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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 |
| 4665923 | Non-contact type tonometer A non-contact type tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of a human eye. The tonometer includes a fluid ejection nozzle to eject a fluid toward a cornea of an eye to be tested and an alignment control apparatus. The alignment control apparatus comp... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665924 | Ultrasonic imaging apparatus Ultrasonic imaging apparatus including ultrasonic transducers for emitting acoustic wave beams of various apertures, apparatus for directing two acoustic wave beams of substantially different focussing distances on the same beam direction, circuitry for r... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665925 | Doppler catheter A steerable catheter having a Doppler crystal at the tip to measure the velocity of blood in vivo--and inferentially the blood flow. The catheter includes two passageways, one passageway being exposed to the blood stream with the other passageway containi... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665926 | Method and apparatus for measuring the relaxation state of a person In a system for respiratory feedback therapy, relaxation state can be qualitatively measured by forming a quotient between values related to the inhalation/exhalation duration and values related to the pause between inhalation/exhalation phases over inter... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665927 | Intraoperative temperature probe A temperature probe for insertion into the tissue of an organ, such as a heart, during surgery comprises an elongated needle made of plastic with a large button type head, and having one or more sensing elements disposed at selected positions along the le... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665928 | Range of motion measuring and displaying device An improved range of motion measuring and displaying device is disclosed herein which includes a modular housing containing a micro-computer and associated circuitry as well as input controls, display and printout facilities, input and output cord connect... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665929 | Axial flow combine harvester feed plate An axial flow combine harvester feed plate for directing crop material from a conveyor into the lower forward portion of an axial flow rotor housing. The feed plate includes surfaces that reduce the overall width of a mat of crop material entering the rot... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665930 | Manufacture of ventilated cigarettes Cigarettes are perforated by being rolled along a row of pins which are excited, for example by being vibrated. Vibration may be towards and away from the cigarettes so that the pins penetrate as a result of the vibration; the depth of penetration may be ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665931 | Method of pest controlling tobaccos and a system for carrying out said method In order to pest control tobacco there is provided in a gas tight tobacco storage room an inert O2 lacking atmosphere with O2 between 0 and 5%, CO2 between 1 and 20% and the balance N2. This atmosphere is mainta... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665932 | Automatic safety device for fluid duct An automatically and independently operating safety device for triggering a total or partial closure of a guard or safety valve member when the velocity of a fluid circulating in a conduit attains a predetermined dangerous value. The device senses the sta... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665933 | Hair color tiers A system of dyeing human hair is disclosed which is performed by layering the hair in tiers and selectively dyeing each layer. The tiers are annular elipsoids whose major and minor axes are in the same ratio and are fabricated in sets of ascending size. E... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665934 | Fingernail guard A fingernail guard assembly characterized by a main body member which engages the finger, and a number of shield members removably engagable with the main body member. The main body member can be engaged with the finger prior to the painting of the nails,... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665935 | Flexible arcuate tent featuring peak cord suspension A tent apparatus and method, the tent apparatus including a fabric tent shell having a plurality of side walls joined in seams along adjacent edges and a fabric floor joined to the bottom edges of the side walls. A tent pole-receiving sleeve is formed as ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665936 | Process for the control of turbidity currents Process for the control of turbidity currents, especially of high temperature lubricants in the form of graphite and polymers, suspended in water, with a viscosity of 1,000 to 20,000 cP at a temperature of up to 250 bars and a current velocity of up to 12... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665937 | Ball valve and method for assembling same An improved ball valve and method for assembling same having a main valve body with an axially extending throughbore for the passage of fluids therethrough. A ball having a throughbore is mounted in the valve body passageway and rotatable therein from a f... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665938 | Frequency feedback on a current loop of a current-to-pressure converter A current-to-pressure (I/P) converter provides an output pressure as a function of the magnitude of a variable input DC current. The I/P converter includes a pressure sensor which produces a feedback signal representative of the output pressure. Based upo... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665939 | Priority control for hydraulic consumers In a priority control device the supply flow to the lower-ranking consumer is set by a flow control valve (pressure balance) whose control chamber subjected to the control pressure of the lower-ranking consumer can be relieved of pressure via a proportion... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665940 | Container fitting A fitting for a container of draft beer or the like includes a first valve for permitting pressurized gas to be injected into the container and a second valve for permitting beer to be dispensed from the container. Both valves are urged to their closed po... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665941 | Fluid control of metering assemblies A surface box for a stop cock (25-29) and water meter (40) has a housing (1) of moulded plastics with ports (10, 11) in the base for the external connection of pipes. Another moulded plastics body (20) is screwed down to the base, inside the housing, and ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665942 | Hydraulic pressure fuse A hydraulic fuse closes flow of hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic line upon loss of downstream fluid pressure. The hydraulic fuse includes a housing having an upstream opening and a downstream opening and a poppet slidably mounted within the housing for open... