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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 |
| 7832159 | Radiant in-floor heating system The present invention relates to an in-floor radiant heating system having a tube that is received into low profile panels. Channels are formed in the top of the panels. The channels can have a neck shaped top section and a circular shaped bottom section. The bottom... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7726080 | Under-floor storage An under-floor storage system provides extra storage space, and is intended for use in locations where tile floors are normally used, such as in kitchens and in bathrooms. The storage system provides for tiles that are the lids of sub-floor storage containers. In on... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7408113 | Corner duct with co-extruded hinges The present invention is directed to a one-piece corner duct that routes wires in a corner of an enclosure. The one-piece corner duct includes a back wall and sidewalls. The back wall has at least one co-extruded hinge that enables the back wall to pivot to allow th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7281356 | Modular bracket with selectable radius for supporting passage cores for concrete structures A support module interconnects with other support modules to support a number of core elements for encapsulation within a concrete structure. The module has a planar frame defining first and second cutouts. Each cutout has an arc shape so that when modules are assem... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7250570 | Heating cable guide strip for electric radiant floor heating and method of use A heating cable guide strip for retaining and guiding a resistance heating cable in a serpentine path on a sub-floor adapted to receive a cementitious material to form a radiant heated floor is described. The method of use is also described. The heating cable guide ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7216462 | Insulated concrete panel billets Improved premolded foam billets and drop-in foam billet joints increase the R value in concrete panels. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208676 | Adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting An adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting is disclosed. The fitting includes a base, a cover securable to the base, and a cover cap securable to the base and the cover. The base has a spillover side, and the cover has an opening on a side wall thereof for receiving ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7193159 | Divided raceway with downwardly facing outlet devices A raceway base has a T-shaped configuration that mounts to a flat surface so that the stem of the T defines a divider wall for isolating adjacent wire-ways with low voltage data/com cabling and high voltage power cabling. L-shaped raceway covers are separately secur... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183504 | Electrical floor access module system An electrical floor access system (100) is provided so as to be accessible to the electrical equipment of an office system (50). The electrical system (100) includes a number of access floor modules (102) jpositioned beneath an access flo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178299 | Tiles with embedded locating rods for erosion resistant linings A tile for lining an internal surface in a heavy wear area. The tile includes at least one locating rod embedded within said tile and an internal mechanism for laterally extending said at least one locating rod out of said tile and into a gap in an adjoining structu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165374 | Wall system and method A multi-layer wall panel includes a core filler material surrounded by two plastic sheets. Each sheet includes three-dimensional texture formed to resemble masonry or other desired aesthetics. A layer of concrete may be disposed between each sheet and the filler mat... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150584 | Steel-pipe sheet pile and coupling structure of steel-pipe sheet piles A steel-pipe sheet pile including a steel pipe and joints for coupling the steel pipe to another steel pipe and multiple steel pipes arranged in a building direction of a steel-pipe sheet pile wall, wherein the joints include a male joint and a female joint each mad... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121051 | Panel for thin bricks and related systems and methods of use A thin brick panel system and method of forming a thin brick wall includes an expanded polystyrene foam panel having a plurality of laterally extending channels formed therein for receiving a plurality of thin brick units. The thin brick units are bonded to the chan... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7083515 | Clean room facility and construction method A vibration-inhibiting flooring structure for use in a facility housing vibration sensitive equipment includes a perforated bearing floor which includes a number of openings configured to inhibit the propagation of vibrations across the floor. Such a flooring struct... | 08/01/2006 |
| RE39097 | Metal support framework for low profile raised panel flooring A raised flooring system and methods of forming components of such a system are disclosed. The present flooring system utilizes thin sheet metal, typically galvanized steel, to form a first strip having a plurality of pedestals formed in a spaced apart relation on t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7010890 | Precast, prestressed concrete truss A precast, prestressed concrete truss which spans between exterior columns and forms an interior or exterior load bearing wall of a building. The truss includes top and bottom chords interconnected by at least one web member. Prestressed reinforcing members in the t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010893 | Concrete floor, particularly a temperature concrete floor The present invention is directed to a concrete floor, particularly a temperable concrete floor, containing an upper side and an underside, containing first concrete-free spaces, particularly cavities, that comprise at least one first wall surface, particularly two,... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6972368 | Raceway system for office furniture A raceway system is disclosed. The raceway system includes a first office furniture panel and a second office furniture panel angularly positioned relative to the first office furniture panel, a base cap mountable to the first office furniture panel and the second o... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6955014 | Insulated concrete cast panels with voids in billits A method for casting hollow core concrete panels includes the use of raft connectors to hold a plurality of spaced foam billets in place during the manufacture to create panel or plank with spaced foam-filled cores. The panels include billets that form longitudinal ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948291 | Plastic slab bolster upper A slab bolster upper for supporting rebar in a reinforced concrete structure while the concrete is poured and thereafter cures, is of molded plastic construction and is formed with horizontal and vertical voids that facilitate concrete placement and break up potenti... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946599 | Raceway system for office furniture A raceway system is disclosed. The raceway system includes a base cap mountable to a top surface of an office furniture panel, at least one horizontal raceway section positionable adjacent the base cap, at least one corner raceway section positionable adjacent the b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926077 | Foldable heat radiating sheet A foldable heat radiation board includes a plurality of elongated and narrow plate-like members with fluid tube embedding grooves provided therein, and the plate-like members are combined with each other in a quadrangular plan configuration. Fluid tubes are embedded... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922949 | Furniture system A furniture system is particularly adapted to support group activities in open plans, and the like. A plurality of columns support an overhead framework on the floor of a building in a freestanding fashion at a predetermined elevation, generally above average user h... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6875916 | Arrangement for laying cables in the floor area of a passenger transport aircraft A conduit system for laying cables along the floor of a passenger cabin of an aircraft includes longitudinal and transverse cable guide elements respectively forming cable channels, and cable branch junctions at intersections of the longitudinal and transverse guide... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6865851 | Modular floor panels with enclosed wireway channels Rectangular floor panels fit together to define a raised floor capable of accommodating wires/cables in a space within a building. Orthogonally arranged wireways are defined in a molded plastic portion that provides passageways between these wireways, and support po... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6860073 | Structure of a combinative interlocking board enclosing vertical and horizontal pipes A structure of a combinative interlocking board containing vertical and horizontal pipes is disclosed. The piping within the board divides the board into a middle region and two side regions, and the middle region is a piping passage for conduits and the piping conn... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6845591 | Hollow-core slab for forming a floor field in which ducts can be incorporated, and method for forming a floor field with ducts using such hollow-core slabs A hollow-core having a first and a second supporting edge to enable a supported floor field to be formed, and including a concrete bottom layer and a concrete top layer connected therewith, while in the bottom layer, from one supporting edge to the other supporting ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6756539 | Adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting An adjustable mid-panel spillover fitting is disclosed. The fitting includes a base, a cover securable to the base, and a cover cap securable to the base and the cover. The base has a spillover side, and the cover has an opening on a side wall thereof for receiving ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6754997 | Utility distribution structure A utility distribution apparatus comprises an inner wall removably mounted on an outer wall within a building structure. The inner and outer walls create a chase for air flow. A floor surface forms a generally closed corner with the outer wall. The inner wall is spa... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6702510 | Utility sidewalk A utility trenching and sidewalk system comprising modular utility sidewalk units which may be assembled together to form a cable trench. The modular units are formed from plastic composite material and include sidewalls, a bottom wall and covers which de... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6660938 | Shaped mounting rail A mounting rail with a C-shaped cross-section extends in a length dimension (L) and has a rear or second wall (2) with side walls (1a, 1b) extending at right angles to the second wall. Each side wall (1a, 1b) has on its exterior surface (5) a recess (3) r... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6598366 | Modular raised floor system with cable-receiving groove network A modular raised floor system includes rectangular floor panels, each of which has four hollow projections that define a cross-shaped groove. Each adjacent pair of the panels are locked together by a positioning member, which is disposed in two of the gro... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6564518 | Floor with floor covering, method for laying said floor convering and auxiliary laying device A flooring assembly consists essentially of a stable sub-flooring and a flooring applied thereon over a wide area with at least one floor element for insertion into a gap in the flooring at substantially the same level having different properties than the... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6550195 | Floor system The floor system for a work environment providing for access to utilities to be associated with articles such as articles of furniture is disclosed. The floor system includes a plurality of floor tiles. At least one of the floor tiles provides an access p... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6536168 | Apparatus and methods for moldable and customizable structures Improved apparatus and methods for making, assembling and constructing a standardized wall and floor or ceiling panel made of a cementitious material, or similar material, for walls, ceilings, roofs and foundations. An embodiment of the invention implemen... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6504093 | Aircraft cable raceway A cabling apparatus that is easily retrofitted into the cabin of an aircraft for allowing containment and routing of cabling. The cabling apparatus is integrated into an interior compartment of an aircraft and may be adjacent to a seat of the aircraft. Th... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6478339 | Displacement absorbing piping joint A piping joint for preventing pipe members laid across the connection end faces of two adjacent structural elements from being damaged by changes in the relative positional relationship between the two adjacent structural elements due to the expansion and... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6457288 | Prefabricated concrete panel for building floors in civil or industrial structures A prefabricated concrete panel for building floors in civil or industrial structures, comprising a concrete body with a reinforcement provided with portions which protrude from one of the larger faces of the body of the panel which constitutes extrados of... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6389772 | Universal building unit for building structures A universal building unit comprising a plurality of members connected to each other by at least one adjustable plate. There is also at least one panel connected to the plurality of members. In this case, the plurality of members, the adjustable plate, and... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6376768 | Wire guiding out structure of wire protector A wire guiding out structure of a wire protector 1 enabling that the wires are easily bent and guided out from the wire protector 1 is provided. A wire guide wall 8 is retractively formed in a wire guiding out portion 10 of a wire protector body 2 in use ... | 04/23/2002 |
