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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 |
| D659529 | Washer | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171851 | Kinetic energy penetrator A kinetic energy penetrator is provided comprising a consolidated body of a metal nanoparticles phase comprising metal nanoparticles and a metal carbide nanoparticles phase comprising metal carbide nanoparticles. Methods for making a kinetic energy penetrator as wel... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157497 | Method and loader apparatus for TEM machine work chamber device A loader assembly for a TEM machine having a retractable arm that is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. A hoop portion of the retractable arm also moves between the retracted position and the extended position. A lower closure for holdin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8079648 | Cold-formed cutting tool A cutting tool body that includes an elongate steel body, which has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The elongate steel body contains at the axial forward end thereof a cold-headed socket. The cold-headed socket has an axial forward open end, an axial... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8061783 | Bit holder block with non-rotating wear sleeve A block and non-rotating wear sleeve for holding a cutting tool used with mining and construction is disclosed. A key is used to intersect with notches in the wear sleeve and block at a rear face of the wear sleeve and block to prevent rotational movement between th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8034282 | Thermal energy machine with interchangeable components for processing different sized parts A thermal energy machining (“TEM”) machine is designed with interchangeable components for processing different sized parts within a single frame. The frame weldment includes a base, an upper mounting plate and intermediate mounting plates. In one embodiment, a ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025745 | Device for the thermal deburring of workpieces A device for the thermal deburring of workpieces. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020591 | Indexable stump cutter tooth A stump cutter tooth held by a pocket member, which has first and second edge, and the pocket member being operatively attached to a driven wheel, which has opposite first and second side surfaces. The stump cutter tooth includes an elongate tooth body that has an a... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002054 | Roof drill bit, roof drill bit body and hard cutting insert for roof drill bit A roof drill bit has an elongate roof drill bit body, which has a forward end and a rearward end. The roof drill bit body contains a slot at the forward end. The roof drill bit body contains a dust port wherein the dust port has a central longitudinal dust axis. The... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7959234 | Rotatable cutting tool with superhard cutting member A rotatable cutting tool that is useful for impingement upon a substrate and is adapted to be rotatably retained within the bore of a holder. The rotatable cutting tool includes an elongate cutting tool body, which has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end,... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950880 | Spiral flute tap A cutting tool that includes an elongate body that has a forward end and a rearward end. The elongate body has a fluted portion that beginning near and extends in a rearward direction from the forward end. The fluted portion has a flute that defines a cutting edge. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7926597 | Fixed cutter bit and blade for a fixed cutter bit and methods for making the same A blade, which is useful on a tool that impinges earth strata, that has a blade body with a leading surface. The blade body has a first portion defining at least a part of the leading surface and a second portion. The first portion is made of a first material compos... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922833 | Gas regulator for thermal energy machining A thermal energy machining (“TEM”) machine gas handling system in which the improvement is a fluid-controlled pressure regulation subsystem for controlling the dispensing of a TEM process gas via the regulation of the pressure of the TEM process gas. Such subsys... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7883154 | Cutting tool with water injection to the cutting bit shank A cutting tool assembly mounted on a rotating drum and having a base block, a wear sleeve and a cutting bit wherein a seal is located between the base block and wear sleeve is disclosed. A fluid passage spans from the rotating drum to a discharge location between th... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883153 | Road milling drum having an adjustable width A road milling drum assembly that is for use with a road milling machine. The road milling drum includes a core portion carrying a first road planing bit assembly wherein the core portion detachably connects to the road milling machine. The first road planing bit as... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7855159 | Alpha-beta SiAlON ballistic ceramic armor A SiAlON ceramic armor made from a starting powder mixture. The ceramic armor contains between about 60 weight percent and about 98 weight percent alpha SiAlON phase that contains an alpha SiAlON-bound rare earth element and between about 2 weight percent and about ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7794783 | Articles having wear-resistant coatings and process for making the same A wear-resistant article of manufacture, such as a screen, is produced by the method of providing a screen having a front face, a rear face, and openings extending through the screen from the front face to the rear face, contacting at least a portion of the screen w... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7665934 | Cutting tap and method of making a cutting tap A cutting tap that has an elongate tap body with a fluted section at the axial forward end thereof wherein the fluted section includes a chamfered fluted section and a finishing fluted section. Each cutting thread in the chamfered fluted section has a cutting face d... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665234 | Grader blade with tri-grade insert assembly on the leading edge A grader blade includes a grader blade body that has a recess in a bottom edge, and a tri-grade insert assembly is received within the recess. The tri-grade insert assembly includes a leading insert, a mediate insert and a trailing insert. The leading insert has an ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7611210 | Cutting bit body and method for making the same A cutting bit body that is a part of a cutting bit that includes a hard insert that is affixed to the cutting bit body and wherein the cutting bit impinges earth strata. The cutting bit body is an elongate powder metallurgical body member. A method for making a powd... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7575620 | Infiltrant matrix powder and product using such powder A matrix powder that includes (a) about 15 weight percent of −325 Mesh cast tungsten carbide particles; (b) about 2 weight percent −325 Mesh particles comprising one or more of iron particles and nickel particles; (c) about 2 weight percent +60 Mesh macrocrystal... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7547074 | Overlapping pedestals for supporting a block secured to a rotating drum A pedestal assembly for an asphalt cutter and/or a longwall shearer includes a cutting bit detachably secured in a tool body mounted within a block with the block fixedly secured to a pedestal. The first end of the pedestal has a recess to overlap the second end of ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7530642 | Cutting bit with split wear ring and method of making same The present invention provides a rotary cutting bit for use in road milling, mining and/or excavating applications that includes a split wear ring which is harder than the steel cutting bit body. The cutting bit has a cutting tip made of hard material such as tungst... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7510032 | Hard composite cutting insert and method of making the same A hard composite cutting insert useful for cutting strata such as earth or rock that includes a body that is tough. The body contains a member that is harder than the body (i.e., has a harder region). The combination of the tough body with the harder member (or regi... | 03/31/2009 |
| D588810 | Toolbox | 03/24/2009 |
| 7475949 | Edge cutter assembly for use with a rotatable drum An edge cutter bit assembly for use in conjunction with a rotatable drum having an edge. The edge cutter bit assembly includes a holder that includes a plurality of bores wherein each bores carries a chisel cutter bit so that the chisel cutter bit is non-rotatable. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7451663 | Wear-resistant flow meter tube A flow meter tube is provided having improved performance in the measurement of the flow rate of erosive material. The internal wall surface of the flow meter tube has a smooth erosion-resistant coating thereon to protect the flow meter wall from erosion by the eros... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7416146 | Wear resistant center feed impact impeller The present invention is particularly, but not exclusively, useful for reducing wear of component parts of impact crushers caused by earth aggregate flows during operation of impact crushers. The present invention includes a stepped central feed cone that allows for... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413257 | Rotatable cutting tool with reverse tapered body A rotatable cutting tool includes a cutting tool body that has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The cutting tool body further has an axial length. There is a hard tip, which has a distal end, affixed to the cutting tool body at the axial forward end t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7380888 | Rotatable cutting tool having retainer with dimples A cutting tool assembly including a cutting bit having a head and a cylindrical shank portion of substantially constant diameter depending from the head as well as a bit holder including a cylindrical bore for receiving the cylindrical shank portion of the cutting b... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7360845 | Cold-formed rotatable cutting tool and method of making the same A cutting tool body includes a net-shaped steel body that has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The net-shaped steel body contains at the axial forward end thereof a cold-headed socket. The net-shaped steel body further contains a cold-headed puller gr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7313853 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305747 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293338 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281307 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7210745 | Retainer for cutting bit A retainer for use in conjunction with a cutting bit wherein the cutting bit includes a shank that contains a recess therein. The retainer includes a generally cylindrical retainer body that has opposite ends and a central longitudinal axis. The retainer body has a ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210744 | Manually replaceable protective wear sleeve The wear sleeve in the present invention comprises a rearward split ring portion and an intermediate cylindrical ring portion adjacent a forward shoulder portion. The outer diameter of the wear sleeve intermediate portion and rearward split ring portion is uniform. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207400 | Coupler and roof drill bit assembly using such coupler A coupler for use in connecting together in a driving relationship a first member and a second member in a drill bit assembly. The coupler includes an elongate body that has opposite axial forward and rearward ends as well as contains a longitudinal bore. The elonga... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7168511 | Rotary drill bit having cutting insert with a notch A rotary drill bit insert that includes an elongate body that is rotatable about a central axis wherein the elongate body has a pair of symmetrical halves symmetrical about the central axis. The elongate body contains a central notch disposed between the symmetric h... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7143490 | Tap process for hard workpieces A process and apparatus for producing screw threads in hard material workpieces with a series of taps. The present invention employs a threaded bore formed in a bracket assembly to align and position multiple taps on a rotary machine. The taps are used in sequence t... | 12/05/2006 |
