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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 |
| 4303836 | Audio silencer for radio and T-V sets A silencer adapted to suppress the audio output of a radio or television set during commercial breaks in a program. The silencer which requires no wiring changes in the set includes a probe insertable in the existing earphone jack. The probe is constitute... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4278997 | Remote volume control for television set A remote volume control for television sets wherein an unshielded flexible metal shaft is directly connected to the television volume control at one end and at the other to a motor driven gear train mounted to the side or top of the set adjacent to the vo... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4279035 | Channel number entry system A keyboard-operated, microcomputer-controlled method and apparatus for selecting a channel in a television receiver. Following selection of the desired channel, appropriate tuning data is stored in memory with the channel number display updated to present... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4270145 | Television set which displays analog data relevant to the operation of the television set on its video display The present invention relates to a television set which includes a picture display device, an alpha numerical character generating circuit connected to said device, a control device, means for determining analogue data relating to the operation of the set... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4264982 | Drive circuit for an infrared remote control transmitter An infrared remote control transmitter includes at least one infrared light-emitting diode poled with respect to a point of reference potential so as to be conductive in response to voltages having the opposite polarity of a DC supply voltage and to be no... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4261006 | Remote control of video This invention relates to a system providing for the remote control of video signals controlling remotely television channel selection and plural functions including tuning the composite television signal, manually varying the channel selection of the tun... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4257067 | Sound enhancement system for television receivers A conventional sound reproducing device, such as an am/fm stereo radio receiver, including additional speakers and a volume control device, is connected in circuit with the input of a conventional television receiver to enhance the sound reproduced by the... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4246611 | Digital control system and a method of transmitting control data in such a system TV low cost remote control system using a microprocessor decoder. Control data is transmitted in digitally encoded form and comprises blocks of eight bits of data separated by gaps in transmission of equivalent length. Each data block consists of a start ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4241456 | Remote-controlled receiver An infrared remote-controlled receiver of the type comprising an infrared sensing element for receiving a signal transmitted by means of infrared radiation, and an amplifier for amplifying the signal detected by the sensing element, is further provided wi... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4232296 | Remote control/digital tuning interface with parallel operation with manual switches A remote control-digital tuning interfacing system wherein an "on board" receiver at the means to be controlled receives coded transmission from the remote point and demodulates it to produce a digitally coded output which is fed to an "on board" decoder ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4231031 | Remote control system capable of transmitting the information with the aid of an infra red beam using PPM or an ultrasonic beam using PDM A remote control system for TV receiver control. The system uses infra-red transmission to trasmit an infra-red data pulse on each edge of a pulse duration signal comprising a coded pattern of binary 0 and 1 bits which are formed by pulses of respective d... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4231019 | Remote control arrangement for a medical appliance In a remote control arrangement for a medical appliance, a transmitter and a receiver are provided. The transmitter has a frequency generator controllable by means of code words which generate frequency signals and a group frequency signal alternately. In... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4229765 | Remote audio and brightness control circuit for television A remote control switching circuit is provided for enabling a person watching and listening to television to edit out unwanted portions of a television program. Thus, while watching television, when an unwanted portion appears, the watcher uses a remote c... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4227259 | Circuit for use in remote control of a signal receiver A control circuit for controlling selected functions in a signal receiver, such as a television receiver, in response either to remotely generated control signals of different selected frequencies or to manual controls which are provided on the signal rec... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4222880 | Arrangement for optical transmission of communications An arrangement or device for optical transmission of communications including a light transmitter with an associated receiver characterized by the receiver having a light collecting body having an index of refraction greater than 1 and containing fluoresc... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4214274 | Frequency synthesizer tuning system with variable dwell signal seek A television tuning system employs a frequency synthesizer system for establishing the tuning of the receiver. A first programmable frequency divider controlled by a reversible counter is connected between the output of a reference oscillator and a phase ... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4127876 | Viewer adaptable remote control apparatus for TV receiver Remote control apparatus is disclosed for a television receiver, including controls for turning on and off the television receiver, selecting a channel and for adjusting the volume of the audio portion of the transmitted program. In particular, the televi... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4114099 | Ultrasonic television remote control system A binary coded signal represented by sequential transmission of two frequencies, comprising means to determine if the frequency of the received signal is below or above a reference frequency generated within the receiver, means for recognizing a change in... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4045775 | Continuous DC control circuit A continuous DC control circuit includes a memory capacitor coupled to a sampling means providing an output signal representative of the charge thereon and to a charge and discharge circuit means connected to a switching means coupled to a potential sourc... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4027280 | Transducer drive circuit for remote control transmitter A wide bandwidth, ultrasonic frequency transducer drive circuit incorporates a first unidirectional signal path from a source of drive signals to the transducer. A second unidirectional signal path from the source of drive signals couples signals away fro... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4025945 | Color function display system Signals from a remote control transducer are decoded in a television receiver to cause display of characters in a predetermined color on a color display tube when a particular function control mode such as hue or saturation control is remotely selected.... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024577 | Controlled power supply for a television receiver equipped with remote control A single isolation transformer supplies both the remote control receiver and the television receiver. A pulse generator such as a blocking oscillator which energizes the primary winding of the isolation transformer has its pulse width controlled in respon... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3988680 | Remote television control A remote television control includes a hollow floating knob which is engaged on the television tuner shaft. Inside the knob is a torque-applying mechanism such as a unidirectional clutch or ratchet for imparting torque to the tuner shaft. A flexible coaxi... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3987414 | Digital remote control for electronic signal receivers A digital remote control system provides substantially simultaneous actuation of remote functions. Repetitive transmissions of a plurality of remote control instructions and an identifier pattern are compared in an associated remote control receiver to ve... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3974451 | TV remote controller An asynchronous receiver system for remotely controlling an apparatus and capable of being substantially completely constructed on a single integrated circuit chip. This system includes an input stage means for receiving during successive receiving cycles... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3949322 | Stable pulse width control for astable multivibrators and the like A pulse generator circuit including first, second and third transistors in which the first and second transistors are associated with resistors and capacitors to form an astable multivibrator coupled power supply. The third transistor is connected between... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3940701 | Television remote control device A television remote control device responsive to illumination by a light beam for muting the audio output of a television receiver and automatically disabling the receiver a predetermined period following the muting thereof. A photo-responsive circuit gen... | 02/24/1976 |
