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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 |
| 7383064 | Recharging method and associated apparatus The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy within frequencies of the wireless fidelity standards. The remote station preferably... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7310948 | De-icer for suspended overhead lines A self-contained, line-mounted, automatic device for reducing and preventing ice deposits on a suspended line, such as a suspended overhead power line. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7286100 | Adjustable antenna apparatus and method An adjustable antenna apparatus and method includes an antenna wire control device for controlling the release and retrieval of antenna wire. Antenna wire is attached to the antenna wire control device and an antenna wire tensioning device is attached to the antenna... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7157914 | Airborne electromagnetic time domain system, computer product and method An airborne time domain electromagnetic surveying system is provided. The system includes a tow assembly with a flexible support frame. The flexible support frame spaced apart from the aircraft includes a transmitter section with a transmitter loop and a receiver se... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154430 | Ventriloqual jamming using a towed transmission line A radar jamming signal generated by equipment carried by a target aircraft, is launched onto the leading end of a towed single wire transmission line so as to travel the length of the line as a nonradiating surface wave. A drogue radiator is attached to the trailing... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6917333 | Flat-plate antenna and method for manufacturing the same A flat-plate antenna includes a conductive flat-plate, a slit portion formed through the conductive flat-plate with width proportional to frequency band width, a radiating element portion disposed one side of the slit portion, a ground portion disposed other side of... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6768466 | Broad-band scissor-type antenna A broad-band antenna includes in a common plane tow symmetrical parts (2,3) each including at least two interconnected conductor strands (4,5,7,8;19,20,21) powered by a double-wire line (10;22), each strand including in its portion opposite the ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 5600332 | Wideband, low frequency, airborne vivaldi antenna and deployment method A wire antenna having a Vivaldi taper that is used to radiate or receive low frequency RF energy from or to an airborne platform. The antenna comprises two conducting wires that trail from the platform, and which comprise a radiator having a Vivaldi taper... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5494234 | Multiple spheres and cable deployer A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated spheres from a vehicle such as a spinning satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the cable that is driven by a drive shaft and gears form a drive... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5326040 | Sphere and cable deployer A sphere and cable deployer apparatus for deploying a cable and associated sphere from a vehicle such as a satellite. The sphere and cable deployer apparatus has a drum for storing the cable that is driven by a drive shaft and gears form a drive motor to ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4970524 | Broadband transmission line coupled antenna A broadband omnidirectional antenna has a monopole element driven by an rf source at one end and a load at its other end consisting of insulated parallel conductors tuned to different resonant frequencies. The parallel conductors are equidistantly spaced ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4786911 | Apparatus for circularly polarized radiation from surface wave transmission line Disclosed is an arrangement of two conical radiators that electromagnetically interact with one another to produce circularly polarized radiation in a surface wave transmission system. One of the radiators includes an annular conductive region that coaxia... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4772891 | Broadband dual polarized radiator for surface wave transmission line Disclosed is a conically shaped reflector for producing dual polarized electromagnetic radiation in a surface wave transmission system. The reflector includes a circular conductive region that covers the apex of the conical reflector with the surface wave... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4771292 | Suspended antenna with dual corona ring apparatus The aerostat-supported antenna/tether cable of a communication system is protected from destructive corona discharges by a dual corona ring assembly which attaches the feed cable of the transmitter to the antenna. The voltage divider assembly includes upp... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4743916 | Method and apparatus for proportional RF radiation from surface wave transmission line In a system for launching RF energy as a traveling surface wave onto a single wire transmission line and causing such energy to be radiated away from the line at a downstream location, a series of window radiators of annular shape are spaced along the lin... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4730194 | Airborne transmitting antenna and method for deploying same The present invention relates to an airborne trailing cable-antenna which is multi-sectional. The cable-antenna comprises an electromagnetic radiating portion for the transmission of electromagnetic energy and a non-radiating portion which because of its ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4556889 | Aircraft trailing ball antenna An antenna, suitable for being deployed from an aircraft or other vehicle and characterized by broadband, omnidirectional radiation/reception is provided by a coaxial transmission feed line that is terminated by an electrically conductive ball that is ele... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4335469 | Method and system for radiating RF power from a trailing wire antenna A trailing wire antenna coupling and control method for providing maximum voltage limited power output from power amplifiers of a high power low frequency RF transmitter system while varying the inductance of the coupling circuit to present a high resista... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4110724 | Apparatus for transmission of messages by means of electromagnetic waves 1. Apparatus for long-range transmissions of messages by means of electromagnetic waves, comprising a long-wave transmitting plant including a message-storing unit, a transmitter, an antenna whose length equals a quarter length of the emitted waves or a m... | 08/29/1978 |
