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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 |
| 7339283 | Electronic load regulator An electronic load regulation system for a locomotive may comprise a solid state replacement for existing electro-mechanical load regulators that are used to adjust the excitation current in the field windings of the locomotive's generator. A pressure sensor may inc... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7165531 | Negative rate shaping torque capsule A negative rate shaping torque capsule is provided that effectively reduces torque rise of the engine. The device is part of the mechanical governor and allows fuel control rack position to decrease as engine speed decreases, thus reducing the amount of fuel deliver... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6951200 | Fuel injection rate control device In an engine (1) in which the fuel injection rate is controlled by a governor (11) having a construction in which the turning of a governor lever (31) connected to the control lever (16) of a fuel injection pump (12) is controlled ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6807940 | Governor A governor for use in an engine provided with an overspeed protection device arranged to trip in the event that engine speed exceeds a predetermined speed. The governor comprises a centrifugal weight mechanism comprising at least one weight coupled to an angularly a... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6725827 | Spark ingition stratified combustion internal combustion engine A fuel injector (6) and spark plug (7) are arranged in a combustion chamber (5) of an internal combustion engine. By forming by stratification a self-ignitable preliminary air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber (5), a spatial distribu... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6360716 | Governor A governor for use in an engine, the governor including a drive shaft and a plurality of weights carried by the drive shaft. The weights are rotatable with the drive shaft and are moveable relative to the drive shaft. A lever is moveable in response to mo... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5785019 | Fuel injection system for internal combustion engine A fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection pump injecting a fuel in an amount corresponding to a position of a control rack, a governor including a start spring, a control spring and an idling sub-spring biasing th... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5642710 | Governor mechanism A governor mechanism for use with a fuel pumping apparatus includes a centrifugal weight mechanism which is coupled to an output member the latter being coupled to a fuel control member so that with increasing speed the quantity of fuel supplied by the ap... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5535721 | Fuel pump A fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel to an engine incudes an angularly adjustable throttle for determining the amount of fuel supplied to the engine. The setting of the throttle in normal operation is determined by an actuator which is controlled b... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5460132 | Fuel injection pump and prestroke controller therefor A fuel injection pump for an engine comprises a magnetic coupling 37 straddling a partition 36 for connecting a timing control rod 6 and a displacement transfer section 34 of a governor so as to enable efficient transfer of rotational force from the displ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5325831 | Centrifugal governor for fuel injection pump The governor of the present invention includes the reverse Angleich lever 9 one end of which is jointed to the control block 5 which moves in the axial direction in accordance with the movement of the fly weight 3, and the other is jointed to the mid-port... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5195490 | Speed governor for fuel injection pumps of internal combustion engines A speed governor for internal combustion engines, having a centrifugal speed transducer serving to govern the speed, acting counter to the force of governor springs, generating a speed-dependent adjusting travel of a governor sleeve, and equipped with fly... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5148789 | Governor device of diesel engine In a governor device of a diesel engine, a control rack of a fuel injection pump is adapted to be controllably actuated by a balance between a governor spring and an engine revolution speed responsive means. A speed control member is adapted to be manipul... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5113825 | Engine controller An engine controller which is arranged to operate a governor through an actuator which is controllable either by an accelerator lever in an operator's station or by radio control. First and second levers are rotatably mounted on a shaft, and are biased re... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5063900 | Mechanical speed governor for a fuel injection pump of air-compressing auto-ignition internal combustion engines A mechanical speed governor for a fuel injection pump of air-compressing auto-ignition internal combustion engines has a stop bracket effecting the release of the starting quantity and limiting the full-load quantity, a flyweight arrangement with integrat... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5003949 | Governor assist mechanism An apparatus for assisting a primary governor device (20) on an engine at certain load conditions or during transient loading is disclosed. The primary governor device has a control arm (12) which is moved by a primary governor spring (15) via a primary g... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4995362 | Malfunction override device for the fuel injection systems of compression-ignition engines The device comprises a control rod running parallel to the fuel injection pump and affording a rigidly associated collar alongside each pumping element; each such collar is sandwiched between a pair of spring-loaded sleeves slidably mounted to the rod and... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4955344 | Apparatus for controlling rotational speed of prime mover of construction machine A controller having an up/down switch for changing the rotational speed of a prime mover such as an engine, an actuator such as an electric motor for driving a governor on the basis of the operation of the up/down switch so as to control the rotational sp... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4947814 | Retractable throttle stop A throttle stop assembly for an internal combustion engine is provided to return the throttle shaft to an idle position from a full throttle position in the event a loose throttle level mounting bolt occurs. The throttle stop assembly is designed to for t... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4922873 | Electromechanical run/stop actuator for diesel engine A solenoid is affixed to a bracket having a base complementary in configuration to a portion of the housing of a diesel engine fuel pump governor that is spaced from the governor's run/stop member; the bracket is mounted on the governor housing by two bol... