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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 |
| 7290973 | Automatic storage system First and second shelf sections are positioned side by side in an outer frame having front left and right doors. The first self section is fixed to a rear wall of the outer frame, and the second shelf section is secured to the front left and right doors. By opening ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7274531 | Extendable storage bin mounting for automatic storage library In one exemplary embodiment an automated storage library is provided. The automated storage library may include a media drive, an array of storage bins for holding storage devices, and a robotic transfer mechanism for transporting storage devices between the media d... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261210 | Shelving system A shelving system including a plurality of movable shelves (1) installed for back-and-forth movement on a travel path through a travel support device, thereby to handle articles with respect to the movable shelves (1) opposed to a working aisle (S) by ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7230791 | Rack-mounted storage library having segmented panel assemblies The capacity of a rack-mounted storage library having a media element handling assembly is expanded by mounting a panel segment to a rack side such that the panel segment faces the rack interior. At least one of media element housing cells and a media player are sup... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7162329 | Automated data storage system including a moveable rail system and garage Applicants' automated data storage system includes a first media storage library having a first rail system, a garage having a movable rail system, said garage being disposed adjacent the media storage library, and a plurality of accessors movably disposed on either... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145747 | Data cartridge library including a magazine, a picker, an elevator, and a grasper Disclosed is a data cartridge picking apparatus for use with a data cartridge library generally comprising at least one drive, a plurality of data cartridges capable of being disposed in a magazine and a transport system comprising an elevator capable of moving the ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7100173 | Library apparatus including vertical rail fixed to remain stationary with respect to a cover member In a library apparatus, a vertical rail is fixed on a cover member so that a storage medium input-output machine disposed inside the library apparatus moves in a vertical direction, and a horizontal rail moves along the vertical rail in the vertical direction so tha... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7057847 | Media storage systems and cartridge-handling apparatus therefor Cartridge-handling apparatus for a media storage system. One embodiment comprises a carriage and a translate frame pivotally mounted to the carriage. A rotational drive system is operatively associated with the carriage, the rotational drive system rotating the tran... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047106 | Storage cell mounting and alignment for cartridge system libraries In a mass storage library, a module storage array includes a back plate having âTâ shaped apertures patterned to form a cartridge storage together with cell blocks that have âTâ shaped protrusions to fit into the openings in the back plate. A column of cell ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046587 | Systems and methods for providing automatic access to data media in a data storage system A system and method for providing automated access to a plurality of data media located in an extendable drawer in an opening in a data storage system are provided. Briefly, one such method comprises the steps of: receiving information associated with one of the plu... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6661747 | Systems for retaining data media in a media storage device Media storage devices for retaining data media are provided. In one of many possible embodiments, the media storage device comprises a housing having a plurality of slots configured to receive a plurality of data media, a plurality of spring retention mem... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6621654 | Apparatus and method for retaining different sizes of data cartridges in a storage magazine An apparatus and method for retaining at least two different sizes of data cartridges in a storage magazine. A frame assembly defines a chamber in the storage magazine. The chamber is dimensioned to receive the largest of the two different sizes of data c... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6449223 | Library apparatus for disc cartridge The present invention relates to a library apparatus capable of enhancing the coupling accuracy and the positioning accuracy among a plurality of lockers to bring up the traveling accuracy and positional accuracy of an accessor within a passage penetratin... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6445651 | Cartridge orientation insertion detection for mass storage systems including finger detections of recesses in the cartridges In a mass storage library, an input/output station for inserting cartridges into and out of the library includes a door pivotally mounted to the station through cams that pivotally rotate a toggle bracket having fingers, one for each cartridge cell in the... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6396656 | Wrong insertion prevention device for cartridge type recording medium There will be provided a wrong insertion prevention device for a cartridge type recording medium capable of reliably preventing a cartridge type recording medium from being inserted into each unit cell in the reverse direction. The invention includes a wr... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6229667 | Data storage library with cartridge access mechanism A data storage library is provided which comprises a housing with an access door provided therein. A plurality of cartridge storage arrays are mounted within the housing, wherein the front of each array is positioned to face an internal space of the housi... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6131129 | Computer system within an AV/C based media changer subunit providing a standarized command set In a home audio visual network including a plurality of devices coupled via an IEEE 1394 bus, a system for accessing a media changer mechanism of a multi-item media player. The multi-item media player stores a plurality of media items and can play any of ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6111848 | Compact disc storage and retrieval system A compact disc storage and retrieval system is arranged to selectively push forward a single, selected compact disc from within a plurality of compact disc storage slots located within a case. Each compact disc storage slot is provided with a spring loade... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6088305 | Frame assembly for data storage and retrieval system Frame assembly for a data storage and retrieval system of the type in which data storage cartridges are transported between storage locations and drive locations where data is written to and read from the cartridges. The frame includes a backplane which h... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6072657 | Cartridge library apparatus having cell side wall spacing which increases towards the cell opening There is provided a medium library apparatus including a plurality of cells each of which has an opening and into which a medium is loaded through the opening, each one of the cells having oppositely located first and second walls each having an outward i... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6041032 | Disk changer with trays movable between retaining and drawn-out positions A disk changer stably maintains a tray with a selected disk loaded thereon even if a physical impact or vibration is loaded from outside therein while the tray is being drawn out, the disk is being reproduced, or the tray is being retained. The disk chang... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6041026 | Storage and retrieval library with side-by-side storage cells A storage and retrieval library has a column of storage cells including at least some side-by-side storage cells. A media accessor with a picker gripper for accessing media in one side of the side-by-side cells is rotatable about a pivot to an opposed pos... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6034928 | Library apparatus In a library apparatus, plural recording media are received in respective, assigned slots in a tray movable between a closed position within a housing and, selectively, in a first mode to a fully opened position affording access to all of the slots and re... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5936795 | Magazine cassette locking device A device for positively restraining data tape cassettes within a magazine of a cassette loading assembly to prevent the cassettes from becoming dislodged from the magazine when the cassettes are not engaged within the tape drive. The device includes a spr... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933396 | Storage and retrieval library with side-by-side storage cells A storage and retrieval library has a column of storage cells including at least some side-by-side storage cells. A media accessor with a picker gripper for accessing media in one side of the side-by-side cells is rotatable about a pivot to an opposed pos... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5926341 | Data cartridge interlock and release system A data cartridge handling and storage caddy for removing and handling more than one data cartridge outside of an autochanger and for installing more than one data cartridge into an autochanger. The data cartridge handling and storage caddy has two differe... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5828646 | Cartridge handling system with locking devices A cartridge handling system utilizing a cartridge locking apparatus adapted to simultaneously lock cartridges within corresponding storage locations and a cartridge engaging assembly lock-down apparatus adapted to secure the cartridge engaging assembly to... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5717665 | Locking devices for use in a cartridge handling system A cartridge handling system utilizing a cartridge locking apparatus adapted to simultaneously lock cartridges within corresponding storage locations and a cartridge engaging assembly lock-down apparatus adapted to secure the cartridge engaging assembly to... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5680377 | Automated data storage library employing multi-direction picker with double lip gripper An automated data storage library of unique design includes a plurality of storage cell magazines containing storage cells for holding storage media cartridges therein. A picker mechanism having multiple direction capability is positioned for accessing an... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5612934 | Record media library accessing using a common accessing mechanism for a plurality of independent media libraries A single accessing mechanism is deployed adjacently to two optical media libraries. Each library has a plurality of record medium storage compartments arranged respectively into a one-compartment wide column. Each library has its own media drive (player o... | 03/18/1997 |
| 4675856 | Optical storage and retrieval device In a system for storing and retrieving cartridges, a plurality of cartridges are placed in plural slots of diverse location and orientation. A rotatable carriage contains a first and second gripping mechanism, either of which extends to engage and slidabl... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4608679 | Optical storage and retrieval device In a system for storing and retrieving cartridges, a plurality of cartridges are placed in plural slots of diverse location and orientation. A rotatable carriage contains a first and second gripping mechanism, either of which extends to engage and slidabl... | 08/26/1986 |
