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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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Attorney: Coplein; Gordon D.


Number of patents: 29
Last date: January 10, 2012

NumberTitleIssue Date
8091442Positive tube retention arrangement
A measuring head has a base and extending spaced apart vertical sidewalls that form a slot into which a tube through which a fluid flows is placed and at least one sensor element mounted in at least one of the sidewalls to detect a characteristic of the flowing flui...
01/10/2012
8083443Pocket hole plug cutter
A jig for cutting plugs for pocket holes from a workpiece has a base leg, from which transversely extend guide and clamp legs. One or more guide channels extend through the guide leg at an angle to an interior face of the guide leg to guide the sleeve of a rotating ...
12/27/2011
8061196Bottom up contact type ultrasonic continuous level sensor
An ultrasonic sensor for measuring the level of liquid in a vessel has an elongated tubular probe, a tube within the probe, and a transducer that converts electrical energy to ultrasonic energy mounted at or near one end of the tube so as to transmit ultrasonic ener...
11/22/2011
8016005Combination mortise and tenon jig
A combination mortise and tenon jig has a body including a platform having an open section with first and second clamp legs on opposite sides for holding a workpiece therebetween with the workpiece part in which a mortise or tenon is to be cut facing toward the open...
09/13/2011
7997149Apparatus and method for non-invasive measurement of the sound velocity of a fluid flowing in a tubing
A method and apparatus for measuring the sound velocity of a flowing fluid includes a cartridge having a hollow interior through which the fluid flows formed by first and second chambers of different diameters that define first and second walls extending toward the ...
08/16/2011
7908931Non invasive flow rate measuring system and method
A system and method for measuring the flow rate of a liquid in a tube non-invasively has a heating element that generates energy that is applied to the liquid to produce a heat marker that is detected by a temperature sensor located at a known distance from the heat...
03/22/2011
7828024Dovetail jig
A jig to make the pin and tail parts of a dovetail joint in first and second workpieces has a frame with front, bottom, and top walls. A plurality of spaced rails form first guide slots in a first section of the frame front and top walls and a plurality of posts for...
11/09/2010
7694570Non-invasive dry coupled disposable/reusable ultrasonic sensor
A non-invasive dry coupled disposable/reusable ultrasonic sensor has a housing and a piezoelectric element at one end of the housing to which connected signal leads are connected that extend out from the housing. A piece of double-sided adhesive tape has one adhesiv...
04/13/2010
7694560Non-invasive bottom up continuous liquid level transmitter
Apparatus for measuring the level of liquid in a container has a substrate on which a plurality of piezoelectric elements are mounted that are to transmit ultrasonic energy upwardly through the bottom of a container placed on and supported by the substrate into the ...
04/13/2010
7661294Non-invasive multi-function sensor system
An integrated multi-function sensor system has a head having a slot to accept a tube of a deformable material and a plurality of sensor elements mounted in the walls of the head slot to confront a tube in the slot, each sensor element being for affecting sensing of ...
02/16/2010
7661293Ultrasonic system for detecting and quantifying of air bubbles/particles in a flowing liquid
A system using ultrasonic energy for detecting and quantifying air bubbles and/or particles in a liquid flowing in a tube by a non-invasive and non-destructive technique has an ultrasonic sensor having piezoelectric transmitter and receiver elements placed opposing ...
02/16/2010
7617739Non-invasive ultrasonic system to determine internal pressure in flexible tubing
A system for determining pressure change in a liquid flowing in a tube of an elastic material has a sensor head having a slot and a pair of piezoelectric elements mounted in opposing walls of said slot between which the tube is placed in contact with the opposing el...
11/17/2009
7484914Fixture for drilling pocket holes in workpieces of different thicknesses
A fixture for drilling a pocket hole in a working face of workpieces of different thicknesses is a U-shaped member having a guide leg and a clamp leg parallel to each other and joined together at a bottom end of each by a transverse base leg. An angled guide channel...
02/03/2009
7465063Adjustable track lighting system adapted to support multiple types of light sources
A fixture for lamps used for portable and temporary applications has an elongated rail with a central channel, preferably with holes spaced along the channel bottom wall. Adapter bases are fit and fixed to the rail to support various types of light sources. In the c...
12/16/2008
7137766Screw and plastic part unit
