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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 |
| 5467886 | Low burst pressure, multiple domed, scored rupture disc A multiple-domed, scored rupture disc (28) having a non-apertured disc body (62) provided with separate, side-by-side, semi-circular concavo-convex bulges (76) and an arcuate line of weakness (68) circumscribing the bulges is provided with a diametrical r... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467887 | Expandable end closure for reclosable package An end closure for reclosable packages which is adapted for manual placement over an appropriately sized open package, container or box to substantially enclose a food product therein. The end closure comprises a substantially rectangular resilient end wa... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467888 | Auxiliary device for sealing cans for beverages An auxiliary device for sealing cans for beverages, of the type having a disposable opener mechanism, is shaped as a tubular element (9) which tapers off from a comparatively wide collar (7) to a narrower spout portion (8) and which, adjacent the collar, ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467889 | Nestable elastic fuel tank and method for making same A fuel tank for aircraft includes a rigid securement for securing the tank to the aircraft, a skin connected to the securement, and a liner inside the skin. The skin includes an elastic fiber and a tensile fiber embedded in a flexible matrix. In one embod... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467890 | Container for collecting leaking hydrocarbons There is disclosed a container for collecting hydrocarbons which might leak from a source, such as a loading or unloading line of and oil storage tank, and which, for environmental purposes, should not be permitted to spill out of the container into the o... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467891 | Beverage container insulator A beverage container insulator has an outer, vinyl coated, flexible plastic foam sleeve member open at both ends and having inwardly curved ends with re-entrant edges. A substantially rigid cup-shaped plastic inner liner, shorter than the sleeve member, i... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467892 | Vending device The invention pertains to a vending device with a number of compartments (11,23,23A,32) that serve as receptacles for goods, whereby a computing unit (50) with a memory, at least one display unit (7,12) and at least one input device (8,9) is provided, whe... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467893 | Storage and dispensing canister for moist cloth An improved container assembly for the storage and dispensing of pre-moistened towelettes is provided. The assembly includes a container and a multi-function cap. The cap matably engages the upper end of the container and further provides an additional st... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467894 | Interleaving dispenser for dispensing objects stacked within a package In accordance with the present invention there is provided a dispensing package containing a plurality of objects. The objects are three-dimensional and have a pair of opposing faces connected by peripheral edges. The package includes a container having a... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467895 | Ticket dispensing machine A ticket dispensing machine which can dispense the lowermost ticket from a column of tickets, has a reciprocating arm member which includes a selector having a rocker arm to facilitate engagement with, and ejection of tickets. This allows the machine to e... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467896 | No drip pour spout A no drip pour spout including a tapering tubular spout having a lid piercing member affixed to a larger end thereof using a perforated interface member wherein the interface member has a liquid collection lip arranged to gather liquid which ordinarily wo... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467897 | Resilient collapsible tube with device for preventing tube unrolling A resilient collapsible tube for dispensing viscous material has an elastic device for retaining the tube in progressively rolled positions as the contents of the tube are dispensed. The elastic retaining device defines elastic loops extending longitudina... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467898 | Liquid foam-discharging, squeezable vessel A liquid foam-discharging, squeezable bottle is disclosed, which has a twist cap screwed onto the vessel body, the twist cap being composed of an inner cap and outer cap. The inner cap has formed therein two independent fluid-passing mechanisms at about i... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467899 | Dispensing device for flowable materials A device which positively dispenses small, accurately measured, amounts of a flowable material, such as a resin, epoxy, etc. A pair of reciprocal pistons are movably mounted, each in a respective fluid pressure chamber, formed in a main body of a housing.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467900 | Precompression valve for trigger sprayer The trigger sprayer comprises: a body having a cylinder therein; a liquid inlet in communication with the cylinder; an outlet waterway in communication with the cylinder; an outlet nozzle which has an outlet orifice and which is movable to and from a posi... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467901 | Trigger sprayer operable in upright, downturned & inverted positions A manually operable trigger sprayer is capable of dispensing a liquid from a container with the trigger sprayer alternately held in an upright orientation, in a downturned orientation and in an inverted orientation. In operation of the trigger sprayer in ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467902 | Aerosol device for dispensing a composition with relatively high viscosity An aerosol device for dispensing a composition with relatively high viscosity, in particular a gel or an emulsion, comprises a can intended to be used with the head upwards, containing the composition and a propellant agent acting directly on the composit... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467903 | Apparatus for dispensing measured amounts of granular product An apparatus for dispensing a measured amount of granular product, such as powdered flavoring for milk, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a container having an open end and a dispenser secured thereto. The container open end is upwardly oriented when ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467904 | Reinforced ceramic tube A reinforced ceramic tube for refractory use comprises a settable slurry cast inside a metal sleeve with longitudinal, compliance. In use the sleeve moves with ceramic under thermal stress to avoid major cracking.