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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 |
| 8011266 | Gear for eliminating backlash Disclosed herein is a gear for eliminating backlash. The gear includes a rotating shaft having a hollow portion. A first gear is connected to an end of the rotating shaft to be rotated in sync with the rotating shaft, and has on a central portion thereof a connectin... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7658124 | Compliant gear assembly and work machine using same A compliant gear assembly includes a gear ring positioned about a hub and configured to translate responsive to a torque on the gear assembly, and biased toward co-axial alignment with the hub via at least one actuator. A method of managing loads on an idler gear in... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7552661 | Zero backlash positioning device A positioning device without backlash includes a table and at least one gear operatively associated with the table. At least one worm gear is connected to the gear and the gear is driven in a desired direction with a primary motor and a synchronized slave motor. The... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7428846 | Shaft encoder with anti-backlash gears An encoder shaft assembly includes a drive shaft having a drive gear, and an array of encoder units each having an encoder shaft and anti-backlash gears which engage the drive gear. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7406892 | Plastic molded gear, and intermittent rotation transmission device and gear train using same A plastic molded gear capable of reducing teeth knocking noises due to backlash during engagement. A protruding portion 5 for eliminating backlash is formed so as to protrude from both end portions in facewidth directions on one tooth flank 6 of each t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7383750 | Double flank delash gear mechanism A gear arrangement includes a first section having a first plurality of teeth and at least a portion of the first section is made of a compliant material. There is also a second section having a second plurality of teeth. The second section is made of a stiff materi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382107 | Shift range switching apparatus By utilizing a mechanical backlash generated between an electric actuator and a shift range switching mechanism, a specific region is obtained, in which a variation in the output shaft angle is relatively small with respect to a variation in rotor angle. In this spe... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7331252 | Braking system This braking system (S) is adapted to be used with a mechanism having one or several turning members (34), and comprises a toothed wheel (6), connected in rotation with at least one turning member (34) to be braked, and an endless screw (8 | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331895 | Composite planetary device A composite planetary speed reduction device (1), wherein gears (11), (12), and (13) and rollers (21), (22), and (23) forming a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism (10) and a planetary roller speed reducti... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322257 | Step down gear train for an adjusting device of an automotive vehicle seat A step down gear train for an adjusting device of an automotive vehicle seat which has an input shaft and an output shaft that is connected to a pinion. At least one first cogwheel and one second cogwheel are provided in the path between input shaft and output shaft... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7284634 | Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus comprises a rotary shaft member connected to a steering wheel, an elongate member, a rack-and-pinion mechanism, a ball screw mechanism constructed of a screw member, a nut member and a multiplicity of balls interposed between the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264448 | Remotely accessible locking system for turbine blades Embodiments of the invention relate to an axial locking system for a row of blades in a turbine engine. While achieving the desired axial restraint, the system is configured to allow remote manipulation of the locking system. For example, a locking system provided o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258036 | Bi-directional electric motor with endplay structure An endplay structure is provided for controlling endplay of a shaft 25 of a motor 19. The endplay structure includes a body 22 including a generally elliptically shaped recess 26 therein. The recess is constructed and arranged to be dispo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258037 | Gear protected against overloading The invention concerns a gear for precision devices comprising at least two mutually co-operating toothed wheels (10, 14). The teeth (12, 16) of the two wheels have the same thickness (e) and the teeth of one of them (10) are provided with a rad... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244214 | Speed change device and steering system A speed change device has an input member rotatable in opposite directions to transmit higher torque as its rotation angle becomes larger, and a variable angle-ratio change mechanism including rollers and teethed wheels that are arranged in parallel to each other. T... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240762 | Electric power steering apparatus A gearing radius of a worm wheel is set corresponding to a neighborhood region of a steering neutral position, in such a way as to be relatively large. Thus, backlash is made to be relatively small. This prevents noises from being produced when an automobile travels... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228799 | Moving member fixing apparatus A moving member fixing apparatus includes a stationary gear, rotary gear, press member, and first and second flat inclined surfaces. The rotary gear is movably provided to the stationary gear. The press member presses the rotary gear to fix the rotary gear to the st... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225699 | Gear drive mechanism with anti-rattle device A gear drive mechanism with two rotary gears meshing with each other has a first friction rim surface rotationally coupled to one of the two gears and a second friction rim surface rotationally coupled to the other of the two gears. The friction rim surfaces are in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7208904 | Multiple motor position control A controller for motor activation providing accurate and repeatable position changes by pressing and releasing a push button switch. Repeatable position changes are made in an advance direction by triggering a digital counter for a predetermined number of cycles of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7121973 | Methods and apparatus for minimizing backlash in a planetary gear mechanism A planetary gear system includes a planetary gear assembly having a first planetary gear, a second planetary gear rotatable relative to the first planetary gear, and a torquing mechanism. The torquing mechanism generates a torsional spring force of the planetary gea... