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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 |
| 7242196 | Power supply controller apparatus for detecting welding of contactors A power supply controller apparatus is provided for use in a power supply apparatus including a battery assembly. The power supply controller apparatus includes a controller that controls supplying power to a load from said battery assembly through a capacitor conne... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7208955 | Power relay or switch contact tester Embodiments of the invention include a test circuit having an auxiliary low power test signal generator, filters, and a detector to test a power switch. The generator sends an auxiliary low power test signal having a different frequency than a power signal for the s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7026821 | Testing MEM device array A system of an embodiment of the invention includes an array of micro-electromechanical (MEM) device assemblies and a testing mechanism situated outside of the array of the MEM device assemblies. Each MEM device assembly includes a MEM device capable of being indivi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6940285 | Method and apparatus for testing a micro electromechanical device A system and method for testing performance characteristics of a MEMs device includes an activation driver configured to receive and drive a waveform to an activation side of the micro electromechanical device and configured to provide readback of an activation volt... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6528985 | Non-destructive testing of passive components A device and a method for the non-destructive testing of passive components by applying an electrical test signal to passive components and an acoustic emission is measured by a microphone and, the measured signal is applied to an evaluation unit.... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6456034 | Device for controlling the power supply of an electric starter motor of a motor vehicle and a starter unit containing such a device In a device for controlling the power supply of the electric motor of a starter of a motor vehicle, and of an automobile in particular, a power switch is connected in series with the electric motor to control the motor power. The switch consists of an ele... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6157196 | Method for monitoring of tap changers by acoustic analysis A method for monitoring an on-load tap changer wherein the recording of sound and its conversion into a sound signal are initiated at the beginning of a connection operation of the tap changer and the sound signal is rectified, converted into a signal env... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6017017 | Process and apparatus for the recognition of the state of a solenoid valve A method and apparatus for the recognition of the state of a solenoid valve supplies an on/off control switching current to the coil of the solenoid valve. A high level of current is caused to flow through the coil for switching the device on, and a reduc... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5831804 | Method and apparatus for controlling a contactor for powering a motor vehicle starter Starting power supply to starter windings is interrupted whenever a power contact for the starter is still open after a predetermined time delay from initiation of the power supply to the starter. The invention also provides apparatus for controlling a co... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5629864 | Testing process for the quality control of electromagnetically actuated switching devices Switching devices in which current contacts are made by actuating a magnetic armature, are tested by analyzing the vibrations or sound emission occurring under operating conditions. According to the present invention, the sound emitted by the switching de... | 05/13/1997 |
| 4987556 | Heating cooking appliance with relay testing In a high frequency cooking apparatus including a magnetron, a fan motor, turntable motor, a plurality of relays for controlling them and a microcomputer controlling the relays, the microcomputer is provided with a relay test program. The relay test progr... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4686478 | Testing device for detecting contact chatter in electrical components with movable contacts, such as relays A contact chatter detector includes a bipolar power supply and a switching system which permits the fixed contacts of a relay under test to be connected either to the positive or the negative terminal of the power supply, the movable contacts of the relay... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4481473 | Electromagnet drop time detection method Electromagnetic actuator release characteristics are evaluated by sampling at high frequency the voltage waveform resulting when the magnet coil is deenergized. The samples are converted to a digitally coded form and stored in sequence. The stored values ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4433293 | Method and apparatus for detecting abnormal conditions of circuit breakers Abnormal conditions of a tank type gas circuit breaker are detected by driving a movable contact with a drive force and at a speed respectively lower than normal drive force and speed. Measuring units are mounted on various portions of a casing of the cir... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4173735 | Contact fault detector A technique and a circuit is described for readily detecting contact resistance build-up and contact chatter. Closed contacts are arranged in series with each other and with a resistor. A voltage is applied across the series arrangement. Each contact is s... | 11/06/1979 |
| 3993949 | Method and apparatus for detecting non-parallel reed switch contacts A method and apparatus for use in detecting non-parallel reed switch contacts, comprising digital circuitry for measuring the durations of contact bounces (open contact states) after the initial operation or closure of the reed switch contacts and a compa... | 11/23/1976 |
