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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 |
| 6184768 | Thermal actuator A thermal actuator includes a thermal detector, an actuator unit and a connecting circuit for electrically connecting the thermal detector in parallel with the actuator unit. The thermal detector includes a first contact member and a second contact member... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5936825 | Rise pole termination/arrestor combination Protection of a cable, its termination and other apparatus from lightning strikes on an overhead line is provided by housing a surge arrestor and a cable termination, which are connected in parallel in a common housing, but as separate components not shar... | 08/10/1999 |
| 4527215 | Valve type voltage arrester device A low voltage valve type arrester device for connection between a domestic electric supply line and earth includes a varistor, a switching device and an encapsulated gas discharge voltage arrester connected in series. The switching device includes two swi... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4493006 | Gas discharge overvoltage arrester with parallel-connected spark gap Overvoltage arrester having a gas-filled housing, including two overvoltage arrester electrodes disposed across from each other in the housing, a tubular insulator body spacing the overvoltage arrester electrodes apart from each other, a ring-shaped flang... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4325100 | Line protector for a communications circuit A line protector has a housing with coaxial surge voltage arresters, line terminals and a ground terminal. One line terminal is substantially at one end of the cavity of the housing while the other line terminal extends substantially the full length of th... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4321650 | Telephone circuit sensitive station protector A protective module of the type used in building entrance terminals having substantially greater heat sensitivity than prior art types, thereby offering protection against sneak currents which are not sufficiently large to activate conventional solder pel... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4321649 | Surge voltage arrester with ventsafe feature A surge voltage arrester assembly comprises a primary gas tube surge arrester and an air gap secondary arrester that provides surge protection should the gas tube become vented to atmosphere. The secondary arrester has the air gap defined by a rim of one ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4303959 | Fail safe surge arrester systems Laminar air gap devices include two overlapping conductive layers separated by a non-metallic insulating layer. The insulating layer is perforated to provide at least one air gap between the conductive layers. The devices are positioned between a line ele... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4249224 | Surge voltage arrester with fail-safe feature A surge voltage arrester utilizes for surge protection a varistor of the zinc oxide type between a line terminal and a ground terminal. The varistor is of a type that has a resistance which decreases as increasing voltage is applied thereacross. With incr... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4212047 | Fail-safe/surge arrester systems Disclosed herein are surge arrester configurations employing non-metallic and preferably plastic fusible elements which normally insulate biased short circuiting members from shorting the surge arrester but which, in the event of certain forms of excessiv... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4158869 | Line protector A line protector for protecting telephone lines and the like from over-voltage or over-current conditions includes a primary arrester element and a secondary arrester element that provides back-up protection upon a fail open of the primary arrester elemen... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4150414 | Air gap short circuiting device for gas tube arrester A short circuit clip with legs for resiliently engaging a line and ground electrode of a gas tube arrester includes an air gap device at one set of legs. The air gap device includes a conductor member extending from the clip to contact an arrester electro... | 04/17/1979 |
| 3975664 | Line protector for communication circuit A line protector includes a body having first and second end terminals and an intermediate terminal for connection to a ground potential. End caps are mounted on the end terminals and have peripheral edges maintained spaced from the intermediate terminal ... | 08/17/1976 |
