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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427037 | Anti-clogging showerhead device A showerhead facilitating draining of water retained following shut-off. The showerhead includes a housing swivelably fitted on a ball-adapter which in turn includes an integral threaded segment for attachment to a water feed line. An air pathway is formed to extend... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7229031 | Energy efficient showerhead A showerhead with an internal valve to control the flow of fluid between a full flow and reduced flow condition so as to save energy and thereby conserve the supply of water. The showerhead includes an internal valve that operates easily between an off position and ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6863957 | Composite structural reinforcement member A reinforced structural assembly comprises a structural member and a reinforcing member disposed adjacent to a wall of the structural member. The reinforcing member is an insert having a carrier portion and an expandable portion in the form of a one-part epoxy syste... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6343389 | Water outlets for an ablutionary device or appliance A water outlet (10) for an ablutionary device has a member which is moved to open and close a vent into the body of the outlet (10). In one embodiment, the outlet (10) is a shower head (10A) having a discharge opening (26) which serves as the vent. A perf... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5193746 | Self-cleaning nozzle A nozzle is disclosed which has a cylindrical nozzle main body. A nozzle tip of the nozzle comprises a plurality of members formed by dividing an approximately cylindrical member in the axial direction thereof and is accommodated in the interior of the no... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4986473 | Crop sprayer shield The conventional spray shield for use on crop sprayers includes a large cover for the entire spray boom. The cover extends downwardly to the top of the crop being sprayed, and consequently impedes access to the spray nozzles and hides the spray pattern. T... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4909441 | Elastomeric flow control valve A pressure modulated flow control valve, particularly adapted for water irrigation applications, comprises an unitary elastomeric pin defining a flow passage therethrough, a sub-chamber formed entirely in the pin and communicating with an inlet to the val... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4682730 | Distributor or dripper for the micro-irrigation of soils A distributor or dripper includes a housing in which a closing member is movable from a seat adjacent an inlet to a seat adjacent an outlet. When in contact with the seat adjacent the outlet, the closing member forms with the housing a restricted flow cha... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4653695 | Pressure compensating drip irrigation emitter A drip irrigation emitter which provides for varying the length of the water flow path through the emitter in proportion to the pressure applied to it from the irrigation system. A housing defines an internal chamber in which a piston is disposed. The hou... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4623094 | Distributor or dripper for the micro-irrigation of soils A dripper or distributor comprises mainly a closing member which may reciprocate in a chamber between an inlet and an outlet, the closing member carrying an elastic membrane provided with peripheral notches acting to filter the irrigating liquid before th... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4593857 | Irrigation emitter unit A drip irrigation emitter is located in the wall (IV) of a flexible irrigation pipe. It contains a flow control chamber (15) which communicates with the pipe interior through a filter (II) and with the outside through an outlet passage (17) extending radi... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4223838 | Self-flushing, constant flow emitter for a drip irrigation system An improved self-flushing, constant flow emitter particularly suited for use with a drip irrigation system. The emitter includes an internal chamber having a discharge orifice defined therein and a resiliently supported plunger disposed within the chamber... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4210287 | Drip irrigation system A drip irrigation system comprising a thin walled thermoplastic conduit having an axially directed thick wall portion, discrete, substantially flat emitter units being heat welded to axial spaced apart locations of an inner surface of said thick wall port... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4193545 | Pressure compensating emitter A pressure compensating emitter comprises a generally cylindrical body member having a longitudinal passageway therethrough connecting an inward port and an outward port and a flexible pressure responsive boot mounted within the passageway for responding ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4190204 | Shower nozzle for fabric conditioner A shower for use in conditioning of felt or wire fabric in papermaking utilizing a two position nozzle. One position is a spray position and the other position is a purge position with the two positions being determined by the relative location of an inte... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4113180 | Flush-drip irrigation emitter A flush-drip irrigation emitter including a compact emitter element, a housing enclosing the emitter element and an insect guard, the emitter element having a pair of confronting oppositely arched flexible walls defining a flush flow passage with sharp la... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4105162 | Regulated flow-reducing device particularly useful for drip irrigation A regulated flow-reducing device particularly useful for drip irrigation comprises a flow-retarding member disposed in a housing, the member being formed with a circuitous fluid flow pathway defined at least in part by recesses formed in both its opposed ... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4095745 | Continuous tube multiple emitter A continuous flow tube containing a series of emitters arranged to discharge through a wall of the flow tube, each emitter forming a flush flow passage collapsible to form a drip flow passage at a preselected low flow tube pressure; the emitters having si... | 06/20/1978 |
| 3974853 | Drip irrigation valve with spring biased plunger A drip irrigation valve comprising an outer member having a passage, an inner member receivable in the passage, a groove in one of the members, and a seal carried by the other of the members. Water can be admitted through an inlet to the passage on one si... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3954223 | Trickle irrigator A trickle-flow irrigation valve of the type which is installable through the wall of a garden hose, and having a pressure chamber with an inlet passage from the hose and an outlet passage through a wall of the chamber in which are also formed a shallow ch... | 05/04/1976 |
