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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 |
| 7147002 | Modular multi-function fluid flow control device A multi-function fluid flow control device is disclosed. A body houses a filter screen, a check valve and an orifice plate mounted on a frame which is removable from the body as a unit through an opening in the body sealed by a removable plug. The orifice plate is r... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6409147 | Thermally operated valve for automatically modulating the flow of fluids A valve for automatically modulating a flow of fluid. The valve includes a flexible flow adjustment member having a variable diameter passage therethrough and an outer surface and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the outer surface and creating a ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6148845 | Valve housing with a connecting part and a cap The valve housing can be used for valves and steam traps with a compact automatic control unit. It has a connecting part with two flow ducts and a base on which the open end of a cap rests tightly. Two post-like projections with fastening orifices are pro... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5526980 | Condensate traps A condensate trap assembly comprises a valve body 2 having a housing 14 which defines an inlet passage 10 and an outlet passage 12, and an access passage 16 within which a condensate trap 4 is housed. The housing 14 also defines a valve chamber 18 within ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 4792090 | Thermostatic steam traps There is provided, in a thermostatic steam trap that can operate in either of two modes merely dependent upon which way round the trap is connected in a steam flow line, a temperature-responsive element (9) in which there is a valve member (23) that proje... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4681256 | Thermostatic steam traps There is provided, in a thermostatic steam trap that can operate in either of two modes merely dependent upon which way round the trap is connected in a steam flow line, a temperature-responsive element (9) in which there is a valve member (23) that proje... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4679727 | Thermostatic steam trap with self-centering valve A thermostatic steam trap is described wherein a thermostatic actuating means including a valve is mounted for axial movement of the valve into and away from sealing contact with a valve seat positioned axially of the hollow cylindrical body of the steam ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4586655 | Steam trap with thermal control element and method of assembling said trap There is provided a steam trap having a thermal control element arranged on the high-pressure side containing an expanding medium and a shut-off unit closing in the direction of flow. The shut-off unit includes two closure members and two valve seats form... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4529122 | Thermostatic steam trap assembly A steam trap valve assembly designed to be connected to a steam piping system to trap and remove water of condensation, air and other gasses from the steam piping system while preventing the escape of steam therethrough. The assembly comprises a housing h... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4454983 | Temperature controlled valve A control valve used as a steam trap including a flexible flow adjustment restriction device, such as a flexible tube, with a chamber filled with a control fluid having a high co-efficient of thermal expansion and a heat conduction configuration conveying... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4441652 | Exchangeable unit steam trap A steam trap includes a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a cover secured to the casing to enclose a condensate reservoir in the casing and a trap unit having a valve closing and opening by thermal expansion and contraction of a thermoelement such as ... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4387732 | Steam trap including interchangeable body member and insert assembly A valve body member and various insert assemblies usable with the body member to form steam traps of different types are disclosed in this application. The body member includes an internally threaded, generally cylindrical recess extending inwardly from a... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4295605 | Steam traps A thermostatic steam trap having a balanced pressure thermostatic element (2,2A,2B) operated by volatile fluid (15) is disclosed in which an internal void (10) of the element is open to steam/condensate within the trap, and in which the volatile fluid fil... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4288032 | Steam trap including interchangeable body member and insert assembly A valve body member and various insert assemblies usable with the body member to form steam traps of different types are disclosed in this application. The body member includes an internally threaded, generally cylindrical recess extending inwardly from a... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4197990 | Electronic drain system The disclosure relates to automated drain valves for pressurized fluid conduits such as steam conduits. Recognizing that there is a direct relationship between steam temperature and steam pressure at the saturation line; the saturation line is used to der... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4161278 | Thermally-controlled valve for a steam trap A thermally-controlled valve for a steam trap and the like, includes a thermally-controlled element including generally plate-like outer and inner wall portions and a generally plate-like, resilient membrane member disposed between and welded at its outer... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4134541 | Fluid separation device A condensate removal device which includes two parallel paths for removal of condensate and gases from a fluid system is provided with a thermostatically operated valve in one path and a drain orifice of a preselected size in the other path. The combinati... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4088113 | Wood burning automatic swimming pool heater A swimming pool heater has a fire chamber with a fuel feeding opening closable by a door which is removable to use the heater as a fireplace. A heat exchanger comprises a continuous length of copper tubing paralleled by an adjustable bypass. Air is suppli... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4037784 | Steam trap A steam trap allowing the escape of condensate from a working fluid of steam comprises an escape valve mounted in a chamber in which the working fluid flows. The escape valve includes a valve seat member and a deformable metal diaphragm normally closing t... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4016901 | Thermostatic valve A fluid temperature actuated valve for trapping fluids in a system, having particular utility as a steam trap. The valve is closed by the expansion of a wax pellet type thermal actuator working against the valve opening force of an operating spring. The v... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4013220 | Back-pressure-resistant vapor trap for condensate discharge In addition to a deformable disk membrane with a valve seat on a portion of a flange immediately surrounding a discharge opening, there is provided a similarly deformable annular disk membrane on a valve seat surrounding that of the disk membrane set back... | 03/22/1977 |
