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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 |
| 7712604 | Device for receiving and transporting articles A device for receiving and transporting articles, in particular syringes and the like, of a type comprising a transfer carousel destined to be rotated about a substantially vertical axis peripherally bearing a series of seatings for receiving single articles from a ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7306092 | Transport system for small components A system for transporting small components, generally electrical components, arranged in a row comprising an arbitrary number of chain links. The components are accommodated within a cavity present in the chain links. The cavity is defined by at least two walls, at ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303065 | Belt conveyor apparatus Belt apparatus includes clip assemblies that releasably retain objects to the belt to convey the objects from a point of origination to a destination point. A feed system feeds the objects onto the belt apparatus at the point of origination and a deflector apparatus... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293642 | Methods and apparatus for transporting substrate carriers According to a first aspect, a first conveyor system is provided that is adapted to deliver substrate carriers within a semiconductor device manufacturing facility. The first conveyor system includes a ribbon that forms a closed loop along at least a portion of the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7273144 | Rotary conveyor A rotary conveyor has a supporting shaft rotating about a respective longitudinal axis and having a top attachment end having a radial projection; a bottom platform fitted to the supporting shaft; and a circular top plate having a central opening for fitment to the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264113 | Pivotable conveyor and link A link is disclosed for a conveyor, as is a conveyor itself, suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction, a plurality of the links being attachable to form the conveyor, the link includes a body having a length extending along the direction of transpo... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7128817 | Feed belt for strip-shaped elements A feed belt for strip-shaped elements includes a belt body and a plurality of fingers, the fingers being previously fabricated and coupled to the belt body at constant pitches. The belt body includes fitting openings and slits formed at one side of the fitting openi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7077264 | Methods and apparatus for transporting substrate carriers According to a first aspect, a first conveyor system is provided that is adapted to deliver substrate carriers within a semiconductor device manufacturing facility. The first conveyor system includes a ribbon that forms a closed loop along at least a portion of the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7008215 | Multiple finish spindle An apparatus for supporting a preform is provided. The apparatus comprises a shaft defining a groove. A deformable element is arranged in the groove. A split ring having at least two pieces is provided. Each of the pieces has an inner surface facing the deformable m... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6955197 | Substrate carrier having door latching and substrate clamping mechanisms In a first aspect, an automatic door opener is provided that includes (1) a platform adapted to support a substrate carrier; (2) a door opening mechanism adapted to open a door of the substrate carrier while the substrate carrier is supported by the platform; and (3... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6920905 | Installation for filling and packaging hollow bodies The invention concerns an installation for filling and packaging hollow bodies (12) comprising stations (20, 22, 24, 26) for filling and packaging said bodies and a device for transferring the latter between an intake station (18) for the bodies... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6899506 | Conveyor and method for moving booklets The present invention relates to a conveyor that includes at least one dogging device. The dogging device includes a plurality of dogging yokes (105). These are arranged to move commonly after one another and in mutually spaced relationship in a transport dir... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6834759 | Flower sorter An apparatus is provided for sorting flowers which includes a conveyor positioned in an endless conveyor chain having attached thereto, at predetermined intermediate distances, forks movable between at least two positions, a transport position and a hang-in position... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6736396 | Sheet member holding device When a sheet member or printing plate is closely held on a peripheral surface of a drum, no scratch is made on the peripheral surface, edges of the sheet member are held with certainty, and the sheet member is prevented from being partially lifted from the periphera... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6688457 | Conveyance system for interface with component production and assembly equipment Machinery for automated manufacture of formed wire structures such as innerspring assemblies for mattresses and seating and flexible support structures includes one or more coil formation devices configurable to produce helical spring coils having a termi... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6405853 | Conveyor system for can end conversion systems The transfer nest for an endless conveyor belt of reinforced flexible rubber-like material, optionally with cogs or teeth on its underside, a series of such nests fitted into holes in the belt. The nests are attached to the belt solely at their opposite e... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6290227 | Clamp for holding flat objects Both limbs of the clamp (2, 3), which are pivotally arranged on the axis of a bearing, are rotated from a closing position into an open position and vice versa by an actuating device (12). The actuating device (12) can be displaced from a top end position... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6065385 | Bucket carrier for molded solid propellant storage magazine A linked bucket carrier for safely transporting molded, solid-propellant charges between a transport conveyor and respective storage magazines is described. The propellant charge carrier includes an elongated body having an arc-shaped cross section that d... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5782337 | Conveyor belt system and heater utilizing said system One aspect of this invention comprises an improved conveyance system comprises an endless flexible belt which circulates through at least two arcs, at least one gripping member attached to the belt, the gripping member having a free end and an anchoring e... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5769476 | Apparatus and method for handling and processing articles An apparatus and process for coating an article utilizes a chuck to grip the bottleneck. The chuck includes spring fingers which are positioned to engage the bottleneck at equally spaced locations and which are shaped to fit a recess in the bottleneck so ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5598859 | Cleaning machine for receptacles Bottles to be cleaned are fed in succession to an infeed starwheel from which they are transferred to a rotor on which there are circumferentially spaced apart cam operated bottle inverting devices that grip the bottles and invert them with their mouths o... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5535875 | Conveyor systems A conveyor system for delicate items such as mushrooms has a roller-type conveyor chain (10) arranged to run with its pin axes generally vertical. At spaced intervals along the chain are mounted support arms (13) projecting laterally from the chain. The c... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5405239 | Method and equipment for the feeding of pre-formed boxes to a machine, for example to a box-filling machine The boxes are stacked in a station from which they are collected singly by suitable devices and transferred to a conveyor which carries them to the feed store of the box-filling machine, where they are released singly at a frequency such that the load lev... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5398803 | Arrangement for transporting objects, particularly tubes of glass, plastic material, etc. An arrangement for transporting objects, in particular tubes composed of glass, plastic and the like, has a circular rotating support having an edge and provided with a plurality of outwardly open receptacles on the edge spaced from one another for receiv... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5373934 | Bottle-gripping insert element A bottle-gripping insert element is configured for detachable mounting in respective association with a bottle-receiving pocket of a star wheel of a bottle-handling apparatus. The insert element is formed from elastomeric material, and is dimensioned for ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5281320 | Wafer coating system Semiconductor wafers having patterns of steps and grooves defining microcircuit elements thereon are coated with metallic film by supporting the wafers individually adjacent a respective ring-shaped sputtering source in stationary relationship thereto. To... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5185163 | Reheat blow molding machine for forming articles from preforms A reheat blow mold machine includes a preform loader, an oven, a mold station and a preform transfer mechanism for transporting preforms form the oven to the mold station. A loader defines a plurality of lanes within which the preforms are supported. A re... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5157899 | Method of and apparatus for sorting and bundling flowers The invention relates to a method of sorting and bundling flowers, comprising hanging the flowers separately in individual flower supporting members circulating in a first closed path; as they are traversing the path, designating the flowers as to at leas... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5156255 | Transporting device for foundry cores and molds The subject matter of the present invention is a continuously operating transporting device, in particular for treating foundry cores and molds, with an endlessly revolving conveyor belt and uniformly spaced-apart insertable grippers which are supplied an... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5135435 | System for transporting and stacking coins A coin transporting and stacking mechanism transports coins between two endless belts which form a coin transporting channel. The coins are gripped on diametrically opposed edges by the counter-rotating belts, and securely held as they travel towards the ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5125640 | Gripper bar for gripping sheet-like material within a machine to be used for producing packages A gripper bar fitted on drive chains and destined to grip and carry plate shaped sheets of material through printing, cutting and similar machines to produce a package characterized by the bar including a hollow profile on which the grippers are fastened.... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5024318 | Conveyor storage apparatus A selectively operable, continuous-loop conveyor provides support and transporation of containers containing spices or the like to and from a transfer station in which the containers are inserted in or removed from carriers which support them along the co... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024747 | Wafer coating system Semiconductor wafers having patterns of steps and grooves defining microcircuit elements thereon are coated with metallic film by supporting the wafers individually adjacent a respective ring-shaped sputtering source in stationary relationship thereto. To... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4958667 | Tube holder for tube filling machines A tube holder is adapted to be positioned in a ring on the conveyor of the tube filling machine. The tube holder is cup-shaped and has a central, generally cylindrical, tube gripper consisting of eight upwardly extending fingers. The fingers have radially... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4926789 | Transport apparatus for boards A transport apparatus for boards or workpieces in board form, for example printed circuit boards which are to be coated with plastic, for example UV curable plastic, has advancing means for the transport of the boards and grippers or clamps for seizing th... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4908153 | Transport apparatus for electrocoating machines An electrocoating machine has a frame supporting a series of tanks containing solutions for electrocoating work pieces such as can ends. A wheel is mounted for rotation on the frame and has a plurality of work piece holders spaced about its periphery. Eac... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4890726 | Carrier for bottle preforms A preform carrier adapted to be received in the open end of a wide mouth tubular container preform for internally gripping the preform to permit carrying the preform from a heating station to a container blowing station. The carrier includes a flexible an... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4867099 | Method of electrostatically spray coating edge-supported substrates Apparatus for electrostatic spray coating of plate-like substrates, particularly printed circuit boards, has one or more endless conveyors or one or more conveyors of finite length with one or two pairs of strip-shaped holding elements for the edges of su... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4848533 | Apparatus for conveying panels A conveying apparatus for panels is equipped with two revolving endless conveyor belt members such as chains etc. The chains are connected with each other with successively arranged transverse organs such as cross bars. On each cross bar there are mounted... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4819789 | Device in a tube filling machinery A support member arrangement for tubes in a tube filling machinery, where each support member of the machine comprises a support member part attachable to the conveyor and has a tube receiving cavity arranged generally perpendicular to the transport direc... | 04/11/1989 |
