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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 |
| 7213313 | Method of manufacturing fleece having different kinds of fibers in front and back faces A method of manufacturing a fleece having different kinds of fibers in the front and back faces includes the steps of: weaving an extra-fine polyester fiber or acrylic fiber in a high gauge to have dense loops to form the front face of loop piles (1), and wea... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194789 | Abraded nonwoven composite fabrics A nonwoven composite fabric is provided that contains one or more abraded (e.g., sanded) surfaces. In addition to improving the softness and handfeel of the nonwoven composite fabric, it has been unexpectedly discovered that abrading such a fabric may also impart ex... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168140 | Flame resistant fabrics with improved aesthetics and comfort, and method of making same Fabrics having improved aesthetic characteristics in addition to good FR characteristics and strength are described, as well as a method for making the fabrics. The fabrics are made by subjecting a fabric containing inherently flame resistant fibers to a fluid treat... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6933036 | Non-skid floor mat design A non-skid floor mat for use in a golf car is provided to enable traction with one of a hard spike and a soft spike of a golf shoe. The non-skid floor mat includes a sheet of elastomeric material and nibs in the wall area of the mat. The nibs are sufficiently spaced... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6862781 | Hydraulic napping of fabrics with jacquard or dobby patterns A process for producing fancy woven fabrics having balanced hand characteristics on each of the face and back is described. The process involves hydraulically processing a fancy-woven fabric having spun yarns in the warp to force fibers from spun yarns which are dom... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6794008 | Decorative texturized fabric A decorative texturized fabric is provided. The fabric is produced from a fabric substrate that includes a yarn nappable from one side of the substrate. For instance, in one embodiment, the fabric substrate is a warp knitted fabric. According to the present inventio... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6652166 | Photographic film cartridge A photographic film cartridge includes a light-shielding cloth. The light-shielding cloth is subjected to napping with a coarse napping machine and then napping with a fine napping machine. The napping machines have napper rollers including a pile roller ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6546605 | Napped fabric and process A fabric having at least one hydraulically napped surface comprised of tangled fibers is disclosed. Because the fiber tangles are created from intact, undamaged fibers, fabric strength is not adversely affected by treatment. In addition, laundering enhanc... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6511734 | Method and apparatus for producing a surface-structured, film semi-finished product with the application of pressure A method and apparatus are disclosed for producing a surface-structured, film semi-finished product made of a thermoplastic which is applied onto a prepared surface with numerous fine cavities provided in the form of pocket borings and is correspondingly ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6345421 | Fabric treatment apparatus comprising easily removable, lightweight, treatment tubes The present invention concerns easily removable treatment tubes from fabric treatment apparatuses in order to facilitate replacement of such rolls for treatment modification, cleaning, disposal, or any other desirable purposes. Such treatment tubes are ge... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6269525 | Face finished fabrics containing immobilized fibers The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment through abrasion, sanding, or napping of at least a portion of... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6233795 | Face finishing of cotton-containing fabrics containing immobilized fibers A process for abrading fabrics to produce a sueded hand is provided. In particular, the process is directed to the sueding of cotton containing fabrics both before and after mercerization, to produce a unique combination of hand and retained fabric streng... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230376 | Faced finished fabrics containing immobilized fibers The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment through abrasion, sanding, or napping of at least a portion of... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6177170 | Velvet-like jacquard fabrics and processes for making the same Fabrics and methods of making such fabrics whereby no evident pile structure is present in raised pattern areas on the face of the fabric. The construction of the fabric is nonetheless such that the yarns forming the raised pattern areas are more suscepti... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6112381 | Face finishing of fabrics containing immobilized fibers The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment through abrasion, sanding, or napping of at least a portion of... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6058582 | Napper machine A napper fabric processing machine implements a number of improvements. First, the worker rolls are aluminum, reducing their weight and attachable to the cylinder using a quick release mechanism, enabling quick replacement. The worker roll are also easily... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6036739 | Knitted felt filtration media An improved filter media that is stable in both the lengthwise and widthwise directions and that does not stretch or similarly distort during pressure stops and starts. The filter media is formed from a circular knitted felt fabric having a napped face an... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5970583 | Nonwoven lap formed of very fine continuous filaments A nonwoven lap of very fine continuous filaments, crimped or not, obtained by means of a controlled direct spinning process, with a weight between 5 g/m2 and 600 g/m2, and formed, after napping, of composite filaments separable in th... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5815896 | Method and apparatus to provide improved and more efficient napping of fabrics made from spun yarns A method and apparatus for loosening, cutting, and abrading a web of textile fabric having spun yarns containing wrapper fibers. The textile fabric web is directed under high tension around pairs of rotatable, small diameter tubes coated with abrasive par... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5679438 | Fabrics with a new wrinkle and a stitch A process of decorating fabric includes the step of imparting wrinkles to the fabric oblique to the warp and weft directions and heat setting the wrinkles into the fabric. The wrinkle imparting step may include moving the fabric longitudinally and simulta... