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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 |
| 7913994 | Feeding device In a feeding device, a first friction pad and a second friction pad are disposed on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. Thus, to a conveyance-target medium, which is either one of a co... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7857304 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a sheet bundle boundary detecting unit which detects a boundary of sheet bundles added to a sheet storage case, and a control unit which controls a feeding condition of sheet feeding unit based on a detection result of the sheet ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7828284 | Mailpiece selector device having an adjustable guide A mailpiece selector device including at least one guide co-operating with a plurality of opposite selector rollers passing through a deck for receiving a stack of mailpieces. The guide co-operating with the rollers to select the mailpieces one-by-one and to transpo... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810803 | Sheet constraint An apparatus in an example comprises a sheet holder, a separator surface, a feed head, and one or more arms. The sheet holder supports one or more sheets of media. The separator surface receives a leading edge of a sheet of the one or more sheets of media. The feed ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806401 | Medium feeding apparatus A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller for picking up a sheet member, a separating member pressed against the feeding roller by a predetermined pressing force, for separating the sheet members sheet by sheet, a conveyance roller for conveying the separ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7798484 | Sheet feeder A sheet feeder including: a storing unit that stores a plurality of sheets of recording medium; a retaining unit provided at an edge of the recording medium that is stored in the storing unit, and having an inclined surface that is inclined to a surface of the recor... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7665725 | Registration gate for multi sheet inserter tray A registration gate is mounted in a sheet feeding mechanism for rotation about an axis at about right angles to the direction of sheet feed into a feeder mechanism. The gate includes a plurality of fingers extending upwardly through slots in the tray. A motorized se... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7611141 | Top registered item transport system An item transport system includes a first transport element rotating around a plurality of first transport rollers in a first direction, a second transport element in opposing relation to the first transport element, the second transport element rotating around a pl... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7588246 | Paper transportation device with adjustable separating pad holder In a paper transportation device, a separation pressure adjusting screw is provided in a transportation device main body under a separating pad holder. One end of a coil spring makes contact with the separation pressure adjusting screw, and another end of the coil s... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7543811 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image processing apparatus with interconnected feeding unit and sheet regulating member A sheet feeding apparatus including a feeder for feeding sheets stacked up in a sheet stock unit, a leading end regulator for regulating the leading ends in a feeding direction of sheets stacked up in the sheet stock unit, and a driver for moving the leading and reg... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7530563 | Paper-feeding mechanism of automatic document feeder A paper-feeding mechanism of an automatic document feeder includes a pick-up module, a supporting module and a paper stopping module. The pick-up module is used for picking an uppermost paper sheet from the stack of paper sheets and transporting the uppermost paper ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7506868 | Sheet feeder A sheet feeder is characterized by comprising a suction carrying means, an oblique carrying means, a handling member, a detecting means located downstream of the handling member and for detecting a sheet passing through the handling member, and a retracting mechanis... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7455288 | Sheet media input structure In one embodiment, a sheet media input structure comprises a sheet media supporting surface and a movable feature downstream from the supporting surface along a media path that extends from the supporting surface to and along the movable feature. The feature is conf... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7427062 | Automatic document feeder and image reading apparatus using the same An automatic document feeder has a separation roller that separates a document into individual sheets. The document is supplied from a document supply tray. A friction pad is formed to contact one side of the separation roller to supply a friction force for separati... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422206 | Returner incorporated in automatic feeder, and recording apparatus or liquid or liquid ejecting apparatus provided with the same A feeding tray supports a plurality of media the media thereon. A hopper is provided on the feeding tray so as to be movable in a first direction for pushing the media toward a feeding roller so that a top one of the media comes in contact with the feeding roller, a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419154 | Feeder device having adjustably flexible gate apparatus and associated method A feeder device for feeding a unit of media from a stack of media to a receiving apparatus is provided. The feeder device comprises a drive mechanism for driving the media in a feed direction through an opening defined by a gate apparatus. The opening extends from a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420693 | Paper cartridge for printer A paper cartridge of a printer including a cartridge body to load papers to be picked up, and a friction plate to provide a predetermined friction force to a front end of the papers picked up at the cartridge body. The friction plate is sloped at a predetermined ang... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410161 | Sheet feeding apparatus, and image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus respectively equipped with sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus comprises a sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets thereon, a sheet feeding rotating member for feeding the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion, a stopper for regulating the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion, and a rot... