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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 |
| 7021492 | Pill and capsule counter and dispenser A device for rapidly counting and dispensing pills and capsules in blister packs or cards is provided. A movable plate with apertures, a sizing guide and a template fit inside a housing. The sizing guide has apertures corresponding to a particular size of pill or ca... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017640 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of swatch-bearing sheets A method and apparatus are provided for high speed manufacture of swatch bearing sheets wherein each sheet is directed through various operating stations via a single set of sheet engaging members. Individual sheets are removed from a stack of sheets at a feeding st... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6390170 | Apparatus for locating and securing supports to panels A manufacturing apparatus and method for facilitating, locating and securement of supports or cushioning blocks on a container panel includes a table for receiving the container panel and a bi-directionally, vertically movable frame which receives a templ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6331225 | Apparatus and method for mounting electronic parts An apparatus for mounting electronic parts on a printed circuit board is disclosed. Plural electronic parts to be mounted on a printed circuit board are arranged as a set and loaded in a loading member for electronic parts. A set of such loading members f... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6223798 | Head chip mounting apparatus A magnetic head chip bonding device for bonding plural magnetic head chip to a base member to produce a composite type magnetic head is disclosed. The device includes a magnetic head chip retention unit for applying the pressure to the magnetic head chip ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6209608 | Method and apparatus for making fluid delivery device A method and apparatus for the high volume manufacture of fluid infusion devices which embody a self-contained, stored-energy source for expelling fluids from the reservoir of the device into an ambulatory patient at precisely controlled rates over extend... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6129804 | TFT panel alignment and attachment method and apparatus A system for aligning and attaching together a plurality of thin film transistor tiles for constructing a flat panel display. A coverplate loading station where a coverplate that the tiles are to be attached to is arranged on a coverplate support. A cover... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6030481 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of swatch bearing sheets Color swatch charts are formed by feeding sheets eighteen inches or longer in length with this long dimension of the sheet disposed transversely to the sheet travel direction. Ribbons in a row of eighteen inches or longer are simultaneously severed with t... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6003577 | Apparatus for manufacturing a bead-inlaid picture and method A method of manufacturing a bead-inlaid picture by inputting a desired original image as a motif for a bead-inlaid picture by an image input device, dividing the inputted original image into each of pieces in a size equal with that of a bead, comparing nu... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5968307 | Apparatus for affixing cards to a moving web An apparatus is disclosed for automatically affixing cards to a moving printed web which has a plurality of repeat lengths, each of the cards being automatically applied at the same relative location in each of a plurality of repeat lengths of the printed... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5932065 | Universal fixture for supporting and holding populated sides of printed circuit board assemblies during processing A universal fixture for holding printed circuit board assemblies during stencil printing and other PCB assembly processes. In one embodiment, a universal printed circuit board holder has a plurality of supports adapted to be moveably connected to a platfo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5779846 | Machine for embedding copper nuts in a workpiece A machine for embedding copper nuts in pasted holes of a workpiece, including a machine base holding two horizontal sliding rails and four upright guide rods, a mold carrier reciprocated along the sliding rails, a mold carried on the mold carrier and havi... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5725723 | Apparatus for making pipe insulation In an apparatus for forming pipe insulation discrete panels of generally rigid planar board insulation are fed through a sizing apparatus to control thickness, then fed into a vertically oriented conveyor where adjacent ends of the panels are adhered to o... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5670009 | Assembly technique for an image sensor array A package design and a method of assembling an array of CCD image devices on a substrate to provide an assembly with an optically flat surface. A tolerance of approximately between 2 and 3 microns is achieved by a process requiring less finishing of the s... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5622594 | Apparatus for the manufacture of sheets bearing display samples Apparatus for producing sample parts arranged in an array on a base sheet. The apparatus includes a roller about which webbing of the sample material is drawn, the webbing being severed to form the sample parts and to transport the sample parts to a trans... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5558732 | Process for positioning spacer beads in flat display screens A process is disclosed for positioning spacer beads on a plate of a flat display screen formed by two adjacent plates constituting a flat air-tight chamber. The method includes providing a hollow needle mounted on a mobile head which is connected to a vac... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5443680 | Mosaic tile maker An apparatus for automatically creating a simulated mosaic controllably discharges tile pieces onto plate material and secures the tile pieces in place such that the plates with the tile pieces are freestanding permitting the plates themselves to be an or... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5409565 | Apparatus for the application of preferably adhesive coated slips or pieces of tube to a moving web or to workpieces being conveyed An apparatus for the application of adhesive coated slips to a moving web or to workpieces being conveyed, and preferably to the drawn up and still open bottoms of bags, consists of pairs of feed rolls for a web of material and means for perforating and t... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5385625 | Apparatus for manufacturing corrugated pallets using a stacked compression station An apparatus is disclosed for manufacturing corrugated pallets from a base panel of corrugated material, a top panel of corrugated material and a plurality of spacers blocks. Each of the spacer blocks is bonded to the base sheet and top sheet. The apparat... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5354403 | Method and apparatus for applying ornaments to a web of material A method and apparatus for applying ornaments to a web of material, comprises providing a web of material to which ornaments are to be applied to at least one surface and having a longitudinal axis, step-wise advancing the web along the longitudinal axis ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5318644 | Method and apparatus for making an insulation assembly A method and apparatus for making an insulation assembly is disclosed. A plurality of mineral fibers are moved along a conveyor system after having been cut to desired sizes. A section having a major surface is moved in a direction generally normal to tha... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5316609 | Encapsulating laminator The apparatus and method employ upper and lower laminating films, having opposed layers of heat activated adhesive. The laminating films are brought together at the surface of an infeed roller which is positioned in front of two opposed heated laminating ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5269645 | Material loads and methods for handling material This invention pertains to handling of material on a supporting surface, preferably a pallet (74). It is addressed especially to the handling of material in pallet loads. The invention provides material handling systems and methods for placing material on... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5201983 | Apparatus for fabricating a five-piece expanding pocket A five-piece expanding pocket having front inner and outer panels secured to each other by cohesive glue, rear inner and outer panels secured thereof by cohesive glue, and a gusset having outer edge portions with cohesive glue on opposite sides thereof bo... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5167754 | Apparatus for producing layered sheet of thermoplastic fiber material A cohesive layered sheet of thermoplastic fiber material formed by two outer layers of material, each outer layer having a standard full width, and an inner layer made from strips of scrap material. The strips of scrap material each have a width substanti... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5098498 | Apparatus and method for encapsulating contoured articles A method and apparatus for encapsulating a porous article in plastic film without employing supporting molds. The article is deposited onto a lower web and an upper web is moved into overlying position. The edges of the webs are gripped by moving teeth to... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5017262 | Material-web marking by means of bar code The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for marking flat objects (4) by means of bar code (4). The object of the invention is to form a code, preferably a bar code, in that with the aid of an adhesive, for example, a thermoplastic adhesive, a t... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4960485 | Automatic wafer mounting device A wafer mounting device for automatically adhering wafers individually on a polishing plate surface for polishing the surface of the wafers. The wafers are stacked in a wafer cassette and are taken out from the wafer cassette one-by-one, and transferred t... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4954197 | Process for assembling smaller arrays together to form a longer array A process for fabricating a full width array in which plural smaller chips are bonded end-to-end onto the metallic covering of an elongated substrate by an electrically conductive heat activated adhesive, in which a photocurable adhesive is used to tempor... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4832784 | Positive stop, pick up tool The present invention consists of a positive stop, pick up tool for use in precisely placing a die and leaving the required die attach material thickness between the die and the package substrate. The tool comprises: a body; a pad attached to the body for... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4731149 | Apparatus for use in spacing letters A apparatus is described for producing optically satisfactorily laterally spaced letters which have been sequentially transferred from a dry transfer sheet. The sheet (28) is held in a holder (20) which incorporates a short free-motion linkage enabling th... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4690391 | Method and apparatus for fabricating full width scanning arrays A method and apparatus for fabricating long full width scanning arrays for reading or writing images. For this purpose, smaller scanning arrays are assembled in abutting end-to-end relationship, each of the smaller arrays being provided with a pair of V-s... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4654108 | Unit tile pack manufacturing apparatus The invention relates to an unit tile pack manufacturing apparatus. The apparatus comprises a tile pack conveying passage (8) for conveying a plurality of pallets (9), a combination tile pack forming unit (100), a joint alignment correcting unit (15), an ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4643795 | Method and device for application of objects onto a surface This invention relates to a method and device for applying an object (11), e.g. an antibiotic patch onto a receiving adhesive surface (19), e.g. an agar surface. The objects (11) are piled in a storage container (10), which is upwardly open, and the recei... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4640734 | Method and apparatus for assembling large panels An apparatus for assembling large panels, e.g. solar panels, from smaller, preformed sections comprising a plurality of press tables which are coupled to a carousel structure whereby each table can be located at one work station and then moved through a s... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4589946 | Packaging apparatus Apparatus for securing together rectangular-section cartons (13) in groups of, for example, five cartons comprises tape dispensers (14,14') for dispensing adhesive tape (15a,b,c) on to the tops and bottoms of cartons in a row of cartons, and perforating r... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4557790 | Tape laminator A tape laying machine is disclosed carrying a tape laminator unit which forms in situ from individual strips of composite material. The strips are first spaced apart on a carrier sheet and next compressed to a relatively thin widened state where the widened st... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4495023 | Apparatus for fitting spacer frames An apparatus for fitting spacer frames to panes of glass in the manufacture of insulating glass has a support wall and a frame which is movable towards and away from the support wall and the upper horizontal limb of which can be moved upwardly and downwar... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4490202 | Device and method of positioning optical fibers A device for accurately positioning wire-shaped articles. The device includes positioning means comprising two groups of pins which are parallel to each other and which are provided with grooves. The articles to be positioned are disposed in the grooves. ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4474639 | Method and device for processing individual integrated circuits into film-mounted, integrated circuits (micropacks) For the purpose of processing individual, integrated circuits into film-mounted, integrated circuits (micropacks), a plate having recesses exhibiting the size of the individual chips disposed matrix-like is secured to a highly plane-parallel carrier plate... | 10/02/1984 |
