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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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| 7024832 | Thermal insulation structure of housing and heat shielding member used for same The invention is intended to reduce heat accumulation in the heat insulator provided around the periphery of the living room of a house structure, thereby achieving simplification of a construction work, energy-saving, and rationalization in maintaining the living e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 5938462 | Modular communication cabling arrangement A modular communication system, particularly for interior space-dividing wall panels which are serially-connected together to define a plurality of adjacent workstations. The modular communication system is defined by a plurality of prefabricated modules,... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5564325 | Valve mechanism for booster A brake booster, specifically, an improvement of a valve mechanism for booster is disclosed. According to the invention, the rear side of a curved portion of a valve element is surrounded by a retainer to be interrupted from the atmosphere. This prevents ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5540935 | Reactive vesicle and functional substance-fixed vesicle A reactive vesicle comprising, as a vesicle-forming component, a reactive phospholipid derivative represented by the following general formula (1) and a functional substance-fixed vesicle prepared by reacting the reactive vesicle with a functional substan... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537700 | Emergency stretcher with X-frame support An emergency stretcher for emergency vehicles includes an X-frame litter support mechanism that vertically movably supports a patient litter on a wheeled base. Each of the legs of the litter support mechanism have the capability to expand and contract in ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537910 | Actuator for a brake booster An actuator which causes an input shaft to move forward is disposed within the inner periphery of a valve body at its rear end. When a brake booster is inoperative, an atmospheric pressure is introduced into a pressure chamber of the actuator, but when a ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537229 | Method and apparatus for rapid scanning of color images A scanner system digitizes 35 mm transparencies or negatives, and converts the image to a format compatible with popular microcomputer systems. This scanner system can accommodate various formats, and has variable zoom, pan and window size. Color separati... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5537473 | Video recorder system A video recorder system adapted to receive subscription television services is of the type which controls access to the subscription services by means of a smart card. Where payment is due for each program received, the viewer is required to make a positi... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535780 | Concrete-distribution rig The invention concerns a five-arm concrete-distribution rig (20) mounted on a vehicle. Arms (1, 2 and 3) can be folded together by pivoting in opposite directions about hinged joints (B and C), which are capable of pivoting through approximately 180°, to... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536410 | Method for preventing activated sludge from losing its settling ability A method for preventing activated sludge from losing its settling ability, which sometimes happens in solid/liquid separation in an activated sludge treatment of an aqueous organic waste and causes the so-called bulking and scumming of the sludge. This me... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534327 | Powdered leather and method of producing the same A powdered leather which is composed of at least 85% by weight of cortex, at most 2% by weight of oil and fat, and at most 0.5% by weight of Na+ and Ca2+ ions capable of being eluted by water and which has an average particle size (D... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533577 | Maintenance vehicle for servicing a sports facility, and a method of using the maintenance vehicle A maintenance vehicle with a suction roller constructed as a water-removing device is used for preparing, for the purpose of achieving an optimum condition, a natural grass playing field for soccer games or the like. This suction roller is essentially a p... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5534670 | Muffler for booster A muffler for booster, as may be used in a brake of an automobile or the like, is provided for reducing the generation of sounds during the suction stroke when a pressure fluid is introduced into a variable pressure chamber. An uneven surface is defined o... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5535175 | Stationary type mixing apparatus A stationary type mixing apparatus capable of mixing fluids having high viscosity and improving mixing efficiency of plural kinds of fluids. The stationary type mixing apparatus comprises double fluid unit bodies, each of the double fluid unit bodies comp... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533739 | Non-contacting seal with centering spring mounted in dovetailed grooved Non-contacting seal for shafts rotating at high speeds with improved centering means for low unbalance of seal rotating parts. Centering means comprise a shallow circumferential groove with slanted sides and an elastic centering strip of ladder-like form ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531069 | Catalyst deterioration-determining device of an internal combustion engine A catalyst deterioration-determining device for an internal combustion engine, in which a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of a catalyst body is eliminated, but high-precision determination can be made to the deterioration of the catalyst ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531458 | Face seal with angled grooves A fluid seal of the type employing a groove pattern on one of the opposed seal faces, which groove pattern includes a series of angled grooves formed in and positioned circumferentially around one of the seal faces, with the configuration of the grooves a... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5529247 | Method and apparatus for dispersing and metering fibers A device for dispersing and metering fibers which includes a frame, a hopper mounted on the frame and having an inlet opening for receiving fibers therein. A screen is provided through which the fibers from the inlet opening must pass for separating any e... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529165 | Carousel storage conveyor A carousel storage conveyor for articles being conveyed along a conveyor unit having rows of shelf units which are spaced apart about a closed loop path and which move through the complete loop to pick up or discharge articles when at the lowermost point ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530086 | Polyester containing 9,9-bis(4-(2-hydroxyalkoxy)phenyl fluorene Provided is a polyester from 9,9-bis[4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl]fluorenes as a diol component, and this novel polymer is excellent in transparency and heat resistance, has small optical anisotropy, is excellent in moldability, dimensional stability and che... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529331 | Safety ski binding A front jaw for a safety binding comprising a lower part (3) of a housing, which lower part can be fastened to a ski, and an upper part (2) of a housing having at least one adjustable release spring (4) and two pivotal sole holders (14a, 14b) biassed by t... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529483 | Compression equipment of injection compression molding machine and injection compression molding machine A compression equipment possesses generality of various injection molding machine by which injection and mold under compression is performed. The compression equipment is composed as a unit and is installed between a moving die plate of the injection mold... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5527462 | Filter with axially movable wiper A self-cleaning pressure filter system including a housing having an unfiltered liquid inlet and a filtered liquid outlet, a filter element of substantially constant cross section having an interior communicating with the unfiltered liquid inlet and an ex... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527367 | Mixer for a gas-fueled engine A mixer for a gas fueled engine uses a venturi through which a fuel nozzle opens into an air inlet path at a narrowest portion of the venturi in a substantially parallel orientation relative to the flow of inlet air in the air inlet path to reduce the mix... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527058 | Front jaw for a safety ski binding A front jaw for a safety ski binding comprising a housing (1) and two two-arm bent levers (9a, 9b) which are each pivotal about an essentially vertically oriented axis on a bearing block (6) supported for limited movement in the housing and engage a relea... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527057 | Front jaw A front jaw which includes a housing adapted to be fastened to a ski. A release spring is housed in the housing. A spring extends through a pull rod loaded by the release spring. The pull rod acts through a release plate onto the shorter lever arms of two... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526832 | Carrying apparatus for a thin sheet-like workpiece A carrying apparatus comprising an endless roller chain belt that moves on a circular track and includes a plurality of fixture plates. Each fixture plate has several interrupted slot lines each of which comprises vertically elongate lower, middle and upp... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526588 | Adjustment device for controlling the pivot resistance of the shaft relative to the shell of a ski boot A ski boot having a shell and a shaft hinged to the shell for the support of the skier's leg. The shell consists of a lower part enclosing the foot and of a raised shell part. The ski boot has furthermore a device for controlling the pivotal resistance du... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527857 | Electrostatic induction proof adhesive primer An adhesive primer composed of a cross-linkable polymer exhibiting electrostatic induction proof properties, and a laminated film having such a primer layer. The laminated film represents a material capable of maintaining a high electrification preventati... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5528011 | Control system of a C-type welding gun A C-type welding gun capable of accurately operating irrespective of the posture of the C-type welding gun without forcibly pressing electrodes to a workpiece and without considering thickness of the workpiece, wear of electrodes, etc. The C-type welding ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527581 | Car interior member and molding method of the same The car interior member and its molding method are offered to improve recycling and to reduce the number of parts. The instrument panel 10 as the car interior member is made by molding integrally the core member 11 organizing the main structure of certain... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525645 | Resin composition for optical molding The present invention relates to a resin composition for optical molding which comprises (a) an actinic radical-curable and cationically polymerizable organic substance and (b) an actinic radiation-sensitive initiator for cationic polymerization. This com... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5525276 | Method for manufacturing high strength isotropic graphite piston components A method for manufacturing a high strength isotropic graphite including a kneading step to mix an aggregate consisting of carbonaceous fine powder with a pitch binder a molding step to mold the raw material prepared by re-pulverizing the kneaded mixture u... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524583 | Air suction device for V-type engine An air suction device for a V-type engine whereby primary and secondary side intake manifolds having other component assembled thereon is built into the V-type engine without dividing the manifolds. Each flange end portion of the primary side manifold-mou... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524366 | Ski shoe A ski shoe comprising a shell (1) and a movably hinged shaft 2 of the shoe wherein the shell is formed of an elastic material and has a raised shell part (3) around which the shaft 2 of the shoe extends. The raised shell part (3) carries above the heel a ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522677 | Travelling concreting device The invention relates to a concreting device with a rotary column (16) pivotable on a chassis (10) about a vertical axis (14), a distribution mast (18) pivotable about a horizontal axis (20) on the rotary column (16) and having at least two extended pole ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5523678 | Contact mechanism for transportation comprising suction unit equipped with floating mechanism A suction unit for an IC component transport assembly. The suction unit includes a support block that is fixedly attached to the moving element of the transport assembly. The suction unit further includes a swinging block and a floating block to allow the... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5523838 | Optical wavemeter employing a length measuring machine with a white light source for achieving maximum interfering efficiency Each of beams originated from a light source to be measured and a white light source is branched by a beam splitter into two beams, which are reflected by a fixed and a movable mirrors respectively to meet each other again so as to generate interfering li... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522456 | Overflow with threaded plastic fillneck for surge tanks and overflow reservoirs An overflow arrangement which includes an upstanding fluid retaining wall spaced radially outwardly from and encircling an upstanding externally threaded fillneck on a surge tank or overflow reservoir so as to define an annular channel therebetween. A cap... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522100 | Stretcher with transfer board which retracts between litter and frame A stretcher includes a patient support portion vertically movably supported on a wheeled base by a lift arrangement. Two pivot members are supported on the support portion for pivotal movement about respective vertical axes, and each support a respective ... | 06/04/1996 |
