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Patent No. 5678617

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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Assignee: American Air Liquide Inc.


Location: Countryside, IL
No. of patents: 9

NumberTitleIssue Date
6485769Food disinfection using ozone
Methods and apparatus are provided for decreasing the bacteria count of a food commodity without affecting its overall organoleptic quality (taste, odor, and color). This is accomplished using a treatment fluid comprising ozone, which is injected into a t...
11/26/2002
6365227Corrosion resistant gas cylinder and gas delivery system
A corrosion resistant gas cylinder and gas delivery system includes an electroless nickel-phosphorous layer overlying the inner surface of a steel alloy cylinder. The nickel-phosphorous layer has a thickness of at least about 20 micrometers and a porosity...
04/02/2002
6314896Method for operating a boiler using oxygen-enriched oxidants
A method for operating a boiler using oxygen-enriched oxidants includes introducing oxygen-enriched air, or oxygen and air, in which the oxygen concentration ranges from about 21% to about 100% by volume. Fuel and oxygen-enriched air are introduced into t...
11/13/2001
6290088Corrosion resistant gas cylinder and gas delivery system
A corrosion resistant gas cylinder and gas delivery system includes an electroless nickel-phosphorous layer overlying the inner surface of a steel alloy cylinder. The nickel-phosphorous layer has a thickness of at least about 20 micrometers and a porosity...
09/18/2001
6199384System and method for controlled delivery of liquefied gases including control aspects
Provided is a novel system for delivery of a gas from a liquefied state. The system includes: (a) a cabinet having a first and second panel disposed therein; (b) at least one compressed liquefied gas cylinder corresponding to each panel disposed in the ca...
03/13/2001
5259233Counterflow valve
A counterflow valve for switching between flowing gas streams without undesirable interaction of the gas with any dead volume area or non-metallic surfaces or both, which valve contains a four-way double ported ball valve having a first and second input a...
11/09/1993
5203138Method for preserving fresh cut flowers or plant cuttings
A method for preserving fresh cut flowers or plant cuttings, which entails: a) subjecting said fresh cut flowers or plant cuttings to a gas mixture containing about 80% to about 98% N2 O, about 2% to about 20% O2, with the remainder being...
04/20/1993
4964278Method of separating condensible vapors from particles in highly compressed gases
A method is described to remove condensible vapors in highly compressed gases without affecting the original particle spectra and concentrations. The vapors are separated from particles primarily through diffusion mechanism and collected on cold surfaces....
10/23/1990
4962673Pressure reduction device for particle sampling from compressed gases
Disclosed is a device for particle sampling from compressed gases. The device allows for anayzing particles from compressed gases of a pressure ranging from 20 psi to 3000 psi. In the device, the formula Ds =Dt Ýa;(Qs ...
10/16/1990
 
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