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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 |
| 4483204 | Prony brake dynamometer An improved power absorption device of the general Prony brake design is capable of either applying to a rotating shaft either a fixed force or a force proportional to its rotational speed or for measuring mechanical power transferred to a rotating shaft ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4468266 | Bead and filler assembly machine and method of operation thereof A continuously operating bead filler assembly system for forming filler material on top of a tire bead includes a multiple station assembly machine having at least one station for placing the bead and positioning the filler material in cylindrical form ad... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467875 | Compact, triple-hinged agricultural implement tool bar A hydraulically actuated, triple-hinged tool bar comprised of four independently positioned sections is disclosed. A first outer section is flexibly coupled to one end of a center section of the tool bar while to the other end thereof is flexibly coupled ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467872 | Telescoping row marker A telescoping row marker for use with a conventional agricultural tillage apparatus such as a tractor carried, or pulled, planter, cultivator or the like; for the alignment of soil working implements with crop rows is disclosed. Positioned within a hollow... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4461355 | Cultivator row unit with ridger/bedder implement An inter-row crop cultivator for use particularly in severe residue conditions such as in minimum tillage conservation applications is disclosed. A leading gauge wheel providing support and soil surface tracking is immediately trailed by two laterally dis... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4459880 | Method of making dies A process for fabricating a cross rolling die is disclosed. A flat wooden cross roll tooling model blank cut to the specified die dimensions is milled by a conventional milling machine to produce a pre-form blank in accordance with the desired cross roll ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4454920 | High speed tillage system with discs and plow points A tillage system includes forward and rear sets of widely spaced discs and a set of plow points. The discs in the forward set are mounted at spaced intervals so as to leave alternate strips of worked and unworked soil of substantially equal width. Each di... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4446924 | High speed tillage system with discs and plow points A tillage system includes forward and rear sets of widely spaced discs and a set of plow points. The discs in the forward set are mounted at spaced intervals so as to leave alternate strips of worked and unworked soil of substantially equal width. Each di... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4446659 | Automatic seating for telescoping row systems A telescoping seating system has a plurality of rows adapted for movement between an extended or use position and a retracted or storage position. Each row is equipped with seating mounted on a frame which, in turn, is mounted to the rear of the deck of a... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4444271 | Tillage apparatus with independent depth adjustment An agricultural tillage implement adapted to be pulled by a vehicle comprises a main frame adapted to carry ground working tools. The main frame is supported on wheels rotatably mounted thereto. A sub-frame carrying ground working tools is mounted to the ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4441562 | Foldable tillage implement A disk harrow embodies a fore-and-aft extending center pole which hitches at one end to a tractor and has paired tool gang assembly units which extend laterally from opposite sides thereof. These units include tool gang carrying inner beams which are supp... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4441028 | Apparatus and method for multiplying the output of a generating unit A power generating apparatus and method of operation for meeting a variable demand includes a compressor for supplying gas to a heat engine which generates power, and a reservoir positioned intermediate the compressor and heat engine. A portion of the pow... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4438689 | Material baling device A baling apparatus for use with bale tie wire and a press including a pair of platens having at least one channel extending fore-and-aft across each platen. The baling apparatus comprises a return chute supported on a frame in juxtaposition to the pair of... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4437624 | Positioning reel A positioning reel for suspending a body, such as a lightweight tool, at any vertical position within the limits of the suspension cord length is disclosed. An adjusting screw which regulates a clutch-type tensioning brake permits the supporting force of ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4437454 | Mechanical draft controller with vent damper A mechanical draft controller integrated in the draft hood of a furnace and coupled to a flue damper is responsive to the draft in the flue for controlling exhaust stack heat loss and eliminating heated room air loss via the draft hood under normal operat... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4437411 | Multi-position student table A multi-purpose table is adapted for use in schools, and particularly in science or art labs, as a desk or laboratory table. The top of the table may be adjusted in height either to a sitting height or to a standing height. The top may also be placed in e... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4435749 | High frequency inverter fault protection system A fault protection system for a balanced thyristor capacitor/inverter half-bridge which generates a high frequency oscillating voltage from full-wave rectified line voltage is disclosed. Following the detection of thyristor over-current and the removal of... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4435486 | Quick disconnect battery installation and charging system A system for facilitating the installation of a storage battery of the general lead acid type in a vehicle and its removal therefrom is disclosed. In one embodiment designed to accommodate side-mounted battery terminals, a rigid case mounted to the vehicl... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4435083 | Self-clamping rotary vibrator and mount therefor A rotary vibrator having a cylindrical shape and an outer cam strip running the length thereof is mounted in a housing which has a matching inner cam strip and is affixed to a structure to be vibrated. Vibrator migratory movement during operation causes t... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4433502 | Geometric weedless fishhook assembly A fishhook assembly has the characteristics of being weedless in its unactivated-rest-position by nature of the symmetrical configuration of the three or four identical fishhooks, each point of which is positioned to the outside of the assembly and guarde... