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Patent No. 5678617

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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Class 74/150 - Automatic


Subclass of Class 74 - Machine element or mechanism
Definition: Devices, in which means are provided for automatically disengaging
No. of patents: 3
Last issue date: 09/27/2005


NumberTitleIssue Date
6948686Constant rate deployment device
A spring-based deployment system deploys a mass at a limited velocity. Using techniques common to the art of timepieces, the motion of a gear, like the rotation of a clock's second hand, is controlled to occur at a substantially constant rate. In a preferred embodim...
09/27/2005
6766426Apparatus and method for moving data among memories of networked devices
An information processing apparatus and method and a program storage medium by which a recording medium of an apparatus connected to a network to which the information processing apparatus is connected can be utilized effectively wherein if reservation of recording ...
07/20/2004
4750375Drive device for a circuit breaker with a ratchet wheel
A drive device for a low-voltage circuit breaker comprises a ratchet wheel with teeth which are engaged by a transporting ratchet by a periodic back-and-forth motion of a cage having the transporting ratchet disposed thereon. A stepwise rotation of the ra...
06/14/1988
 
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