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 |
| 7191514 | Stretch label attaching device A stretch label attaching device for attaching a stretch label on a good, including an adapter supporting the label from the inside thereof and has an opening into which the good is inserted; an adapter support member configured to support a lower portion of the ada... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6964182 | Treatment apparatus for chemical modification of animal fibers of continuous web form A mechanism, giving less environmental load, for treating animal fibers of a continuous web form so as not to spoil inherent properties of the animal fibers such as hand-feeling and water repellency, so as to improve resistance to felting (shrinkage) and pilling. Th... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6902630 | Method for cleaning charged particles from an object An apparatus and method for cleaning objects having generally irregular surface features, such as reloadable photographic cameras, has a partial enclosure having opposing side walls, and a top wall joining the opposing side walls. An air ionizing element composed of... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6698255 | Rotation hoop knife splitting machine A rotary hoop knife splitting machine, particularly for splitting skin free from hair, includes a knife with a cutting edge, a feeding device arranged in front of the cutting edge, wherein the feeding device includes a transport gap defined by a base and ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6434978 | Ring roller for hide splitting process A ring roller, used in the hide splitting process as a hide transport device, is described that is continuously self cleaning and which provides a constant gap between outer rings of a ring roller. The ring roller is capable of directing pressurized water... | 08/20/2002 |
| 4487041 | Method and apparatus for drying moist skins A method and apparatus for proportionally stretching a skin in multiple directions from the center of the skin. The degree of stretching is proportional to the distance of the periphery of the skin from its center. The skin is clamped at its periphery to ... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4442687 | Apparatus for the tentering of skins or hides in the manufacture of leather In this tentering device the skin to be tentered is placed on a tentering frame in which a plurality of tentering clamps are displaceably held on radial guides, the skin being grasped by said tentering clamps is stretched by means of transmitted pulling f... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4350029 | Apparatus for de-fleshing skins or hides Two de-fleshing stations are interconnected by a transfer bridge. The first de-fleshing station feeds through its outlet chute, the rear end of the transfer bridge, while the second de-fleshing station feeds through its outlet chute, the rear end of the c... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4263688 | Top and bottom die assemblies for folding the edges of a non-rigid workpiece Cooperating top and bottom die assemblies for use in a press to fold the edges of a non-rigid workpiece. The top die comprises a horizontal support plate having a radiused folding plate affixed to its underside. A spring biased stripper in association wit... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4051569 | Folding and sealing apparatus and method An apparatus for folding and sealing the edges of a non-rigid work piece and a method of performing folding and sealing operations therewith. The apparatus comprises a press with a main cylinder, at least one auxiliary cylinder and upper and lower die ass... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4003226 | Air blast dust removing machine An air blast dust removal machine has a jet of air projected from at least one slot-like nozzle inclined at an obtuse angle towards an oncoming sheet material which is held to a moving permeable conveyor belt. The sheet material is held to the conveyor be... | 01/18/1977 |
