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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 |
| 7328827 | High-start spring energized stapler A spring energized stapler includes a “high start” design wherein a striker has a rest position above the staple track. A handle is pressed to energize a power spring while the striker remains stationary. At a predetermined position of the handle, the striker is... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322502 | Protection device for DC-powered nail gun A protection device of a DC-powered nail gun includes collar mounted to a connection rod on the trigger and the collar has an inner diameter larger than an outer periphery of the connection rod so that when the trigger is not pulled, the collar is positioned to pivo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7252217 | Staple gun with a latch assembly A staple gun with a latch assembly has a housing, a handle, a pivot pin, a spring, a staple driver and a staple magazine. The housing has two half-casings and a handle opening. The half-casings are symmetrical and connected to each other, and each half-casing has a ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7201303 | Cordless fastener driving tool The present invention teaches a unique drive mechanism for use in a hand held fastener driving tool. The driving mechanism comprises a pair of opposing cams coaxially positioned upon a common shaft. One of the cams is motor driven and rotatable about the common shaf... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7152774 | Nail gun A nail gun includes a shell, a hammering device for firing nails, an energizing device for providing energy to the hammering device, an actuating device for actuating the energizing device and a lever for disabling the actuating device after a nail is fired. The act... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140274 | Apparatus and method for resetting a fastener The present invention relates to an impact tool, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for resetting a fastener that allows a force from an impact member to be transferred to the fastener in order to reset the fastener below a surface plane of a material... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140099 | Pallet jig An apparatus for building pallets comprises a jig frame adapted to maintain a plurality of deck boards in deck board locations on top of a plurality of stringers in parallel stringer locations. A gantry frame is mounted above the jig frame and a plurality of nailing... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137541 | Fastening tool with mode selector switch A fastening tool having a contact trip switch, a trigger switch, a driver, a motor assembly and a controller. The controller is configured to selectively operate the motor assembly in response to inputs received from the contact trip switch and the trigger switch. T... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6997367 | Hand-held nailing tool A handy electric nailing gun includes a firing pin, a firing spring for pushing the firing pin to drive nails into workpiece, an output gear rotatable by a motor through a transmission gear set to retract the firing pin during the first half run of each rotation cyc... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6918525 | Spring energized desktop stapler A desktop stapler uses a spring to store energy to install staples by impact blow. The force required to fasten papers together is reduced. A very compact mechanism is used, including a dual coil power spring with a nested lever. A multi function base provides a slo... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6729522 | Fastener driving tool having improved bearing and fastener guide assemblies A fastener driving tool includes a driver having a driver shaft extending therefrom, a first extension member operably connected to the driver and a second extension member operably connected to the first extension member. The tool is for use on roof deck panels. Th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 5976290 | Apparatus and method for seaming carpets A novel carpet seaming method and tools for reducing or eliminating seam peaking and profiling is provided. The backing of abutting pieces of carpeting can be reinforced along their respective edges. A staple is supported on an anvil with its legs facing ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5927585 | Electric multiple impact fastener driving tool An electric powered multiple impact fastener driving tool comprising a handle portion, a main body portion, a guide block, a magazine, and a guide and biasing assembly mounted in the guide block and affixed to the magazine enabling shifting of the magazin... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5904284 | Explosively actuated fastener system and method of application thereof An explosively actuated fastener system comprises an open-ended outer tubular member; an open-ended tubular cap being attached to the back end of the outer tubular member having an inward circular protrusion at its back end; an open-ended barrel member co... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5881942 | Wire shelf driver A mechanical driver is provided including a gun-shaped housing having a horizontal upper extent and a vertical lower extent integrally coupled to the upper extent and extending downwardly therefrom. The upper extent has a nozzle. A spring biased actuator ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5779128 | Nail driving apparatus A nail driving apparatus comprising a tube, a rod with a mass attached to one end, a spring connecting the mass to the tube, and a sleeve encircling the exposed portion of rod between the tube and the mass. When the mass is in the forward, closed position... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5741268 | Tacking device and tacking nails for surgery A tacking device for surgery, preferably dental surgery, is disclosed for affixing membranes, which are impermeable to tissue cells, with tacking nails to bone. The tacking device has a plunger with an endwise holding device into which a tacking nail, hav... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5720423 | Fastener driving tool A fastener driving tool includes a cylinder and a drive piston reciprocally movable within the cylinder. A driver is connected to the drive piston and is operable to drive fasteners when the drive piston is moved in a driving direction. The drive piston d... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5664722 | Forward acting, forward grip, staple machine A manually powered fastening tool which stores and instantly releases the energy of a spring such that it may force a fastener into an object by an impact blow in which the operating handle is hinged near the end of the tool body opposite the end from whi... