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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 |
| 7770711 | Rebar guide attachment for a conveyor A rebar guide attachment for a conveyor for preventing the rebar from coming out of the conveyor while be cut and for aligning the rebar for dispensing into a rack. The rebar guide attachment for a conveyor includes a rebar guard and alignment assembly being attache... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766151 | Picking station A picking station for picking articles out of storage containers by a picking person, the picking station being connected to a conveying system which has a conveying track leading through a working area of the picking person, at least for the inward transport of sto... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7578381 | Product carrier and transport device Product carrier, moveable along a conveyor track (33, 34) in a conveyor arrangement, and designed as a trolley, which has two wheel units (3, 4) which are moved along the conveyor track. Suspended from each wheel unit is a carrier arm (5, 6) for... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7431164 | Device and method for sorting products The invention relates to a device for sorting products, which device comprises adjacently arranged supporting units which are movable in a direction of transport along a conveying path, each supporting unit being provided with at least one load carrying platform com... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7410044 | Article carrier for a grading apparatus An article carrier (1) includes a mount (3) for mounting the article carrier to a conveyor. A carrier frame (4) is located over the mount and is movable about a pivot (5) so as to be locatable in a carriage position, in which articles ( | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395914 | Carrier for sorting apparatus An apparatus is provided for sorting products such as fruits. The apparatus comprises an endless conveyor and conveying units for conveying products behind each other in a substantially horizontal plane. Each conveying unit is formed by at least two rolling elements... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7341140 | Off-loading conveyor of produce An off-loading conveyor of produce having utility in the discrimination and separation of watermelons includes a support structure defining a conveying path, an endless flexible element mounted on the support structure to extend and to move along the conveying path ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337892 | Device for sorting products The invention provides a device for sorting products, comprising bogies which are movable in a direction of transport along a conveying path, which bogies are pivotally interconnected, and supporting platforms comprising a supporting surface for supporting products ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325669 | Measuring device for conveyor chain A conveyor system includes a conveyor line, a conveyor chain movable along the conveyor line, and an electronic device located at a movable component that moves with the chain along the conveyor line. The electronic device may comprise a locating device operable to ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322848 | Paperless picking system A paperless picking system for use in a product distribution center includes multiple bays of product supports and operator interfaces, at least one of which is at the bays. The product supports include case flow racks, pallet racks and/or product shelving. The oper... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318519 | Tote for conveyor A tote (1) used for conveying articles is transparent to x-rays in a conveyor system. At least a lower part (4) of the tote may be manufactured by injection molding rather than rotational molding. A wear-resistant material may also be employed for the ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7293638 | Orientation unit for a fruit sorting and grading machine The present invention relates to an orientation unit for a fruit sorting and grading machine, for rolling apples around their major axes at a fixed rpm depending upon the imaging and processing speed so as to make it possible for the camera to scan the entire periph... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284652 | Tiered control architecture for material handling A control architecture for material handling includes multiple tiers of controllers, such as three. The lowest-level controllers interact directly with sensors and actuators used in the material handling system, such as photo-eyes and motors used with conveyors. The... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284654 | Sorting conveyor provided with tilting bowls The invention relates to a sorting conveyor provided with tilting bowls consisting of trucks coupled to each other and transporting carrying bowls which are tilted to an unloading position by a rotary drive arranged on the truck. The rotary drive is connected by a f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284655 | Method and arrangement as well as apparatus for transverse conveyance of reams The invention relates to a method, an arrangement and an apparatus for conveying objects transversely to their incoming transport direction. In known apparatuses there is a possibility of either removing all the objects in one direction or the other. To a limited ex... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281623 | Transport system including vertical rollers A transport system for conveying articles along conveyance paths including straight, curvilinear, horizontal, inclined and declined conveyance sections. The articles are conveyed between a pair of vertical belts while being supported by protrusions extending from th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278305 | Apparatus for detecting hunting and angle of attack of a rail vehicle wheelset An apparatus and method for estimating the angle of attack of wheels, wheelsets, trucks and railway vehicles traveling over a track employing a wayside system having a plurality of sensors, adjacent to the rails of the track, for detecting the passing of each wheels... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7260449 | Device for conveying and positioning of structural elements in non-contact way In a device for conveying and positioning structural elements at a conveying track, a structural element is brought into pending state at the conveying track and the conveying track is tilted in conveying direction so that the structural element slides downwards to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249668 | Positive displacement sorter shoe A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of interconnected slats defining an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface. A plurality of pusher shoes are provided, each moving along at least one of the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7233840 | Conveyor system with distributed article manipulation A system and method for manipulating articles includes providing a bed having at least one conveying surface. The conveying surface is adapted to move articles in a direction of conveyance from an upstream end to a downstream end of the bed. At least one sensor is p... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228958 | Supporting body, conveyor comprising a number of supporting bodies and method for transversally aligning objects Conveyor (1), comprising a number of supporting bodies (10) arranged successively in an array in order to form transporting positions for objects (P) for transporting between two successive supporting bodies (10), wherein the form of the support... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222715 | Fruit handling equipment A conveying assembly for fruit handling, comprising a carriage (20) adapted to be attached to a conveying chain arranged to displace the carriage in a conveying direction, a cup (30) adapted to support a single piece of fruit, the cup being secured to ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212884 | Network controlled sorter conveyor The present invention relates to a sorter conveyor having a plurality of conveyor units with article-supporting means, such as tilt trays or cross-belts, equipped with discharge means for discharging articles conveyed on the article-supporting means, which discharge... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198145 | Releasable connection for sortation conveyor pusher A pusher has a retaining member disposed within an opening in the pusher cap, a fastening member secured to the pusher base and a fuse element interposes between the retaining member and the fastening member, the fuse element failing upon the application of an undes... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191892 | Apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second conveying line, in particular for feeding a boxing machine In an apparatus for transferring products from a first conveying line to a second line conveying line operated stepwise in a feeding direction and particularly for feeding a boxing machine a plurality of compartments are aligned along the feeding direction. Each com... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7166814 | Sorting machine The sorting machine main body of a sorting machine is a slender machine provided with a chain conveyer along an upper and lower two level endless loop route, and includes an IN side turn back portion, a transfer portion, a sorting portion, an OUT side turn back port... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7131904 | Automated laterally offset retractable food dislodgement or guiding mechanisms and associated methods and systems Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food handling and/or transport. The systems employ fingers that can be inserted to gap spaces in a carrier surface so as to dislodge, guide and/or ro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121399 | Small item pneumatic diverter A small item pneumatic diverter for high speed diversion of articles, such as fruit, from a moving conveyor in a product handling system. The pneumatic diverter is particularly suited for diversion of small, relatively fragile articles after they have been optically... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117988 | Positive displacement sorter A positive displacement sorter includes a plurality of interconnected slats defining an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface conveying articles in a longitudinal direction. A plurality of pusher shoes move along the slats to laterally di... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7092788 | Transport system for articles, in particular containers for baggage pieces A transport system, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a container for receiving an article, a sensor assembly including an inductive sensor for monitoring a transport of the container along a transport path, and a screening device for comple... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086519 | Positive displacement shoe and slat sorter apparatus and method A positive displacement sorter apparatus and method includes providing a plurality of slats being interconnected in an endless web, an upper run of the web defining a conveying surface, and a plurality of pusher shoes gliding along at least some of the slats to late... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080730 | Conveyor assembly The invention provides an apparatus including a conveying member defining a loop that may be used for transferring a product into a container. The conveying member can be a belt, a chain, or plurality of hinged plates. The invention also includes first and second su... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048109 | Transport system for containers, in particular an airport baggage handling system, and incline conveyor for a transport system A transport system, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a container having an underside formed with a grooved recess which defines a leading edge and a trailing edge, as viewed in a transport direction of the container. The transport system ha... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048622 | Automated laterally offset retractable food dislodgement or guiding mechanisms and associated methods and systems Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food handling and/or transport. The systems employ fingers that can be inserted to gap spaces in a carrier surface so as to dislodge, guide and/or ro... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7014030 | Modular substructure for material handling A structural frame assembly that is adapted to support a chute of a sorting machine, the frame assembly including two laterally spaced beams and at least one cross-beam interconnecting the two laterally spaced beams, the beams and the at least one cross-beam includi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997666 | Automated cart unloading/conveyor system An automated cart unloading/conveyor system for automated unloading of articles from a transport vehicle or cart to one or more transfer surfaces, conveyors, or other platforms. A specially configured cart carries articles to be transferred upon shelves. The cart is... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993978 | Pin detection system A pin detection system and/or method for detecting a pin or bolt in a section of chain comprises a chain or section of chain having a plurality of chain links connected together by a plurality of pins or bolts or the like. At least one end of at least one of the pin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974019 | Conveyor with a motorized transport element A conveying system including individually motorized transport elements or shoes that transport articles laterally across a conveyor. The motorized transport elements ride along tracks across the width of the conveyor. A motor drives each transport element across the... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938750 | Sorter conveyor A sorter conveyor having cross-belts for supporting and discharging article is disclosed, wherein the cross-belts are driven by interaction between a rotor moving with the cross-belts and stationary electric stator parts, wherein the rotor is arranged separate from ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6905030 | Tilting platform checkweighing method A checkweighing station includes a weigh platform mounted on a load cell which in turn is mounted on a rotatable shaft so that the entire assembly can be rotated to tilt the platform in one direction for an acceptable weight of a weighed item and in another directio... | 06/14/2005 |
