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 |
| 7950299 | Adjusting and guiding system for tools The invention relates to an adjusting and guiding system for guiding tools (1) in relation to a workpiece (2), said system comprising the following characteristics: a navigation system (3) used to identify reference points, a first reference poi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7319827 | Apparatus and device unit for use in the apparatus An apparatus includes a plurality of installation parts, to each of which a device unit is detachably installed to be used, and a restriction device configured to restrict the device unit having been installed in an unused state to and uninstalled from any one of th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7284457 | Servo device for radio control A servo device for radio control fine-adjusts a linkage rod, which links the servo device and an operation unit, in an accurate positional relationship. The servo device includes a servo motor having a servo output shaft on which a serration is formed, and a servo h... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279799 | Motor vehicle driven device for operating a portable electric generator An electric generator device powered by a driving wheel of a motor vehicle. The device includes a base for supporting an electric generator. An idler roller assembly includes at least one load bearing idler roller mounted rotatably to the base for circumferentially ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7107798 | Drive mechanism for an automatic washer A drive mechanism for a vertical axis automatic washer. The washer has a rotatable wash basket, a rotatable agitator concentrically mounted in the wash basket and a drive motor. The drive mechanism includes a first drive shaft driven by the motor at a first rotation... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7032232 | Memory storage disk handling system A disk dispenser including a spindle having a first end and a second end, the second end having a disk support foot arranged to support a stack of disks, wherein the disk support foot is movable from an extended position at which a portion of the disk support foot i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 5013611 | Camshaft composition A camshaft having a tubular steel shaft and a sintered cam piece joined to the shaft. The sintered cam piece has iron tetroxide film at its surface. The camshaft is produced by assembling a powder compact to the steel shaft to provide a camshaft assembly,... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4396919 | Differential drive pedestal gimbal A pedestal gimbal drive assembly includes a yoke and a cross shaft mounted for movement about separate orthogonal axes for affording a sensing platform for being driven by differential drive mechanism for sweeping a hemispherical segment. One embodiment o... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4392140 | Dual cable drive rolling arc gimbal A gimbal assembly includes an outer arcuate yoke gimbal member mounted on rollers to rotate about its axis and an inner gimbal member includes a platform pivotally mounted in the yoke to rotate about a second axis. Two drive motors are separately and inde... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4319223 | Full code means for electromechanical decoder A decoder mechanism comprising a code wheel assembly including an inner wheel element and an outer wheel element, means for locking the inner wheel element to the outer wheel element in driving relation, means selectively operable for actuating said locki... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4282529 | Differential drive rolling arc gimbal A gimbal assembly in which the outer gimbal member is an arcuate yoke mounted on rollers to rotate about one axis, and the inner gimbal member is a platform pivotally mounted in the yoke to rotate about a second orthogonal axis. Two motors are connected t... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4238802 | Differential drive rolling arc gimbal A gimbal assembly in which the outer gimbal member is an arcuate yoke mounted on rollers to rotate about one axis, and the inner gimbal member is a platform pivotally mounted in the yoke to rotate about a second orthogonal axis. Two motors are connected t... | 12/09/1980 |
