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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 |
| 7298979 | Image reader attachable printer An image forming apparatus, that includes a printer section having a sheet delivery portion at a top thereof, and a frame arranged at a top surface of the printer section so as to extend in substantially an L-shape to a rear side and one lateral side of the printer ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7170569 | Liquid crystal shutter and printhead The present invention relates to a liquid crystal shutter (5). The liquid crystal shutter (5) includes a first and a second transparent substrates (50), (51) arranged to face each other; a light shielding film (52) formed on a surf... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6938541 | Heaten platen-type press A press has at least two rigid and generally planar platens each comprised of a rigid plate having a face, formed offset from the face with an array of heating passages, and formed with a separate array of grooves open at the face. A cover plate overlying the face i... | 09/06/2005 |
| 5722001 | Color balance filter adjusting mechanism The improved apparatus for forming a color image by slit scan exposure has means for changing the position of a line sensor assembly relative to the shorter side of the slit light that has passed through a slit and means for constructing color filter tabl... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5255054 | Method and apparatus for converting a conventional copier into an electronic printer A "conversion" device is described that enables a conventional, dedicated copier designed for the singular purpose of making copies to be employed additionally as an electronically-driven printing apparatus, thereby offering a standard issue copier the ad... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5164768 | Method and apparatus for converting a conventional copier into an electronic printer A "conversion" device is described that enables a conventional, dedicated copier designed for the singular purpose of making copies to be employed additionally as an electronically-driven printing apparatus, thereby offering a standard issue copier the ad... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5091747 | Method and apparatus for converting a conventional copier into an electronic printer A "conversion" device enables a conventional, dedicated copier designed for the singular purpose of making copies to be employed additionally as an electronically-driven printing apparatus, thereby offering a standard issue copier the added functionality ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4752806 | Multi-mode imaging system A multi-mode imaging system provides the capability of reproducing documents in a conventional COPY mode wherein a document is placed on a platen and scanned to create an exposed latent image on a photosensitive member. The system is adapted to operate in... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4714940 | Image processing apparatus having display means to monitor and display information from a date input section An image processing apparatus which has a function of simultaneously or selectively copy an image displayed on a display screen and an image on an original at an arbitrary location is disclosed. This apparatus includes a display unit which can be used as ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4701044 | Image recording apparatus for composing plural partial original images into a single composite image An image recording system capable of recording a composite image composed of a plurality of partial recording image areas comprises an electrically chargeable image carrier. Image recording area coordinate data is fed into the system to define an area to ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4671642 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the type comprising a liquid crystal panel having a first substrate having first electrodes thereon, a liquid crystal layer, a second substrate having a second electrode, polarizing means and light-scattering reflection means... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4646249 | Image processing system There is disclosed an image processing system, particularly, for use in a copying machine with a display. This apparatus comprises a liquid crystal display panel on an original presser plate; a panel copy mode to perform the image processing with respect ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4637707 | Supplementary data copying method and original picture image recorder having supplementary data display means An original picture image recorder and method wherein a supplementary data display device for displaying supplemental data being copied in addition to original data is provided close to a document glass plate on which documents being recorded are mounted,... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4462674 | Copying apparatus of moving document type capable of copying an optical image projected from an option device A copying apparatus of the moving document type capable of copying an optical image projected from an option or accessory device. The copying apparatus comprises an additional optical path adjacently provided to an optical path of the fixed optical system... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4194833 | Electronic typewriter having an electronic display A word processing system for displaying and reproducing alphanumeric characters on a photocopy machine capable of scanning an original document, having a housing including an electronic keyboard with keys representing individual alphanumeric characters, t... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4027961 | Copier/raster scan apparatus An apparatus which can function either in a copier mode or in a raster scan mode. A first unit of the apparatus, containing elements to produce an information modulated, scanning light beam, is movably mounted upon a second unit of the apparatus, containi... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3936172 | Liquid crystalline platen for an electrophotographic printing machine An apparatus in which an original document is housed. The support on which the original document is positioned becomes selectively opaque so as to mask portions of the original document disposed thereon.... | 02/03/1976 |
