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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4765031 | Method for severing the heads from fish A method for severing the heads from fish makes a better yield of fish flesh supplied for human consumption possible. In this method the supracleithra forming the connection between the head skeleton and the shoulder girdle arcs are split off after the gi... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4575174 | Electrical connector hood A hood for an electrical connector employs a pair of identical body porti which are mated together to grasp the electrical connector and to provide strain relief to the exiting conductors. Strain relief is provided by a resilient or flexible strain relie... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574430 | Fish guiding device A fish guiding device is provided for guiding fish for processing in fish filleting machines particularly before and during the fish processing cut. The device includes guiding elements which engage the flanks of the fish and are spread apart by the latte... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4575375 | Periodontal pocket irrigating and medication delivery dispenser and gel system A periodontal pocket irrigating and treatment system includes a dispenser capable of containing a medication. The system enables an individual patient to self-administer a medication or irrigant into periodontal pockets while at home or travelling. A hous... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4571778 | Device for the automatic supplying of fish to fish processing machines The invention concerns a device for the automatic supplying of fish uniformly aligned with respect to their belly-back position to fish processing machines, which device comprises a belly-back aligning section, from which the fish is delivered to a proces... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570784 | Device for raising fish into uniform, upright belly-back position The invention relates to a device for raising fish into uniform belly-back position. To improve the effect of an uprighting station comprising a guiding chute for the fish lying on their side and a controlling edge arranged above the longitudinal center o... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4562987 | Computer terminal support with five degrees of freedom A computer terminal support includes two vertical posts about which respective pivoting collars are free to pivot. Each pivoting collar is affixed to a swivel arm. A terminal support tray is affixed to an outer end of the outer one of the two swivel arms ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4557020 | Device for aligning fish A device for arranging fish in uniform head-tail alignment comprises a rotating gripping device of radially arranged pincer-like gripping elements. These form a vertical slot into which the fish led tail end first are introduced. Following the rotation of... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4546520 | Device for the mechanical processing of fish and introducing the same into cans The invention concerns a device for processing fish and introducing the same into cans. It is characterized in that the fish are placed in alternating alignment in threes or fours in troughs of a conveyor which comprises one middle trough element flanked ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4545535 | Liquid metering and dispensing apparatus Apparatus for spraying plants with liquid treatment chemical such as an insecticide, fungicide, herbicide or the like, includes a reusable container having inlet and outlet hose connections, and a disposable cartridge which is inserted into the container.... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4539995 | X-Ray transmissive electrode-shielded wire assembly An electrode and a lead wire therefor used with a device for measuring the electrical signals emanating from a living body, such as a cardiograph or electroencephalograph employed for examination and diagnostic purposes. The electrode consists of two laye... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4532678 | Needle bar drawing device The invention concerns the gilling area of needle bar drawing devices (gill boxes) for card slivers which gilling area comprises needle bars provided with needles, carried by flexible driving elements and rotatingly driven. In a gilling area whose needle ... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4512769 | Patient employed digital operated syringe device for irrigating periodontal pockets and other soft tissue spaces A periodontal lavage syringe is provided for self home use by an unskilled patient in the treatment of periodontal disease by irrigation of periodontal pockets or other soft tissue spaces. The syringe may have a single liquid retaining barrel or preferabl... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4507823 | Fish processing machine with controlling means for the processing tools A control device for the processing tools controlled by cams with regard to their start of operation and their processing course is provided in fish-processing machines. The cam comprises, as already known, a main cam and one or more cam segments adjustab... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4507824 | Device for filleting beheaded fish The invention concerns a device for filleting beheaded fish. Considering the deficiencies of known machines with regard to the aligning of the fish according to the position of the lower edge of their spinal column and with the purpose of removing these d... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4503589 | Needle bar drawing device In a needle bar drawing device (gill box) for the drawing of card slivers bars carrying needles are led without being connected to each other. In a device which, according to today's terminology, is to be identified as a push bar draw frame pairs of drive... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4500218 | Keyboard key with embedded top character A printing ink is vulcanized on the top surface of an operation indicating member consisting of a silicone-type elastomer and is integrated with the elastomer to form a character of a predetermined shape on the top surface. The printing ink consists essen... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4497011 | Switching apparatus for changing the absolute value and the permanent magnetization direction of ferromagnetic bodies, e.g. of permanent magnets A switching unit (1) for changing the polarity or the magnetic field-strength of ferromagnetic bodies, for example of permanent-magnet clamping devices, possesses a series-arrangement comprising at least one coil (3) which is suitable for receiving ferrom... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4485525 | Device for aligning fish with regard to the position of their plane of symmetry A device for aligning fish to be handled in fish-processing machines is shown. The object of the invention is to lead fish, especially those with approximately circular cross-section to the processing tools so exactly that the processing can be carried ou... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4486625 | Computerized measurement response system An alarm system used in a home or office for determining when the consumption of oil or other utility in a tank has been depleted to a predetermined alarm level, and automatically telephoning a computer located at the utility company's office to report th... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4480587 | Animal cage assembly with reusable filter cap A cage assembly for animals includes a cage having an open-top transparent body and a containment member for the cage body to confine the animals. A filter cap for biologically isolating the encaged animals from the environment surrounding the cage assemb... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4477960 | Method for making fertilizer cartridge A lawn and garden feeding apparatus includes a container made of transparent plastic, having inlet and outlet hose connections and a disposable cartridge which is inserted into the container. The cartridge comprises a gel with plant nutriment and a water ... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4476610 | Method and apparatus for transversely cutting fish In a method for manufacturing fish tail pieces of the same length a fish conveyed transverse to its longitudinal axis in conveying troughs is displaced in the conveying troughs by a pulling engagement of its tail fin and is transversely cut after reaching... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4475729 | Drive platform for fabric spreading machines A drive platform assembly is provided for attachment to the carriage of an existing manually-operable fabric spreading machine to convert the machine to motorized operation. The drive platform is connected to the fabric spreading carriage of the fabric sp... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4468869 | Footwear Disclosed is an article of footwear such as a shoe having an inner sole and outer sole which delimit a vacant space of a predetermined height between them, the inner sole having a plurality of ventilating holes for communicating the vacant space with the ... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4466602 | Adjustable motion control apparatus for fabric spreading machines An adjustable motion control apparatus for fabric spreading machines includes a track which is attached to an edge of the table on which the fabric spreading machine deposits layers of fabric. A pair of blocks are slidably mounted on the track and a rail ... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4463478 | Device for shifting fish into position for decapitating A device for positioning of fish into their correct position for decapitating is disclosed. This device is applicable in fish-processing machines in which the fish lying transverse to their longitudinal extension in receiving troughs of a chain of troughs... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4463232 | Membrane switch having spacer posts Disclosed is a pushbutton-type switch such as used on the keyboard of a small-size electronic computer. The switch includes a main member carrying a movable contact and one or more projections or posts of lesser height than the movable contact. Upon appli... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4457081 | Cooling process for material beds of bulk materials In a cooling process for material beds of bulk materials like cement clinker taking place on grate coolers increased bed depths and increased air velocities are provided by decelerating an upper layer of the material bed, which may be a fluidized bed of a... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4445627 | Apparatus and method for adjustment of volumetric cavities for gravimetric metering of liquids Gravimetric apparatus is provided to mechanically adjust the internal capacity of a volumetric liquid dispensing cavity, such as a metering cavity, to compensate for decrease in density and expansion of said liquid at ambient temperatures above the temper... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4444706 | Method of forming ball core Wool fiber is moistened and compressed, and the moistened wool fiber is heated in a metallic mold. Said wool fiber is intertwined in the mold and forms a core of a ball.... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4442315 | X-Ray transmissive electrode-shielded wire assembly and manufacture thereof An electrode and a lead wire therefor used with a device for measuring the electrical signals emanating from a living body, such as a cardiograph or electroenecephalograph employed for examination and diagnostic purposes. The electrode consists of two lay... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4417407 | Footwear An article of footwear such as a shoe includes a deformable inner sole, an outer sole, as well as a resilient pumping member and resilient supporting member disposed in a hollow portion defined between the inner and outer soles. The pumping member, compri... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4415515 | Method and apparatus for scoring plastic sheet material Plastic sheet material used for forming box blanks are provided with soft, bendable score lines by applying frictional heat through rapid vibration. The sheet material is clamped under high pressure between a resilient make-ready and a scoring tool, and i... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4406406 | Liquid metering and dispensing apparatus Apparatus for spraying plants with liquid treatment chemical such as an insecticide, fungicide, herbicide or the like, includes a reusable container having inlet and outlet hose connections, and a disposable cartridge which is inserted into the container.... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4402663 | Automatic ignition and flame detection system for gas fired devices Improved automatic ignition system (10) for gas fired devices such as boilers, clothes dryers, ranges, and the like. The system (10) is of the type including a variable resistance ignition means (16) having a particular temperature characteristic disposed... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4400853 | Needle bar drawing device In an needle bar drawing device or gill box comprising needle bars carried by chains is arranged a bristle mat consisting of one or few layers of bristles extending along the whole needle field up to the proximity of a clamping gap formed between a pair o... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4394207 | Apparatus for sealing the valve in a valve bag Apparatus to seal the valve of a valve bag with adhesive and of the kind where bag arrives from bagging machine standing up or somewhat reclining. The apparatus comprises adhesive sprayer (9) over which and fitted thereto a shield (23) with bow-shaped cro... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4392646 | Spreading machine cutter box and clamp assembly A cutter box and clamp assembly is provided in a spreading machine for laying fabric or other sheet material on a cutting table, for the purpose of cutting off the sheet material at the end of each layer which is spread. The assembly includes a housing mo... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4389750 | Device for the beheading of fish An apparatus is disclosed for mechanically decapitating fish, in which fish lying on one of their sides are conveyed transversely and decapitated by a wedge-shaped cut by means of a decapitating tool. In order to perform an exact symmetrical and economica... | 06/28/1983 |
