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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 |
| 6397430 | Adjustable hydraulic backcheck door closer A hydraulic backcheck valve system for controlling an opening cycle of a door closer has a housing with an interior chamber, at least one cylinder, and a piston that can reciprocate between a door closing stroke and a door opening stroke within the cylind... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397431 | Spring assembly normally inactive that opts for causing towards any position with reciprocative door closer devices An assembly (50) adapted to a reciprocative door closer device (10) and contingent door (62), the device (10) comprising a rod (16) and a body (12) having a biasing means (11) normally operating to comprise decreasing actuation and causing the rod (16) an... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397432 | Hinge for an opening door or window frame Hinge for an opening door or window frame including a first and a second knuckle parts connected together by a pin, the arrangement being such as to allow adjustment between the first and second knuckle parts independently parallel to, and at right angles... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397433 | Knuckle assembly A knuckle assembly includes two mirror-symmetric knuckle ends that are separately connected to two adjacent ends of two long members so that the two long members may be angularly connected together in a bent or an extended position as desired. The two knu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397434 | Vehicle lid hinge A hinge for a vehicle lid comprises a main spring means (112) operable to urge the hinge into an open position, and a device (114) for assisting the initial opening of the hinge, the device comprising an elongate body in which a plunger (116) is sliceable... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397435 | Handle assembly with integrated hook A handle assembly for use with a motor vehicle includes a handle adapted to be connected to the vehicle, and a support hook pivotally connected to the handle. The support hook is pivotable between a stowed position and a use position for supporting articl... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397436 | Suitcase handle having damping device A handle is rotatably secured to a housing with a pivot shaft for allowing the handle to be rotated relative to the housing between a working and a storing position. A spring may bias the handle to rotate relative to the housing from the working position ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397437 | Ultra rapid conditioning of cotton fiber for testing and processing Machines for ultra-rapidly conditioning cotton fiber. In one embodiment, a machine includes a conditioning chamber for receiving cotton fiber formed into a sheet-like body. The conditioning chamber is defined on one side by an impervious plate and on an o... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397438 | Embedded hook and loop fastener A strip of hook and loop fastening material embedded within an article having a body such as a bar of soap. In alternative embodiments, the strip has one embedded end and one free end, or alternatively both ends are embedded to form a loop serving as a ha... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397439 | Holding device A holding device comprising two clamping members (10, 11); a hinge portion (16); and a spring element (24); wherein all the aforesaid parts are integrally molded from a plastics material and the spring element is connected to one of said clamping members ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397440 | Assembly of a buckle mechanism and a blade and a method of securing and releasing the blade to the buckle mechanism An assembly of a buckle mechanism and blade. The buckle mechanism includes a housing surrounding a guide supported by a base. The guide engages a fastening surface of the blade with the lock surface of a projection of the base and has at least one wall de... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397441 | Teaseling machine comprising a system for adjusting the path of the fabric that is being processed The teaseling machine, comprising a rotor, arranged at regular intervals around the periphery of which are a plurality of revolving cylinders with teaseling clothing, has, in the space between adjacent teaseling cylinders, a deflecting cylinder that exten... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397442 | Sample warper with short feed belts In a sample warper, which includes a single yarn introduction means or a plurality of yarn introduction means for winding one or more yarns concurrently on a plurality of conveyer belts rotatably mounted on one side surface of a warper drum and movable on... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397443 | Harness strand or lamella feeding system A device feeds harness elements to a separation station of a drawing-in machine. The device includes at least one feed rail. The harness elements are arranged on the one feed rail. The feed rail has an inclination relative to a horizontal to generate a sl... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397444 | Apparatus and method for texturing yarn A method and an apparatus are disclosed for texturing a yarn product. The method includes the step of passing the yarn product along a yarn path through a liquid jet arrangement. The method also includes the step of applying a force to the yarn transverse... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397445 | Device for disassembling a fuel injection valve A dismantling device is provided for dismantling a fuel injector from a mounting bore in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The dismantling device has a jacket body which at least partially surrounds the fuel injector, an engagement section... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397446 | Face seal O-ring insertion tool A tool for inserting a flexible O-ring in a connector having a recess including a lip. The tool includes a base. A ram is mounted on the base for pushing the O-ring toward the recess. A sleeve is mounted adjacent the ram. At least one chamfered edge is po... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397447 | Shaft seal puller tool A puller tool used with a pry bar, the pry bar includes a long portion to provide leverage in a curved area, the curved area for abutment with a surface to form a pivot and fulcrum, and a tip is provided on the other and shorter side of the pry bar curve ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397448 | Method of mounting aligned suspension assemblies for heavy-duty trailers Suspensions for a heavy-duty trailer are mounted by first locating parallel and equidistantly-spaced mounting points. A laser apparatus, including a laser source, laser targets, and laser beam diverters, is utilized to locate and mark the mounting points ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397449 | Method for expansion forming of tubing A frame member of rectangular cross section with rounded corners is formed by expansion of a tubular blank within a die cavity having an inner portion of corresponding cross section and an outer transition portion which is of smoothly continuously curved ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397450 | Method of cooling an electronic power module using a high performance heat exchanger incorporating metal foam therein A heat exchanger and method for cooling power electronics modules. The power electronics module transferring heat generated during operation to the heat exchanger through a thermal base of the power module. The heat exchanger being directly bonded to the ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397451 | Signage manufacturing method A signage manufacturing method including providing a sign blank printing on the sign blank, and positioning adhesive on an inner surface of the sign blank so that, when the blank is folded along a transverse median line so that the inner surface is brough... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397452 | Guide bar including stump treatment A guide bar for the treatment of tree stumps. A channel formed in the bar length is fitted with a soft metal tube. The tube is pierced with a piercing tool that produces hole forms leaving a center opening inset toward the tube center with flared sides th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397453 | System for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stoc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397454 | Decoupling of superconducting elements in high temperature superconducting composites An oxide superconducting cable is provided having a plurality of strands comprised of at least one oxide superconductor filament sheathed in a ductile and conductive metal matrix and least one of said strand further comprising a substantially continuous h... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397455 | Method for forming a one-piece flexure for small magnetic heads A gimbal formed integral with a load beam by through etching a H pattern at the end of the beam to define a pair of tabs connected by a pair of beams; half etching from the head direction one tab with an defined area masked to form a load button; and half... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397456 | Method and a machine for automatic mounting of components and a pick-up head for such a machine On a carriage (43) which is movable in a horizontal direction (X-direction) in an automatic component mounting machine a slide (41) is arranged which is movable vertically (in the Z-direction). The slide (41) carries a plurality of pick-up devices or pipe... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397457 | Apparatus for removing a connector from a printed circuit board For the removal of a connector from a printed circuit board (12, 28) wherein the connector consist of a connector housing (14) including contact pins (16) being of the right angle type (bent at an angle of about 90°), whereby a portion of the contact pin... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397458 | Method of making an electret article by transferring fluorine to the article from a gaseous phase An electret is described that includes a surface modified polymeric article having surface fluorination produced by fluorinating the polymeric article.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397459 | Printed wiring board with mounted circuit elements using a terminal density conversion board A method and apparatus are provided for mounting circuit elements on a printed wiring board, wherein an integrated circuit having terminals with a first interterminal pitch are mounted onto a first surface of a terminal density. conversion board which con... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397460 | Electrical connector In a socket used to house semiconductor die during testing, a recessed socket contact is provided that avoids pinching the die's contacts. Also provided are socket contacts that allow for smaller socket holes and, therefore, denser arrays of socket contac... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397461 | Method for engaging and disengaging electrical connector halves A device is disclosed herein for engaging and disengaging electrical connector halves, particularly electrical connector halves mounted on printed assembly boards that are to be electrically connected to a back plane. The device provides a drive train mec... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397462 | Method of manufacturing a cylinder piston rod guide A guide (30) for surrounding and sealing a rod (26) in the end of a hydraulic cylinder (12) including a piston (24) slidably disposed in the cylinder (12) and attached to the end of the rod (26) and a method for manufacturing the guide (30). The guide (30... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397463 | Method for machining a crankshaft A method for machine a V crankshaft. A measurement is made of the dynamic mass and the centering points are drilled. The reference surfaces are preset by machining the raw crankshaft reference surfaces before the dynamic mass measurement.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397464 | Method for producing a valve seat In a method for producing a valve seat for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine made of an aluminum metal alloy as the base material, an added material is fused by a laser beam with the base material of the cylinder head at the point at which ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397465 | Connection of electrical contacts utilizing a combination laser and fiber optic push connect system A method is provided for the solderless electrical connection of two contact elements by using a laser light beam attached to a fiber optic system which directs the light to the spot to be bonded. By using a fiber optic system the laser beam is optimally ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397466 | Method for manufacturing orifice plate and liquid discharge head A method for manufacturing an orifice plate with a plate material having a through hole arranged to become an orifice for discharging liquid comprises the steps of arranging a resin layer in a position corresponding to the through hole on the surface of a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397467 | Ink jet print head and method of producing the ink print head The ink jet print head is formed with many parallel ducts, which are etched isotropically through openings in a first layer located above the ducts. After the etching operation, the openings of the first layer are closed by the deposition onto the first l... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397468 | Pedal arm assembly An improved vehicle pedal arm assembly made from a one or two-piece stamping of relatively thin gauge material. The preferred pedal arm assembly preferably includes an integral pedal pad. The opposite end of the stamping is formed or spread so that it is ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397469 | Method of securing workpieces together A power assisted combination shear used for forming structural louvers in the crimped seam of structural steel decking comprises a frame supporting a pair of jaws which are opened and closed by means of an operator-controlled pneumatic cylinder. One jaw t... | 06/04/2002 |
