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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 |
| 7404494 | Kinetic inertial delivery system A system for front facing products without the use of product pushers or shelf dividers includes a generally flat panel which supports products and a motion providing device adapted to come into contact with the panel. The motion providing device may include a motor... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7357097 | Device for shellfish farming Device for cage (1) for shellfish farming, where the cage is placed in the sea or in a tank with water and where the cage's one side (11) is provided with openings, for instance a grid (13) and where the cage's other sides (3, 5, 7, 9) pr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7303368 | Trailer for walk greensmower A trailer for a walk greensmower comprises a trailer frame supported by a pair of ground engaging trailer wheels. The trailer frame includes a pair of spaced, parallel wheel ramps. A tongue is provided for connecting to a tow vehicle. The trailer frame is pivotal re... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7201243 | Storage carts Storage carts for the storage of pallets and other loads that may be moved between an open position into an aisle for access to the load and a closed position out of the aisle when desired. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195124 | Socket tray for automated torquing system A socket tray for use in torque control systems that includes proximity sensors that detect the presence or absence of sockets normally held in the socket tray without coming into direct contact with the sockets. The sockets are received and held in socket-receiving... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7124902 | Rack with linear guide A sliding rack apparatus having a rack body having supported on a slide rest and movable along a pair of slide tracks. The slide rest has a pair of rollers with a rut therebetween. The slide tracks have a convex edge in a center thereof so as to extend in the rut be... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7073835 | Bale wagon having a damper for the rolling rack An improved bale wagon having at least one bumper member to position the rolling rack at the proper distance from the end of the front load rack of the bale wagon, and to dampen the impact between the front wall of the load rack and the front end of the rolling rack... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7032762 | Power-assisted movable rack The invention provides a relatively simple and inexpensive power-assisted movable rack system, movement of which is controlled by an operator. The movable rack system comprises a plurality of movable racks, each of which includes a plurality of wheels, a DC motor tu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6974038 | Modular rack for compact disks A high capacity motorized rack holds a plurality of jewel case enclosed CDs in holders flexibly inter-connectable with each other to form a rotatable continuous loop. The loop is rotatably retained within a vertical rack housing and is driven by a motor, disposed wi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6948785 | Track system for mobile carriages A track system for high density mobile storage comprises parallel tracks each receiving a rail on which mobile carriages roll. The tracks are supported off a building floor by multiple transverse leveler channels. A pair of insert nuts are immovably held in each lev... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948629 | Remote operated accessory rack A rack includes a stationary container, that includes a movable member positioned within the container by remote operation of a motor. The motor is either carried as part of the movable member or is in the container with fittings inter-connecting a drive shaft of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6854604 | Automated display mechanism A store display maximizes shelf space through use of an automated lift assembly that selectively positions product, for example milk containers, at an opening in a wall. The wall defines a customer side and a store side, and the lift assembly monitors product availa... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6845834 | Movable rack system Pulse encoders (21) are linked to motors (16) in driven travel support devices positioned in the opposite outside portions of a movable rack travel path (trackless) in a transverse direction to the travel path, and a movable rack controller (41)... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6783484 | Machine tool with gripper and/ or tool magazine system A tool magazine system and a gripper for a machining spindle. The gripper should be fed to the tool laterally with respect to the rotational or longitudinal axis of the tool, particularly substantially at right angles to that axis, and should grasp the tool. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6752277 | Product display system using radio frequency identification A system for the display and distribution of multiple product items, where the product items bear radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, and an RFID reader is associated in close proximity for maintaining effectively continuous inventory control. A product disp... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6676233 | Storage lift A storage lift includes two vertically extending tracks mounted to a wall surface such as a garage wall. The tracks guide associated sliding members through vertical motion up and down adjacent the wall. The sliding members are in turn hinged to a platfor... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6609773 | Storage apparatus A storage apparatus (10) comprising a plurality of first storage compartments (26) which are rotatably mounted around a substantially vertical shaft (14). The apparatus (10) being arranged such that the first compartments (26) are usually in a raised posi... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6595374 | Automated display mechanism A store display maximizes shelf space through use of an automated lift assembly that selectively positions product, for example milk containers, at an opening in a wall. The wall defines a customer side and a store side, and the lift assembly monitors pro... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6510950 | Apparatus for storing and transferring planar products, provided with parking station The storage system has two base members (1, 2) that support rails (3) that allow the carriages (4), provided with inclined frames (5), to slide longitudinally in both directions. At the opposite ends of the base members, there are two parallel transverse ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6394286 | Area rug hanging display A display rack for displaying a plurality of rugs includes a plurality of generally upright elongate support posts connected side by side by a support frame with each post having mounted thereon for sliding movement therealong a respective one of a plural... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6347713 | Multilevel modular storage system with modules sliding horizontally in both directions A multilevel modular storage system composed of a plurality of modules arranged side by side and stacked on a plurality of levels which can slide horizontally and transversely in both directions. Each module has a substantially rectangular elongated suppo... