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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 |
| 7311486 | Charging device with rotary chute A charging device for bulk material comprises a rotor having a substantially vertical axis of rotation a first drive for rotating the rotor and a chute supported by the rotor so as to be rotated with the latter. The chute can be rotated about its longitudinal axis. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7287642 | Trippable idler roller assembly for belt conveyors An idler roller assembly comprises a base frame which includes first and second spaced-apart mounting brackets, a support frame which includes a support tube that comprises a first end which is positioned adjacent the first mounting bracket and a second end which is... | 10/30/2007 |
| 5941169 | Bale thrower control system A baler for making parallelepiped bales is equipped with a bale ejector or thrower structure including a bale throwing pan supported by a four-bar linkage that is swung upwardly by a hydraulic throwing cylinder. A control valve structure including a solen... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5893451 | Catenary belt support mechanism A catenary conveyor belt support is provided in a conveyor system for automated bulk processing equipment. The conveyor belt launches bulk articles along a trajectory from one end to a processing station. The upper surface of the conveyor belt at one end ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5713456 | Bulk product stabilizing belt conveyor A bulk product stabilization conveyor 10 is described having a continuous-length wide belt 30 extending in an upper flight 44 and in a lower flight 46 between an infeed end 32 and an outfeed end 34. The outfeed end 34 is elevationally below the infeed end... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5431530 | Apparatus for transferring and stocking lead plates for storage batteries A plate stacking and transferring apparatus includes plate stacking mechanism for continuously stacking plates. The mechanism comprises: a pair of rollers provided at the leading end of a conveyor for transporting pasted plates, for taking a plate in a ga... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5289911 | Material slinger The material slinger includes an upper section with feed hopper suitable for rotatably connecting to a vertically disposed feed chute or tube. Affixed below the feed hopper is a pivotal main body which can be repositioned to alter the angle of the dispens... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5184714 | Centrifugal thrower apparatus A centrifugal thrower apparatus, which may be used on swivelloaders, swivelpilers, box car loaders, pilers, ship trimmers and the like, capable of maintaining a substantially constant belt tension over a wide range of angles of discharge. Preferably, a ca... | 02/09/1993 |
| 4978000 | Conveyor system including discharge pulley Conveyor belt system for varying the parabola of fall of a conveyed material, has an endless conveyor belt having upper and lower runs supported by and traveling along a belt carrier, and the conveyed material is projected from the conveyor belt at the do... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4968211 | Self-propelled loose bulk material slinger vehicle The invention provides a self-propelled fully operational loose bulk material slinger in a vehicle equipped to be driven. A slinger and hopper is mounted on a chassis supported by a triangular arrangement of road wheels. Individual powering of two road wh... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4820108 | Arrangement for the essentially uniform level placement of bulk material in an upright circular cylindrical vessel An arrangement for the essentially uniform level placement of bulk material in an upright circular cylindrical vessel. The arrangement includes a throwing device for throwing the bulk material into the vessel. A feeding device feeds the bulk material onto... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4616787 | Portable projection apparatus A portable projection apparatus has an endless belt running over rollers and a rotatable disk having a band on its outer surface. The endless belt partially embraces the band, and the projection material is accelerated between grooves in the band and the ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4144962 | Adjustable attitude loading trimmer A loading trimmer for dispersing granular material from a loading chute in an adjustable trajector into the hold of a ship or the like. A trimmer carriage with spaced drums carrying an endless belt is positioned below the chute outlet and pivotal about th... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4023688 | Silo filling apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for completely filling a silo from a central point at the top of the silo. Silage is dropped from a centered discharge opening in a fill tube extending from the upper margin of the silo sidewall. The fill tube is articulated inte... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3987890 | Directional control apparatus for a bale thrower An improved directional control apparatus for a bale thrower on a baler includes an elongated arm pivotally mounted at one end to a side of the bale case of the baler and extending generally across and under the end of the thrower being pivotally mounted ... | 10/26/1976 |
