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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 |
| 8087832 | Bearing failure indicator A bearing failure indication arrangement which has a bearing with an inner and outer races, a first part arranged to be attached in fixed relation to either the bearing inner race or bearing outer race, a failure indicator arranged in fixed relation to both the firs... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8002475 | Protection device for a speed sensor Protection device for a speed sensor, the sensor being provided with a reading surface which is arranged at a first determined distance from an encoder of a contact rolling bearing, and the protection device being coupled to the contact rolling bearing, and presenti... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7404678 | Rotor recentering after decoupling A recentering device for a rotor shaft for recentering a rotor shaft relative to an axis X of a stator structure in the event of decoupling caused by excessive imbalance. The shaft, in normal operating conditions, lies on the axis X and is radially supported by a be... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7331253 | Device for carrying and fastening a robot A device for carrying and fastening a robot (4), in particular a delta robot, is designed in a gallows shape. It has a foot (1), a column (2) adjoining the foot (1), and at least one cantilever arm (3), fastened to this column (... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7275319 | Rolling element bearing having starved lubrication conditions A rolling element bearing comprises an inner ring and an outer ring which are each provided with a raceway, and a series of rolling elements which are in contact with the raceways of each ring. A lubricant film is provided in the contacts between the rolling element... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7237959 | Breakable coupling system for a turbojet fan shaft The invention relates to a rotary shaft arrangement carrying equipment at one end and extending rearwards from the equipment, the shaft (1) being supported by a first bearing (2) behind the equipment, and by a second bearing (3) behind the first... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7217039 | Axial load-insensitive emergency bearing The emergency bearing for a rotary machine having magnetic bearings comprises an emergency landing device including an intermediate element (9) having a large contact area with a stator element (10), the intermediate element (9) being interposed... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7140848 | Turbocharger with air-cooled magnetic bearing system The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbocharger (1) having a housing and having a shaft (2) which is arranged so as to be capable of rotating about its longitudinal axis in the housing and on which a turbine wheel (4) and a compressor wheel... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7107850 | Bearing vibration measuring apparatus, bearing vibration measuring method, and radial type bearing A bearing vibration measuring apparatus is an apparatus of measuring vibration of a bearing. The bearing vibration measuring apparatus detects a vibration component generated from the bearing in a state of pressing one of an inner ring and an outer ring of the beari... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7036990 | Rotary bearing assembly having a preset breaking point A rotary bearing assembly having a preset breaking point, particularly for a rotor of a turbo engine, includes a rotary bearing arranged between a nonrotating bearing carrier housing and a bearing carrier rotating about a rotational axis, the rotary bearing being fi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7008114 | Bearing failure indicator A shaft is disposed along an axis of rotation and a bearing failure indicator, in the form of a disk having protrusions or teeth spaced about its periphery, is provided on the shaft adjacent a bearing supporting a tubular roll for rotation relative to the shaft. Whe... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6846167 | Turbocharger with magnetic bearing system that includes dampers The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbocharger (1) having a housing and having a shaft (2) which is arranged so as to be capable of rotating about its longitudinal axis in the housing and on which a turbine wheel (4) and a compressor wheel... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843623 | High-speed spindle unit for machine tools A high-speed spindle unit for milling and drilling machines. The spindle unit has a spindle housing on the front end portion of which a terminating ring detachably mounted and a rotationally driven tool spindle which is supported in at least a front roller bearing i... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6843603 | Regulator bearing mount A bearing mount for a vehicle such as a snowmobile. The bearing mount has a body, the body having first and second recesses. The first recess has at least one electrical device disposed therein. The electrical devices may include a voltage regulator, a speedometer s... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6783319 | Method and apparatus for supporting rotor assemblies during unbalances A bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine rotor includes a paired race, a bearing, a mounting joint, and a plurality of mechanical fuses. The paired race includes an outer race and an inner race. The bearing is between the inner and outer races, and is configured ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6783090 | Bearing shear block An improved hammermill assembly utilizing shear bolts and shear plates designed to break upon extreme loads exerted upon the hammermill assembly, thereby reducing the occurrence of damage to the hammermill assembly or attached equipment. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6712515 | Redundant ball bearing A bearing is presented having a multiplicity of rotating sleeves. A bushing is connected to one of the multiplicity of rotating sleeves. At least one bearing set is connected to the multiplicity of rotating sleeves. Also, a bearing is presented having a multiplicity... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6666281 | Bearing guard for a ground-working implement A bearing wear guard includes a slotted body portion cast from a wear-resistant metal. The slots receive two bearing mounting bolts which secure the guard in a protecting position in the path of rocks and abrasive debris traveling towards the bearing and ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6648568 | Linear blind broaching machine A linear blind broaching machine (10) includes a base (22), a broaching ram assembly (24), a linear tool slide (26) supported on the base by linear antifriction bearings (90) and a support block (92) mounted between the base and the linear tool slide belo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6626191 | Method an apparatus for maintaining housed bearings This invention relates to an accessory for maintaining bearings, more particularly but not exclusively, to an accessory for use in the cleaning of bearings. The bearings maintenance accessory is used for the maintenance and cleaning of a bearing located o... