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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 |
| 5676120 | Mechanical throwing device A mechanical device for throwing projectiles is disclosed which is disposed on a ground surface to throw variously-sized balls to a practicing basketball shooter or a practicing baseball hitter. The device includes an elongated base disposed on the ground... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676121 | Fork tamer A fork tamer including a forked arrow rest. The forked arrow rest has a pair of prongs with end portions for supporting an arrow. Included are a pair of generally cylindrical members. Each cylindrical member has a first end, a second end and a cylindrical... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676122 | Arrangement for a bow sight An arrangement for a sight for a bow having at least two independently adjustable sighting members which are capable of being displaced and guided in the desired adjustment direction, and are supported by a guide intended for that purpose. At least one of... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676123 | Clockwise and counter clockwise combination stranded bow string A bow string having a plurality of parallel strands, comprising at least one first strand being twisted in a clockwise manner, and at least one second strand being twisted in a counter clockwise manner, wherein the amount of twists in the second strands a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676124 | Ceramic and masonry power saw A ceramic tile and masonry power saw is disclosed. The saw has an electric motor and drives the circular diamond saw through a drive belt positioned immediately adjacent to the saw to minimize bending moments and stress. A pivoting cutting table has pinch... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676125 | Excavator mounted concrete saw Rotary disk saw is adapted to be mounted on an earth excavator or the like, having an articulating and rotatable member for a boom. To this excavating boom, which normally carries a shovel, the saw carrying unit is attached and includes a compound pivot m... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676126 | Masonry slitting apparatus A masonry slitting apparatus includes a housing (1) containing a drive unit (2) for a slitting tool (4) and a trolley (3) to which the housing is pivotally connected by a rotary bearing (6) located in a first end region of the housing and trolley. The tro... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676128 | Solar device for cooking or sterilizing and method or use thereof A solar energy collector for cooking food or sterilizing liquids or articles is described, which may be fixed in place or portable. The device includes a heating (cooking or sterilization) chamber with a double-walled solar radiation concentrator with an ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676129 | Dosage counter for metered dose inhaler (MDI) systems using a miniature pressure sensor A method and apparatus for directly counting the number of doses expended from a Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) medicinal delivery system. A miniature pressure sensor and microprocessor is used to detect the pressure pulse in the transfer channel of the mouth... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676130 | Separator for powdered inhalers A separator for attachment to devices for administration of powders into the lungs, which separator separates particles to be inhaled into the lungs from other particles in the powders.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676131 | System for protecting sample line in respiratory gas analyzer A method and apparatus is described for preventing contamination of a gas analyzer of respiratory gas exchange analyzing equipment due to a patient's saliva. The method involves determining a resistance value of the inspired respiratory gas flow in a samp... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676132 | Pulmonary interface system A device for sensing the respiratory air of a patient. The device includes a venturi tube through which the patient inspires and expires, the tube having a constricted midportion. The tube also has an inspiration orifice, an expiration orifice, and a cent... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676133 | Expiratory scavenging method and apparatus and oxygen control system for post anesthesia care patients An apparatus and method for preventing contamination of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit of A Hospital by the use of a mask sealed to the patient's face and connected by a ventilator circuit to an airator that pulls a vacuum to exhaust the patient's expirati... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676134 | Respiratory gas container A respiratory gas container has a flexible bag having an opening with a valve housing arranged in the opening area housing having an upper part and a lower part as well as at least one gas discharge and one gas inlet valve and a connection piece. In order... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676135 | Breath saver A portable emergency respirator comprising a carry case having a compartment therein. An oxygen canister is provided, with a band for retaining the oxygen canister within the compartment of the carry case. A neck strap is on the carry case to be worn abou... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676136 | Protective suction control catheter with valve A sterile suction catheter protecting both the user and patient from cross contamination. The catheter enclosed in a protective and collapsible sleeve along with a closed capped suction control valve. The sleeve and cap preserving the sterility of the cat... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676137 | Medical device securing apparatus A medical device securing apparatus for releasably securing at least one medical device to a supporting object. The securing apparatus includes a foundation strap (12) and a securing mechanism for releasably securing the foundation strap to a supporting o... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676138 | Emotional response analyzer system with multimedia display A multimedia computerized system for detecting emotional responses of human beings and the changes therein over time. The system includes a stimulus presentation device for presenting a stimulus, such as a television commercial, occurring over a predeterm... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676139 | Spring clip probe housing This probe makes use of a simplified housing construction that significantly reduces the cost of the manufacture of the probe housing. The housing is implemented using two molded housing halves, which are pivotally connected together and which include an ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676140 | Non-invasive blood pressure measurement device A non-invasive blood pressure measurment device including: a cuff, a pressure detector for detecting a cuff pressure; a cuff pressure control pump for linearly increasing or decreasing the cuff pressure; a light-emitting member for injecting a beam of lig... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676141 | Electronic processor for pulse oximeters An apparatus for measuring the concentration of blood constituents in which the architecture of the electronic processor reduces the amount of controller processing time required for tasks such as data acquisition and generation of system control signals.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676142 | Method and apparatus for measuring scattering property and absorption property in scattering medium Measuring scattering and absorption properties of a scattering medium according to the following: (a) causing pulsed measuring light having a predetermined wavelength to enter the scattering medium; (b) performing time-resolved measurement of the measurin... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676143 | Apparatus for analytical determination of glucose in a biological matrix An apparatus for determination of a glucose concentration in a biological matrix includes an irradiation device for irradiating light as primary light into a biological matrix, and a detection device for measuring intensity of light emerging as secondary ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676144 | Method and apparatus for determination of chemical species in body fluid Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the non-invasive determination of one or more preselected analytes in a body fluid expressed through the skin. The fluid is collected in a dermal concentration patch and concentrated by driving off a portion of the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676145 | Cerebral hemodynamic monitoring system A cerebral hemodynamics monitoring device includes a catheter having an optic fiber 20 for measurement of oxygen saturation, a first thermistor 30 positioned not more than about 25 mm from the tip of the catheter, and a second thermistor 32, located prefe... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676146 | Surgical implant containing a resorbable radiopaque marker and method of locating such within a body A surgical implant containing a resorbable radiopaque marker enables the position and/or orientation of the implant to be readily determined by x-ray or other radiographic technique following its surgical implantation in the body.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676147 | Ultrasonic receive beamformer with phased sub-arrays An ultrasonic receive beamformer includes transducers forming receive signals that are applied to sub-array processors. Each sub-array processor includes at least one phase shifter and a summer, and each phase shifter is responsive to at least one of the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676148 | Method and system for doppler ultrasound audio dealiasing A Doppler audio dealiasing system has a zero inserter that inserts zeros between input samples of signal. The resultant signal is then processed in various ways. After the zeros are inserted and a new signal is formed, the newly formed signal is filtered ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676149 | Method of compensating for inoperative elements in an ultrasound transducer A method for compensating for inoperative transducer elements in an ultrasound transducer. The transmit voltage of the driving signals applied to transducer elements that are adjacent an inoperative element is increased to compensate for the inoperative e... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676151 | Method and apparatus for intravascular ultrasonography Ultrasonic apparatus and method for high resolution intravascular imaging to assist in treating endovascular lesions and to monitor the results of interventional treatment. An ultrasonic transducer is carried by the distal end of a catheter adapted for in... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676153 | System and method for determining spatial organization of atrial activation A system and method evaluates the spatial organization of atrial activation sequences of a heart. Electrical activity of an atrium is sensed at a predetermined number of different localized locations within the atrium to generate a like predetermined numb... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676154 | Breathing sensor detecting breath condensation A method, a device and a sensor to sense the breathing of a man or an animal. A breathing sensor which, in an optical way, detects changes in deposited moisture on a sensor portion is placed in the breathing air flow, and changes of a transmitted or refle... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676155 | Apparatus for insufflating gases An apparatus is provided for insufflating gas into a bodily cavity of a human or animal body. The apparatus includes a gas source, a measuring device provided with sensors for sensing the actual gas pressure and the actual gas flow, and a control unit to ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676156 | Automatic retractable safety penetrating instrument An automatic retractable safety penetrating instrument for introduction of sleeves, such as portal sleeves, cannulas and catheters, into anatomical cavities by means of penetrating members, such as solid tip trocars, other solid configuration obturators a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676157 | Determination of kinematically constrained multi-articulated structures A prescription is provided which specifies constraints, and the number of joints which may be included between any two position-sensing elements (PSEs), where the joints connect the links of a kinematically constrained multi-articulated structure, whereby... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676158 | Traction and stretching device A traction and stretching device that is attached to a user's bed or table. The device includes an adjustable vertical upright that is used to change the position of the traction harness relative to the user. The vertical upright is contained in a housing... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676159 | Ultrasound cover A flexible polyurethane cover with a closed end that is contact clear for establishing sterility while using an ultrasound probe. The cover has gel prepositioned inside the contact clear polyurethane closed end. A drape can be attached to the contact clea... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676160 | Surgical method A surgical process for the complete functional inactivation of the Sphincter of Oddi for the purpose of treating accurately diagnosed functional abnormality of the Sphincter of Oddi complex.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676161 | Surgical procedures for mastopexy and reduction mammaplasty A mastopexy or mammaplasty procedure to reshape and/or reduce the size of sagging breasts includes the steps of making a generally anchor-shaped incision having a bottom line along the inframammary crease, using a circular cutter to form the top portion o... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676162 | Reciprocating pump and linear motor arrangement In one embodiment described in the specification, a surgically implantable reciprocating pump employs a check valve as the piston, which is driven by a permanent magnet linear electric motor to assist either side of the natural heart. The pump is implante... | 10/14/1997 |
