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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 |
| 7677890 | Dental handpiece A dental handpiece is disclosed including a turbine construction creating a radial in flow of air onto the impeller blades about the whole circumference of the turbine. This generates additional torque and avoids asymmetrical thrust on the impeller wheel. A pair of ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7416411 | Medical handpiece having a clamping sleeve for a tool A medical handpiece having an elongate grip part, in the forward end region of which a clamping sleeve is rotatably mounted, in which sleeve a shaft of a tool can be inserted and clamped, wherein the clamping sleeve has at least one axial clamping slot and in its lo... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7367804 | Endodontic instrument extractor tool manufactured from a shape memory material and related kits and methods An endodontic instrument extractor tool is configured for removing a fragment of a broken endodontic instrument that has become lodged within a root canal of a tooth. The extractor tool comprises an elongate shaft, including a hollow gripping body at a distal end, a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7303394 | Hand-held piece for dental or surgical use including a resilient clamp In a hand held piece for dental or surgical use comprising a resilient clamp (20) for holding the cylindrical shank (16) of a tool, the height of the head (3) of the piece can be reduced owing to an inverted arrangement of the clamp in relation ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7258547 | Press-type bit-holding mechanism of a dental high-speed handset A press-type bit-holding mechanism of a dental high-speed handset, including a hollow rotary shaft, a push button accommodated in the hollow rotary shaft and a holder barrel also accommodated in the hollow rotary shaft. The push button has a first coupling section f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7214060 | Handpiece for dental or surgical use At the front, a handpiece (1) has a clamp (10) fitted to tightly grip the shank of a removable tool housed in guide holes (23, 25). The clamp has two or more levers (26) attached to an annular section (22) of the clamp by elastic j... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7137633 | Wrench-free manual chuck turbine A manual chuck includes a turbine having a centrally disposed aperture and a spindle including an elongated shaft portion positionable into the aperture in a substantially vertical direction. The spindle further includes a head portion integral with the shaft portio... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131837 | Vertically and horizontally standing dental scaler system and method The invention provides a dental scaler system and method of use. The dental scaler system has a dental scaler apparatus and a scaler handpiece enclosing a coil. The dental scaler apparatus has a housing and a scaler power control circuit. The coil is connected throu... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7074041 | Medical or dental-medical handpiece having a push button for the release of a tool A medical or dental-medical handpiece has in its forward end region a lateral insertion opening for a tool and, lying opposite to the insertion opening, a mounting opening with an insert part, which can he placed therein, and a push button which is mounted displacea... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6951462 | Dental tool with rententive feature A dental driving tool having a distal end with a drive mechanism adapted to drive a dental implant and a retention mechanism adapted to hold and carry the dental implant. The retention mechanism includes a housing having a ceramic locking member and corrosive resist... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6817862 | Ultrasonic dental tool having quick change connector and method of making same A dental tool for use with an ultrasonic transducer, the tool comprises a substantially elongate tool defined by a shaft having a proximal end with a coupling attachment at the proximal end for attachment to an ultrasonic transducer, and a distal end having a tip co... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6575747 | Endodontic instruments adapted to provide variable working lengths and related methods for using the instruments A dental instrument is provided for use in an endodontic procedure which has a file extending from a handle configured to enable the working length of the handle to be varied. The handle of the instrument is adapted to be received in and to be releasably ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6533578 | Dental apparatus A dental apparatus having a disposable nozzle tip (11) for a three-way syringe device (12) for spraying air or water. The nozzle tip (11) comprises an assembly of two coaxial tubes (20, 21) which can be readily attached/detached from the syringe device (1... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6312255 | Endodontic adapter for a sonic scaler The invention is an improved endodontic adapter for a sonic scaler consisting of a talon having a threaded end for insertion into the handle of the sonic scaler. A pair of downwardly pointed barbs protrude radially from the side of the adapter for receivi... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305935 | Disposable contra-angle A disposable dental contra-angle comprising a plastic housing having a sleeve, a tapered neck, a head and a disposable bur. The bur being removably coupled to a driven rotating mandrel located in the head section. The rotating mandrel having an integral a... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6293792 | Dental syringe tip A quick-connect syringe tip for use with a dental handpiece. The syringe tip resists rotation about an axis through the connection end, allowing retraction of a cheek or lip without changing the orientation of a discharge fluid stream.... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6273718 | Dental handpiece A dental handpiece has a head housing having a turbine chamber and an annular channel. First and second bearings are provided on opposite sides of the turbine chamber in the head housing. An air-driven turbine rotor is arranged in the turbine chamber and ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6227854 | Releasable chucking device for a rotating medical or dental tool A releasable chucking device for a rotating medical or dental tool includes a tool shaft with a chucking end, wherein the chucking end of the tool shaft has a flattened portion and an annular groove in the area of the flattened portion, wherein the chucki... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6220859 | Dental saliva ejector tube assembly A socket for removably receiving an end of a dental saliva ejector tube includes a central body having a first end forming a port for being coupled to a vacuum hose. The central body includes a passage extending therethrough from the first end toward a se... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6190168 | Dental handpiece having improved bur release means A dental handpiece to releasably retain a workpiece (e.g. a dental bur) that is used to treat the teeth of a patient. The workpiece is clamped within a hollow collet between a pair of flexible clamping fingers having a spring-like memory. A collet actuato... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6183252 | Dental syringe for dentists A dental syringe for dentists, especially a holding means thereof for holding a nozzle, is disclosed. The holding means has a rear tube threadingly engaging with a head of the dental syringe, and a front tube threadingly engaging with the rear tube. An in... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6126442 | Motorised handpiece Motorised handpiece, more particularly for used by dentists or dental technicians, the rotary movement of a motor being transmitted to a tool which can be clamped with the aid of a clamping mechanism. To this end, the rotary movement of the motor is trans... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6012922 | Axial displacement bearing connecting a multi-section shaft for quick removal of dental tools from a handpiece A dental handpiece (10) is provided with a drive motor (13), a drive shaft (12) operatively affixed to the drive motor (13) at one end of the drive shaft (12). A dental tool (11) is operatively affixed at the other end of the drive shaft (12). The drive s... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6000940 | Surgical bur shank and locking collet mechanism A collet for holding a rotatable tool such as a bur or drill bit having a stepped shaft including a drive shaft having a stepped internal diameter mating with the external diameter of the bur or drill shaft, a plurality of hardened balls mounted in openin... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5931671 | Dental saliva ejector tube assembly A socket for removably receiving an end of a dental saliva ejector tube includes a central body having a first end forming a port for being coupled to a vacuum hose. The central body includes a passage extending therethrough from the first end toward a se... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5924865 | Chuck with a push button release for a dental/medical device A medical/dental device is provided which includes a body having a hollow sleeve and a head at an end of the sleeve. The head defines an upwardly opening chamber which receives a chuck. The chuck includes a bur tube which removably receives a medical/dent... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5915965 | Dental device and the working tool to be exchanged The invention relates to a dental device, and a method for exchanging a working tool at a dental device having an exchangeable vibrating of rotating working tool. The working tool (1,3,33) is corrected to a protective housing (2) to be mounted around a mo... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5911578 | Head assembly for a medical handpiece A head assembly for a medical handpiece includes a head housing and a rotor spindle contained in the housing. The spindle defines a longitudinal through-bore with an internal screw thread. An adjustable chuck is received within the through-bore of the spi... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5906488 | Releasable holding device preventing undesirable rotation during tightening of a screw connection in a bone anchored implant Holding device for use with a tool for mechanical tightening of a screw connection in a bone-anchored dental implant without the tissue which surrounds the implant being stressed, the holding device having a first part which rotationally locks to the impl... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5836766 | Medical or dental handpiece A handpiece having a releasable retaining device for a tool having a shaft about which the tool rotates. The handpiece has a housing and a drive sleeve rotatably mounted in the housing. The drive sleeve has a hollow cylindrical insertion hole into which t... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833246 | Centrifugal chuck for surgical handpiece A centrifugal chuck for a surgical handpiece is adapted to automatically engage a surgical instrument so it may be driven by the handpiece. The centrifugal chuck comprises a pivotable trunnion body situated within a hollow drive shaft, the trunnion body h... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5730596 | Dental instrument holder A dental instrument holder (10) comprises a clamping sleeve (28) having two cylindrical annular closed bearing regions (50, 52) axially spaced apart is arranged in the driven hollow shaft (22) accommodating the dental instrument. A spring-loaded clamping ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5718582 | Dental tool chuck A dental handpiece for rotatably driving a dental tool includes a sheath housing a chuck which releasably holds the dental tool to the handpiece and a push button in operative contact with the chuck to operate the chuck to move the chuck between a looked ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5688122 | Chucking device for a dental tool A chucking device for a dental tool in a dental handpiece or angle head includes a clamping sleeve with resilient tongues. The resilient tongues of the clamping sleeve are arranged at a distance from each of the two ends of the clamping sleeve. On the sid... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5584689 | Angled or straight handpiece with a releasable mounting device for a tool, in particular for medical purposes In a handpiece (2) having a housing (3), a drive sleeve (7) mounted therein, into which drive sleeve a tool (9) can be inserted with its shaft (11) and which drive sleeve is mounted in the housing to be rotatable around its middle axis (9a) by a drive, a ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5575648 | Dental turbine spindle assembly A high speed dental handpiece turbine spindle assembly in which a generally cylindrical spindle is rotatably mounted within a housing for actuation by a supply of pressurized air acting upon turbine blades associated with the spindle. The spindle includes... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5571013 | Integral bur tube and bearing assembly A dental handpiece includes a head, a tubular chuck having an open-end axial bore for receiving the shank of a dental bur and a tubular bur tube having an outer surface and an axial bore therethrough for receiving the chuck therein. The bur tube has at le... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5542846 | Dental tool chuck A chuck mechanism for holding rotating tools in gear driven or turbine driven medical/dental devices. The chuck includes a bur tube which releasably receives a shaft of a dental tool, a tilt plate which extends through the bur tube and which has a hole th... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5518398 | Dental handpiece having rotatable contact member A dental handpiece contains a tool for dental treatment operation, tool holding members for detachably and rotatably holding the tool, tool detachment members for abutting against the tool holding members to detach the tool from the tool holding members, ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5308242 | Disposable handpiece for dental procedures A disposable hand tool of the compressed air drive type is disclosed for use in performing dental procedures on a workpiece. An elongated body has conduits penetrating a base at one end of the body. The conduits allow entry of a light beam, a pressurized ... | 05/03/1994 |
