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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 |
| 8084721 | Electrical heating apparatus, method of manufacturing heat generator unit and pressing jig for use in manufacturing thereof An electrical heating apparatus has: a fin brazed on at least one of a main body upper wall and a main body lower wall of a tube; an insertion unit having an electro-heat-generating element pressure-welded to a wall of one of the main body upper wall and the main bo... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7964825 | Method for the attachment of an electrical lead wire on a surface element, as well as a heating element, especially for a plastic-spraying device An apparatus and methods for attaching electrical leads (22, 24) to a heating layer (16) of a heater are provided. An attachment material (50) is thermally sprayed over cords (32) of the electrical leads (22, 24), which are in cont... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7439472 | Heating body A heating body is provided. The heating body includes a tube and a heating member disposed in the tube. When a radius from a center of the heating body to an outer circumference of the heating member is “r,” a radius of the tube is equal to or greater than 1.6r.... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7372007 | Medium voltage heater element An electrical heater bundle has heater elements, each including a metal tube, an electrical resistance coil within the tube, a conductor pin connected to the coil and protruding from an end of the tube, and an electrical insulation powder surrounding the coil within... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7355147 | Ice removal for a pond A floating ice removal device with a disk shaped upper cover, a disk shaped lower cover and a heat emitting cup. An electric circuit board is mounted on an inner bottom of the lower cover, and a helical heat emitting wire is mounted on the inner top surface of the u... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339136 | Bread impaling cooking utensil The present invention features a cooking utensil for creating an elongated cavity in a bread item, wherein a meat item may be inserted. The cooking utensil comprises a bread-impaling spike supported by and extending from a base member, wherein the bread-impaling spi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335855 | Electric PCB heating component, electronic circuit board and heating method An electric PCB heating component for a heating electric component is coupleable to an electronic circuit board. The PCB heating component includes a fastening element, a heating element for generating thermal energy, and a heating body. The heating body emits therm... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332693 | Tube and method for bracing functional elements in the same Functional elements, particularly PTC heating elements, are braced in a hollow reception means, such as a profile tube. The reception means have two at least partly concave top wall areas facing one anther and flat sides of the functional elements and in this way pe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7288744 | Injector for equipment for injection moulding of plastic materials An injector for equipment for injection moulding of plastic materials comprising at least one first heating resistor and at least one second heating resistor, which are controlled independently of one another and of which one is wound on a first area of the body of ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280749 | Filament for radiation source A radiation source including a base, a curved reflector attached to the base, pins passing through the base and within the reflector, and a filament of high emissivity material helically wound about the pins and having opposing ends electrically connected to the pin... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7205511 | Combined heater and heat diffuser for an injection nozzle for moulding plastics materials and a method for the manufacture thereof A combined heater and heat diffuser for fitting to an injection nozzle (10) for moulding plastics materials, where the nozzle comprises a tubular metal core (12) with an injection duct (14) and a cylindrical lateral surface (13). The heat... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7081602 | Fail-safe, resistive-film, immersion heater A heater comprising a conduit made of corundum (e.g. synthetic sapphire) and having a wall forming a closed cross-section with an interior surface, and an exterior surface. At least one of the interior and exterior surfaces may have a roughened portion comprising in... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7049554 | Adjustable heater for aquaria An adjustable heater for aquaria, comprising a substantially tubular container (2) within which are housed an electrical heating element (3), a switch (6) comprising s fixed contacts (7, 8) and moving contacts (9, 10) and capable o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7012226 | Cartridge heater with a release coating A cartridge heater for mounting in the bore hole of a device to heat the device, having an improved release coating to facilitate the removal of the cartridge heater from the bore hole subsequent to operation at elevated temperatures, wherein the release coating is ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010997 | Motorcycle grip with grip heater and method of making same A two-wheeler or motorcycle grip has an electric heating element whose supply line is arranged or wound in a spiral shape in the area of the motorcycle grip. The winding axis of the supply line is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the motorcycle gri... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998587 | Apparatus and method for heating micro-components mounted on a substrate A package for heating a micro-component is disclosed. The package comprises a platform having a resistive heating element integral with the platform. The package further includes a micro-component disposed on the platform. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996337 | Electrically heatable liquid line An electrically heatable liquid line in which a heating wire is arranged on an inner plastic layer and an electrically insulating tape is helically wound around the plastic layer and the heating wire. This object is met in the liquid line of the above-type by provid... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980734 | Lamp filament design An improved support is provided for locating a lamp filament axially within a lamp sleeve. The illustrated support is a spiral coil that includes a small diameter center portion that makes contact with the filament. On either side of the filament-contacting portion,... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963053 | Corrugated metal ribbon heating element A sheathed electrical resistance heater is provided with a metal corrugated resistance heating element located internally within a surrounding metal sheath and separated from the sheath by a compacted insulating material such as magnesium oxide. The preferred corrug... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6847017 | Electric heating arrangement The electric heating arrangement (1) has a tubular housing (2) in which is provided at least one PTC heating element (20) and at least one pair of metallic heat dissipators (9) between which the at least one heating element (20) is... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6797925 | Electric heating element for hot runner systems and a method for producing a heating element of this type An electric surface heating element is installed by direct application to the periphery of a cylindrical material pipe (13) of a hot runner nozzle (12). Said surface heating element consists of a ceramic dielectric layer (20) which is directly a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6747251 | Fast response heater for a glue gun A heating system for a hand-held glue gun has a low-mass melting chamber, high-power resistance heating element, and thermostat (24). The heating element is arranged between the chamber and thermostat (24), so that the thermostat's (24) response... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6738566 | Insulated hose for transmitting hot liquids A hose for carrying liquid, such as hot met adhesive, within a predetermined elevated temperature range. The hose includes a tube for carrying liquid therethrough. The tube is encased in a reinforcing layer with an outer surface. A heater wire, which has an inner co... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6713728 | Drum heater A drum heater consisting of a plurality of vanes made preferably from mica material and having multiple separate heater wire channels controlled from an electrical cable is provided for heating the interior of a printer drum or fuser. The drum heater has element wir... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6674053 | Electrical, thin film termination An apparatus for operably connecting an electrical source to a conductive coating or film. The apparatus may include a substrate made of a structural material. A conductive coating or thin film may be applied to the substrate. An interface layer may be ap... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6593547 | Air gap deicing device A deicer for an air gap between the rotor and stator of a rotating machine having a rotor and stator combination includes a heating assembly preferably disposed in the stator adjacent the air gap to heat the air in the air gap. Heating assembly includes a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6472637 | Core plug block heater and method In accordance with the present invention, the heater provides a core plug having one open axial end and one closed axial end to define a hollow housing. During installation, the closed end of the housing is secured into an engine core bore, such that at l... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6444952 | Engine block heater with retaining member In accordance with the present invention, a cartridge-style heater received into a bore in an engine block is provided with a quick-release retaining member that attaches to the heater about its outer circumference. A pair of spaced legs and an arm extend... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441346 | Burn-out furnace A burn-out furnace having heating system configured in a series or plurality of radiating sleeves aligned on top of one another against at least one wall of the burn-out furnace. At least one heating element is disposed in the radiating sleeves. The heati... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6407371 | Heater A rod-shaped heater provided is composed of a carbon wire heating element 2 sealed in a small or large diameter quartz glass tube, a small diameter quartz glass tube portions 3a and 3b charged with compressed wire carbon members at opposite ends thereof; ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6316751 | Apparatus for forming field joints on plastic coated pipe A system and apparatus for and method of fusing a wrap to a portion of a length of plastic-coated pipe are disclosed. The system comprises a thermoplastic piece shaped to conform to the portion of pipe, the piece including a heat-generating trace and the ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6242712 | Air heater with perforated resistance element A heater for heating air in an intake passage of an internal combustion engine. The heater includes a heating element coupled to a first holder and a second holder. The heating element has a preselected resistance corresponding to plurality apertures form... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6054683 | Cartridge heater for a gas chromatography transfer device The invention relates to a cartridge heater for a gas chromatography transfer device for substances which are to be analyzed, having a metal tube for accommodating a tube section to be heated and a heating coil arranged outside the metal tube, the metal t... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6025577 | Self-tightening electrical sleeve heater An electrical sleeve heater has a tubular outer wall and a heating coil inside the outer wall. An outer sleeve inside the heating coil formed with an axially throughgoing slot having angularly confronting edges is made of a material having a high coeffici... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5907663 | Far-infrared electric heater Disclosed is a far-infrared electric heater mainly including an electric heating coil, an inner element set in the heating coil, and an outer tubular member enclosing and insulating the heating coil and the inner element. The inner element is made by mixi... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5760376 | Air heater with self-supporting heater element A unitary self-supporting heater element is sinuous and has at least one generally U-shaped section. The heater element is contained within a hollow open ended case. The resulting heater is suitable for explosion-proof applications, small, lightweight and... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5560846 | Robust ceramic and metal-ceramic radiant heater designs for thin heating elements and method for production A heating element assembly design and methods of densification of such designs are disclosed for radiant heating devices, specifically adapted to avoid breakage of or damage to the heating elements. The design includes a first support having a first and a... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5296685 | Heating coil structures A heating element formed from at least two wires twisted together. The twisted wires are preferably shaped in a helical configuration and mounted within a quartz tube.... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5296686 | Heating element A heating element having at least one filament. The filament(s) are supported by an insulating trough which reflects heat and insulates a rear wall of a refractory tube within which said trough is mounted. The element may incorporate a metal rod located w... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5247158 | Electrical heater An electrical heater comprising a heating element, a tubular metal sheath surrounding the heating element and spaced therefrom, insulation inside the sheath for electrically insulating the heating element from the sheath, and a closure closing one end of ... | 09/21/1993 |