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6216890 | Display for flat object like floor tile and ceiling tile A display for floor tiles, ceiling tiles and like flat objects whereby the objects are displaced on plates in tiers. A pair of columns on either side of a rectangular platform which can be raised and lowered along the columns and has a carriage engageable... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6161702 | Lifting system for bicycle storage and methods using the same A bicycle-lifting system and method for storing a bicycle above the ground in an enclosure such as a storage house, or a garage comprises a reel and a pair of straps mechanically attached to the reel. A bicycle may be lifted and stored above the floor in ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6086319 | Multiple well plate stack expander A device and method for expanding the distance between individual multiwell plates of a stack of multiwell plates so that all the plates can be loaded at once into a magazine commonly used in automated analysis systems. Significant to the device are a ser... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082207 | Vertically operating ball screw and nut actuator system for synchronously moving multiple elements in load balanced opposed directions, and methods of constructing and operating ball screw actuator systems A loaded vertically operating ball screw and nut actuator system, including methods of constructing it, for synchronously moving load systems connected to it in opposite vertical directions has a vertically disposed rotatably driven ball screw device with... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6056134 | Safety device for a storage device A safety device for use in a storage apparatus includes a protective device and movable covers. The storage apparatus includes a plurality of carriers for stored goods, an opening for stocking or unstocking goods on the carriers and a drive having drive e... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5984113 | Shoe storage system with a compact shoe pouch transport mechanism A shoe storage system for housing and organizing shoes. The system includes a compartment defined by a top wall, a bottom wall, a long open front, a long open back and long opposed side walls, and further includes a gear system disposed in the interior of... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979671 | Electrically operated elevatable clothes drying assembly An electrically operated elevatable clothes drying assembly including two positioning frames having respective slide grooves for receiving respective slide blocks; a securing rod including a slide groove at an upper end for receiving the positioning block... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5967339 | Positional correction relative-flag structure of cartridge storage rack in library apparatus, and library apparatus The present invention is for realizing the improvement of the cartridge storage efficiency and size reduction of a library apparatus by installing relative flags using cells of a storage rack to suppress the increase in the installation area or volume of ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5950846 | Storage device with vertically and horizontally movable supports A storage rack for metal structural elements provides a support frame having at least one vertical support column carrying a rack for hydraulically powered vertical motion. The rack provides plural groups of vertically spaced, horizontal supports which ma... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5944202 | Material handling pushback A warehouse storage pushback device is provided having a first and second drive. Each drive has a chain, with a plurality of pads attached thereto, forming a closed loop. A plurality of rotating discs meshes with the chain and are rotatably mounted to an ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5938047 | Material storage and retrieval assembly An assembly for storage and retrieval of materials consisting of a right gantry carrying track, a left gantry carrying track in parallel alignment with the right gantry carrying track, a right column, a left column, right column mounting means rollably mo... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5845788 | Bicycle storage and display system A bicycle storage and display system having a frame, a first chain mounted on a first side, and a second chain mounted on a second side of the frame. A plurality of sprockets rotatably support the first and second drive chains. The sprockets are arrayed t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5738225 | Device in which a bookrack moves vertically and horizontally A bookrack that moves vertically and horizontally is provided with a chain gear (56) of a reduction motor (55) that turns left or rights by the operation of switches (3, 4). Power is supplied to a rotary wheel (48) to turn an attachment double chain (44).... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5735662 | Adjustable wafer transfer machine A adjustable wafer transfer machine that includes an adjusting mechanism for changing the spacing between adjacent wafers to accommodate placement of the wafers in either a smaller wafer carrier or a larger wafer carrier and a transfer mechanism for trans... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5636750 | Method and apparatus for automatically locating an item in a movable storage system Items are stored in movable containers having multiple storage locations. The containers can be rows of storage units having shelves and bays in a mobile aisle storage system. The identity and location of each item is stored in a computer. To retrieve a s... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5613930 | Device for extracting, storing and handling drill bit cassettes A device for storing and handling at least one drill bit cassette includes a channel member having a height, two ends and a length extending between the two ends. At least one of the two ends is dimensioned to slidingly receive the at least one drill bit ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5533632 | Motorized accessory holder and method of using same A motorized accessory holder (12) includes a body (4) having a lower region defining a circumferential track (14). A belt assembly (6), including a continuous loop belt (28) and support arms (34) extending outwardly from the belt, is housed within the bod... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5487474 | Device for displaying articles The display cabinet includes a fixed frame with front vertical stanchions 2 bearing fixed load or feeding bars 20 which support the front end of display racks 22. A mobile frame including rear vertical stanchions 10 is able to move vertically with respect... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5423503 | Plate-like member conveying apparatus A plate-like member conveying apparatus includes five holding arms arranged parallel to each other in one direction and capable of supporting wafers, a link mechanism for connecting said holding arms to each other and for, when at least one holding arm is... | 06/13/1995 |
