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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7637198 | Indirect fire weapon aiming device An indirect fire weapon aiming device (10) is provided for providing aiming information to an indirect fire weapon comprising a launcher mounted to a base. The device (10) includes an angular displacement sensor (12) mountable to the base to pro... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7459087 | Water treatment A method of treating water to remove fluoride ions from the water, thereby to reduce the dissolved fluoride content of the water, is provided. The method includes, in a contacting step, contacting water containing dissolved fluoride ions with alumina, to cause the f... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7238942 | Spectrometric using broadband filters with overlapping spectral ranges The invention provides a spectrometer (10) which includes a filter arrangement (16,18), in addition to any option filters (20) for limiting an operational wavelength range of the spectrometer, the filter arrangement (16,18) comprising a p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 6820495 | Strain/electrical potential transducer A strain/electrical potential transducer (10) includes a rigid base (12), a rigid beam (18) hinged to the base (12) at (20), an elongate stack (14) of dielectric substance, e.g. piezoelectric material, generally parallel wit... | 11/23/2004 |
| 5938824 | Supersaturated solutions and a method of preparing supersaturated solutions The invention provides a method of preparing a supersaturated solution of an inorganic solute in an aqueous solvent, to such solutions and to a method of treating wood by impregnating it with such solutions. The method of preparing the solution involves m... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5376757 | Electrical harness system An electrical harness element comprises a multi conductor cable with power supply conductors and a signal conductor. At intervals along the cable, connectors in the form of sockets are fixed. The power supply conductors are continuous along the length of ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5357100 | Ionizing radiation converter with catadioptric electron focusing An ionizing radiation converter 10 comprises a vacuum tight enclosure 12; a cathode 16; an anode 18 defining a pinhole 20 and comprising an output phosphor layer facing away from the cathode; and focusing electrodes 26 and 30. The focusing electrodes, ano... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5282421 | Timing apparatus The invention relates to a blasting apparatus for activating a plurality of electrical detonators after predetermined time delays. The blasting apparatus includes a plurality of remote electrical delay devices. Each device is linked to a detonator, and is... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5153081 | Lithium manganese oxide compound The invention provides a novel lithium manganese oxide compound in which oxygen anions, lithium cations and manganese cations are arranged in layers, each layer of lithium cations being sandwiched between two layers of oxygen anions, each layer of mangane... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5017532 | Sintered ceramic product The invention provides a sintered ceria/zirconia ceramic and a method of making it. The product comprises a substantially homogeneous mixture of 76-92 mole % zirconia, 8-20 mole % ceria and 0.1-1.2 mole % lanthana and/or praseodymia. The method involves h... | 05/21/1991 |
