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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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| 20120019009 | COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM UTILIZING TWO-PHASE FLOW TO FACILITATE HEAT EXCHANGE A compressed-air energy storage system according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a reversible mechanism to compress and expand air, one or more compressed air storage tanks, a control system, one or more heat exchangers, and, in certain embodiments of ... | 01/26/2012 |
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| 20110067641 | Methods and Apparatus For Increasing Upper-Level Fish Populations A method and apparatus for pumping deeper water from a large body of water to an upper portion thereof using wave energy, thereby increasing nutrients at said upper portion and thus the fish populations thereof.... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110027107 | POWER PLANT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWER, AND APPLICATION OF SAID POWER PLANT Power plant comprising: a lower level reservoir, a feed-through (line, hose, pipe, channel) for fluid communication from the lower level reservoir to a higher level reservoir, characterised by a pump arranged in connection with the feed-through in order to pump water fr... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110008178 | WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER A wave energy converter for compressing air from the movement of waves of a body of water is provided. The wave energy converter includes a middle cylinder upon which an upper cylinder slides thereon and in which a lower cylinder slides therewithin. An upper and lower c... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100226798 | Tidal Energy System A completely submersed means of extracting energy from a tidal flow is particularly adapted to pump water to be stored and used around tidal change periods or to stabilize the output of offshore windmills. It can be retrieved and brought to the surface for maintenance a... | 09/09/2010 |
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| 20100219640 | Electrical Power Generation via the Movement of a Fluid Body Systems, processes, and techniques for harnessing the dynamic energy of a fluid body may be used to generate electric power. In particular implementations, harnessing the dynamic energy of a fluid body may include the ability to follow movements of a fluid body and pres... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100126160 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING A FLUCTUATING AND/OR ERRATIC ENERGY SUPPLY INTO A STABLE ENERGY SOURCE In a method for converting fluctuating energy into a stable energy supply, the fluctuating energy is derived from the group of solar energy, wind power, waves or water currents, this energy being delivered to a first pump being integrated in a pressure circuit for deliv... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100032950 | DEVICE FOR WAVE-POWERED GENERATOR A device for a wave-powered generator which is provided with at least one energy generator and lines for transferring energy to a consumer, the wave-powered generator comprising a main module provided with a running rod which is substantially vertical in its longitudina... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090041575 | Driving Apparatus for a Wave Power Device Driving apparatus for a wave power device, in which a turbine is placed in a substantially stationary open tubular element, the tubular element extending through the water surface into the water, and in which the amount of water flowing into and out of the tubular eleme... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080019847 | WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER Apparatus (10) for capturing wave energy in a body of water such as the sea. The apparatus (10) rests on the seabed and comprises a body structure (11) having a portion such as a flexible diaphragm (19) adapted to deflect in response to wave ... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20050271524 | Buoyancy and weight transducer system A transducer system utilizing weighted compression units for transmitting and receiving the flow of a first fluid with the units disposed within a second fluid is disclosed. The system includes a series of weighted units linked one to the other. The weighted units are c... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050169774 | Buoyancy pump device A buoyancy pump device for use in fluid. The buoyancy pump device includes a buoyancy block housing defining a buoyancy chamber therein through which the fluid may flow. A buoyancy block is disposed within the buoyancy chamber to move axially therein in a first directio... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050158184 | Pressure reservoir structure for use in water A pressure reservoir structure for use in water is disclosed. The structure comprises a main float having a space for holding and having a bottom face provided with a through hole containing a water leakage proof rim; a pressure reservoir module positioned onto the main... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050129537 | Wave's power-station New in the art to which our invention is pertains: there is the wave's pumps which pumps out water from the sea through self-cleaning entakes in the special reservoir, then water merges from that reservoir to gydroturbine which is a gear for generator which produces ele... | 06/16/2005 |
