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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 |
| 8100650 | Cyclical wave energy converter Systems and methods use cyclical propellers with dynamic blade angle control to extract power from waves. A control system for such implementations can adapt pitching schedules for the blades of the cyclical propellers for efficient energy extraction and/or to contr... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7410344 | Ram air turbine centrifugal brake A brake system for a ram air turbine (RAT) causes the RAT to slow or lock if the RAT achieves an over-speed condition with a centrifugal force operated trigger system that actuates a compression type brake pack to slow or lock the turbine hub. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7326035 | Device for attaching a moving blade to a turbine rotor disk in a turbomachine An attachment device for attaching a blade to a turbine rotor disk in a turbomachine, the blade root forming a male portion engaged and held radially in a cavity of complementary shape in the rotor disk, with means for preventing the blade root from moving axially i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 5951249 | Self governing fluid energy turbine A fluid energy turbine has a radial flow rotor in which fluid driven blades are peripherally distributed about a horizontal axis and in which auxiliary-biased outlet gates are provided for release of high fluid pressures to govern turbine speed such as in... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5820341 | Device with retractable double anti-cone stops ring, and rotor head including it The device includes anti-cone stops projecting outward from at least two coaxial rings that can rotate about the rotor axis on the top face of the hub. Flyweights are each mechanically joined to one of the rings by a mechanism for driving the latter in ro... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5616963 | Wind power generator with automatic regulation of blade pitch in response to wind speed by means of spring mounted blades A wind power generator having a plurality of wind mill blades whose pitch angles stably vary depending upon the wind power. A plurality of spokes radially extend from a horizontal power shaft. A plurality of protrusions respectively projecting from the sp... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5588801 | Flap stops device with retractable upper stops ring, and rotor head including it The device comprises anti-cone stops projecting outwards from a common ring that can rotate about the rotor axis on the top face of the hub and flyweights are each individually joined to the ring for driving the latter in rotation from the "ground" positi... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5487645 | Ram air turbine with secondary governor A ram air turbine is provided for use in driving electric and/or hydraulic power systems in an aircraft, wherein the ram air turbine includes primary and secondary speed control governors. The primary governor includes centrifugal flyweights for cam-actua... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5425619 | Self governing fluid energy turbine A fluid energy turbine has a radial flow rotor in which fluid driven blades are peripherally distributed about a horizontal axis and in which auxiliary biased outlet gates are provided for release of high fluid pressures to govern turbine speed such as in... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5129785 | Automatic variable discrete pitch marine propeller A self-actuating variable pitch marine propeller which incorporates two or more blades having cylindrical shafts which are rotatably connected to a central hub via cylindrical joints; the blades rotate about and translate radially, relative to the hub cen... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5032057 | Automatic variable pitch marine propeller There is provided a self-actuating, variable pitch propeller having a plurality of blades. All of the blades are automatically movable between a first, relatively lower pitch position and a second, relatively higher pitch position, substantially simultane... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4968219 | Multi-stage compressor with seal heating A sleeve seal heating system for a multi-stage compressor is disclosed. The multi-stage compressor includes a mechanism for dissipating heat disposed between and in fluid communication with a pair of compressor stages in the multi-stage compressor. The pr... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4810164 | Pitch change arrangement for a variable pitch fan A pitch arrangement for a variable pitch fan assembly of a turbofan gas turbine engine comprises a plurality of fan blades, each of which has a root portion rotatably mounted, in a thrust bearing on a fan rotor. A control ring is arranged coaxially with a... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4485888 | Vehicle engine cooling apparatus Transversely mounted engine cooling fan in parallel with vehicle engine mechanically driven by straight drive and having blades whose pitch is varied in accordance with engine speed and load for optimized cooling performance. The fan has small radial dime... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4177009 | Rotor assembly A wind rotor assembly is constructed as a variation of a Savonious rotor with two offset compound curve rotor plate members symetrically located about an axis and including a smaller S-shaped rotor at the axis in the space between the first and second rot... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4111601 | Adjustable windmill There is disclosed in the present application a windmill including a wheel having a set of fixed blades and a set of movable vanes whose angular orientation with respect to the axis of the wheel is adjusted automatically for limiting the speed of the whee... | 09/05/1978 |
