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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 |
| 7465907 | Microwave boiler and hot water heater A microwave water heater, which utilizes a triple plenum design with bi-planar cross-flow to provide uniformly heated water for both baseboard room heating and hot tap water, is adaptable to existing heating/plumbing systems and is readily expandable. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7432482 | Distillation and distillate method by microwaves A microwave energy emitter (108) is positioned in a chamber within a material holding cavity of a containment vessel (106) that is transparent to microwave energy absorption that is further surrounded by a microwave reflective component to reflect the ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7332057 | Method of vaporizing liquids by microwave heating This invention is directed to a method for vaporizing a liquid by slowly evaporating the liquid from a liquid phase to a vapor phase below the boiling point of the liquid; and applying an effective amount of microwave power to maintain the slow evaporation of the li... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314104 | Steam driven road vehicle A steam driven road vehicle having a firebox, a boiler, a drive mechanism operated by steam from the boiler, a water supply supplying water to the boiler, and a drive connection connected between the drive mechanism and an axle of the vehicle. A fuel bin is supporte... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7148457 | Microwave water heating system A microwave water heating system includes a metal casing having an outer wall defining an interior casing chamber. An inner housing is positioned within the casing and includes an outer wall displaced from the casing outer wall to form an insulating vacuum space. Th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119312 | Microwave fluid heating and distillation method A microwave energy emitter (108) is positioned in a microwave transparent chamber (123) within a fluid holding vessel (106) of a microwave containment vessel (122). The fluid holding vessel (106) may be transparent to microwave ene... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112770 | Humidification system and method for a mobile platform A humidification system and method particularly well adapted for use in commercial aircraft to provide substantially micro-organism free humidified air within a passenger cabin of the aircraft. The system employs a vessel for holding a quantity of water therein. The... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109453 | Microwave hot water system The present invention provides a microwave heating system. The system includes a holding tank for retaining water positioned around a central core. A rotating heating device is positioned around the holding tank. The holding tank includes a motor connected to the ho... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7022953 | Electromagnetic flowing fluid heater An apparatus and method for efficient heating fluid by using electromagnetic energy, the fluid is passed into a channeling structure within a region of space illuminated with electromagnetic energy uniformly, equally and simultaneously for rapid heating. Electromagn... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7002121 | Steam generator A steam generator is located within a tank. At one end of the tank there is a flange. Mounted on the outside of the flange there is a magnetron that is cooled by a fan surrounding the magnetron. A heat tube extends from the magnetron into the tank. Within the heat t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6967315 | Method for vaporizing a fluid using an electromagnetically responsive heating apparatus A method of microbially decontaminating at least one of a defined area and an item within the defined area. The method includes the steps of (a) inductively heating a block comprising an electrically non-conductive material and an electromagnetically responsive mate... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965286 | Tunable resonant cavity using conductive fluids A tunable resonant system (100) and a method for a varying the resonant characteristics of a resonant cavity (102). The resonant cavity is enclosed by a conductive material that has at least one aperture (104) for coupling the resonant cavity to... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6858824 | Microwave heating system to provide radiation heat and domestic hot water A microwave heating system is provided which uses a heat conductive medium. The heat conductive medium is heated in a heater. The heater includes a shell which forms an enclosure. The enclosure has an upper end and a lower end. A heating coil is located in the enclo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6472648 | Microwave irradiation continuous flow heating apparatus A continuous flow type heating apparatus using microwave, which can continuously supply hot water with practically usable flow amount and temperature. An open part is formed on a top face of a horizontally prolonged empty box 10 to become an emitting port... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6437304 | Steam generator In a waveguide 11 provided with a magnetron 12, a container 13 made of quartz glass and containing a porous body 14 is placed. The container 13 is connected to a water supply pipe 15, a steam delivery pipe 16 and a drain pipe 17. Pure water regulated at a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6369371 | Method and apparatus for heating ultrapure water using microwave energy A method and apparatus heats ultrapure water using microwaves. Chambers such as pipes containing the water are capable of admitting microwaves to the water, allowing the microwaves to heat the water. The pipes may be made of inert material such as PVDF or... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6248987 | Microwave system for heating, and controlling the temperature of a heat bath In a microwave system for heating, and controlling the temperature of, a heat bath including a containment for a liquid, with a wall on which the microwave system is mounted, the microwave system comprises a microwave source operating at an ISM frequency ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6232587 | Microwave heating apparatus with a vapor generator and regenerating plates A microwave heating apparatus includes a heating chamber 3 for accommodating an item 2 to be heated; a microwave generator 11 for radiating microwaves to the heating chamber 3, and a vapor generator 12 for supplying vapor to the heating chamber 3. The hea... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6121594 | Method and apparatus for rapid heating of fluids A method and apparatus for heating fluids is disclosed. One or more receptacles for holding fluids are located in an interior cavity formed by an exterior conductive surface. In one embodiment, the receptacles are spaced from a side of the exterior conduc... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6064047 | Microwave hot water boiler heating system A Microwave Hot Water Boiler Heating System includes a water tank with a water boiler circulator and a water refill valve and a water drain valve and a cooled water pipe that comes from the steam cooling chamber. A vacuum pump is employed to depressurize ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5998773 | Liquid heating in interaction region of microwave generator A microwave heater (22) which uses electromagnetic radiation for heating liquid flowing from a liquid source to a liquid receiver. The microwave heater (22) includes a microwave generator having an interaction region (28) within which the electromagnetic ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5565067 | Evaporation of water using high frequency electric fields A method for increasing the rate of evaporation of water in a humid atmosphere by providing a high frequency electric field at the evaporating surface of the water. The method is an energy-efficient alternative to attempts to lower the humidity of the air... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5521361 | Microwave ovenware apparatus, hydrating microwave ovens and microwave water purifier Cooking elements for cooking foods in a microwave oven include provisions for a water reservoir in an outer cooking element, with an inner cooking element holding food to be cooked. Again, there is a provision for a filter to prevent condensed water dropl... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5387780 | Microwave hot water heating system An apparatus and method for heating water using a microwave powered boiler. The apparatus consists of a three cabinet arrangement which permits the dry incorporation of wave guides and the tunneling of microwave energy completely around and into a seamles... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5340536 | Method and apparatus for neutralization of biohazardous waste An apparatus and method for processing biohazardous wastes is disclosed. Biohazardous wastes are mechanically destroyed and neutralized with radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation and high-temperature steam inside an apparatus having a pressurized neut... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5336869 | Method and apparatus for manipulating fluid The present invention is an apparatus for manipulating fluid flow. The apparatus includes a member having a channel through which fluid flows and at least one opening of a predetermined diameter in communication with the channel. The opening controls the ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5302794 | Microwave apparatus for drying air Microwave energy is used to dry air. Moist air is forced through an absorbing or adsorbing material and the material is regenerated by heat from one or more microwave transmitters. The drying material is placed in a magazine, the greater walls of which pe... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5286949 | Apparatus and method for heating and moistening hair rollers using steam and hair rollers for use therewith An apparatus and method for providing heated hair rollers wherein the rollers are suspended vertically in a heating chamber of a housing, an amount of water is introduced into the chamber and heated to generate steam which surrounds the rollers and conden... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5247148 | Microwave fluid heater with capacitive plates Water or other fluid is rapidly heated and supplied by micro-wave radiation on demand and at a preset and desired temperature by the invention herein. There is provided a chambered conduit serving as a reservoir for fluid therein and passing therethrough ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5179259 | Inverted frustum shaped microwave heat exchanger using a microwave source with multiple magnetrons and applications thereof A microwave sourced heat exchanger in an inverted, truncated frusta-pyramidal or frusta-conical shaped configuration. A heat conductive medium is carried within microwave transparent pipes toward a microwave source having one or more magnetrons along a sp... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5171952 | Microwave kettle with reentrant base A microwave kettle includes a cover and base of microwave-transmissive material twist-locked and adhesively secured together to define a reservoir chamber. The base has a raised, central, reentrant portion which results in the reservoir chamber having an ... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4967052 | Microwave heat pipe heating system A microwave heat pipe heating system is provided and consists of at least one sealed heat pipe having self contained water therein. The heat pipe extends from a microwave containment enclosure into a domestic hot water tank. The self contained water heate... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4956534 | Inverted frustum shaped microwave heat exchanger and applications thereof A microwave sourced heat exchanger in an inverted, frusta-pyramidal or frusto-conal shaped configuration. A heat conductive medium is carried within microwave transparent pipes toward a microwave source along a split path of increasing perimeter. The geom... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4826575 | Apparatus for production of high-purity water by microwave technology A laboratory apparatus for continuously producing high purity distilled water includes a distillation flask, a carboy and condenser unit. A double walled microwave oven with a spacing between the walls, large enough to accommodate piping and valving means... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4751359 | Microwave hot water kettle A microwave hot water kettle employing a three magnetron source housed in an accylene or plastic shell having a metallic outer casing. Uniformly distributed throughout the kettle are thin hollow platelets which hold the water to be heated. The reflective ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4640280 | Microwave hyperthermia with dielectric lens focusing An arrangement for microwave or RF hyperthermia or for other microwave heating includes a source of microwave or RF radiation directed towards the substance to be heated. Interposed between the source and the substance is a lens in the shape of a portion ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4593169 | Water heater A water heater in which water is heated by microwave energy. A tank which holds water is separated by a horizontal partition into a relatively small upper chamber and a larger lower chamber. Incoming cold water enters the upper chamber and is heated by a ... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4417116 | Microwave water heating method and apparatus A method of and apparatus for heating liquids such as water utilizing microwave energy is disclosed. A microwave fluid heater system comprising a microwave-transparent fluid conductor body is arranged in a microwave-reflective and heat-insulated chamber. ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4358652 | Fluid heater apparatus A fluid heater apparatus for providing heated fluid on demand, the apparatus including at least two microwave heating units with coiled tubing disposed in the microwave field and connected to a valving and electrical system wherein heated fluid is supplie... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4310738 | Microwave fluid heating system A microwave heating system utilizing a magnetron for generating the microwaves. The microwaves are sent to a diffuser which spreads the microwaves in an upper chamber of a housing from where they can bounce off the metal walls of the upper chamber and pas... | 01/12/1982 |
