Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7231868 | Wine pomace extraction apparatus and method The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for wine pomace extraction from wine processing tanks in a manner so as to minimize maceration of the wine pomace so as not to taint wine entrained within the pomace. In the present invention, wine pomace is m... | 06/19/2007 |
| 5975283 | Vertical belt conveyor system An endless belt conveyor including an independently supported first support pulley vertically and laterally displaced from a second support pulley. An endless belt including bulk material carrying compartments entrained around the first and second support... | 11/02/1999 |
| 4915056 | Automatic dough ball feeding machine A V-shaped hopper is comprised of a pair of opposing linkages each formed of a lower angularly disposed rectangular plate hinged to an upper angularly disposed rectangular plate to form a hinged corner joint. Each linkage is mounted on a vertical sidewall... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4102613 | Concrete pumping machine A pump for concrete or other moist flowable material containing aggregate, including a hopper, a pair of alternately stroking pump assemblies below the hopper for forcing concrete via a junction valve into a common output line, and a loading system for al... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4078650 | Rotatable drum for feeding small parts Threaded fasteners in a hopper are picked up by buckets spaced angularly within a rotatable, open sided drum and are dumped out of the buckets at a position above the hopper. Each bucket is generally L-shaped and is formed by two elements, one of the elem... | 03/14/1978 |