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407158 | Sheet feeding device with variable faced roller and integrated sheet guides A sheet feeding roller has an outer circumferential face which includes a generally flat portion and a curved portion. A first pivotable member is movable between a first position and a second position in accordance with the rotation of the sheet feeding roller. The... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401774 | Dual friction region separation pad, and media separator and media separator mechanism using same A media separator, that cooperates with a media pick to form a nip in a feed path of a media handling apparatus, supports a separation pad that includes first and second friction regions for movement relative to the media separator, against a bias force, in a feed d... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392980 | Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus A sheet feed device includes: a conveyor roller that rotates in a first direction; a separation roller rotatable in a second, reverse to the first direction, that nips a sheet with the conveyor roller; a sheet detector provided at a detecting position to detect a nu... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7384032 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller and a separation pad, and the sheet feeding apparatus sequentially separates and feeds a sheet one by one in a nip portion formed by the feeding roller and the separation pad. The sheet feeding apparatus includes a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370859 | Sheet feeder Sheets are separated one-by-one from their stack placed in a holder by a sheet feed roller and a separation member provided in an inclined separation plate. The separation member can be a flat metal plate, and possibly includes a base portion, arm portions extending... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366338 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362891 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349566 | Image processing network An image processing network for processing image files and coupled to an outside data communication network comprising a plurality of remote image capture units, the units scanning documents and creating a plurality of image files of said documents; the image proces... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331575 | Printer and method for feeding sheets in a printer A printer apparatus and method for sequentially withdrawing sheets loaded into a cassette and printing images on the sheets is provided. The printer includes: a pickup roller for picking up a sheet from a plurality of sheets in the cassette; a resistance member for ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331576 | Feeder device having increased media capacity and multiple media thickness feed capability and associated method A feeder device is provided, comprising a drive mechanism for driving a media unit in a feed direction, the media unit being provided from a stack of media units by a hopper including upstream and downstream hopper members. A directing member associated with the ups... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7292795 | Image forming apparatus with carbon based fixing material An image forming apparatus has a fixing unit for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material, and a heater, for heating the fixing unit, made of a carbon-based material. In order to detect and expect the life of the heating unit with good accuracy, the image... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290764 | Modular guide apparatus for tab stock received in a feeder tray A tab guide is provided for aligning tab stock in a paper tray of a printer having a trail edge guide including a substantially planar sheet-engaging face and a stack height finger extending from the sheet engaging face in a process direction for engaging a top surf... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275741 | Methods and apparatus for transporting sheet media A sheet handling assembly includes a frame, a first assembly, and a second assembly, each assembly rotatably supported by the frame and configured to contactingly transport sheet media. A member is configured to rotate the second assembly in response to rotation of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277668 | Sheet feeding unit and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding unit according to the invention includes a sheet stacking tray on which the sheet is stacked, a sheet feeding device which feeds the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking tray, and a unit frame which supports the sheet stacking tray and the sheet feedi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269279 | Currency bill and coin processing system An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media includes a compact currency bill processing device, a coin scale, a keyboard, and a processor integrated into a housing as a single unit. The bill processing device is used for counting curre... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267334 | Active media kicker system A kicker system comprises a rotatable roller for advancing media along a media path toward a print zone. A kicker is mounted on the roller for pivotal movement transverse to the rotational axis of the roller. A cam surface configured to engage the kicker during a po... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236935 | Method and apparatus for verifying a match between contents of an enclosure and data printed on the enclosure A method and apparatus provide physical verification of a correct association between information printed on a closed face package and material and/or information contained inside the closed face package. A closed face package with a document or article inserted the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232024 | Currency processing device A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232124 | Sheet separator A sheet separator includes an advancing roller driven to rotate to move a sheet forwards along a sheet path, and a reversing roller driven to rotate to move a sheet backwards along the path. The reversing roller and advancing roller are mounted adjacently and are re... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226048 | Imaging apparatus having a print media dam in association with an automatic sheet feeder mechanism An imaging apparatus includes a sheet picking mechanism drive unit that includes a sheet pick gear train for driving a sheet picking mechanism to transport a sheet from a stack of print media along the sheet feed path. A print media dam is pivotably coupled at an ax... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217232 | Automatic paper folder This invention provides an automatic paper folder with the adjustable distance between a retarder and a feeding wheel assuring the consistency of the automatic feed for most types of paper. The automatic paper folder includes a paper feed assembly that combines the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7200255 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 04/03/2007 |
