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Patent No. 5678617

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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Class 198/755 - With retrograde-movement preventer


Subclass of Class 198 - Conveyors: power-driven
Definition: Apparatus provided with means in addition to the conveyor
No. of patents: 9
Last issue date: 02/04/1992


NumberTitleIssue Date
5085314Transfer apparatus
A transfer apparatus having a platform in the form of two members extending in adjacent parallel relationship in a substantially linear direction. Vibrators are arranged to oscillate the members independently of each other in out-of-phase relationship in ...
02/04/1992
4944381Multi-directional vibratory conveyor
A multi-directional vibratory conveyor is disclosed which includes a vibratory base plate which supports a plurality of fingers that project through holes in an alignment grill and in an adjustable grill. An article supported on the fingers is moved recti...
07/31/1990
4601382Pick-station and feed apparatus in pick-and-place machine
A pick-and-place machine having magnetic elements which hold down the chips at the pick stations, thus preventing shingling, and also hold such chips at the pick stations adjacent a stop element. The magnetic elements create magnetic forces in two directi...
07/22/1986
4425867Apparatus for applying toner
An apparatus for applying toner to an imagewise tacky surface on a photo-element. The element advances through the apparatus between a pair of plates covered with pile fabrics. The pile fibers are slanted in the direction of advance. One of the plates car...
01/17/1984
4152258Vibratory feeder
A vibratory feeder for conveying particulate material from one level to a higher level comprising an inclined, article-supporting surface, means for vibrating said surface, a plurality of baffles disposed in spaced apart relationship and spaced from the i...
05/01/1979
4122766Fruit and vegetable decapping machine
A machine for detopping fruits and vegetables, specially suited for the decapping of strawberries by severing the top therefrom, comprises an endless upwardly-inclined loop type conveyor mounted on a sub-frame which is in turn mounted on a main frame for ...
10/31/1978
3989227Fluid bed blender and cooler
A vibratory fluid bed blender and cooler wherein material such as sand is both blended and cooled by being conveyed by vibratory movement along a bed provided with means for introducing fluid, such as air, in the bottom of the bed to pass through the mate...
11/02/1976
3964601Positive flow vibratory feeder
A positive flow vibratory feeder uses a support element extending along a feed path and vibrated in a plane perpendicular to the support element and extending along the feed path. The support element is covered with a feed pile material having resilient b...
06/22/1976
3955669Conduit means for a vibratory conveyor
The present conduit or trough for a vibratory conveyor is constructed especially for transporting and/or treating bulk materials such a wood chips or the like. The trough or conduit is provided inside thereof with partition plates extending substantially ...
05/11/1976
 
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