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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 |
| 4776466 | Surface inspection apparatus Objects to be inspected are transferred successively in one direction on a conveyor and irradiated by a light source and photosensed by a single optical image sensor only, such as a video camera. The optical image sensor is so arranged that it simultaneou... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4775889 | Bottle mouth defect inspection apparatus A bottle mouth defect inspection apparatus having a ring-shaped light source for irradiating a ring-shaped bottle mouth portion to be inspected, a photo-electric conversion sensor for converting a reflected light from the bottle mouth portion into an elec... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4764342 | Reagent handling A sealed reagent container structure that contains reagent material, has a body portion with length and width dimensions each greater than its height dimension and port defining neck structure upstanding from the upper wall of the body portion and asymmet... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4762683 | Analysis device A centrifugal analysis device in which film capillaries communicate with peripheral cells, with a hydrophilic capillary providing the cell inlet and a hydrophobic capillary providing the cell outlet.... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4751386 | Lean detector for determining the offset of an axis of symmetry of a container from its norm A lean detector comprises a first light source for determining the time of arrival of a container at an inspection site, a second light source for determining the time of arrival of a portion of the container at a predetermined position at the inspection ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4731649 | Oblique illumination for video rim inspection An illumination system for video inspection of transparent and translucent bodies to be inspected sequentially while moving along a conveying path has a light source and light-transmitting block partly enclosing over the end of the bodies moving on the pa... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4720192 | Glass bottle inspection unit A glass bottle inspection unit includes an endless conveyor having a series of spaced roller members defining therebetween grooves for receiving glass bottles for inspection. The conveyor member carries the bottles through an inspection station and means ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4717026 | Container scanning and accounting device An apparatus is provided to rapidly and automatically scan the UPC, or bar code, from a series of containers and maintain tallies of the brands and types of containers processed. The containers are fed in end-to-end orientation onto the upper end of the t... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4707251 | Container scanning and accounting device An apparatus is provided to rapidly and automatically scan the UPC, or bar code, from a series of containers and maintain talleys of the brands and types of containers processed. A guide is placed diagonally across the top of the conveyor to catch and dir... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4671940 | Automatic centrifugal balancing mechanism Apparatus for generating centrifugal forces, preferably used in carrying out chemical testing, which includes counterweight means on a rotating plate of the apparatus to automatically balance the rotating plate wherein the counterweight means is displaced... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4672200 | Optical inspection of transparent layers Method and apparatus for optical inspection of transparent layers such as the wall of glass and plastic containers, using bifurcated fiber optic probes. One or more of such fiber optic probes are directed at the wall of a transparent container, and light ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4664525 | Method and apparatus for detecting inferior container In a method for detecting an inferior container, wherein: light beams are projected in different two directions upon a side of a transparent or a semitransparent test container while the container is rotatably driven; both of a transmitted beam which is o... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4664521 | Birdswing defect detection for glass containers Method and apparatus for detecting "birdswing" flaws in glass containers. A container is illuminated using a beam of light introduced at its base. The column of light passes up through the container along its inner sidewall until it impinges upon a birdsw... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4648713 | Method and cuvette for photometric analysis A method for the photometric analysis of a liquid sample in which different path lengths of the sample are analyzed photometrically. In order to reduce the time needed for analyzing a large number of samples, the analysis is carried out with a light beam which... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4601395 | Inspecting and sorting of glass containers A method and apparatus for inspecting and sorting transparent containers such as glass containers having defects in the container sidewalls, and for distinguishing between commercially acceptable and unacceptable defects on the basis of defect type and si... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4579227 | Inspection and sorting of glass containers A method and apparatus for optically inspecting and sorting transparent containers such as glass containers having defects in the container sidewalls, and for distinguishing unacceptable major refractive defects and opaque defects from each other and from... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4497409 | Seam inspection apparatus An apparatus to permit inspection of an object. The apparatus has a track with which the object can move. There is a carriage to carry the object along with the track. A clamp holds the object as it moves. An inspection zone is positioned on the track. Th... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4492476 | Defect detecting method and apparatus In a defect detecting method and apparatus, the image of a bottle under inspection, which is conveyed while being spun, is divided into picture elements arranged in a matrix form, signals representative of the picture elements are generated sequentially a... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4488648 | Flaw detector Container flaws are detected by repetitively sampling the output of a photosensor at a controlled rate dependent on the speed of inspection. Samples are digitized and stored in memory on a first in, first out basis. First in (oldest) and last in (newest) ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4437985 | Container defect monitoring system A color monitoring device includes a mechanism for removing containers from a path and accurately positioning a preselected area with a color monitor. The color monitor produces an output signal representative of the area being monitored which is amplifie... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4429998 | Apparatus for the detection of faults in cups, glasses or the like Improved apparatus is provided for use in detecting faults, such as cracks, "flashes," "short shots" and "grease" deposits, during the quality control inspection phase of the production of molded articles, such as cups, glasses, containers, lids or the li... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4368641 | Out-of-round detector A container such as a glass bottle is inspected for out-of-round condition while being rotated and moved in line through a test area. A transmitter transducer directs a signal such as a 40 Khz acoustic wave to the outer surface of the bottle. The signal (... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4338028 | Apparatus for inspecting translucent articles for faults This invention concerns an apparatus for detecting the presence of faults in a translucent container of the kind comprising a scanning zone in which a translucent container is rotated while being repeatedly scanned by a spot beam of light in a direction p... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4323158 | Bottle neck finish inspection apparatus Glass bottle inspection apparatus including optical neck finish defect detector and mechanism for rotating the container or bottle to facilitate checking of the finish throughout its circumference. Gripping and rotation of the bottle or container is accom... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4208130 | Method and apparatus for optically detecting defects in a transparent object An optical control unit comprises a base and at least one optical assembly having optical emitting means and conjugate optical receiving means with preset and fixed focal distances, the optical emitting means and conjugate optical receiving means being as... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4161366 | Process and apparatus for the automatic examination of eggs for cracks or places of fracture in their shell A process and apparatus are disclosed for the automatic examination of eggs for cracks or fractured surface areas in their shells. The process includes the steps of directing light from at least one light source onto the egg, and detecting and measuring t... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4120575 | Test tube projection system and method A system for the projection of the magnified image of the liquid contents on the wall of a test tube includes a light-tight cabinet, a light source, a test tube holding means which preferably positions the test tube at an angle of 10°-40° from the horiz... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4074130 | Labeled container orientation processor A non-interlaced video camera has twenty four light pipes orthogonally terminated at its field of view, each light pipe having a lens at its distal end focused at a spot on one of a plurality of spinning, labeled bottles. For each of the spinning bottles,... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4066363 | Apparatus and method for inspecting glass containers An apparatus and method for inspecting the side wall of a glass container for ribbon tear defects wherein the container is rotated past a detector assembly. Two pairs of photovoltaic devices mounted in the detector assembly in a vertical line parallel to ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4029958 | Apparatus for inspecting containers A stream of cylindrical metal containers is fed into apparatus having a rotatable turret. The turret indexes each container past a driven wheel for imparting rotation thereto, and the rotating containers are scanned by a split flange detector. At the same... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4021122 | Glass container inspection machine Containers are diverted from a conveyor onto a base where each container is rolled into an inspection station defined by three rollers. A side belt rolls the containers against a rail and one of the three rollers projects beyond the rail at said inspectio... | 05/03/1977 |
| 3963918 | Identification device for machine moulded products Apparatus for identifying which of a plurality of moulds moulded a particular container includes such moulded containers with coded combinations of lens members in their bottom, the lens members being illuminated to focus light to an optical system termin... | 06/15/1976 |
