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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 |
| 8079587 | Sheet braking mechanism A sheet braking mechanism for a sheet punching and/or embossing machine for the braking a sheet in a processing station of the sheet punching and/or embossing machine, includes a movable pneumatic sheet brake and a movable carrier, on which at least one brake brush ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7887049 | Sheet brake system for braking printed sheets, sheet delivery having the sheet brake system and printing press having the sheet delivery A sheet brake system for braking printed sheets includes a plurality of brake elements each circulating about at least one respective geometric revolution axis, and a common drive roll for driving the brake elements. The drive roll circulates about a geometric roll ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7588247 | Delivery device in sheet-fed offset rotary printing press A delivery device in a sheet-fed offset rotary printing press includes a plurality of suction units and at least one guide unit. The plurality of suction units are arranged above a pile board on an upstream sheet convey direction side below a sheet under conveyance ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7513499 | Sheet brake using a partitioned blower nozzle array A sheet brake for braking sheets made from a printing material contains circulating brake elements and at least one sheet support that is disposed between the brake elements and forms a blowing device. The sheet support contains a first nozzle array having air nozzl... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7357390 | Devices for aligning sheets and a method for aligning sheets transversal to the direction of travel of the sheets A device is provided for use in the alignment of sheets transverse to a direction of sheet travel. A sheet retaining device, which conveys the sheets, is displaceably mounted for holding the sheets against a side guide. At least two sheets are situated one above the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354029 | Apparatus and method for treating process fluids A process fluid treating apparatus includes an ejector assembly fluidically connected to a process fluid supply assembly. A Coanda airfoil is located in the ejector assembly. Primary fluid is injected into the ejector duct to form a Coanda layer. A process fluid, or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322575 | Device and method for aligning a stack of sheets arranged one above the other The invention relates to a device and a method for aligning at least the front edge of several sheets arranged in a stack, one above the other, whilst maintaining the order of the sheets. Said device comprises a stacking table, one side of which is provided with a f... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309179 | Media advancing device and method of displacing a medium A media advancing device for a hardcopy apparatus comprising: a platen having at least one slot and a top surface, whereby a medium advances on the top surface; and a plurality of openings connecting the top surface to at least one zone of negative pressure; and a r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7275742 | Apparatus with springs for conveying sheets in a printing press An apparatus for conveying sheets in a printing press makes reliable sheet guiding possible with a low outlay on material and at low cost and includes an apparatus for conveying sheets in a printing press having at least one conveyor element for a sheet along a conv... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261291 | Sheet-processing rotary press with a delivery containing after-grippers A sheet-processing machine contains at least one processing station in the form of a printing unit, and a delivery with an endless conveyor and after-grippers that are guided by a mechanism connected to a drive. The after-grippers take over the processed sheets from... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258336 | Integrated vacuum slide feeder A sheet feeder assembly for acquiring and conveying a sheet comprises a plenum connectable to a vacuum source and having an opening facing the sheet to be conveyed, and a slide plate covering the opening. The slide plate has an acquisition surface facing the sheet t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234395 | Device for conveying a sheet through a printing machine A device for conveying a sheet through a printing machine includes a cylinder, formed with a channel wherein grippers are disposed for holding the sheet at a leading edge, a chain conveyor with grippers fixed to endless chains for holding and picking up the sheet at... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225731 | Sheet punching and embossing machine A sheet punching and embossing machine includes a device for stripping waste from a punched and embossed sheet at a stripping station, the device having a stripping plate for supporting the sheet. Also included are gripper carriages fixed to revolving chains, for gr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219889 | Sheet-processing machine with a pneumatic sheet-guiding device A sheet-processing machine, particularly a rotary printing press, includes a blast-air supply system and a pneumatic sheet-guiding device connected thereto. The sheet-guiding device has a sheet-guiding surface formed with air passage openings and serves for having t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210679 | Method for conveying sheets through a printing machine and apparatus for implementing the method A method for conveying sheets through a printing machine and an apparatus for conveying the sheets permit adaptation of a sheet brake to various sheet thicknesses by reducing a speed of the sheets in the direction of advance by bringing the sheets individually one a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172486 | Convertible entertainment device An apparatus having a support arm, a base coupled to the support arm to maintain the support arm in upright orientation and moveable between a first orientation in which the base is coupleable to a vertical surface, and a second orientation in which the base can res... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168699 | Sheet-processing machine with a sheet brake A sheet-processing machine includes a conveyor for transporting processed sheets at a processing speed and for releasing the sheets for braking to a depositing speed. A braking element serves for the braking of the released sheets to the depositing speed. A drive is... | 01/30/2007 |