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5503319 | Transmission mechanism for an electric stapling gun This invention relates to a transmission mechanism for an electric stapling gun and in particular to one including a cam fixedly mounted on an output axle of a gearing of the electric stapling gun and having two lobes such that an angle between the lines ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5398861 | Device for driving surgical fasteners A device for driving surgical fasteners into tissue such as the menisci of the knee. The device essentially consists of a tubular housing member through which a piston shaft passes. The piston shaft extends at a first end and terminates in a gripping knob... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5356063 | Hand-operated stapler A hand-operated stapler, particularly for stapling small stacks of paper or similar objects of paper, includes a base plate having two opposite ends and side parts disposed at one of the ends. A die plate is disposed at the other of the ends. A body is pi... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5335839 | Spring actuated fastener driving tool A spring actuated fastener driving tool has a lift pawl, bearings for supporting the lift pawl for pivotal movement about a first axis into and out of engagement with a power spring, and an operating handle continuously engageable with the bearings and in... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5328075 | Manual staple gun A manually powered fastening tool which stores and instantly releases the energy of a spring such that it may force a staple type fastener into an object by an impact blow. In the present invention the squeeze handle is hinged near the end of the tool bod... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5165587 | Manual staple gun A manually powered fastening tool which stores and instantly releases the energy of a spring such that it may force a staple type fastener into an object by an impact blow. In the present invention the squeeze handle is hinged near the end of the tool bod... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5131580 | Emitter gun apparatus An apparatus for directing fluid emitters into an irrigation pipe is provided, wherein the emitter includes a magazine aligning the emitter nails in a longitudinally aligned parallel relationship, including a hammer operative through a piston to sequentia... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5004140 | Electrically-operated tacker An elecrically-operated tacker includes means for driving a tack which is urged toward a muzzle section by a spring, an operating means for moving the driving means back to a starting position, a switch having a push button, a trigger means having a pair ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4869415 | Energy storage means for a surgical stapler An initiating device which imparts stored potential energy to the driver and cutter in an internal organ stapler. Also disclosed is an overriding device which prevent the use of such a device until the proper clamping of the jaws of the stapler with each ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4821942 | Driver for surgical microstapler The driver is disclosed for a surgical micro-suturing stapling system which does not require the use of a staple bending anvil tha must be retracted after the staple is implanted. The surgical microstapler system utilizes a unique stapler head comprising ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4801061 | Cable mounting apparatus and method A system for fastening cable to a support system using an insulated, protective housing that has surface penetrating fastening devices mounted thereon in such a manner so as to allow a multiplicity of housings to be positioned, discharged and applied in a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4801064 | Cable mounting apparatus and method Interlocking means are provided on the front and rear surfaces of adjacent clips to restrain relative movement between adjacent clips in one direction and to permit relative guided movement between adjacent clips in another direction and wherein the restr... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4724992 | Electric tacker The present invention relates to an improvement in an electric tacker covered by a motor battery operated for hammering inverted U-shape needles, T-shape tacks or nails or inverted L-shape staples, and more specifically to an improvement in a continous ha... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4714186 | Fastener driving tool A fastener driving tool comprising a spring activated hammer, wherein the hammer is manually cocked. A foot actuated cocking mechanism is disclosed for cocking the hammer.... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4709765 | Tack driver A device for automatically driving tacks and the like includes a plunger, a hammer element, a drive spring and a release pin which are assembled in a housing and cooperate to effect an impacting action when the outer end of the plunger is pressed against ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4699307 | Driver for framer's and glazier's points A machine for driving glazier's and framer's points utilizes a push plate which is effective to drive the points at both of two levels. A ramp element is incorporated, which serves to deflect the points from an upper to a lower level as they are being dri... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4643345 | Combination staple and riveting gun A staple gun tacker having a staple driving blade is disclosed which is adapted to be used in driving and setting a rivet of the type having a pin member mounted in a rivet shank having an expandable workpiece piercing free end. The staple gun tacker incl... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4463890 | Staplers The disclosed stapler has a manual actuator that is depressed to force a staple magazine against papers on an anvil, charging a leaf spring that carries a staple driver. A stop arrests the staple driver during this operation of the actuator. The staple dr... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4403390 | Radial lead inserting machine Endwise insertion of leads projecting generally radially, or substantially in parallel, from one side of each of a plurality of interconnected electrical components is effected in rapid reliable succession. The components are sequentially fed into the hea... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4215808 | Portable electric fastener driving apparatus A portable electric fastener driving apparatus includes a unique fastener driving element operatively connected to the piston of an air spring which is charged to provide energy for driving fasteners. The air spring is charged by a unique jacking and rele... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4189082 | Glazier's point driver A portable glazier point driver having a hand grip body with a rear leg portion and a front leg portion and a pivotable handle mounted to the body and coupled to a spring loaded plunger for moving the plunger back and forth across a magazine barrel for di... | 02/19/1980 |
