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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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Class 119/242 - Feeding method


Subclass of Class 119 - Animal husbandry
Definition: Subject matter relating to a process for the nourishment
No. of patents: 13
Last issue date: 10/17/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7121227Methods for raising pre-adult anadromous fish
The invention relates to methods, compositions and kits for improving the raising of pre-adult anadromous fish, or preparing pre-adult anadromous fish for transfer to seawater. The methods involve adding at least one Polyvalent Cation Sensing Receptor (PVCR) modulat...
10/17/2006
6789502Cultivation of dha-rich prey organisms for aquatic species
A method is provided for producing prey organisms such as Artermia and rotifers, for feeding aquacultural organisms in particular at the larval stage. The method comprises cultivating the prey organisms during at least part of their life cycle in an aqueous medium c...
09/14/2004
6335027Controlled delivery compositions and processes for treating organisms in a column of water or land
Controlled release compositions of matter are disclosed comprising complexes for treating a population of one or more aquatic organisms in a column of water. The complexes comprise at least one system wherein the system comprises at least one bioactive ag...
01/01/2002
5692455Fluidized bed production of oysters and other filter feeding bivalve mollusks using shrimp pond water
A land-based, closed facility for the production of bivalve mollusks in a fluidized bed using shrimp pond water. The facility comprises a vertical column built on a base tank that circulates shrimp pond water from a system of pipes. The shrimp pond water ...
12/02/1997
5603470Airborne towed aerobody employing an expendable towing/deployment mechanism
A launching and regulation system that incorporates an expendable towing and deployment mechanism for use with a towed aerobody that provides for launching and controlled tow line payout between the towed aerobody and a towing vehicle. The system comprise...
02/18/1997
5193482Method of keeping captive Zebra mussels alive
A process for keeping Zebra mussels alive for extended periods of time in a laboratory environment is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of the process involves securing live, wild Zebra mussels from one of the Great Lakes and submerging them in an aerat...
03/16/1993
5158788Feed for aquaculture
The present invention relates to a process for preparing highly digestible feed that may be used among others as feed for aquaculture, by a yeast treatment characterized in that yeast cells are processed to hydrolyze at least partially the external layer ...
10/27/1992
5052340Chitin based diet for bivalves
A method of feeding bivalves comprises periodically adding comminuted chitin-containing material having particles smaller than 40 μm to a body of water containing bivalves. Arthropod exoskeletons, and particularly, crab shells, are a relatively inexpensi...
10/01/1991
4594965Symbiotic aqua-culture
A symbiotic aqua-culture system includes a barrier fence surrounding a protected body of water in which is extended a conduit having a plurality of tubes therein and which is coaxial with a tubular screen. An electrode in the form of a helically wound wir...
06/17/1986
4449480Culture of freshwater mussel glochidia in an artificial habitat utilizing complex liquid growth media
A proess, and a composition of matter utilized therein, to obtain transformation of the glochidia of freshwater mussels to the juvenile stage. In nature, glochidia normally transform while as parasites on fish. The instant artificial process involves the ...
05/22/1984
4137868Method and apparatus for growing seafood in commercially significant quantities on land
A method and apparatus for growing seafood in commercially significant quantities on land, comprising a means for and the steps of transporting water from a source of water to a plurality of algal reservoirs, each having a volume equal to or exceeding 21/...
02/06/1979
4080930Bivalve molluscs rearing process
A method for rearing commercially desirable bivalve molluscs such as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops under artificial conditions to any marketable size in substantially reduced time periods. Oyster spat (
03/28/1978
4065875Selective destruction of certain algae
A process is described for the selective destruction of Phaeodactylum cells in the presence of Thallasiosira cells by subjecting algae culture liquid containing these species to ultrasonic waves....
01/03/1978
 
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