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7086302 | Apparatus for reducing gear train backlash Apparatus for reducing backlash in a gear wheel that includes at least two interacting gear rims that rotate in relation to one another. An adjusting mechanism is located between the gear rims for adjusting the relative angle of rotation of the gear rims about a com... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066044 | Transmission apparatus A transmission apparatus includes a gear having a plurality of gear teeth and a rack having a plurality of rack teeth to mesh with the gear teeth. The rack further has an end formed as a cantilever beam structure. In an initial contact of the gear teeth with the rac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065829 | Damper device A damper device applies damping force to a movable body assembled on a fixed body. The damper device includes a damping part, a clutch case attached to one of the fixed body and the movable body in a state having received the damping part, and a rack part moving or ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7007565 | Gear assembly having noise-reduction structure and power take-off unit therewith A meshing gear assembly includes a toothed disk that is supported on a first gear so as to be frictionally engaged therewith, but rotationally and radially movable relative thereto. The circumferential width of each tooth formed on the toothed disk is preferably lar... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004871 | Automatic transmission apparatus An automatic transmission apparatus comprising, a first member rotating integrally with an input shaft and including a first cylindrical portion having an inner spline at an inner peripheral surface, a second member including a second cylindrical portion having an o... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997079 | Gear mechanism with an idler gear, a gear mechanism with a device for eliminating backlash between gears, and a motor driving mechanism A gear mechanism includes a driving gear, a driven gear, and an idler gear which is in mesh with the driving gear and the driven gear, wherein rotation of the driving gear is transferred to the driven gear via the idler gear. The idler gear includes first and second... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988582 | Gear, reduction gear combination and electric power steering apparatus A worm 1 is composed of an annular tooth body 11 having a tooth 10 on the outer surface thereof, a core body 12 inserted inside the annular tooth body 11; and an elastic coupler 13, which can be transformed in the radial dir... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6937030 | Testing electrical integrity of electrically heated subsea pipelines Method is provided for testing electrically heated subsea pipelines that are “electrical-ready,” that is, equipped for applying electrical power when it is needed for heating the pipeline at any time during the life of the pipeline. Time domain reflectometer app... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6837824 | Final control element for a vehicle steering system A final control element for superimposed steering engagement of a vehicle steering system with a superposition gear having two input shafts and one output shaft, in order to attain a radial freedom from play, the superposition gear is provided with a two-stage, modi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6832661 | Delashing mechanism for fixed parallel based gear pairs A mechanism for de-lashing a gear assembly includes a first gear rotatable about a first axis and a first center rotatably fixed to the first axis and a first conical teeth portion. The gear assembly includes a second gear rotatable about a second axis and a second ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6826975 | Gear wheel construction A gear wheel comprises a first gear wheel portion, including first half-teeth, which can be coupled to a second gear wheel portion, including second half-teeth, by adjustable coupling means, so that the first and second half-teeth form by pairs the teeth of the gear... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6789442 | Gear stage assembly with preload torque A gear stage assembly having a gear stage with two meshing gearwheels for mechanically transmitting a torque includes individual magnets arranged in the form of a ring on each of the gearwheels in a manner corresponding to that of the teeth of the gearwheels, for pr... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6736022 | Vibration reduction gear structure of an image input and output device A vibration reduction gear structure of an image input and output device includes a first gear supporting a second gear, and a vibration reduction portion made of vibration reduction material mounted on at least one of the first gear and the second gear. The other g... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6736023 | Torque transmitting device A torque transmitting device having a rotating shaft and a gear connected to the shaft. The gear transmits the torque between the rotating shaft and the gear. A splined portion and a centering inner circumferential surface portion formed in the inner periphery of th... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6705176 | Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus in which steering assistance is achieved by transmitting a rotary motion of an electric motor for steering assistance to a steering shaft on which a worm wheel is mounted through a worm shaft on which a worm is mounted, wherein t... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698177 | Cam mechanism for translation of circular motion into reciprocal motion A cam mechanism for use in a mowing machine. The cam mechanism is comprised of a spur gear and protruding eccentric cams from the top and bottom surfaces of the spur gear. The cam mechanism is formed from a half blanking press process. The eccentric cams ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6695505 | Backlash correction device and backlash correction method A backlash correction device of this invention has a motor, a gear transmitting a moving force from the motor to a paper feed base, a spring urging the paper feed base to one of forward and backward movement directions of the paper feed base using an urgi... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6661986 | Image forming apparatus and driving apparatus for image forming means used in the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having an image forming portion for forming an image, a drive source for generating a driving force for driving the image forming portion, a drive gear for transmitting the driving force from the drive source, a drive shaft for ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6615683 | Gear drive A gear drive, including a first shaft, a first gear wheel on the first shaft, a second shaft a certain distance away from the first shaft, and a second gear on the second shaft. The second gear wheel engaged with the first gear wheel by way of helical gea... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6520042 | Electric power steering assist mechanism A gear reduction mechanism includes a gearbox housing, a first gear having a first axis of rotation about a first shaft and the second gear having a second axis of rotation about a second shaft. The first and second gears are rotatably mounted in a gearbo... | 02/18/2003 |
