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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 |
| 8105223 | Machine and method for forming reinforced polygonal containers from blanks A method of forming a container from a blank of sheet material using a machine is provided. The blank includes a bottom panel, two side panels, two end panels, and a reinforcing panel assembly extending from a first side panel. The machine includes a hopper station,... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7179216 | Catch hook for a folding box gluing machine An apparatus in a folding box gluing machine has a catch hook mounted such that it can rotate about an axis in order to initiate a leading fold in a product. The apparatus further has a restoring device for the catch hook. The restoring device has at least one elast... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6955032 | Shuttle packer packaging machine A shuttle packaging machine includes a support structure having a servomotor driven shuttle device mounted thereon. A transfer arm having suction cups clamps, removes and holds a shipping blank on the shuttle device during all of the packaging functions. The major a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6949860 | Electric motor In an electric motor in which a magnet holder is provided in an inner periphery of a yoke, and a terminal insertion hole is provided in a feed connector provided in a brush holder. A terminal connected to a brush is inserted to the terminal insertion hole, and the y... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6764576 | Method and an apparatus for forming and thermosealing packaging containers The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for forming and thermosealing one end of a packaging container which is manufactured from thermosealing material. The packaging container is placed in a conveyor which brings it into contact with mechanical forming... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6616585 | Method and device for assembling paper box A method of assembling a paper box, comprising a 1st step of carrying a paper box (10a) with unfolded both side wall members (26) and (27) into a clearance between a fixed stand (101) and a guide member (100) in the condition that the positions of folded ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 5518489 | Apparatus and method for forming a pocketed card stock or paper member having a wide peripheral edge A device and method for forming a pocketed card stock or paper member having a wide peripheral edge. A template (12) is provided having a forming edge with a shape corresponding to the wide peripheral edge of the member. A flexible sheet of card stock or ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5312316 | Machine for forming cardboard boxes The present invention concerns a machine for forming cardboard boxes. The principal feature is that the housing is square and consists of a supply tray, box-forming suction cup rocker arm assembly, four-joint tie bar folding assembly, rocker arm tie bar f... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5230687 | Semi-automatic machine for folding and gluing paper covering borders for cardboard and other materials The machine is used to fold and glue paper covering borders onto cardboard or other materials and includes a folding element (9) with a symmetrical row of bristles for folding and gluing the borders passing through in both directions and capable of acting... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5156582 | Box erector A box erector for erecting a box from a knock-down configuration into an open rectangular box is disclosed which includeds a frame (10) for an inventory section (20), a transfer section (22), a flap closure section (24), a taping section (26), and an exit... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5024640 | Method and apparatus for storing flat-folded cases in a pile, and for opening and sealing said cases A number of cases are stored horizontally in a stack in a magazine. A bottom upper-inner flap of a flat folded case is folded downward to open the case by a flap-folding member while the case is being lifted from a magazine station to a flap-folding stati... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5019026 | Device for aligning box blanks within a machine used for processing them An aligning device including an upward straightening appliance consisting of a row of levers equipped with rollers, said levers being mounted for pivoting around a horizontal axis relative to a base member, said base member being mounted for pivotable mov... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4976675 | Automatic machine for folding flat pre-creased die-cuts into tubular shape The automatic machine comprises a magazine, dispensing die-cuts pre-creased longitudinally with fold lines providing divisions between at least four side panels and a securing flap, suckers by which the die-cuts are picked up from the magazine, and a revo... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4932930 | Method and machine for forming cases with polygonal section made from a sheet material and cases thus obtained A method and machine for forming a case with polygonal section from a blank of sheet material. There is an assembly of panels. The assembly of panels is wound about a mandrel with polygonal section. The tongue is fixed to the free edge of the endmost pane... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4692133 | Method and machine to form box parts A machine to form an end of a unit of a box from a flat box blank that includes two sides, a bottom, and, at each end, an end flap supporting a cantilevered sealing tab, and two side tabs supported by the two sides. A planar movable table receives the box... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4674998 | Forming assembly for automatic machines for forming boxes from semi-finished flat blanks A forming assembly for automatic machines for forming boxes from semi-finished flat blanks, comprises a plate support with associated suction means for the semi-finished blanks and a forming mould for the erection of the parts of the semi-finished blank i... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4636185 | Apparatus for fabricating a box-like article The invention features an apparatus for fabricating a box-like article or slipcase. The apparatus feeds a box blank from a hopper containing stacked blanks to a work station. The work station comprises a forming block about which the panels of the box bla... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4624653 | Corner laminating apparatus and method for cartons An apparatus and method for erecting a carton having laminated corner structures. A multi-sectioned corner flap is folded progressively between an outer guide in the form of a longitudinal row of rollers and a spiraling row of conical rollers that accurat... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4123966 | Carton forming apparatus Apparatus for forming a sealable carton for liquids accepts from a supply station a T-shaped blank of coated sheet material that is impervious to the fluid that the carton to be formed from the blank is to contain. The blank is pre-scored to delineate the... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4024693 | Carton forming apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for opening a folded paper box blank, inserting a product filled container into the opened blank, and closing and sealing the end flaps of the blank. The apparatus comprises a magazine for storing a vertical pile of the folded blank... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4012999 | Apparatus for forming trays Apparatus and method of forming a tray which includes a bottom panel, four upstanding side panels and corner gussets for sealing and holding the bottom panel end flaps and side flaps in the formed position including means for receiving a stack of precut b... | 03/22/1977 |