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4432483 | Safety release mechanism for fastening devices The present invention relates to a safety release mechanism for use with a power operated driving apparatus for fasteners which includes a pivotally supported trigger or release lever housing for actuating or releasing the driving apparatus upon engagemen... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4425541 | Apparatus for identifying defective electric power distribution capacitors An apparatus for determining the operating condition of capacitors of the type used for power factor correction on electric distribution systems is assembled in two sections. A first power supply device supplies an alternating electric current to a de-ene... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4423573 | Wall panel with removable acoustical insert A wall panel includes a peripheral metal frame which may be free-standing or part of an open office partition system, and a removable acoustical insert. The acoustical insert is formed of pressed glass fiber and includes an integral border of substantiall... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4422199 | Dockboard seal A flexible seal for use in adjustable dockboard unit for sealing the unit against the flow of air therethrough into and/or out of the building in which the dockboard is being used.... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4421311 | Puzzle-cube The present invention relates to a puzzle cube comprising a cube body and the sides of which are formed by cube elements each of them forming part of three cube sections arranged for rotation relative to the remaining portion of the cube body about the ce... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4418761 | Adjustable tillage implement positioning apparatus A mounting/positioning apparatus for attaching an agricultural implement such as a reel unit or a rotary packer assembly to the frame of a tillage machine is disclosed. The apparatus includes two opposing end portions rigidly coupled together by means of ... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414493 | Light dimmer for solid state ballast A system for controlling the current in a solid state, high frequency ballast energizing a gaseous discharge lamp for providing light dimming therein is disclosed. The ballast includes a thyristor/capacitor inverter bridge for generating the lamp current ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4413699 | Motorcycle The frame of the vehicle includes a forward section which provides a mounting for the front wheel and motor, a rear section for mounting the rear wheel, and an intermediate section extending between and connecting the other two sections. The intermediate ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4410389 | Bead and filler assembly machine A continuously operating bead filler assembly system for forming filler material on top of a tire bead includes a multiple station assembly machine having at least one station for placing the bead and positioning the filler material in cylindrical form ad... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409762 | Row structure for telescoping seating systems and method of assembling same A row construction for a telescoping seating system includes a rear riser beam having a continuous horizontal slot receiving and encapsulating the rear edge of the footrest panel and a nose beam having a similar slot encapsulating the front edge of the fo... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4408800 | Office chairs Improvements for office chairs are described which include a cam control mechanism having two operative positions under control of the occupant. In the first position the cam actuates a first pneumatic cylinder to adjust the height of the seat over a cont... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4406505 | Grounding clip for electrical fixtures A grounding clip provides a grounding path between a receptacle and mounting screw affixing the receptacle to a grounded mounting box. The grounding clip of spring steel has a screw-receiving means that receives a mounting screw. The edges of one side of ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4403662 | One-pass complete tillage system The system includes a pull-type frame with a forward line of disc blades widely spaced to part the trash, mix it with soil and displace most of the mixture laterally on top of previously undisturbed soil, thereby creating strips of ground which are altern... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4399978 | Hand tool with variable inclined head A small hand tool such as a carpenter's hammer is disclosed as having a head which is pivotally connected crosswise to its handle. The head is provided with abutment faces which at different inclinations of the head to the handle are selectively aligned w... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4399354 | Digital rate monitor A digital rate monitor including a microprocessor operating under program control to receive and process event pulses to calculate the rate of the event pulses, and display the calculated rate. The rate is calculated by accumulating a batch of pulses and ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4398409 | Friction shock assembly for a forging hammer A friction shock absorber comprised of a plurality of mating friction surfaces in constant contact together is incorporated on an oscillating member of the valve shifting mechanism of a forging hammer for preventing the valve from bouncing away from its i... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4397475 | Bumper hitch with universal mounting support A trailer hitch apparatus adapted to mount to the frame of a vehicle for towing a trailer includes a hitch frame having at least one forwardly extending member. A rear mounting bracket mountable to the hitch frame at a varying predetermined vertical posit... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4397141 | Method and apparatus for making balanced metallic strand A balanced finished strand is assembled from a plurality of filaments by first grouping the filaments each with its correct length using a twisting flyer, next setting the grouped filaments using an over twisting flyer, and finally taking up, post forming... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4393950 | Tare weighing apparatus and method therefor Disclosed is a system and method for the high-speed, cyclic batch weighing of a flowable material in which variations in initial scale weight are automatically compensated for. Measuring cycle time is minimized by overlapping the time required to achieve ... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4390959 | Optimal start programmer An optimal start programmer for starting a heating or cooling cycle for an intermittently occupied building includes a digital counter which is enabled at the start of a pre-occupancy "search" period and accumulates counts from a timing source. A digital ... | 06/28/1983 |
