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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 |
| 7353528 | Optical recording medium and its manufacturing method A multi-layered film made of sequentially stacked first dielectric layer, recording layer, record-assist layer, second dielectric layer and first reflection layer on a disc substrate having a concavo-convex structure at least on one surface thereof. An ultraviolet-s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334733 | Data access device using rotational head to access data stored in data strips and data arc segments or data circles This invention discloses a data card that has a plurality of data arcs and also a linear data track, e.g., a magnetic or optical data strip, disposed on a flat data storage medium. The data card may be employed as a credit card or ID card with conventional magnetic ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7225984 | Systems and methods for providing multiple object planes in an optical image scanning environment Systems and methods for optically scanning multiple object planes are provided. One embodiment is a system for optically scanning multiple object planes comprising a platen and an optical head for scanning. The optical head comprises an optical delay element, a firs... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7190646 | Apparatus for and method of recording and reproducing information An information recording and reproducing apparatus (S) is provided with: a first reproducing device (11) for reproducing audio information from a first information record medium (DK), in which the audio information is recorded; a recording device (28) ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7100180 | CD business card with container and/or adapter A CD Card for packaging card like information and digital information in the basic dimensions (length and width) of a business, credit or collectors card. The CD Card is made up of one, two, or three major components. The first component is a small compact disc with... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6977883 | Information recording medium having pair of electrodes Disclosed herewith is a method for enabling fast and high density recording of information. A voltage is applied to a recording layer formed between a pair of electrodes. The distance between the pair of electrodes is set wider at one of land and groove areas of a s... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6958956 | Magneto-optical reading device for multi-track magnetic tapes The disclosure relates to a magneto-optical reading device for multi-track magnetic tapes, including a flat large incident beam directed onto the active part of a magneto-optical read head and reflected by this head onto an array of sensors, characterized in that it... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6944101 | Recording pole for delivering coincident heat and magnetic field A magnetic recording device is provided according to the present invention for magnetic recording on a recording medium. The magnetic recording device includes a magnetic pole and a C-aperture structure disposed adjacent the magnetic pole. A focusing element receive... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6580581 | Recovery of lateral position of a servo system with respect to longitudinal servo bands of a magnetic tape A servo system and method position a head laterally with respect to magnetic tape longitudinal defined servo bands arranged in a longitudinally shifted pattern for identification, and separated by data tracks. A servo controller responds to a loss of late... | 06/17/2003 |
| 5989671 | Optical recording medium and manufacturing method thereof An optical tape including an optical recording layer for permitting information to be optically recorded thereon and a light-reflective magnetic layer. The light-reflective magnetic layer which reflects light projected onto the recording layer, also permi... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5894460 | Magneto-optical card recording apparatus employing an initialization magnet and a recording magnet A rotary type pickup apparatus adopting a light modulation system, is capable of over-writing and suitable for miniaturization. In the optical pickup apparatus constituted by a stationary optical part and a rotary optical part which comprises an objective... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5886957 | Data storage apparatus A data storage apparatus excelling in portability by enabling data to be transferred between a detachable first recording medium having a relatively small capacity and an undetachable second recording medium having a large capacity. In particular, as a me... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5674583 | Optical recording medium and manufacturing method thereof An optical tape including an optical recording layer for permitting information to be optically recorded thereon and a light-reflective magnetic layer; the light-reflective magnetic layer which reflects light projected onto the recording layer, also permi... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5633851 | A scanning device producing a first and a second scanning spot which move in different directions and an apparatus containing that device which uses the first spot for reading and/or recording and the second spot to monitor such reading and/or recording A scanning device for repeatedly scanning a scanning surface of a record carrier (e.g., a tape) by means of a first and a second scanning spot produced by respective scanning beams. The scanning spots perform synchronous movements along a first and a seco... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5608699 | Information recording and reproducing apparatus which prevents wear of a sliding card carriage Apparatus for recording and reproducing information prevents the bearing surface of an auxiliary bearing of a card carriage which is in sliding contact with an auxiliary guide rail from being locally worn. A main guide rail and the auxiliary guide rail ar... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5535180 | Magneto-optical tape recording and reading-out method involving running tape in front of at least a single pole of a magnet to initialize or erase information A magneto-optical recording and readout method involves making a tape-type magneto-optical recording medium run in front of at least a single pole of a permanent magnet or an electromagnet at a position forwards of an optical head relative to the running ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5475656 | Optical disk memory and information processing apparatus The information processor uses a portable memory formed on a transparent substrate which is able to be overwritten by laser power modulation system. The memory includes a disk type recording medium rotatably incorporated within a thin case, and carries ou... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5291463 | Optical card reproducing apparatus for reproducing information with a two-dimensional solid-state imaging device A CMD (change moduation device) control circuit in an optical card reproducing apparatus comprises a data interval detector which detects a data pit interval from a binary valued signal from a binary value converter and from a row and a column addresses g... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5282189 | System for thermally erasing data stored on an optical recording medium A system for erasing data stored on an optical storage medium includes a housing, a guiding means mounted within the housing for guiding the optical recording medium on which the data is stored, and a heating means mounted in spaced-apart opposition to th... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5274612 | Information processor and disk memory used in the same The information processor uses a portable memory which is able to be overwritten by laser power modulation system. The memory includes a disk type recording medium incorporated rotatably in a thin case, and carries out write/read/erase by means of a first... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5140566 | Optical data recording and playback system Apparatus is disclosed for providing an optical system which drives beam collecting lens by piezo device, for focusing the beam which moves according to the rotation of reflection mirror for using beam scanning that scans the laser beam on the surface of ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5140567 | Method for controlling recording medium player and tape decks Two tape decks are connected to a player that plays back a recording medium. The reproduced sound is recorded on two magnetic tapes by the tape decks operating in parallel. During the recording, one of the decks stops earlier than the other because of dif... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5070487 | Magneto-optic media recording system including a directed magnetic bias flux A magneto-optic recording system includes a scanning wheel head around which is wound a magneto-optic recording tape in spiral fashion. A first magnetic pole piece surrounds the tape outward of the wheel. A second pole piece extends between an aperture on... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5053611 | Device for reducing mechanical vibrations when utilizing a magneto-optical card as a recording medium A recording and reproducing device for a magneto-optical card includes an optical head for irradiating a magneto-optical recording medium of a magneto-optical card placed into the device with a laser beam. A magnetic field generator applies a biased magne... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4901297 | Optical magnetic recording and reproducing method and apparatus capable of prolonging a recording time An optical magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and method including an optical beam scanner for scanning a recording medium with an optical beam and forming a track having a predetermined angle with respect to the traveling direction of the recor... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4773060 | Optical information recording device A film of a crystal - crystal phase transformation type optical recording alloy is formed on an insulating substrate. Information is erased from the alloy film by heating it with an expedient other than a laser beam. Information is read by sensing reflect... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4525828 | Optical magnetic recording device An optical recording device for forming recording tracks of an indented pattern on a magnetic recording tape comprises a rotary drum which has at least two windows, the magnetic recording tape being driven obliquely on the windows along an outer surface o... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4425023 | Beam spot scanning device A device for scanning a beam spot. The device has a light deflecting portion and a light condensing thin film lens formed on a thin film waveguide path. In this device, a chirped signal is applied to a surface elastic wave transducer constituting the ligh... | 01/10/1984 |