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626578 | Rotary pump with bearing wear indicator A rotary pump for liquid comprising a housing, a shaft carrying a motor rotor, a motor stator fixed in the housing and surrounding the rotary to rotate the rotor and shaft about an axis, where the shaft is mounted in the housing by axially spaced conical ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623169 | Bearing housing incorporating antimicrobial agent A molded polymeric bearing housing is formed of a moldable polymer base material in combination with a glass fiber reinforcing component. A foaming agent is added to the base material to create a fine structural foam within interior regions of the housing... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619849 | Rolling bearing unit for supporting wheel A rolling bearing unit for supporting a wheel, comprising a stationary race which has a stationary peripheral surface formed with a stationary raceway, being not rotatable during use, and supported by a suspension, a rotatable race which has a rotatable p... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6617731 | Rotary pump with bearing wear indicator A rotary pump for liquid having a housing, a shaft carrying a motor rotor, a motor stator fixed in the housing and surrounding the rotor to rotate the rotor and shaft about an axis. The shaft is mounted in the pump housing by axially spaced conical bearin... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6594853 | Wiper apparatus for motor vehicles A wiper apparatus for a motor vehicle comprising a sleeve secured to a vehicle body side and a pivot shaft which is supported rotatably in the sleeve. The proximal portion of the pivot shaft relative to the interior side of the vehicle is connected to a d... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6491497 | Method and apparatus for supporting rotor assemblies during unbalances A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a bearing assembly that reduces dynamic loads to a support frame and static bending to the rotor assembly during periods of rotor unbalance. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft coupled to a fan and ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6471407 | Rolling bearing unit for supporting wheel A rolling bearing unit for supporting a wheel, comprising a stationary race which has a stationary peripheral surface formed with a stationary raceway, being not rotatable during use, and supported by a suspension, a rotatable race which has a rotatable p... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6467964 | Self cleaning bearing assembly for use in a dehydrator or washer for particulate solids A self cleaning bearing assembly for use in a dehydrator washer for particulate solids which comprises a feed reservoir for water and particulate solids and an inclined main screw conveyor having a projecting shaft lower end portion submerged in the reser... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6447248 | Bearing support fuse A bearing support includes a hollow cone diverging between a forward bearing seat and an aft mounting flange. The cone includes an integral annular fuse sized in thickness to fail in shear under abnormal imbalance load transfer between a gas turbine engin... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6378160 | Wiper apparatus for motor vehicles A wiper apparatus for use in a motor vehicle with a pivot extending from an interior side of a vehicle body toward the external and penetrating a pivot holder that is fixed integrally onto the vehicle body. The pivot is rotatable with respect to the pivot... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6367978 | Seize resistant ball bearing A seize resistant cageless ball bearing (20) includes an inner race (22), an outer race (24) which define a radial space (26) therebetween. A plurality of balls (28) are circumferentially disposed in radial space (26). The number of balls (28) is selected... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6331078 | Turbine engine bearing A bearing system has a bearing axis initially coincident with a shaft axis and an outer member axis. An inner bearing element is associated with and coupled to the shaft. An outer bearing element is associated with and coupled to the outer member. A first... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6325546 | Fan assembly support system High in-flight vibrations in turbofan gas turbine engines are prevented at windmilling speeds after a blade-out induced structural decoupling of the fan assembly by providing a fan assembly support system with a damper assembly that dissipates vibration e... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317918 | Windshield wiper device for vehicle A windshield wiper device for a vehicle, for wiping the windshield of the vehicle, comprises at least one windshield wiping unit. The windshield wiping unit comprises a pivot holder attached to the body of the vehicle and having a cylindrical bearing part... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6273613 | Load measurement A method of measuring load applied to a pin bearing and a pin bearing arrangement for use on an aircraft landing gear are provided. Relieving one or more of two adjacent bushes (4, 5, 6) bearing on a pin (1) of the pin bearing to create a zone of constant... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6206573 | High reliability bearing structure The present invention provides bearing assemblies and methods of manufacturing bearing assemblies which allow for reliable, non-intrusive wear detection. In one embodiment, a bearing assembly (10) includes first and second bearing members (12, 14) adapted... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6203114 | Temperature indicator for a semi-fluid synthetic grease filled axle A novel temperature probe provides a visual indicator to an operator of when an assembly, such as a vehicle axle, filled with a semi-fluid synthetic grease for lubricating the bearings therein has reached an unsafe temperature during operation. In one emb... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6193418 | Safety end cap for rotary bearing A bearing housing carries a bearing in which an end of a rotary shaft is to be mounted. A safety end cap is mounted to the housing to cover the shaft end. The end cap includes a cupshaped plastic body which has a circular front rim, and a pair of metal br... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6158890 | Retainerless linear motion bearing A ball holder for a retainerless saddle having an elongated shaft and a plurality of contact surfaces therearound to hold steel balls in cooperation with a bearing body only when the saddle is withdrawn from a rail. The shaft can be made of a hollow tube ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6089758 | Molded polymeric bearing housing and method for making same A molded polymeric bearing housing is formed of a moldable polymer base material in combination with a glass fiber reinforcing component. A foaming agent is added to the base material to create a fine structural foam within interior regions of the housing... | 07/18/2000 |
