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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 |
| 8042550 | Smoke-simulating pipe The invention is directed at the full simulation of a smoking process when a smoker uses the inventive pipe. Said smoking-simulating pipe comprises a shank (1) and a bowl (2) which are embodied in one piece, and a stem (4) which is detachable fr... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7810505 | Method of operating a cigarette smoking system An electrical smoking system includes a lighter having a plurality of electrical heater elements and a system for electrically actuating the heater elements. The lighter is adapted to receive a cigarette with the heater elements at least partially superposing a port... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7434584 | Vaporization pipe with flame filter A vaporizer device that uses a flame for vaporizing flavor and psychoactive compounds from smoking materials such as tobacco. The present device has a filter unit 34 with a porous flame filter 36. The flame filter 36 can be made of open-cell cer... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7415982 | Smokeless pipe A smokeless pipe for the ingestion of tobacco products which includes an elongated hollow member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a length therebetween. The elongated hollow member includes a constricted portion along its length to retain the tobacco product... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7308898 | Process for making a bandcast tobacco sheet and smoking article therefrom A bandcast tobacco sheet for use in a cigarette includes from about 5 to 15% by weight of wood pulp, from about 15 to 40% by weight of binder and from about 15 to 40% by weight of tobacco. A humectant may be included up to 30% by weight and an additive, such as ment... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290549 | Chemical heat source for use in smoking articles A non-combustion, chemical heat source includes a heat chamber having a closed end and an open end. The heat chamber includes an apertured heat cartridge disposed at the open end of the chamber, an abutment disposed at the closed end of the chamber, an activating so... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7234470 | Electromagnetic mechanism for positioning heater blades of an electrically heated cigarette smoking system An electrical smoking system includes a lighter having a plurality of electrical heater elements and a system for electrically actuating the heater elements. The lighter is adapted to receive a cigarette with the heater elements at least partially superposing a port... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231923 | Smoking article including a catalytic smoke reformer A smoking article includes a tobacco rod in axial alignment with a filter section with a catalyst bed disposed between the tobacco rod and the filter section. The catalyst bed may be heated from an external portable heating source or may be heated by the internal ev... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7185659 | Inductive heating magnetic structure for removing condensates from electrical smoking device Thermal cleaning of an electrically heated smoking device, and in particular the removal of condensates formed within the smoking device as a result of extended periods of use, is achieved with a cleaning system that utilizes inductive heating that provides efficien... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163015 | Opposed seam electrically heated cigarette smoking system An electrically heated cigarette smoking system includes a cigarette that is formed with a tobacco rod portion, a filter tube portion, a tobacco mat layer wrapped around the tobacco rod portion and the filter tube portion with opposite ends of the tobacco mat layer ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7118768 | Medicaments for treating colics A medicament for use in treating babies suffering from colic. The medicament comprises diphenhydramine hydrocloride (HCl), belladonna tincture, a buffer, flavorants, such as sweetener and absolute alcohol. The medicament is treated by gamma ray bombardment or having... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6994096 | Flow distributor of an electrically heated cigarette smoking system A heater fixture for use in an electrically heated cigarette smoking system having a source of electrical energy for heating a cigarette includes an inner wall or barrel having at least one opening through the inner wall extending from an outer peripheral surface to... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6918867 | Production of filter elements not suitable for cutting A method and apparatus for producing multi-segment filter elements in the tobacco-processing industry. The multi-segment filter elements each include a first filter segment and at least one second filter segment. A sleeve element is arranged in the first filter segm... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6810883 | Electrically heated cigarette smoking system with internal manifolding for puff detection An electrically heated cigarette smoking device includes a heater unit, heater blades for applying heat to portions of a cigarette that is supported within the heater unit, the heater unit having an opening adapted to receive an end of a cigarette and adapted to pos... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6803545 | Electrically heated smoking system and methods for supplying electrical power from a lithium ion power source An electrically heating smoking system wherein tobacco smoke is generated by heating a portion of a cigarette with an electrical resistance heating element powered by lithium ion battery cells. The lithium ion battery cells supply current to the electrical resistanc... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6772756 | Method and system for vaporization of a substance The present invention provides an apparatus for the vaporization of materials that releases active constituents for inhalation without the creation of harmful byproducts such as carcinogens associated with combustion and inhalation of substances. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6715494 | Two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake A method of using a two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake is disclosed comprising applying a material from which vapor is to be extracted over the surface of a lower screen member. The method further comprises forming a vaporization c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6688313 | Electrical smoking system and method An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled tobacco rod portion. The... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6615840 | Electrical smoking system and method An electrical smoking system comprising a cigarette and an electric lighter, wherein the cigarette comprises a wrapper surrounding a tubular tobacco mat partially filled with material tobacco so as to define a filled tobacco rod portion and an unfilled to... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6598607 | Non-combustible smoking device and fuel element A non-combustible smoking article is provided in which a flavor generating medium, such as a commercially available cigarette, is heated with a fuel element including a liquid fuel therein to generate flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form. ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6536442 | Lighter integral with a smoking article A lighter integral with a smoking article includes a gas burner and a tube for receiving a smokable material, such as a cigarette. The gas burner generates a stable pre-mixed flame that is used to heat the material to be smoked. The smokable material may ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532965 | Smoking article using steam as an aerosol-generating source A non-burning cigarette holder is comprised of an upstream cylindrical section of a low heat conducting material and a downstream cylindrical section of a relatively high heat conducting material. The upstream cylindrical section has a first upstream cham... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6481437 | Enhanced isolation chambers for ascending-stream extractive vaporizer The present invention is a vaporizer apparatus (1) and method for uniformly extracting active ingredients of specimen of crude natural product, or inert particulate matrix impregnated with volatile substances without pyrolysis which uses hot air (2), or a... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6463936 | Cigarette handling system A cigarette handling system comprises a housing in a generally tubular configuration. The housing is formed with a sidewall and an integrally formed circular bottom wall and an open upper end. The housing is fabricated of a rigid moldable plastic material... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6446426 | Miniature pulsed heat source A miniature heat source capable of being used in a hand-held device for delivering a metered pulse of fuel to a combustion chamber where it is converted into a pulsed amount of heat. For example, the heat source apparatus can be used in a hand-held cigare... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6431177 | Cigarette extinguisher and storage device A cigarette extinguishing and storage device, comprises a first hollow cylinder having an open end and a closed end. A second hollow cylinder constructed of a heat resistant material is concentric to the first cylinder and mounted therein. The second cyli... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6378528 | Cigarette with improved tobacco substrate An improved substrate for use in smoking articles is produced by infusing aerosol forming material into tobacco. The infusion can take place in one or multiple steps. Preferably, about 10% to about 40% by weight of aerosol former, such as glycerin is infu... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6354301 | Two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake A two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake is disclosed. The two-piece smoking pipe vaporization chamber with directed heat intake comprises a lower chamber member having a bowl portion formed therein to hold materials from wh... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6250301 | Vaporizer for inhalation and method for extraction of active ingredients from a crude natural product or other matrix A vaporizer apparatus and method for uniformly extracting active ingredients of a specimen of crude natural product or inert particulate matrix impregnated with volatile substances, without pyrolysis, which uses hot air or a heated inert gas stream to vol... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6164287 | Smoking method A smoking article which employs tobacco as a source of smoke and flavor, but which does not burn the tobacco; the smoking article including a tobacco tablet, a heat conductor in contact with the tablet and a source of heat which heats the conductor in con... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6155268 | Flavor-generating device A flavor-generating device includes a chamber having an air inlet port and a flavor inhalation port, and defining a gas passageway between the air inlet port and the inhalation port. A liquid container for storing a liquid flavor source is provided, and i... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6129087 | Reduced ignition propensity smoking articles A smoking article includes at least one strip of heat conducting material extending from one end of the tobacco rod of a smoking article to the opposite end of the tobacco rod. Preferably, the strip of material is at the interface between the tobacco rod ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125853 | Flavor generation device A flavor generation article including a pipe incorporating a heat reservoir and a formed body serving as a flavor generation medium. The pipe is inserted in an insertion hole of a connection plug, and the connection plug is mounted in a mount hole of a so... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6095153 | Vaporization of volatile materials Vaporization of volatile materials while avoiding combustion and denaturation of such material provide an alternative to combustion as means of volatilizing bioactive and flavor compounds to make such compounds available for inhalation without generating ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095152 | Smoking article with non-combustible wrapper, combustible fuel source and aerosol generator The invention relates to a smoking article (1) having a high proportion of non-combustible, inorganic material and a relatively low level of visible sidestream. The smoking article includes a substantially non-combustible, wrapper (5) which extends along ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5954979 | Heater fixture of an electrical smoking system A novel electrical smoking system and method of establishing resistance to draw upon a cigarette while smoking a cigarette in an electrical smoking system comprising the step of operatively interposing a frit between a source of ambient air and the cigare... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5944025 | Smokeless method and article utilizing catalytic heat source for controlling products of combustion A smoking article and its method of construction and operation to provide products of combustion which are used to form flavorable aerosol gases delivered to the smoker's mouth while controlling the composition of such gases of combustion. Hot gases gener... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5934289 | Electronic smoking system A novel photonic-electronic smoking system comprising a cigarette and a photonic operated electronic lighter, together with methodologies of smoking a cigarette, the lighter comprising a receptacle for removably receiving a cigarette; a photonic source; a... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5915387 | Cigarette for electrical smoking system A novel cigarette adapted for use in an electrical cigarette system comprising a tobacco rod having filled and unfilled tobacco rod portions and being arranged so that electrical heater elements may overlap the filled and unfilled tobacco rod portions. Th... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5878752 | Method and apparatus for using, cleaning, and maintaining electrical heat sources and lighters useful in smoking systems and other apparatuses Methods and apparatuses for cleaning an electrical lighter are provided. A sleeve, e.g., ceramic or metal, surrounds the heater fixture, and a resistive heating element is in thermal proximity with the sleeve. The resistive heating element is either a ded... | 03/09/1999 |
