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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 |
| 7421922 | Device for linearly moving a useful mass A device for linearly moving a useful mass is described. Typically, when a large useful mass is moved, relatively large forces are transferred by a spindle or a toothed rack to the corresponding machine or machine frame. These forces can be compensated by moving a c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7222416 | Edge bending apparatus A first hemming mold unit (20) and a second hemming mold unit (30), are installed in a single pressing machine. The first hemming mold unit (20) performs partial bending of an edge (95) of a workpiece (93; 96). The workpiece (93... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6205612 | Window wiper system for an automotive vehicle A window wiper system for an automotive vehicle has an electromagnetic device, a rotatable member and a window wiper oscillating mechanism. In another aspect of the present invention, the electromagnetic device is an electric motor which operates in a uni... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5907885 | Multi-functional apparatus for use in an automotive vehicle employing multiple tracks A multi-functional apparatus for use in an automotive vehicle employing multiple tracks has a housing, a rotatable member located in the housing, an electromagnetic device and multiple tracks. The electromagnetic device may be an electric motor which oper... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5280938 | Wheelchair brake A braking device for a wheelchair having at least one wheel and a frame having siderails adjacent the wheel is provided with a brake assembly surrounding the wheel for clamping and braking the motion of the wheel and with a connecting and mounting assembl... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5099760 | Apparatus for effecting a rapid adjustment of machine members or the like Apparatus for affecting positional adjustment of a machine member has an adjustment screw nonrotatably connected to the machine member and screwed into a nut formed as a worm wheel. The worm wheel, meshes with a worm, connected by a worm shaft to an actua... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4881421 | Drive with overload safety coupling A mechanical drive, especially a stepping drive which can be driven by a drive shaft (14) for the conversion of a rotary drive movement to an output rotary movement which follows a given law of movement and can be taken from an output shaft (16), is provi... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4828095 | Internal overload clutch assembly An internal overload clutch assembly is provided for connecting rotating and rotatable members during normal operation and for disconnecting same when a maximum predetermined torque is exceeded, all of the operating components being mounted within an encl... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4697943 | Electric platen driving device with manual override The present invention relates to a driving device of platen used in printing devices such as typewriters, printers, etc., which is equipped with a motor, a first gear adapted to transmit the output from this motor and provided with notches on part thereof... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4688442 | Device for converting the continuous rotary motion of a drive shaft into the intermittent rotary motion of a driven shaft A device converts the continuous rotary motion of a drive shaft into the intermittent rotary motion of a driven shaft, in particular with intermittent rotations of an amplitude of 180°. The device comprises a plate keyed to the driven shaft, one side of ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688440 | Member for intermittent feed motion An intermittent feed member adapted for an intermittent feed mechanism comprises a shaft provided having a plurality of individually groove portions which are formed in its outer periphery along the circumferential direction. Each of the groove portions h... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4638677 | Intermittent drive member An intermittent drive member comprises a shaft with a spiral groove formed in the outer periphery of the shaft. The spiral groove includes a plurality of groove portions each having a linear bottom portion with a lead angle of zero degrees and a plurality... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4635507 | Angular indexing device and method for output shaft A ridge spirally wound around an outer peripheral cam is held between each pair of followers of a rotatable body including a plurality of such followers planted therearound at equal intervals. The ridge of the outer peripheral cam consists of a gentle slo... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4448093 | Stepping drive mechanism Stepping drive mechanism for converting a constant input rotatory movement to a linear movement of a given length accelerated first from zero, then continuing at constant velocity, and finally decelerated back to zero, in which the constant input rotatory... | 05/15/1984 |
