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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7352089 | Driving apparatus A driving apparatus includes a stepping motor having a lead screw, a rack, and a rack-retaining bar, a barrel, a barrel-retaining bar, and a connecting spring for connecting the rack to the barrel. The connecting spring includes an engaging portion that engages with... | 04/01/2008 |
| 4410247 | Motion picture camera A three-motion picture camera is equipped with a shutter opening angle adjusting device capable of changing the opening angle of a shutter including a plurality of concentrically disposed shutter blades from 0° to a predetermined opening angle by changin... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4365875 | Motion picture camera A motion picture camera is equipped with a shutter opening angle adjusting device capable of changing the opening angle of a shutter including a plurality of concentrically disposed shutter blades form 0° to a predetermined opening angle by changing on r... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4281909 | Modular camera system A modular camera system includes a basic camera having an image forming optical system, image focal plane arrangement, and predetermined imaging and camera functions. The modular camera system further includes modules that are selectively attachable and c... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4200364 | Motion picture camera A motion picture camera wherein the diaphragm is adjusted in automatic response to signals from two outputs of a digital comparator which receives a first set of signals during each revolution of the shutter at a frequency varying as a function of changes... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4106864 | Motion-picture camera with diaphragm control system having fadeover capability The user selects a fadeover duration by selecting the number of pulses in a reference pulse packet registered by a reference counter. During film transport in either direction, a frame-pulse counter counts up a number of frame pulses equal to the number o... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4106865 | Motion-picture camera programmed for fadeover effects The light-sensitive negative-feedback diaphragm control system of the motion-picture camera includes a stepper-motor coupled to the diaphragm, and a control circuit generating stepper-motor drive pulses. The control circuit includes an oscillator having a... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4006975 | Fade-over apparatus for a motion picture camera Pressing of the camera release button causes start of the film transport and automatic setting of the diaphragm for a normal exposure. When fade-over switch is closed, a forward-reverse counter is started. When the count on the counter reaches 31, a first... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3966312 | Fade-over arrangement for a motion picture camera A bridge circuit contains a photoelectric resistor positioned behind the diaphragm and thus having a resistance varying as a function of the light falling on the film. A second arm of the bridge circuit contains a resistor. The bridge circuit output is co... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3950083 | Fading audio-level controls for sound-recording motion picture cameras A motion picture camera capable of recording sound simultaneously with film exposure and capable of carrying out fade-out as well as fade-in operations. A control is provided for automatically reducing the audio level during a fade-out operation and for a... | 04/13/1976 |
