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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 |
| 8024910 | Methods and apparatus for forming a container An apparatus for forming a container includes a frame, and a forming station coupled to the frame. The forming apparatus includes a plurality of folding plows configured to fold portions of a blank to form a container. The apparatus also includes a transfer assembly... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7096643 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine including a postage-metering or “franking” module including at least a print mechanism for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and a conveyor for conveying the mail item along a mail item conveyor path defined by top and bottom guid... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073308 | Universal automated plastic container closing system By providing two endless loop belt drive assemblies forming a belt driven sealing section, a highly efficient and effective automatic, universally applicable, container closing system has been achieved which is capable of securely lockingly engaging both locking lug... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069705 | Machine to make E-Z open pouch with flap and bulge A form-fill-seal machine for making a pouch style package is provided, comprising an optional bulge forming station for forming a puff or bulge; a heating and filling station for creating seals and filling the pouch; and an optional flap making station comprising a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062891 | Box-closing apparatus A box-closing apparatus has a hanger link having one end pivoted about a fixed link axis on a stationary housing adjacent a station holding a box blank and another end defining a movable link axis. A two-arm main lever pivoted generally centrally at the movable link... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6880309 | Device for straightening and closing the front flap for a self-dimensioning machine for closing parallelepiped boxes A self-dimensioning machine for closing upper flaps of parallelepiped boxes including a base with support surface for the boxes, a couple of drive belts placed at the two sides of the support surface for engagement with the sides of the boxes, a device for detecting... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6837029 | Method and apparatus for closing open end of carton blank A carton closure method wherein heated end side walls of the open end of a carton are initially infolded to partially close the open end of the carton and thereafter subjected to capture between a backup pad and a pressure pad by a linearly reciprocative cam to whic... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6764576 | Method and an apparatus for forming and thermosealing packaging containers The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for forming and thermosealing one end of a packaging container which is manufactured from thermosealing material. The packaging container is placed in a conveyor which brings it into contact with mechanical forming... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6722101 | Continuous circular motion case packing and closure apparatus and method A packing apparatus which includes a feed conveyor adapted to convey articles to a pick up station and a case conveyor adapted to sequentially convey cases, having an open top and a plurality of flaps, to a feed station. Pick up and grid heads are provided and are a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6689244 | Double sided adhesive tape for sealing and opening cartons or cartonlike packages Method of using a double sided adhesive tape for sealing and opening cartons or cartonlike packages, at least one of the two films of adhesive being provided with a nontacky covering, which for sticking the adhesive tape between overlapping plies or flaps... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6622461 | Method and system for closure of the flaps of the end sides of a package in the form of a sleeve A sleeve-type half package is closed by applying two beads of glue on each of two flaps on each end of the sleeve, folding those flaps inwardly by engagement with a nonglued strip between the beads and then folding the other two flaps at each end inwardly... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6453642 | Device for closing envelope flaps A mail-handling machine comprising at least firstly a postage-metering or "franking" module comprising at least print means for printing a postage imprint on a mail item and conveyor means for conveying said mail item along a mail item conveyor path defin... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6381927 | Method and apparatus for folding carton flaps in a packaging machine A flap folding assembly for engaging a work piece, such as a paperboard carton flap, and moving that flap into a desired position. The flap folding apparatus can be used in a continuous motion packaging machine to engage a sleeve type carton flap as the c... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6381923 | Packaging machine A packaging machine comprises a folding box transporting device and a closing device for alignment and insertion of the closing flaps of a folding box, wherein the closing device supports at least one closing tool which rotates, via a drive and a gearing,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6325878 | Method and an apparatus for producing packaging containers for liquid foods, as well as packaging containers The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus (10) for producing a packaging container for liquid foods from a packaging container blank (40) by permanently uniting and sealing at least two of its edges (61, 65) with the aid of a hot melt glue, the ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6006494 | Closing device for book-like containers A closing device for book-like containers, with each container formed by a base and a cover of complementary shape hinged to the base along an edge, includes a first unit in which a grip is operated along a circular path coaxial with the hinge edge of a c... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5842328 | Apparatus and method for forming a container The combination of a carrier for a container, a squaring plate, a drive for the squaring plate, and a sealing assembly. The carrier accepts a container having first and second spaced flat walls that are substantially parallel to each other with the contai... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5687543 | Case sealing system A case sealing system utilizes a parallel link mechanism with a built-in locking positioning system to support a case sealer such as a taper, gluer or stapler or the like at a selected height above a support table whereby the height of the sealer above th... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5664405 | Apparatus for packaging compact discs into respective cases and method for packaging compact discs into respective cases An apparatus for packaging compact disc into respective cases along feed line having one station for opening the cases, a first work station in which an informational leaflet and informational booklet are respectively inserted in a housing portion and a l... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5369933 | Apparatus for folding in the bottom of a cardboard pack A description is given of an apparatus for folding in the front face of a pack (1, 1') made of cardboard coated with plastics material, the front face of which pack is quadrangular in the plan view in the folded in condition and has a transverse sealing s... | 12/06/1994 |
| 4951445 | Handling device and its application to a conditioning installation A gripping head, adapted to be mounted on a handling device equipped with a carriage, of the type comprising a shaft linking the gripping head to the carriage and a first gripping tool such as an axial gripping device, a suction device for example, adapte... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4790116 | Apparatus for automatically packing products in packages An apparatus for automatically packaging products in packages includes a collecting station, a delivery station, a packing station having a shaft-chain device with carrier members and a conveyor which travels through the delivery station and the packing s... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4672797 | Method and apparatus for securing and transferring grid specimens An apparatus (10) for use in securing a specimen (S) in a folding specimen holder (58) having an arm blade (12). A spring clip (26) releasably secures the grid (58) to the arm blade (12) so that one or more specimens may be loaded into the holder (58). A ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4672792 | Arrangement in a sealing machine The present invention relates to an arrangement in a sealing machine through which there extends at least one conveyor (2,3,8,9), which has a plurality of constraining means (19) at predetermined spacing in the conveying direction for packages (7), which ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4581876 | Box closer A mechanism for automatically closing and sealing cardboard boxes, cartons and the like of various sizes. A four- or six-corner glued carton having a hinged cover is conveyed in a first direction to a location where the carton is maintained in a prescribe... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4574562 | Reciprocating folder for packaging machines The invention relates to the reciprocating folders (6) used in packaging machines, packing machines and the like, particularly in cellophane wrapping machines, for folding on one side (103) of an article (3) to be packaged an edge (104) of a sheet (4) or ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4525979 | Automatic bottle sealing mechanism for liquid sampling apparatus An automatic bottle sealing mechanism is provided for use with an automatic liquid sampling apparatus of the type having a plurality of sample receiving bottles and a movable sample distributing spout for sequentially filling the bottles with liquid sampl... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4084489 | Method of forming carton A one-piece blank which may be formed into a liquid-tight carton is T-shaped and is comprised of side wall panels integrally interconnected and numbering three or more to provide a carton of polygonal cross section. One of the side wall panels has integra... | 04/18/1978 |
