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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 |
| 7434507 | System and trash receptacle for collecting and compacting trash A system and trash receptacle for compacting trash within the trash receptacle including a receptacle having upstanding front, side and back panels, a closed bottom, and a lid. The front panel is pivotably movable about a lower pivot axis located at a lower margin t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7360484 | Self-standing aluminum can crushing device The present invention is a self-standing unit designed to compact aluminum cans. A stand is connected to a vertical housing, which is hollowed out and contains a can slot, a slot for a handle, and a plurality of slots for a plurality of springs to operate. Connected... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7311280 | Ice crusher A chopper, or crusher (1) for breaking up ice, including a housing (2, 3) able to be pushed over the goods to be broken up and with a knife (5) with a blade having a toothed cutter (52) is provided. An upper housing part (2) is det... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293810 | Apparatus for collection and pouching A sanitary refuse collecting and pouching device having an actuator handle and a housing unit that can be configured to have a movement mechanism, material shaft rollers for dispensing replaceable collection pouch material, formation rollers, and a cutting unit. The... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7267052 | Portable can crushing and pickup device A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a circular or tubular housing containing a plunger and having a rectangular opening in its side wall. The housing has a knife-edged slightly concave indent on the bottom of the housing opposite the rectangular ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7191701 | Trash compactor for lavatory unit of aircraft A manual trash compactor for a trash bin is disposed inside a lavatory unit of an aircraft. A trash bin disposed within a wash basin in a lavatory unit of an aircraft has a lid through which trash is thrown in disposed on an upper surface of the wash basin. Below th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7140813 | Line boring machine An up modifier is provided which includes a bed, a modifier, a clamp, a modifier linkage system, a clamp linkage system, and a lever. The modifier is disposed below the bed and is vertically traversable thereunder. The clamp is disposed above the bed and is vertical... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7114365 | Ram guidance system A ram guidance system for a stamping press is provided including an outer bush mounted to a portion of the stamping press. The outer bush has a central passageway sized and arranged so that a reciprocating ram extends through the passageway. An inner bush is coaxial... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111549 | T-gib dynamic balancer weight guide A guide system is provided to slidingly guide a reciprocating dynamic balancer weight within a press machine. An elongate stationary guide rail is disposed within a vertical channel formed at one side of the balancer mass. In this configuration, the guide rail is ar... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7077059 | Portable apparatus for compacting and storing cigarette butts An apparatus for compacting and storing cigarette butts includes a housing having a central bore with a releasable bottom closure, a closable upper extremity, and a plunger which can be forced downwardly to compact butts within the bore. The plunger also serves as r... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066084 | Device for reducing the volume of bottle made of plastic material The apparatus according to the invention comprises a housing or frame for receiving the bottle, an element for fixing the bottle, a heating element surrounding part of the bottle and compressing means for compacting the softened bottle, wherein the housing or frame ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7013783 | Slide cam die A slide cam die including a slide cam base, a wedge-shaped slide cam sliding on a guide surface of the slide cam base and mounting a press tool such as a punch or a trimming blade thereon, and an actuating cam driving the slide cam in contact therewith. A press tool... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997697 | Press for making patties and method of operation A press for making a patty includes a substantially flat panel to contact the product to be pressed into a patty. An upstanding member is affixed to the panel. A weight member or “mould” surrounds the upstanding member. The weight member is moveable along the up... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6983685 | Garbage can capable of compresing garbage volume A garbage can capable of compressing garbage volume consists of an outer cylinder and a top cylinder. A top cover has a top plate with a through hole. The circumference of the top plate extends downwards to form an inner wall and the outer circumference of the top p... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6959643 | Hydraulic trash compactor A trash compactor includes a base member, an elongated stationary support member connected thereto, a mechanism for selectively compressing trash, and a hydraulic mechanism for operably controlling the compressing mechanism. The compressing mechanism includes a plur... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6755124 | Manually operable press having an emergency unlocking button A manually operable press comprises a manually pivotable actuating lever for effecting a forward press stroke and a return stroke of a press slide. A mechanical return stroke interlock inhibits a return movement of the press before the press slide has come to a lowe... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6718870 | Hand-held hydraulic pressing apparatus The invention is concerned with a hand held hydraulic pressing apparatus (1) with a hydraulic cylinder (8), in which a hydraulically actuated piston can be displaced to carry out a pressing or cutting operation. The apparatus has a piston head (5 | 04/13/2004 |
