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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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| 7798270 | Method and vehicle electric system of a motor vehicle with a pre-emptive temporary increase in the idling speed of the internal combustion engine A method is provided for reducing the energy consumption of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and at least one vehicle electric system, to which at least a first electric consumer is connected. In order to achieve an efficient vehicle electric sys... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7377103 | System and method for controlling an engine having a power take off output device A system and method for controlling a power take off device connected to an internal combustion engine is presented. According to the method, power take off speed control may be improved and the possibility of engine stalling may be reduced. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7350611 | Method for controlling an electric drive machine A method is provided for controlling an electric drive work machine including an engine and an electric motor that provides power to enable the work machine to travel across a surface terrain at certain ground speeds. In one embodiment, the method may include detect... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6530426 | Motor drive-control device A motor drive-control device drive-controls a plurality of auxiliary devices with a single motor while securing a necessary capacity of the auxiliary devices side in correspondence with usage conditions. As such, in an air-conditioning system, necessary s... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520147 | Idle speed control valve control system An outboard motor comprises an engine mounted within an engine compartment. The engine comprises an induction system having an induction passage extending between an air intake box to a combustion chamber. A throttle valve is positioned along the passage.... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6152106 | Power steering load compensation for an internal combustion engine A power steering load compensation system for an internal combustion engine which employs a pressure sensor to monitor the output pressure of the power steering pump. The pressure sensor provides an input signal to an engine controller, and the engine con... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5848659 | Non-railbound vehicle with an electric motor A non-railbound vehicle with an electric motor in which the maximum output of the internal combustion engine will be available in its entirety for driving the vehicle without prejudice to convenience with respect to electrical actuation of accessory funct... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5718200 | Engine output control system In the presence of an operator's demand for sequential application of at least two of a plurality of loads to an internal combustion engine within a predetermined period of time, one of the two loads is applied to the engine after a predetermined time del... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5666917 | System and method for idle speed control A system and method for engine idle speed control delay operation of a vehicle accessory (26) while introducing a stored torque disturbance profile corresponding to that vehicle accessory into a feedforward engine control system so as to minimize variatio... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5199326 | Idle up of engine of automobile according to elevation of transmission oil temperature In an automobile equipped with an engine, an automatic transmission including hydraulically actuated friction engaging means for shifting stages of the transmission, and an oil pump driven by the engine to provide a pressurized oil for actuating the frict... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4881613 | Four-wheel steering apparatus for vehicle A vehicle four-wheel steering apparatus including a manually operated steering member and front and rear wheel steering mechanisms coupled with the steering member for producing steering movements in the vehicle front and rear wheels. The rear wheel steer... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4748951 | Apparatus for and method of controlling the idling of automobile engine An apparatus for controlling the idling engine speed of an automobile engine comprises: an engine speed sensor for detecting an engine speed; a control unit for calculating a difference between an actual engine speed detected by the sensor and a targeted ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4724810 | Engine idle speed control with feedforward power adjustment A feedforward throttle adjustment for a closed loop idle speed control provides engine power output required to drive a variable power steering load while maintaining the engine idle speed in a desired range. The working pressure of the power steering sys... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4721083 | Electronic control system for internal combustion engine with stall preventive feature and method for performing stall preventive engine control An engine control system includes a stall-preventive feature in which prevailing engine conditions are checked against patterns known to lead to engine stall. A number of crucial engine parameters and continuously monitored, as are one or a number of subs... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4640245 | Method of controlling an engine mounted on a construction vehicle A method of controlling an engine mounted on a construction vehicle comprising the steps of reducing the rotation of the engine to a primary number of revolutions per minute, which is in the vicinity of the rated number of revolutions per minute of the en... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4545449 | Power steering system with engine idling-up mechanism A power steering system for motor vehicles, which is provided with first and second engine idling-up means for raising the rotational speed of an engine by increasing the quantity of air-fuel mixture to be supplied to the engine. The first idling-up means... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4542802 | Engine and transmission control system for combines and the like A control system is provided for a combine or other vehicle having an engine for driving both the ground wheels of the vehicle and at least one auxiliary mechanism, such as the crop-processing mechanisms of a combine. The engine is coupled to the ground w... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4475616 | Engine cover device for light vehicles An engine cover device for light vehicles including a cover main body for use in covering a driven wheel and a power unit from the outsides thereof, a first partition wall for separating the driven wheel and the power unit, and a second partition wall for... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4312311 | Engine idling correction system for an automotive vehicle An engine idling correction system for an automotive vehicle provided with an air conditioner and an automatic transmission comprises a novel actuator having two vacuum compartments. A vacuum supplied from an intake vacuum outlet on an intake manifold of ... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4225003 | Idle-up system during a power steering operation of a vehicle An idle-up system of a vehicle having a power steering means operates so as to detect some varied information which is presented in the steering system due to a steering operation during an idling operation of an engine of the vehicle, and then to increas... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4174761 | Running travel maneuvering apparatus for an engineering work vehicle An earth handling vehicle is proposed which is capable of traveling forwardly or rearwardly to accomplish digging and loading operations, said vehicle having a chassis supported for movement on the earth by a track mechanism. The vehicle is further provid... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4124095 | Fork lift truck driven by internal combustion engine The carriage of a fork lift truck is actuated by the action of hydraulic fluid controllably supplied through a manually operated control system from a pump driven by an internal combustion engine having a carburetor. The throttle valve of the carburetor i... | 11/07/1978 |
