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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 |
| 7621253 | Internal turbine-like toroidal combustion engine A novel combustion engine with turbine like properties is disclosed. The novel engine (10) comprises an air intake, a first compressor stage, coupled to the air intake, a second compressor stage, coupled to the first compressor stage, a transfer valve, placed... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7364417 | Compression unit of orbiting vane compressor Disclosed herein is a compression unit of an orbiting vane compressor having improved tight contact between a circular vane and sealing means wherein the sealing means can be easily manufactured. The compression unit compresses refrigerant gas introduced by an orbit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7251928 | Pulse detonation engine and valve Pressure and density of a gaseous mixture are increased in the process of introducing the gaseous mixture into the combustor of an air-breathing pulse detonation engine employing atmospheric oxygen as an oxidizer. The exit valve 20 able to be opened and close... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7080623 | Rotor for an axial vane rotary device An axial vane rotary device includes members defining an outer wing and an inner wing, both of which are affixed to the rotor for rotation therewith. The outer wing defines a surface that carries the radially outer ends of the vanes for axial movement thereon. The o... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6526936 | Partitioned multi-channel combustor A multi-channel combustion device is provided. The device includes an inlet port, at least one radially partitioned inlet zone within the inlet port, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced combustion chambers in which deflagrative or detonative combu... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6273055 | Rotary engine A combustion engine comprised of (i) at least one compression stage, (ii) at least one combustion unit, and (iii) at least one expansion stage is described. The compression and expansion stages include tongue and groove cylindrical rotors in sealing relat... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5423297 | Two stage rotary vaned internal combustion engine A two stage rotary vaned internal combustion engine using cylindrical rotors that spin inside a pair of specially shaped chambers with extendable vanes that seal the space between the spinning rotor and the stationary chamber each rotor and chamber form a... | 06/13/1995 |
| 4890591 | Rotary internal combustion engine and method of starting the engine A rotary internal combustion engine including a housing defining a combustion chamber; a first vane mounted for rotation in the combustion on a fixed axis; a second vane mounted for rotation in the combustion chamber on the fixed axis independently of the... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4676207 | Auxiliary combustion chamber An auxiliary combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine having a semi-spherical insulating ceramic liner and a heat resistant ceramic nozzle portion. The chamber has an outer metal member that is cast around the ceramic liner to impart significa... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4656984 | Rotary internal combustion engine with integrated supercharged fuel-air induction An improved "Wankel-type" rotary engine wherein the same trochoidal cavity employed for effecting a four-phase internal combustion engine operation is also employed to perform a supercharging function in that air is compressed in one chamber (chambers bei... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4657009 | Closed passage type equi-pressure combustion rotary engine A rotary engine including a compressor, an external pressure vessel, an internal pressure vessel defining a combustion chamber, and a fuel nozzle opening into the combustion chamber. Both compressed air and fuel are pumped into the fuel nozzle. Water is s... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4620514 | Internal combustion rotary power plant system An internal combustion power plant system provides a rotary engine and a rotary fuel/air mixture compressor for the rotary engine on a common driveshaft, coaxially mounting each end and supported between them by a gearbox which synchronizes operation of v... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4566411 | Split cycle engine The improved split cycle engine comprises a compression unit 1 mechanically connected to an expansion unit 3 via shaft 2 and to a load via a coupling or centrifugal clutch 5, and a second compression unit 7 which is mechanically connected by shaft 9 to a ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4437441 | Rotary alternating piston gas generator A variable volume gas generator for charging a self-contained power turbine having heat engines for generating hot compressed gases including a first and second module each forming motor for the production of the hot compressed gases, a third module conne... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4388901 | Lubricating oil supply system for a supercharged rotary piston engine A rotary piston engine having a supercharging blower located in the intake passage upstream of the throttle valve. A lubricating oil supply system includes oil passages opening through oil discharge nozzles to the intake passage downstream of the throttle... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4315489 | Rotary piston engine having supercharging means Rotary piston engine having a main intake port in one side housing of the casing. The side housing is further formed with a supercharging air port which is connected with a supercharging passage leading from an air pump. The supercharging air port is so f... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4315488 | Rotary piston engine having supercharging means Rotary piston engine having a main intake port in one side housing of the casing. The side housing is further formed with a supercharging air port which is connected with a supercharging passage leading from an air pump. The supercharging air port is so f... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4004556 | Rotary internal combustion engine of axially sliding vane type Rotary internal combustion engine of axial sliding vane type has sinusoidal shaped side walls with compensation of the mass forces allowing nearly friction-free and high speed operation with sufficient compression ratio. High power output is believed to m... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3993029 | Method of operating a compound supercharged rotary piston engine A compound supercharged rotary piston engine device in which a rotary piston compressor is interposed between a pair of rotary piston engines to form a unit. A single shaft extends through the unit and has coaxial eccentrics for the engines and an eccentr... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3989011 | Constant pressure heating vane rotary engine A new type of engine, which incorporates rotors each equipped with a plurality of vanes and has a volume of a portion necessary for constant pressure heating expansion turned into a volume of an air motor side, is composed by functionally combining vane r... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3970050 | Two-stage rotary engines A pair of sealed engine rotors are connected by links and cranks to a single shaft for simultaneous operation one-quarter turn out of phase. The use of internal gears and eccentrics for driving the two rotors is avoided. The expanding charge in the chambe... | 07/20/1976 |
