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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 |
| 6789422 | Method and system for balancing a rotating machinery operating at resonance A method and system for balancing a rotating machinery that operates at or near resonance during its normal operating speed, and which has three separate shafts whose axes of rotations are not aligned along a common axis of rotation and counterweights connected near... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6375850 | Method for removing metals from a cleaning solution A method for removing accumulated metals from a cleaning solution is provided. After removal of the metals, the cleaning solution can be discharged or recycled. The process manipulates the pH levels of the solution as a means of precipitating solids. Pref... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6185024 | Laser multiplexing system A plurality of copper lasers, as radiant power sources, emits a beam of power carrying radiation. A plurality of fiber injection assemblies receives power from the plurality of copper lasers and injects such power into a plurality of fibers for individual... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6091444 | Melt view camera A method and apparatus for continuously monitoring a melt surface is provided. The camera includes a CCD detector array, electronic shutter, and associated optical train mounted within a water cooled enclosure, all mounted within close proximity to the me... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6057525 | Method and apparatus for precision laser micromachining A method and apparatus for micromachining and microdrilling which results in a machined part of superior surface quality is provided. The system uses a near diffraction limited, high repetition rate, short pulse length, visible wavelength laser. The laser... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5978407 | Compact and highly efficient laser pump cavity A new, compact, side-pumped laser pump cavity design which uses non-conventional optics for injection of laser-diode light into a laser pump chamber includes a plurality of elongated light concentration channels. In one embodiment, the light concentration... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5958329 | Method and apparatus for producing nanoparticles at a high rate A method and apparatus for producing nanoparticles at a high rate is provided. The system uses two chambers separated by a narrow duct. Contained within the lower chamber is the source material, preferably heated with an electron gun and fed with a contin... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5945649 | Atomic vapor laser isotope separation of lead-210 isotope An isotopically selective laser process and apparatus for removal of Pb-210 from natural lead that involves a one-photon near-resonant, two-photon resonant excitation of one or more Rydberg levels, followed by field ionization and then electrostatic extra... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5936984 | Laser rods with undoped, flanged end-caps for end-pumped laser applications A method and apparatus for achieving improved performance in a solid state laser is provided. A flanged, at least partially undoped end-cap is attached to at least one end of a laserable medium. Preferably flanged, undoped end-caps are attached to both en... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5851500 | Removal of uranium contamination from magnesium fluoride slag Magnesium fluoride slag contaminated with metallic uranium or uranium compounds is treated by digestion with potassium hydroxide to soluble potassium fluoride and insoluble magnesium hydroxide. The solid and liquid phases are then separated and the solids... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5826163 | Removal of technetium impurities from uranium hexafluoride Processes for the removal of technetium from contaminated uranium hexafluoride containing technetium, typically as technetium-99 (99 Tc) in nominal chemical forms are provided. The processes involve contacting the contaminated liquefied uranium... | 10/20/1998 |
