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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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120048809 | Chemicals for Oil Spill Cleanup The clean-up of crude oil is accomplished using an oil solubilizing agent from a class of onium halides to solubilize the oil in water. The oil solubilizing agent includes a quaternary phosphonium halide, a quaternary ammonium halide, or a ternary sulfonium halide. The ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20090294372 | INHIBITION OF WATER FORMED SCALE IN ACID CONDITIONS The current invention relates to the inhibition of scale deposits in an acidic slurry or solution. The current invention uses an aqueous synthetic mixture comprising a phosphate, phosphonate, anionic polymer, or combinations thereof in the slurry and/or solution to inhi... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090294374 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING THE FORMATION AND DEPOSITION OF SILICA SCALE IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS A method for inhibiting the formation and deposition of silica and silicate compounds in water systems comprising adding to the water in the water system an effective inhibiting amount of one or more water-soluble polymers of formula ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090294373 | INHIBITION OF WATER FORMED SCALE IN ACID CONDITIONS The current invention relates to the inhibition of scale deposits in a slurry or solution under acidic conditions. The current invention uses an aqueous synthetic mixture comprising a phosphate, phosphonate, anionic polymer, or combinations thereof in the slurry and/or ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20080223790 | Desalination Scale Inhibitors A method and composition for processing natural water such as seawater, brackish, and estuarine water wherein the water is concentrated with or without heating comprising adding to the water (I) a water-soluble polymeric phosphonate and (II) a water-soluble polycarboxyl... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080223791 | METHOD FOR TREATING FEEDWATER A method for treating feedwater is provided. The method includes steps of introducing a treatment composition into a feedwater stream to provide a treated feedwater stream containing scale inhibitor at a concentration of at least about 0.1 ppm, and combining the treated... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080169243 | METHOD OF INHIBITING SCALE FORMATION AND DEPOSITION IN DESALINATION SYSTEMS This invention relates to an improved method of inhibiting corrosion and calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate scaling in thermal and membrane desalination processes. The method includes adding a composition having an oligomeric phosphinosuccinic acid to seawater or rec... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080135476 | Sludge Quality The invention provides the use of an effective amount of a non-oxidising water-soluble biocide in the improvement of sludge quality by reducing the sludge tendency towards bulking, wherein the biocide comprises an alkyl-substituted phosphonium compound, an alkyl-substit... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20070062879 | Scale inhibition in water systems The present invention relates to use of compositions comprising: (a) a copolymer of an unsaturated phosphonic acid (or salt of such an acid) with an unsaturated sulphonic acid (or salt of such an acid) or an unsaturated carboxylic acid (or salt of such an acid); or (b) ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060191851 | Method for treating feedwater, feedwater treatment composition, and apparatus for treating feedwater A method for treating feedwater is provided. The method includes steps of introducing a treatment composition into a feedwater stream to provide a treated feedwater stream containing scale inhibitor at a concentration of at least about 0.1 ppm, and combining the treated... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20050247637 | Water treatment method in high cycle dispensing systems for scale control The invention relates to a method that reduces limestone scale deposit on surfaces and in heating elements, especially, for drinking water in foodservice vending and dispensing machines without affecting the water quality. The method includes passing the water through m... | 11/10/2005 |
