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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 |
| 7175599 | Shear mode diagnostic ultrasound A method of diagnosing a subject by delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of an ultrasound mainbeam to a bone surface at an incident angle relative to the surface of the bone to induce shear waves in the bone, energy in the shea... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165412 | IT equipment cooling A system for cooling gas heated by passing the gas over heat-producing equipment to cool the equipment comprises a heat exchanger including a first heat transfer mechanism configured to transfer heat from the heated gas to a first coolant, and a first condensing mod... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7148796 | Environmental monitoring device The disclosure is directed to a sensor device including processing circuitry, at least one sensor coupled to the processing circuitry, a serial data interface coupled to the processing circuitry and memory responsive to the processing circuitry. The memory includes ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140193 | Rack-mounted equipment cooling A gas distribution unit for use in a rack, that holds rack-mounted equipment that produces heat during operation, includes a housing defining a cavity, an exhaust port in a top wall of the housing, and at least one intake port configured to provide fluid communicati... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142634 | Radiation field detection A radiation field detection system, for use with a radiating device, includes a radiation detector configured to receive radiation and to provide radiation strength indicia of amounts of radiation received, a positioning mechanism connected to the radiation detector... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142002 | Test handler emulation A method of testing circuit chips includes providing test chips, the test chips being circuit chips to be tested, emulating a first type of test handler positioner for a circuit chip coupling device that is configured to couple to the first type of test handler, and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097513 | Telecommunication connector A telecommunications connector system for connecting to a mating telecommunications jack includes a housing that is configured to provide a contact chamber, a carrier configured to receive a plurality of insulated conductive lines, and electrically-conductive contac... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7068867 | Ultrasonic position indicator A system for monitoring a position of an instrument in a subject includes a light transmission medium configured to transmit light pulses to a desired region to produce an acoustic signal, at least one ultrasound sensor configured to receive the acoustic signal and ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058026 | Internet teleconferencing A conferencing system includes an input configured to receive N encoded speech signals from N terminals, and a signal processing arrangement configured to determine L encoded signals, of the N encoded speech signals, each indicative of an amount of sound that is lou... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052546 | High-purity crystal growth A method of growing a crystal on a substrate disposed in a reactor, that provides a reactor chamber in which the substrate is disposed, includes flowing reactive gases inside the reactor chamber toward the substrate, the reactive gases comprising components that are... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7019266 | Substantially-uniform-temperature annealing A method of heating an optical member includes providing the optical member, directing heat from a heat source toward the optical member, and distributing the heat about the optical member through a high-thermal-conductivity apparatus disposed between the heat sourc... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012825 | Combined AC-DC to DC converter The invention relates to a combined AC-DC to DC converter. The converter provides the option of coupling to an AC supply source with at least one phase and the further option of coupling to at least one DC supply source. The converter obtains supply from at least on... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6984209 | Harmonic motion imaging A method of determining a property of a desired region in an object includes transmitting first and second energy beams from first and second sources into the object such that the beams intersect at the desired region to induce vibration of the desired region, trans... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6983212 | Battery management system and method A battery management system is disclosed for control of individual cells in a battery string. The battery management system includes a charger, a voltmeter, a selection circuit and a microprocessor. Under control of the microprocessor, the selection circuit connects... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980433 | Data center cooling system A modular data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face, wherein the plurality of racks is arranged in a first row and a second row, such that the back faces of racks of the first row are facing the second row, and ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975901 | Anesthetic-state determing A system for determining anesthetic state of a subject includes a brain monitor configured to measure at least one parameter of brain activity of the subject and to provide at least one brain monitor output signal indicative of the measured at least one parameter, a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6929608 | Apparatus for deposition of ultrasound energy in body tissue An apparatus for providing ultrasonic energy for deposition in body tissue including an array of elements having at least two different sizes and at least one element being aperiodically spaced with the respect to other elements in the array. Excitation of the eleme... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6867655 | Fast-acquisition phase-locked loop The invention provides techniques for compensating for current leakage from a loop filter during off times of a PLL between on times of the PLL, e.g., when a cell phone is in paging mode. The leakage current is compensated by providing offsetting charge to ensure th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6785921 | Infant mat An automatically-opening infant mat that is movable between an open position and a closed position includes a water-resistant flexible material sized to have an infant, at least from the infant's head to the infant's buttocks, placed on the material while the mat is... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6682121 | Sun shade A sun shade for use with and mounting to a side or rear automobile window includes a material comfigured to inhibit sunlight from passing through the material while allowing sufficient light to pass through the material such that a person can see through ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6219395 | Phase alignment of frames in computer telephony busses A communication bus interface circuit includes a local frame signal generator responsive to a device clock signal and having a local bus frame signal output. A synchronization loss detector is responsive to the local frame signal output and to a bus frame... | 04/17/2001 |
