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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 |
| 7304793 | Apparatus for examination of chemical and/or biological samples An apparatus for examination of chemical and/or biological samples, comprises a sample support (14) for receiving the samples (16). Further, the apparatus comprises an objective (10) for observation of the sample (16) through a sample sup... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7220064 | Coupling optical system for optical communications A coupling optical system for coupling light into an optical fiber of an optical communications system includes a liquid that includes a dispersion of microscopic particles and two transparent media that hold the liquid between them along an optical axis. The refrac... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6937394 | Device and method for changing the stress-induced birefringence and/or the thickness of an optical component A device serves the purpose of changing the stress-induced birefringence and/or the thickness (d and D, respectively) of an optical component by elastic deformation caused by means of stress. The optical component is gripped on a circumference, arranged at least app... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934088 | Optical elements and methods for making thereof Optical elements are made using micro-jet printing methods to precisely control the type, position and amount of polymer deposited onto a substrate. In preferred embodiments, the proportions of two or more different polymer compositions are varied over the course of... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6909555 | Three dimensional imaging system Recent advances in surface techniques have lead to the development of extremely small (sub-micron) scale features. These techniques allow the formation of polymer micro-lenses as well as variable focus liquid lenses. The present invention primarily concerns the use ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 5182672 | Finder optical system A finder optical system provided separately from a photo-taking lens comprises, from the object side: an object lens from forming a primary image which is an inverted image of an object and for erecting the primary image to form an erecting image; and an ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 4848881 | Variable lens and birefringence compensator Apparatus and method are disclosed for providing a variable lens and birefringence compensator (10) adapted to be used within the resonator cavity of a repetitively pulsed, variable rate, solid state laser. A cylindrical body of optical material (12) havi... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4712882 | Variable focal length lens A variable focal length lens in which a lens comprising a transparent elastic member having a non-uniform distribution of refractive index is adapted to be deformed by an extraneous force.... | 12/15/1987 |
