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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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| 7431212 | Practical mobile data collection and processing system with bar-coded tally ruler A bar-coded ruler (Sierra RapidScan Ruler) and a mobile computer application system (Sierra DigiTally) are developed to efficiently measure and capture dimension, type, quality, and quantity data of objects with three dimensional measurements, particularly of lumber... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7401416 | System for measuring and cutting A system for measuring and cutting includes a portable measuring unit and a cutting unit. The measuring unit includes a transmitter and a measuring processor in communication with the transmitter. The measuring unit includes a first retractable tape measure having a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395609 | 3-dimensional cable guide and cable based position transducer A pivoting cable extension arm (2) has a pivot sensor (3). The extension arm is mounted on a swivel frame (4) having a swivel sensor (5). The swivel frame has two tangent sheaves (4A, 4C) that allow a wide pivot range of the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7363723 | Measuring device A hand held measuring device for measuring for construction or other industries using measuring tapes to ascertain measurements. The device features an extendable tape engaged to an electronic sensor communicating the measurement to a data processor and digital disp... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360320 | Measuring device having flexible tape coiled around a plurality of reels A measuring device having a housing and a slot therein with a retractable coiled flexible measuring tape. A plurality of rotatable reels are mounted on separate axes in the housing. A flexible measuring tape having measuring indicia thereon is coiled around the plur... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7290476 | Precision sensor for a hydraulic cylinder A sensor mountable within a hydraulic cylinder provides a precision signal indicative of the position of the piston. The sensor includes a flexible connector attached between the cylinder piston and a converting element for sensing the piston displacement. The conve... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281339 | Encoder system A structure and associated method to accurately read an encoder tape in an encoder system. The encoder system comprises, a read head, a shoe structure adjacent the read head, and an encoder tape. The encoder tape is adapted to be read by the read head. The shoe stru... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272893 | Rolling electronic length measuring device An electronic measuring device is disclosed which includes a pair of wheels connected to an axle that passes through a drive gear. The drive gear is enmeshed to a second gear which, in turn, is coaxially connected to an encoder disk. The encoder disk has spaced-apar... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263782 | Cable actuated position sensor with spring located inside the cable drum As a rule, measuring cable position sensors consist of an axial arrangement of flat spiral spring, cable drum, and encoder. By locating the flat spiral spring within the interior of the cable drum, the construction length is reduced on one hand, and it becomes possi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7197974 | Position sensor A position sensor includes a stationary frame supporting a rotatable spool onto which a cable is wound in a plurality of individual windings. A distal end of the cable extends through a lead guide for attachment to an object whose position is desired to be sensed. A... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7168393 | Leash assembly for a retractable leash to walk animals A leash assembly having a strap or leash that can be reeled or unreeled for walking animals. The assembly has a handle and a housing attached thereto in which the strap is arranged on a turnable roller device for being reeled or unreeled. The assembly also includes ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7146743 | Length measuring instrument A length measuring instrument capable of measuring, displaying and recording the length around a part being measured by applying a measuring belt tightly to that part and operating the instrument by single hand. A rotary shaft disposed in a housing is provided with ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127827 | Anatomical measuring display apparatus A method and apparatus is disclosed for calculating cup and band size for a brassiere comprising the steps of obtaining an under-the-bust measurement indicative of band size and a bust measurement indicative of cup size. If the under-the-bust measurement is even, th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7103988 | Digital measuring instrument having flexible measuring line An electronic measuring instrument includes a housing, a storage spool rotatably mounted to the housing, and a thin, flexible line provided on the storage spool and extendible from the housing for measuring distances. The storage spool is rotatable in a first direct... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7062859 | Measuring and layout device A measuring and layout device having a stationary member having a flat surface adapted to be marked on and an angle and distance device rotatably coupled to the stationary member. The angle and distance device includes a longitudinally and laterally rigid extendable... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6976317 | Measuring system for recording angular and linear absolute values A measuring system for recording angular and linear absolute values has a scale with a measuring track to create the absolute value that is recorded by a sensor configuration. The scale is composed of at least two segments configured in the same way to record absolu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6948258 | Device for measuring the internal diameter of a pipe A device being used for measuring the internal diameter of a pipe, which including a tape mounted into a flat elongated body having holes to allow a string to be pulled out of the flat elongated body. The tape includes hole at a first end for connecting a first end ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6931747 | Tailoring guide system A tailoring guide is used for taking body measurements for garment fitting. The guide comprises an upright portion of a height at least as great as that of an individual of average height and a spread assembly which is adjustable in height relative to the upright po... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928029 | Combination tape measure and range finder A measuring apparatus includes a housing with a retractable tape, a waveform range finder, and a laser pointer disposed within the housing. The retractable tape includes indicia corresponding to a distance. A save button is further disposed on the housing, wherein u... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6868620 | Digital measuring instrument having flexible measuring line A digital measuring instrument includes a housing containing a measuring line, a rotatable drum engaging the line whereby movement of the line causes rotation of the drum, a storage spool mounted in the housing for storing the line, a crank assembly for rotating the... