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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 |
| 7422200 | Plastic ring bearing, particularly for use in MacPherson strut A MacPherson strut tube having an upper spring seat, a spring, a strut tube, and a ring bearing disposed for engaging the spring seat, the spring and the strut tube. The ring bearing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing, and a plastic ring engaged between the u... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7309163 | Thrust bearing assembly with a stack of thrust bearing members A thrust bearing configuration for rotary applications includes a shaft (12) having an external surface (14) and a housing (16) having an internal surface (18). The housing and the shaft are adapted for relative rotational movement. Inner... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7051974 | Pivoting aircraft wing and associated method A pivoting aircraft wing and associated system and method are provided. The pivoting aircraft wing includes a wing member, a carry-through structure, and a spar box assembly pivotally connected to the carry-through structure. The spar box assembly extends longitudin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7000909 | Plastic bearing, particularly for use in MacPherson strut A MacPherson strut tube having an upper spring seat, a spring, a strut tube, and a ring bearing disposed for engaging the spring seat, the spring and the strut tube. The ring bearing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing, and a plastic ring engaged between the u... | 02/21/2006 |
| 5952753 | Motor The object of the present invention is to provide a vibration-proof miniature motor of high endurance including a compact enough double row bearing apparatus having a shaft of sufficient mechanical rigidity. In accordance with the present invention, a motor co... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5828150 | Hard disc drive with a compound bearing assembly A hard disc drive is disclosed, which comprises a compound bearing assembly including a stepped shaft 1 having a large-diameter portion 1a and a small-diameter portion 1b, the large-diameter portion 1a having an inner raceway groove 2a formed in the outer... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5695424 | Planetary carrier having a porous washer A planet carrier of an automotive automatic transmission includes an annular main body portion disposed around a pinion shaft between the carrier body and the pinion gear. A washer formed of a porous material such that lubricating fluid can flow therethro... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5677584 | Bearing assembly for dynamoelectric machines A bearing assembly including a bearing member with a passageway therethrough at least in part defining a cylindrical journaling surface having a central axis and a preselected axial length is described. A partial circumferential or spherical surface on at... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5368528 | Bearing thrust assembly for planet gears in planetary gear carrier assemblies A planet gear is rotatably supported in a planet carrier assembly on needle bearings. A first, gear thrust washer bearing member permits relative rotation between the planet gear and the carrier assembly while transmitting thrust forces between the planet... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5249870 | Non-reversible thrust washer A non-reversible thrust washer is provided. One corner of the thrust washer is curved to abut against a shoulder in the element to which the thrust is being transferred. The other portions of the thrust washers are held in a groove in the part from which ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5188576 | Self-piloting thrust washers A thrust washer pilots on an end of a planet gear. The piloting relationship is established by an outside diameter surface of the washer and an inside diameter surface of the planet gear. Piloting of the thrust washer on an outside diameter surface of the... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4913411 | High-capacity elastomeric combination journal-thrust bearing A high-capacity elastomeric combination journal-thrust bearing comprises at least one encapsulated lobe. The encapsulated lobe comprises an outer tubular member having a first ring joined along substantially all of its outer periphery to the inner periphe... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4856914 | Thrust bearing arrangement A thrust bearing arrangement in which individual thrust bearings are arranged in a plurality of stages. These bearings are connected to thrust-load adjustment devices (1st type with travel limitation, 2nd type without travel limitation) as a result of whi... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4842423 | Sealed bearing assembly An apparatus which seals a shaft mounted rotatably on a bearing member. At least two spaced apart annular flanges are mounted on the shaft. One of the flanges being is arranged to bear radially against the bearing member. An annular sealing member is moun... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4732491 | Downhole motor bearing assembly A downhole drive shaft and bearing structure having a unitary, generally cylindrical housing with a radial bearing surface affixed to its interior; a drive shaft having a radial bearing surface affixed to its exterior and thrust bearing inserts mounted at... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4630943 | Ferrofluid bearing and seal apparatus A composite ferrofluid bearing and seal apparatus which comprises a ferrofluid seal apparatus which contains disposed therein a bearing element, to form a ferrofluid-film bearing with the surface of a shaft, the ferrofluid seal apparatus retaining the bea... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4178856 | Wheel assembly for overhead conveyor An overhead conveyor includes an I-beam having a web and a pair of side flanges. A pair of opposed interconnected brackets are adapted to support a load, and a trolley wheel assembly is journalled upon each of the brackets and movably mounted upon the I-b... | 12/18/1979 |
