Bizarre Patents
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.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339127 | Contact piece made of tungsten provided with a corrosion-resistant layer made of a base metal A contact piece is formed by a tungsten overlay soldered onto a support, wherein at least portions of the solder layer and optionally of the support are covered by a layer of a less noble metal than tungsten. The corrosion resistance of the tungsten overlay is consi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7204925 | Structure and method of preventing electrolytic corrosion for magnesium alloy member A structure and a method of preventing electrolytic corrosion for a magnesium alloy member (20), the structure wherein a first coated layer (11) formed by electro deposition and a second coated layer (12) formed by distributing PTFE particles on... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7048841 | Contact assemblies, methods for making contact assemblies, and plating machines with contact assemblies for plating microelectronic workpieces Contact assemblies, electroplating machines with contact assemblies, and methods for making contact assemblies that are used in the fabrication of microelectronic workpieces. The contact assemblies can be wet-contact assemblies or dry-contact assemblies. A contact a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6929826 | Self-assembled nano-phase particle surface treatments for corrosion protection An aqueous composition for applying to and treating metallic substrates that does not include chrome or chromium-containing compounds, does not include an organic solvent, and promotes adhesion of overcoat layers that are applied to the metallic substrate. The compo... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6878261 | Surface treatment method of copper foil with silane coupling agent A surface treatment method for increasing adhesion of a surface of copper foil to an insulating epoxy-impregnated substrate used in printed circuit boards is provided. The method includes nodularizing a surface of an electrolytic copper foil, surface-treating the su... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6755956 | Catalyst-induced growth of carbon nanotubes on tips of cantilevers and nanowires A method is described for catalyst-induced growth of carbon nanotubes, nanofibers, and other nanostructures on the tips of nanowires, cantilevers, conductive micro/nanometer structures, wafers and the like. The method can be used for production of carbon nanotube-an... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6632341 | Method for producing a self-supporting metal film Described is a process for producing a self-supporting metal foil (40), in particular copper foil, which by virtue of its constitution has a low shearing strength and which can be structured in a sharp-edged configuration. In this case a base layer of the... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6521114 | Prevention of marine encrustation on bronze propellers From the time that they are immersed into a marine environment, bronze propellers are prone to attack by marine organisms, such as barnacles, coral and algae, which attach themselves to the bronze metallic surface, creating lumps on the propeller, which a... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6419811 | Method for surface treatment of copper foil Disclosed is a process of treating the surface of copper foil without using harmful elements such as arsenic, selenium and tellurium unlike in the prior art. It is possible to, in an easy way, obtain a uniform rough condition and low roughness and produce... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6355366 | Process for coating a workpiece with a lubricant A process is provided for coating a workpiece with a lubricant based on molybdenum disulfide. In the process the workpiece is exposed to a galvanic chromium plating bath prior to coating, so that a hard chromium plating with a hardness of at least 600 HV ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6254979 | Low friction electrical terminals A low friction, low contact resistance coating for electrical terminal members, especially members made of copper base alloys and low carbon steel alloys and plastics, is formed of a coarse electroplate of tin or silver characterized by grains having an a... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6174426 | Tin-plated steel with adhesion promoter A method is provided for enhancing the adhesion of organic polymer coatings to electrolytically passivated (CDC) tin-plated steel strip. The method includes applying a solution comprising 0.1 to 7 percent of an adhesion promoter to the electrolytically ti... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6036834 | Process and devices for the electrolytic formation of a deposit on a chosen group of electrodes A method and device for the electrolytic formation of a deposit on a group of electrodes of an electrolysis support. The support has a plurality of electrodes. Electric charges are selectively deposited on chosen electrodes. The support is placed in the p... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5985125 | Selective copper deposition method A selective copper deposition method, comprising the steps of: forming barrier metal patterns on a wafer; and depositing copper only on the barrier metal patterns by electrochemistry, by which high pure copper film patterns can be formed simultaneously wi... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5932083 | Electrodeposition of cerium-based coatings for corrosion protection of aluminum alloys A process for enhancing the corrosion resistance of an aluminum-containing component with a cerium based coating. An aluminum-containing cathode and an oxygen-evolving anode are immersed in an electrolyte comprising water, solvent, oxidizing agent and cer... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5897762 | Method for coloring tool bit A method for coloring tool bits includes cutting a beam having a hexagonal cross section into a number of segments. The segments are electroplated for forming an outer layer on the segments. The segments each have one or two of the ends machined to form a... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5885436 | Adhesion enhancement for metal foil In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of treating metal foil including sequentially contacting the metal foil with a first solution containing a metal foil oxidizer and less than about 5 g/l of a hydroxide compound, contacting the m... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5833829 | Protective coating A method of producing a coating on a substrate by electrolytically co-depositing a metal matrix M1 and particles of CrAlM2, where M1 is Ni, Co or Fe or two or all of these elements and M2 is Y, Si, Ti, Hf, Ga, N... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5779872 | Composite material having anti-wear property and process for producing the same Disclosed are a composite material having an anti-wear property and a process for producing the same. The composite material includes a matrix of a low melting point Sn alloy having a melting point of from 80° to 280° C., and metallic dispersing particl... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5660707 | Process for improving the formability and weldability properties of zinc coated sheet steel A post plating or post coating method for improving formability and weldability properties in sheet steel product having a protective zinc or zinc alloy layer formed on at least one surface thereof. The steps of the method comprise immersing the sheet ste... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5534128 | Non-cyanide copper-zinc electroplating bath, method of surface treatment of copper foil for printed wiring board using the same and copper foil for printed wiring board A copper foil for a printed wiring board which has a carbon-containing copper-zinc coating comprising 40 to 90 atomic % of copper, 5 to 50 atomic % of zinc and 0.1 to 20 atomic % of carbon is produced by dipping a copper foil in a non-cyanide copper-zinc ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5456816 | Nickel alloy electroplated cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in press-formability and phosphating-treatability and method for manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a nickel alloy electroplated cold-rolled steel sheet excellent in press-formability and phosphating-treatability, which comprises the steps of: (a) cold-rolling a hot-rolled steel sheet at a reduction ratio of from 60 to 85% to ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5326454 | Method of forming electrodeposited anti-reflective surface coatings A method is disclosed for the production of highly diffusive or absorptive metal surfaces. A dendritic crystal structure surface layer of metal is electrodeposited on a substrate, using a bipolar pulse plating technique. This metal surface layer may then ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5294266 | Process for a passivating postrinsing of conversion layers The invention is in a composition and process for the chromium free passivating postrinsing of conversion layers on metals before the application of a paint or adhesive. The conversion layers can be on the bases of phosphate layers, at least two polyvalen... | 03/15/1994 |
| 4904352 | Electrodeposited multilayer coating for titanium A process for the electrodeposition of a multilayered coating on an article formed of titanium or titanium alloy comprises the steps of: (i) cleaning the article by conventional means, such as by descaling, dry blasing, soaking, and rinsing, so as to remo... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4800178 | Method of electroplating a copper lead frame with copper The copper tape that is used in the tape assembly of semiconductor devices is provided with a bondable surface by an electroplated layer of copper. The copper tape is passivated in a weak organic acid solution immediately after plating. In the preferred e... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4721551 | Iridium treatment of neuro-stimulating electrodes Microelectrodes of the art are limited to the charge density which can pass through them. The present invention discloses a method for electroplating iridium metal onto the surface of a metallic microelectrode for use in a biomedical prosthetic device, wh... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4673663 | Catalyst support and process for preparing same A catalyst support and process for preparing same are provided wherein a metal substrate is coated with a layer of adherent alumina with a layer of chromium interposed between the alumina catalyst support and the metal substrate. The catalyst supports of ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4595468 | Cathode for electrolysis cell A cathode for the electrolysis of brine for the production of chlorine and caustic soda, whereby chlorate ions are produced, comprises a coating of e.g. Nickel alloyed with a metallic sacrificial component, the latter being leached out by a soltuion of so... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4585529 | Method for producing a metal lithographic plate A method for producing a metal substrate for a lithographic plate is provided herein by treating the substrate having the thickness in the range of 50 to 400 μm. The said substrate is electrochemically, chemically or mechanically treated in order to prov... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4581108 | Process of forming a compound semiconductive material A process of forming a compound semiconductive material having a plurality of constituent elements comprising electrodepositing a plurality of such constituent elements and subsequently heating the deposits to produce the desired semiconductive material.... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4581109 | Magnetic plated media and process thereof A process for producing magnetic plated media suitable for use in high-performance disk drives is disclosed. A layer of nickel is first provided on a standard aluminum alloy substrate, by electroless deposition, to improve adhesion of subsequent layers. A... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4581258 | Photopolymer coated lithographic printing plate An improved photopolymer coated lithographic printing plate having a thin, glasslike and water insoluble film disposed intermediate a photopolymeric coating and a directly electrodeposited layer of chromium on a sheet metal base substrate, and wherein sai... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4581107 | Process for preparing improved Zn-Ni-alloy electroplated steel sheets Improved Zn-Ni-alloy-electroplated steel sheet can be prepared by electroplating steel sheet with an acid electroplating bath containing Zn ions, Ni ions and a small amount of titanium ions, preferably after pre-electroplating with an electroplating bath ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4522912 | Photopolymer coated lithographic printing plate An improved photopolymer coated lithographic printing plate having a thin, glasslike and water insoluble film disposed intermediate a photopolymeric coating and a directly electrodeposited layer of chromium on a sheet metal base substrate, and wherein sai... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4450209 | Multi-layer surface-treated steel plate having zinc-containing layer A multi-layer surface-treated steel plate comprises a zinc-containing plated layer, a lithium silicate film layer formed on said plated layer and an organic composite silicate film layer composed of colloidal silica and an organic resin, which is formed o... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4445998 | Method for producing a steel lithographic plate A method for producing a metal substrate for a lithographic plate is provided herein by treating the substrate having the thickness in the range of 50 to 400 μm. The said substrate is electrochemically, chemically or mechanically treated in order to prov... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4439283 | Zinc cobalt alloy plating The present invention relates to an improved electroplating bath and process for producing semi-bright to bright zinc cobalt alloy electrodeposits on substrates, and particularly non-planar substrates, to provide enhanced resistance to salt spray corrosio... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4437944 | Process of making long-life thin metal plate for automobile bodies Thin metal plate is cleaned and electrolytically pickled in an acid solution. A zinc layer is electrodeposited on one face of the plate, after which a chrome-chromic oxide coating is deposited on both faces of the plate from a sulphuric acid solution cont... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4427501 | Method of manufacture of artificial teeth A method of providing an improved bond between porcelain and a basis metal selected from gold, platinum, palladium, silver and alloys thereof, comprises depositing on the basis metal a coating of a second metal selected from gold, platinum and palladium, ... | 01/24/1984 |
