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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 |
| RE43024 | Fork lift apparatus adapted to be coupled to a truck or trailer A fork lift with retractably extendable loading prongs for lifting loads from either side of a vehicle. The fork lift includes a mechanism for displacing the prongs over and across the vehicle, which mechanism has front and rear transverse girders which can be rigid... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7318463 | Self-propelling crusher A self-propelled crushing machine comprises a crushing device 20; a hydraulic drive system including a crushing device hydraulic motor 21 for driving the crushing device 20, a first hydraulic pump 62 for driving the crushing device hydrau... | 01/15/2008 |
| RE39997 | Fork lift apparatus adapted to be coupled to a truck or trailer A fork lift with retractably extendable loading prongs for lifting loads from either side of a vehicle. The fork lift includes a mechanism for displacing the prongs over and across the vehicle, which mechanism has front and rear transverse girders which can be rigid... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7270297 | Hoist for aircraft cabin construction A device is provided for hoisting a module for mounting into an overhead space, such as the crown of an aircraft fuselage. The device includes a frame that supports the module, and a lifting device that lifts the first frame to properly place the module. The lifting... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270061 | Mobile system for rail-car unloading apparatus and method A rail-car unloading apparatus and method for the same configured to move over a surface. The rail-car unloading apparatus comprises a frame structure, having opposite first and second sides, hydraulic arms and hydraulic legs. The hydraulic arms are coupled to the f... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255202 | Truck mounted forklift with double-acting freelift mast A forklift truck for mounting on the rear of a carrying vehicle comprises a u-shaped chassis having a crossbar and a pair of side bars mounted at the ends of the crossbar and projecting forwardly therefrom. A wheel is located adjacent the free end of each of the sid... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7210590 | Transportation cart primarily for use in an animal barn A transportation cart primarily for transporting deceased animals through the alleyways of a barn has a swivelling mast and boom mounted on the front section of a frame driven by powered wheels with a slide panel attached to the mast below the boom over which the ob... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204546 | Vehicle cab slide pivot The present invention is a vehicle or machine cab slide and pivot apparatus for safely improving the view of the operator in the cab. The invention includes a slide rail assembly, a rotational assembly, and an operator compartment. The slide rail assembly is attache... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7165652 | Fork-lift truck A fork-lift reach truck having an extraction mast which is adapted to be displaced, by means of a mast drive, towards and away from a driving portion of the fork-lift truck on a horizontal guide, a load-carrying means which is mounted on a side shift, a side shift g... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7074004 | Device and system for loading and unloading a storage container with respect to a transport vehicle A device adapted to operably engage a vehicle to load and unload a container between the vehicle and a surface, and to cooperate with the vehicle to transport the container, is provided. Such a device includes a pair of laterally separated horizontal lifting members... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7033128 | Dumping and transporting accessory having a telescoping lift with a pivot mounted trolley Transport accessories useable with a vehicle for supporting cargo and a method of loading cargo onto a transport accessory useable with a vehicle. In one embodiment, the transport accessory includes a base frame connectable to the vehicle, a second frame slidably co... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7001131 | Forklift loading support A forklift (1) of the type adapted to be transported on a carrying vehicle comprising a wheeled chassis (6) on which are mounted a pair of platform engaging load rest supports (15). The load rest supports (15) comprise a pair of spaced-ap... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6779960 | Vehicle lift apparatus A lifting device for a vehicle comprises a rail chassis which can be fitted transversely across the vehicle in a luggage compartment underneath a load deck of a vehicle, and a carriage assembly which extends outwardly of the vehicle, along the chassis, the carriage ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6648584 | Heat exchanger bundle extractor A heat exchanger bundle extractor apparatus (1), comprises: a supporting base (2, 29, 40), onto which a hoisting column (6) is rotatably mounted; a guide frame (7), mounted onto supports (8) on the hoisting column (6), and controlled hoisting and lowering... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6287073 | Detachable support frame for holding a pair of laterally adjustable load-carrying forks The lift fork rack includes a first beam, a second beam and at least two spacer elements which fix the first and second beams at a distance from and substantially parallel to each other. The load-bearing fork members can be mounted on the first and second... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6022182 | Two directional industrial sidelift truck with rotatable cab A sidelift truck, comprising: a main body (3) providing a load platform (5); a lifting assembly (7) for handling loads to and from the load platform (5); and a cab (9) mounted to the main body (3) and rotatable about a substantially vertical axis (X).... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5915912 | Fork lift apparatus adapted to be coupled to a truck or trailer A fork lift with retractably extendable loading prongs for lifting loads from either side of a vehicle. The fork lift includes a mechanism for displacing the prongs over and across the vehicle, which mechanism has front and rear transverse girders which c... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5816768 | Reach type forklift truck with a mast assembly of reduced jerking motion A reach type forklift truck is provided with a vehicle body and a reach leg extending forwards from the vehicle body. The reach leg has a guide rail fixedly attached thereto and provided with a vertical wall, a top flange and a bottom flange cooperating t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5641261 | Fork lift truck A fork lift truck having a "lazy tong" or "scissor-like" horizontal motion control system attached to the mast carriage which allows the load carried by the mast to be retracted from forward of the front wheels to between the front and rear wheels and to ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5613825 | Wheelchair lift apparatus A wheelchair lift mechanism adapted for use particularly in the accessway of a train car is disclosed which comprises a generally planar collapsible platform assembly for receiving a wheelchair and its occupant thereon; a lift mechanism for lifting and lo... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5480275 | Fork lift truck An improved fork lift truck having a scissor-actuated horizontal carriage motion system mounted on a horizontal frame. The carriage motion system providing for selectable positioning in a compact space of a lift assembly between a position forward of and ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5403145 | Street legal, mobile, truck mounted tube bundle pulling apparatus The invention relates to a street legal mobile mounted tube bundle pulling apparatus which is moveable from a lifting position to a travelling position. A longitudinal track is attached to the bed of the vehicle. A sled which is contiguous with said track... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5395201 | Container and container carrier with piston-cylinder devices for lifting containers on to, off and along the carrier A container 1 has a support member 3 which ascends and descends freely and is provided at back of a container body 2, a top connecting member 11 which is fixed at front of the container body 2 and can couple and decouple with a carrier 45, a bottom connec... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5391043 | Truck mounted lifting mechanism for lifting and transporting containers The truck mounted lifting mechanism is carried on a truck frame having a pair of opposed C-shaped tracks extending rearward from the cab. A mast having a base carrying an axle engages the outside of the tracks with a pair of flanged rollers. A carriage is... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5346356 | Fork-lift truck A materials-handling fork-lift truck comprising a chassis (11) which is fitted with two forwardly extending, mutually parallel support legs (18), and a chassis-mounted lifting mast assembly (16) provided with a raisable and lowerable lifting fork (17). Th... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5112183 | Side-loading fork lift vehicle A side-loading all-terrain fork lift vehicle for handling heavy loads which are long relative to their width, e.g., junked cars, in a storage facility having multi-level racks separated by narrow aisles and with restricted vertical clearance between level... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5087166 | Handling vehicle for printed product reels A handling vehicle is used for the interchanging or replacement of printed product reels and empty reel cores. The vehicle body has a substantially U-shaped frame in plan. On the frame is a structure (1), into which is integrated a working module (35) wit... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5067869 | Automobile transportation apparatus The invention is directed to a vehicle which is used to pick up and transport and place heavy cargo. In particular, the invention relates to a vehicle which is capable of picking a vehicle from a confined space and transporting it to the appropriate locat... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4995774 | Side-loading fork lift vehicle A side-loading all-terrain fork lift vehicle for handling heavy loads which are long relative to their width, e.g., junked cars, and are stored in multi-level racks separated by narrow aisles and having restricted vertical clearance between levels. The ve... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4690609 | Truck loading apparatus A beverage truck having unique unloading and loading apparatus. The apparatus, which may be mounted to an existing beverage truck, or built into one as original equipment, has a framework at the front and back of the truck body which supports a track that... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4370796 | Bale wagon Disclosed is a bale wagon comprising a bed upon which bales are stored and a tower mounted on the bed for receiving a bale or bales, lifting the bale(s) to a selected height, and moving the bale(s) longitudinally of the bed length, depositing same on the ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4326830 | Side loading vehicle A self-propelled, side loading vehicle comprises a chassis supported on front and rear pairs of wheels and having three box-shaped sections separated by two transversely elongate clear ways extending from one side of the chassis to a rigid frame along a s... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4313707 | Side loading apparatus for trash collection system A trash collection apparatus is described for mounting on a side loading trash collection vehicle. A frame member is extendably secured to the vehicle for movement away from and toward the truck body of the vehicle. A pair of vertically extending guide ra... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4219298 | Rapid rail A side loading refuse collection truck is equipped with apparatus for lifting containers from the ground at a random lateral distance from the side of the truck, elevating these containers above a refuse collection compartment of the truck and there inver... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4144978 | Suspension systems for vehicles An industrial truck has at least one axle with a road wheel mounted on each end. Each end of the axle is coupled to a sub-frame which is in turn coupled to the truck chassis by a main suspension spring and by an elastomeric spring. The sub-frame at one en... | 03/20/1979 |
| 3987913 | Side loader mast traversing mechanism A traversing mechanism for the mast of a side loader vehicle having a chassis including front and rear wheeled body parts interconnected by a backbone structure with a recess extending transversely of the vehicle between the body parts and having mast gui... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3971483 | Motor truck The motor truck comprises means defining a cargo space having the configuration of a rectangle in a top-plan view, a vertically extending support which is mounted on the truck and guided on the body thereof for movement along at least one side of the rect... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3958703 | Side loader main frame A side loader main frame includes front and rear sections which are rigidly interconnected by a bridge to form a pocket for a laterally traversing mast. The bridge is a boxlike torque tube with openings in the laterally inner vertical wall through which t... | 05/25/1976 |
