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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070193321 | High nitrogen liquid fertilizer The present invention is directed to liquid fertilizer composition having a high nitrogen content comprising an aqueous mixture of a urea-formaldehyde resin and a nitrogen fertilizer source selected from the group consisting of urea, ammonium nitrate, and a mixture of u... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193322 | APPLICATION OF INDUCTION HEATING TO CONTROL SHEET FLATNESS IN COLD ROLLING MILLS A system for rolling metal sheet having a substantially uniform flatness including a rolling mill including a pair of work rollers for reducing the thickness of a metal sheet, an induction heating apparatus in close proximity to at least one roller, bending jacks corres... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193323 | Punch, apparatus and method for forming opposing holes in a hollow part, and a part formed therefrom A punch, apparatus and method for forming opposing holes in a hollow part, and a part formed therefrom. The punch includes an end portion adapted to pierce an entry hole and bend material around the entry hole to form a retained slug along an inner edge of the entry hol... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193324 | Roll forming apparatus and method of roll forming A roll forming apparatus for forming projections on a band plate at predetermined internals with respect to a longitudinal direction of the band plate has a carrying roll between an upstream forming roll unit and a downstream forming roll unit. Projections having a firs... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193325 | Hemming machine and inspecting method thereof A hemming machine is provided with a frame, a hemming tool support structure and a swinging drive structure. The hemming tool support structure is rotatably coupled to the frame to rotate about a center rotation axis. The hemming tool support structure includes a hemmin... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193326 | Grindless surgical needle manufacture Surgical needles are produced by immersing a needle possessing a distal end surrounded at least in part by flash material and a body portion in an acid bath according to a predetermined sequence, wherein the distal end of the needle is exposed to the acid bath under con... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193327 | Die and method for manufacturing core An object of the present invention is to provide a die and a method for manufacturing a core, wherein the core includes a ring-shaped supporting member 16 that is formed by a plate-like member, that is disposed inside a pneumatic tire, and that supports a pneumat... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193328 | Crimper In one embodiment, an apparatus for shaping an article may comprise a plurality of movable dies arranged to form a chamber whose size may be varied by moving the dies. Each of the dies may have a contacting surface for contacting the article to be shaped. The chamber ma... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193329 | Method of producing iron core and apparatus for producing iron core An iron core-producing method of the invention includes at least the step of blanking an iron core T from a strip W in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the substantially linear iron core T is inclined relative to a direction of a width of the strip W. An i... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193330 | Link for crimping tool The invention relates to a link for a crimping tool (2) comprising at least two crimping dies (12,14,16,18) and two tool handles (6,8), where the movable link (23) is arranged between the tool handles (6,8), the link (23) having... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193331 | Press device In a press device for pressing a slider with a plurality of motors as driving sources, pressing is performed while a slider is kept horizontal even if an eccentric load is applied. In this press device, in the teaching stage, when the eccentric load is to be applied, a ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193332 | Device for applying outer skin to an automotive door frame A device for applying an outer skin to an automotive frame. The device comprises at least one member formed from a preselected material and having a predetermined shape and a substantially U-shaped notch formed closely adjacent a first end of the at least one member. Th... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193333 | System and method for determining functionality or accuracy of a sensor A system and method for determining functionality and accuracy of a sensor such that monitoring of a sensor is possible without the provision of redundant sensors. Briefly described, one embodiment is an anemometer operable to detect wind speed adjacent to the wind powe... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193334 | Flow meter type identification A flow meter monitoring system (100) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The flow meter monitoring system (100) includes a communication interface (101) configured to communicate with one or more flow meters and receive meter ca... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193335 | Pre-calibrated replaceable sensor module for a breath alcohol testing device The present invention describes a replaceable breath alcohol sensor module that can be replaced with a new pre-calibrated breath alcohol sensor module or re-calibrated. The breath alcohol sensor module requiring calibration can be removed from the body of a Breath Alcoh... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193336 | Single stage flow modulator for performing comprehensive chromatography A single stage flow modulator for performing comprehensive chromatography comprises a first chromatographic column, a valve fluidically coupled to at least two fluid conduits, wherein when in a first position, the valve directs a control flow to direct an output of the ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193337 | Gas sensor with caulked portion for fixedly holding gas sensing element and method for producing the same A gas sensor comprises a gas sensing element, an insulator, and a housing. The gas sensor element senses information indicative of a concentration of a specific gas to be measured and has a longitudinal direction and a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193338 | METHOD OF PROOF TESTING GLASS A method of proof testing glass containers is disclosed. The method involves applying pressure to a sealed container in two discrete stages as shown in FIG. 1. In the first stage, the pressure is increased to a peak over at a first rate. In the second stage, the ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193339 | Method and apparatus for measurement of pressure at a device/body interface A system and method for measuring contact pressures between two surfaces, and especially, between the body and a device resting on the body, e.g., the skin and a breathable gas mask. A deformable, resilient probe having a flow passage therein is initially placed between... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193340 | Gas leak detection device and method for same A gas leak detection device for a fuel cell system equipped with a main valve (SV1) in a fuel gas supply source (11), comprising a shutdown valve (SV2) provided in a fuel gas supply channel downstream of the main valve (SV1), pressure monitor... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193341 | Testing Device for Detecting Vapor Emission of at Least One Leakage Point, Especially of a Mechanical Shaft Seal, Particularly in the Automotive Field A testing device for detecting vapor emission of at least one leakage point has at least one upstream measuring unit arranged upstream of the leakage point and at least one downstream measuring unit arranged downstream of the leakage point. The at least one upstream and... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193342 | Sensor for detecting hydrocarbons A fluid sensor comprises a sensor housing, a sensor package, an actuator and a switch. The sensor package is disposed within the sensor housing and includes first and second screens and at least one sensing membrane. The sensing membrane is disposed between the first an... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193343 | System and method for improved optical measurements during rheometric measurements A rheometric system includes an optical encoder coupled to a rotating shaft and configured to detect a rotational position of the shaft with respect to a reference. The rotational information is forwarded to a program or memory. An optical rotation plate is mechanically... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193344 | Consistency transmitter The present invention is a consistency transmitter for the measurement of consistency, viscosity, and other properties of matter. The transmitter consists of a measuring element, attached to a bearing-mounted shaft and rotated in the matter to be measured by a direct dr... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193345 | Liquid-condition detection sensor A liquid-condition detection sensor (1) includes a concentration sensor element (260) for detecting the condition of liquid to be measured; a wiring board (40) including a driving control circuit (41) disposed above the concentration sensor e... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193346 | Coaxial imaging for indentation instruments Modifications to the indenter probe tips and transducer, and proper selection of optics in an indentation system allow straight down optical viewing of the sample surface under the indentation tip by a microscope, by providing an optical path through the transducer from... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193347 | Nanoindentation surface analysis tool and method The present invention provides a novel method for determining the mechanical properties of the surfaces of materials including thin films. Generally, the method is comprised of laterally scanning the surface of the film with an array of cantilever tips varying temperatu... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193348 | Tire pressure gauge with data transmitter A tire pressure gauge is provided mountable to a valve stem of a tire/wheel combination or to a rim of a wheel. The tire pressure gauge includes both a proximal display viewable by an individual adjacent the tire/wheel combination and a remote indicator of tire pressure... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193349 | Tire pressure gauge A tire pressure gauge for attachment to a valve stem includes a wall defining a chamber having a first port adapted to sealingly engage a valve stem, a probe being mounted in the first port so as to open a valve of a valve stem sealingly engaged by the first port, a pre... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193350 | Volume measuring device and method A volume measuring apparatus is provided with: an acoustic tube whose one end is communicated with a container in which an object to be measured is contained; another container communicated with the other end of the acoustic tube; a partition chamber which defines a sea... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193351 | Method and apparatus for ion-selective discrimination of fluids downhole In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed for determining a source of a fluid downhole. The method includes deploying an ion selective sensor downhole, exposing the fluid to the ion selective sensor downhole, measuring an ion concentration at different places wi... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193352 | ACTIVITY MONITORING An activity monitor is provided that corrects for the effects of motion external to the entity being monitored. For example, the activity monitor can overcome the effects of vehicular travel. ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193353 | Silicon inertial sensors formed using MEMS A MEMS silicon inertial sensor formed of a mass that is supported and constrained to vibrate in only specified ways. The sensors can be separately optimized from the support, to adjust the sensitivity separate from the bandwidth. The sensor can sense three dimensionally... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193354 | Capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer for element transducer apertures A capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array includes an improved elementary aperture for imaging operations. The transducer can be of a linear, curved linear, annular, matrix or even single surface configuration. The elementary apertures thereof are f... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193355 | Accelerometer An accelerometer is fabricated as a MEMS device and includes an array of capacitive electrode plates mechanically coupled to a common proof mass. The proof mass is constrained to move or vibrate in the plane parallel to the first array of plates. The capacitance between... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193356 | Gauge with dual scale A gauge of a vehicle instrument cluster includes a gauge defining a dial. A pointer is rotatably mounted in the instrument cluster and movable to a plurality of positions relative to the dial. A first scale of numbers is arranged sequentially around the dial and corresp... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193357 | Apparatus and method for monitoring the condition of pipelines Apparatus for condition control of a pipeline with a fluid flow pipe for transport of a fluid, comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged in the vicinity of the external surface of the pipeline. By emitting, receiving and analyzing ultrasonic signals by m... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193358 | Capacity detection type sensor element A capacity detection type sensor element includes a rectangular vibrating plate, a flat back electrode which are provided opposedly with each other, and fixing portions which are provided adjoining to the vibrating plate, and has a predetermined length A of edge at a si... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193359 | Semiconductor pressure sensor and die for molding the one A semiconductor pressure sensor is provided with a semiconductor pressure sensor part that converts a pressure to an electrical signal, a sensor module in which said semiconductor pressure sensor part and a terminal of which part is extended to the outside are insert-mo... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070193360 | Assembly for testing panels under shear-compression loads Assembly for testing a panel (11) made of composite material under different combinations of shear-compression loads using an universal tension load machine (16), comprising metallic sheets (12) configured to form, together with the panel (11... | 08/23/2007 |
