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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 |
| 8137144 | Pin connector A pin connector includes: a metal outer shell having a tubular wall that has an inner surface, an annular shoulder face that is formed on the inner surface, and a punched rib that protrudes inwardly from the inner surface above the annular shoulder face; and a metal... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7413483 | Method and apparatus for multi-pin female connector with removable receptacles A female connector head for a multi-line electrical connection is provided. The connector head includes a housing having proximal and distal faces. The housing defines a plurality of elongate lumens connecting the proximal and distal faces. Each lumen defines a rece... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7394044 | Device for exchanging heat A device for exchanging heat for motor vehicles, having at least one first component connected to an electrical power supply and whose temperature varies dependent on current flowing through the component, at least one second component including at least one first a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7207849 | Electrical contact element as well as contacting device having a contact element The invention relates to an electrical contact element made out of a stamped sheet metal part, a one-piece combination of an edgewise-wound spring element that is resilient about an axis lying perpendicular to the plane of the sheet metal with a leaf spring-like fla... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191518 | Method of making a hyperboloid electrical contact A hyperboloid contact socket is provided which comprises a tubular body of conductive material and preferably having at one end a lip defining an entrance aperture for receiving a mating pin terminal and having on the opposite end a termination of an intended config... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186122 | Snap electrode, its bonding method and using method An object of the present invention is to provide an electrode for high-density connection capable of attachment/detachment of a package or an FPC. In order to attain this object, a snap electrode according to the present invention has a tubular ring presenting a cir... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7115003 | Electrical terminal socket assembly including both T shaped and 90° angled and sealed connectors A terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with an associated input male input pin and an output cable. The socket assembly includes a spring cage blank having first and second extending edges and a plurality of spaced a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7048596 | Electrical connector grid anchor and method of making the same An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electric... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6620001 | Connector for a circuit board In a connector for a circuit board, an engaging groove 27 for adjusting alignment of board connecting pins 17 in the longitudinal direction of a circuit board connecter 12 is formed in a housing 14. A retainer 21 is attached to a surface of the housing 14... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6402571 | Electrical socket contact with guide rail The present invention concerns an electrical socket contact (1) with a base part (2) and two contact spring arms (7) integrated on the base part. The socket contact also has a guide rail (8) which is integrated on the base part in an offset position in re... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6244909 | Metal terminal and board-mounted-type connector A board-mounted-type connector 1 includes a housing body 3, metal terminals 2 mounted in the housing body 3, and a retainer 4 mounted on the lower side of the housing body 3 to hold the metal terminal 2 against withdrawal. The metal terminal 2 has connect... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5779492 | Connector employing liquid conductor for electrical contact A first contact member comprises a liquid conductor which comes into contact with a second contact member so as to establish the electric connection between the two contact members. A container contains the first contact member therein. The second contact... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5626484 | Connector employing liquid conductor for electrical contact A first contact member comprises a liquid conductor which comes into contact with a second contact member so as to establish the electric connection between the two contact members. A container contains the first contact member therein. The second contact... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5397254 | Pin socket carrier system A pin socket carrier system is disclosed for positioning and mounting an array of pin receiving sockets to a planar electronic device, such as a printed circuit board (PCB). The system comprises a plurality of first drawn metal cup-shaped sockets having a... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5277595 | Power receptacle for a daughterboard In a system including a motherboard and a daughterboard a receptacle is disposed in an insulated housing mounted on the motherboard while a pin is disposed on the daughterboard. The receptacle comprises a socket and an integral threaded shank, the socket ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 4981450 | Connector apparatus A high reliability low cost connector has flat retainers blanked from an electrically conductive sheet metal and inserted into an opening in an electrically insulating body. Each retainer has a post at one end extending from an opening at one side of the ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4938702 | Connector clamp for attaching flat electrical conductor leads to printed wiring boards A connector clamp for attaching conductive surface pads on a flexible sheet to a printed wiring board having complementary conductive surface pads is bent from an elongated precut pattern. The resulting clamp member includes a series of transverse fingers... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4773877 | Contactor for an electronic tester The contactor is used for an electronic tester for testing of electronic items such as printed circuit boards, integrated circuits or the like. It has at least one resilient contact pin which has a piston member and a spring. The piston member and the spr... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4743205 | Female coaxial connector and method of making the same A female coaxial connector having a substantially cylindrical conductive shell with an opening for receiving the columnar connecting portion of a male coaxial connector, which comprises a female contacting portion provided within the opening and having at... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4734063 | Radially resilient electric socket Various methods and techniques for making barrel terminals are disclosed, all of which are based upon the initial formation of the terminal contactor strips as an integral flat sheet metal blank produced by a conventional stamping operation. The contactor... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4714442 | Low profile lead socket A low-profile, conductive lead socket for insertion into a plated-through hole or conductive sleeve to receive a component lead inserted therein. The socket includes a cylindrical portion with upper and lower axial openings and a plurality of compliant fi... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4707052 | Tulip-shaped IC socket contact An electrical contact of the tulip type for receiving legs of an integrated circuit or similar component. The contact has a tubular body produced by cold forming and has two parallel walls of small thickness through which are punched two tabs of substanti... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4671584 | Electrical power connector An electrical power connector for conducting electrical power from a power bus bar to a circuit card. More particularly, the connector includes contact elements having tab terminal receiving receptacles positioned in a dielectric housing in a staggered ar... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4620757 | Connector socket There is disclosed herein a dual-in-line socket assembly which includes an insulator block having a plurality of socket-receiving apertures therein, each aperture adapted to receive an electrical socket. Each aperture has at one end a conically-shaped pin... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4596437 | Electrical contact elements, connectors and methods of manufacture An electrical contact element for a backplane connector is of unitary construction. The element has a compliant portion of generally cylindrical shape with tapered ends and is formed with at least three radial slots equally spaced around the element, the ... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4505531 | Socket terminal and connector An improved socket terminal is described having a housing member and a terminal member positioned within the housing. The terminal member establishes a deflectable constriction within the housing. A pivot means is provided for enhancing the gripping force... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4332434 | Electric terminal and assembly containing same An electric terminal, especially for a circuit board, e.g. of the breadboarding type for use in experimental circuit design, is formed with an annular groove with inner and outer walls and an annular spring element braced against one of these walls and en... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4257667 | Non-insulated printed circuit jack with retaining feature A non-insulated printed circuit board jack includes an outer stepped drawn shell member, and a stamped contact member disposed within the shell for receiving an electrical conductor. The shell member has at one end a minor diameter portion which is freely... | 03/24/1981 |
