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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 |
| 7043982 | Fuel level sending unit and contact button for same A contact button is configured to move along a resistor path of a potentiometer in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction. The contact button includes a body having a first end configured to lead the body when the contact button moves ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6884948 | Multi-directional switch A multi-directional switch contains a bearing 4, an operating shaft 3 supported rockably by the bearing 4, and a cam 15c for giving a required feeling of operation to a rocking operation of the operating shaft 3. In the cam ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6605916 | Rotation position control apparatus of rotary element of filter It is an object to perform a near rotating control of a rotary element. As a construction, disclosed is a rotating position control apparatus having a potentiometer constructed by a contact element rotating in accordance with the rotation of a rotary elem... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6588288 | Resistive element structure for a sender assembly of a gauge A resistive element structure for a sender assembly of a gauge is provided. The resistive element structure comprises a first and second resistive element. A first set of contact elements are distributed along a first arc about a pivot point. Each contact... | 07/08/2003 |
| 5291176 | Slide type variable resistor A variable resistor includes a first resistor having linear resistance or attenuation characteristic, a second resistor disposed along the first resistor and having the linear resistance or attenuation characteristic, and a slider for bridging the first a... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4651122 | Miniature electro-mechanical transducer for measuring loads and displacement A miniature electro-mechanical transducer uses a body of elastomeric material composed of alternate layers of flexible dielectric material and flexible conductive material. The ends of the layers form opposite surfaces. An actuating member moves against o... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4514741 | Thermal ink jet printer utilizing a printhead resistor having a central cold spot A thermal ink jet printer utilizes a printhead resistor which has a central conductive region to excite bubble growth and to cause ejection of ink droplets. The existence of the central conductive region causes bubbles to be created which are toroidal in ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4500866 | Electric potentiometer An electric potentiometer is proposed which serves to convert a mechanical movement into an electrical value. The potentiometer includes a pickup embodied as a wiper and a resistor pad which has a plurality of connections for parallel resistors distribute... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4137517 | Potentiometric regulator of a physical magnitude which is a function whatever of other two magnitudes A regulation device is disclosed, for regulating a physical magnitude as a function of two independent parameters: the parameters can be, for example, parameters of interest in the operation of an internal-combustion engine. Instead of the conventional sp... | 01/30/1979 |
| 3944962 | Variable resistance attenuator A variable-resistance attenuator having first and second resistive layers deposited upon an insulating substrate. Input and output terminals are electrically connected at spaced intervals to one of the resistive layers and a common terminal is electricall... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3938070 | Trimming potentiometer in T or Pi network connection with parallel resistance paths A trimming potentiometer in which three parallel resistance paths are located in a plane on an insulating plate. Wiper contacts are displaceable in the same direction on the resistance paths, and are attached to a common carrier which is longitudinally di... | 02/10/1976 |
