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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 |
| 6928937 | Sootblowing control based on boiler thermal efficiency optimization The present invention provides a process for the control of a cleaning system for a boiler which incorporates factors related to the overall operation and efficiency of the boiler. Current values of plant data parameters associated with the boiler furnace are compar... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915751 | Method and apparatus for processing a pulverulent or particulate material In a fluid bed apparatus in which a layer of pulverulent or particulate material is fluidized by means of fluidizing gas which is introduced through openings in a bed plate in a first plurality of streams of flows of gas, means are provided for introducing a second ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908281 | Blower housing for furnace blower assembly A blower housing for a furnace blower assembly of the type including a blower motor coupled to an impeller for use in expelling exhaust gases from a furnace. The blower housing generally includes an inlet, an impeller cavity, and an extension portion extending from ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902373 | Sheet metal exhaust adapter for draft inducers An exhaust adapter for use with a draft inducer having a blower housing with a rectangular blower outlet. The exhaust adapter provides a transition from the rectangular outlet of the blower housing and a round exhaust pipe. The exhaust adapter includes a transition ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6895874 | Furnace blower housing with integrally formed exhaust transition A furnace blower housing has a two-piece exhaust transition, one piece of which is an integral extension of the blower housing, that transitions a rectangular cross section outlet of the blower housing to a circular cross section outlet of the exhaust transition tha... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892655 | Drum transport device A drum transport device is disclosed which includes a plate, a first and a second pair of connected and vertically spaced horizontal bars a pair on opposite sides of the row of drums. Each bar has an end which is connected to the plate. The device includes middle ho... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6887389 | Method and apparatus for recycling sewage sludge utilizing spent water-softener lime A method and apparatus are disclosed for mixing sewage sludge with spent water-softener lime in a ratio of approximately 10:1 on a wet basis. The mixture is introduced to a rotary pre-dryer kiln and a rotary combuster kiln to kill pathogens. An ash by-product and ga... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883442 | Process for the production of a gaseous fuel A process for the production of a gaseous fuel from a waste material and/or a premium fuel, which process comprises: i) providing a processing chamber having therein a plurality of outwardly radiating inclined vanes at a base thereof, an inlet and an outlet; ii) int... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6863004 | Process and system for recovering energy from carbon-containing materials The invention provides processes and systems for generating heat from a carbon-containing material or converting a carbon-containing material to a combustible gaseous fuel, comprising (a) pyrolysing the material in a reactor to produce a carbon-enriched solid and a ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6848373 | Method of monitoring heat flux and controlling corrosion of furnace wall tubes In a method of measuring heat flux and corrosion in a furnace, pairs of thermocouples are attached to the back side of the furnace wall. One thermocouple of each pair is attached to a tube and the second thermocouple is attached to a web connected to that tube. A te... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6840184 | Method and apparatus for the treatment and utilization of solid and liquid waste mixtures A method and an apparatus for treating and utilizing waste materials and mixtures thereof in multiple steps resulting in a high-yield utilization particularly of organic components of the waste for generating kinetically useful energy. The waste materials are sorted... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6832564 | Method of operating a multiple hearth furnace A method of operating a multiple hearth furnace with a plurality of vertically aligned hearth floors includes feeding a first material onto the uppermost hearth floor and moving it over the hearth floor before it falls through a drop hole onto the next lower hearth ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6830001 | Pyrolysis furnace having improved heating efficiency A batch type pyrolysis furnace is described for the removal of organic contaminants from various metal parts with superior heating efficiency. The described pyrolysis furnace employs a modified gas burner construction providing combined radiant and convection heatin... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6802269 | Alumina refractories and methods of treatment Methods for improving the strength of alumina refractory materials are disclosed. The method involves exposing the alumina material to a halogen gas. The treated materials can be used in furnaces for producing fused silica optical members. ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6766751 | Integrated waste containment and processing system Disclosed is an integrated and streamlined system and method for collecting, containing and processing different types of wastes which provides an economically efficient solution of treating wastes and utilizing the collected data in an operationally useful manner e... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6729247 | Mobile crematorium A method, and apparatus, for cremating the remains of a deceased being. The method comprises transporting a mobile crematorium to a location wherein the deceased is to be cremated. The mobile crematorium comprises a first combustion chamber, wheels and a trailer hit... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6722294 | Method and apparatus for feeding a pulverized material An apparatus and method are provided for feeding a pulverized material which includes a first storage container for receiving and for discharging a flow of the pulverized material. The apparatus includes a separation chamber attached to the first storage container, ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705242 | Method and apparatus for hermetically sealing openings of an explosion containment chamber A method and apparatus to hermetically seal openings in an explosion suppression chamber. The present invention utilizes an air lock device to ensure that, in the event toxins are released from the primary explosion chamber opening closing means, the toxins are prop... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705243 | Supporting-arch construction and process for producing a supporting arch A supporting-arch construction having two abutment blocks, one impost, in each case, engaging against each abutment block. Supporting-arch blocks are arranged between the imposts, and are of the same construction. A process is provided for producing such a supportin... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6675727 | Method for feeding solid material into a reaction space, wherein solid material is consumed in the reaction A method for feeding solids (8) into a reaction space (2), which solids are prevented from leaving in the form of a solid substance. The method includes feeding solids such that the pressure (F1) they exert on the walls of the reaction space (2) or the wa... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659025 | Tire recycling process The present invention is a rubber tire recycling process that does not require the inefficient procedure of cutting and shredding the rubber tires. The entire rubber tire enters the recycling process without ever being cut thereby maintains the integrity ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6637354 | Coal combustion products recovery process A process for recovering the byproducts of a process that burns coal and for reusing the byproducts is disclosed. The process includes the steps of identifying a disposal site that contains the byproducts (typically flyash and bottom ash), removing at lea... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6615463 | Methods to solidify cremation ash Residual bones, and ashes from the cremation process of deceased humans and animals are turned into solid objects containing glass, ceramics, clay based materials, or composites such as organic polymer matrix, metal matrix, or inorganic cementaceous matri... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6564727 | Method and apparatus for uprating and controlling a solid fuel pulverized and exhauster system for a steam generator A method for retrofitting a solid fuel pulverizer and exhauster system includes replacing the bowl drive motor 38 with a new drive motor which is operable to drivingly rotate the bowl 12 at the pre-retrofit speed but which provides relatively more horsepo... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6536360 | Heat recovery system and method of heat recovery and reuse for a portable incineration apparatus A heat recovery system for an air curtain incinerator includes a transportable box defined by a plurality of walls and has an open top and an open bottom. The walls are lined with a refractory material operatively associated with the open bottom to form a... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6513446 | Process and apparatus for conditioning moist and dust-laden incineration air In an incineration plant with combination air being fed to its furnace via a pipeline, a mixing chamber, an extractor and an air-preheating device are provided in the direction of flow of the combination air. Heated air is fed from the air-preheating devi... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6499412 | Method of firebox temperature control for achieving carbon monoxide emission compliance in industrial furnaces with minimal energy consumption The present invention provides a novel method of controlling the incineration temperature of industrial waste incineration processes such that the incineration emissions products comply with governmental regulations and operating and capital costs are min... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6494152 | Stamped blower housing with 4" transition A blower for a furnace is provided where the blower has a housing with an industry standard 4" diameter exhaust port. The discharge of the blower housing is coupled directly to exhaust piping without the use of transition pieces or expender pieces.... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6481361 | Coal balancing damper A damper assembly for adjusting a full flow of the air-entrained coal traversing at least one annular conduit along a flow path, wherein the one conduit has a peripheral wall defining the entire cross-sectional area of the conduit, the damper assembly inc... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6460472 | Fluidized bed material, method for its production, and method in a fluidized bed process A fluidized bed material including mineral particles of a gabbro class or darker rock type. The rock type includes several minerals and having a quartz content of 5 wt-% or less. The particles are made by comminuting a gabbro class or darker rock type. A ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6439137 | Self-anchoring expansion gap assembly for a gasifier The self-anchoring expansion gap assembly for refractory lined vessels such as a gasifier includes a substantially annular insulating blanket structure formed of compressible refractory material. A coil of rope formed of relatively incompressible refracto... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6405662 | Method for preventing jamming conditions in a compression device A compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor includes a waste material feed assembly having a hopper, a supply tube and a compression tube. Each of the supply and compression tubes includes feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends. A feed-dischar... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6405661 | Combustion enhancing air foil A combustion enhancing member employed with a stoker combustion system is disposed on the grate of the stoker and includes at least one chamber. The chamber has at least one fluid inlet for receiving a combustion enhancing fluid and a plurality of fluid o... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6394009 | Method and apparatus for the disinfection of soil Method and apparatus for the disinfection of soil. Flames are generated into the soil, at the desired depth and at predetermined distances between them, so as to produce a relatively uniform heating of the soil. The flames are displaced within the soil al... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6382111 | Methods to solidify cremation residues Residual bones, and ashes from the cremation process of deceased humans and animals are turned into solid objects containing glass, ceramics, clay based materials, or composites such as organic polymer matrix, metal matrix, or inorganic cementaceous matri... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6382110 | Cremation method A method and installation for the cremation of bodies in coffins. The coffin is placed in a crematorium furnace in the wall of which at least one burner is disposed. Conbustion occurs in a chamber of the crematorium furnace without naturally-occurring air... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6352041 | Method for preventing corrosion of a furnace A method for preventing corrosion of a furnace by a corrosive gas. The material for the bottom tray in the furnace is made of anti-corrosion alloy such as molybdenum and chromium. The furnace also has an oxygen-containing gas pipe for charging the oxygen-... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6314894 | Furnace blower housing with integrally formed exhaust transition A furnace blower housing has a two-piece exhaust transition, one piece of which is an integral extension of the blower housing, that transitions a rectangular cross section outlet of the blower housing to a circular cross section outlet of the exhaust tra... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6311629 | Process and device for gasification of waste Gasification of waste is performed in a gasifier having a gasification space (1) and a liquid rotating slag bath (2). The slag bath (2) is preferably caused to rotate by tangentially injecting gasification medium and/or at least a portion of the waste via... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6279494 | Method and apparatus for operation control of melting furnace An operation control method and apparatus are provided for a melting furnace 1 having a supply opening 2 for incineration ash 6, a discharge opening 3 for molten slag 7, and a heat source 9 for applying an amount of heat to the supplied incineration ash. ... | 08/28/2001 |
