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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 |
| 7429310 | Method, arrangement and equipment for tensioning and guiding a fabric in a paper or board machine A paper or board machine has a fabric (10) that is adapted mobile as well as rolls (11, 11′) arranged to support the fabric (10). The fabric (10) is tensioned by changing the position of one roll (11′) of the rolls (11, 11 | 09/30/2008 |
| 7213511 | Method and apparatus for printing a ribbon for packaging gelatin capsules Apparatus for producing image bearing filled gelatin capsules (12 and 16) for directing gelatin ribbon (2,4) from respective casting drums to an encapsulation station (6). Along the path of at least one ribbon (4) is a transfer sta... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7073747 | Guiding roller and adjusting method A guiding roller, that is used to turn a web of material, has a jacket surface provided with holes over at least a portion of its periphery. An inner surface of the guiding roller is provided with compressed air. A piston is axially displaceable in the roller inner ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6972074 | Equipment for fabric guiding in a paper machine Equipment for fabric guiding in a paper machine has a fabric (10) and rolls (12–18) adapted to support it. In connection with the roll (17) end there is arranged equipment comprising a stand (19) and a nip guard (26). The stand (... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6874724 | Method and device for reeling up in the proper position a hot-rolled strip in a reeling installation The invention relates to a method and a device for the positionally correct winding up of a metal strip in a coiling device, the hot strip being fed to the coiling device by a driving device with driving rollers, the driving rollers being tiltable in relation to one... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6450382 | Printing web position adjusting apparatus The problem to be solved by this invention is a conventional printing web position adjusting apparatus poses a problem in which angularly displacing means having excellent accuracy is difficult to install, large power is needed, fabrication cost is high, ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5938098 | Servo valve A positive pressure operated servo apparatus for lateral alignment of a continuous web of paper, plastic, textiles and other materials which are being processed at windup, unwind, printing, coating, folding and slitting stations, or other intermediate poi... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5913991 | Splicing device and splicing method A splicing method comprising the steps of: (a) holding a first tape on a first tape guiding portion and a second tape guiding portion which are positioned in alignment with each other; (b) cutting the first tape between the first tape guiding portion and ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5000032 | Web position detecting method A web position detecting method and apparatus for a device which conveys a web floated with air streams jetted from air jetting holes. Pressure detecting units are positioned along both side edges of the web to detect the pressures of the air streams ther... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4235358 | Device for the edge or center control of moving webs An arrangement for the web edge control comprises a web edge feeler having a sending and receiving nozzles arranged respectively below and above the side edges of the web which is moved includes a motor pump unit for generating the supply air and the flui... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4218002 | Strip material center guide assembly A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically centering running lengths of strip material of different widths. The strip material is passed between an elongated air source and an elongated pressure pickup device. Depending on whether and in which... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4197002 | Pneumatic system for supporting and steering a belt An apparatus in which a belt is supported for movement in a pre-determined path. The lateral movement of the belt relative to the pre-determined path is controlled. A pneumatic system provides pressurized fluid to at least partially support the belt and c... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4116745 | Lap seam folder and wide width sealer Apparatus for forming a swimming pool cover or similar article having relatively large transverse dimensions by joining a plurality of elongated pieces of heat sealable material together is disclosed. The apparatus includes a working bed, and means for di... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4073448 | Automatic device for fixing the edge of a moving band An automatic device for fixing the edge of a moving band, wherein the roll holder that feeds the band over at least one bar, is controlled by the band roll cross-traverse mechanism. This mechanism is made as an air cylinder whose chambers communicate with... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3968679 | Pneumatic thickness sensor head A pneumatic sensor head for monitoring the thickness of a continuously moving sheet of material passing therethrough. The sensor head is comprised of first and second blocks having respective first and second aligned nozzles separated by a distance suffic... | 07/13/1976 |
