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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 |
| 6406832 | Method for fabricating ribs of a plasma display panel A method for fabricating a rib on a glass substrate includes steps of printing a first paste layer on the glass substrate, printing a second paste layer onto a first predetermined area of the first paste layer and the second paste layer having a hardener,... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6407871 | Optical device for eliminating stray light An optical device for eliminating the stray light is provided at a stop of an illuminating system in an optical system of "digital light processing" (DLP). The optical system consists of a stop of an illuminating system, a "digital micromirror device" (DM... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6407715 | Dual frequency band antenna with folded structure and related method An antenna has a conductive ground plate, a conductive first plate set above the ground plate, and a signal feed electrically connected to the ground plate and the first plate. A first distance separates the first plate from the ground plate. The first pl... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6407948 | Circuit and method thereof for correcting over-erased flash memory cells A flash memory circuit has a flash memory array and a processor. The flash memory array has a plurality of erasable flash memory cells. Each of the flash memory cells is electrically connected to a corresponding bitline. If any over-erased flash memory ce... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6403417 | Method for in-situ fabrication of a landing via and a strip contact in an embedded memory The present invention provides a method to integrate the process of manufacturing an embedded memory and the sequential process of forming a landing via and a strip contact in the embedded memory. The method involves first defining a memory array region a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6400354 | Pointing stick device that can effectively sense pressure from its cap The present invention relates to a pointing stick device. The pointing stick device comprises a base plate, a stick, a cap and a base stand. The bottom end of the stick is vertically mounted in a hole in the base plate, and a plurality of strain gauges ar... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400058 | Universal motor with reduced EMI characteristics A universal motor has a stator, a rotor, brushes, and a filter circuit on a printed circuit board (PCB). The rotor has a shaft, a commutator mounted on the shaft, and a rotor core mounted on the shaft adjacent to the commutator. The rotor core is electric... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6399503 | Method of preventing dishing phenomenon atop a dual damascene structure The present invention provides a method of preventing the dishing phenomenon occurring atop a dual damascene structure on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor has a substrate, a first dielectric layer positioned on the substrate, a dual damascene hole... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6398368 | Light pipe for a projector system A light pipe is designed for a projector system. The light pipe gathers the light from a light source and guides the gathered light to an image device in the projector system. The area of the exit pupil of the light pipe is smaller than the area of the en... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6398340 | Ink jet service station with a wiper moved by a wipe sled A printing device has a motor that drives an ink jet print head back and forth along a print track. A service station is installed on one end of the print track, and has a first track, a second track, a slot track, and a wipe sled. The wipe sled slides in... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6398481 | Printer collators for collating printed papers in more than one positions A single tray is used to collate the printed papers from a printer. The tray is moved to different positions to receive the printed papers. Thus, the printed papers are collated into different stacks. The movement of the tray can be linear or curvilinear.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6401124 | Network peripheral sharing system The present invention provides a network peripheral sharing system comprising a computer network, at least one client computer connected to the computer network, at least one server computer connected to the computer network, and a network address table c... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400627 | Sensing circuit for magnetic memory unit A magnetic memory unit includes at least one magnetic resistor, whose magnetized direction represent bit information stored in the magnetic memory unit, at least one read line, a current source for providing the magnetic resistor a bias current to produce... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400510 | Uniform illumination optical device with a concave lens A uniform illumination device satisfies the demands of having a short optic path, a smaller beam size, and desired parallel beams. The uniform illumination device has a beam splitting device for converting light from a light source into a plurality of par... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400484 | Scanner for scanning transparent and reflective documents A scanner has a casing with a transparent platform, a scanning module movably installed inside the casing, a reflecting surface module located above the transparent platform, a driving device installed inside the casing to move the scanning module, and a ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400355 | Pointing stick device with increased sensitivity in the vertical direction The present invention provides a pointing stick device for use with a computer. The pointing stick device has a base plate having an aperture, a stick having a lower portion, at least one strain gauge attached on the lower portion, and a binding compound ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394611 | Solid rod dust-proof structure for projecting apparatuses The invention discloses a solid rod dust-proof structure for projecting apparatuses. The solid rod includes an incident-beam surface and an outgoing-beam surface. The dust-proof structure includes: a housing provided with a first chamber and a second cham... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6394576 | Printing apparatus and method A printing apparatus has an ink jet print head that performs printing passes on a jetting position of the printing area. The ink jet print head has nozzles, each nozzle prints ink spots on a jetting position of the printing area. The ink jet print head pe... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396526 | Ink ribbon positioning system of a color printer An ink ribbon positioning system of a color printer for identifying various positions of a color ink ribbon of the color printer. The ink ribbon includes a plurality of sequentially arranged color frames for storing different color dyes. The color printer... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396486 | Pixel clock generator for automatically adjusting the horizontal resolution of an OSD screen The present invention provides a pixel clock generator for automatically adjusting the horizontal resolution of an OSD screen. The OSD screen is displayed on a displaying device, the displaying device comprises a screen and a display control circuit for d... