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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 |
| 6134793 | Bow sight alignment system A laser is adapted for attachment to an arrow such that a beam projected from the laser is colinear with an axis of a shaft of the arrow. A first target has a first marking and a second marking thereon. The first and second markings are positioned such th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5758447 | Recoil absorbing device and method An improvement in a device for absorbing the recoil of a rifle fired while extending above a horizontal surface with the barrel of the rifle supported by a rest member. The improvement is a weighted bag member resting freely on and unattached to the horiz... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5715878 | Jig for a molder-planar A jig for holding an arcuate wood piece is mounted on the table of a molder-planar. The jig has a base which is attached to the table. Mounted for rotation on the base is a clamp holder. A clamp is attached to the clamp holder for holding the arcuate wood... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5319940 | Defrosting method and apparatus for a refrigeration system Method and apparatus to defrost evaporator coils of a refrigeration system by periodically replacing the refrigerant in the evaporator coils by hot refrigerant gas from the compression side of a compressor. The gas from the compressor is sent through an o... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5231784 | Fishing device A device suitable for ice fishing has a base supported above a hole in the ice. A horizontal shaft is rotatably attached to the base and has a wind driven fan at one end and a crank at the other end. A guide member is pivoted to the end of the crank and g... | 08/03/1993 |
| 4917297 | Snow gun A snow gun for making snow by atomizing water and projecting the atomized water by compressed air into an atmosphere having an ambient temperature below about 32 degrees F. has a one piece body member with a first water opening through one side and ending... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4877254 | Board game A board game includes separate player pieces, a timing device, a board, a random chance control device, general subject category cards and alphabet answer cards. The board has first and second spaces which define a travel path for the player pieces. The f... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4777809 | Outboard motor lock An anti-theft device for locking an outboard motor comprising an elongated, channel-like, body member has a longitudinally extending opening to closely receive the head portions of clamping screws which clamp the motor to a transom board of a boat, or a m... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4773629 | Highway barrier A highway traffic barrier of the New Jersey style is made from semi-rigid plastic material so that it has some elasticity and will act as a shock absorber, while weighing considerably less than the present day New Jersey style barrier made from concrete. ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4767151 | Device to allow an automobile sun visor to act as an air deflector A device for holding a sun visor of an open top automobile in an upwardly extending position to allow the sun visor to act as an air deflector comprises a one piece clip member having integrally connected first, second and third leg members which form a t... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4682399 | Method and tool for removing the nut which secures a faucet to a sink A method of and tool for removing the nut which is in threaded engagement with exterior threads on the inlet end of a faucet to secure the faucet to a sink uses a tool which has at one end a hollow cylindrical portion terminating in cutting teeth and at t... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4517762 | Animal trap holder An animal trap holder for a trap of the Conibear type having a pair of spring biased jaws. The holder is a U-shaped member with the two legs of the U connected together by an integral base. The outer surfaces of the legs and base are flat rectangular surf... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4458497 | Method and do-it-yourself kit for evacuating an air conditioning unit A method of evacuating an air conditioner utilizes the vacuum from the air/fuel manifold of a gasoline internal combustion engine. A do-it-yourself kit for so evacuating an air conditioner includes a hose so constructed as to allow one end to fit the Schr... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4457068 | Method of wrapping a cylindrical shape A method of wrapping a cylindrical shape uses an elongated sheet material with a first fastener portion extending along one edge and one face of the material and a second fastener portion extending along the opposite edge and opposite face of the material... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4385936 | Method for cleaning a process monitoring probe A process monitoring probe within a sample container is cleaned by flushing a sample process stream from the container and then discharging a jet of water from a nozzle at the probe within the container. A chemical cleaning agent is injected into the wate... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4376489 | Container for hazardous material A container for hazardous material has an outer shell, an inner cylindrical tank for hazardous material, resilient filler material between the shell and the tank, flexible, impervious diaphragms fixed within the tank and extending transversely to the long... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4375167 | Ultrasonic transducer suspension system for on-line high speed ultrasonic inspection of flat rolled products Apparatus and method for acoustically inspecting hot flat plates while on-line by utilizing an array or arrays of transducers continually spaced a set distance from the bottom of the plates by serrated rollers spring mounted with the array of transducers ... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4365896 | Optical attenuation monitor system and method Light operative apparatus is located inside electro-optical instrument viewing window, such as that used by a radiation pyrometer or dimensional gage in a steel mill environment, to detect and compensate for optically attenuating objects which may accumul... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4362489 | Expandable mandrel apparatus for manufacturing smooth-lined corrugated pipe A smooth, plastic-lined corrugated pipe having an intermediate layer of plastic foam. The pipe is made by internally coating a corrugated pipe with a foaming mixture and pressing an expandable cylinder of plastic sheet liner against the foaming mixture un... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4362388 | Remote measurement of concentration of a gas specie by resonance absorption The concentration of a selected gas specie at a situs determined by directing a laser beam at the situs, the beam including a wavelength within the resonance absorption band of the gas specie, and measuring the intensity of the laser beam energy scattered... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361063 | Adaptive control for a dividing shear Driving a dividing shear to a home position after cutting a workpiece is done without oscillations at the home position. Control uses shear position feedback signal to shape nonlinearly a variable shear velocity reference signal such that no overshoot occ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4361097 | Railway gondola cars A railway gondola car suitable for rotary unloading. The floor of the car comprises a pair of concave troughs which extend between the center sill and the sides of the car having their axes parallel to the axis of the center sill along that portion of the... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4352229 | Bearing retaining and positioning means An arrangement for retaining and positioning a tapered journal sleeve or bearing on the tapered journal of a rolling mill roll utilizes a circumferential groove in the cylindrical end of the roll, in which groove a number of cylindrical rollers are placed... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4351701 | Method of controlling a coking cycle The endpoint of devolatilization of a coal mass in a coke oven during a coking cycle is determined by providing a probe which is capable of supplying an electrical signal which indicates the effective thickness of a layer of carbon deposited on the probe ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4345492 | Method of making metal forming punches An inexpensive method to make a punch for piercing or forming metal includes cutting a piece from a bar or rod, applying a phosphate and lubricant coating to the piece, extruding one end of the piece into a polygonal shape, annealing the piece, press or m... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4344822 | One-spot car coke quenching method A process for quenching hot coke in a one-spot coke quench car. The process utilizes a unique arrangement of pipes and spray nozzles to quench the hot coke in a substantially watertight coke quench car having a sloping bottom. A plurality of pipes are dir... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344819 | Method of determining coke level Instruments measure and periodically store coke vertical temperature profile data sets at multiple coke guide levels within expected level range. Computer detects highest level in each data set above a reference temperature and terminal plots coke level a... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344232 | Method and apparatus for measuring roll gap and alignment for continuous casters Strand-like apparatus for measuring roll position, i.e., roll gap and/or roll alignment, is moved through a caster between roll faces of a series of oppositely spaced pairs of conveyor rolls which define either a straight or curved strand travel path. App... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344607 | Blast furnace support apparatus Support apparatus for a vertically disposed furnace having a unique mantle-to-bosh configuration and lower stack section to provide for expansion and contraction between the mantle and bosh jackets.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4333636 | Cutting-torch holder Apparatus for automatically maintaining a cutting torch a predetermined distance from an uneven work surface having transverse and longitudinal irregularities includes a slide member which is adapted to move in a vertical direction in response to such irr... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4322179 | Open top drain A corrugated metal open top pipe drain for the collection and removal of surface water from paved areas, such as highways, parking lots, airports and the like.... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4310850 | Solid-state video camera having a video signal processor The low resolution of state-of-the-art solid-state video cameras with quantized image arrays has limited their usefulness in high-accuracy dimension measurement systems. A video output signal processor with a simple computing element improves the apparent... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4307741 | Probe cleaner Apparatus for an automatic system for cleaning a process monitoring probe inserted into a process stream for monitoring said stream. The apparatus comprises a flushing water supply, a high pressure water jet mixed with a cleansing agent and sequential tim... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4289584 | Coke quenching practice for one-spot cars A process for quenching hot coke discharged from an oven of a battery of coke ovens into a one-spot car. The process utilizes a unique arrangement of two sets of narrow angle spray nozzles to quench the coke. In addition to quenching the coke, one set of ... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4283030 | Railway switch heel block Apparatus for providing the proper spread between the switch rail and stock rail in a railway switch which includes a heel block of unique design which assures accurate alignment of the parts of the switch heel block.... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4279151 | Temperature measuring system In a continuous slab caster, for example, the system measures tundish molten steel temperature using tundish probe, recorder and temperature monitoring circuits having separate outputs to a temperature indicator and an industrial process controller. Monit... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4262827 | Ladle shroud apparatus Apparatus for use in positioning a pouring tube on a bottom pour nozzle of a hot metal casting vessel including a pouring tube support carriage having universal or two dimensional movement in a horizontal plane and pouring tube transfer car mounted on the... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4235276 | Method and apparatus for controlling caster heat removal by varying casting speed Breakouts due to insufficient skin thickness exiting below caster mold are prevented. Minimum mold heat removal rate is defined in terms of casting speed, mold faces, mold size, material grade and tundish superheat, then calculated, indicated and compared... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4211608 | Coke pushing emission control system A process for controlling emissions resulting from hot coke being discharged from an oven of a battery of coke ovens from the beginning of discharge until the time when the coke arrives at a quenching station. The coke from the oven passes through a coke ... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4203267 | Multiple strand tower guy assembly Apparatus for use in guying transmission towers or the like which comprises an assembly of a plurality of lengths of wire strands which are anchored to a tension equalizer device at one end of the strand lengths and terminate in a single wire rope socket ... | 05/20/1980 |
