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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 |
| 7441437 | Calibration rig A calibration rig for calibration and/or re-calibration of flow meters (5) and/or flow meter calibration carts (7) is described comprising: a source (1) of pure sterilized water or a source (40) of a sterile conductive solution, a piping ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 6600962 | Sensor controller A control system for controlling a variable of a device by an end element is disclosed. The control system has as its input a magnetostrictive position sensing probe for measuring the value of the variable of the device at time intervals and a digital con... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6508049 | Mass flow rate sensor for sugar cane harvester A mass flow sensor apparatus (30) for a billet harvester(10) for sugar cane of the type having an elevator (20) with a plurality of flights (24) that transfer batches of billets (5) through an elevator housing and having a floor section (23) proximate an ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6212957 | Fluid flowmeter and method of assembly A ball type flowmeter having an external transparent housing on which a flow rate scale is pre-printed, and contained in the housing is a transparent tube having a floating ball, the tube being slidable in the housing and having upper and lower flanges to... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5750877 | Device for and method of calibrating the measurements of a product stream In a device for and a method of calibrating the measurement of a product stream in agricultural machines, a calibrating unit is arranged after a measuring unit, a definite quantity of a product stream is weighed in the calibrating unit and the weight valu... | 05/12/1998 |
| 4962666 | Mass flowmeter apparatus This invention relates to a method and apparatus for a liquid mass non-venting flowmeter. The flowmeter apparatus gives correct flow regardless of changes in density, viscosity, or composition of the liquid and corrects flow in spite of errors common in c... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4823592 | Test apparatus for proving the performance of mass flow meters Test apparatus for proving the performance of Coriolis mass flow meters when measuring high-temperature fluid. Selected heat transfer fluid, preferably organic, is heated to the desired testing temperature and pumped from a fluid reservoir and heater thro... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4693122 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a material-spreading applicator Method and apparatus for calibrating a material-spreading applicator. A broadcast spreader or planter is moved over a field for a measured length. The amount of fertilizer or seed which the applicator would have spread over the surface while it was so mov... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4667503 | Method of calibrating volumetric metering and blending device A calibration method for a volumetric metering and blending device which involves the use of a memory base to calculate and control the speed in which an auger dispenses each quantity of ingredient into a hopper. The method involves operatively connecting... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4570491 | Rate meter and method of determining distribution rates A rate measuring device comprises a beam with a plurality of graduated scales and a cup on one end thereof. While a material dispensing machine is moved a certain distance, the material normally applied to the ground is collected in a container and subseq... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4502318 | Method and apparatus for calibrating flow meters The specification discloses a method and apparatus for calibrating liquid flow meters of all types. The system includes a scale for dynamically determining the weight of a liquid flowing through a flow meter, together with means for measuring the flow thr... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4501972 | Float detection system The specification discloses a method and apparatus for detecting the position of the float in a glass tube flow meter, and determining the distance of said float from a reference line on the glass tube flow meter which is being calibrated. The blockage of... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4194386 | Variable area metering tube and method of manufacture A variable area metering tube is described having a non-linear graduated measuring scale wherein the scale compensates for non-standard variations in the cross-sectional flow area of the metering tube.... | 03/25/1980 |
