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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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Class 29/725 - Including deforming means


Subclass of Class 29 - Metal working
Definition: Apparatus including means to secure, confine or detach one
No. of patents: 28
Last issue date: 09/09/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7421780Methods for fabricating thermal management systems for micro-components
Methods for fabricating thermal management systems for micro-component devices are described herein. The methods may include initially overlaying a target substrate with a blank that is in sheet form, and stamping a microchannel structure having a plurality of outer...
09/09/2008
7380334Device for pre-stressing a wheel bearing
A clamping device (1) for receiving and for the clearance-free prestressing of a wheel bearing comprises a clamping mechanism (3) which radially prestresses the wheel bearing (8) from the outside. ...
06/03/2008
7370418Method of manufacturing a sheet feed roller
Projections 4-formed on a circumferential surface of a roller portion of the sheet feed roller comprise straight grain projections whose projecting direction faces to the rotation direction of the roller portion, and reverse grain projections that are formed in a di...
05/13/2008
7356905Method of fabricating a high frequency ultrasound transducer
Techniques for fabricating high frequency ultrasound transducers are provided herein. In one embodiment, the fabrication includes depositing a copperclad polyimide film, a layer of epoxy on the copperclad polyimide film, and a polyvinylidene fluoride film on the epo...
04/15/2008
7325297Automatic assembly machine for mounting bearings onto motors
An automatic assembly machine includes a basis (10), a sliding device (30) horizontally movably attached on the basis for supporting a fan (40) thereon, a tube (27) fixed to the basis for receiving a plurality of bearings (28) ther...
02/05/2008
7305759Device for the manufacture of a shaft assembly for a hydrodynamic bearing
In order to improve a device for the manufacture of a shaft assembly for a hydrodynamic bearing by pressing a shaft into a fit bore in a bearing disk, comprising a first pressing tool and a further pressing tool, in such a way that enables high accuracy to be achiev...
12/11/2007
7251892Bearing assembly spacer adjustable system and method for adjusting a spacer
A system for adjusting at least one spacer of a bearing assembly includes a force-transmitting member and a preload regulator. The force-transmitting member is configured to operatively receive a force and to transmit the force to an adjustable spacer. The preload r...
08/07/2007
7194805Method of manufacturing a post ball bearing with helical arrangement of pocket holes
A post bearing and method of manufacture in which bearing balls are loaded into a series of pocket holes arranged along a helical pattern in a sleeve cage. A single groove is swaged into the outside diameter of the sleeve intermediate the ball turns to capture the b...
03/27/2007
7121003Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for wheel-support rolling bearing unit
In a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus for a wheel-support rolling bearing unit, when forming a crimped portion 14 on an end (inside end) of a hub main body 8a, by rocking die forging using a die 26, while preventing enla...
10/17/2006
6935026Wheel bearing assembly for motor vehicles
The invention relates to a wheel bearing assembly for motor vehicles with a bearing provided with an inner ring and an outer ring, the bearing being fitted with its outer ring into a bearing casing and the outer ring being mechanically supported in axial direction o...
08/30/2005
6782622Method for manufacturing wheel-supporting hub unit and pressing mold for manufacturing same hub unit
A cylindrical portion formed in the inside end portion of the hub is caulked and spread using a pressing mold assembled to an oscillating/caulking apparatus to thereby form the caulking portion. In working or forming the caulking portion, a cylindrical projecting po...
08/31/2004
6684506Bearing assembly adjustable spacer and gage part adjustment method
One or more force application members (e.g., a force transmission member and/or a hydraulic force application member) may be employed to provide a desired adjustment (e.g., a preload and/or a compression) to an adjustable spacer of a bearing assembly. The...
02/03/2004
6532666Process for capturing a bearing race on a spindle
A hub assembly includes a hub having a flange and a spindle projected from the flange, a housing located around the hub spindle, and an antifriction bearing between the housing and the spindle. The bearing includes an inner race which the spindle initiall...
