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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 |
| 7845516 | System for precisely controlling a discharge rate of a product from a feeder bin A system for precisely controlling a discharge rate of a discharged product is provided that includes a feeder bin having an internal chamber; a product disposed in the internal chamber of the feeder bin; and a discharge device that receives a portion of the product... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7712632 | Material discharge apparatus and method This invention is a material discharge apparatus for controlling the flow rate of flowable material being conveyed through a hopper, the apparatus includes a hopper with an inlet at the top to receive flowable material and a discharge outlet at the base of the hoppe... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7654413 | Supporting device for package water dispenser A supporting device for a packaged water dispenser that is capable of supporting a water bag of packaged water includes a supporting base and a supporting tray. The bottom of the supporting base is provided with a through hole for allowing an inlet conduit protrudin... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7628293 | Grease supply apparatus An initial weight of a grease storing cartridge attached to a pump is measured, and the measured value is compared with a reference weight and it is determined whether the initial weight of the cartridge is within an appropriate range or not. The weight of the cartr... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7312408 | Granular material weighing hoppers containing pinch values or flipping-type hoppers Each of a plurality of scale units 10 that constitute a combination weigher is provided with a cut gate 11 attached to a lower portion of a powdery- or granular-material hopper 12, a feeding hopper 13 for temporarily retaining a powdery o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285422 | Systems and methods for preparing and analyzing low volume analyte array elements The invention provides methods for dispensing tools that can be employed to generate multi-element arrays of sample material on a substrate surface. The substrates surfaces can be flat or geometrically altered to include wells of receiving material. The tool can dis... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270249 | Pneumatic metering apparatus for flowable solids product Apparatus for pneumatically metering flowable solids products to a conveying air stream without using mechanical metering devices. The apparatus includes an eductor receiving product from a hopper and connected to an air supply that is automatically adjustable in re... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267015 | System and method for testing media device doors A system and method for direct measurement of torque is disclosed herein. The system includes a torque transducer and a contact arm, wherein the torque transducer, contact arm, and pivot point of the device being measured are positioned along a rotational axis of th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258681 | Angiographic fluid control system An automated fluid control system for controlling fluid flow between a catheter, a saline supply, a contrast supply and an injector is disclosed. Pinch valves are provided in the saline input and output lines and contrast input and output lines. A controller is link... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7222750 | Transfer and dosing device of pulverulent or granular material contained in a hopper A dosing device of a pulverulent material uses an oscillating drive mechanism with straight to-and-fro movement to extract and dose a pulverulent material contained in a hopper with a calibrated outlet aperture, and then to transfer the extracted mass to a removal p... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198893 | DNA diagnostics based on mass spectrometry Fast and highly accurate mass spectrometry-based processes for detecting a particular nucleic acid sequence in a biological sample are provided. Depending on the sequence to be detected, the processes can be used, for example, to diagnose a genetic disease or chromo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196276 | Truck mounted scale apparatus A truck-mounted scale mechanism can provide an accurate measurement of the weight of loose material dispensed from a delivery truck. The scale mechanism is supported on the tailgate of the delivery truck for transport from one job site to another. A winch provides a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191919 | Weight-loss weigh feeder with pressure compensation A system is disclosed that minimizes the effect of internal pressure upon weight-loss weighing systems. The system can include a flexible gas purge line that pressurizes the system as well as a pressure compensator that negates the adverse effects of internal pressu... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175048 | Method and device for gravimetric dosing bulk material In order to increase the dosing accuracy of a dosing device, the bulk material is temporarily stored upstream from a reservoir (1) in an intermediate storage container (6) and is transferred only when a compensating pressure value is reached. The inven... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152762 | Control valve A control valve for controlling the flow of fluent material from a machine, the machine having a frame including a hopper and a tube mounted to the hopper, an auger within the tube and a hose mounted to the tube. The control valve has a clamp, which has a first arm ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143907 | Dispenser assembly including a rotating dispensing carousel A dispenser apparatus including a rotating carousel to feed material from an inlet to a discharge outlet. In the illustrated embodiments, the carousel includes a cone shaped portion to facilitate material flow to dispense a metered quantity of material. The apparatu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7075019 | Measuring and dispensing system for solid dry flowable materials An apparatus for measuring and dispensing solid dry flowable materials, comprising a supply container (10), a reserve hopper (18), a means for connecting said supply container (10) to said reserve hopper (18), a means for weighing said re... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6966456 | System for feeding portions of material to an injection molding machine A method for calculating the average weight of each of a plurality of portions of material fed from a hopper. The method is carried out by: first weighing the hopper; after the first weighing, dispensing a given plurality of portions of material; then, in a second w... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6960157 | Automated system and method for handling food containers An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6907319 | System for the application of pesticides A system for the variable rate application of pesticides is provides, comprising a) a vehicle capable of traversing an agricultural production area; b) at least one sensor for attachment to said vehicle for direct sensing plant and/or condition data on said agricult... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6834777 | Closed loop control over delivery of liquid material to semiconductor processing tool Liquid material is precisely dispensed to a semiconductor processing tool utilizing closed loop control. In one embodiment, CMP slurry material of known density is supplied from a reservoir/mixing vessel to a dispense module. The dispense module also receives a flow... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6688493 | System for feeding portions of material to an injection molding machine A system for feeding portions of material to an injection molding machine including a feeding device that can be a screw feeder, an external container, a material hopper with inclined and parallel walls located inside the container, a load cell that is co... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6561381 | Closed loop control over delivery of liquid material to semiconductor processing tool Liquid material is precisely dispensed to a semiconductor processing tool utilizing closed loop control. In one embodiment, CMP slurry material of known density is supplied from a reservoir/mixing vessel to a dispense module. The dispense module also rece... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6467943 | Reduced size gravimetric blender A gravimetric blender of a reduced size mounted to be directly over the feed trough of small molding machines or extruders. The blender has an upright hollow rectangular frame with a transparent panel. The top of the frame forms a cradle for removably sup... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6446836 | Loss-in-weight feeder control A method and system for feeding particulate matter in a process or similar application uses feed control based on a loss-in-weight measurement scheme. The control signal for the loss-in-weight control system is formed from the sum function of loss-in-weig... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6354465 | Protable device for accurately metering and delivering cohesive bulk solid powders The present invention relates to a portable device for metering and delivering a desired weight of a cohesive particulate solid material such as pigmentary titanium dioxide.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6330767 | Unloading system for particulate materials bins An apparatus for efficiently removing grain from a grain storage device, which uses a plurality of augers. An unloading auger is used to begin removal of grain from a grain storage device. As the amount of grain decreases, a proximity sensor sends an acti... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6329013 | Method for dispensing a viscous solution A method for substantially dynamic flow control when dispensing a substantially viscous material by means of a dosing system, including at least one dosing unit controlled by means of a computer unit, which dosing unit consists of at least one pressure pa... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6305573 | Dispenser for frangible frozen food articles The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dispensing articles into a container or basket and for controlling the dispensing mechanism to more accurately, efficiently, and intelligently dispense the desired articles with less damages to the... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6267267 | Method and apparatus for improved regulation of flow of particulate matter A method and apparatus is provided for regulating the flow of rates of particulate matter. The invention includes a flow gate with a generally cylindrical body having a flow path defined there through. A stator member is provided in fixed position relativ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6188936 | Gravimetric blender with operatively coupled bar code reader A method for weight blending of granular materials comprises at a remote site generating a command for desired operation of granular material weight blending apparatus; encoding said command into transportable time-stable machine readable tangible storage... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6155380 | Grease filling device for electric motor Grease fed from a grease tank 10 to a metering force feeder 22 is fed into an injection cylinder 30 after the weight of the grease is precisely measured, and the total amount of the grease in the injection cylinder 30 is injected from the nozzle 34. The n... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6123765 | Continuously fed single bubbler for epitaxial deposition of silicon A delivery system and method for providing a gaseous chemical is provided. The system comprises a single bubbler 12 having a chamber 13 for containing a liquid chemical, at least one inlet tube 14 for providing a carrier gas to said chamber, and one outle... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6011223 | Container comprising a flexible internal part The invention relates to a container with a flexible internal part (6), particularly suitable for weighing bulk material, comprising a closure mechanism within the exit area of the internal part (6) as well as at least two partial exits (18, 19) to be cha... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5979703 | Machine and method for monitoring product application A mobile products applicator includes a monitoring system particularly adaptable for use in selected product management applications, wherein application rates for selected products stored on-board one or more storage devices are measured on-the-go and vi... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5957331 | System for filling containers with bulk material A container, normally a vehicle such as a hopper car or truck, capable of holding a predetermined maximum weight and a predetermined maximum volume with a bulk material is filled by feeding a batch of the material from a supply to a bin, weighing the batc... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5953923 | Fluid dispensing apparatus and method of dispensing fluid A fluid dispensing apparatus (1) for dispensing a predetermined weight of fluid under substantially constant pressure including: (a) containing means (2) adapted to contain at least the predetermined amount of fluid; (b) an inlet to the containing means f... | 09/21/1999 |
