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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 |
| 7975988 | Device for carbonating a liquid with pressurized gas A device for carbonating a liquid (L) in a container (10) with a pressurized gas (G) comprises a receiving flask (20) for the container (10) and a filling head (30) which has means (31) for adding gas into said liquid in the contai... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7497419 | Carburetor having a coupling element and a coupling element for connecting an actuating element to an adjusting element A carburetor (1) has an adjusting element which is mounted in an intake channel (3). An actuating element (19) is provided for actuating the adjusting element. The carburetor (1) has a coupling element for connecting the actuating element... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7438285 | Refrigerator with carbonated water distributor A refrigerator incorporating in its door a water dispenser within a compartment present on the outside of the door, the dispenser being connected to a water container of given capacity carried by the door and provided to enable the contained water to be carbonated v... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434793 | Coating for a throttle body A throttle body for an air intake system of an internal combustion engine, which includes a combustion chamber. The throttle body includes a body, a throttle plate and a coating. The body defines a throat through which air flows to the combustion chamber. The thrott... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431270 | Heating tower apparatus and method with wind direction adaptation A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid having an air flow inlet stream and a first air flow outlet and a second air flow outlet. The first air flow outlet provides a first outlet air flow stream and has a first outlet door that moves between an open position... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427057 | Control valve assembly of a carburetor and method of assembly A combustion engine carburetor has a control valve assembly that generally controls flow through a fuel-and-air mixing passage extending through a body of the carburetor. The control valve assembly has at least one valve preferably of a butterfly-type having a shaft... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416170 | Carbonator with remote liquid level sensor A carbonator for a beverage dispenser is characterized by a carbonator tank that is placed at a generally inaccessible first location in the beverage dispenser. Liquid and CO2 are supplied to the tank to carbonate liquid in the tank and carbonated liquid ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7370855 | Spring damper A damper is shown for damping the movements of a valve spring in an engine. The valve spring can be housed within the damper or the damper may be located inside of the valve spring. The damper is made from a suitable polymer and has one or more slots located radiall... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7344123 | Dispersing fragrances A fragrance disperser (10) in one form includes a single fan (101) that passes air over a wicked single or double fragrance (102). A second form has the fan (11) reversible to provide two different airstreams (29a, 29... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7318901 | Device for oxygenating sea water A diffuser hose for oxygenation of water, in aquaculture installations for marine organisms in the sea. The hose (5) consists of a perforated hose (6), to which substantially pure oxygen is supplied, and at least one perforated hose for oxygen distribu... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7287744 | Fuel conditioning apparatus A fuel conditioning system (10) comprises a housing (12) defining a chamber (14) and provided with an inlet (16) upstream of the chamber (14) and an outlet (18) downstream of the chamber (14). A hemispherical seat ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270111 | Composite engine speed control A common engine speed control mechanism for small internal combustion engines, which may be configured to allow for actuation of the speed control mechanism between stop, idle, and various engine running speed positions by actuation of one of a selected plurality of... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264224 | Valve with offset venturi A valve is disclosed having a valve closing member that divides the valve bore into passageways of unequal cross sectional areas when in an open position. A venturi is positioned within the valve bore upstream of the valve closing member. The throat of the venturi m... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261281 | Carburetor A carburetor including a mixture channel and an air channel that are separated from one another, wherein a fuel opening opens into the mixture channel. A throttle element is rotatable about an axis of rotation that extends transverse of the direction of flow in the ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258327 | Carburetor A carburetor (18) has a carburetor housing (17) wherein an intake channel (19) is guided having a flow cross section of less than 3 cm2. The carburetor (18) includes a partition wall (11) which partitions the intake chan... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243912 | Aeration diffuser membrane slitting pattern A diffuser assembly for diffusing a fluid from a fluid source into a medium to aerate the medium. The diffuser assembly including a diffuser body in fluid communication with the fluid source and a membrane connected to the diffuser body. The membrane is circular and... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7213568 | Throttle body and plate A throttle valve assembly is held within a passageway in a throttle body. The assembly includes a plate and a pivot shaft. The plate includes a contoured front surface, a contoured back surface, and a mounting receptacle. The mounting receptacle forms smooth bulges ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7165536 | Evaporative emissions control system for small internal combustion engines An evaporative emissions control system for small internal combustion engines. The system generally includes a charcoal canister and a carburetor with a fuel circuit shutoff valve. The charcoal canister is in fluid communication with the air space above the liquid f... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163571 | Exhaust gas cooler and particulate scrubbing system An exhaust gas cooling and particulate scrubbing system for automobiles includes a first stage intercooler for initial, indirect cooling of the exhaust gas and a direct exhaust gas cooling and scrubbing device preferably positioned downstream in the exhaust system t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7104527 | Carburetor with manual choke mechanism A choke valve is fixed to a predetermined position even after manual release, whereby an improved start and a subsequent stable operation are obtained. A fixing force and a valve opening force are applied to a choke valve shaft. Further, a pin of a choke valve lever... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097160 | Apparatus for treating a liquid with a gas The present invention includes an improved apparatus (10) for treating a liquid with a gas having a generally cylindrical outer housing (24) and a coaxial inner housing (40) defining both an outer and an inner chamber (26, 46) and a plura... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080628 | Intake control device for internal combustion engine An intake control device for an engine includes a throttle body that defines a throttle bore, which is substantially circular-shaped in cross section, through which intake air flows. A throttle valve is rotatably assembled in the throttle bore of the throttle body. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077387 | Limited access adjustment system for an internal combustion engine An adjustment system for a carburetor of an engine places a housing structure around the head of an adjustment screw to inhibit access to the head of the idle fuel adjustment screw except by properly trained technicians who possess an appropriately shaped tool which... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7047937 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is provided, and has a throttle element mounted in the intake channel of the engine so as to be pivotable, via a throttle shaft, between an idling position and a full-load position. An abutment is fixedly connected with the throttle sha... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022236 | Membrane bioreactor, process and aerator A reactor has an aerobic tank, an anoxic tank and a sealed membrane tank with conduits for circulating mixed liquor between them. Permeation starts when the mixed liquor reaches a high level and stops when the mixed liquor reaches a low level. A sensor, for detectin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6920864 | Throttle body A throttle body for an internal combustion engine has a housing, a first plate carried by the housing for linear reciprocation between a first position and a second position in response to movement of a throttle member, and a second plate carried by the housing for ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918316 | Adjustable pedal assembly An adjustable pedal assembly includes a mounting arrangement (1) for attachment to a vehicle structure (37), an accelerator pedal (6), a brake pedal (7), and a clutch pedal (8). The pedals (6, 7, 8) are pivotally supported w... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915555 | Method for manufacturing speaker A method of manufacturing a loudspeaker comprises: continuously forming diaphragm portions and alignment portions on a band resin film; positioning one of a frame and a protector at an upper die or lower die; aligning other alignment portions formed on the frame, th... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6880812 | Carburetor A carburetor is provided that supplies an appropriate amount of fuel at engine start-up and in a specific range of rotational speed, and allows stable engine operation at a target rotational speed. The carburetor comprises a first fuel system (F1) for met... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6863268 | Dew point humidifier (DPH) and related gas temperature control A method of humidifying gases to 100% relative humidity and a humidifier to carry out such a method are provided to humidify gases for fuel cells and for other applications. The humidification of gases is thermally controlled and thermal energy is managed to provide... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6843470 | Air diffuser and flushing method thereof An air diffuser (2) having a diffuser tube (5) immersed sidewardly in a tank (1), a flushing pipe (9) opening at its tip an outlet (11) at an upper position of the diffuser tube, and a flushing valve (12) disposed in the flu... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6827339 | Variable venturi-type carburetor with automatic vacuum regulation and cam control mechanism A variable venturi-type carburetor has a base defining a central channel having an upper inlet end and a lower outlet end. A variable venturi assembly is situated in the middle of the central channel. The variable venturi assembly has a support, a conical body, and ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6824125 | Simple method for the controlled production of vortex ring bubbles of a gas in a liquid An apparatus, and its method of operation, are described that allow for the production of gas-filled vortex rings in a host liquid. A source of gas under pressure is connected via a tube to the inlet of a regulation valve whose outflow is connected via a similar tub... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6786475 | Bubble humidifier with improved diffuser and pressure relief device A bubble humidifier for adding humidity to supplied oxygen. The bubble humidifier has a humidifier base, for containing a quantity of liquid, and a cover for the humidifier base. The bubble humidifier has an oxygen inlet for supplying oxygen to the bubble humidifier... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6742772 | Carbonating device The invention relates to a carbonating device for charging a liquid with a pressurized gas. Carbonating devices of this type are generally used for adding carbon dioxide or CO2 to tap water or so-called still water. According to the invention, the pivotal... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6708959 | Carburetor valve assembly A carburetor with a valve assembly having a plastic cam body connected to a plastic shaft which extends into the carburetor body and a valve head press-fit into a slot formed through the plastic shaft. Desirably, the valve assembly eliminates the use of threaded fas... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705283 | Throttle body comprising a butterfly with a spot face Separated air flow in the neighborhood of the leading edge of a butterfly valve plate in a throttle body fuel injection system can result in whistling. To alleviate the noise, a provided with an recess, or relief, on the suction side of the butterfly valve plate, ne... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6688585 | Carburetor for a two-cycle scavenging engine A carburetor for a scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine has an enriched fuel-and-air mixing passage extending through a housing of the carburetor. Engaged to the housing is a body of an air flow modular assembly which carries a primary air flow... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6641118 | Carburetor arrangement A carburetor arrangement for an internal combustion engine including a two-stroke engine in a portable handheld work apparatus includes an intake channel section (2) which is formed in the carburetor housing (34). A throttle flap (3) is arranged in the in... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6561496 | Carburetor throttle control detent mechanism A carburetor having a throttle valve co-rotatable with a small diameter throttle shaft having a free end protruding from an exterior side surface of the associated carburetor body. A throttle lever detent arm is co-rotatable on and with the throttle shaft... | 05/13/2003 |
