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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305983 | Assessment of solar energy potential on existing buildings in a region A method for assessing solar insolation potential upon existing building rooftops in a given region comprises: (a) computing Global Horizontal Insolation values based on topographical Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data for the region; computing a Sky Transmissivity ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 6523270 | Universal heliodon-sundial An apparatus for use with a source of light including a first orientation device that includes a latitude scale, a latitude pointer rotatable about a first axis relative to the latitude scale, and a platform configured to support an architectural model. T... | 02/25/2003 |
| 5742387 | Laser beam levelling device and process for operating a laser beam levelling device and associated contrivance The present invention relates to a laser beam levelling device which has a rotating frame which is rotatable round a vertical axis and an inclining arrangement which is pivotal round a horizontal axis. Means connected to a controller are also provided to ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5610711 | Remote pointing system for a self-leveling laser instrument An apparatus for use with a compact self-leveling construction laser for the purpose of allowing the user to remotely call or page the measurement beam to his location using a retroreflector. The apparatus uses an auxiliary plumb beam provided by the cons... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5274926 | Antenna aiming instrument The instrument comprises a sphere mounted in a holder between two rings, so that the sphere is held in specific spatial relationship to holes in the holder which define a line of sight of the instrument. A flat cylindrical assembly comprising a bubble lev... | 01/04/1994 |
| 4635371 | Device to indicate solar exposure A device for determining the annual exposure of a site which comprises a viewer having a lens with markings provided thereon for determining the line of travel of the sun at a given latitude for selected dates of the year and indicating the position of th... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4457296 | Heating model A passive solar heating model for studying the daylight illumination of a lot containing buildings and trees comprises a platform, a pair of arms pivotally mounted at one end thereof to the opposite sides of the platform, and an arcuate guide track pivota... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4288922 | Device to indicate solar exposure A device for determining the annual solar exposure of a site which includes a wide angle viewer and a transparent screen having the paths of the sun at various times of year drawn on it, and with the viewer and screen fixed with respect to each other so t... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4237611 | Solar shadowscope The invention concerns the field of the solar shadowscopes. The apparatus according to the invention is characterized by the fact that the conditions of sunshine are recreated by the displacement of the light source in the relation to the apparatus and th... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4236313 | Apparatus for and method of evaluating solar exposure A technique is disclosed herein for evaluating solar exposure at various points in any one of a number of given geographic locations for any given period during the year in order to determine the most efficient location for a solar collector. This techniq... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4177566 | Insolation survey device An insolation survey device for determining the exposure of a reference point to a cyclically varying radiation source. The device employs a base member for horizontally supporting a display sheet premarked with a grid calibrated in units corresponding to... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4159576 | Radiation shadow indicator A radiation shadow indicator having a sight tube for sighting shadow-casting objects along a sighting axis. The indicator includes a system of gimbals mounting the tube for angular movement so that the sighting axis thereof may be caused to follow the app... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4136397 | Astronomical timepiece A method and apparatus for determining local solar time for virtually any location on any planet having a radiating sun, wherein the method requires minimal a prior knowledge of the planet's major characteristics and the apparatus is organized so as to pe... | 01/23/1979 |
