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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 |
| 7401635 | Device for providing shade inside rooms The invention relates to a device having a plurality of parallel lamellae and an actuating device. The lamellae can be brought together to form a packet and connected to a pivoting element for pivoting purposes. The pivoting element has a first end and a plurality o... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7296607 | Side mount counterbalance system for upward acting door A counterbalance system for an upward acting door includes a cable drum support shaft and a torsion spring drive mechanism mounted adjacent one or both sides of the door and drivably connected to the drum support shaft. The spring drive mechanism includes a torsion ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294945 | Gate or door drive housing The invention relates to a gate or door drive housing with a basic carrier body for preference in the shape of a bowl or shell, to which various different drive components can be secured, and a cover hood which can be connected to the basic carrier body. According t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258153 | Auto-reversible folding door An auto-reversible folding door includes a sliding rail, a first door panel and a second door panel. The first door panel and the second door panel are pivotally connected, the top of the outer flange of the first door panel is pivotally coupled within the sliding r... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7219711 | Hydraulic door opening mechanism and method of installing a bi-fold door A hydraulic door opening mechanism for overhead bi-fold doors is herein disclosed. The door opening mechanism mounts a hydraulic pump, pressure reservoir, valve manifold, and a hydraulic motor or cylinder on a first door panel. The door opening mechanism is pre-asse... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7159635 | Lift cord spool for coverings for architectural openings A spool forming part of a lift cord drum for a covering for an architectural opening has a generally cylindrical body about which the lift cord is adapted to be wrapped and a frustoconical end encouraging the wrapped cord to shift in a predetermined direction. A lon... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7128123 | Door mounting and track system for a sectional door A door system including a sectional door having adjacent panels hinged for moving between a closed vertical position and an open horizontal position, the adjacent panels including at least a top panel, an intermediate panel, and a bottom panel, sets of lower rollers... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121316 | Shutter window/door and method A shutter system is disclosed which is unitized in a single rectangular frame or bracket with a window or door for use in a building opening that includes a plurality of shutter plates that can be folded and unfolded, each of the shutter plates having a hinged joint... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108248 | Cable pulley block having detachable fastening of a cable to a cable drum The invention concerns a detachable fastening of a cable (2) on a cable drum (1), especially a wire cable, with an opening (1a) arranged in the cable drum (1), with an enlarged cable end (2a) on the cable (2) a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7059379 | Low head room overhead door system with adjustable short radius track section A universal overhead door system includes a pair of horizontal track members, a pair of vertical track members and a pair of track radius members interconnecting the horizontal and vertical track members. A pair of adjustable short radius members extend from the tra... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7029041 | Over center door closing mechanism A door closing mechanism for pulling a door tight to a frame to which the door is mounted comprises a latch arm assembly having a latch arm pivotally secured to a panel of the door and pivotable between a first, open position and a second, latched position. An activ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6955206 | Upward acting sectional door An upwardly acting sectional door (24), including a plurality of panels (40), body portions (50) of the panels constructed of a flexible polymeric material and having a front surface (55), a cladding (80) covering the front surface... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926061 | Cable tensioner and shock absorber for a door A cable tensioner for an industrial door helps keep a cable neatly wrapped on its take-up drum. In some embodiments, the tensioner functions in a first mode during normal door operation, and operates in a second mode when the tension in the cable decreases to a pred... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6866080 | Method and apparatus of opening and closing a bi-fold door A bi-fold door is equipped with door lifting devices operated with a reversible electric motor drive to selectively open and close the door. The door lifting devices have winches operable to wind and unwind elongated webs connected at one end to rotatable members of... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6860311 | Telescopic door and panel forming apparatus A telescoping garage door assembly and door panel forming apparatus is described. The telescoping garage door assembly includes a plurality of interacting panels and means for moving the plurality of interacting panels. The panels include a first or top panel, at le... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6779306 | Cable drive garage door opener A drive for doors, in particular garage doors, having door runners which are in each case arranged laterally and which are guided in fixed position rails, and having a drive unit having at least a motor and a driving gear. The drive unit has two rope pulleys arrange... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6755231 | Shutter window/door and method A single generally rectangular frame, with extruded guides on the lateral sides, which guides contain tracks for a retractable pleated shutter system, and similarly contain channels for the mounting of a window or a door. The shutter system utilizes extracted pleate... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6598355 | Anti-stacking system for operable walls An anti-stacking system for an operable wall includes a guide rail mounted on or adjacent to the track so that the guide rail is engaged by panel orienting members attached to the trolley bolt. The guide rail may be mounted on the track or to the track su... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6588482 | Cable attachment bracket for articulating garage door panels A cable attachment bracket secured to the bottom panel of a multi-paneled garage door to prevent unwanted disconnection of a garage door counterbalancing mechanism from the garage door panel.... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6547292 | Over center door closing mechanism A door closing mechanism for pulling a door tight to a frame to which the door is mounted comprises a latch arm assembly having a latch arm pivotally secured to a panel of the door and pivotable between a first, open position and a second, latched positio... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6539678 | Vehicle service bay A pre-fabricated service bay used for providing service access to the underside of vehicles. The service bay is fabricated as a single monolithic unit and then positioned in an excavated hole within a service building. The service bay has multiple safety ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6488435 | Unfolding joint for satelite solar generators A joint is provided for unfolding systems, e.g. for satellite solar generators that permits sufficiently large unfolding torque, low weight and small dimensions. A drive on one joint half acts on a small pulley to wind a cord on it. The other end of the c... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6401793 | Spring force safety locking system for sectional doors Hardware designed to improve safety and minimize the risk involved in installing, maintaining, and operating sectional doors that use spring mechanisms to facilitate door movement. A lock-on side bearing bracket bears up a spring mechanism on a garage doo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6378593 | Access panel for operating an in-wall curtain drive system and method of using same A manual drive system for operating a protective covering for a building opening is disclosed and claimed. An access panel is also disclosed and claimed. The protective covering can be on the interior side or the exterior side of the building. An access p... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6325131 | Cord spool A cord spool for an architectural covering, such as a Venetian blind, having a rotatable central shaft for opening and closing the covering. The cord spool includes a circumferential surface, about which an operating cord can be wound that can be driven i... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6267169 | Vertically folding wall partitions A vertically foldable wall partition comprises a plurality of panels mounted to a number of horizontally spaced-apart vertically foldable skeleton framework. Each skeleton framework includes a number of pivotally interconnected arms which are adapted to b... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6263948 | Bottom bracket for upward acting door Bottom edge brackets for an upward acting door each include a base part including fastener receiving bores for securing the brackets to the bottom edge of the door, a flange projecting substantially normal to the base part including a connecting lug mount... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6199617 | Bi-fold door lift apparatus A bi-fold door is equipped with door lifting devices operated with an electric motor drive to selectively open and close the door. The door lifting devices have winches operable to wind and unwind elongated webs connected at one end to rotatable members o... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6148895 | Hurricane panel A storm panel for covering a building opening includes, in combination: a series of one-piece, substantially horizontal, substantially identical plate members each having two lateral edges and a main body portion, a first hinge member formed on one latera... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6089304 | Compact track system with rear mount counterbalance system for sectional doors An overhead door system including, a sectional door (D") having top, bottom, and intermediate panels (321, 324, 322) hinged for moving between a closed vertical position and an open horizontal position, top rollers (332) on the top panel, bottom rollers (... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5996670 | Balanced shutter and balancing device thereof A balancing device (11) has a first balance pulley (20) provided in a hoisting drum (3) and a second balance pulley (40) connected to a coil spring (31). These pulleys are connected through a tension wire (50). The first balance pulley has a main pulley p... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5947178 | Movable cover for a roof, pool, or other opening A foldable cover of simple structure and light weight is provided. The cover consists of multiple cover sections which are connected by hinges so that they may be folded together. Each of the cover sections has a hole in its surface through which a cable ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5936842 | Housing for electric-drive units The invention takes as its departure point a housing (10) for receiving electric drives (16, 18, 20), in particular garage-door drives, and/or the controls (24, 26) thereof, which housing exhibits at least two housing parts (12, 14). Provision is made on ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5708340 | Power drive control device of an automatic door A power drive control device of an automatic door, including a gear box having a shell; and a motor drive, the motor drive having a front cover integrally made with the shell of the gear box together, and a back cover covered on the front cover to hold a ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5404927 | Overhead garage door bottom bracket A bottom bracket for an overhead garage door having a spring tension assisted lift system. The bottom bracket has protrusions that interlock with mating slots in the stile of the garage door bottom panel thus preventing the bracket from detaching from the... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5301732 | Door A door, particularly for large doorways, which includes a door leaf suspended from an upper edge of the doorway and including at least one of a continuous sheet or a number of sheets arranged in a single or several layers attached to a series of lateral b... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5259433 | Door counterweight system An overhead door system employs counterweights which operate through cables connected to a drum which tapers from one end to the other so that the effective force acting on the door in the opening direction is reduced as the proportion of the weight of th... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5222540 | Articulated window covering panels A set of window covering panels may be raised or lowered from a header mounted upon the window casing. Pull cords and drop cords on the panels permit the panels to be raised and lowered one at a time or all at a time. Guide members keep the panels in vert... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5103890 | Door counterweight system An overhead door system employs counterweights which operate through cables connected to a drum which tapers from one end to the other so that the effective force acting on the door in the opening direction is reduced as the proportion of the weight of th... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5062464 | Vertically collapsible wall partitions A rigid wall partition system which is vertically upwardly movable into storage position and vertically downwardly movable to form a continuous wall. The system comprises a plurality of panels secured to members which in turn are pivotally secured to spac... | 11/05/1991 |
