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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 |
| 7731071 | Staple leg guide A staple leg guide for use with desktop staplers having a channel shape, with two downward extending fingers that support the underside of the staple legs as the staple is driven into a stack of sheet media to reduce kinking and improper penetration of the stack by ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7658310 | Method and apparatus for attaching ribs on cargo trailers An improved fabrication apparatus is provided for the placing screws accurately and reliably into body panels of cargo trailers. The apparatus uses a template that is positioned over the aluminum body panels of a cargo trailer to guide the placement of automatic scr... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7431186 | Staplers with effort-saving arm assembly A stapler includes a base which has two connection plates on a top thereof and each connection plates include three holes. A magazine has one end pivotably connected to the hole located at the rear end of the base and staples are received in the magazine. A first ar... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7325709 | Fastener driving tool and magazine device A fastener driving tool having a magazine device including a magazine and a nail feeder. The magazine extends in a first direction and defines an accommodation portion for accommodating therein a fastener array. Each fastener has a shaft with a sharp-end and a head ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7200914 | Apparatus and method for loading a riveting module with blind rivet nuts The invention relates to a device for loading a rivet module (10), which can be vertically displaced between a lower placement position and an upper loading position, with blind rivet nuts (100) using a rivet feed (22). The invention is characte... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7172598 | Force specific impacting device An impacting device includes a hollow body and a movable member. The hollow body includes an inner chamber having an interior surface, the interior surface including at least one interference member extending radially inward therefrom. The hollow body also includes ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159747 | Method and apparatus for installing a carpeting tack strip The present invention is directed to an apparatus for use in installing tack strips (e.g., as in carpet installation). This apparatus includes a body that has a longitudinal reference axis, first and second longitudinally spaced ends, and a longitudinally oriented b... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131564 | Fastener insertion apparatus Fastener insertion apparatus comprises a nose having a fastener delivery passage and side entry port. Fasteners such as rivets are supplied to the nose via a fastener supply passage and a fastener feeder assembly. A punch reciprocally disposed for movement in the de... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118015 | Thimble A thimble extending up over the first knuckle position so as to assist the user in maintaining a substantially straight finger at the first knuckle position and having a needle contacting surface with one or more indents between the tip of the finger and a position ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7083074 | Fastening structure for cover and top seat of magazine of stapling gun nose A stapling comprises a nose having a top seat, a nose cover, and a fastening latch. The top seat is mounted on the top of a magazine and is provided with a plurality of retaining portions. A top cover is provided with a plurality of retaining portions and is mounted... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7021514 | Apparatus and method to indicate required compressor pressure for use with pneumatic tool device An apparatus which enables a user of a pneumatic tool device, such as a nail gun, to determine the required compressor pressure needed to most effectively utilize the pneumatic tool device and maximize the life of the tool. A compressor pressure indication assembly ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017790 | Positioning device of a nail driver A positioning device of a nail driver comprises a tool body; a positioning unit in a front end of the tool body; the positioning unit having a nail output frame and a guide block formed by two sliding blocks; an nail output opening at a front end of the nail output ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004704 | Flute positioner A flute positioner is provided for positioning a fastener in a tool barrel, and includes a body, a throughbore extending through the body, and at least one holding member extending into the throughbore. One or more extensions may extend radially outward from the bod... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6986450 | Fastener insertion apparatus Fastener insertion apparatus comprises a nose having a fastener delivery passage and side entry port. Fasteners such as rivets are supplied to the nose via a fastener supply passage and a fastener feeder assembly. A punch reciprocally disposed for movement in the de... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6978698 | Fastener guide A fastener guide (6) for use in a power-operated drive in device (4), particularly of a stand-up tool (2), having a guide path (16) in which a plurality of fasteners (14) can be received and which has a device-side opening (18 | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974067 | Magazine for use in nail stapler A nail stapler magazine includes a storing device, a feeding device, a gate and a distinguisher. The storing device is for storing nails and first and second types of staples each including first and second legs. The feeding device is for feeding the nails and the f... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6941627 | Adaptable fastener installation tool A system for installing fasteners into a workpiece. The system includes a fastener orientation system and an installation unit. The fastener orientation system receives the fastener from a fastener delivery tube and retains the fastener in a holding jaw. Specificall... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6915936 | Tool for installing nail-pin anchors and anchor bolts A tool for driving and setting nail-pin anchors and anchor bolts into concrete, the tool using the percussive action of a rotary hammer drill. The tool comprises a body member with a spring, a driver, and a ram inserted into the body member's bore. After a hole is d... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6824036 | Adapter for nail gun for installing siding An adapter attached to a fastener driving tool for installing siding on a structure. The adapter has a front face and a back face with an opening formed therebetween. A cavity is formed in the back face and a face plate of the fastener driving tool is received in th... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6783051 | Point driver A point driver is provided that comprises a body, a selectively operable actuator, a pushplate connected to the actuator, and a head. The head includes a channel disposed between a first section and a second section. At least a segment of the channel follows an arcu... