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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 |
| 7059496 | Shaker The present invention relates to a shaker for sprinkling granules, preferably salt. The shaker (1) comprises a screen-like member (7) which is mounted movable in vertical direction relative to such lower parts (5) of the shaker (1) which ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6994015 | Apparatus for preparing coffee An apparatus for preparing coffee includes a holder provided with an access opening for placing a pouch filled with a product to be extracted into the holder; a cover for closing and releasing the access opening; a clamping arrangement for pressing the holder and co... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935530 | Dual station coin-operated vending machine A dual station coin-operated vending machine includes a housing, a globe on the housing with a central vertical partition dividing a reservoir of the globe into separate compartments, a pair of coin-operated dispensing mechanisms each disposed in the housing below o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6488182 | Portion control vertical bin This invention discloses a portion control vertical bin for controlling the amount of material dispensed having a portion control device where a single handle pulls a top-slide and a bottom-slide where the top-slide separates a portion of material from th... | 12/03/2002 |
| 5794820 | Dispensing machine The invention provides a dispensing machine which delivers or dispenses a uniform volume of a fluid, in particular, viscous fluids such as a topping for ice cream, frozen yoghurt, etc. The dispensing machine includes a reservoir and a control and dispensi... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5685463 | Combined drop and spray nozzle A combined drop and spray nozzle device for use with a pressurized container for dispensing a product contained therein as an aerosol. The device includes an axially movable delivery outlet protruding from a top portion of the pressurized container, and a... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5676282 | Volumetrically variable measuring dispenser A volumetrically variable measuring dispenser cap comprising three primary components; an adaptor section attachable to a container having an inlet port, a volume selection ring rotatably mounted on the adaptor and having a closure plate of a size suffici... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5261569 | Squeezable container for liquid material having a detachable measuring cap A squeezable container for containing liquids is provided with a transparent measuring cap into which the container's contents can be dispensed by squeezing the container in an upright position. Through a discharging pipe liquid is transported from the co... | 11/16/1993 |
| 4896798 | Pan candy and nut meat product vending machine apparatus A coin-operated particulate product vending machine, such as for candy, nuts and the like, has a horizontally disposed elongate cylindrical product dispensing chamber having a cylindrical tumbler rotatably disposed therein with an aperture for receiving a... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4867351 | Machine for filling receptacles with flowable materials A machine for transferring metered quantities of flowable materials, such as yoghurt, between a source and successive receptacles on a conveyor has a housing with an inlet in register with the source and an outlet in register with successive empty recepta... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4830225 | Flowable material dispenser A dispenser for flowable materials in which the flowable material is moved from a reservoir for such materials into a variable volume measuring chamber, the volume of which is adjustable only by an external key, and thereafter to a discharge opening remot... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4804114 | Syringe for dosed filling of bottles and the like A syringe for the measured filling of a container, such as a bottle or the like, particularly for use on rotary-head filling machines, of the type including a valve means (11) having a cylinder body and arranged to selectively communicate an inlet conduit... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4779521 | Selective precision metering of ground coffee and other fungible materials Apparatus for precision metering of selected amounts of fungible or granular material such as coffee consisting of a frame, a hopper supported by the frame having a large upper storage area and communicating with a small lower vertically oriented exiting ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4503995 | Quantity-metering depositor for flowable food products A positive-displacement volumetric metering depositor particularly but not exclusively useful in food production equipment has a continuously-rotating cylinder with a diametrically-disposed metering piston or plunger having the general form of an elongate... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4497256 | Mobile track position correction machine A mobile track leveling machine comprises a pneumatic arrangement for introducing additional ballast into a gap between a track bed and a lifted track, which includes a storage container for the ballast, a vertically adjustable pipe arranged to receive ba... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4394940 | Dispenser for fluent materials A hopper is supported above a supporting surface and includes a pair of spaced apart apertures in the base. A metering and dispensing plate is rotatable from one position to another below the base and includes a pair of spaced apart metering apertures eac... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4355669 | Apparatus for canning food The invention is an improved apparatus for canning food, such as oysters and other foods. The invention consists of a holding tank containing a reservoir of food to be canned, a plurality of combinations of funnel members and quantity measuring structures... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4349125 | Sliding dental amalgam dispenser A trigger-actuated sliding dental amalgam dispenser is provided with a material distribution shell within which a transport carriage is longitudinally reciprocated under the control of a trigger actuator. Liquid conduit channels in the shell carry mercury... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4228919 | Dental amalgam dispenser A dental amalgam dispenser is provided with a housing having an integrally formed funnel to prevent mercury leakage and with a rectangular plastic carriage framework reciprocal within the housing to carry the silver and mercury from separate inlet ports t... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4175679 | Timer-controlled automatic animal feed dispenser A timer-controlled animal feed dispensing device is provided with a rotary cam having trip pins to periodically displace a rocker arm to reciprocate in conjunction with a bias spring, a shuttle assembly. At one end position of the shuttle assembly, a mete... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4162751 | Rotary measuring chamber with size adjustment A measuring-and-dispensing apparatus adapted to be removably secured to a jaw having powdered or granulated material disposed therein, whereby the material can be dispensed in a predetermined, measured quantity, the materials generally being, for example,... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4139030 | Amalgam dispensing device A device for dispensing ingredients, such as the ingredients for a dental amalgam, has a handle portion and a head portion formed of mating parts with the handle angulated to the head and formed for convenient gripping by the user's hand. A slide mounted ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4130149 | Coffee dispenser A coffee dispenser includes a separate measuring cup member which may be inserted in a slide track positioned below a supply container. When inserted and moved in the slide track, the measuring cup member engages and actuates a spring-loaded slide closure... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4108337 | Quantitative supply apparatus of powder coloring agent The quantitative supply apparatus of powder coloring agent can measure the powder coloring agent through a measuring groove provided on a rotary shaft and supply it directly to the raw material inlet opening of an injection moulding machine. The measuring... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4084729 | Dispensing valve A dispensing valve is provided for dispensing metered quantities of liquid and semi-solid food products from a hopper or reservoir.The valve has a piston and piston rod reciprocating in a rotatable sleeve to which it is keyed and the latter being journale... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4023715 | Measuring and dispensing device A body member has an internally screw-threaded socket or recess to receive the neck of a container, and a port adapted in one position to communicate with a transverse passage or measuring chamber in a slidable measuring and dispensing member which is mov... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3948491 | Process for blending an additive such as colour pigment etc. with a plastic material and blending apparatus intended to be used for said process Process for blending an additive such as colour pigment etc. with a plastic material, wherein the plastic material for instance in the shape of granules, pellets, grains or powder is introduced into a first hopper equipped with a stirrer. The first hopper... | 04/06/1976 |
