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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 |
| 7341237 | Valve mechanism for a vacuum valve A valve mechanism having at least one movable valve member for sealing of a valve opening in a housing. Movements of the individual movable valve members are accomplished essentially parallelly to, and perpendicularly to, the seat surface of the valve during the ope... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7237761 | Valve having double wound lamellar ring The present invention is directed to a valve which includes a housing having a valve seat for a flap that is rotationally mounted on a drive shaft. A double wound lamellar ring is arranged outside and around the flap in a peripheral groove of the flap. The invention... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234444 | Emission gas recycling equipment having butterfly valve Emission gas recycling equipment includes a passage for recycling a part of an emission gas and a control valve for controlling an amount of the part of the emission gas. The control valve includes: a housing having a pipe portion; a butterfly valve accommodated in ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225825 | Valve seal and method of installing a valve seal An assembly comprises a valve, a valve seal, and a piece of epoxy. The valve comprises a valve gate, a housing, and a plurality of screws. The housing comprises a fluid passageway and a groove that extends into the housing from the fluid passageway. Each of the scre... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219652 | Bearing support device A bearing support device includes a rotor, a bearing member, and a bearing holding member. The rotor rotates about a rotation center axis. The bearing member rotatably supports the rotor within a bearing hole passing through the bearing member. The bearing holding m... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7159844 | Two-part flap valve A valve having a housing with a valve seat for a two-piece flap which is rotatably mounted on a drive shaft. An annular piston seal and an adjacent cover disk are disposed between the first part and the second part of the two-piece flap so as to revolve there-around... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7080820 | Elliptical sealing surface for butterfly valve A reduced component wear valve is comprised of a valve body having a passage therethrough and a disc attached to a rotatable shaft. The disc is utilized with a seal forming a gap between the disc and the seal proximate to the rotational axis of the disc. When the di... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7032885 | Throttle body and method of assembly A throttle body for an automobile and a method of assembly of a throttle body are provided. The throttle body includes a throttle shaft defining a rotational axis, a housing having a bore, a deformable member located on the throttle shaft and at least partially-loca... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7007926 | Flap valve having dual piston sealing rings The invention relates to a valve comprised of a housing with a valve seat for a flap that is rotatably mounted on a drive shaft. The exterior of the flap is provided with a first piston sealing ring and a second piston sealing ring that are placed inside an encircli... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6886806 | Throttle-valve actuating unit In a throttle valve actuator unit having a throttle valve neck that contains a pivotable throttle valve and having a drive chamber for receiving an electric drive mechanism for the throttle valve and for receiving an electric connection plug for a plug connection to... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6840502 | Flap valve for fuel aggregates A flap valve for fuel aggregates, such as fuel cells, comprises a flap arranged within a flow channel. A shaft for pivoting the flap is connected to the flap. Further, a seal disposed in a recess of the channel wall is provided, which comprises at least one pressure... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6761348 | Throttle devices housing with flexible compensation elements for internal combustion engines The invention relates to a throttle device for controlling a fluid flow in an internal combustion engine, with a multi-part housing, whose first housing part and whose additional housing half rest against each other at contact surfaces and the fluid flow is controll... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6589380 | Laser welded air control valve and method An engine air control valve assembly includes a valve shaft and a valve plate made from composite polymeric plastics that are formed to be welded together by infrared laser welding. In a preferred embodiment, the valve shaft includes an intermediate porti... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6367771 | Butterfly valve with offset bearings The device concerns a device for adjusting the relative distance or position between a check valve and the base on which it rests when it is closed. Said device consists of a valve body (1), a valve shaft (5), a check valve (5) and two bearings (2 and 3) ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6189506 | Throttle shaft rotation limiting device A throttle valve for throttling the combustion air flow for an internal combustion engine is disclosed, having a body with a throat, a butterfly in the throat to throttle flow, and a shaft connected to the butterfly to operate it. The shaft has an arm tha... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6123319 | Damper valve having an adjustable seat A damper valve includes a base, a valve blade pivotally mounted on the base and two serially arranged valve seats. Each valve seat comprises adjustable valve seat portions on opposite sides of a pivot axis of the valve blade, the valve seat portions being... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6010114 | Damper system with internal sealing channels and method of assembly A damper system has a rotatable, damper blade pivotally mounted within a damper body. The inner wall of the damper body has a plurality of inwardly, radially extending pins over which is fitted a generally U-shaped sealing channel. The sealing channel com... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5743512 | Wedge lock butterfly valve A butterfly valve assembly is disclosed wherein a wedged shaped pin is used to position and fasten the butterfly disc to the valve shaft. The valve shaft, butterfly disc and wedged shaped pin are designed to cooperate in a manner that prevents relative mo... