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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 |
| 4537634 | Compounds and their use as insolubilizers for binders for paper coating compositions Paper coating compositions contain at least one pigment, at least one binder, and, as an insolubilizer for the binder, the product of the reaction of glyoxal and a vicinal polyol.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4537049 | Control circuit for locking mechanism of vehicle door A power door lock control for vehicles includes a manually operable member which may be the conventional lock-unlock button. One door contains an electrically powered mechanism which operates a locking bolt. Connected to the mechanism is a contact which i... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4527048 | Multi-piece clamping shell for electric cigar lighters A two-piece metal clamping shell for electric cigar lighters of the type employed in automobiles and other vehicles wherein a socket is carried in an aperture of the vehicle dashboard or other panel and an igniting unit or plug is receivable in the socket... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4523952 | Manufacture of printing inks Inks are manufactured directly from residues from refinery operations by the steps of (1) charging the residue feedstock into a chamber where (a) it is atomized and (b) its decomposition products are reacted with oxygen and heat, (2) discharging the produ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4508899 | Nickel complex pigments of bis-azomethines Pigments that can be used to color plastics, paints, and printing inks have the structural formula ##STR1## wherein each R1, each R3, and R7 represent hydrogen, halogen, nitro, or lower alkyl and each R2, e... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4505712 | Cyclic urea/glyoxal/polyol condensates and their use in treating textile fabrics and paper Cyclic urea/glyoxal/polyol condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for cellulosic textile fabrics and insolubilizers for binders in paper coating compositions.... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4498726 | Connector receptacle for electric cigar lighter An electrical connector receptacle for an automotive electric cigar lighter of the type having at its rear, a socket with a central terminal post and an annular electrically-conductive current-carrying sleeve. The receptacle comprises a slab-like body of ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4497226 | Cigar lighter socket shell driver tool A tool bit for facilitating the application of a cigar lighter socket to an apertured mounting plate in an automobile, comprising a driving member having a shank receivable in the chuck of a power tool, and a separate shouldered plug member carried by the... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4469826 | Process for the production of dispersions of polymers in non-aqueous vehicles Dispersions of polymer particles in non-aqueous vehicles are prepared by transferring the finely-divided polymer particles directly from an aqueous latex containing about 5 percent to 60 percent by weight of the polymer particles into the non-aqueous vehi... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4468255 | Rheology modifiers for arylide yellow pigment dispersions and pigment dispersions containing same The flow and handling characteristics of arylide yellow and orange pigment dispersions are improved by incorporating in them a small amount of a rheology modifier that is the product obtained by reacting an arylide yellow or orange pigment with a primary ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4461866 | Preparation of water-in-oil emulsions Cationic water-in-oil emulsions of water-soluble polymers and copolymers of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer are prepared by including in the formulation a metal halide and sodium silicate. The products are useful as drainage aids, retention... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4458804 | Contour in-feed means for continuous motion can decorator A continuous motion can decorator is provided with a power driven means that moves undecorated cans through a feed chute. A pocket wheel, for loading of cans onto mandrels, receives cans directly from the chute. Adjacent pockets of the pocket wheel are co... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4455416 | Cyclic urea/glyoxal/polyol condensates and their use in treating textile fabrics and paper Cyclic urea/glyoxal/polyol condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for cellulosic textile fabrics and insolubilizers for binders in paper coating compositions.... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4448607 | Conditioning crude phthalocyanine pigments Crude phthalocyanine is converted from its crude state to its pigmentary form by (1) milling it with a phthalimidomethyl phthalocyanine derivative or a sulfonated phthalimidomethyl phthalocyanine derivative in the absence of any milling or grinding aid or... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4424787 | Encapsulated PTC heater for cold-start carburetor An encapsulated PTC heater for a cold-start carburetor comprises a ceramic PTC wafer having ohmic terminal means on its opposite faces, and a thickened annular rim portion adapted to withstand appreciable clamping forces. The rim has portions of said ohmi... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4419483 | Process for preparing water-in-oil emulsions Cationic water-in-oil emulsions of water-soluble polymers and copolymers of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer are prepared by including in the formulation a metal halide and sodium borate. The products are useful as drainage aids, retention a... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414463 | Diesel glow-plug ignitor A glow-plug ignitor for diesel engines and the like, comprising a tubular body having external screw threads and an adjoining hexagonal formation by which a tool such as a wrench can be applied to the body to screw it into the threaded cavity of a cylinde... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4413234 | Battery-operated condition monitor A battery-condition tester for a vehicle having a storage battery and a charger connected with the battery. The tester comprises a pair of light-emitting indicators, one of which is intended to indicate a low battery condition and the other a normal batte... