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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 |
| 7152558 | Electromechanical valve actuator assembly A lever electromechanical valve actuator assembly and arrangement of electromechanical valve actuators that creates a compact actuator assembly to increase ease of serviceability, provide space for engine components and eliminate interference between the actuators a... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6622684 | Unitary engine block having an intermittent contact intake and exhaust lifter system An intake and exhaust system for an internal combustion engine having a unitary engine block the system comprising a power cylinder, an intake lifter cylinder and an exhaust lifter cylinder that are formed integral with the engine block. This engine block... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6382146 | Engine with fuel delivery system An engine employing magnetically actuated valves. The engine includes a combustion chamber, a port, an electromagnet, a valve, a biasing spring, and a valve guide. The valve is operably positioned in relation to the combustion chamber to allow fuel into t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5711265 | Rotary valve drive mechanism An improved drive mechanism for rotary valves of the type used in internal combustion engines indexes the valves in selected attitudes of rotation to align the valve passage with an inlet or exhaust port and hold the valve in alignment for a selectable du... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5626107 | Valve systems for internal combustion piston engines Valves for an internal combustion engine are mounted for rocking movements about an axis perpendicular to a cylinder axis of the engine, and define passage portions extending perpendicular to their rocking axes so that they move between positions in which... | 05/06/1997 |
| 4969918 | Rotary valve operating mechanism A rotary valve is rotatable about an axis and has a port extending crosswise of the axis of rotation. A drive unit drives the rotary valve to oscillate about 180° in such a way that the rotary valve rotates in one direction into and out of the position o... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4875440 | Valve control system for internal combustion engines An improved intake and exhaust valve system for internal combustion engines is disclosed. The system includes a primary valve control mechanism for sequentially opening and closing the intake and exhaust valves, and a secondary control system for modifyin... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4592312 | High efficiency performance kinetic occlude system with rotary valve An internal combustion engine is provided with intake and exhaust gas valving by a single rotary valve mounted within a jacketed housng atop the cylinder. The piston has a shaft extending up through the housing, the shaft defining multiple spirals wound i... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4487171 | Internal combustion engine having diverter valve and separate passage for purging engine Improvements in a fuel injected, internal combustion engine having a first passage for flow of air into the combustion chamber and exit of exhaust gases from the combustion chamber and a single poppet valve opened and closed in timed relation to rotation ... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4201174 | Rotary valve system for motors and the like having improved sealing means A rotary valve system for a motor and the like includes a flow conduit and rotary valve means interposed in the flow conduit. Intermittent sealing means are provided for preventing flow through the flow conduit, comprising a sealing surface intermittently... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4164209 | Internal combustion engine cylinder valve assembly A valve assembly for an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head including a combustion chamber and an induction passage terminating at a valve seat defining an inlet port to the combustion chamber in the combustion side of the cylinder head, inc... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4159704 | Articulated, spring-controlled intake valve An articulated, spring-controlled intake valve, for use in controlling induction flow through an intake port of an induction passage in an internal combustion engine, includes a valve head and a separate valve stem connected together by a hinge member wit... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4142500 | Two-stroke engine and direct thrust piston A cylinder with cross inlet and exhaust ports contains a combination piston and rod having on its piston end a piston head or face and slidably attached sealing sleeve, and its other end is rotatable via a rod bearing attached to a crankshaft. The rotatio... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4119077 | Rotary valve system for motors and the like having improved sealing means A rotary valve system for a motor and the like includes a flow conduit and rotary valve means interposed in the flow conduit. Intermittent sealing means are provided for preventing flow through the flow conduit, comprising a sealing surface intermittently... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4098238 | Rotary valve system for motors and the like having improved sealing means A rotary valve system for a motor and the like includes a flow conduit and rotary valve means interposed in the flow conduit. Intermittent sealing means are provided for preventing flow through the flow conduit, comprising a sealing surface intermittently... | 07/04/1978 |
