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Patent No. 6266829

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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Assignee: The South African Inventions Development Corporation


Location: Pretoria, ZA
No. of patents: 10

NumberTitleIssue Date
4357272Recovering purified antibodies from egg yolk
Immunological preparations are prepared by immunizing hens with an antigen, preferably to a stage of hyperimmunization. The eggs of the immunized hens are collected, the yolk is separated from the eggs, followed by separation of the lipid content of the y...
11/02/1982
4335462Apparatus and method for generating a glow discharge
This invention provides a laser or high voltage switch which has two spaced apart main discharge electrodes which define between them a main discharge gap, a discharge inducing member that is of an insulating material and which provides a planar or curved...
06/15/1982
4307397Method of and apparatus for measuring distance
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the distance between two positions utilizing electromagnetic waves (EMW's) and the Tellurometer principle. However, instead of utilizing a separate auxiliary EMW at the remote position for e...
12/22/1981
4287268Electrode for an electrochemical cell, and an electrochemical cell
An electrode for an electrochemical cell, the electrode comprising an electrochemically active substance selected from: (a) the group comprising or including the halogens, the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals the first and second series of transition e...
09/01/1981
4287271Electrolyte for an electrochemical cell, and an electrochemical cell including the electrolyte
An electrolyte for use in an electrochemical cell is disclosed of the alkali metal-aluminium-halide type. The electrolyte has a melting point below 140° C. at atmospheric pressure and conforms with the stoichiometric product wherein M represents lithium ...
09/01/1981
4287269Electrochemical cell and anode for an electrochemical cell
An electrochemical cell and an anode for use in an electrochemical cell are disclosed. The cell in its charged state comprises an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte. The anode comprises a polysulphide or a polyselenide of an alkali metal such as sodium, ...
09/01/1981
4164608Cathode, and a cell incorporating such a cathode
A cathode for a high temperature cell, the cathode comprising an electronegative element selected from the group consisting of sulphur and selenium, and a molecular sieve carrier wherein the electronegative element is sorbed and wherein the electronegativ...
08/14/1979
4164654Device for generating an atomic cloud
This invention relates to a device for generating an atomic cloud, the device having a housing in which is housed a cathode and an anode, and with suitable passages or flow directing members to direct flow of a gas outwardly away from or past the cathode ...
08/14/1979
4147448Method of operating a compaction roller assembly, and a compaction roller assembly
A compaction roller assembly and a method of operating it. The assembly comprises a draw frame and a non-circular lobed compaction roller connected via its axle to the draw frame. The assembly has restraint means mounted on the frame which is slidably eng...
04/03/1979
4092084Rotor for an autogiro
A two-bladed semi-rigid type tilt hub teetering rotor for an autogiro. The otor has a spin-up condition in which it has an relatively small blade angle, and an in-flight condition in which the blade angle is relatively high. The rotor is adapted to alter a...
05/30/1978
 
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