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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 |
| 7304561 | Motor overload protector An enclosed motor protector has a housing formed by a base (10) and a cover (12) received on the base and enclosing a recess (10a) formed in the base. A first terminal (14) extends through an opening in the housing and mounts a sta... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301742 | Method and apparatus for accessing and activating accessory functions of electronic circuit breakers An electronic trip unit for a circuit breaker includes a programmed microprocessor and a module plug in removable signal communication with the microprocessor. The module plug includes a program identifier. The microprocessor recognizes the program identifier and ac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301434 | Thermally responsive electrical switch A motor protector (10) is shown having an elongated generally cup-shaped metallic housing (12) formed by a top wall (12a) and a side wall (12b) extending down from the perimeter of the top walls, the free end of which is wel... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7075403 | Motor protector particularly useful with hermetic electromotive compressors A protector (1) has a metal header (30) that mounts a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32) electrically isolated from one another. A metallic housing (10) is fixed to the header (30) and forms a chamber. A stationa... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6919785 | Pressure sensitive trip mechanism for a rotary breaker A pressure sensitive trip mechanism for actuating a circuit breaker operating mechanism to trip a circuit breaker includes a trip lever and a trip bar. The trip lever is rotatable about a first pivot. The trip bar is positioned proximate the trip lever. The trip bar... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6897760 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes a rectangular box-shaped intermediate housing and lower housing; a power supply side fixed contact and a load side fixed contact disposed in the intermediate housing and facing each other; and a movable contact housed in the lower housing ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 5859578 | Current limiting shunt for current limiting circuit breakers A compact current limiting circuit breaker is equipped with a current limiting shunt for effective over-current circuit interruption. The circuit breaker trip unit responds to long time, short time and instantaneous over-current conditions by opening a se... | 01/12/1999 |
| 4086558 | Motor protector and system A motor protector characterized by low cost, by improved service life and by improved cycling properties has a bimetallic element mounted in a metal housing to move a first contact along a selected axis to engage and disengage a complementary contact in r... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4019005 | Multi-pole circuit breaker with baffle shield venting A baffle assembly covering a vent opening in a molded case circuit breaker housing is constructed of two identical platelike elements having integral face protrusions. These elements are stacked in face-to-face relationship with their protrusions in engag... | 04/19/1977 |
