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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 |
| 4566116 | Soft X-ray generator A soft X-ray generator comprises an electron gun and an anode which are disposed in individual vacuum containers, respectively but are interconnected by a conduit provided with an electron lens so that an electron beam generated from the electron gun is g... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566117 | Speech synthesis system A speech synthesis system uses a programmable digital divider to generate desired formant frequencies. The divide factor is controlled by an MPU. The output of the divider is passed through a sinewave shaper and then through an electronically controlled a... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566118 | Method of and apparatus for cancelling vibrations from a source of repetitive vibrations Primary vibrations from a repetitive source of such vibrations are nulled in a location by specially generated secondary vibrations fed to the location from an actruator. The actuator is driven by a waveform generator which is synchronized to the source b... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566119 | Equalizer networks and methods of developing scaling coefficients therefor An adjustable equalizer network comprises a series chain of N all pass amplifier stages driving M minimum phase shift transversal filters connected to a final summing circuit that includes means to adjust each filter output to obtain a ripple free predete... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566120 | Loudspeaker system and loudspeaker for use in a loud-speaker system for converting an n-bit digitized electric signal into an acoustic signal A loudspeaker system for converting an n-bit digitized electric signal (11) into an acoustic signal comprises an electrodynamic loudspeaker (1) with n voice-coil sections (4.1, 4.2, . . . 4.n) which cooperate with a magnet system (3). The loudspeaker syst... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566121 | Process and apparatus for identifying articles of sheet material by means of microwaves An apparatus for the identification by microwaves of a sheet article composed of an electrically non conductive material, the article being marked for identification by the incorporation therein of electrically conductive fibers. The apparatus comprises a... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566122 | Process and apparatus for identifying articles of sheet material by means of microwaves An apparatus for the identification by microwaves of a sheet article composed of an electrically non-conductive material, the article being marked for identification by the incorporation therein of electrically conductive fibers. The apparatus comprises: ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566123 | Standard memory take in method A standard memory take-in method for selecting a set of standard data for use with a pattern recognition system in which a plurality of samples of data representing a single known object to be recognized and stored as a set of standard data are stored, th... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566124 | Pattern reading system A pattern reading system by line segment approximation comprising the steps of tracing the contour and simultaneously, seeking out as candidate extreme points the points at which the inner products of coordinate point vectors and directional vectors at co... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566125 | Apparatus and method for pattern location An apparatus and method for locating a pattern within a digital representation of an image. A video camera scans an image of light reflected from the surface of an object. The analog output of the video camera is digitized to form the digital representati... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566126 | Pattern discriminator A pattern discriminator receives scanning data obtained by raster scanning objects within predefined window regions with a photoelectric converter, converts the scanned data into pixel binary data by using a threshold value dependent upon the scanning pos... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566127 | Complex system having the functions of optical character reader and facsimile A complex system in which the functions of OCR (optical character reader) and facsimile are combined by a CPU (central processor unit). The complex system operates in an OCR-facsimile mode to effect a complex processing of character information and image ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566128 | Method for data compression for two-value picture image A method for compressing the data of character images primarily for a font set for kanji (Chinese character) photo-type-setting characterized by the steps of dividing up an original picture image into a plurality of partial picture images, identifying the... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566129 | Resealable bag and tamper proof sealing ring This invention relates to a resealable bag apparatus (10) having front (13) and rear (14) bag panels that are releasably secured together by a pair of enclosure arms (18, 19) that are in turn releasably secured by a flap member (26), and the apparatus is ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566130 | Combination carrying bag for infant accessories and diapering station A diapering station formed of a single piece of material is divided by fold lines into three successive sections to cushion an infant on a support surface and store infant accessories for diaper changing. The diapering station is converted into a carrying... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566131 | Valved bag A valved bag consists of a collapsed section of a tubular plastic film, which has been formed in that the side portions of a plastic film web have been infolded to overlap each other and which has been provided with transverse top and bottom seam welds an... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566132 | Multifunction ultra-high frequency circuit and means using such a circuit A multifunction ultra-high frequency circuit and bidirectional transmission means using such a circuit. The circuit according to the invention comprises a directional coupler, two diodes, a transistor and an access connected to the diodes. The state of th... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566133 | Switched diversity method and apparatus for FM receivers An FM diversity receiver system and method are disclosed which include two antennas and a switch for switching the receiver from one antenna to the other. A fade control signal is produced which is related to the received FM signal, in which fade control ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566134 | Circuit for interfacing remote functional units to a terminal In a highly modular terminal, pluggable functional units communicate optically through a closed chamber. Some functional units are logically integrated into the terminal structure while being physically remote. In a supermarket system, bar code scanners a... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4566135 | Pressure transducer A pressure transducer as a microphone comprises a base body with a flat polished surface and a diaphragm contacting the flat surface at a plurality of spaced points. The base body consists of a material transparent for optical radiation, and is provided w... | 01/21/1986 |
