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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 |
| 7370397 | Tool kit and method for repairing a damage vehicle body member with a hem flange A method and kit for repairing vehicle door skins by reorienting vehicle hem flanges from a closed orientation to an open orientation to allow removal of a damaged door skin from a door frame and replacing with a new door skin with an open orientation hem flange tha... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7337648 | Clamp and repair tool A tool for gripping, clamping or holding an object, wherein the tool has a handle portion, a linkage portion and a working portion, and wherein the working portion includes two workpiece contacting surfaces, at least one of the surfaces shaped to generally conform t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7228770 | Pliers Pliers for installing a bushing within a drive selector linkage assembly of an automobile. The pliers include a first arm having a first handle portion and a holder portion. The holder portion is configured to independently hold a bushing to be installed within a dr... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7174640 | Tool for cutting cable ties leaving a round end The present invention presents a pliers-like hand tool with special shaped cutting edges and grooved guides in the jaws of the tool so that when used to cut off the unwanted ends of cable ties the cable tie can be guided into the tool and positioned for cuffing the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7059166 | Method and apparatus for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp assembly Methods and apparatus are disclosed for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. In some embodiments, positive stopping apparatus on the crimp ring are used to assure appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. The positive stopping ap... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6941628 | Bead-forming tool The invention comprises tools for forming beads on one or more filaments using a malleable material for the bead. The tools exert bead-forming forces radially inward toward the filament and axially along the filament toward the center of the bead. The tools comprise... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6691548 | Plier assembly A plier assembly includes a first member that has a handle portion designed to be gripped by the hand of a user. The first member has an attachment portion for facilitating attachment to the second member. The first member has a jaw portion designed to be... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6082167 | Tool for crimping a tee or main The present invention relates to a method of forming a ceiling. The method comprises the steps of setting a tool for a desired length of crimp of a tee or main by adjusting a plate in a slot of the tool. Then the tee or main is cut to a desired length. An... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5743131 | Ratcheted crimping tool There is disclosed a tool for connecting a cable fitting to the end of a coaxial cable. The tool is made up of one or more dies with a cavity therein, a carrier chuck which is axially spaced from the die surfaces to support the fitting in relation to the ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5709122 | Tool A tool for manufacturing signs wherein selective sign display elements are retained in a base profile section by folded engagement of opposite end portions of the base section. The tool includes members for cutting the base section, compression members fo... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5651283 | Bone plate shaping device A device for contouring bone plates is described. The device has a first handle and a first jaw extending from a first end of the first handle. A second jaw is hinged at one end of the region of the junction of the first handle and first jaw, a second han... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5611236 | Crimping tool with means to keep jaws parallel A tool for crimping a compression sleeve onto a pipe includes support arms [50] that rotate about fixed pivots [68], and which each carry a slidably mounted crimping jaw [52] that is supported by the associated arm [50] for rotational movement of the jaw ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5428983 | Terminal pliers An improved terminal pliers comprises a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion provided with at least two receiving slots and a terminal locating device mounted thereon. The terminal locating device comprises a base provided with a sliding b... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5222386 | Hand brake A hand brake for deforming a metal work piece, which includes a mechanism for clamping the work piece into a fixed position, such as a gripping mechanism or clamp, and a mechanism connected to the clamp for bending at least a portion of the work piece. Th... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5119665 | Installation tool for captive panel fastener A tool for installing a retaining ring onto the threaded shank of a bolt to form a captive panel fastener. Alignment tabs formed on the retaining ring are positioned into cutout portions formed in the nose area of the tool. The tool and ring are then enga... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4884432 | Backup for a clamp crimper In combination with a manually operated crimper for tightening ear clamps in which the tool has two complementary lever arms with handles at one end and jaw portions at the other end of a backup disk. A disk is positioned in a slot in the arms of the tool... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4170125 | Tool for crimping ferrules on conduits A portable hand tool for crimping ferrules on flexible conduits such as are used for electrical wiring, for example. Two members pivotally connected to each other have handle portions for manipulation by the user, and jaw portions. One jaw portion has a f... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4070898 | Tool for resetting aircraft spark plug gap A simple and compact tool for use with aircraft spark plugs to reset the spark gap, which enables a person to hold the spark plug to the tool, hold a gauge to the spark plug, and squeeze the electrodes of the spark plug to set the gap, all under field con... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4041740 | Hand tool A hand tool comprises a pair of arms which are pivotally connected together at a position intermediate their ends, the parts of the arms on one side of the pivot constituting handles and the parts of the arms on the other side of the pivot constituting ja... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3961518 | Crimping device A new and improved crimping tool for crimping into position a new door panel for a door frame of a vehicle, wherein a crimping element is pivotally mounted within an elongated housing for rotation between an initial and crimping position, the crimping mem... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3956950 | Electrical tool A pair of scissorlike members are pivotally interconnected and include opposed jaw portions. One of the jaws includes a concave passageway extending along its substantial length and a plurality of spaced apart transversely extending grooves are formed in ... | 05/18/1976 |
