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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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| 5146840 | Automatic baking apparatus and mixbag therefore An automatic baking apparatus for making food products in piece form from dough-like substances which apparatus has holding means adapted to be fixed to the top and bottom edges of a flexible sealable mixbag (100) containing dry ingredients and water. The... | 09/15/1992 |
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| 4634025 | Hopper mounting arrangement for an automatic toning apparatus A mounting and drive arrangement for a hopper of an automatic toning apparatus includes mounting members mounted at each lateral end of one reciprocably mounted portion of the hopper. The mounting members are stiff in a plane normal to the path of transpo... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4571087 | Array sonicator apparatus for automated sample preparation Apparatus is disclosed for automatically sonicating microtiter trays and arrays of test tubes, vials, and other small sample containers. An inverted cuphorn on an ultrasonic transducer introduces sonic energy through an extended fluid bath, on a one-by-on... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4556639 | Method and apparatus for dislodging cultured cells A method for dislodging cultured cells has the steps of preparing a culture container which has a growing surface on which cultured cells are grown, and which is filled with a culture solution in contact with the cultured cells, supporting the culture con... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4550654 | Apparatus for automatic preparation of food products such as bread, cakes and the like An apparatus for automatically making food products in piece form from dough-like substances which apparatus has a housing containing holding elements to hold either end of a flexible sealable bag containing the ingredients for the dough-like substance, a... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4548509 | Mixing disc A mixing disc for use in a fluid sampler, for purposes of homogeneously mixing the sampled fluid; the disc having a housing which positions therein a pair of spaced mesh screens, the mesh in the spaced screens being positioned 45° out of phase with each ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4522117 | Apparatus for preparing scrambled eggs An apparatus for preparing scrambled eggs on a grill surface, wherein liquid scrambled eggs mix are placed within egg rings, each having a lower edge portion in intimate contact with a heated grill surface, and the egg rings are moved repeatedly to and fr... | 06/11/1985 |
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