03/18/2003
6006421Device for pressing a preassembled ball joint cartridge into a bearing eye of a tie rod end
An apparatus is used for pressing a preassembled ball joint cartridge into a bearing eye of a tie rod end, with the ball joint cartridge comprising a ball joint pin, a bearing shell surrounding the joint ball, and a bearing housing that surrounds the bear...
12/28/1999
5970294Cylindrical structural body for use in an image forming apparatus and method of producing the same
A cylindrical structural body for use in an image forming apparatus and a method of producing the same are disclosed. The structural includes a cylindrical sleeve and flanges or similar end members respectively affixed to opposite ends of the sleeve. The ...
10/19/1999
5479699Apparatus for expanding tubular members
Apparatus for expanding tubular members, such as U-shaped heat transfer tubes having ends thereof located in the confined space adjacent the curved sides of the bowl-shaped lower plenum of a typical nuclear steam generator. The apparatus includes an elong...
01/02/1996
5136777Attachment of a hard bearing ring to the bore surface of a housing or to the lateral surface of a journal
Attachment means for mounting a first annular member such as a bearing ring having a first seating surface to a second member, such as a housing. The bearing ring has a plurality of recesses formed therein and is made of a material having a predetermined ...
08/11/1992
5111575Swaging tool for bearing installation
An apparatus as provided for swaging a bearing lip into a bearing housing chamfer, which apparatus is operable in confined spaces, such as in an aircraft application. The apparatus is operable without requiring the use of clamps or power tools, wherein an...
05/12/1992
5058262Attachment of a hard bearing ring to the bore surface of a housing or to the lateral surface of a journal
Attachment means for mounting a first annular member such as a bearing ring having a first seating surface to a second member, such as a housing. The bearing ring has a plurality of recesses formed therein and is made of a material having a predetermined ...
10/22/1991
5058415Rolling bearing seal ring crimp tooling
A stamping press tool assembly for delivering parallel forces to a plurality of points angularly spaced around a ring-shaped workpiece, whereby the ring-shaped workpiece is positioned beneath a shouldered hub centered inside the tool assembly, and having ...
10/22/1991
4635331Method for the production of a guide rail
A method for the production of a guide rail for linear guiding and having a hardened rolling body race groove on opposite sides of the guide rail. In order to minimize production costs and avoid cutting of the race grooves, the race grooves are initially ...
01/13/1987
4621402Apparatus and method for assembling universal joints
The invention pertains to a process and a device for the assembly of universal joints. In order to reduce the defect of center misalignment of the joint parts with respect to each other which characterized the joints after assembly, the center misalignmen...
11/11/1986
4561157Method for forming roller retainers in a bearing cage
Method for forming roller bearing cage lugs into roller retainers. Portions of the lugs provided on bearing cage webs are staked to a preselected depth and a desired retainer conformation in an overlying relationship with adjacent roller receiving pockets...
12/31/1985
4559692Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a ball joint
Method of crimping the locking ring of a ball joint. According to the invention, a prestress is applied to the bearing bush (17) to obtain a certain frictional torque between the latter and the spherical pivot while the locking ring (18) is placed on the ...
12/24/1985
4369558Outer race working method and apparatus therefor
Herein disclosed are outer race working method and apparatus of the type, in which such a roughly shaped outer race workpiece of a Birfield type constant-velocity ball joint as is formed with a groove made axially straight at its portion above the joint c...
01/25/1983
4292717Method for manufacture of bearings
A process for manufacturing an unground bearing suitable for high-speed applications comprises forming a subassembly including the inner race, balls, and retainer; the subassembly being fabricated in a fixture which receives the balls from a standard ball...
10/06/1981
4172621Method of adjusting pre-load on or clearance in bearing, and bearing assembly constructed by said method
A method of adjusting a pre-load on or a clearance in bearings and a bearing assembly constructed by this method, wherein a wheel hub is fixed to the outer side of a uniform velocity ball joint stem and two angular contact ball bearings or tapered roller ...
10/30/1979
3956801Adjustable staking tool
A single, universal tool is capable of staking a plurality of different ss of roller bearings to their respective housings by constructing the impression edges to be radially and uniformly adjustable in the tool, the tool being aligned to a specific bear...
05/18/1976
 
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