A screw-plastic part unit in which the plastic part can be a guide having a tapered bottom end for fitting into a countersink to center the tip end of the screw in the countersink and also can have at least one cut-out portion at its top end to facilitate fracturing...
11/21/2006
7101123Fixture for drilling pocket holes in workpieces of different thicknesses
A fixture for drilling pocket holes in workpieces of different thicknesses is formed of a U-shaped member having parallel guide and clamp legs and joined by a transverse base leg. One or more guide channels are formed in the guide leg at an angle to the guide leg th...
09/05/2006
7083589Ultrasonic instrument with coupler for work tip
An ultrasonic instrument includes generator of ultrasonic energy; a connecting body that receives ultrasonic energy from the generator and having an end from which the energy exits and a coupler at such end exterior of the connecting body having an inlet aspiration ...
08/01/2006
7001118Dowel jig
A dowel jig for making holes in a member such as a board to accept dowels for projecting toward corresponding holes for receiving the dowels to make butt, end and T type dowel joints for two members. The jig has a base having an internal planar area and at least one...
02/21/2006
7000519Jointer clamp
A clamp to make a straight edge on a working board has a base with a lower surface to slide on a table saw and a main wall that extends upward from the base. A lower support extends outwardly from the main wall in opposite directions, and two upper supports extend o...
02/21/2006
6832516Integral ultrasonic liquid level continuous transmitter with independent high-level discrete alarm point level
An ultrasonic liquid level sensor instrument that combines a continuous transmitter that transmits though the air for measuring the level of liquid in a vessel on a continuous basis and a point level sensor that sets a high level alarm. The continuous level transmit...
12/21/2004
6781287Non-contacting ultrasonic transducer
An ultrasonic transducer for sensing liquid within an article, such as a vassel or pipe, without contacting the liquid has a body, a sealed capsule of a flexible material containing a liquid capable of transmitting ultrasonic energy carried by the body from which a ...
08/24/2004
6631639System and method of non-invasive discreet, continuous and multi-point level liquid sensing using flexural waves
A non-invasive system and method for measuring liquid level in a vessel utilizes a pair of ultrasonic transducers mounted spaced apart externally on the vessel wall. One of the transducers excites a single pulse of sonic energy that produces a flexural, o...
10/14/2003
6602027Guides for centering screws and drill bits in countersink holes
A guide to center a screw or drill bit in the center of a hole of a countersink in a member to engage a piece under the member, the countersink having a downwardly tapered wall from the member to the hole. The guide has a body with a through hole and a ta...
08/05/2003
6575834System and method for remote roulette and other game play using game table at a casino
A system and method for playing a table type game such as roulette or dice in an interactive manner at a site remote from the actual casino table in which a camera follows a game that is being played at a table in a casino and a microphone can also pick u...
06/10/2003
6283144Ceiling water leak damage collector unit
A collector unit to be attached to a ceiling to collect leaking water and falling debris is formed by a sheet of water impervious material, preferably foldable and flexible, and having a generally concave shape with an outlet drain at a lower part. A net ...
09/04/2001
6254320Fixture for drilling pocket holes
A U-shaped fixture for drilling pocket holes in a workpiece having a base leg, a guide leg and a clamp leg with the base leg joining the guide leg and clamp leg and there is a guide channel in the guide leg at an angle to the guide leg having an entrance ...
07/03/2001
5880364Non-contact ultrasonic micromeasurement system
A non-contact ultrasonic system for measuring the volume of liquid in a container in which an ultrasonic sensor is disposed opposite the top of the container. A circuit provides pulses of ultrasonic energy for transmission through the air to the air-liqui...
03/09/1999
5808200Ultrasonic sensor with continous and demand self-test for liquid and dry product level measurement
An ultrasonic sensor having a support structure of first and second walls with a gap of fixed distance therebetween. A piezoelectric element for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic energy is bonded to the inner face of one of the walls and the energy tr...
09/15/1998
5757876Object counter and identification system
A system for counting the number of objects of known thickness in a stack and identifying the objects by their color in which an ultrasonic sensor is mounted at a known distance from a reference point that defines the beginning of the stack. The ultrasoni...
05/26/1998
 
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