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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 |
| 8182645 | Methods of manufacturing paint roller covers from a tubular fabric sleeve A method of manufacturing paint roller covers is disclosed in which the paint roller covers are manufactured from a seamless, tubular fabric sleeve having a backing and a pile made at least in part from a low melt fiber or yarn. The seamless, tubular fabric sleeve i... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8118967 | Methods of manufacturing paint roller covers from a tubular fabric sleeve A method of manufacturing paint roller covers is disclosed in which the paint roller covers are manufactured from a seamless, tubular fabric sleeve having at least one of a backing and a pile made at least in part from a low melt fiber or yarn. The seamless, tubular... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8088243 | Method of forming a card with embedded IC and electrochemical cell An IC card includes at least one plastic layer, a battery and at least one electronic device embedded in the plastic layer. The battery is electrically connected to the electronic device for providing power to the device. The battery includes an anode, a cathode, an... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7947147 | Nonwoven/film laminates The invention relates to a method for producing nonwoven/film laminates for personal hygiene articles, from an initial film web consisting of a thermoplastic polymer and an initial nonwoven web. According to said method, the initial film web and the initial nonwoven... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7754047 | Cutting balloon catheter and method for blade mounting A cutting balloon catheter and methods for making and using the same. The cutting balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft having a balloon coupled thereto. One or more cutting members or blades may be coupled to the balloon. Manufacturing the cutting balloon c... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7438777 | Lightweight high-tensile, high-tear strength bicomponent nonwoven fabrics A method of producing a nonwoven fabric comprising spinning a set of bicomponent fibers which include an external fiber component and an internal fiber component. The external fiber enwraps said internal fiber and has a higher elongation to break value than the inte... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7419563 | Methods of making medical devices Methods of making medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for welding together two components is described. The two components are non-coaxial and contact one another. A fixture holds the two components in a desired configuration. Electromagneti... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416631 | Method and device for assembling a blister sheet and a linerboard A method and a machine for assembling a blister sheet and a linerboard, the board optionally having a flap. The blister sheet, the linerboard and the optional flap are flat stacked on top of one another; and the layers are subsequently heat sealed, preferably by mea... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404873 | Membrane attachment process A method is provided for attaching a membrane to a substrate by heat-bonding the membrane to the substrate. The substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a receptacle therethrough. The membrane can be a porous support structure combined with a polymeric... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402225 | Veil with a PVOH fibre binding agent The process according to the invention comprises: a step in which chopped filaments and discontinuous PVOH fibers are dispersed in a process water, followed by a step in which a bed is formed in a forming device by... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390376 | Medical gown with fluid and micro-organism impervious seam A method of making a fluid impervious seam in a multilaminate fluid impervious medical fabric is disclosed. The multilaminate fluid impervious medical fabric includes at least two layers having different melting points, at least one of the layers is comprised of a f... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7351303 | Microfluidic systems and components Microfluidic systems and components. A microfluidic system includes one or more functional units or microfluidic chips, configured to perform constituent steps in a process and interconnected to form the system. A multi-layer microfluidic system includes a separate ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334629 | Ventilating system, heat exchanger and methods The ventilating system includes evaporative cooling of the exhaust air before it enters a heat exchanger to cool incoming fresh outside air. A suction fan pulls exhaust air through the heat exchanger and, in combination with a flow restrictor, reduces the pressure o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323251 | Decorating sheet, decorated resin molded article and method for production thereof The present invention provides a decorative sheet having a base film made of a thermoplastic polyester resin and a decorative layer on the base film, and provides a decorated resin molding produced by using the decorative sheet. The base film is not broken in both o... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318878 | Method and device for producing continuous belts from plastic films A method and apparatus for producing continuous belts is disclosed. The belts are formed from plastic films and are used as transfer belts in electrographic printers and copiers. The ends of the film are welded together by abutting their front faces and the ends are... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7294223 | Method for attaching a fluid container to a fluid ejector in a fluid ejection device A method for joining fluid containers and fluid ejectors in a fluid ejecting device are provided. The fluid container includes one or more heat stakes and a substrate includes one or more apertures for receiving the heat stakes and one or more three-dimensional feat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282106 | Fibers and ribbons for use in the manufacture of solar cells This invention is directed to a process for the fabrication of features on a silicon wafer utilizing ribbons comprising organic polymer and inorganic material. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258762 | Hems, edges, patches and seams for durable, water repellant woven fabric, and methods for making the same Edges, hems, patches and seams for woven fabric that has been treated for water repellency, and methods for making the same, are shown and described. In one particular embodiment of the invention, for example, a lapped seam between two pieces of water repellent fabr... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252455 | Multi axial asphalt heating system with up and down, forward and reverse adjustments and fold up feature adjustment A multi axial asphalt heater for re-heating and recycling of old and new asphalt for permanent joint free repairs and restorations. It is possible to adjust the heating elements mechanically up and down off the asphalt surface with the lever arm mechanism. The provi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238254 | Laser welded photoreceptor belts with quartz pressure plate welding seam control A method of welding together the ends of a web segment of a thermally weldable material, such as for a xerographic photoreceptor or intermediate transfer belt, to form an endless loop belt with a welded seam, by compressing the web segment ends in a welding area wit... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229518 | Process for improving interfacial adhesion in a laminate A method for improving adhesion between two adjacent layers of a laminate membrane includes annealing the laminate membrane at a temperature above a thermal transition temperature of at least one polymeric component of at least one of two adjacent layers for a time ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223317 | Method of assembling a storage unit A method of assembling a storage unit is disclosed. The method comprises applying heat to a groove separating a pair of walls to melt at least a portion of the plastic material, and pivoting the walls so that the surfaces of the groove contact and join as the melted... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207157 | Stack sealing method using multilayer packaging film A heat-shrinkable multilayer film comprises (A) a first layer, which is an outer layer, and which comprises polyolefin; (B) a second layer comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, polystyrene, and polyurethane, wherein the sec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207494 | Laser etched security features for identification documents and methods of making same The invention provides a method of producing a security feature in an identification document. A core including a top surface and a bottom surface is provided. A first laminate is laminated in contact with the top surface. A second laminate is laminated in contact w... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189025 | Preformed pavement warning assembly and method A detectable pavement warning assembly includes a web having a plurality of projections attached to one another by linear connectors, a planar cover with a series of apertures for receiving the projections therethrough and an adhesive sheet. In use a rigid substrate... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186311 | Process for producing substrate for flexible circuit board The invention provides a process for producing a substrate for flexible circuit boards which comprises: providing a multilayered insulating resin layer comprising an insulating layer and an adhesive layer; and laminating a metal foil to the insulating layer of the m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179517 | Sheet moulding compound (SMC) with ventilating structure for entrapped gases Moulding material comprising a core layer, a reinforcement layer provided on each surface of said core layer, and a layer of a surfacing material provided on a reinforcement layer. The core layer comprises a core resin material and a filler material. The reinforceme... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175734 | Porous medical catheter and methods of manufacture The present invention relates to fabrication methods and apparatus for irrigating medical catheters. Such catheters include at least one section of standard thermoplastic catheter tubing coupled to a section of porous tubing (e.g., ePTFE and the like). A source of f... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175736 | Laminate for electronic circuit The present invention is directed to a laminate having a layer construction of metal-insulating layer-metal or a layer construction of metal-insulating layer, which laminate meets conditions for developing large adhesive strength between the insulating layer and the... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163596 | Fibers and ribbons for use in the manufacture of solar cells This invention is directed to a process for the fabrication of features on a silicon wafer utilizing fibers or ribbons comprising organic polymer and inorganic material. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7141287 | Luminous countertop A countertop and method of countertop manufacture wherein the countertop has a horizontal surface and a vertical edge surface wherein the vertical edge surface is comprised of at least one luminescent component. The luminescent component being of a solid surface mat... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138032 | Methods of fabricating polymeric structures incorporating microscale fluidic elements The present invention generally provides improved methods of fabricating polymeric microfluidic devices that incorporate microscale fluidic structures, whereby the fabrication process does not substantially distort or deform such structures. The methods of the inven... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138203 | Apparatus and method of manufacture of electrochemical cell components A component for an electrochemical cell comprises a thermally and electrically conductive core, wherein the conductive core comprises apertures, and wherein the conductive core further comprises an active area substantially covered by an electrically and thermally c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130087 | Methods and apparatus to produce security documents Security documents (e.g. passports, currency, event tickets, and the like) are encoded to convey machine-readable multi-bit binary information (e.g., a digital watermark), usually in a manner not alerting human viewers that such information is present. The documents... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128797 | Dunnage platform A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surfa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125463 | Fluid filled unit formation machine and process A machine for the manufacture of inflated plastic dunnage and other fluid filled units is disclosed. In a disclosed and pictured dunnage embodiment, the machine includes a hollow shaft rotatably mounted on a frame. In the preferred embodiment the shaft is solid. Wit... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121647 | Method of applying an encapsulant material to an ink jet printhead A stencil printed encapsulant material is provided for use in protecting electrical components in thermal ink jet printhead cartridges. A method of applying an encapsulant material to an ink jet print cartridge by stencil printing is also provided. The method includ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7086683 | Sunvisor attachment for vehicles and method for making the same The present invention provides for an improved sunvisor attachment, and to a two shot molding method for making the same, having a reduced number of parts and that is adapted to be coupled to a sunvisor for use as a sunvisor assembly in a vehicle. To this end, the s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087136 | Bonding unsintered non-expanded PTFE film to PTFE coated substrate A method of bonding an unsintered unexpanded PTFE feed film to a flexible PTFE coated substrate comprises providing a three roll calender comprising a metal surfaced roll coacting with two filled rolls to define first and second nips. The PTFE feed film is calendere... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077456 | Automotive interior trim assembly and pad insertion A trim assembly comprises a substrate member including a moveable panel integrally formed in the substrate and moveable between an open and closed position. A flexible skin overlies at least a portion of the substrate member and is integrally coupled to the substrat... | 07/18/2006 |