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4408817 | P. C. Board bobbin construction A P. C. board bobbin and electrical component assembly or construction consisting of a cylindrical body of molded plastic substance which is adapted to mount one or more coils, and optionally to receive in its bore a reed switch capsule. One end of the bo... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4401972 | Stop-light monitor device A stop-light monitor device includes a source of current, a lighting circuit connected with the source and having a stop-light switch actuated by the brake pedal. The lighting circuit has incandescent lamps which are energized when the brake pedal is depr... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4396391 | Treating cellulose textile fabrics with dimethylol dihydroxyethyleneurea-polyol The products of the reaction of dimethyloldihydroxyethylene urea (DMDHEU) or an alkylated DMDHEU with a polyol impart permanent press properties to a textile fabric and contain only a small amount of free formaldehyde.... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4395504 | Adhesive system for particleboard manufacture A formaldehyde-free adhesive system for the manufacture of particleboard comprises the reaction product of a cyclic urea and glyoxal in an equivalent ratio of about 1.1-1.5:1.... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4386967 | Pretreatment of pigments The dispersibility of dry pigments in a dispersion medium is improved by spraying the pigment before or during its addition to the medium.... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4385166 | Printing inks based on poly(amide-ester) resins Novel vehicles for printing inks are thermoplastic alcohol-soluble low molecular weight poly(amide-ester) resins that are prepared by a two-step process from a dimerized fatty acid, a polyamine, and a bisphenol A-epichlorohydrin epoxy resin.... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4368316 | Process for the preparation of high-solids rosin-modified polyesters Low molecular weight, 100-percent solids polyesters, which are useful in printing inks and overprint coatings, are made by the reaction of a polyol, a monobasic aliphatic carboxylic acid, rosin or modified-rosin acid, and a polycarboxylic acid or anhydrid... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4351610 | Photocomposer A photocomposer includes a fixed rearwardly inclined backboard for supporting a sensitized lithographic plate. To substantially reduce the weight of the backboard and its supporting structure, the main portion of the backboard is of cellular construction.... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4345063 | Glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates Alkylated glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for textile fabrics.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4343391 | Takeoff and restacking device for cup-like containers A takeoff and restacking device is operated in coordination with printing apparatus that applies decorations to the outside of cup-like containers. The apparatus includes a plurality of container holding mandrels extending radially from a turret which mov... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4343655 | Insolubilizers for binders for paper coating compositions Paper coating compositions contain at least one pigment, at least one binder, and as an insolubilizer for the binder an alkylated product of the reaction of glyoxal and a cyclic urea.... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4332316 | Cup-stack delivery mechanism A takeoff-delivery mechanism for cup-like containers is provided with a pusher device that is operated repeatedly to remove stacks containing a predetermined number of containers from the front of a horizontal supply stack while containers are being fed t... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4332586 | Novel reactants for crosslinking textile fabrics Alkylated glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for textile fabrics.... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4300898 | Compositions for treating textile fabrics Blends of a glyoxal/cyclic urea condensate or a partially or wholly alkylated derivative thereof and dimethylol dihydroxyethylene urea or a partially or wholly alkylated derivative thereof improve the properties of textile fabrics treated therewith and co... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4285690 | Novel reactants for crosslinking textile fabrics Alkylated glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for textile fabrics.... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4284758 | Glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates Alkylated glyoxal/cyclic urea condensates are excellent formaldehyde-free crosslinking resins for textile fabrics.... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4283703 | Vibration-resistant probe-like electrical heaters A probe-like, vibration-resistant fast-heating electrical heater assembly for use in a pollution sensor of an exhaust monitoring system for internal combustion engines, which comprises an elongate metal tube having concentrically disposed therein a metal ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4244292 | Inker apparatus Inker apparatus constructed primarily for the application of high viscosity paste-type ink includes an anilox fountain roll which partially defines an ink trough. The latter is also partially defined by a scraper blade disposed downstream of a wiper blade... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4242725 | Light reflector structure An elongated high intensity lamp which serves as a line-type of light source is placed at the focus of a generally shaped parabolic reflector which extends longitudinally with the light source. The reflector surface closest to the lamp is inwardly deforme... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4240795 | Treatment of textiles with modified alpha-olefins Oxidized C20+ alpha-olefins are useful in improving the properties of textiles.... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4230931 | Electric cigar lighter An electric cigar lighter for automobiles and the like, comprising a holder device presenting an outwardly facing socket, and an ignitor plug receivable in the socket. The plug comprises a manually operable part, and carries a heating element which is ele... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4220473 | Process for treating azo pigments The properties of azo arylamide pigments are improved by treating them with dimer acid-based amines.... | 09/02/1980 |