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665943 | Poppet valve A poppet type valve assembly comprising a body having an axial bore extending therethrough and defining a fluid flow passage and an internal, generally cylindrical valve chamber. Seat means are carried in the bore adjacent a first end of the valve chamber... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665944 | On-off dump valve This invention relates to a high pressure valve of the dump type. The valve body contains a slideable, hollow spool with ports connecting its interior and exterior. When the valve is in the on position, all ports are located in the pressurized portion of ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665945 | Pressure regulator for a fuel gas A pressure regulator for a fuel gas of the present invention operates to reduce the pressure of the fuel gas kept in a gas container to the predetermined pressure and then supply it to a burner through the secondary passage thereof. Further, the pressure ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665946 | Rotary control valves with pressure-reducing means The rotary control valve comprises a casing having a pair of axially-opposed ports. A valve chamber is rotatably mounted in the casing. A stem adjustably rotates the valve chamber for controlling the flow through the ports. The valve chamber has a pair of... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665947 | Transfer switch for differential type actuators A transfer switch for differential type actuators which includes a body having an internal space, a plurality of pairs of output ports connected with the internal space for supplying pressure to a plurality of differential type actuators, a flat control p... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665948 | Electromagnetically operable fluid flow control valve mechanism An electromagnetic fluid flow control valve mechanism has a hollow slide valve linearly movable on and along a core in response to energization of a coil disposed around the slide valve for selective fluid communication between a inlet port and first and ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665949 | Catcher In the embodiment depicted, the catcher, for use with a liquid-jet-cutting equipment, comprises a housing in which is formed a chamber, and the chamber replaceably confines an impingement block. A channel opens into the chamber and onto the block for admi... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665950 | Medium-carrying line having at least one restrictor A restrictor which is in the form of a perforated disc is mounted within the cylindrical line by a plurality of circumferentially disposed pins so as to define a gap between the disc and the line. Thermal expansion of the disc caused by a heated medium fl... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665951 | Prosthetic ligament A prosthetic ligament comprises an elongate woven fabric member having two ends, including a portion woven in the form of a tube, a tail section extending between the tubular portion and a first end, the tail section having a tubular configuration with a ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665952 | Apparatus and method for fabricating a low voltage winding for a toroidal transformer A toroidal electrical transformer having a low voltage coil, a high voltage coil and an annular magnetic core is disclosed. The preferred low voltage and high voltage coils are each continuous and form an arcuate elongated passage therethrough. The prefer... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665953 | Reversible safety wire pliers A reversible safety wire pliers is disclosed which includes a sleeve mounted on one arm of the pliers, the sleeve having a double spiral shank with left-hand and right-hand grooves enclosed therein. A pair of externally toothed gears are mounted on the sh... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665954 | High-speed electronic component lead forming apparatus and method In apparatus for disposing DIP leads in a predetermined and preselected condition of straightness and orientation, a trackway for operatively supporting and moving DIPs therealong from a loading station to a discharge station, a forming station positioned... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665955 | Nozzle apparatus and engagement method An improved nozzle apparatus and method for automatic engagement with a bottom inlet. The apparatus is characterized by a frame and an upwardly-facing nozzle member carried by the frame and horizontally movable thereon into a position of vertical alignmen... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665956 | Fluent material container with filling and exhaust ports and method of flling same A container vehicle for fluent contents, that is to say a container in which such contents can be securely held when in transit. It comprises a cylindrical vessel arranged with its axis level and having axially-disposed ports, valve means to prevent an ab... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665957 | Liquid filling device A counterpressure liquid filling device for a container (1) comprises a gas discharge passage (9a) for discharging the pressurized gas of the container (1) into the atmosphere, the gas discharge passage (9a) being branched into a first branch discharge co... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665958 | Funnel device for draining liquids A funnel device is provided for emptying liquid from scintillation vials and disposing of the empty vials. The device has a top provided with rows of holes to loosely accommodate standard liquid scintillation vials. Beneath each row of holes is a rod. The... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665959 | Plug assembly A plug assembly for puncture has a cylindrical member of a rigid resin having first and second openings one at each end thereof and a channel for communication between the first and second openings. The cylindrical member has a mating tapering surface on ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665960 | Coded coupling A coupling assembly having abutting surfaces held together in sealed relationship by cooperable male and female nuts includes a gland member having one of the abutting surfaces thereon and being receivable in the male nut. At least one inwardly extending ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665961 | Machine for limbing trees arranged in bundles, especially small trees A machine for limbing trees arranged in bundles including two alternatingly cooperating carriers (8, 9), at least one carrier (8) including a number of rotatable, suitably cylindrical, limbing means (10), means being associated to the carriers to transfer... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665962 | Woodworking machine A multi-purpose woodworking machine designed to carry out with the maximum of safety various woodworking operations or jobs such as sawing, planing, sanding, drilling and mortising etc. The tool has an indexible prismatic head on the side walls of which v... | 05/19/1987 |
