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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082959 | Method of manufacturing a panel A method of manufacturing a panel (2) is described, wherein the panel (2) comprises a core of a fiber material, preferably an MDF or HDF board. In order to improve the quality and precision as well as the water resistance of coverings made from the pan... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7322389 | Method of processing wood A method of processing wood into a predetermined shape through compression includes compressing a first wooden piece and a second wooden piece separately; and placing the compressed second wooden piece on the compressed first wooden piece to bond the wooden pieces. | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314071 | Method for enhancing texture of wood panel A method for enhancing the texture of a wood panel. A pattern wood is attached to a surface of a plywood structure to form a wood panel. The surface of the pattern wood is then sanded followed by cleaning of the sanded surface. Thereafter, the surface of the pattern... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7244328 | Composite door, door core and method of manufacture A method for making the core of a door of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC). A billet of AAC is provided from which slabs are cut to the approximate dimensions of the door core. A reinforcing band is secured about the perimeter of a slab. The thickness of the slab i... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7147745 | Bamboo beam and process Bamboo building material and process of manufacture therefor. The material includes a plurality of layers each formed of bamboo segments which have been dried and glue coated. The segments are substantially free of outer nodes and husk and inner membrane material pr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131472 | Method for the production of a three-dimensional, flexibly deformable surface element A method of producing a three-dimensionally, flexibly deformable surface element of wood or wood composite material is provided. A workpiece is used having a thickness at least 5% greater than the thickness of a three-dimensional surface element that is to be prepar... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108763 | Method for manufacturing multi-laminar wood sheets with printed patterns A method for manufacturing multi-laminar wood sheets by slicing from a flitch of natural and/or laminated wood sheets glued and pre-printed with a basic pattern. A basic pattern is printed on one or both faces of wood sheets obtained by rotary cutting or slicing a n... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086444 | Slat assembly for blind A slat assembly for blind includes a plurality of support rods that are sequentially lined up side by side in abutment with an adhesive glue layer coated at the bottom side thereon for a woven fabric of various diagrams and designs to be attached thereto wherein, vi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059381 | Curved window blind A flexible curved window is made by arranging a plurality of fine size elongated rods in a parallel manner. A plurality of strings interlaced between alternate ones of the rods to form a matt-like base structure and a flexible liquid absorbent sheet material wetted ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7021346 | Bamboo mat board and method for producing the same A bamboo mat board element with a double-layered construction, a constant dimension, each of the elements is formed with a projecting tenon at each of two adjacent sides, respectively, and a concave mortise at each of the other two adjacent sides, respectively, for ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004215 | Compressed wood waste structural beams Methods for forming compressed and adhesively bonded structural beams of strands divided from wood waste, and the beams resulting from such methods, are disclosed. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6932078 | Bamboo grid for broiler A bamboo grid for a barbecue grill is introduced, which comprises a plurality of natural bamboo strips, a pair of end retainers and a grid mounting set having a metal frame and a pair of grid mounting plates for mounting the grid set. An arch-shaped bamboo grid set ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6837953 | Wooden tiles and boards and methods for making the same Wooden tiles and boards and methods for making the same are disclosed. The wooden tiles and boards are sliced from a rectangular, elongate composite beam or block, respectively, which are each formed by assembling and securely adhering together a plurality of elonga... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6824641 | Process for bevelling wood-chip boards or boards of similar material and bevelled boards thereby obtained The present invention relates to a process for bevelling an edge of a wood-chip board (1) or a board of similar material, and the bevelled board thereby obtained. The process includes the operative steps of: making at least ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823908 | Method for forming bamboo slats of window blinds A method for manufacturing bamboo stats uses high quality window blinds. The method comprises the steps of slicing and smoothing, streaming and boiling, drying, further smoothing, assembling, and cutting. Through a refinement process with chemical substances, the ba... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6811647 | Method and apparatus for the production of extra-wide veneers A method and an apparatus for producing extra-wide veneers and using them for the production of continuous laminated wood boards by gluing and pressing them from a chain of extra-wide veneers assembled in several layers over and behind one another. The method invent... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6746745 | Composite bamboo blinds slats and method for making same A blinds slat has a major portion being strips of bamboo and a minor portion being one or more pairs of wooden strips that are located at or near opposite side extremities of the slat. The resulting composite bamboo and wooden slat as exemplary resistance to warping... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6701984 | Wood board made of a plurality of wood pieces, method of manufacture and apparatus The process is used for making individual wood boards (52) from a plurality of wood pieces (10). In this process, wood pieces (10) of similar length and are joined side by side so as to form a panel (30). The panel (30) is then cut in a longitudinal direc... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6622763 | Bamboo venetian blind panels and method for manufacturing the same A bamboo venetian blind panel is made without restrictions of bamboo types. The manufacturing method of the blind panel includes the processes of splitting raw bamboos to bamboo blades, repeated splitting the bamboo plates to form fine bamboo blades, trim... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6576079 | Wooden tiles and method for making the same Wooden tiles and a method for making the same is disclosed. The wooden tiles are sliced from a rectangular, elongate composite beam which is formed by assembling and securely adhering together a plurality of elongate wood pieces and possibly one or more n... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6564837 | Process for preparing bamboo timber A process for preparing bamboo timber has steps of slicing a bamboo into bamboo ribbons, combining the bamboo ribbons to form a bamboo cylinder, shaving the bamboo cylinder into bamboo foil, and removing irregular sides of the bamboo foil.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6546980 | Method of fabricating bamboo slats for bamboo blinds A method for fabricating bamboo blind slats is disclosed. The steps include splitting a selected bamboo stem into several bamboo strips, removing the skins and joints from the bamboo strips before being disinfected and dried and then trimming them to fine... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6533005 | Method of making a hybrid wood product The invention provides a method of making a hybrid wood product that includes a void-free contact surface for abutment to another surface, for example a glass sheet. First, composite wood products are laminated to, and encompass, a solid-sawn lumber key. ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6481476 | Method of manufacturing artificially figured veneer or artificially figured board The present invention provides the method of manufacturing the artificially figured veneer or artificially figured board at high productivity with the expression of the grain and figure of natural wood in very similar form observed in natural woods, in ad... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6428871 | Method of manufacturing decorative wood products from engineered wood products The present invention relates to a method for forming a decorative, resilient, wood product from an engineered structural wood product. The invention includes utilizing a sheet of engineered structural wood product, cutting the sheet lengthwise into plank... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6374880 | Method of making edge densified lumber product The invention is an edge densified lumber product of improved strength and stiffness and the method of its manufacture. The method is based on the parallel lamination of multiple plies of wood veneer. Narrow longitudinal reinforcing strips are laid along ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6358352 | Method for creating higher grade wood products from lower grade lumber The present invention is directed to a process whereby low-grade lumber, (i.e., lumber having surface defects such as knots, voids, wane, and bark pockets, and warp defects such as twist, bow, crook and sweep), is converted to higher grade lumber and pane... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6350331 | Method for laminating woody fiberboard It is to provide a method for laminating a woody fiberboard in which woody fiberboards are laminated with increasing the strength thereof, the laminated woody fiberboard is processed into a prescribed shape and the strength of the processed article is inc... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6321803 | Wooden blind slats and method for making same A method for making a wooden blind slat includes a first step of cutting a tree trunk of a length into a plurality of rectangular slices, which are properly smoothed by a dressing tool before they are randomly joined together by an adhesive to form a rect... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6276413 | Method of making a wood product A method of making two wood products using a single attaching or laminating step. A cut is made only partially through a first piece of wood. A second piece of wood is laminated or otherwise attached to the first piece of wood to make a composite piece of... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6203653 | Method of making engineered mouldings A technique for forming a contoured axially extending engineered moulding that has at least one axially extending exposed surface. The technique includes providing an elongated outer wood section. A substrate having at least one axially extending side is ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6192949 | Method for making bamboo blind slats A method is designed for making bamboo blind slats. The method comprises an initial step in which a selected bamboo stem is split into a plurality of bamboo strips, which are then skinned and disinfected with a sulfur fume for over 12 hours. The disinfect... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6186200 | Composite wooden articles and a method of their manufacturing A method of manufacturing tiles from waste wood uses round crosscut wood slices, a binder, and a filler. The slices, all generally of a thickness, are placed on the flat bottom of a die within side walls. Adhesive is applied to the slices and the die is f... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6183585 | Method for making corners for laminate and veneer countertops A countertop is made having a laminate or veneer horizontal upper surface and a laminate or veneer vertical face, has a corner element with an arcuate surface that smoothly fairs into both the upper surface and the vertical face. The countertop is made by... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6148884 | Low profile hardwood flooring strip and method of manufacture A method of producing a hardwood flooring product, including the steps of processing a strip of raw wood into a blank having a predetermined thickness and width, and top and bottom surfaces defining parallel planes relative to each other, and splitting th... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6143119 | Composite moulding and method of making A method of making composite strips for mouldings, frames and the like, including the steps of providing a first elongate panel of a first material and a second elongate panel of a second material, laminating the first and second panels onto one another t... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6098680 | Slats of bamboo window shade and method for making same A method is used to make bamboo slats which are intended for use in making a blind. The method comprises a first step in which a bamboo stem is split into a plurality strips. The bamboo strips are barked, polished, and bleached before they are adhered sid... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6068034 | System and process for material management An automated system and process for managing building materials which requires a minimal amount of manual labor and supervision. The automated system and method are especially suited for precutting lumber used for building trusses and frames having predet... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6058991 | Method for making a wood product A method of making two wood products using a single attaching or laminating step. A cut is made only partially through a first piece of wood. A second piece of wood is laminated or otherwise attached to the first piece of wood to make a composite piece of... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6042680 | Laminated siding pieces and method of producing the same Laminated siding pieces and a method of producing them. A laminated siding workpiece is provided including a substantially flat piece of display material having a first major surface that is laminated to a bevelled piece of support material. The substanti... | 03/28/2000 |