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467905 | Removal device for machines for checking, drying and pressing socks The sock removal device is associated with machines for checking, drying and pressing men's socks, of the type which includes a carousel on the peripheral region whereof multiple shaped elements are distributed, for fitting respective socks. The carousel ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467906 | Camera bicycle A camera mounting assembly for a bicycle having a steering head and a seat post comprising two elongated beam members and support mounting members for mounting the beam members horizontally on the bicycle between the head and post. A camera mounting membe... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467907 | Turkey tote The invention is a hunter's personal safety game pack and method of making it. The game pack is especially designed for the wild turkey, with a bloodproof bottom pouch, a No-See-Um mesh drawstring bag top, and a shoulder harness. The wild turkey is a larg... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467908 | Floating fish stringer Disclosed herein is a fish stringer for underwater maintenance of live captured fish, the fish stringer comprising, in combination: a buoyant element having a generally oblong shape and ballast in its underside, a towing line secured at one end thereof to... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467909 | Firearm holding device Reference numeral 10 generally indicates a firearm holding device. The holster 10 includes a principal support member 11 which comprises an elongate bar-like body 12 having an upper end 14 and a lower end 16. The upper end 14 defines a receiving formation... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467910 | Load carrying frame for vehicles A load carrying platform for vehicles having a front or rear mounted plow frame including, a rectangular metal frame with connecting ears that mate with the connecting ears of the plow frame in a hinged relation and elevate the frame to approximately bump... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467911 | Surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues Disclosed herein is a surgical device for applying surgical fasteners to body tissues in order to fasten the body tissues together. The device comprises an operation section having a housing having an inner space completely sealed from the outside, drive ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467912 | Reflow soldering apparatus for soldering electronic parts to circuit substrate There is provided a reflow soldering apparatus for soldering electronic parts to a circuit substrate by blowing various inert hot gases of a desired density and temperature. A device for detecting whether or not a processing object is being conveyed into ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467913 | Solder ball supply device A solder ball supply device comprising flux supply means 200 which supplies flux at the same time to input and output terminals on substrate 1 prior to supply of solder balls, and solder ball supply means 300 which takes out a number of solder balls from ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467914 | Method and apparatus for fluxing and soldering terminals on a printed circuit board Fluxing and soldering terminals on a printed circuit board in an in-line process in which a wall of flux is directed against a surface of the board which moves in inclined manner as it passes through a fluxing station and towards a soldering station. The ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467915 | Lift-up handle A flexible handle for a container having unitary construction which has a substantially flat profile with a strap attached to flexible hinges and which can be secured flush with a surface of a container.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467916 | Paperboard box with locking tab A collapsible container is fashioned from a unitary blank of paperboard. The container is in the general form of a lower and truncated tray having a top closure lid hingedly secured to the top of the rear wall of the tray. After glueing of the lower tray,... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467917 | Envelope The envelope is of generally conventional structure and carries an integral extension which may be opened prior to opening of the envelope. The extension may carry an advertising message or the like to make a high impact on a recipient. In one embodiment,... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467918 | Controlled access collection container A lightweight, durable, safety accented, collection container is disclosed wherein access to deposited items is restricted and controlled. The primary purpose of the collection container is to prevent and discourage access to potentially harmful items and... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467919 | Air conditioning system providing for individual work station control Disclosed is an air conditioning system which provides for controlling the flow of conditioned air from a duct to a predetermined location of an occupied area of a building. A fitting is secured at one end thereof to the duct and has a moveable butterfly ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467920 | Thermostat with adjustment for the cycling rate of the heating plant An electromechanical thermostat has a fixed value voltage anticipator resistor and a variable anticipator resistor for series connection with the load. This allows a single thermostat to control either a high efficiency furnace requiring a relatively low ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467921 | Thermostat having short circuit protection An electronic thermostat having a short circuit protection feature has a controller which sends control signals to circuitry used for activating and deactivating a system for conditioning air. Short circuit protection circuitry monitors the circuitry with... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467922 | Poultry environmental control systems and methods A poultry house controller (14) situated within a poultry house (12) regulates the relative humidity and temperature within the poultry house (12) via actuation of fans (22) and heaters (24) in response to temperature and humidity feedback signals from te... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467923 | Method and device for the monolithic application of a thermal-insulation and/or fire-protection compound to a surface The invention relates to a method and a device for applying an insulating and/or fireproofing compound monolithically onto a surface, wherein in a feed channel (1) a pneumatic conveyor (2) generates a moving air volume, into which are introduced an insula... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467924 | Unit injector optimized for reduced exhaust emissions A diesel unit injector of the EMD type is provided with a tip whose radius is centered below the center of radius of the sac which it encloses, and the sac volume is minimized. The lower face of the nozzle body of the injector is faired in such a manner a... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467925 | Sulfur gun assembly with rapid service capability A sulfur gun assembly which may be easily and rapidly disassembled for service. The sulfur gun assembly has an outer casing supported by a furnace wall and the outer casing has a steam outlet and a steam inlet. An inner casing is coaxially held in the out... | 11/21/1995 |