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4884542 | Fuel-injection pump for internal combustion engines, in particular for diesel engines In a fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines for motor vehicles, a damping device is provided to eliminate so-called vehicle bucking. The device allows rapid adjusting movements of an rpm adjusting lever, which is connected to the driving leve... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4864994 | Engine override controls An engine override control for an engine (10) which drives a vehicle transmission (18) and an auxiliary variable displacement pump (20) and which is operable to increase engine speed beyond a set engine speed command to increase flow from the auxiliary pu... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4850320 | Electrical gas pedal The safety monitoring of an electrical gas-pedal system having a desired-value transmitter (2), a controller unit (3), a controlling element (4) and safety contacts (8 and 9 respectively) associated with the desired-value transmitter and the controlling e... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4831984 | Centrifugal governor for injection type internal combustion engine According to the present invention, there is provided a centrifugal governor for an injection type internal combustion engine, particularly an all speed governor for a small fuel injection pump which is accomodatable in a housing a cam shaft extends throu... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4802451 | Mechanical governor for fuel injection pump, with reaction force adjusting mechanism for governor control lever A mechanical governor for a fuel injection pump of an internal combustion engine. A governor control lever is mounted on a casing of the governor for pivotal movement about a pivotal axis between first and second extreme angular positions corresponding re... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4785778 | Engine governor with dual regulation A governor (11) for providing at least two different regulation factors for an internal combustion engine (10) including a fuel injection system (12). The governor (11) includes a rotatable flyweight assembly (18,20,22) adapted to be mechanically connecte... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4782804 | Centrifugal speed governor for internal combustion engines Idling/final speed governor for internal combustion engines, having a centrifugal-weight regulator (4) which is used for controlling the idling and final speed and produces, against the force of control springs (8), a regulating force corresponding to the... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4774921 | Method and system for controlling an engine An engine of a construction vehicle is controlled by a system which includes an engine control operation transmitting mechanism having a loose spring means and connecting a fuel control lever and a governor control lever; a decelerator cylinder accommodat... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4750463 | Fuel injection system for an air-compression internal-combustion engine with electronic regulation An electronically regulated fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine with a switchable safety and emergency driving device has a mechanical coupling which mechanically couples the accelerator pedal to the regulator. This coupling operativel... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4735180 | Centrifugal adjuster for a fuel injection pump governor A centrifugal adjuster for a fuel injection pump governor having a driving part driven at an rpm in synchronism with the engine and having a torsionally elastically coupled flyweight holder guided in a rotational guide. Via a step, beyond a predetermined ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4729357 | Control system for controlling an internal combustion engine provided with at least one fuel injection pump A control system for controlling an internal combustion engine which is provided with at least one fuel injection pump which comprises for the control of the fuel injection pump a control rod, a servomotor, which is adapted to be mechanically coupled to s... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4706627 | Speed governor for injection pumps in internal combustion engines A speed governor for injection pumps in internal combustion engines with a regulating sleeve which at maximum rotational speed of the internal combustion engine is displaced as a function of speed within the regulating sleeve travel against the force of t... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4665873 | Governor for fuel injection pump In a double-lever type governor for fuel injection pump providing a governor lever and a tension lever, and securing a start fuel increment stroke in the governor lever by the help of a start spring; a governor for fuel injection pump providing a locking ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4664081 | Fuel injection system for diesel internal combustion engines, in particular vehicle diesel engines A fuel injection system for Diesel internal combustion engines, particularly vehicle Diesel engines, is proposed which has a full-load stop dependent on atmospheric pressure. The position of the full-load stop which adapts the injection quantity to the va... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4656980 | Centrifugal governor for internal combustion engines A centrifugal governor for an internal combustion engine, which includes a sensor lever adapted to engage a cam surface portion of a torque cam determining a starting fuel increment at the start of the engine to displace the control rack into a fuel incre... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4616616 | Fuel control system A fuel control system (10 or 70) includes a hydraulic servo system (17) for moving a fuel rack (15) in response to movement of a rack control member (16). A brushless direct current torque motor (50), having a rotor (51) and a control lever (53) fixed the... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4612891 | Feeding governor of a diesel cycle engine in the starting stage An automatic governor device for automatically governing the delivery of an injection pump of a Diesel engine, in particular of the single cylinder type for use in motor vehicles, comprising a centrifugal mass governor with a spring for governing the deli... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612890 | Centrifugal governor for internal combustion engines A centrifugal governor for an internal combustion engine, which includes a sensor lever adapted to engage a cam surface of a torque cam determining a starting fuel increment, at the start of the engine, to displace the control rack into a fuel increasing ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4604977 | Centrifugal governor for internal combustion engines A centrifugal governor for an internal combustion engine, which includes a sensor lever adapted to engage a cam surface of a torque cam determining a starting fuel increment, at the start of the engine, to displace the control rack into a fuel increasing ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4580538 | Fuel injection pump speed governor There is proposed a speed governor for a fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines having a governor lever for setting the fuel injection quantity and a governor spring assembly arranged to engage the governor lever and counter to which an rpm-d... | 04/08/1986 |
