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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 |
| 7350420 | Device for measuring pre-stressing force in a bolt-nut connection A device for measuring pre-stressing force in a bolt/nut connection, comprising a screw nut that is provided with a sensor means for sensing the pre-stressing force. The nut (1) is of standard design, and the nut itself constitutes a sensor body in that, in t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7227434 | Tuning screw assembly The present invention relates to a tuning screw assembly comprising a sleeve (100) with internal threads for engaging a tuning screw (200) having external threads. The sleeve comprises a first threaded portion (32) which is axially displaced in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7128514 | Adjustable and reusable stud bolt retainer A clip has a retainer for securing the clip and a wire harness to a bolt protruding from a vehicle surface. The retainer includes a beam having an aperture with an inner wall. The aperture receives the bolt. A flange projects into the aperture from the wall. An open... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6799930 | Quick release nut A quick release nut (1) includes a pair of body members or segments (2, 3) having internal surfaces (4) to be placed around and engage the shaft of a bolt. The segments (2, 3) are movable between an operative position and an inoperative p... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6551042 | Spring collet clamp and method A spring collet clamping system and method therefor including a collet disposed about a shaft, for example a rotary motor shaft, a substantially balanced spring clamp having a coil portion with arms extending from generally opposite portions thereof, the ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6220801 | Free-running-on, locking-off and tension directly indicated locking nut (frolo & TDI locking nut) A free-running-on, locking-off and tension directly indicated locking nut, capable of indicating whether the locking nut is suitably tightened with the required axial tension and preventing the locking nut from becoming loose, includes a body portion form... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6179539 | Locking clip with moveable collet The clip of the present invention includes a plurality of internally threaded legs which form an aperture for receiving an externally threaded stud or similar structural device. A moveable circular collet is attached to a plunger and travels from a pre-dr... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6113329 | Lock nut This invention relates to a lock nut in which, when a double nut is fastened against a bolt, projections at the lock nut are deformed and crushed to be applied around the threaded part of the bolt and a frictional force is increased to improve an effect o... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6053655 | Fastener with cam engagement A fastener comprises a nut surrounding a collar that in turn surrounds a t, the nut and collar holding a bracket element against a mounting surface. The collar fits closely but slidably within the nut. Of the nut or collar, one has a boss that rides upon... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6050764 | Measuring device having a cylindrical connection piece and a fastening collar therearound A measuring device is provided, having a cylindrical connection piece (1), having a collar (2) which engages around at least one section of the connection piece (1) and is to be fastened at a measuring location, having a restraining means, by which the co... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5702217 | Braking nuts or screws and mountings obtained with same devices Screw or nut braking rings and mountings established with the rings include a nut having an upper portion hollowed from a circular throat. Slits divide the upper portion into blocks by cutting the throat. A shape-memory alloy ring is housed in the throat ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5160227 | Self-locking nut In a self-locking nut including a threaded upper collar equipped with longitudinal slots in U-shape defining in collar a plurality of circular arc segments compressed by a helical external spring, the spring is subjected to a hot-galvanizing treatment and... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5145300 | Deformable locking fastener and method of use An improved deformable locking fastener system comprises a bolt, a deformable collar and an installation tool. The bolt has a threaded exterior for engaging the collar. The collar has an axial bore threaded to engage the bolt. The exterior of the collar i... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5085550 | Locking nut assembly A locking nut assembly in which a dished washer (16) has a cylindrical bore (19) which is a close runner fit on the external cylindrical face (15) of a spigot (12) formed under the head (11) of the nut (10). In use the washer (16) is flattened, the bore (... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5061132 | Self-locking fastener A self-locking fastener system comprises a pin for receipt in a hole in a workpiece and having an external thread which mates with a collar having an internal thread for carrying a tensile load. A plurality of helically extending flutes in the external th... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4893977 | Self-locking unit An improved self-locking nut comprising a threaded upper collar provided with longitudinal slots defining in the collar a plurality of circular arc segments compressed by a helical external spring. The slots may widen upwardly in V or U-shape to prevent t... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4629354 | Tapered shaft retention apparatus A tapered shaft retention apparatus is used with a shaft having a shoulder, a cylindrical surface, a smooth conically tapered surface, and an annular member such as an inner race of a bearing assembly mounted on the cylindrical surface. A sleeve is mounte... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4249426 | Anti-backlash nut having longitudinal flexural members with ramps thereon and means to apply an axial pre-load force to said ramps An anti-backlash nut having one or more longitudinal flexural members with one end fixed and one end free-floating is disclosed which undergoes translational movement along a shaft. This anti-backlash nut is improved by providing ramps at the free-floatin... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4106540 | Anti-vibration thread insert A locking thread insert is wound from wire which is drawn to a generally diamond-shaped cross-section. The wound wire is coiled to a predetermined diameter preferably slightly larger than the diameter of a threaded hole in a female member in which the ins... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4069854 | Locknut with segmental locking elements There is disclosed locknut construction comprising a nut of form and size similar to a usual nut which includes a nut body and locking section integral therewith, said section including segments extending angularly, radially, inwardly, which are of pre-de... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4033394 | Clamping split lock nut A threaded nut having a through radial slot bridged by a screw and a diametrically opposite partial radial slot that leaves a cross-sectional area of the nut which provides a tensile strength that is related to the ability of the screw to close the throug... | 07/05/1977 |