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6694861 | Precision sensor for a hydraulic cylinder A sensor mountable within a hydraulic cylinder provides a precision signal indicative of the position of the piston. The sensor includes a flexible connector attached between the cylinder piston and a converting element for sensing the piston displacement... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6658755 | Measuring device, and method for programming a soft feature key of an electronic device A measuring device having a tape for taking angle and length measurements, tnd capable of providing a user discernible indication of the angular orientation of its tape relative in any given extended measuring state relative to a predetermined orientation... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6609309 | Device for measuring the length of linear movement A device for measuring the length of a linear movement using a rotary potentiometer improves measuring accuracy, measurement deterioration for a long-period usage and miniaturization. The device in includes a regular winding mechanism, forming a single la... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6381863 | Measuring cable travel sensor A measuring cable travel sensor comprises a housing accommodating a measuring cable drum and a rotary spring operable to urge the cable drum in the direction of winding thereon a measuring cable. A rotary angle sensor is mounted to the housing on the outs... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6234061 | Precision sensor for a hydraulic cylinder A sensor mountable within a hydraulic cylinder provides a precision signal indicative of the position of the piston utilizing a non-contacting electromechanical transducer. The sensor includes a flexible connector attached between the cylinder piston and ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6154975 | Measuring cable travel sensor for sensing travel of a moveable body under differential pressure conditions A measuring cable travel sensor for detecting the position of a movable body and operable under differential pressure comprises a cable drum for winding on and off a measuring cable, a spring for prestressing the cable drum to wind on the measuring cable ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5768797 | Powered reel-type tape measuring device A powered reel-type tape measuring device that has a reel of flexible metal measuring tape rotatably mounted on a shaft in a housing with measuring indicia on the tape. An electric powered motor is coupled to a flexible drive roller for pulling the tape f... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5628120 | Method for the measurement of lengths and angles and an equipment therefor The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for measuring length or angles, in which method use is made of a tape-shaped transmitter element (1) which is provided with markings and is designed to be pulled out of and pushed into a housing (6),... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5619804 | Anatomical measuring tape with indicator A measuring device having, in one embodiment, two measuring tapes held on separate reels in a housing. The housing has two windows for displaying measurement indicia appearing on each tape. Alternatively, electronic digital displays are used to show the m... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5433014 | Digital tape rule with transmitter A digital tape measure includes a transmitter for transmitting measurements to a remote location. The tape measure includes a housing, a flexible tape having a series of optical markings mounted within the housing, an optical sensor for sensing the optica... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5426863 | Tape measure A combined tape measure and calculator is arranged with equally spaced holes along the length of its tape. The holes are read by a number of closely spaced optical readers arranged to generate incremental unit signals for a microprocessor mounted in a cas... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5406715 | Tape measure device A tape measure device includes a belt tape member made of a flexible material. A cursor is slidably supported for movement on and along the belt tape member. The cursor includes a housing and an encoder which includes a relative displacement sensor for de... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5363565 | Fishing line length measuring device for fishing reels A fishing line length measuring device to determine the let out or wound up amount of the fishing line based on the number of spool revolutions. The device has a reel, a spool rotatably supported by the reel where the fishing line is wound up, a sensor to... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5345691 | Optical fishing line meter A fishing line meter optically measures the length of the fishing line. Dye marks are formed on the fishing line at predetermined increments. As the line is cast out or reeled in, the dye marks are detected by the optical sensor. The optical sensor is ope... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5286972 | Photoelectric line measuring device with digital display A distance measuring device measures distance by optically measuring the length of a flexible member, such as a line, as it is left off a reel. The line is provided with a plurality of dye marks spaced at predetermined increments. The dye marks are detect... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5208767 | Displacement measuring apparatus A tape rule or other displacement measuring apparatus comprises a reader means and a member that are relatively movable. The member carries a position track defined by a sequence of alternative markings made in succession along the member. The alternative... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5142793 | Digital linear measuring device A digital linear measuring device includes a housing, a reel located within a housing and a measuring tape wound on the reel. The measuring tape is extendable through an opening in the housing as the reel is rotated. An incremental measuring means is asso... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5060394 | Measuring apparatus with readout display A tape measure 20 includes a display window 24 for presenting a digital presentation of the measurement being made. The tape measure 20 includes an encoder 74 which provides for a combined absolute scale 95 and relative scale 105 for determining the measu... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5044089 | Power-operated measuring tape A measuring device in which a flexible steel measuring tape is wound around a spool within a housing. A motor-powered sprocket wheel has teeth engaged with openings spaced along the tape for extending the tape out of the housing. A separate electric motor... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5035064 | Linear measuring devices A measuring instrument comprises a portable case (45) housing a drum (11) on which is wound a flexible mesuring line or tape (10) which runs over a rotary capstan (15) provided with teeth (16) engaged by a sensor (24) acting as a pulse generator to an ele... | 07/30/1991 |
