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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: Siemens Dematic Postal Automation, L.P.


Location: Arlington, TX
No. of patents: 10

NumberTitleIssue Date
6822182Method of sorting mail for carriers using separators
A method for sorting mail pieces for delivery by a carrier, wherein the mail pieces include both letters and flats, includes the steps of a) sorting in a first sorting pass a batch of letters, each letter having a destination code thereon which corresponds to one of...
11/23/2004
6741724Method and system for form processing
The invention provides a method of processing an information form such as a postal change of address form. Such a form includes various data elements, such as a name of a person submitting the form and the information on which action is to be taken. In the case of m...
05/25/2004
6715614Mail sequence-sorting case with multi-bag inserts and methods of sorting
A mail case system includes facilitates sequence-sorting various types of mail together into individual bags that each represent unique delivery points. The mail case uses multi-bag inserts so that the bags for several stops can be set up quickly for sorting. At the...
04/06/2004
6697894System, apparatus and method for providing maintenance instructions to a user at a remote location
An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a user with task-specific information that includes a portable instruction system that may be worn by a user, and includes, a computer sufficiently lightweight and designed to be worn by a user to which a...
02/24/2004
6674038Information based network process for mail sorting/distribution
In a network-based mail processing system and method of the invention, the originating presort bureau or node is defined as the first bureau to receive and process mail, usually near the point of creation. Each presort bureau or node in the network is gen...
01/06/2004
6644651Captured belt path selection apparatus and system
A captured belt path selection device includes a first fixed frame including a plurality of fixed, vertically oriented belts mounted thereon and a second moveable frame including a plurality of vertically oriented movable selector belts and guide rollers ...
11/11/2003
6574672System, apparatus and method for providing a portable customizable maintenance support computer communications system
An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a user with task-specific information that includes a portable instruction system that may be worn by a user, and includes, a computer sufficiently lightweight and designed to be worn by a user to which a...
06/03/2003
6484886Feeder reader subsystem
In one embodiment, an article sorting system includes successive coarse and fine singulators and a recirculating loop for processing a disordered stream of items including three-dimensional non-flat articles. A coarse singulator includes cascaded ramped c...
11/26/2002
6390756Transfer of cartridges containing flat articles
An apparatus for automatically transferring and handling cartridges containing flat articles. The method and apparatus robotically transfers filled cartridges from the output compartments of a sorting machine to a buffer shelf; and from the buffer shelf t...
05/21/2002
6356437System, apparatus and method for providing a portable customizable maintenance support instruction system
An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a user with task-specific information that includes a portable instruction system that may be worn by a user, and includes, a computer sufficiently lightweight and designed to be worn by a user to which a...
03/12/2002
 
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