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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 |
| 7404551 | Stack quality monitoring algorithm An improved method for monitoring stack quality in a finisher of a printer includes examining the net displacement of a compiling tray after each set has been ejected. A deviation from the normal increments of displacement for each set triggers a “tray full” con... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7325800 | Sloped stack detection sensor and algorithm An improved sloped stack detection system for a multi-function finisher includes a reflective sensor which suspends the conveying of stapled sets to an output tray when staple build-up in small stapled sets causes the stacked output to become sloped. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7284750 | Method and apparatus for handling inserts for printed materials An apparatus for handling inserts for printed materials has been developed. The apparatus includes a printed material conveyor that includes a support post and a gripper. The conveyor receives and supports the printed material from below. After an insert has been pl... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282658 | Delivery point sequencer and method of use A device and method for device for sequencing disparate products includes at least a first feeder mechanism feeding a stream of a first product type in a pre-sequenced order. At least a second feeder mechanism feeds a stream of second product type though a sequencin... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277772 | Mail inserter machine remote control with a scanner An integrated remote control and integrated scanner (20) for use with a mail inserter (10), including a user interface and device logic module (20b), a transceiver (20a) for wirelessly communicating with the mail inserter ( | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255338 | Method and apparatus for processing sheet material The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing sheet material, in particular papers of value such as bank notes, checks, etc., wherein different groups of sheet material are processed one after the other, the different groups of sheet materia... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249758 | Image forming apparatus with finishing unit An image forming apparatus according to the present invention enables a user to remove the printed papers from the finisher without the image forming apparatus mistakenly judging that a paper jam has occurred; and has effects including a preventing the occurrence of... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7080968 | Loading system and method of use A system and method for loading product onto a conveyor. The system includes a conveyor movable in at least a first direction and a metering section located proximate to at an end of the conveyor. The metering section includes a plate mechanism movable between a fir... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055816 | Method of processing sheet-like products, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for processing a stream of sheet-like products, such as printed magazines and newspapers, whereby the orientation of the products in the stream is changed to facilitate subsequent processing. The products are conveyed in an imbricated stream, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6994337 | Book bindery and trimming apparatus Book bindery and trimming apparatus which is directly connectable to the output of a digital printer enable substantially automatic book production. Individual sheets are cut from a printed web, folded and driven into a sheet stacker. The stacker collects the sheets... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6249716 | Printing and finishing documents A printer (2; 52) prints documents which, after arriving in a finishing system (1; 51), are detected and finished in an order corresponding with the order in which the documents have been printed by the printer (2; 52). The printer (2; 52) generates verif... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6196537 | Thickness measurement apparatus An apparatus for measuring the thickness of flat products such as sheets or signatures, the flat products being fed from a pile of signatures to a pocket by a pocket feeder. The pocket feeder includes a first and second roller. The first roller is arrange... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6152439 | Collator system having sheet feeding error display function The present invention provides a collator system comprising a sheet collating device (1a) in which a plurality of sheet supply shelves (2a-2h) are provided, a stack of sheets to be collated are supported on each sheet supply shelf (2a-2h), the sheets are ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6142469 | Sheet ejecting mechanism with contact member and advance descending of tray to prevent direct return of contact member A sheet ejecting mechanism is provided with a sheet ejecting sensor which detects a sheet to be ejected onto an offset tray and an upper-surface position-regulating section which regulates the position of the upper surface of the sheets in accordance with... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5961115 | Method and system of sensing an output level of an output stack of print media in an image forming apparatus A method of determining an output level of an output stack of print media in an image forming apparatus. The print media is transported, one print medium at a time, to the output stack. A sensor positioned in association with the output stack senses when ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5613669 | Control process for use in the production of printed products and means for performing the process The control process according to the invention is usable with high performance production processes for producing printed products by collecting, inserting and/or collating, e.g. with the aid of a drum (10). It comprises recording an image of the products... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5595379 | Operator interface apparatus and method for adjusting binding line timing A timing-adjustment apparatus and method for adjusting a gathering section of a binding line is operable during an initial operational sequence of the binding line for storing a defined time period during which a condition of a feeding device of the bindi... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5547178 | Printer mailbox split jobs overflow banner sheet indicator system In a shared users printing system, with an electronic printer for printing print jobs of respective different plural users, with a printer mailbox system for receiving the print jobs in multiple mailbox bins of a limited sheet capacity, and a sheet distri... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5321624 | Insertion machine having multiple document detector A multiple-document detection system for an insertion machine comprises a plurality of document detectors, each detector being preset to a successive maximum allowable document-group-thickness measurement; a group of documents whose measured thickness exc... | 06/14/1994 |
| 4752684 | Method of marking substantially flat paper articles A substantially flat paper article or product is marked by applying thereto a luminophore. In order for the thus produced markings to remain discernible even if the paper article constitutes a component or part in a collation or composite of such paper ar... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4170346 | Bindery caliper A bindery caliper is provided in the form of a non-contacting capacitive change measuring device capable of determining the page count of a multi-page stack with high sensitivity. The capacitance of a pair of plates between which the stack of pages is dis... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4125253 | Method of providing a stack of predetermined length and apparatus for performing said method From a printing machine a stream of printing products is received. To build up a stack of predetermined length a plurality of part-stacks is successively composed from the incoming stream. Each of the part-stacks comprises at least one product. The total ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4105196 | Sheet collator device A unit having a plurality of bins for holding inclined stacks of sheets to be collated having a reciprocating arrangement supported by the unit which arrangement includes rigid push rods for pushing simultaneously one sheet from the top of each stack of s... | 08/08/1978 |