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397377 | Method of performing optical proximity corrections of a photo mask pattern by using a computer The present invention provides a method of performing optical proximity corrections of a photo mask pattern by using a computer. The photo mask pattern is formed on a photo mask which is used when performing photolithography for forming a predetermined or... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395596 | Method of fabricating a MOS transistor in an embedded memory The present invention provides a method of fabricating a MOS transistor in an embedded memory. A first dielectric layer, an undoped polysilicon layer, and a second dielectric layer are formed on the periphery circuits area. Next, the undoped polysilicon l... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390106 | Multidirectional liquid sprayer used in a wet process The present invention relates to a liquid sprayer. The liquid sprayer has a housing with a hollow inner shell. Within the inner shell are a plurality of transfer pipes, each with a nozzle installed on its lower end, a linking device fixed to the plurality... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392642 | Display device which can automatically adjust its resolution The present invention provides a display device for displaying video frame signals transmitted from a computer. When the display device receives the video frame signals, it detects the number of horizontal scanning lines first, and then compares the numbe... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392274 | High-voltage metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor A method for fabricating an HVMOS transistor that can reduce snapback is disclosed. The semiconductor wafer comprises an N-type silicon substrate, and a P-type epitaxial layer formed on the surface of the silicon substrate. The HVMOS transistor comprises ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6391757 | Dual damascene process A dual damascene process involves forming a first passivation layer, a first dielectric layer and a second passivation layer on a substrate of a semiconductor wafer. A first lithography and etching process is performed to form at least one via hole in the... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6391689 | Method of forming a self-aligned thyristor A semiconductor substrate having a doped well region is provided. A gate stacking structure is formed on the doped well region. The gate stacking structure divides the doped well region into a first area and a second area. The second area is masked. The f... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6390902 | Multi-conditioner arrangement of a CMP system The present invention provides a multi-conditioner arrangement of a CMP system. The CMP system according to the present invention comprises a polishing table, a polishing pad positioned on the polishing table, a plurality of carrier heads on the polishing... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392774 | Multiple position guiding lens image scanning method A scanner has a light and a scanning module for scanning light from a document and generating an image signal of the document. The scanning module has a plurality of light sensors, and a guiding lens for delivering light from the document to the light sen... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387814 | Method of fabricating a stringerless flash memory A semiconductor substrate is provided. A number of rows of layer stacks are formed on the semiconductor substrate with a shallow trench positioned between two adjacent layer stacks. Each layer stack is a polysilicon layer and a sacrificial layer and has t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388775 | Image scanner with an automatic document feeder and a movable light source The present invention provides an image scanner comprising an automatic document feeder and a moveable light source. The image scanner uses a sensing device to detect the position of a lid, and uses a switch mechanism to control the power output of a moto... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388219 | Computer keyboard key device made from a rigid printed circuit board A key device for a computer keyboard has a rigid printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, and a key structure. The rigid printed circuit board has two adjacent but unconnected conductive ends electrically connected to two wires respectivel... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388778 | Image scanner using one scanning pass to perform a preview scan and a formal scan The present invention provides an image scanner comprising a housing having a transparent platform installed on it for placing a document, a calibrating area installed in the housing at a front end of the transparent platform, and a scanning module movabl... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6371593 | Error detection and correction for printer positioning logic A printer has a print path, a code strip disposed in parallel along the print path, a sensor for sensing the code strip, a driving system for moving the sensor along the code strip, a timer, a memory and a position signal generator. The code strip has emb... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372390 | Photo mask with an ESD protective function The invention provides a photo mask with an electric discharge (ESD) protective function. The photo mask has a transparent substrate comprising quartz or glass, a patterned shielding layer located in the predetermined area of the surface of the transparen... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372621 | Method of forming a bonding pad on a semiconductor chip The present invention provides a method of forming a bonding pad on a semiconductor chip such that peeling of bonding pads during interconnection in the packaging process is avoided. The bonding pad is used to electrically connect an integrated circuit in... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6371045 | Physical vapor deposition device for forming a metallic layer on a semiconductor wafer The present invention provides a physical vapor deposition device for forming a metallic layer with a predetermined thickness on a semiconductor wafer. The PVD device comprises a chamber, a wafer chuck installed at the bottom end of the chamber through wh... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6368941 | Fabrication of a shallow trench isolation by plasma oxidation The present invention provides a method of fabricating a STI on a wafer to eliminate the common occurrence of junction leakage in the prior art. The method begins by forming a patterned hard mask on a silicon substrate. The patterned hard mask is a lamina... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6368964 | Method for reducing resistance in a conductor The present invention provides a method of reducing resistance in an Al-containing conductor. An Al oxide layer is first formed on the surface of an Al-containing conductor followed by the formation of a Ti layer and a barrier layer above the Al oxide lay... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367666 | Ink container with fixed pressure modulating mechanism An ink container includes a casing and an ink reservoir. An air bag is set within the ink reservoir for pressure modulation, an air vent enabling air to enter or exit the air bag. The ink reservoir further includes a fixed piece, a helical spring and a re... | 04/09/2002 |
