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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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Class 15/54 - Rail sweepers


Subclass of Class 15 - Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Definition: Cleaning machines in which the cleaning instruments are
No. of patents: 10
Last issue date: 06/06/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7056715GST sequences from soybean and their use in the production of herbicide resistant plants
The present invention relates to inter alia, Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST) and homoglutathione synthetase sequences from soybean and their use in the production of plants which are resitant to herbicides which comprise fomesafen and/or acifluorfen. In a particular...
06/06/2006
7041651Cellular uptake of bioactive agents
Provided is a composition and a method for increasing cellular uptake of bioactive agents, particularly those compounds termed “small molecules” into the cells of mammalian tissue, such as the epithelial cells of the mucosa. ...
05/09/2006
6758145Track cleaner for model railroads
A model railroad track cleaning car having a cleaning element suspended between a pair of wheeled trucks. The cleaning element is an abrasive material that is affixed to the underside of a weighted chassis that is suspended from a pair of articulating arms connected...
07/06/2004
6581526Apparatus for stripping ballast from ties of a track
A stripping apparatus is associated with a track maintenance machine having a machine frame mobile on a track comprised of rails fastened to ties. The stripping apparatus is designed for stripping off ballast lying on the ties and includes a supporting be...
06/24/2003
6349653Maintenance cart for remote inspection and cleaning of closed track
A maintenance cart in a maintenance system is substituted for a material handling cart in a continuous train of material handling carts circulating on a closed track. The maintenance cart includes both inspection and cleaning functions which may be divide...
02/26/2002
6033291Offset rail grinding
A grinding stone for grinding a railhead surface of a rail includes abrasive material. The abrasive material has a first side surface and an opposed second side surface. The first and second sides surfaces are joined by a circumferential surface. The circ...
03/07/2000
5904100Method and device to clean three rail model railroad tracks
A three rail Model Railroad track cleaning method and device in which a roll of cleaning tissue is unwound from a supply roll and rewound on a second roll in contact with the tracks, at a rate slower than it is travelling over the tracks, so that it has a...
05/18/1999
5695574Method and device for cleaning the ties of railroad tracks
A device for removing debris on upper surfaces of the ties of a railroad track adjacent to the rails thereof includes a frame selectively positioned on the rails such as to be displaced therealong with the frame carrying a pair of cleaning assemblies each...
12/09/1997
5577954Grinding apparatus of welded residue on seam of rail head
A grinding apparatus of a welded residue on a seam of a rail head portion including a rail, a machine table capable of moving forward and backward along the rail, an apparatus base erected on a distal end side of the machine table, a first support disk bo...
11/26/1996
5060335Apparatus for cleaning the surface of a railway rail
The present invention incorporates a caged roller transported along a railroad track by a railroad car adapted for the purpose. The roller is covered with a fluid retaining wear resistant layer which contacts the rail surface. Rolling motion of the roller...
10/29/1991
 
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