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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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| 7378617 | Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance A heating system for a cooking appliance includes a first upper heating element and a second upper heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance. The cooking cavity is configured to support a food item therein durin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367216 | Phased micro analyzer V, VI A micro fluid analyzer having a concentrator and two or more separators. The analyzer may have one, two or more pumps. The analyzer may have a hyper pre-concentrator having a number of channels. There are numerous detectors positioned along the flow path of the anal... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360323 | Top firewall cover assembly for laundry dryer Top cover assembly including a top cover mounted on a side plate of a cabinet, a fire plate between the side plate and the top cover, for preventing spreading of fire taking place in the cabinet to an exterior, and a cabinet holder for fastening the fire plate to th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7294811 | Heating cooking device A heating cooking device includes a housing having a wall portion; a first base material provided in at least a portion of the wall portion; and optionally a second base material formed on the first base material; a heat ray reflector formed on the conductive base m... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285751 | Automatic electric muffin maker An automatic electric muffin maker for baking muffins and related foodstuffs is disclosed. The present muffin maker comprises a housing assembly enclosing a bottom heating plate having an integrated heating element and a top heating element for browning (i.e. to sco... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7230244 | Method and apparatus for the detection of terahertz radiation absorption The invention is a method and apparatus for the detection of terahertz radiation. In one embodiment, frequency modulated spectroscopy is performed on a swept source of coherent far infrared electromagnetic radiation that is focused on a target. A beam of radiation p... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230208 | Oven for dental prostheses or partial dental prostheses The invention relates to a stove for producing denture and or the parts thereof comprising a combustion chamber and a heating device which is arranged therein and provided with a heating spiral consisting of an appropriate resistance wire and a support for the heati... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7202448 | Device for firing ceramic for dental prostheses A heating muffle for a muffle kiln for the production of a dental ceramic product containing titanium, which comprises a hollow unit, which is provided with at least one opening for the uptake of the ceramic product and has completely heatable inner walls, an which ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7189945 | Enclosed toaster A toaster for heating foodstuffs includes a chassis having a cavity therein and having at least one chassis opening for accessing the cavity. A door is movable with respect to the chassis between a closed position in which the door substantially covers the chassis o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7122765 | Electric oven A self-supporting removable box-like liner for use in an electric oven that has a heating element supported in a plane and extending across a cooking chamber from one said side wall to the other. The liner has an open the front, a pair of liner side walls and a back... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105778 | Combination toaster oven and toaster appliance A combination toaster oven and toaster appliance for cooking and heating foodstuff including a housing defining a food cavity therein and a heating element mounted in the housing for heating the food cavity. The housing includes a top wall and a front wall. A slot i... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104112 | Phased micro analyzer IV A fluid analyzer having a concentrator and separator for concentrating and separating fluid samples at pressures up to about 10,000 psi (˜700 bar). The concentrator and separator may consist of a solid-state thin-film heater-adsorber and a channel supported by a so... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7002107 | Electric clay and earthenware oven for general purpose heating, cooking, and baking in a house, restaurants and the like An oven has an insulator placed between an inner cavity and an outer housing. The inner cavity is a one-piece clay pot with the top and bottom having equal inside diameters while the middle portion is larger in diameter, to facilitate heat circulation. The heating e... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6992268 | Steam oven having an inner casing including a vacuum A steam oven including an outer casing to define an appearance of the steam oven, an inner casing provided in the outer casing to define a cooking cavity to cook food therein. The inner casing includes an inner wall and an outer wall, with a space defined between th... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6967310 | Smokeless vent system for a cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes an exhaust system that substantially eliminates potential smoke generating byproducts carried by oven gases. The cooking appliance includes an oven cavity having a top wall including a recessed portion within which is mounted a broil ele... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6914220 | Microelectromechanical heating apparatus and fluid preconcentrator device utilizing same A microelectromechanical heating apparatus and fluid preconcentrator device utilizing same wherein heating elements of the apparatus are sized and spaced to substantially uniformly heat a heating chamber within a heater of the apparatus. Tall, thermally-isolated hea... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911626 | Overheated steam oven An overheated steam oven including a cabinet to define a cooking cavity therein, and an overheated steam generator to supply overheated steam into the cooking cavity. The overheated steam generator includes a steam generating vessel of which an outlet is connected t... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909070 | Food product steamer A steamer apparatus for steaming bread-type food products includes a housing defining a steam chamber having a heated platen therein. A water conduit delivers water onto the heated platen to convert the water into steam in the steam chamber. The water in the conduit... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6878177 | Incubator having combined HEPA and VOC filter A controlled atmosphere incubator having an interior chamber adapted to be heated and humidified. An easily accessed blower is located within the gaseous environment of the incubator chamber and includes a HEPA filter and VOC filter readily replaceable by the user f... