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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 |
| 7442139 | Conveyance system In a slat conveyor, slats for supporting conveyed articles and personnel extend between two side-by-side, spaced, endless roller chains engaged with driving sprockets at one end of the conveying path and driven sprockets at the other end. At a location radially outw... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7294078 | Over-molded beaded cable for driving applications An over-molded beaded driving cable which has an inner core, a plurality of inner core structures. An outer jacket may encompass the inner core and inner core structures. Each of a plurality of outer beads concentrically surrounds an inner core structure. The outer ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264565 | Transfer guide for high-speed power transmission A transfer guide for a high-speed power transmission, which can cancel a change in a transmission chain speed so that smooth transmission timing can be realized and a driving power and vibration noises of the transmission chain can be significantly reduced. A curve ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 6849016 | Over-molded beaded cable for driving applications An over-molded beaded driving cable which has an inner core, a plurality of inner core structures. An outer jacket may encompass the inner core and inner core structures. Each of a plurality of outer beads concentrically surrounds an inner core structure. The outer ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 5440944 | Safety power window mechanism for all types of automobile A power window mechanism designed to be retrofitted onto the crankshaft of a conventional handcrank operated window opening and closing mechanism includes a motor, a rack with ball-type cogs driven by the motor, a gear driven by the rack, a transmission g... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5413537 | Positive drive system A positive drive system has drive and driven sprockets, coupled by a chain. The chain is trained around and operatively engages the drive and driven sprockets to transmit positive drive therebetween. The drive and driven sprockets have infinite relative p... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5411445 | Ball chain and splicing means therefor A ball chain for interior decoration, sprocket drive or the like which includes a connecting mechanism in the form of a wire or yarn, a multiplicity of chain balls secured in place at equally spaced intervals along a length of the connecting mechanism, an... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5400721 | Load compensator for spring counter-weighting mechanism An improved load compensator for a spring counter-weighting mechanism including a snail cam to provide a constant counter-weight force is described. The cam provides a constant torque to a drum on which are wound cables for exerting a constant counter-wei... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5338086 | Automobile window shade system An automobile window shade system comprises a frame (20) formed of hollow horizontal elements (20a through 20d) and hollow vertical elements (22a through 22f) interconnected by T-shaped connectors (24a through 24f). The frame is installed inside the autom... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5230665 | Driving force transmission apparatus, method for producing the same, and extendible structure therewith A light driving force transmission apparatus performs driving force transmission without the use of friction and with high lubrication, applicable, for example, in a space environment. A plurality of connection members are secured to an endless rope to fo... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5006097 | Control unit for single and double track blinds A control unit for single and double track blinds is provided and consists of a sprocket wheel having a hub rotatably carried in the center of a passageway within a housing. An operating handle extends into the hub that extends through a central aperture ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4962847 | Liquid lift A cable pulley transmission has a plurality of pulleys with flight receiving pockets, an endless cable trained about the pulleys, and a plurality of flights located at spaced intervals along the cable. The flights on the cable fit into the flight receivin... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4609365 | Drive apparatus containing a universal link chain A universal or ball pivot-link chain is guided in two substantially tubular-shaped guide channels and is deflected or turned between such guide channels by means of a driven chain or sprocket wheel. At its circumference the chain wheel possesses a profile... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4501577 | Sprocket wheel A sprocket wheel has a plurality of equi-spaced circumferential teeth, and a plurality of pockets positioned between the teeth. A central circumferential groove in the sprocket wheel divides each of the teeth into two parts. Each of the pockets is shaped ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4452594 | Toothed belt and sprocket A toothed belt having fore and aft tooth flank surfaces defined in cross section by arcs having radii generally equal to the pitch spacing of the belt teeth. A sprocket having teeth with fore and aft flank surfaces defined in cross section by arcs having ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4424619 | Positive drive system A positive drive system including a coined drive cable (26) having a plurality of regularly spaced nodules (29) rigidly attached along at least a portion of its length, and one or more positive drive sheaves (20, 22, 23, 24) configured to receive the cabl... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4424852 | Bead-chain drive system for a window shade A bead-chain drive system for operating and positioning a window shade comprises a roller having a window shade mounted thereon, the roller being urged by the weight of the window shade in a direction to lower the shade. The drive system further includes ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4367067 | Ball chain positive drive stepless transmission A ball chain positive drive stepless transmission comprising two V sheaves deployed on a pair of parallel shafts and an endless ball chain serving as transmission medium therebetween and characterized in, each sheave having a V shaped groove formed by two... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4315751 | Positive drive system A positive drive system including a coined drive cable (26) having a plurality of regularly spaced nodules (29) rigidly attached along at least a portion of its length, and one or more positive drive sheaves (20, 22, 23, 24) configured to receive the cabl... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4214488 | Positive drive system A positive drive system including a drive cable consisting of a flexible line means having a plurality of regularly spaced nodules rigidly attached along its length, and a positive drive sheave having a curved surface configuration receptive to the drive ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 3985037 | Bead chain sprocket construction A bead chain sprocket is formed from a predetermined length of arcuately pocketed flexible plastic cog-like strip wherein the strip is received and affixed within the smooth peripheral groove of a flanged pulley, thereby to provide a simple, reliable and ... | 10/12/1976 |
