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 |
| 7108108 | Rod clamping device A device for clamping a rod to stop axial and/or rotative movement between the rod and the device. The device includes pressure and clamp units, the clamp unit having a bushing fixed therein and provided with a radially resilient center section normally sized to per... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6513988 | Bearing device for a threaded spindle of a machine tool A bearing device for a threaded spindle has a bearing housing with at least one receptacle configured to receive a bearing part of the threaded spindle. The at least one receptacle is a clamping bushing securing the bearing part by electromechanical eleme... | 02/04/2003 |
| 5228649 | Stopcock A stopcock, in particular for burner fittings, having a housing and a truncated-cone-shaped plug rotatably inserted therein, a spindle of the plug extending through a fixed retaining disk and being provided with a setting nut by means of which a bearing i... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5112147 | Rotating support apparatus in disk storage device A rotating support apparatus in a disk storage device is provided with a stationary shaft, ball bearings rotatably fitted on the stationary shaft, a rotatable member rotatably supported by and on the ball bearings, and buffer rings superimposed between th... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5090823 | Pedestal with tilting bearing race A bearing assembly is disclosed in which a bearing having inner and outer races is seated in a manner which accommodates thermal expansion and contraction without allowing radial pressure to constrict the bearing. Two materials of differing coefficients o... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5031421 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine has a needle cylinder, a supporting disk attached to the needle cylinder coaxially therewith, a bearing body for the supporting disk surrounding the supporting disk, four bearing tracks arranged opposite one another in pairs on... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5020385 | Motor-vehicle gear-change transmission A motor-vehicle transmission has a housing extending along an axis and having axially spaced front and rear sides, a main input shaft centered on the axis and having a front end at the front housing side and a rear end spaced axially backward therefrom, a... | 06/04/1991 |
