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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4844861 | Fuel assembly for nuclear reactors A fuel assembly for nuclear reactors comprising a skeleton having two end pieces connected together by elongate elements and several grids spaced apart along the guide tubes and forming cells for holding a bundle of fuel elements in position at the nodes ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4828792 | Nuclear fuel assembly with holding structure and hold down device A nuclear fuel assembly comprises a bundle of elongated fuel rods distributed at nodes of a regular lattice and a structure for retaining said fuel rods. The structure has a lower end piece, and upper end pieces, tie rods connecting said end pieces and gr... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4758403 | Grid with mixing fins for a nuclear fuel assembly A spacing grid is provided for a nuclear fuel assembly comprising two sets of intersecting metal plates having fins and defining fuel element receiving pockets. The plates comprise solely half-fins each associated with a single pocket of the grid, dispose... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4724607 | Apparatus for rebuilding nuclear fuel assemblies The apparatus is intended for rebuilding an assembly comprising a skeleton formed by two end members connected by tie rods attached to the end members and grids distributed between the end members along the tie rods and adapted to retain a cluster of fuel... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4714582 | Actuating device for linearly moving a cluster of control elements in a nuclear reactor A device for moving a cluster of nuclear reactor control elements, more especially usable for changing the moderation rate of a nuclear reactor, comprising a vertical shaft having nippers cooperating with grabs integral with sub-clusters. Each grab compri... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4699757 | Nuclear fuel rod having pellet stack holding means A nuclear fuel rod has a sheath closed by end plugs and a stack of fuel pellets in the sheath. The stack is retained in abutment against one of the end plugs during handling of the fuel rod by a radially expandable element having a cross-sectional area in... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4681730 | Process and device for detecting leaking nuclear fuel elements in a nuclear assembly An ultrasonic transducer carried by rod means of dimensions such that it may be inserted in the assembly between an end piece and the caps of the element, and a crossed movement moving mechanism for bringing the transducer above the different elements. It... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4649020 | Nuclear fuel assembly and nuclear reactor operating process comprising application thereof The nuclear fuel assembly comprises a bundle of fuel elements some of which contain a burnable neutronic poison, held in position at the nodes of a regular lattice by a skeleton having end pieces connected together by guide tubes occupying some of the nod... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4645643 | Nuclear fuel assembly containing burnable poison A nuclear fuel assembly comprises two end pieces connected by guide tubes. Grids are distributed along the guide tubes and define passages distributed according to a regular pattern. Some of the passages receive the tubes. Other passages retain fuel eleme... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4645642 | Hold down device for a nuclear reactor A hold down device for a nuclear reactor of the type in which a plurality of assemblies are disposed between an upper plate and a lower plate, which hold down device comprises a member having at least two resilient means, for example leaf springs which, w... | 02/24/1987 |
