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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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| 7513767 | Apparatus for preparing fried plantains for filling or topping This invention shapes a thick slice of green or ripened plantain into an open rectangular bowl that can be filled with various edible foods such as, but not limited to, chicken, shrimp, beef, and custard, and also pushes the plantain out mold by the use of a very si... | 04/07/2009 |
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| 7416399 | Handheld extruder welding device Handheld extruder welding device for welding thermoplastic synthetic materials, including an extrusion screw with an attachment shaft and a device for the axial attachment of the extrusion screw with the attachment shaft to a gear-equipped drive system; where a one-... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410351 | Chemical induced pre-stressed zones in concrete A method and apparatus for creating pre-stressed zones in concrete. In one embodiment, a circular blade is coated with a chemical which retards the setting of the concrete. The circular blade is then rolled through the wet concrete, thus transferring the retarding c... | 08/12/2008 |
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| 7331776 | Food embossing stamper device An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. The stamper device of the present invention has the general appearance of a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316555 | Device for producing dough products A manually operable device for making dough pockets can have a respective frame formed in shells hinged together so that the faces of the frame members can bond dough pockets together around their peripheries and cut off excess dough from the dough pockets. Ribs can... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7278846 | Vivid three-dimensional illustrated card tool set A tool set for bending a semi-finished decoration with a straight wire into a finished decoration with a bent wire and attaching the decoration to an printed ink layer on a base of an illustrated card has a die mold and a hand-held tool. The die mold has a top edge,... | 10/09/2007 |
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| 7192000 | Plastics moulding A die for moulding a plastics part includes a cavity defining an overall shape of the part and having a surface-textured insert for providing an area upon the moulded plastics part having intricate surface detail. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179078 | Food scoop A scoop device for forming scoops of a material, such as ice cream or other foods, includes a frame adapted to be held in the hand of a used with a plunger extending into the user's palm to be operated by squeezing or closing the hand. A pair of scoop halves are piv... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171115 | CD index print label An index print of photographic images is created on a CD containing digital data representing those images. Photographic images are digitized to produce digital image data which is stored on the CD. This digital image data is also used to create an index print conta... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160098 | String hopper making machine A string hopper making machine has a dough container removably mounted in a vertical manner in a frame. An extrusion piston is mounted on a vertical rod extending through a vertical guide channel formed in a guiding block mounted on the frame. The vertical rod is pi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140864 | Tortilla forming machine A tortilla-forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell. The forming machine having a base with an upwardly facing forming surface and a push plate with a downwardly facing forming surface. The forming machine further including an actuating mechanism with... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128556 | Object forming and launching apparatus and method Disclosed is an apparatus, including a shaft; a scoop, coupled to a distal end of the shaft, for collecting and holding a bolus of a compressible medium, the compressible medium retaining a post-compressed shape when operated from a proximal end of the shaft; and a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128868 | Balloon wing forming apparatus and method An apparatus and method for shaping at least a portion of a medical balloon comprise a balloon shaping device capable of applying a radial inward force to at least a portion of the medical balloon and at least one vibratory device capable of applying vibratory energ... | 10/31/2006 |
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| 7001170 | Dough press with dual lower platens A manually operated dough press comprising a frame with a base and a housing. A shaft mounted for reciprocating motion extends from an opening in the housing and an upper platen is attached to the lower end of the shaft. A pair of lower platens are pivotally mounted... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997697 | Press for making patties and method of operation A press for making a patty includes a substantially flat panel to contact the product to be pressed into a patty. An upstanding member is affixed to the panel. A weight member or “mould” surrounds the upstanding member. The weight member is moveable along the up... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6942479 | Dough press A manually operated dough press comprising a frame with a base and a housing, an upper platen having a working surface, and a lower platen attached to the base and having a working surface opposed to, substantially parallel to, and spaced from the upper platen worki... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920674 | Bare stent ship and crimp device A stent container has a first wall at the proximal end and a second wall at the distal end. The first wall has an opening therethrough sized for receiving an uncrimped stent therethrough. The opening opens into a chamber which is reducible in size from a first enlar... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915074 | Index prints for photofinishing services Improved index prints for photofinishing services are provided where the imagettes are grouped by event or subject matter. Permanently attached index print labels incorporating these and other features are provided for digital still image storage devices are also pr... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6865922 | Vinyl siding locking tool A hand tool is provided for securing adjacent vinyl siding strips. First and second handles, bearing first and second jaws, are pivotally attached. A first jaw forms a channel, and the second jaw supports a crimp bolt. A portion of one siding strip is disposed betwe... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6773254 | Dough press shell mold for preventing dough shrinkage after shell formation A dough shell mold for use with a dough press having lower and upper platens with opposed working surfaces. The shell mold has a hub integral with or secured to the lower platen and a ring resting on the lower platen with a hole that mates with the hub. The ring inc... | 08/10/2004 |
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| 6506041 | Perogie maker Disclosed is a perogie maker for producing individual perogies from a single layer of dough. The perogie maker consists of round, hollow cylinders attached to one another at the ends of the cylinders by rotatable hinges. The cylinders have alternating rai... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6358448 | Apparatus and method for reclaiming make-up Apparatus and method reclaim make-up of the type ordinarily supplied in block form by processing broken, unusable random-sized pieces of such make-up into a block of usable make-up of prescribed consistency, size and configuration, by advancing the random... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6242027 | Apparatus for manually portioning pizza dough disks and method of operating the apparatus An apparatus and process for manually portioning pizza dough disks having a calibrated volume and suitable for mechanical final spreading. The apparatus includes a support member fastened to a base plate, a circular lower plate arranged in a substantially... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6155812 | Cement mold for a temporary implant A cement mold for use in forming a temporary orthopedic implant used in an orthopedic surgical procedure. The cement mold includes a first mold to define a first portion of the temporary implant and a second mold to define a second portion of the temporar... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5876769 | Heated soap mold device for recycling soap bar remnants A method and apparatus for forming a soap bar from remnants of used soap bars. A molding base defining an internal molding cavity is provided with a pivotal closure also defining an internal die cavity. A forming die is movably supported by the closure an... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5783227 | Catheter balloon folding device A device for making folds in an angioplasty balloon while attached to the distal and portion of an angioplasty catheter has a plurality of press members. Each press member has a substantially planar balloon-contacting surface and the press members are int... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5776401 | Method of manufacturing rubber molds A method for manufacturing rubber molds using a mold making apparatus having first and second discs of rubber mold material with models of articles to be cast positioned therebetween includes a bottom plate having a centrally located portion which engages... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5766653 | Apparatus for forming malleable material The invention which is the subject of this application relates to apparatus for use in forming a malleable material such as, but not exclusively, modelling clay into a desired shape. The apparatus is provided for the reception of mold pieces therein which... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5472654 | Cutting/singeing apparatus A manually operable device that is used to cut a synthetic material and also singe the end of this newly cut material to prevent it from unravelling. This tool incorporates a separate crimping assembly, cutting assembly, and burning assembly for each of t... | 12/05/1995 |
