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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 |
| 7420143 | Durable graphite connector and method for manufacturing thereof An article comprising a graphite part coated with a pyrolytic graphite (pG) for increased mechanical strength of at least 25% over an uncoated graphite part. In connector applications for use in a semiconductor processing assembly such as a heater, the pG coated com... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7277005 | Printed circuit board including embedded resistor and method of fabricating the same Disclosed is a PCB including an embedded resistor and a method of fabricating the same. The PCB includes a plurality of circuit layers in which circuit patterns are formed. A plurality of insulating layers is each interposed between the circuit layers. The embedded ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 5667712 | Expandable multi-segment band heater construction with improved electrical connection An expandable band heater having multiple heater segments wherein a jumper type arrangement is utilized between heater segments to reduce the number of sets of lead wires or other termination configuration for providing power to each of the heater segment... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5430429 | Ceramic resistor wherein a resistance film is embedded A resistor 1 in which at least one resistance film 4 is embedded in a ceramic sintered body 3, glass is diffused into the sintered body 3 to form a glass diffusion layer 6, and both end faces 4a and 4b of the resistance film 4 are respectively exposed to ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5270521 | Heating apparatus comprising a plate-shaped PTC thermistor accommodated in an insulating spacer and terminal plates in snap-engagement with the spacer In a heating apparatus including a plate-shaped positive temperature coefficient thermistor having a pair of electrode films, a pair of terminal plates of an elastic metal material are provided on the pair of electrode films of the thermistor, and there i... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4571482 | Electric resistance heater assembly for soldering and desoldering devices Electric heater assembly for use typically with hand-held soldering or desoldering devices includes an elongated resistance element formed from a thin flat metal foil having three connected areas of different resistance, the differing resistance being cau... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4311900 | Heater band A heater band formed of an extruded metal channel member and a heater plate assembly received within a slot extending along the length of the channel. The heater plate assembly and the extrusion are compressed together to provide a heater band having a de... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4292503 | Split-band electric heater A split-band heater adapted to encompass a cylindrical object for heating the same. The heater has tensioning means at the split for drawing the heater against a transverse peripheral surface of the object. The heater comprises two or more arcuate-shaped ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4250397 | Heating element and methods of manufacturing therefor The heating element includes a flexible graphite fiber-loaded impregnated paper saturated with a binder to ensure and maintain intimate electrical contact between the graphite fibers. In one form, two segments of the graphite fiber-loaded paper are couple... | 02/10/1981 |