| 6336399 | Energizing device for a press die A press die includes a lower die, a slide cam movable along the lower die, and an energizing body disposed between the slide cam and the lower die to abut against both surfaces thereof for biasing the slide cam for movement in one direction along the lowe... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6311597 | Self-guiding punch and die set A punch and die set is provided for use in a stamping press having a punch assembly and a die assembly reciprocated by a driving mechanism. The punch and die assemblies are aligned to a common center and are structured to slidably engage one another for p... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5884556 | Trash handling device An improved trash handling device for receiving trash in a trash container enclosed within a housing where the housing has a completely enclosed manually operated trash compactor for selectively compacting the trash received in the container, wherein the ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5881599 | Cam for press die A cam (1) for a press die comprises: a movable cam slide (3) having a cam slide (3) which has a cam surface (2) and is movable in an X-direction; a cam driver (4) for moving the cam slide (3) in the X-direction by abutting against the cam surface (2) of t... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5765473 | Foot operated can crusher A foot operated device for crushing beverage cans.... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5735196 | Apparatus for applying a force to laminated integrated circuit devices An apparatus for applying a force to laminated integrated circuit cubes in an oven chamber includes a force-applying member, an actuator for the force-applying member, and sealing structure for sealing the force-applying member to an opening permitting ac... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5619915 | Manual trash compactor The present invention is a manually operated trash compactor with a refuse container mounted on a mobile platform. The container has a first section fixed to the platform and a second section pivotally attached to the first section. A latch is mounted to ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5555794 | Adjustable hinge apparatus The present invention relates to an adjustable hinge apparatus for use with a cooker having multiple stacked heating plates and a support pin extending across one side of the cooker to form a common pivot axis. The hinge apparatus includes an array of adj... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5501144 | Press for compressing the contents of a food can A hand held press used to remove the liquid packing fluids in a can of food by biasing the lid of the can against the contents of the can. The press includes an upper pressing element and a lower pressing element. The upper pressing element has a perforat... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5419250 | Hamburger degreaser A device for removing excess grease and juices from a cooked hamburger. The device includes a container having a bottom and sidewall which extends upwardly to define a container cavity, the periphery of the sidewall defining a rim. A handle is coupled to ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5396838 | Can liquid extractor with can inverting means A can liquid extractor for removing liquid from a pre-opened cylindrical can containing solids packed in a liquid medium, comprising a can support base having engaging elements which retain the can and lid in place, an inverting apparatus which allows a c... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5383397 | Oil filter crushing apparatus An oil filter crushing apparatus includes a frame on which is mounted a filter platform configured to receive a used oil filter for crushing. An air spring actuating device is secured within the frame, and a ram is secured to a lower end of the air spring... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5337656 | Oil filter crushing apparatus having air bag actuator An oil filter crushing apparatus has a crushing frame (12, 312) mounting a filter platform (16, 316) on which a used oil filter is supported on end for crushing by a ram device (40, 336) having a single ram rod (52, 338). An air spring actuating device (4... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5333542 | Apparatus for collecting and compacting aluminum cans Apparatus for collecting and storing empty aluminum containers for recycling. The containers are inserted into a chute having a regulating feed mechanism. The cans fall out of this one-by-one into a crushing zone between a reciprocating ram and a stationa... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5295432 | Can drainer including magnetized plate and splash guard A hand utensil for draining liquid from canned foods, or for removing can lids after opening and of the type have a receiver base unit (30) with a fixed handle (36) which contains a pass through shaft (32, 34) containing a spring (18) in which the T shape... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5272968 | Can drainer A hand utensil for draining liquid from canned foods, or for removing can lids after opening and of the type having a base (20) with a grip (26) which contains a pass through hole (22) containing a spring (19) in which the T shaped handle (10) passes thro... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5240549 | Fixture and method for attaching components A fixture (10) for bonding multiple components together includes a bottom plate (20), a middle plate (22) and a top plate (24). The plates (20), (22) and (24) are aligned by dowels (26) and clamps (30). Bottom plate (20) has a rectangular pocket (32) for ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5220866 | Trash and garbage compacting systems A trash container having a base and sides, at least a portion of the sides being formed of resilient horizontal pleated material throughout the circumference thereof, and a plunger fitting within the trash container and having a horizontal cross-section c... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5218904 | Manual refuse compactor apparatus having parallel crushing platens A manually-operated refuse compactor apparatus includes a lower platen and an upper platen extending generally parallel to and spaced above the lower platen, a frame structure stationarily supporting the lower platen and positioning the upper platen in al... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5215010 | Free-ranging bi-directional shop press The free ranging press allows a hydraulic jack to exert a workforce pressure simultaneously in two directions, by dividing the force and then recombining the force. By positioning the jack between a crossbeam of the movable press frame and the movable pre... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5182985 | Pneumatic press with reversed piston and cylinder A high speed pneumatic press is provided with an arrangement which reduces moving mass thereby reducing the tendency of the press to vibrate and "walk" during operation and also minimizing wear on the press. The press includes a fluid actuated ram having ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5174199 | Apparatus for crushing articles such as oil filters or the like An oil filter crusher includes a housing within which a piston assembly is mounted for reciprocating movement. The crusher is connectable to an external source of pressurized air, and an air valve is located in the interior of the housing for controlling ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5167750 | Heat sealing machine A heat sealing machine for imprinting garments and the like has a base (10) carrying a lower, horizontal platen (18) above which an upper heated platen may swing from an open, generally vertical position at the rear of the lower platen to a closed positio... | 12/01/1992 |
