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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 |
| 7571798 | Method and device for controlled filling of a feed channel supplying tobacco articles A method and device for controlled filling of a channel supplying tobacco articles, whereby a lead-in member is positioned inside the channel to completely cut off passage along the channel; a mass of tobacco articles is then fed into the channel so that the mass of... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7527139 | Stock retrieval system An apparatus for storing and dispensing of a plurality of items of stock (34) such as pharmaceuticals comprises a plurality of storage regions (20), e.g. shelves (26) and a dispensing station (48). The storage regions (20) are arra... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7350637 | Apparatus and method for the transport of articles forming a mass flow as well as apparatus for filling a subsequent apparatus with rod-shaped articles Apparatus for transporting articles forming a mass flow from an input device to an output device, including an endless conveying element with a transport run and a return run, the conveying element being guided about at least three rollers designed as a driving and/... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328783 | Device for controlling a mass of cylindrical articles A device for controlling a mass of cigarettes, and having a conveyor system for feeding the cigarettes in bulk along a path from a cigarette manufacturing machine to a cigarette packing machine; and an operating unit for both determining and at least partly compensa... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7259872 | Light beam switch system for locating the edge of a workpiece A system is provided for detecting or locating an edge of a workpiece in a processing path. The system includes a reflector which can be positioned at an elevation higher than the workpiece in the processing path. According to one aspect of the invention, the reflec... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255221 | Transport device in a card embossing system A device is constructed for processing or customizing cards or flattened portable objects, for example memory cards, smart card, magnetic strip card, or badge. The device is characterized in that it comprises a flexible or rigid mobile transport structure (1)... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249669 | Apparatus and methods for high speed conveyor switching Disclosed are conveyors and methods for making and using a conveyor. In some embodiments, the conveyor comprises a modular conveyor belt that includes at least one mat-top chain having at least one cavity and at least one first roller disposed in the cavity of the m... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249671 | Roller-belt conveyor for accumulating and moving articles laterally across the conveyor A conveyor using a roller belt with rollers arranged to rotate on oblique axes to urge articles toward a side guide. The conveyor includes an oblique-roller belt supported on a carryway for running in a direction of belt travel. Rollers extend above an outer conveyi... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240783 | Unit for feeding filters to a filter assembly machine A unit for feeding filters to a filter assembly machine, wherein at least one deflecting device receives a respective succession of filter portions in an axial direction, and feeds the filter portions to the filter assembly machine in a transverse direction crosswis... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228954 | Method for conveying tires A conveyor system and associated method for conveying tires received from a multiplicity of tire presses. The conveyor system shown comprises a main, or trench, conveyor flanked on opposite sides by opposing groups of tire presses. Discharge conveyors deliver tires ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219788 | Variable capacity store for elongated articles A variable capacity storage unit is disclosed comprising a set of independent conveyor belts superpositioned on top of each other and connected to operate as a single storage unit. The conveyor belts are arranged in a generally H-shaped pattern including two paralle... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198452 | Bar stock loading table and apparatus A bar stock loader for an elongate member and a method for use is includes a support apparatus with a support surface for supporting the elongate member and a translation apparatus proximate to the support apparatus. The translation apparatus is moveable and has an ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191894 | Variable angled-roller belt and conveyor A conveyor constructed of a single belt or a plurality of abutting belts arranged side by side in the conveyor, in which the belt or belts have rollers arranged to rotate on axes oriented at multiple angles oblique to the direction of belt travel. A gradual or monot... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168551 | Device linking a supply unit and a user unit for the manufacture of tobacco products A supply unit and a user unit employed in the manufacture of tobacco products, typically cigarettes and the like, are linked by a duct along which a mass of the cigarettes is advanced from the outfeed of the supply unit toward the infeed of the user unit. The advanc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150349 | Mechanical device combined with airflow for untangling springs The object of the invention is a means for untangling springs (60) contained in a supply bin (12), characterized in that it comprises untangling means (14) with a rail (30) for receiving springs, provided with an open groove (36), ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147097 | Transverse-roller-belt sorter with automated guide A bidirectional sorter using an automated guide to selectively divert articles off a transverse roller-top conveyor belt. A sorting station forms a segment of a conveying line conveying articles in a conveying direction. The sorting station includes a transverse rol... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7074002 | Parts container with in and out conveyors driven in unison A container (10) includes a body that has a bottom wall (12), a top wall (20), a back wall (14), and first and second end walls (16), (18) wherein the walls (12), (14), (16), (18), and (20)... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073651 | Modular mat gravity-advance roller conveyor A modular gravity-advance roller conveyor for conveying articles down an inclined path. The conveyor comprises an easy-to-configure modular conveyor mat supported in a conveyor frame with an inclined base. The conveyor mat is constructed of a series of rows of rolle... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7028828 | Magazine for rod-shaped articles, in particular filter rods, in the tobacco-processing industry A magazine for rod-shaped articles comprises a storage unit having at least one inlet for receiving at least one of the articles supplied to the storage unit and at least one outlet for discharging at least one of the articles positioned in the storage unit. A varia... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6998094 | Apparatus for and methods of handling biological sample containers Apparatus for handling biological sample containers comprises a conveyor assembly for conveying containers and a lid handling assembly operable to remove lids from and replace lids onto containers while the containers are in motion on the conveyor assembly. The lid ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6948899 | Palletless loading structure for storage system The invention provides a palletless loading structure for a storage system which comprises a plurality of storage forks including a first support beam and a plurality of storage fork bars mounted in regular interval to cross the first support beam at a right angle; ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6824345 | Load-bearing frame for a shelf-stacking device The invention relates to a load-bearing frame (18) for a conveyor device, in particular a shelf-stacking device (1), with a support frame (19) which can be secured on a lift (17) of the conveyor device and, disposed on it, mutually parall... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823991 | Container for use with and method of managing an overhead track chain A container for use with an overhead track chain is disclosed. The container generally comprises a base and a housing. The base includes a tapered spool that extends upwardly from a top surface of the base. The housing surrounds at least a portion of the tapered spo... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6789660 | Conveyor system with buffer arrangement A conveyor system and the operation of a conveyor system will convey articles such as baggage at airports. A buffer arrangement is provided for storing and pre-sorting at least a part of the article-flow through the system. A conveyor system for conveying and sortin... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6685884 | Methods for rapidly identifying useful chemicals in liquid sample A high throughput chemical screening method uses methods of concurrent transport and/or processing to increase throughput. A screener may concurrently retrieve chemicals from an addressable chemical storage module and deliver chemicals to a liquid handlin... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6591963 | Storage apparatus Storage apparatus has a carriage which can be displaced along a conveying plane, while deflecting rollers subdivide an endless conveyer into a storage strand and an idle strand. A first deflector deflects the idle strand from the conveying plane into a pa... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6568522 | Accumulation system An accumulation system for a mass of high-friction articles, such as tires, in which a roller-top belt is used in a transfer conveyor to transfer overflow to an accumulation table. The transfer conveyor forms a segment of a conveyor line. The accumulation... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6347709 | Method and apparatus for transferring packing units A method of transferring packing units from a receiving station to a stack building station includes the steps of delivering the packing units to the receiving station in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of tracks in a conveying direction, accepting... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6193050 | In-line conveyor accumulator system and method A conveyor system 10, 60 for transporting goods from upstream equipment to downstream equipment and for temporarily storing goods when the operation of the downstream equipment is temporarily interrupted includes a conveyor tray 12, 62 and a drive mechani... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6086065 | Apparatus for feeding sheets from a sheet store An arrangement for feeding sheets from a sheet store to either one of a plurality of stations includes a movable carriage which receives sheets fed from the store and which has driving cogwheels for coaction with a fixed cog railway outside the carriage. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6073534 | Transfer mechanism and method for uploading and downloading propellant charges and projectiles A transfer mechanism that can selectively transfer molded solid propellant charges or projectiles between a transport conveyor and respective storage magazines is described. The transfer mechanism has multiple transfer forks driven from a common drive sha... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5880443 | Automated system for selecting packages from a cylindrical storage area A system for filling orders, such as prescriptions for patients, having a generally cylindrical storage area for holding packages in known locations. Each location has a unique (r,θ,Y) coordinate. The system also has a computer controlled device for pick... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5746300 | Storage unit for elongated elements particularly cigarettes A storage unit for elongated elements, particularly cigarettes, wherein a mass of cigarettes is supported on a first conveyor movable both ways through a loading-unloading station where the first conveyor is connected to a second conveyor by a connecting ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5588790 | High speed storage system A storage system including a container storage area in the form of a multi-rack, multi-tier storage carousel, a vertical conveyor for transporting conveyors vertically and input and output shuttle units for conveying containers between the vertical convey... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5568856 | Device for transporting and storing cigarettes A device is disclosed for transporting and storing cigarettes. High performance packaging machines require a correspondingly large stock of cigarettes. Several containers (21) are fixedly assembled into a storage unit (20). Each container (21) receives a ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5529164 | Apparatus for transporting rod-shaped articles Cigarettes or other rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry are transported sideways from a source along an elongated horizontal path into at least one downwardly extending second path. If the inlet of a second path is to be sealed from the... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5489016 | Pusher bar apparatus to remove containers from a splice plate between conveyors An apparatus for removing containers from a splice plate between two conveyors employs a sensor to indicate when substantially all of the containers have moved from the first conveyor onto the splice plate. A pusher bar assembly is then activated by the s... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5462153 | Container handling system In a system comprising a reverse vending machine for empty liquid containers, such as e.g. empty beverage bottles, and a container collection table operatively connected with an outlet from the machine for collecting containers put into the machine by a c... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5441146 | Packaging machine A packaging machine for filling and sealing containers including a conveyor device with drivers with which container receptacles can be coupled. A changing device that conveys the container receptacles from the drivers to magazine rails and vice versa is ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5439092 | Conveying rod like articles The state of fill of a reversible cigarette reservoir is monitored by use of an encoder (40) which responds to movement of the reservoir conveyor (2). Signals from the encoder are processed by a microprocessor (44) which also receives signals from cigaret... | 08/08/1995 |
