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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 |
| 5386752 | Perforation apparatus and method for use with sealing devices A perforating device for punching pores in shrink-wrap film as the film moves along a film path is described. A biasing apparatus is used to bias the film towards a tension-creating apparatus and a microperforator apparatus so that pores can be punched in... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386753 | Tab cutting Cross cuts for forming the ends of a tab on a sheet, for example a glue tab on a corrugated paperboard container blank, are performed by independent rotary cutter units. Each cutter unit has a spirally convoluted blade which, as it rotates, cuts progressi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386754 | Cube making and peeling machine A fruit and vegetable cubing or dicing and peeling machine comprises, superimposed onto one another, a first conveyor belt formed by a plurality of equispaced cutting cables, and a second conveyor belt including a plurality of cross cutting blades closely... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386755 | Device to ensure uniform slicing of bread A device that will allow individuals to uniformly slice bread. The unit will hold a loaf of bread and allow it to be sliced by assuring the positioning of the bread knife. This will be provided for by having corresponding sets of slots located on opposing... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386756 | Saw chain for a motor-driven chain saw The invention relates to a saw chain for a motor-driven chain saw equipped with a guide bar and a drive motor for imparting a force to the saw chain for moving the latter around the guide bar in a predetermined running direction. The chain saw is further ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386757 | Universal musical scale, scale pattern, and chord indicator A device for demonstrating musical scales and chords in various tonics for use with a fretted stringed musical instrument. A housing is of a slide-rule nature and has a transparent simulated fingerboard positioned within a display window. This fingerboard... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386758 | Apparatus and method for disarming pipe bombs A method and apparatus for disarming a pipe bomb wherein one of the end caps of the pipe bomb is knocked off with a sudden blow, such that the pipe bomb will be spun around somewhat in circles and the powder and/or contents employed in the bomb will be th... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386759 | Flying object acceleration method by means of a rail-gun type two-stage accelerating apparatus In a two-stage railgun accelerating apparatus, a flying object is initially accelerated by acceleration gas produced by a gas gun. The initially accelerated flying object is led through an introducing pipe to an inlet of a railgun section of the two-stage... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386760 | Brake booster with reaction disk retainer An improvement of a recess formed in one end of an output shaft of a brake booster is disclosed. At its one end, the rear extremity of the output shaft is formed with a flange-like stop, which is formed of an annular sheet material. The engagement of the ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386761 | Rotary valve actuator A valve actuator with an arcuate piston disposed within a housing including a side wall having a partition and two end plates whereby when joined, the housing forms a first and a second compartment. An arcuate piston travels between the compartments via a... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386762 | Robotic chef An automated food preparation system having a continuously rotatable annular segmented cooking area, a food feeding system, and an industrial robot, all of which are controlled by a pre-programmed programmable controller wherein an operator provides input... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386763 | Automatic baking machine with preheating capability and method for controlling operation thereof An automatic baking machine includes a hollow housing, a container disposed in the housing for containing dough therein, a temperature sensing unit disposed in the housing for detecting an initial container temperature of the container when the automatic ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386764 | Grain roaster/cooler with preheater A grain roaster/cooler includes a fuel saving preheater and a roasting drum that rotates within a stationary housing. Heat radiated from the drum is captured in the form of hot air trapped in an air gap between the drum and the housing. A fan draws from t... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386765 | Automatic spray ring for use in a juice finisher A spray ring is cycled back and forth along the longitudinal axis of a finisher to allow a high pressure cleaning stream of water or solvent to be directed against the surface of the finisher. A linear rodless cylinder is attached to the spray ring and is... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386766 | Automatic juice extraction system A juice extraction process control system includes provisions to determine the load on the processing line and adjust processor speed and availability of juice extraction hardware responsive to the through put load of the juice extraction process facility... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386767 | Automatic controller for cotton module builders An automatic control for a cotton module builder controls the traversing motor which moves the tamping mechanism in a horizontal direction atop the cotton module builder as well as the packing cylinder which moves a tamping platen up and down. The automat... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386768 | Apparatus for dewatering sludge An apparatus for dewatering sludge. The dewatering apparatus has a pressure plate device for compressing the sludge on a surface such that the sludge is dewatered. The dewatering apparatus also has a device for confining the sludge within a predetermined ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386769 | Adjustable press roller using silicone elastomer as pressure medium A mechanism for regulating the external surface of an elastically deformable metal shell includes a temperature control for controlling roll sections and thus pressure controlling for controlling bending of a roller. The assembly provides a press roller w... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386770 | Installation for compacting waste and waste assembly Installation for compacting waste. This installation consists of a partition pump fitted in a chamber, the changing volume being determined by the partitions and the wall of the chamber. A closable inlet is fitted, while the wall of the chamber can be des... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386771 | Disposable unitary dampening roller A low cost, disposable, unitized dampening roller/dampening cover component consisting of a hollow tube on which is fixedly bonded a resilient layer and with a moisture absorbent cover fixedly bonded on the resilient layer. The tube is fitted with support... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386772 | High speed media management device A high speed media management device has tractor means for moving a web through the device past a plurality of work stations at each of which the web may be treated. Relatively high web tension is maintained throughout its travel path. Counting means near... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386773 | Ink dosing apparatus for printing press An ink box device for printing units with a closed ink container with an opening on the lower end, with a means to close the opening and with means to introduce compressed air into the ink container, on which ink can be applied over the length of an ink d... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386774 | Mechanical sensor Upon a sudden deceleration of a vehicle, if an inertial body moves a predetermined amount against the urging force of a return spring, the trigger means will be released from engagement with the firing pin. Under the urging force of a spring, the firing p... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386775 | Azide-free gas generant compositions and processes Composition and process for inflating an automobile or aircraft occupant safety restraint bag which reduces the toxicity of the gases produced by gas generants. A relatively low energy nitrogen containing fuel is combined with a burn rate accelerator, suc... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386776 | Bore mitigants for solid propellant rocket motors Methods and materials for modifying rocket motors to render them safer are disclosed. The invention is primarily related to placing within the bore of a rocket motor a sufficient quantity of a material mitigant such that if the rocket motor receives an un... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386777 | Rocket motor construction from porous binder core Rocket motors are constructed by encasing a solid porous poly(vinyl alcohol) core in the shape of the propellant grain with motor casing material in the same manner as motor casing material is conventionally applied over a disposable or removable mandrel.... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386778 | Process for visualization of a blast wave A process for visualization of a blast wave, which is the shock wave resulting from an explosive charge, is practiced by observing disturbance contours on a liquid-air cloud and interpreting resulting graphical and calculated data to evaluate matters rela... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386779 | Passive air blast attenuators and ventilators A blast attenuator and ventilator for use in hardened or protective structures or the like that includes within a hollow housing a chamber that is arranged to receive directly the blast effect. Adequate openings for gas flow are provided so that appropria... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386780 | Method and apparatus for extended time delay of the detonation of a downhole explosive assembly A method and apparatus adapted to provide a time delay between the hydraulic actuation of the firing head assembly by fluid pressure and the detonation of a downhole explosive device used in subterranean wells, such as a perforating gun. In a preferred em... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386781 | Parachute deployment system A parachute deployment system for use with an illuminating flare warhead propelled by a rocket motor. The system employs a compact two-stage parachute system which includes a main parachute arranged within a main parachute cover and a drogue parachute arr... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386782 | Rapid transit viaduct system with central platform station A rapid transit viaduct system includes a central load bearing body having a pair of lateral platform structures mounted on opposite lower side portions thereof for carrying one or more rapid transit vehicles on either side of the central load bearing bod... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386783 | Railway truck side bearing A side bearing for a railway truck and car body assembly including one or a plurality of elastomeric bearing elements, confined at given locations in a side bearing carrier and vertically extended rigid abutments disposed adjacent the elastomeric element(... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386784 | Railroad car hand hold assembly A hand hold assembly and method for installation of the same on railroad car walls. The assembly has only three components, but can adapt to virtually any railroad car wall topography of the installation site. An elongated rod is bent or otherwise contort... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386785 | Combined support and article-support panel for use in conjunction with a vehicle steering wheel The present invention relates to a combined support section and an article-support panel for use in conjunction with a vehicle steering wheel. The steering wheel mounted support is devised for detachability mounting thereto and pivotally affix the article... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386786 | Predominantly paperboard spacer comprising interlocked beams A spacer comprises two interlocked beams, each folded from a sheet of corrugated paperboard so as to have a base panel and panels on each side of a plane intersecting the base panel approximately at a right angle. In each beam, the panels on each side inc... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386787 | Slidable work surface system The slidable work surface system includes a frame, a support member disposed on the frame, a work surface member provided on the support member, and a brake located between the frame and the support member. The brake has an engaged and a disengaged positi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386788 | Modular, security enclosure and method of assembly A transportable, reusable rapidly assembled and disassembled, resizable modular, security enclosure utilizes a stepped panel construction. Each panel has an inner portion and an outer portion which form joints. A plurality of channels can be affixed to se... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386789 | Embroidery data producing apparatus for controlling a sewing machine An apparatus for producing embroidery data to control a sewing machine to form an embroidery on a work sheet, including a dividing device for dividing, based on image data representing a color image, the color image into a plurality of color areas each of... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386790 | Waistbelt end gripping apparatus A waistbelt end pinching apparatus which includes a selvage pinching base movable between a starting position, a set position and a waiting position, a pair of selvage pincher jaws supported to pivot them away from and close to each other, the upper jaw b... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386791 | Needle bar thread guide device A needle bar thread guide device for a sewing machine comprises a needle bar thread guide which is fixed to the lower end portion of the needle bar of the sewing machine and has a thread retaining portion therein for guiding the needle thread and an auxil... | 02/07/1995 |
