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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 |
| 7377368 | Disc brake with brake linings guided on bolts A disc brake has a brake carrier (10) with at least two bolts (16a, 16b, 18a, 18b) which stand axially to the brake disc for guiding a brake lining (32a, 32b). The plane (P) s... | 05/27/2008 |
| 6902044 | Disc pad assembly without backing plate A disc brake assembly includes a brake pad support member including a wall forming an aperture. A pad is at least partially disposed in the aperture. The pad is constructed from a friction material defining a front friction face and a back face opposite the front fa... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6634470 | Brake pad A brake pad, preferably used disc bakes, comprises a profiled metal back plate, to which at least one friction lining is attached, characterized in that a material with lower heat conductivity, relative to the friction lining, is provided in at least some... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6478121 | Disc brake caliper A disc brake caliper has a cast metal housing and an anchor bracket which are connected for relative movement during brake actuation. The housing has a bridge section for bridging in use, a disc brake rotor and first and second axially spaced brake pad mo... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6405840 | Rigid panel attachment for brake linings A brake lining assembly for a wheel brake of a vehicle braking system includes a backing plate and a friction pad overlying the backing plate. An engagement panel is disposed between the backing plate and the friction pad for securing the friction pad to ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6390251 | Back plate attached to the disk brake pad, and method of manufacturing the same A back metal plate comprising a plurality of substantially spheric surfaced dimples each having a portion adjoined to a portion of another dimple, the dimples being formed at least on either a front or a back surface of the back metal plate, flat portions... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6135249 | Railway brake shoe backing plate with improved mounting alignment feature A brake shoe for a railway vehicle having a three-piece backing plate formed of a longitudinal main plate portion having a front surface to which a friction material is attached, and an end-plate portion attached to each end of the longitudinal main plate... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5984055 | Integrated fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite brake pad and back plate An integrated brake pad and back plate having a brake pad section formed from a first fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composite (FRCMC) material and a back plate section formed from a second FRCMC material. The brake pad and back plate are integrated beca... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5957245 | Disc brake, disc brake caliper and disc brake shoe In order to realize a two-piston floating caliper disc brake with a wide caliper, the axially outer side of the caliper is supported by radially extending protrusions shaped on the outer brake shoe. While the two protrusions have the same depth, they diff... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5494140 | Brake shoe with retaining spring A brake shoe for spot-type disc brakes. The novel brake shoe incorporates a retaining spring which is fixed to the brake shoe's backplate and which is intended to engage a hollow portion of a brake piston. Preferably the backplate is coated with a silenci... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5480008 | Brake friction pad assembly A brake friction pad assembly is provided with a metallic backing plate element, a friction pad element having a mating surface, an air-dried and thermally cured elastomeric adhesive material film joined in cure-bonded relation to the mating surface of th... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5431258 | Brake shoe assembly A brake shoe assembly is provided in which the brake shoe table has at least one longitudinal channel running along the upper surface thereof. A generally smooth arcuate brake shoe lining is fastened to the table, so that a longitudinal chamber is formed ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5355986 | Clutch and disc brake friction assembly A clutch and disc brake friction assembly is provided for use on medium and heavy duty vehicles and includes a metallic shoe having an exposed backing surface provided with a plurality of relatively spaced protuberances projecting therefrom. A sheet metal... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5299663 | Disk brake The disk brake includes a caliper having a plurality of claw portions. A carrier supports the caliper for sliding movement in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the disk. A pair of pads are disposed on opposite sides of the disk for sliding i... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5275263 | Brake block shoe and method for its manufacture The back and the braking body of the brake shoe are both formed as cast iron elements. The brake shoe, mainly consisting of molded parts, allows a particularly rational manufacture by casting operations or as a composite casting in one and the same castin... | 01/04/1994 |
| 4552252 | Carrier body for a disc brake pad A carrier body of a brake pad for disc brakes, which carrier body is arranged to support a friction coating of the brake pad and includes a plate-shaped molded member of a hard ceramic material presenting a rear face and a circumferential edge face, and a... | 11/12/1985 |
