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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 |
| 8104602 | Apparatus and method for continuous loading and accumulation of rows of suspendedly handled items An apparatus for continuous loading and accumulation of rows of suspendedly handled items includes a feed jig at a top of the apparatus with one or more feed channels having grippers for holding the row, and a continuous-motion loader at a bottom of the apparatus ha... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7784599 | Automatic grouping system for food products An automated grouping system of bakery products increases a quantity of bakery products that may be fed to equipment having a larger processing capacity. The automated grouping system includes a supporting structure laterally arranged adjacent to a conveyor of baker... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7475769 | Device for handling packets A device for handling packets of cigarettes has two drying beams, each for feeding a line of packets to an intermediate station; and two transfer units, each for transferring the incoming packets from a respective drying beam from the intermediate station to a singl... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7395915 | Article transport, meterer and loader An article transport, meterer and loader has a plurality of parallel lanes disposed above and in angular relation to a direction of transport of a plurality of article conveyors. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380650 | Device and method for sorting items, such as rolls The device for sorting items, such as rolls, is provided downstream of a first number (N) of feeding channels (Ca) of items (R), which feeding channels (Ca) are provided with dispensing members (S) for a controlled release of the items (R). The device (100) i... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374033 | Method for transferring articles from a first conveying line to a second conveying line and an apparatus for carrying out the method A transferring apparatus carries out the method proposed by the invention, for transferring articles from a first conveying line to a second article conveying line by two manipulating members, operated independently from each other to pick up a corresponding pair of... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357243 | Packaging machine and method The packaging machine includes: a plurality of lane guides, the plurality of lane guides being spaced apart to form a plurality of lanes; a moveable conveyor belt having a first end and second end, the first end located beneath one of the plurality of lanes, the mov... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7320394 | Block sorting system and method A block sorting system includes a block transferring apparatus that has a plurality of independently movable opposing pairs of gripping members. The gripping members pick up the row of blocks on a staging conveyor and move the row of blocks laterally to a set of adj... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7255224 | Feed conveyor An endless conveyor for receiving, conveying in a conveying direction and delivering rotation-symmetrical products. The conveyor is provided with at least a single endless transport element, as well as with a number of transverse elements extending perpendicularly t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7233838 | Transfer and positioning apparatus for automated conveyor system A transfer and positioning apparatus includes a positioning assembly located between the tracks of a dual lane conveyor and upstream of a lane changer. The positioning assembly includes a retractable shaft for stopping a carrier along a first conveyor adjacent the a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7165668 | Apparatus and method for the delivery of rod-shaped articles An apparatus for transferring rod-like articles from a longitudinal conveyor that longitudinal-axially conveys the articles onto a transverse conveyor that transverse-axially conveys the articles. Moreover, the apparatus includes a conveyor that receives the article... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7131524 | Apparatus and method for the transfer of rod-shaped articles An apparatus for transferring rod-shaped articles from a longitudinal conveyor transporting the articles in a longitudinal axial direction onto a transverse conveyor transporting the articles in a transverse axial direction, in which the directions of transport of t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104388 | Conveyor system for stacked product An apparatus and method for conveying stacked product from an infeed conveyor that conveys the product in multiple rows and at irregular intervals onto a transverse outfeed conveyor, wherein the product is in a single row and spaced at regular intervals, wherein the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070039 | Apparatus and method for the transfer of rod-shaped articles An apparatus for the transfer of rod-shaped articles from a longitudinal conveyor that longitudinal axially conveys the articles onto a transverse conveyor that transverse axial conveys the articles transversely to their axes, a direction of transport of the longitu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070384 | Apparatus and method for automatically unloading brick from kiln cars and preparation for shipment Apparatus and methods for unloading and binding brick or other components include an infeed conveyor that delivers layers of brick to a transfer distribution carriage. The distribution carriage repositions the brick layers on either an outfeed conveyor or a tine con... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7038572 | Power chip resistor A method and apparatus for a stacked power chip resistor is disclosed. The invention provides for multiple power chip resistors to be stacked, providing for encapsulant such as glass to separate each power chip resistor and a metal barrier such as nickel plating on ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6999847 | Specimen carrier transfer apparatus for a conveyor track A transfer apparatus includes a shuttle depending from an overhead support with a pair of arms for receiving and shifting a specimen carrier from one conveyor to a second conveyor of a dual-conveyor track. The shuttle is operable to retain a specimen carrier along e... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6805230 | Palletizer for articles manipulated by suspension A palletizer for bottles having loader carriage with a plurality of horizontal corridors (11) formed by pairs of laterally adjustable guides (21), which suspend the collars (92) of the bottles, and pairs of laterally adjustable side walls (31... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6786322 | Cooling tunnel for flexible packages filled with hot liquid products Cooling tunnel for flexible packages filled with hot liquid products. The cooling tunnel is applicable to automatic packaging installations and comprises a main conveyor belt (1) adapted for the transport of packages (2) filled with hot liquid products... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6612095 | Packing and unpacking machine A pick-up member for use with an apparatus for transporting a container from a pick-up station to a deposit station. The pick-up member being substantially formed of plastic and includes a bell-shaped head having a longitudinal bore for receiving containe... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6547058 | Conveyor row former, array rake and sweep mechanism for conveying objects having triangular cross sections A conveyor system comprises a novel row former, a novel array rake and a novel sweep mechanism that are all designed to prevent relative movement between objects arranged in rows and then formed in two dimensional arrays of the objects as the objects are ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6516939 | Device for transporting bottles For transporting bottles with a carrying ring in the neck region, particularly PET bottles, along a specified path of motion through processing stations (2, 3, 4, 5, 6), of a processing installation particularly a bottle-filling installation, in each case... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6347709 | Method and apparatus for transferring packing units A method of transferring packing units from a receiving station to a stack building station includes the steps of delivering the packing units to the receiving station in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of tracks in a conveying direction, accepting... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6247226 | Pickup head for a component assembly machine In a pickup head (1) for an automatic component assembly machine a house (5) is provided, which and a transmission (27, 29) is movable in a vertical direction (z-direction) by means of a drive motor (25) and is arranged on a horizontally (x-direction) mov... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6234321 | Automatic semiconductor part handler Automatic semiconductor part handler. In one aspect the handler includes a source of parts and a transfer mechanism for transferring a part from the source to a belt assembly. The belt assembly includes a belt, a belt displacement controller, and an image... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6227346 | Method and device for conveying products with a particular spacing A method and a device are disclosed for conveying products longitudinally respecting a particular longitudinal spacing. Between two conveyor surfaces moving at a particular speed equal to the product of an at least average particular rate of arrival of pr... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6152284 | Conveyor system A conveyor system is set forth. The conveyor system includes first and second strip conveyors. The first and second strip conveyors comprise a common input end that is common to both of the first and second strip conveyors. A lateral drive is disposed to ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6105750 | Method and device for transferring articles A method of transferring elongated articles from a first path to a second path crosswise to the first, whereby the articles are fed longitudinally along the first path in a first and second succession side by side and parallel to each other, and are fed t... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6082523 | Packaging machine infeed device The device includes selectively operable article re-orienting means, allowing groups of articles to be packed together in a variety of orientations using a single standard packaging machine. An infeed conveyor carries the articles in a predetermined orien... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6053301 | Apparatus for feeding connectors to a harness-making system An improved connector feeding apparatus for use with a wire harness-making system is described and includes a series of slots for holding longitudinal trains of connectors, a finger plate positioned above individual connector slots that is driven by a lin... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5967293 | Belt feeder for component delivery system with intermittently moving conveyor A belt feeder for the rapid and successive in-line transportation of small electronic components. The belt feeder has an inclined dispensing portion with at least one dispensing lane, a conveyor portion having an intermittently moving conveyor belt and at... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950799 | Generation of lehr loader motion profile in an individual section glassware forming system In an individual section (IS) glassware forming system that includes a lehr loader having a loader bar and electric actuators for controlling motion at the loader bar along forward, sideshift and lift axes independently of each other to load glassware fro... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5918726 | Apparatus for transferring separate products, such as eggs and fruit, from a feed conveyor to a packaging apparatus An apparatus for transferring separate products, such as eggs and fruit, from a feed conveyor to a packaging apparatus includes a feed conveyor provided with at least one row of product holders, a receiving conveyor provided with brushes for receiving the... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5799770 | Method for the transfer of separated goods and transfer device A method and device for the transfer of goods, in particular aluminum cans, from a first conveyor to a second conveyor. The goods are cyclically transferred in groups. On the first conveyor, the groups are disposed along the conveying direction of the fir... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5779023 | Sorting conveyor apparatus A sorting conveyor apparatus of the present invention is structured such that when objects to be conveyed are respectively positioned in outlet sides of upstream sorting conveyors under a condition that the objects are positioned on each of downstream sor... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5741343 | Adjustable hot glass transfer device Repositionable stacker bar pads composed of a relatively high-strength nonmetallic material have tongue-in-groove adjoining surfaces and glass-contact surfaces which are roughsned or serrated. The high strength material and overlapping tongue-in-groove "f... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5681138 | Apparatus for removing and transporting articles from molds Apparatus for removing and transporting ophthalmic lens mold sections from a mold, and generally comprising first, second, and third assemblies. The first assembly removes the lens mold sections from the mold and transports the lens mold sections to a fir... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5636726 | Method and apparatus for transferring eggs A method and apparatus are disclosed for increasing the speed of removal of eggs from an egg-tray conveyor and unloading of the eggs onto a roller conveyor. The invention includes two or more loader head pairs, which can operate either alternatively or in... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5564554 | Reciprocating accumulation conveyor A reciprocating accumulation conveyor temporarily accumulates pressed tortillas delivered periodically from a press and delivers them onto an oven belt in a substantially continuous supply, thereby providing more uniform baking. The reciprocating accumula... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5551550 | Article accumulator for use with a robotic hand An article accumulator is designed for use with a robotic hand. The accumulator comprises an open frame having an endless open conveyor for receiving and transporting individual aligned rows of generally flattened articles such as frozen burger patties. A... | 09/03/1996 |
