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John Stenhouse's respirator. John Stenhouse was born in Barrhead in Glasgow on 21 October 1809. He was the eldest son of William Stenhouse, a calico-printer in the family firm of John Stenhouse & Co of 302 High Street, [2] Glasgow, and Elizabeth Currie; [3] he was the only one of their children to survive beyond infancy.
Woodcut of Stenhouse's mask. In 1848, the first US patent for an air-purifying respirator was granted to Lewis P. Haslett [5] for his 'Haslett's Lung Protector,' which filtered dust from the air using one-way clapper valves and a filter made of moistened wool or a similar porous substance. [6]
In 2004, i.e. in the early years of Espacenet, Nancy Lambert considered that, although free, Espacenet, like the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) database of US patents, "still tend[ed] to have primitive search engines and in some cases rather cumbersome mechanisms to download patents."
One of tallest (nearly 24 inches) and heaviest (17.5 pounds) air purifiers tested, the Winix 5500-2 Air Purifier is ideal for small-to-medium rooms (up to 360 square feet), with a True HEPA filter ...
An air purifier or air cleaner is a device which removes contaminants from the air in a room to improve indoor air quality. These devices are commonly marketed as being beneficial to allergy sufferers and asthmatics , and at reducing or eliminating second-hand tobacco smoke .
The delay was attributed by spokesmen for the Patent Office to a combination of a sudden increase in business method patent filings after the 1998 State Street Bank decision, the unfamiliarity of patent examiners with the business and financial arts (e.g., banking, insurance, stock trading etc.), and the issuance of a number of controversial ...
Use a humidifier and/or air purifier Environmental adjustments can make a significant difference too, says Dr. Mercola. Try using a humidifier to “maintain humidity levels between 35-45% in your ...
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