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5539964 | Method to produce light-lock fabric A container for a strip (12) of light-sensitive material includes an elongated opening for withdrawing the material from the container. Strips (22) of light-locking material are provided on both sides of the opening, the strips being made from a napped an... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5528804 | Teaseling and/or fluffing machine for fabric and knitwork A teaseling and/or fluffing machine for fabric, including a load-bearing structure having two sidepieces supporting at least one drum which rotates about a central shaft and supports on its two lateral endpieces two series of teaseling and/or fluffing rol... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5459911 | Apparatus and method for raising a fluffy surface on cloth A method for obtaining a fluffy surface on cloth on which short fluff is thickly and uniformly formed. In this fluff-raising process there is no deterioration of the cloth such as undue heating of cloth or the cutting off of raised fibers. The method incl... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5416958 | Easy nap textile fabric and process for making A napped textile product is prepared by supplying a polyethylene terephthalate homopolymer yarn having an elongation of from about 20% to about 80%, a tenacity of from about 2.5 to about 3.5 grams/denier, and a boiling water shrinkage of from about 2% to ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5142750 | Absorbent wound dressing A soft, bulky light weight fabric having good absorbency and suitable for use as a wound dressing is prepared from a hydroentangled nonwoven fabric comprising a plurality of parallel spaced apart ribs interconnected by loose fiber bundles extending betwee... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5084948 | Textile napping machine A textile napping machine is equipped with pivotable arms for supporting its napping cylinder for selective movement between an operative position wherein the cylinder is arranged in driven relationship with the machine's cylinder drive system and an inop... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5080952 | Hydraulic napping process and product A novel textile fabric having a napped face which is uniform in height and in which most of the fibers comprising the nap extend from yarns extending in the warp direction of the fabric.... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4922589 | Process and apparatus for repeatedly controlling a fabric napping operation The napping operation of a napping machine of the type having a rotating cylinder with a plurality of toothed rotating napping rollers at its periphery for napping engagement with a traveling fabric web is controlled for repeatable napping results by meas... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4884325 | Process for the manufacture of a blanket product The process herein described provides the weaving of a manufactured product consisting of an upper fabric (2) made of cotton or any other suitable material and a lower fabric (3) with weft yarns (3a) made of wool and warp yarns (3b) interlaced with the we... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4797311 | Insulating fabric and method of manufacture thereof Insulating fabric having a knitted base fabric incorporating air-entrapping cells on one or both sides. The base fabric is knit from a bulk acrylic yarn, preferably high bulk acrylic yarn, and a combination polyester and cotton yarn, the yarns being knitt... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4678693 | Insulating fabric and method of manufacture thereof Insulating fabric having a knitted base fabric incorporating air-entrapping cells on one or both sides. The base fabric is knit from a high bulk acrylic yarn and a combination polyester and cotton yarn, the yarns being knitted separately in selected fabri... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4654246 | Self-engaging separable fastener A self-engaging separable fastener is disclosed which comprises a base member of woven separable fastener material having at least two adjacent mating fastener sections. At least one section is defined by a plurality of loops upstanding from the base memb... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4555424 | Textile sheet with surface effects A textile sheet made with improved surface effects and from yarns with typical unfavorable characteristics (firm round yarn cross-section, low hairiness), of the rotor OE (open end), MJS (murate-jet), sirospun or friction yarns, which, as the result of a ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4555425 | Textile sheet with specific surface effects A method for the production of textile sheets with specific surface effects, and the textile sheet as a product, for outer wear, upholstered furniture or car seat covers or decoration, from yarns of yarn strengths typical for carded yarns (for example, ri... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4554715 | Method for the finishing of textile sheets A method for the finishing of textile sheets, in which textile sheets for outer wear, upholstered furniture and car seat covers, as well as for decoration, preferably made of yarns having yarn strengths typical for carded yarns and/or worsted yarns (for e... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4548848 | High density, water-repellent textile fabric A high density textile fabric having an excellent water-repellent property comprises a woven fabric having at least one water-repellent surface layer formed by a number of warps and wefts each consisting of a number of extremely fine, water-repellent fibe... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4512065 | Mechanical surface finishing apparatus for textile fabric A process is provided for mechanically surface-finishing a textile fabric which comprises continuously feeding said fabric from a source of supply, such that said fabric lies in a single plane, subjecting successive adjacent sections of the fabric to inte... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4480363 | Napping apparatus for textile material An apparatus for napping a textile material includes a plurality of rollers for advancing the material to be napped in continual longitudinal movement and a plurality of napping rollers arranged in contact with the material to be napped and adapted for ro... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4478900 | Woven fabric containing partially fibrillated textile yarn This invention relates to a partially fibrillated textile ribbon yarn, a woven primary backing fabric made therefrom and fine or ultrafine gauge tufted carpets prepared utilizing such a backing fabric.... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4468844 | Mechanical surface finishing process for textile fabric A process is provided for mechanically surface-finishing a textile fabric which comprises continuously feeding said fabric from a source of supply, such that said fabric lies in a single plane, subjecting successive adjacent sections of the fabric to inte... | 09/04/1984 |
