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 |
| 7029270 | Igniter with safety lock An igniter (or lighter) having a safety lock includes a housing; a gas supply in the housing and having an outlet valve; a combustion nozzle fluid connected to the outlet valve; a conventional igniter for igniting gas at the outlet nozzle; a finger-operable slider f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6860733 | Safety gas lighter with a ratchet-pawl mechanism A safety gas lighter with a ratchet-pawl mechanism comprises a lighter body, a fuel supply means, an ignition means and a safety device. The safety device includes a pivoting axle, an internal ratchet rotating together with the axle and being attached to one side of... | 03/01/2005 |
| 4377378 | Lighter mechanism A lighter has few moving parts. A lid assembly which closes a fuel supply and which rotates a flint wheel can be controlled by the same spring or other resilient means which bears a flint against the flint wheel. The lid assembly has one or more cams whic... | 03/22/1983 |
