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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 |
| 7442907 | Induction heating cooking device An induction heating cooking device has an inverter including a resonant circuit, and a heating output control part. The resonant circuit has a resonant capacitor and a heating coil that is magnetically coupled to a load. The inverter has first and second switching ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432481 | Induction heating method and unit It is an object of the present invention to prevent temperature decrease in a border portion of each of heating coils and to enable to eliminate an influence given by the change in a load state. In order to attain this object, an induction heating unit according to ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423244 | Heating device for a planar heater with induction heating elements A heater for a hob or cooktop having a glass ceramic surface is disclosed, whereby a number of individual modules with induction coils are provided with converters and a converter control for each induction coil. The modules may be independently assembler and/or rep... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7358467 | Electric power supply apparatus and induction heating apparatus A converter (311) converts an AC electric power (e) to the DC electric power with a DC voltage value corresponding to a setting. An inverter (312) is controlled by a frequency electric power control circuit (330) to convert the DC electric power... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7333771 | Mounting pedestal for a cellular signal enhancer A relatively low cost, easy to install and aesthetically pleasing cellular signal enhancer, also known as a wireless repeater, suitable for use in a home or business. The device includes a removable mounting pedestal that can be plugged into both an upper and a lowe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7315153 | Switching power supply in an integrated circuit having a comparator with two threshold values, a synchronization input and output, voltage feedback and efficient current sensing A switching power supply circuit in which a series circuit comprising a resistive element and a capacitive element is provided in a parallel configuration with an inductor which supplies a load current to a load circuit, a voltage comparator having first and second ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7253381 | Multi-frequency heat treatment of a workpiece by induction heating An apparatus and process are provided for multi-frequency induction heat treatment of workpieces including gears. High frequency power is applied to an induction coil that surrounds the workpiece so that a high frequency magnetic field couples with the workpiece to ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253380 | Induction heating of rail welds An apparatus (10) and method for preheating welds uses a centered induction plate (12) having preferably a plurality of induction coils (30, 32) to impart the generation of heat in the materials to be welded (14), being interactively cont... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238018 | Method and apparatus for heating plastic extruding die A coil surrounding only the tip of nozzles of a plastic extruding die is provided. By passing a high frequency current through the coil to selectively heat only the tip of the nozzles. Further, in a plastic extruding die in which a high frequency current is passed t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230216 | Induction heating method and unit It is an object of the present invention to prevent temperature decrease in a border portion of each of heating coils and to enable to eliminate an influence given by the change in a load state. In order to attain this object, an induction heating unit according to ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7202451 | Induction heating method and unit It is an object of the present invention to prevent temperature decrease in a border portion of each of heating coils and to enable to eliminate an influence given by the change in a load state. In order to attain this object, an induction heating unit 400 ac... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7183525 | Roasting device The invention relates to a roasting/grilling device with a roasting/grilling plate (7) and with a thermostatic regulation of the roasting/grilling power. For this the temperature of the roasting/grilling plate (7) is monitored in a contactless manner b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183526 | Apparatus and method for heating works uniformly through high frequency induction coils A high frequency induction-heating device 3 of the apparatus 1 for heating work includes a pair of opposite work coils accommodated within the coil casings 17 and 19 respectively. The casings 17 and 19 can be displaced in a ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164100 | High-frequency de-icing of cableways High-frequency AC voltage with a frequency in a range of from 60 to 100 kHz supplied from a power source at 3 to 15 kV is applied to an electrical conductor within about 30 cm of a cableway. The high-frequency AC voltage generates an alternating electric field. Capa... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7148756 | Feedback system to control integrated circuit resonance According to some embodiments, a feedback circuit receives a signal, the signal corresponding to a proximity of an existing operation point of a system to a resonant operation point of the system, and determines if a self-impedance of the system should be changed ba... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7126095 | Frying hob arrangement with induction heating A frying arrangement includes a planar heating element (5) including a ferromagnetic material and constituting a frying surface. The arrangement includes at least two magnetic field generators (1, 2) each having two free ends, wherein the heating eleme... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122770 | Apparatus for delivery of induction heating to a workpiece A method and apparatus for inducing heat within a workpiece. A flexible fluid-cooled induction heating cable is used to produce a magnetic field to induce electric current in a workpiece. The induction heating cable has separate fluid and electrical connectors to se... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120353 | Infrared sauna A portable compact sauna wherein a user's body is warmed to sweating primarily by direct absorption of infrared radiation. Broad infrared radiation emitters or sources are placed around the inside of a narrow cabinet so as to be in close proximity to various parts o... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7098745 | System to control integrated circuit resonance According to some embodiments, a control signal is generated to reduce resonance of a circuit at an operation point, a characteristic of the control signal based on a proximity of an existing operation point to the operation point. Generation of the control signal m... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070743 | Induction-heated reactors for gas phase catalyzed reactions Elevated temperature, gas-phase, catalyzed processes for preparing HCN in which induction heating is used as a source of energy, and novel apparatus for carrying out said processes. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7064004 | Induction-based heating for chip attach A method for bonding a semiconductor die to a substrate is described. The method comprises arranging a semiconductor die, an interconnect, and a substrate in a suitable configuration and using induction heating to form the bond. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7038178 | Image heating apparatus of electromagnetic induction heating type The image heating apparatus includes a heating member, a first coil unit having a first holder in which a first excitation coil is sealed, the first excitation coil being provided for generating a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in the heating member, and a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034261 | Image heating apparatus of electromagnetic induction heating type The image heating apparatus includes a heating member, a first coil unit having a first holder in which a first excitation coil is sealed, the first excitation,coil being provided for generating a magnetic field to induce an eddy current in the heating member, and a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027764 | Heating device and image forming apparatus A heating apparatus has an excitation coil; magnetic flux generator having a magnetic member core, the magnetic member core having a first magnetic core supported with a holder for the excitation coil and a rotatable second magnetic member core; an induction heat ge... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019270 | System for reducing noise from a thermocouple in an induction heating system A method and apparatus for reducing electrical noise in an electrical signal from a temperature feedback device to an induction heating system. The induction heating system has an electrical connector that is adapted to electrically couple a temperature feedback dev... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015439 | Method and system for control of on-site induction heating A workpiece heating system having an induction heating power source and a controller. The controller is operable to control the operation of the power source according to programming instructions received from a user. The controller enables a user to establish a seq... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009312 | Versatile modular programmable power system for wireline logging A method and system for providing power to a wireline logging system includes a rectifier section operable to receive an AC input signal and generate a first DC power signal as an output. A converter section cascadedly coupled to the rectifier section converts the f... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6977362 | Induction heating device with a switching power source and image processing apparatus using the same An induction heating device includes a plurality of induction coils connected to a single high-frequency power source and each being able to be ON/OFF controlled by a switch. A current is selectively fed only to desired part of the induction coils or to all of the i... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6963056 | Induction heating of a workpiece An apparatus and process are provided for controlling the cross sectional temperature profile of a continuously moving workpiece with an induction coil assembly that provides for a combination of longitudinal and transverse magnetic flux field heating of the workpie... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6956189 | Alarm and indication system for an on-site induction heating system An induction heating system having a fluid cooling unit, a power source, an induction heating device, a controller, and an alarm system to place the system in a safe condition when an improper operating condition is detected. The induction heating system may have a ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6946629 | Induction heating type fixing device for an image forming apparatus and induction heating coil therefor An induction heating type fixing device for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed. An inducting heating coil has a plurality of bobbins each having a particular diameter and assembled in a telescopic manner. A particular conductor is wound roun... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6911089 | System and method for coating a work piece A method and apparatus for coating a work piece. The system comprising an applicator adapted to travel over a portion of the work piece. The system being operable to heat the work piece and/or apply a coating onto the work piece as the applicator travels over the wo... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6912367 | Fixing unit A fixing unit includes an inductor which heats a heating roller by electromagnetic induction, the heating roller serving as a heat source which fixes toner supplied to a paper sheet, and a heat control circuit which supplies radio-frequency power to the inductor. Pa... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6815649 | Device and method for inductive billet heating with a billet-heating coil A device for inductive billet-heating includes a single or multi-layer billet-heating coil (4) for a round billet (5), in which the billet-heating coil (4) is made up of one or more consecutive, galvanically separated zones. The zones are suppli... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6806448 | Induction heating device with a switching power source and image processing apparatus using the same An induction heating device includes a plurality of induction coils connected to a single high-frequency power source and each being able to be ON/OFF controlled by a switch. A current is selectively fed only to desired part of the induction coils or to all of the i... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6770858 | Device for inductively heating metallic strips For optimum induction heating of metallic strips (1) of differing widths—particularly in the edge region—one multicoil transverse field inductor is positioned both above and below the strip (1) to be heated, whose coil axes are positioned verticall... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6696770 | Induction heating or melting power supply utilizing a tuning capacitor A rectifier/inverter power supply for use with induction heating or melting apparatus includes a tuning capacitor connected across the output of the rectifier and input of the inverter. The tuning capacitor forms a resonant circuit with an inductive load ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6689993 | Method and device for induction heating a roll A device for heating a roll in a paper or paperboard machine or in a finishing machine for paper or paperboard the device including a profiling induction heater (5) which is arranged to heat the roll (3) with a power dependent on the location of the point... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6670590 | Eddy current/hysteretic heater apparatus The method and apparatus are for use in automotive vehicle repair, both mechanical and body. The apparatus includes at least an eddy current/hysteretic circuit and at least one applicator functionally engaged to the circuit for obtaining a desired result ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6646240 | Fastening arrangements A tool (38) secures and releases a fastening arrangement which includes a first component (10) and a second component (12) which may be releasably fastened together. Fastening is by means of a retention element (34) of shape memory material associated wit... | 11/11/2003 |
