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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 |
| 7128037 | Method for starting an internal combustion engine of a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle A method for starting an internal combustion engine of a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle, the internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor being mechanically linkable to an output shaft of the hybrid drive via a gear system. The output shaft of the hyb... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6817327 | Electrodynamic drive train A method for starting an internal combustion engine (4) in a vehicle equipped with an electrodynamic drive system (2), which is comprised of an electric motor (24) and a planetary transmission (14) between the internal combustion engine (... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6386168 | Valve cam mechanism for four-cycle engine A valve cam mechanism for a four-cycle engine includes an improved construction. The engine includes at least one camshaft having cam lobes to actuate intake and exhaust valves. A decompression actuator is affixed to the camshaft for pivotal movement. A h... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6250270 | Starting and driving unit for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a starting/driving unit for an internal combustion engine (VM) of a motor vehicle with at least two starting methods, which has a clutch (K) between the crankshaft (KW), the engine (VM), and the vehicle transmission (FG) as well a... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5219397 | Reduced starting load system for an automobile engine A system and method for starting an internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders, each cylinder including an activating and deactivating system for independently activating and deactivating, each cylinder, one cylinder being initially activated to... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5101780 | Reduced starting load system for an automobile engine A control system for starting an internal combustion engine including a control module for controlling the operation of a multi-cylinder multiple cycle engine, a storage battery, a manually operable switch for connecting said battery to said control modul... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4703188 | Power source for starter motors A power source for a starter motor comprising a frame, a hand crank rotatably connected to the frame, a flywheel generator connected to the hand crank, and power transmission electrically connected to the flywheel generator so as to transmit energy to a s... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4626696 | Flywheel propulsion system for automotive vehicles or the like A propulsion system for use in automotive vehicles wherein the flywheel is connectable with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine by a first clutch and with the input shaft of the change-speed transmission by a second clutch. When the engine wo... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4593798 | Idle restart clutching system An idle restart clutch system adopted to mechanically engage the crankshaft of an engine for use in restarting same comprising a spool body adapted to engage the crankshaft for rotating therewith; a momentum wheel mounted relative to the crankshaft for st... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4502429 | Inertia drive type starter for internal combustion engine An inertia starter for an internal combustion engine comprises a driving shaft driven by a DC motor and provided with a one-way clutch which includes an axially movable driving member rotating and axially moving as the driving shaft is rotated and a drive... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4495905 | Starting device A starting device comprises a first power transmitting device connected to a crank shaft of the engine of a car, a compressor driven by a power output from the first power transmitting device, an air motor whose rotary shaft is driven by feeding compresse... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4487174 | Engine starter An engine starter comprises a flywheel relatively rotatably mounted on the engine crank shaft and an electromagnetically operated clutch for selectively connecting and disconnecting the flywheel and the crank shaft. The rotational energy of the engine sta... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4487173 | Apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine Apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine, wherein the engine is started in automatic response to engagement of a clutch between the flywheel and the crankshaft of the engine, has an electric motor which not only can rotate a starter wheel for ... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4481424 | Driving mechanism for vehicle engine and accessory A driving mechanism comprises an electric motor assembly having an output shaft drivingly connected to a vehicle accessory device and arranged to be connected to an internal combustion engine, the motor assembly being designed to generate a high output to... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4420070 | Friction clutch unit An assembly for engaging and disengaging the crankshaft of an engine has a flywheel which is rotatably supported by a bearing system and is part of a first clutch. The flywheel has a second clutch for engaging and disengaging the crankshaft from the trans... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4410074 | Friction clutch assembly A friction clutch assembly wherein the first of two coaxial friction clutches has a friction disc driven by the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and driving two pressure plates forming part of a flywheel which includes a second friction clutch ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4372262 | Stopping and restarting device for the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle An apparatus for stopping and restarting a motor vehicle by means of a flywheel alternately clutched to the engine crankshaft to be driven thereby or declutched to rotate freely for subsequent driving of the engine to restart the engine, the engine being ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4347813 | Apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine Apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine, including a starter wheel for driving the engine, pressure medium activated means for causing the starter wheel to drive the engine, a pump for the pressure medium, and a common motor for driving the p... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4317435 | Method and device for operating an internal-combustion machine with a flywheel coupled thereto Method of operating an internal-combustion engine which is stoppable in accordance with specific conditions and stratable by a fly wheel disengageable from the internal-combustion engine by a clutch and re-engageable thereby when power is required, which ... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4259930 | Device for starting a stationary unit A device for starting a stationary unit, which unit includes a prime mover, e.g. an internal combustion engine, and a machine, e.g. a compressor of a heat pump system, rigidly coupled thereto by a shaft, has a flywheel fitted on the shaft. This flywheel i... | 04/07/1981 |