| RE39441 | Printer with vacuum platen having bimetallic valve sheet providing selectable active area A printer has a media transport with a rigid, air-transmissive platen. A movable air-transmissive flexible web overlays the platen. A suction device communicates with the platen to draw air through the web and through the platen such that a sheet of media carried on... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7125216 | Device for loading a three-knife trimmer In a device for loading a three-knife trimmer with brochures, periodicals or like bound book blocks (1), comprising a feed conveyor (4), a stacking device (16) operable in magazine mode and counted stack mode and including a magazine (17)... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108219 | Winder apparatus with transfer brush roll A winder apparatus for winding webs of material into rolls includes a conveyor, and a winding turret with a plurality of rotatably driven winding spindles thereon. The winding turret indexes the winding spindles relative to the apparatus conveyor, with each spindle ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7059598 | Conveying arrangement for sheet quires and method for combining sheet quires A conveying arrangement for sheet quires, includes at least two successively arranged conveying devices of which a front conveying device as seen in a conveying direction has a lower speed than a rear conveying device. At least one ionization device electrostaticall... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055816 | Method of processing sheet-like products, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for processing a stream of sheet-like products, such as printed magazines and newspapers, whereby the orientation of the products in the stream is changed to facilitate subsequent processing. The products are conveyed in an imbricated stream, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052006 | Process and apparatus for producing stacks of printed products provided with an additional sheet A method and apparatus for producing stacks of flat objects, such as printed products 28, wherein the printed products are fed to a preliminary stacking compartment 20, into which opens the outlet 32 of an arrangement 12 for feeding addit... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021450 | Device and method to correct uneven spacing of successive articles A device for correcting uneven spacing of successive articles includes a first conveyor belt having a plurality of articles spaced thereon. At least one article is unevenly spaced. A second conveyor belt is located downstream of the first conveyor belt upon which th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007940 | Banknote store A banknote store can remove banknotes individually from a stack by light air pressure extending over a substantial area of the banknote, the banknote then being transportable without needing to move the source of the reduced pressure. Banknotes are added individuall... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6983933 | Sheet-processing machine with a sheet brake A sheet-processing machine includes a delivery, a guide surface for sheets being processed and a sheet brake in the delivery. The sheet brake has at least one brake shoe movable over the guide surface. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971295 | Sheet delivery apparatus A sheet delivery apparatus includes a cutter cylinder, a cutter reception cylinder, and a conveyor provided downstream of the cylinders. The cutter cylinder and the cutter reception cylinder cooperatively cut a paper web so as to yield sheets of predetermined size. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969059 | Dual modulated vacuum shingler A shingling apparatus for sheets of paper or paperboard includes a pair of independently operable vacuum plenums in a gap between an in-feed conveyor and a reduced speed shingling conveyor. One of the vacuum plenums decelerates an incoming sheet to shingling conveyo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969066 | Passive vacuum transport An apparatus for improving sheet feeding in a direction of movement to a process station, including: a contact surface having ribs spaced along contact surface in the direction of movement, apertures being defined in the space between each rib; a blower; and an air ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962334 | Delivery apparatus for flat articles, especially rotary cut sheets A delivery device for stacking cut flat articles such as rotary cross cut sheets has a braking table downstream of a sheet feeder which is provided with two counterrotating disks which are perforated and communicate with suction passages on the table beneath the dis... | 11/08/2005 |
| RE38867 | Device for turning a sheet with a simultaneous change in conveying direction Sheets or sets of sheets are turned very rapidly and reliably, especially after the cutting of endless stationery, conveyed further in a different transport direction and separated in that the leading edge of each sheet is taken to a diagonal bending slot (33... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945529 | Conveying arrangement for sheet quires and method for combining sheet quires A conveying arrangement for sheet quires includes successively arranged conveying devices of which a downstream conveying device as seen in a conveying direction has a lower speed than an upstream conveying device and at least one ionization device for electrostatic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6929260 | Method and device for transferring at least two overlapped sheets to a sheet-handling machine A method and a device for transferring at least two sheets, which are arranged in a shingled mode of arrangement in a sheet transport direction, to a sheet handling machine in which the at least two sheets are moved at a first speed after the transfer, a first and a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6907825 | Delivery for a machine for processing flat printing materials A delivery for a machine for processing flat printing materials includes sheet brakes for accepting sheets fed in a processing direction at an acceptance level and for releasing the sheets at a surrender level. The sheet brakes are adjustably disposed for varying th... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6871849 | Delivery for a sheet-processing machine, especially a rotary printing machine A delivery includes sheet brakes and sheet supports constructed of modules including respectively identical carrier modules and braking modules with operationally revolving braking elements, the braking modules being selectively connectable to the carrier modules, a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6746014 | Sheet-like material guiding device of a sheet-fed printing press A sheet-fed printing press comprises a running transport chain, gripper devices supported by the transport chain and each having a gripper and a gripper pad for gripping a sheet, an inspection device for inspecting the sheet gripped and transported by the gripper de... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6712353 | Mass and impact energy adaptive compensating converter An object arresting device prevents rebounding effects when an object is decelerated from a high velocity by causing an impact-induced flow of fluid such as ambient air through a lattice membrane to develop vacuum effects and vortex activity while absorbing and diss... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6691999 | Sheet-braking system for a delivery of a sheet-processing machine, and method of operation A sheet-braking system and method of operation for a delivery of a sheet-processing machine, includes a braking belt revolving during operation and undergoing periodic decelerating and accelerating phases. The braking belt further includes a braking stran... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6682066 | Delivery for a sheet-processing machine with a braking and smoothing machanism A delivery for a sheet-processing machine includes a sheet brake for braking processed sheets from a processing speed to an output speed, a sheet conveyor for transporting the processed sheets in a conveying direction at the processing speed and for trans... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6663550 | Smoothing device for flat printing materials A smoothing device includes guide surface sections for a flat printing material whose leading edge is pulled in a direction of travel over the guide surface sections. The guide surface sections have openings which communicate with throttling ducts that ar... | 12/16/2003 |
