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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 |
| 8028796 | Assembly of tire and rim The present invention provides an assembly of a tire and a rim, which assembly has on the tire inner cavity side thereof a sound absorbing member capable of effectively suppressing cavity resonance and reducing road noise, while suppressing increase in weight of the... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7784585 | Wire mesh heat shield isolator A substrate such as a heat shield for a vehicle is provided with a unitary compressed wire mesh bushing or isolator formed in place though a bore in the substrate. The bushing is formed by supporting an uncompressed or partially compressed wire mesh sleeve, optional... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7413053 | Acoustic resonator with impingement cooling tubes Aspects of the invention are directed to an acoustic resonator with improved impingement cooling effectiveness. The resonator includes a plate with an inside face and an outside face. A plurality of passages extend through the plate. The resonator includes a side wa... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7383918 | Noise suppressor exhaust sound attenuation overhaul and repair kit Repairs and overhaul procedures are scheduled and implemented with a surprisingly low frequency. Repair and overhaul procedures are implemented wherein conventional noise suppression exhaust sound attenuation systems receive structural and functional enhancements fo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7350619 | Auxiliary power unit exhaust duct with muffler incorporating an externally replaceable acoustic liner Methods and apparatus are provided for an exhaust duct having an externally replaceable acoustic liner. The exhaust duct includes a forward section that is configured to be axially coupled with a bulkhead collar on the aircraft, a body section that is coupled to the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347044 | Exhaust water trap A vertical exhaust water trap assembly has an outer housing and an internal housing or exhaust tube defining an annular water collection spaced therebetween bypassing a central exhaust flow area. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7273129 | Muffler with internal heat shield An exhaust muffler includes upper and lower external shells that are formed from metal material. A heat shield is disposed in the muffler adjacent the upper external shell. The heat shield is formed from a high-density fiber insulation pad configured to nest with th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7228935 | Attachment pin for an exhaust-gas muffler The invention relates to an attachment pin (1) for fixing an exhaust-gas muffler (2) in an apparatus part (4) of a portable handheld work apparatus (5) driven by an internal combustion engine. The exhaust-gas muffler (2) includes e... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225504 | Noise suppressor for use with vacuum air cleaner A noise suppressor for use with the vacuum air cleaner includes an enclosed casing. On the casing, there are an air intake end and an air outlet end. Between the air intake end and the air outlet end, there is the noise suppressing chamber. At the air intake end and... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7156202 | Method and apparatus for venting exhaust gas from an engine A muffler for coupling to an exhaust port of an internal combustion engine. The muffler includes a housing having an exhaust inlet configured to receive exhaust gas from the engine, at least one internal expansion chamber and an outlet opening. The muffler further i... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146992 | Dishwasher pump and filtration system A dishwasher includes a pump assembly which functions to chop all fluid entrained soil prior to directing fluid to upper and lower wash anms. A flow conduit leading to the upper wash arm is provided with a sampling port which directs a percentage of the fluid flow i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147074 | Snowmobile A snowmobile including a chassis, shell, and an engine. The shell may be fixed to a front portion of the chassis and extend away from the chassis in a forward direction. The shell may be disposed forward of the steering axis. The shell may define a chamber that flui... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131422 | Construction machine A construction machine includes an engine guard, an engine, a cooling fan, and a device for being cooled by the cooling fan, and an exhaust duct. The engine guard accommodates the engine and has intake and exhaust openings. The intake opening and the exhaust opening... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114330 | Vertical exhaust water trap assembly An exhaust water trap assembly has separated and spaced exhaust tubes, and a dome cap blocking entry of water to protect an upstream catalytic converter or soot filter. A first tube extends axially upwardly into a housing, and a second tube is spaced vertically ther... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104358 | Silencer containing one or more porous bodies A silencer for silencing and also for filtering exhaust gases, contains at least one acoustic resonator chamber (13, 14, 15, 16) (Helmholtz frequency), at least one porous body (7, 8) the porous body (7, 8) occupying at least part of the chamber... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7065963 | Vibration and heat insulating board A vibration and heat insulating board fixed so as to cover at least part of a heat source while forming a gap against the heat source surface, in order to lessen diffusion of heat from the heat source fixed in a vibration source, in which the heat source and the vib... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063134 | Combined muffler/heat exchanger A combined muffler and heat exchanger apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing defining a heat transfer chamber and an acoustic attenuation chamber separated by a partition. A flow regulator and a fluid transport member are disposed within the heat tr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7021420 | System and method for phased noise attenuation A method and system for attenuating noise including arranging a plurality of accumulators (210, 310) to form a transmittance path for compressible flow mass and noise between a noise source (212, 312) and the external environment (218, 318), and... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011179 | Auxiliary heater arrangement with a muffler An arrangement having an auxiliary heater, a catalytic converter (12) for catalytic post-combustion of exhaust gas from the heater, a muffler (14) for damping of the noise caused by the exhaust gas, and an exhaust line for removing exhaust gas from the... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6966402 | Acoustical heat shield A heat shield includes an inner portion, an outer portion, first and second insulating portions, and a deflecting portion. The inner portion includes a reflective material to reflect thermal energy that radiates from a heat/acoustic source. The outer portion include... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6763909 | Suction muffler The invention concerns a suction muffler for a hermetically enclosed compressor with a housing that has at least a first and a second chamber, separated from each other by means of a division wall and connected with each other by means of a throttling channel, which... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6726557 | Vehicle having a sound-radiating element A vehicle (1) having a sound-radiating element (10) for emitting sound waves into a passenger compartment (2) and having an air duct (6) for the air conditioning of the passenger compartment (2), the air duct (6) having an a... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715583 | Silencer and power enhancement environmental device A device to muffle and purify the exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine. A housing is divided into several chambers with the exhaust gases passing from one chamber to another, each successive chamber diverting the gas flow into an opposing direction. The ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698684 | Supersonic aircraft with spike for controlling and reducing sonic boom An aircraft includes a spike projecting forward from the leading end of the fuselage and/or rearward from the trailing end of the fuselage. The spike can include a single section or two or more sections of varying cross-sectional area. Transition regions ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6332509 | Noise reducer for construction equipment A noise reducer for construction machinery, which efficiently reduces noise at low cost with durability, is provided. For this purpose, lamination plates (8) which are the plates being laminated are bonded, discretely at a predetermined interval (a1), to ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6237717 | Noise insulating member having low degree of water and oil absorbency A noise insulating member having a low degree of water absorbency and a low degree of oil absorbency. The noise insulating member includes a polyurethane foam obtained by reaction of an organic polyisocyanate component and a polyol component in the presen... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5996730 | Heat shield with acoustic insulation The invention relates to a heat shield with acoustic insulation, comprised of a heat-shielding sheet which bears, on its side facing the heat- and acoustic noise-emitting source, a supporting sublayer bearing an acoustic absorption layer affixed to said s... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5929396 | Noise reducing diffuser A noise reducing diffuser which reduces the sound energy created by a pressurized gas while it is being expelled through a nozzle. The diffuser consists of an elongated enclosure with openings at each end that is attached to the output of the gas nozzle. ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5880413 | Assembly for mounting of a muffler; combination and method A combination comprises a muffler and a mounting band constructed and arranged to secure the muffler in a hanging orientation. The mounting band includes a continuous, arcuate metallic strap having first and second ends. The metallic strap is positioned i... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5844177 | Heat shield with fastening for exhaust systems A heat shield apparatus, particularly for motor vehicle exhaust systems, which is coupled to and closely spaced from the heat source. The particular structure of the invention enables the mounting to be connected directly to the heat source while being be... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5741369 | Plate-like body structure with solar battery for sound insulation wall A plate-like body structure for a sound insulation wall having a built-in solar battery constituted by the combination of a built-in solar battery structure having a gentle convex arcuate shape so as to be installed on the top end portion of a sound insul... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5464952 | Shield between vehicle exhaust and passenger compartment A shield for mounting on a vehicle intermediate the passenger compartment and the exhaust system is formed as a sandwich of a fibrous layer between two heat reflecting layers. During the manufacturing process a hardenable resin impregnates the periphery o... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5321581 | Air distribution system and manifold for cooling electronic components An air distribution system for electronic components utilizes an air supply unit with a silencer unit. The silencer unit attenuates sound associated with the air unit blowers with inlet and discharge silencers. The blowers have check valves which provide ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5321214 | Arrangement for disposing silencer of automobile In an automobile, a silencer connected to an exhaust pipe includes a casing made of thermally resistant synthetic resin and provided at an inner surface with a thermally insulating material. The silencer is disposed between a side frame and a side body an... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5321215 | Vertical exhaust system incorporating a water trap A vertical exhaust system for an internal combustion engine that incorporates a provision for receiving and trapping water, such as rain, that may enter the open upper end of the exhaust conduit. The exhaust system includes a vertical outer body and a per... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5314009 | Exhaust gas recuperator The cylindrical enclosure 12 of a recuperator 10 as in FIG. 2 contains an annular coaxial heat exchanger 50 full of cooling liquid 22 circulating therethrough. Exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine flows from an inlet end 32 through the heat exch... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5281778 | Vehicular muffler with heat shield The vehicular muffler assembly of this invention includes a muffler which has a elongated shell. An inlet communicates with the interior of the shell to provide a port for entry of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine to the interior of the sh... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5280142 | Heat shielded exhaust system component An exhaust muffler and heat shield assembly and a method for producing the assembly are provided The muffler includes a pair of stamp formed external shells. At least one external shell is stamped to include a plurality of tabs extending outwardly from th... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5228530 | Muffler system for an engine disposed rearwardly of a vehicle A lawn mower having a driver's seat mounted on a vehicle body, an engine mounted rearwardly of the driver's seat, a radiator and a radiator fan disposed between the driver's seat and engine, an engine hood for covering the engine and radiator, and a muffl... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5197921 | Construction element for a noise-suppression shed A construction element for a noise-suppression shed of the type used for ground-testing jet engine aircraft. These sheds usually have transversely extending continuous apertures for the admission of fresh air, the inner face of the shed's roof being provi... | 03/30/1993 |
