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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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| 20100179787 | AERIAL ROOF ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A system that allows the remote measurement of the size, geometry, pitch and orientation of the roof sections of a building and then uses the information to provide an estimate to repair or replace the roof, or to install equipment thereon. The system includes an aerial... | 07/15/2010 |
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| 20100070229 | PREDICTION ALGORITHM FOR SCNNING AN OBJECT A distance measuring measurement instrument and a method for such a station for scanning a surface or volume of an object are disclosed. The measurement instrument includes a position calculating circuit adapted to calculate position data including at least horizontal a... | 03/18/2010 |
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| 20090187009 | SCALE-UP METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME The present invention provides methods of and systems for translating conditions from a small-volume experiment to a larger-volume experiment.... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090157348 | Method and Apparatus for Calculating Effective Volume of Diesel Particulate Filter A method for calculating the effective volume of a diesel particulate filter invention may include: determining whether regeneration efficiency exists; determining, if regeneration efficiency exists, whether a learning condition of the ash coefficient is satisfied; dete... | 06/18/2009 |
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| 20080262789 | Aerial roof estimation system and method A system that allows the remote measurement of the size, geometry, pitch and orientation of the roof sections of a building and then uses the information to provide an estimate to repair or replace the roof, or to install equipment thereon. The system includes an aerial... | 10/23/2008 |
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| 20080221829 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND NUMERICALLY DISPLAYING A VOLUME DEPENDENT CHARACTERISTIC OF ANY UNSEPARATED PART OF AN ITEM An apparatus and method for determining and numerically displaying the volume of an item or any part of the item by passing a manually held sensor member freely movable in both vertical and horizontal directions over and along an item lying on a support surface. The sen... | 09/11/2008 |
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| 20080082292 | Method for contracting transportation A method for contracting transportation. A contractor uses scanning apparatus to accurately determine the volume of objects to be moved, and sends out contractor requests for quotation to a large number of moving companies. The contractor forwards the resulting moving c... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080052036 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM An information processing method, an information processing apparatus and a program can prevent errors from arising when associating point group data obtained by actually measuring an item such as a metal part and design data defining the item. The characteristic value ... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080035390 | Dimensioning and weighing system An apparatus for measuring the weight of items on a conveyor includes a scale that generates a first signal corresponding to the weight of the items. A movable platform transports the items to the scale and generates a second signal corresponding to position of the item... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080004833 | Method for the Nondestructive Determination of the Inner Dimensions and/or the Outer Dimensions of a Shoe and/or of a Last The method serves for the nondestructive determination of all or particular selected inner dimensions and/or outer dimensions of a shoe, boot or the like and/or the outer dimensions of a last that is used to make a shoe. To this end, use is made of a measuring arrangeme... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070233426 | Using a virtual profile library A method of using a virtual profile library to determine the profile of an integrated circuit structure includes measuring a signal off the structure with a metrology device. The measurement generates a measured signal. The measured signal is compared to a plurality of ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070162253 | QUILTING AND SEWING CALCULATOR The present invention comprises a calculator for performing sewing calculations. The calculator includes a processor and an input device connected to the processor. A display is connected to the processor. Software operates on the processor to receive quilt function ope... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070143067 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING PHYSICAL VOLUME Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for determining a volume of liquid product in a manifold set of tanks. The method includes identifying a plurality of book volumes of liquid product in the manifold set of tanks. The method further includes i... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070050172 | Method and apparatus for measuring throat areas of gas turbine engine nozzle assemblies A method for measuring a throat area of a turbine nozzle assembly that includes at least one airfoil extending between an inner band and an outer band is provided. The method includes locating a plurality of datum points on the at least one airfoil using a measuring sys... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060155509 | Apparatus and method for producing a numeric display corresponding to the volume of a selected segment of an item An apparatus and method for displaying the weight or cost of an uncut selected segment of an item involves passing a position indicating member over the item lying on a support surface. The position indicating member carries one or more sensors which generate signals co... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20050283333 | Vehicle air bag electrical system A vehicle air bag electrical system including an air bag control module; electrical conductors connected to the control module; an electrical connector connected to the electrical conductors; and a filter circuit coupled to the electrical conductors. The filter circuit ... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050246131 | Method and system for monitoring of fluid-filled domains in a medium based on interface waves propagating along their surfaces The invention relates to monitoring of fluid-filled domains in various media including, for example, subterranean formations, construction elements, bones. Claimed are a method for determining characteristic sizes of a fluid-filled crack in a medium and a system for imp... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050222805 | Apparatus and method for producing a numeric display corresponding to the volume of a selected segment of an item An apparatus and method for displaying the weight or cost of an uncut selected segment of an item involves passing a position indicating member over the item lying on a support surface. The position indicating member carries one or more sensors which generate signals co... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050171729 | Method and apparatus to view capacity information of bags and testimonial information concerning products An on-line shopping system to provide capacity information for the sales of bags is provided herein. More specifically, a user can select indications of various displayed items and, in response, the system provides an indication as to whether the items would fit within ... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050027475 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE VOLUME SCATTERING FUNCTION OF OCEAN WATERS IN THE BACKWARD DIRECTION USING A SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR SENSOR A method of determining the Volume Scattering Function of Ocean Waters in the backward direction using a Satellite Ocean Color Sensor the said method made to exploit the geometry of the sun-ocean-satellite detector to function as a backscatter system comprising of the s... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050021285 | Method of determining a dimension of a sample of a construction material and associated apparatus An apparatus for determining a volume of a construction material sample is provided, comprising at least one sample-interacting device configured to interact with the construction material sample so as to determine at least one surface characteristic thereof. A computer... | 01/27/2005 |
