. An infeed shuttle assembly moves an empty container to ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5009306 | Printed circuit board conveyor and method This invention relates to a conveyor having endless ropes for frictionally transporting articles. The conveyor comprises at least one linear conveyor and a transfer mechanism. Each linear conveyor includes endless conveying ropes and at least two conveyor... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5000305 | Transfer and orientating device for batchwise arranged flat objects A device including a ball carrier table having an opening in it scenter provided with a turntray with driven carrier balls is used to change the orientation of an article, such as a stack of sheets of boards. The carrier balls are driven by an arrangement... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4981206 | Package handling apparatus Package handling apparatus comprises an enclosure having a downwardly directed opening, a source of air flow arranged to draw air into the enclosure through the opening, and lowers for varying the air flow into the enclosure. A conveyor is arranged in the... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4955784 | Apparatus for unstacking cross-nested articles An apparatus for unstacking cross-nested articles includes an elevator which raises the stack as articles are removed two-at-a-time from the top thereof by a continuous-chain transfer conveyor. The transfer conveyor carries the removed articles to a disch... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4938334 | Workpiece transport system A lifting and rotating device for use with a workpiece transport system is disclosed. The device lifts a workpiece carrier off of a conveyor system and accurately rotates the workpiece carrier to a stop position located at any position throughout 360° of... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4928807 | Method and apparatus for turning flat articles A method and apparatus for turning flat articles. The apparatus includes a frame; a pair of substantially horizontal, pivotable belt assemblies for receiving a serial stream of the articles traveling along a path, each of the belt assemblies having an upp... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4781282 | Automatic continuously cycleable molding system and method A receiving and arranging apparatus for bringing electronic components, or other workpieces, into a molding apparatus and unloading them from suitable magazines into a mechanism which arranges them in a proper orientation for placement into a mold. The ap... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4769970 | Automatic packing machine A packing machine for automatically banding a package is described, wherein belt conveyers are provided in combination with a table for transporting a package to be banded with respect to an arch on the table for enabling the machine to band the package w... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4655663 | Machine for stacking bundles of signatures and like products A machine for stacking bundles of signatures and like products supplied in a continuous flow with their backs oriented in the same direction is provided by this invention. The machine comprises a support frame, a substantially horizontal endless conveyor ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4618341 | Tube positioning and transfer system A tube transfer system wherein a hand of tubes is delivered to ender devices in any of four orientations, the system including a by-pass section for receiving hands when the ender devices are unable to accept tubes. The by-pass section is reversed to deli... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4608072 | Method and apparatus for transferring articles of glassware from a blow station to conveyor means Two gripping means (50 and 58) are used alternately to transfer articles (16) from a blow station (14) to conveyor belts (20). The gripping means are mounted on a carriage (30) which is movable transversely of the blow station to move the gripping means i... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4541768 | Container trailer A "no-lift" container trailer is disclosed having a vertically movable roller tray with parallel rollers thereon which when tangent to the roll plane, and solely support a container thereon allow the container to be moved onto or off the trailer. A vertic... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4519493 | Turntable for roller conveyor system A turntable for a conveyor system has a main frame, a plurality of load-carrying rollers supported by the main frame for rotation about transverse axes to transport a load between upstream and downstream ends of the conveyor system, a lift frame supported... | 05/28/1985 |
