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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5314640 | Tolan derivatives, liquid crystal compositions including same, liquid crystal display devices including the compositions and method of preparation A tolan derivative suitable for use in a liquid crystal composition represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a straight chain alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, A is either ##STR2## or a single bond, and X is hyd... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5314577 | At-cut crystal oscillating reed and method of etching the same An AT-cut crystal oscillating reed formed by etching an AT-cut crystal wafer is provided. The wafer has a rotational parallel cut obtained by rotating a parallel cut by an angular degree of θ° relative to the X-axis of the wafer. The etching cross-secti... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5298914 | Circuit for driving a liquid crystal display device and method for driving same A method for driving a liquid display having at least two groups of common electrodes intersecting a respective two groups of segment electrodes to form a display dot at every intersection is provided. Each group of common electrodes is simultaneously seq... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5294560 | Bidirectional nonlinear resistor, active matrix liquid crystal panel using bidirectional nonlinear resistor, and method for production thereof A bidirectional nonlinear resistor for use as a nonlinear active element having a highly insulating organic film formed on a first conductor by polymerizing in an electrolytic solution containing a supporting electrolyte and a soluble organic compound, an... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5290619 | Knitted mattress tape A mattress tape for securing the edge of a mattress comprising a fabric formed of yarn. The fabric has a first section, a second section and a third section disposed between the first section and second section. The third section is formed with greater sh... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5290165 | Independent pallet delivery system An independent pallet delivery system for transporting pallets through a block forming machine that forms concrete blocks on a pallet. The systems includes a pallet magazine for storing a plurality of pallets therein. A conveyor belt formed with a pulley ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5290109 | Electronic typewriter for printing of documents having a fixed format An electronic typewriter for printing a document having a fixed format with portions thereof containing replaceable character code. The document is stored in an external storage device and read out until a replaceable character code is detected. The repla... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5289452 | Multifunction electronic analog timepiece A multifunction electronic analog timepiece includes a face and a plurality of indicators positioned on the face for displaying at least two time keeping functions. At least two step motors are provided for driving the plurality of time keeping function i... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5289355 | Portable lighted microphone A portable lighted microphone formed in a configuration which outputs light, sound and color simultaneously. The lighted microphone includes a hand-held housing having a microphone assembly for detecting an external voice sound. A speaker assembly is posi... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5282848 | Self-supporting woven vascular graft A woven synthetic fabric tubular vascular graft including, a stiffening component in the filling yarn is self supporting without crimping the walls of the graft. The graft is woven from warp ends of multifilament polyester yarns and elastomeric yarns in t... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5282846 | Ravel-resistant, self-supporting woven vascular graft A ravel-resistant, self-supporting woven synthetic fabric vascular graft including a fusible fiber integrated into the weave in the filling yarn is provided. The graft is woven from multifilament polyester warp yarns which can be textured or flat. The fil... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5280646 | Paging device with structure for removing static electricity The invention is directed to a wristwatch type paging device having a structure for preventing the intrusion of static electricity. The paging device is provided for receiving or transmitting signals. A pager circuit is provided for controlling and operat... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5274279 | Thin film CMOS inverter A CMOS device includes a substrate. A thin silicon film is disposed on the substrate and has a P-type thin film transistor and an N-type thin film transistor formed on the thin silicon film. The P-type thin film transistor and the N-type thin film transis... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5270746 | Eyeglass lens A lens for eyeglasses which corrects an astigmatism includes a first refracting surface and a second refracting surface. Each refracting surface has an optical center and a periphery. At least one of the refracting surfaces is divided into a first portion... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5268777 | Driving method of active matrix display having ferroelectric layer as active layer An active element on an insulating substrate of an electro-optical display device includes a layer of ferroelectric material as an active layer between two electrodes for each pixel in the display. The active device includes a first electrode formed on an... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5268212 | Windproof and water resistant composite fabric with barrier layer A stretchable, drapable, windproof, water resistant and water vapor permeable composite fabric including an inner layer of fabric formed from an essentially hydrophobic material rendered hydrophilic having a raised inner surface and a plain outer surface,... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5265316 | Method of manufacturing a pressure seal type piezoelectric oscillator The invention relates to a piezoelectric oscillator wherein a case and a stem are coated with a solder containing 90% and higher of lead, an inner lead is also coated with the solder thereby fixing a piece of piezoelectric oscillator by melting the solder... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5265265 | Wristwatch radio communication device having an improved noise shielding structure A portable radio communication device such as wristwatch receiver and/or transmitter is provided with an effective noise shielding structure. The portable radio communication device includes a high frequency analog circuitry for receiving and transmitting... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5265166 | Multi-channel sound simulation system A multi-channel sound simulation system for processing a stereophonic signal having a high frequency component for use with at least a pair of primary loudspeakers and a pair of secondary loudspeakers includes a receiving member for receiving the stereoph... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5265086 | Information recording disk An information recording disk formed from two substrates with a stepped central opening for receiving a hub within the stepped recess of at least one of the substrates is provided. In one embodiment, the central aperture of the first substrate is larger t... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5265070 | Receiving device with timekeeping function A receiver with timekeeping function for maintaining and displaying at least two different times of day which are each updated based on an external signal. The receiver includes first timekeeping circuitry for generating first time related information and... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5263960 | Integrated disposable ear piercing earring and clutch cartridge and ear piercing instrument for use therewith An ear piercing assembly includes a disposable cartridge assembly including a first and second ear piercing earring and an ear piercing earring retaining sub-assembly for releaseably supporting the ear piercing earring therein. A clutch retaining sub-asse... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5262772 | Transponder scanner A transponder scanner for scanning a passive transponder within a high noise environment has a housing. A ferrite rod is positioned within the housing. A high gauge thin wire is wound about the ferrite rod to form a magnetic coil so that adjacent coils of... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5260899 | Sense amplifier for semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device for reading data from a selected memory cell. The memory cells are arranged in an array. First bit lines and word lines, coupled to the memory cells, are arranged in a matrix. The word lines select the selected cell. An ampli... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5258857 | Image input device and method for reading a picture image An image input device including a rare gas cold cathode discharge tube is provided to read an irradiated picture image using a photoelectric transducer element. The rare gas cold cathode tub includes a linear tube including a main electrode, an auxiliary ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5255988 | Printing head for use in wire impact dot printers having head cooling means A printing head for use in a wire impact dot printer comprising a cylindrical heat radiating member, core block and nose frame. The core block is inserted into the heat radiating member and hermetically joined thereto by a heat conductive resin material. ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255247 | Electronic timepiece including integrated circuitry An integrated circuit for an electronic timepiece includes at least one semiconductor nonvolatile memory device. Reference data can be checked across a pair of output terminals prior to being stored in at least one EPROM to check the accuracy and acceptab... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253842 | Quick disconnect water valve assembly A quick disconnect water valve includes a female housing for receiving a male coupling member. The female housing is formed with a channel therein providing a water pathway. An O-ring is disposed within the channel. The O-ring is disposed between a first ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253229 | Electronic timepiece including integrated circuitry An integrated circuit for an electronic timepiece includes at least one semiconductor nonvolatile memory device. Reference data can be checked across a pair of output terminals prior to being stored in at least one EPROM to check the accuracy and acceptab... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5252993 | Capping apparatus for an ink jet printer A capping device for an ink jet printer includes a cap supported on a cap support member adapted to press the cap against a print head with a uniform pressure distribution despite variation in the positional relationship between the print head and the cap... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5252962 | System monitoring programmable implantable transponder A passive transponder includes a receive antenna for receiving an input signal. A frequency generator and modulator receives the input signal and outputs a data carrier signal having a frequency independent of the input signal frequency. A programmable me... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5252940 | Soft magnetic material A magnetic material and an actuator having magnetic circuit elements incorporating the magnetic material formed of equal amounts of iron and cobalt and between about 2.1 to 5% by weight vanadium. The actuator is well suited for inclusion in an impact prin... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5252499 | Wide band-gap semiconductors having low bipolar resistivity and method of formation A wide band-gap semiconductor, such as a II-VI semiconductor having low bipolar resistivity and a method for producing such a semiconductor. To form this semiconductor, atomic hydrogen is used to neutralize compensating contaminants. Alternatively, the se... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5250944 | Antenna and driving circuit for transmitting and receiving images to and from a passive transponder A system for receiving a signal from a passive transponder includes a probe which transmits an exciter signal having a first frequency and receives a signal from the transponder having a second frequency. The probe includes an antenna for transmitting the... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5250931 | Active matrix panel having display and driver TFT's on the same substrate An active matrix panel including a matrix of driving electrodes couples through thin film transistor switches to a corresponding source line and gate line and at least one of a driver circuit including complementary thin film transistors for driving the s... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249775 | Closure A stop valve assembly comprises two closure members one for stopping substantive gas or liquid flow and the other to prevent leakage along a spindle section 33. Each member possesses a closure element in the form of a rigid disc-like member (9 or 34) of a... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5247220 | Ultrasonic motor An ultrasonic step motor is provided with a stator and rotor. The rotor has a plurality of projections extending in the direction of the stator so that contact is made between the rotor and the stator creating a frictional force to drive the rotor. Vibrat... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5247376 | Method of driving a liquid crystal display device A method of activating a matrix liquid crystal display formed with column electrodes intersecting row electrodes and liquid crystal material therebetween in which liquid crystal pixels are defined at the intersections of the row and column electrodes. The... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5245712 | Tile edge tub A bathtub adapted to be secured in an opening defined by a tiled horizontal surface. The tub includes a sump portion having a bottom wall and an upstanding wall having a lower edge joined to said bottom wall and an upper edge. An essentially flat horizont... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5245488 | Low-noise composite magnetic head for recording and producing An improved composite magnetic recording head having a core chip with two opposed magnetic members via a magnetic gap and a nonmagnetic layer is disposed on at least one of the magnetic members and a thin magnetic layer is disposed on the non-magnetic lay... | 09/14/1993 |
