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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 |
| 7328546 | Device for closing boxes and the like A device for closing boxes which are each provided, at least one end face, with at least one flap with a complementary end flap and with at least two folding lateral tabs which mutually interlock in the closure configuration with the complementary end flap, comprisi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7097606 | Device for covering packaging boxes A device for applying a sheet of covering material (4, 40) to boxes (1) having at least one wall (2, 200) with an outside surface (5, 50), an inside surface (6, 60) and a free edge (3, 30) intermediate between the surfaces (... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6560950 | Overfolding device An overfolding device for overfolding the top panels of a formed, filled and sealed gable top carton is disclosed herein. The overfolding of the top panels eliminates the convexing of the top panels due to a springback effect inherent in the packaging mat... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6520898 | Process of making a compartmented container An E Bliss compartmented container comprising an erected E divider blank about which a Bliss body blank has been erected with its endwalls adhesively laminated to endwall panels of the E divider. The E blank comprises a rectangular piece of corrugated fib... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6228011 | Bag-in-carton and method and device for forming the bag-in-carton A method and apparatus for forming a bag-in-carton using a forming jig to shape a side-sealed closed portion of the inner bag in accordance with the related shape of the carton. The forming jig helps form a bag-in-carton having an inner bag formed with hi... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5916079 | Horizontal container forming machine An improved horizontally-oriented machine capable of forming a trays or other similar fiberboard containers from single blanks. The improved machine includes three distinct sections: (1) a loading bay which includes a vertical lift, a sheet feeders and a ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5876319 | Container forming method and apparatus A machine for forming a variety of different sturdy, stackable three-part fiberboard containers having a depth dimension greater than their width dimension, and which are suitable for holding bags filled with liquid. The machine includes a slidable, remov... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5816991 | Apparatus for producing a multiple structure paper protector An apparatus for manufacturing a paper protector comprises an upper mold, a lower mold, and a central mold. The lower mold includes a frame section and support surface, while the upper mold includes a peripheral rim and guide projections fitted into the l... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5415345 | Box with integral corner reinforcements A box with integral corner reinforcements and a method of making the same is described. The method comprises folding the box from a prescored sheet of material so as to leave a flap adjacent each corner. The flap is prescored and is pushed towards its hin... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5302227 | Method for closing a heat-resistant carton A closing method for a multi-sided paperboard carton includes sealing a cover with side edge extensions to corresponding side flanges defined by fold lines on the paperboard carton during continuous feeding of the carton along the feed path. The side flan... | 04/12/1994 |
| 4926615 | Machine for forming cartons and packaging goods therein A machine for forming cardboard blanks into crates (open top containers) for transporting and storing goods, particularly plastic containers of milk. The machine has folding apparatus for folding opposed extended end flaps of the blank back on themselves ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4832676 | Method and apparatus for forming paperboard containers A method and apparatus for forming a container from a sheet of blank material, whereby a segmented male die member first forms the bottom and then the sidewall and rim of the container prior to the formation of the lip portion of the container while the b... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4474563 | Top end flap sealer Method and apparatus for sealing top end flaps of cartons into engagement with the inner walls of the cartons comprising a horizontal support plate, a first pair of juxtaposed parallel axes rollers mounted adjacent one end of the plate, a second pair of j... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4342563 | Box assembly system An apparatus and method for forming a box having a box body comprising interconnected bottom, side and end walls, shoulder elements connected to the side walls and securing flaps connected to the shoulder elements.... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4341055 | Method for forming paper boxes and the like A box blank with receptacle and cover sections each with side flaps and end flaps has a hinge panel joining the two sections. A vacuum pickup draws a flat blank from a supply stack to a feed carriage which transfers the blank past sprays that apply glue t... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4283190 | Method for forming paper boxes and the like A box blank with receptacle and cover sections each with side flaps and end flaps has a hinge panel joining the two sections. A vacuum pickup draws a flat blank from a supply stack to a feed carriage which transfers the blank past sprays that apply glue t... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4217815 | Machine for erecting strawberry lug Method and apparatus for forming a tray are disclosed. The tray has at least one transverse hollow wall formed by a pair of substantially parallel, spaced flaps that are folded down from a transverse bridge. Each flap is secured to a tab folded upwards fr... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4194441 | Method and apparatus for forming paper boxes and the like A box blank with receptacle and cover sections each with side and end-flaps has a hinge panel joining the sections. A vacuum pickup draws a flat blank from a stack to a feed carriage which delivers the glue coated blank to a former and a forming head havi... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4174658 | Tray former An improvement in a carton forming mechanism of the type wherein a mandrel is reciprocated through a die assembly to fold the side walls and tabs of an upwardly open carton assembly having perpendicular pairs of side walls. It is designed specifically for... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4022116 | Method and apparatus for folding box flaps A method and apparatus wherein a pair of generally upwardly extending flaps, foldably connected to the opposite walls of an open top box, may be folded and positioned within the box.... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3978774 | Tray forming machine A machine which forms a tray from a flat blank wherein the formed tray has horizontally disposed shoulders extending across the top thereof.... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3975994 | Apparatus for producing packing cases A packing case or box having a bottom, opposing lateral side walls, opposing longitudinal side walls and upper side walls, or fixed flaps, at opposing edges of the lateral side walls is produced from a blank piece of thermoplastic material, and an apparat... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3965804 | Container erection apparatus Container erection apparatus is provided which automatically erects a blank of cardboard or the like to form a container which can be changed from a transit state to a display state, even when containing its intended contents, by folding two parts of the ... | 06/29/1976 |