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6864464 | Electric heater An electric heater (2) is arranged for location in an oven (4) intermediate a cavity (6) of the oven and a flue arrangement (8) for venting the cavity (6). The heater (2) comprises a dish-like support (14) containing ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6858819 | Electric heating element An electric heating element (10) for an oven (2) is provided at least in part with a coating (14) of a catalyst means. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6841759 | Indoor barbecue An indoor barbecue is provided for indoor cooking of food. The barbecue has a body defining a cavity and a lid for engaging with the body to define a cooking chamber. A cooking rack is supported by the body within the cooking chamber and a container is disposed with... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6809296 | Electrical energy conserving kiln method and apparatus This is an electrically heated ceramic kiln and a method for varying the size of the kiln chamber by moveable top and/or bottom walls which can be moved vertically within the kiln chamber, together with a new method of insulating the kiln and providing captive air c... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6331212 | Methods and apparatus for thermally processing wafers The apparatus provides a temperature controlled environment for processing semiconductor wafers at elevated temperatures. A hot wall process chamber is used for the process steps. The process chamber includes three zones with independent temperature contr... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6133551 | Kiln A gas or electrically heated kiln furnace in which the hearth is stationary and an outer shell or wall with a door for access rotates around a stationary hearth. Loading and unloading is accomplished by rotating the outer shell to align the door with a po... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6117687 | Controlled atmosphere incubator A controlled atmosphere incubator having an interior chamber surrounded by a heated water jacket. A glass access door of the chamber is directly heated by a clear, electrically conductive coating. The door is sealed against the perimeter of the opening by... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5998766 | Apparatus and method for cleaning substrate surface by use of Ozone This invention relates to a processing apparatus having an object holding means for holding an object to be processed, a processing chamber for housing the object to be processed and the object holding means, an ultraviolet irradiation means for irradiati... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5943969 | Ashing furnace and method A furnace comprises an enclosure, a hearth plate within the enclosure for supporting combustible material, a first heater element adjacent the hearth plate for initial combustion of the combustible material, a filter disposed above the hearth plate for fi... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5889258 | High temperature heating apparatus A novel electrically power heater for heating samples to very high temperatures is disclosed. The heater includes a heater base having a plurality of concentric circular rings. Each ring includes a plurality of heat lamps coupled to the heater body. The h... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5864576 | Electric furnace An electric furnace includes a heating element which is a hollow element made of a lanthanum chromite ceramic having an interior with two open ends in an longitudinal direction, terminal portions at the two ends, and a heat-generating portion between the ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5792427 | Controlled atmosphere incubator A controlled atmosphere incubator having an interior chamber surrounded by a heated water jacket. A glass access door of the chamber is directly heated by a clear, electrically conductive coating. The door is sealed against the perimeter of the opening by... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5746985 | Reforming reactor A reforming reactor is provided with a catalyst and a heating resistor. The heating resistor is embedded in a catalyst. A reforming reactor can start rapidly with high thermal efficiency and which is excellent in recovery of hydrogen.... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5676870 | Convectively-enhanced radiant heat oven A convectively-enhanced radiant heat oven includes an elongated cooking chamber with first and second ends positioned opposite each other. A removable holder is positioned in the chamber to hold food items for cooking. One or more heating devices are plac... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5280749 | Frying apparatus, in particular for grilling In a frying apparatus, in particular for grilling, an electric heating device with a contact frying surface is positioned in a mainly box-shaped cabinet with an up-turned opening that may be closed at a distance above the contact frying surface by a prefe... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5126535 | Furnace and kiln construction and thermal insulation and heating unit therefor A heating unit combining a block of thermal and electrical insulating material and a pair of electrical resistance elements in which the block contains a mass of ceramic fibers bound together and has an elongated slot with confronting walls rising to the ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5021635 | Baker's oven An electrically-heated deck type baker's oven where the electric heating elements, which are U-shaped in plan view, are supported by and slidable through metal chairs in rectangular metal tubes forming a series of lower and upper passages lining the top a... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4784054 | Equipment for holding or staging packaged sandwiches Equipment for holding or staging a bicompartmented sandwich package is disclosed. The equipment comprises supporting structure for supporting several packages, and heating elements for applying heat to only a part of the package. The support includes an u... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4517452 | Electric toaster oven broiler control An electric oven toaster construction wherein a unique cam follower and rotatable cam accurately sets the threshold temperature of a thermostat switch. The rotatable cam includes relatively steep rise surfaces and the cam follower includes a generally fla... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4499818 | Method and apparatus for holding freshly prepared fried food products An apparatus and method are disclosed for maintaining the crispness and sensory appeal of fried food products after they are fried, but before they are served. The invention contemplates that freshly fried food products are positioned in a product holding... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4455479 | Electric oven toaster A cooking appliance comprising a heating chamber with a window provided on one side. At least one surface of the window is coated with a film of a reflecting metal oxide, such as indium oxide, to such a thickness that food in the heating chamber can be se... | 06/19/1984 |