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6729522 | Fastener driving tool having improved bearing and fastener guide assemblies A fastener driving tool includes a driver having a driver shaft extending therefrom, a first extension member operably connected to the driver and a second extension member operably connected to the first extension member. The tool is for use on roof deck panels. Th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6629360 | Continuous riveter A continuous riveter is provided, which can make a rivet distance in a blind rivet holder small since an available continuous riveter having a linear guide plate elongated from a rivet supply section could not reduce the rivet distance while avoiding the ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6619528 | Cartridge for housing staples A cartridge is provided that reliably feeds staples even when the sheet of staples is completely unraveled. A shaft is established in the housing unit for the cartridge as a mechanism for forming a space. The shaft is not centered inside the round housing... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6263561 | Fastener retaining device for assembly parts An installation head, fastener, and method for installing the fastener are disclosed. The installation head has control fingers which control the position of the fastener with respect to the plunger and workpiece to which the fastener is to be attached du... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6193128 | Driving-in tool with a rotatable lever A driving-in tool for a furniture part which can be fitted in place by at least one rotating lever, is provided in which the driving-in tool possesses a centering part shaped in accordance with the fitting part to be connected and serving as an insertion ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6145723 | Workpiece-contacting probe for fastener-driving tool for fastening dimpled membranes to foundation walls via fasteners and polymeric plugs A combustion-powered, fastener-driving tool useful to fasten a dimpled membrane to a foundation wall, via a fastener and a polymeric plug, is arranged to drive a fastener from a nosepiece, through the plug and the membrane, into the wall. An actuating mem... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6089437 | Feeding head for a fastener machine A fastening machine (e.g. for rivets) has a fastening head where the fasteners are brought into alignment with the punch and die in a carrier tape. The carrier tape has a web with slits or teeth engageable by a sprocket wheel which sequentially advances t... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6012623 | Hammer-type stapler with canted drive track A hammer-type stapler in which the staple driving element and the staple drive track defining structure are constructed and arranged with respect to the frame structure to move through a drive stroke incident to an operator grasping a handle portion and m... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6000596 | Apparatus for feeding rivets for riveting guns An apparatus for feeding rivets for riveting guns comprises a first duct for transporting the rivets to a front arming device of a riveting gun; the first duct is connected to a source of compressed air supplying the compressed air at a first determined p... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5979735 | Fastener collation tube for stand-up fastener driving tool A unitary fastener collation tube for retaining a plurality of fasteners useable in a stand-up fastener driving tool. The fastener collation tube includes an elongated body member having a channel having a substantially T-shaped cross section for receivin... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5964393 | Rivet feed apparatus An apparatus for setting up fastener elements having a shaft and a head, e.g. rivets or the like, wherein the shaft length is equal to or less than the head diameter, the setting-up being ahead of a press-bar or hammer of a fastener-driving machine, which... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5931365 | Stapler having two magazines using staples with different sizes A stapler includes a base with an operation arm pivotally connected to a frame extending from the base. A first magazine and a second magazine which is received in the first magazine are pivotally connected to the frame so that the staples with small size... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5921454 | Roofing washer-dispensing and fastener-driving machine In a roofing washer-dispensing and fastener-driving machine, which has a fastener-feeding tube, a fastener-engaging pawl is mounted operatively to the tube, near its upper end. The pawl is pivotable between a normal position wherein the pawl is arranged t... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5918789 | Fastner collation tube for stand-up fastener driving tool A unitary fastener collation tube for retaining a plurality of fasteners useable in a stand-up fastener driving tool. The fastener collation tube includes an elongated body member having a channel having a substantially T-shaped cross section for receivin... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5897045 | Fastener dispensing apparatus for stand-up fastener driving tool and method therefor A stand-up fastener driving tool including a rotary driver having a rotatable shaft with a fastener driving member disposed on a distal end thereof and disposed within telescoping upper and lower tubes, wherein the lower tube has a nose-piece with an open... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5829661 | Explosive powder charge operating setting tool An explosive powder charge operated setting tool including a housing(1), a stud guide(3) projecting beyond the housing(1) in a setting direction and axially displaceable relative to the housing(1), a guide channel(4) extending substantially transverse to ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5715985 | Automatic nailing machine An apparatus for delivering fasteners, such as nails, screws and rivets from a supply source to an automatic fastener driver comprises an elongated flexible wire helix whose pitch is such that fasteners can be supported by their heads between adjacent con... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5692664 | Anchor fixing apparatus The indirect-firing apparatus includes a combustion chamber for a cartridge (62), a trigger for igniting the cartridge, a barrel, an inertia block in the barrel, an anchor guide (7) designed to receive an anchor, a shuttle (34) in the anchor guide (7) mou... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5603442 | Rotary hopper for an attaching apparatus A rotary hopper includes a door, which is pivotally mounted on the main mounting plate for pivoting about a vertical axis, having a transparent element to enable viewing of the interior of the rotary hopper. The pivotally mounted door enables easy access ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5588576 | Feeder for components, in particular components designed with a head A Feeder for elongate components, in particular components designed with a head, has a feed tube with an inlet orifice which can be connected to a feed line and an orifice in the top region thereof and a gripper with at least two gripping arms (1) which a... | 12/31/1996 |
