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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 |
| 7993131 | Burner nozzle A burner comprises a body, a nozzle, and at least one attachment element for removably attaching the nozzle to the body. The body defines an oxidant inlet, a feedstock inlet, a body outlet, and one or more passages for conveying the oxidant from the oxidant inlet to... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7654821 | Flint ignited premixed lighter A lighter includes a butane fuel reservoir, a valve, a mixer with a choke, a movable combustion space and movable top door over the combustion space which interact to allow a wheel and flint igniter to initiate a post mix flame above the top of the combustion space ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7637736 | Lighter A lighter having a housing that contains a fluid reservoir and an ignition member; an actuation switch that is disposed on the housing; and a nozzle assembly that includes a nozzle head and a flexible support tube that supports the nozzle head at its distal end. The... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7338280 | Interchangeable piezoelectric lighter An interchangeable piezoelectric lighter includes a casing having a switcher cavity and a valve switcher rotatably received in the switcher cavity wherein the valve switcher includes at least two gas nozzles axially provided therein. The gas nozzles are adapted for ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335017 | Lighter with flint igniter A lighter includes a flint igniter igniting a flame positioned adjacent to a torch nozzle thereof to light up gas emitted from the torch nozzle to form a torch in which the gas released from a gas container of the lighter is distributed to have portion emitted from ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7226285 | Gas flowrate control device for gas burner A gas flowrate control device for turning the flame adjustment wheel of a gas burner is disclosed to include a control wheel, which has an internal gear meshed with the flame adjustment wheel of the gas burner, a big gear surrounding the internal gear, and two small... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7160104 | Portable electronic equipment with integrated lighter A lighter has been integrated into portable electronic equipments such as cellular phones, PDAs, or portable game players. The lighter can be completely stowed within the portable electronic equipment so that no parts protrude out of the portable electronic equipmen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6945771 | Lighter with replaceable fuel cartridge A lighter incorporates with a fuel supply arrangement which includes a replaceable fuel cartridge detachably received in a receiving cavity of a casing for storing a liquefied fuel, and a gas releasable valve extended from the replaceable fuel cartridge for controll... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939128 | Ignition operating mechanism for slide type lighters An ignition operation mechanism for slide type lighters that is capable of preventing accidental ignition or ignition due to erroneous use or the like while maintaining good operability, wherein pivots 22a, 22a for an operating cap 20 ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6902392 | Interference-free cam for hinged-lid lighters A lighter comprising an outer case having a first sidewall disposed in spaced apart relation to a second sidewall, a first end wall disposed in spaced apart relation to a second end wall, and a base connected to the side walls and end walls. A lid having lid end wal... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6659763 | Safety lighter with restricted access to driver disk A lighter includes a housing a housing that forms a fuel reservoir. The housing has a fuel outlet extending from the housing. A valve assembly controls the flow of fuel exiting from the fuel outlet. A flint is mounted on the exterior of the housing for li... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6612832 | Lighter having a two-stage locking type safety switch A lighter having a two-stage locking type safety switch includes a press member pivotally mounted on the liquid gas container, a first-stage safety switch structure, and a second-stage safety switch structure. The first-stage safety switch structure inclu... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6431853 | Lighter The invention comprises a lighter such as a cigarette lighter including a housing. Ignition means are provided for the lighter. The ignition means include a member manually movable with respect to the housing. A lock between the manually moveable member a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6099300 | Extendable safety lighter A gas fueled lighter having a compact storage configuration so as to be easily carried in a pocket or purse, the lighter actuated by sliding a longitudinal portion engaged to the body so as to extend said portion to form an extension having a free end, th... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6036478 | Fire-lighting device A fire-lighting device includes a jetting nozzle for jetting fuel gas, a gas passage for fuel gas to be burned extending from a fuel tank to the jetting nozzle, and a sintered filter made of sintered powder inserted in the gas passage upstream of a small-... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5332387 | Cigarette lighter Disclosed is a cigarette lighter including a tank for a pressurized combustible gas; a normally closed feed valve having a nozzle outlet, the valve being connected to the tank for preventing exit of the gas from the tank and being openable in response to ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5310336 | Lighter A cigarrette gas lighter is disclosed which enables a selection between a substantially clear flame (burning gas) which is windshielded or presents an increased resistance to the wind effect and a red natural flame which can be visually easily recognized,... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5308240 | Flame lighter A flame lighter has a blue flame burner and a luminous flame burner supplied with gaseous fuel from a reservoir through separate valves, and a single ignition mechanism. A first operation ignites the blue flame burner and a second operation opens the valv... | 05/03/1994 |
| 4588374 | Device for controlling the flowrate of a liquefied-gas lighter This device is of the type having a permeable elastic disk (13) disposed in a circuit supplying the burner with gas and subjected to compression by two elements activated by the same control element, an annular compression element (17) and a central compr... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4484888 | Adjustable expander-evaporator and variable maximum flow limiter for a liquified gas lighter A valve for a liquefied gas lighter, which includes an expander-evaporator and a flow limiter for limiting flow of the liquefied gas to the expander-evaporator, the flow limiter including a rigid member, a deformable sleeve of a gas permeable material sur... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4478570 | Flow control device for disposable gas lighter A disposable gas lighter of the butane-fuel type comprises a flow-reducing membrane upstream of the valve and designed to limit the height of the flame. The membrane includes a mesoporous layer whose pores have a radius ranging from 20 to 500 Ångstroms a... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4471404 | Movable electrode type electronic gas lighter An electronic gas lighter is provided with an electricity generating device having a movable electrode. A movable part carrying the movable electrode is moved downward to ignite fuel discharged from a nozzle disposed on a fuel tank. A partition is provide... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4416612 | Cigarette lighter A cigarette lighter including an ignition system of which a striking member support wheel (14) is pivotally supported (17, 18) by a lighter body (10) for pivotal movement in conjunction with the opening and closing movement of a cover (23), to enable the ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4352658 | Gas lighter A gas lighter has a pistol-shaped casing that contains a gas cartridge in line with a mouthpiece which simulates a muzzle and forms a hood overhanging a striker wheel coacting with a spring-pressed flint. The striker wheel is clamped between cheeks of a r... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4179260 | Smokers' lighter A lighter utilizing a piezoelectric spark ignition system comprises a casing composed of a casing body having hinged at one end a casing lid for opening and closing the casing. A fuel reservoir tank having a burner at its upper end is mounted within the c... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4144018 | Cigarette lighter using hypergolic fuel component A hypergolic substance which is spontaneously ignited upon being exposed to the atmosphere ignites the fuel issuing from the nozzle of a cigarette lighter. The hypergolic substance is either mixed with the fuel in a fuel tank or is separately contained wi... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4060373 | Gas lighter Lighter using liquefied gas under pressure comprises a casing, a cap for said casing, a reservoir provided with a valve leading to a burner, and an ignition mechanism comprising an abrasive wheel, a flint biassed against the abrasive wheel, and valve cont... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4036579 | Lighter A lighter of the disposable type is disclosed for burning a fuel such as butane contained in a body member which defines an internal fuel chamber having an opening through which the fuel may pass and including a dual action valve which controls the flow o... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3994667 | Gas fueled lighter A gas fueled lighter wherein a cam member is rotated in response to the vertical opening and closing movements of the cover and the rotational movement of the cam member in a vertical plane is converted into the rotational movement of a bearing member hol... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3985493 | Cigarette lighter with automatic gas shutoff A lever formed at least partially as a bimetallic strip engages between the cover and the burner-valve of a gas-type cigarette lighter. When the cover is lifted this lever automatically opens the valve and forms a gas jet that may be ignited with the stri... | 10/12/1976 |
