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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7368692 | Ridged serpentine waveguide applicator A serpentine waveguide applicator for exposing a material to microwave energy for hearing, drying, or curing. A conveyor transports the material through aligned slots formed in facing sides at consecutive waveguide passes of the serpentine array. Each pass has a rid... | 05/06/2008 |
| 6787339 | Microfluidic devices having embedded metal conductors and methods of fabricating said devices The present invention provides low cost microfluidic devices having embedded metal conductors. The devices of the invention comprise a electronic component comprising a substrate having a first surface, a layer of electrically-conductive material deposited on a port... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6686573 | Process and device for warming up printing material and/or toner A process or device for fusing toner on a carrier or a printing material, particularly a sheet-type printing material, preferably for a digital printer, wherein the printing material with the toner is irradiated with microwaves from at least one microwave... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6605454 | Microfluidic devices with monolithic microwave integrated circuits A microwave device has a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) disposed therein for applying microwave radiation to a microfluidic structure, such as a chamber, defined in the device. The microwave radiation from the MMIC is useful for heating sa... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6587732 | Heat treatment for viral inactivation Heat treatment apparatus for inactivating viruses in blood products includes a series of tubing coils with connectors at the opposite ends of the series for connecting the tubing to a blood product source and a blood product destination. The apparatus als... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6259077 | Method and apparatus for electromagnetic exposure of planar or other materials A source provides an electromagnetic wave that has a range of frequencies. The source sweeps the frequency of the electromagnetic wave between a cutoff frequency and double the cutoff frequency. The location, angle, or effective angle of an opening is adj... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6004123 | Apparatus for making preforms A flexible glass fiber reinforcement material has microwave-sensitive or ultraviolet sensitive binder added and is formed into a desired shape. Selected electromagnetic energy (microwave or ultraviolet) is then applied to cure and rigidize the binder. A m... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5958275 | Method and apparatus for electromagnetic exposure of planar or other materials The present invention overcomes many of the problems associated with electromagnetic exposure of planar materials. A diagonal slot compensates for the effects of signal attenuation along the propagation path. Adjustably variable path lengths allow peaks a... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5750966 | Plant for pasteurizing or sterilising solid or liquid food products using microwaves A plant for pasteurizing or sterilising solid or liquid food products subjects the previously packaged products to heat treatment using microwaves in a pressurized chamber, in order to guarantee its conservation for long periods of time. At least three ph... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5631685 | Apparatus and method for drying ink deposited by ink jet printing An apparatus for drying ink deposited upon cut sheet of paper. The apparatus includes a microwave generating member to generate microwave energy for the ink and an applying member connected to said microwave generating member to apply resonating traveling... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5536921 | System for applying microware energy in processing sheet like materials A microwave processing system is provided wherein the material to be processed is in the form of a web type quantity configuration with a thickness that is small in relation to the wavelength of a particular microwave frequency. The material is passed thr... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5422463 | Dummy load for a microwave dryer A matched or dummy load for a microwave dryer having a microwave generator and a microwave applicator. The matched load includes a waveguide having opposed broad walls, opposed narrow walls, and an end wall defining a waveguide chamber. A power absorbing ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 4471192 | Microwave heating apparatus A microwave heating apparatus of a dielectric heating system used in combination with a radiant heat source. A leakage waveguide group is formed by arranging a number of leakage waveguides, each having at least in one side surface thereof an electric wave... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4446348 | Serpentine microwave applicator A serpentine microwave applicator for drying aqueous coatings on polymeric webs. Successive waveguides are coupled by enlarged, inverted, rectangular apertures. With such apertures, normal changes in load have minimal adverse effects on energy utilization... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4435629 | Combination heating apparatus A heating apparatus is provided comprising microwave heating having microwave leakage-type waveguides, each waveguide having a plurality of microwave emitting openings which extend along the advancing direction of microwave in a stepping-stone pattern. Th... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4234775 | Microwave drying for continuously moving webs In the use of microwave energy to remove moisture from a moving web, such as that moisture contained within transverse glue lines between superimposed sheets of the web for the purpose of holding the sheets together, the web is passed through a serpentine... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4208806 | Process for treatment of pourable materials with microwaves This invention relates to apparatus and method for microwave drying conducted at a higher microwave energization level while avoiding scorching of the material. The increasing energization includes the formation and interruption of chains of particles of ... | 06/24/1980 |