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5620167 | Modular butterfly valve for tablets, capsules and the like A modular butterfly valve for interupting the flow of particulate articles such as tablets, capsules, pills, and the like that includes a disk member which is selectively operable between an open position and a closed position. The disk member is pivotly ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5538029 | Method for adjusting valve sealing engagement A method for adjusting sealing engagement of a valve seat includes providing a valve with a disk in a flow passageway and a valve seal with a seat positioned for sealing engagement with the disk, the valve body and seal together defining a channel having ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5494257 | Damper valve having an adjustable seat A damper valve includes a base, a valve element pivotally mounted on the base and adjustable valve seat portions on opposite sides of a pivot axis, the valve seat portions being positioned on opposite sides of the blade. Each valve seat portion includes a... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5370361 | Butterfly valve A butterfly valve comprising a valve body, a throttle plate located within a throat of the valve body, and opposed projecting pins connected to the throttle plate and extending into two opposed bores of the valve body. At least one pin has an annular bear... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5357997 | Valve with segmented retainer ring A disc valve with a disc that is pivotable between open and closed positions has a metallic seal ring placed against an axially-oriented face formed by the housing and located at the ends of an enlarged conduit portion between the face and one of the ends... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5327928 | Air seal valve An air seal valve comprises an annular valve body having a circular valve plate disposed internally thereof with a pair of axially spaced valves thereon defining a fresh air plenum, one of said valves comprising a truncated conical plate having a radially... | 07/12/1994 |
| 4988076 | Valves having a turnable closure member such as a butterfly valve A butterfly valve seat structure has a polymeric sealing head slidably supported on the radially inner portion of a flat metal washer so as to be capable of radial sliding movement on the washer, a radially outer portion of the washer being rigidly clampe... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4846441 | Methods and apparatus for adjusting a valve closure member Improved techniques are provided for adjusting the axial position of a rotatable valve closure element carrying an elastomeric annular seal with respect to a metallic valve body. An adjustable nut is threaded to the valve body and includes a recess for re... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4739796 | Fluid flow diverter Fluid flow diverter apparatus is described for reversing the direction of fluid flow through a process loop, such as a bundle of heat exchange tubes in an air conditioning system. The apparatus utilizes a housing enclosing a rotary valve in which the dive... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4632360 | Butterfly type valve seal A pivotally adjustable valve disc has a ring seal set in its grooved periphery for contact with a wall of a valve accomodating bore. A flexible, radially expansible member is in the valve groove in a backing relation to the ring seal. Passages admit press... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4582080 | Bidirectional cryogenic valves A bidirectional valve useful at all temperatures from cryogenic to extreme fire temperatures. The sealing means for the bidirectional valve comprises a metallic sealing element having a pair of spaced sealing lobes defined thereon which are coated with a ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4508315 | Bidirectional valve seal A valve seal for a butterfly valve comprises a U-shaped annular seating member disposed in an annular slot in the valve body and a retaining ring for holding the seating member in place. The seating member cross-section comprises two legs and a bight port... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4420140 | Butterfly valve and a method of manufacture of said valve The butterfly valve comprises a valve body traversed by a passageway and a closure element or butterfly valve disk placed transversely with respect to the passageway. An annular bearing surface of the valve disk is intended to bear on a valve seat placed ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4418889 | Fire safe seat for a valve A novel seat especially adapted for a butterfly valve is provided which is formed both of metal and "soft" material so as to furnish a "bubble tight" seal in normal operating conditions and a metal-to-metal seal in fire situations. The seat is uniquely co... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4398696 | Butterfly valve This invention concerns a butterfly valve having a resilient, adjustable seat for pivoting disc. The seat comprises an elastomeric seating attached to a clamping ring which slides along the walls of the first portion of the flow passage extending through ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4324383 | Seat centerline operated butterfly valve The actuator shaft of a butterfly valve rotates 90 degrees to open or close an associated flow interrupter. As the shaft rotates its 90-degree motion is imparted to associated link members and the flow interrupters that are operably connected to the shaft... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4294428 | Butterfly valve A butterfly valve comprising a valve body mounted on a valve stem in a valve housing. The valve housing is provided with valve seats to contact the periphery of the valve body when the valve is closed. Elastic seal members are disposed between the end sur... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4290615 | Butterfly valve A butterfly valve having a split sealing ring in a groove in the interior of the passageway therethrough, the sealing ring having mating ends of a tongue and groove construction or the like.... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4281818 | Replaceable adjustable butterfly valve seat This invention concerns a butterfly valve having a resilient, adjustable body seat for the pivoting disc. The seat comprises a T-shaped elastomeric ring which is confined at one end by the transverse wall of an annular groove in the valve body and that an... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4248404 | Dual seal butterfly valve A wafer type butterfly valve having a spherical segment body interior contoured to receive a disc seal having upstream and downstream seals. The seals are configured to fit disc grooves and are curved to fit the body contour. Mechanical retainers are prov... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4230154 | Combined ball and throttle valve A combination valve assembly is provided for controlling fluid flow through a housing within which a ball element is operatively positioned and has a throttle valve element operatively mounted within its bore. The ball element has a latching slot to recei... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4220314 | Butterfly valve structure A butterfly valve construction for use particularly on pipelines through which fluid under pressure is adapted to flow and to be selectively cut off. The butterfly valve disc is rotatably supported within the valve casing. Within the valve casing at a reg... | 09/02/1980 |