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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 |
| 7244123 | Training tank for personnel entry, exit and rescue A self-contained training device for simulated personnel entry, exit and rescue in confined space scenarios. The device features an enclosed tank mounted on a truck trailer. The tank has at least one top portal and at least one side portal for entry and exit. An enc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6959456 | Apparatus and method for putting on a protective suit A protection suit, particularly a spacesuit, has an opening in a back portion of the spacesuit for entering and exiting the suit. The spacesuit is suspended on one side of a bulkhead (5′) so that a hole in the bulkhead is aligned with the opening in the bac... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6622793 | Method for carrying out operations on petroleum and gas fields and deep-sea platform for realizing the same A method for carrying out operations on petroleum and gas fields is provided. The method involves using a platform which is located underwater when in working position at a depth where it is not subject to storm waves or under the lower surface of an ice ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6612251 | Mobile undersea habitat A mobile undersea habitat includes an elongated vessel having a hull providing an elongated recess opening downwardly to the sea, and a cooperatively dimensioned elongated column seated within the recess. The column includes an elongated structural member... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6457907 | Method and device for carrying out work on an object which is present under water A method for carrying out work on an object which is present under water, in particular, a shipwreck, wherein persons make their way to the object under water and carry out the work in artificial light. A cover is provided over the object, which cover in ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6220787 | Ship type floating oil production system A ship type floating oil production system for access to subsea wells through installation of surface wellheads on a ship type surface vessel on the sea comprises a cylindrical turret moored to a seabed is located within a moon pool formed in the ship typ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5869756 | Moored water profiling apparatus A water profiling apparatus having a streamlined body with a traction drive capable of repeatedly profiling along a moored or suspended cable or wire, for transporting sensing and sampling equipment through a body of water, such as an ocean, lake or river... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5795103 | Oil tanker and method for recovering oil from submerged oil tanker A system for recovering petroleum products such as oil from a sunken oil transportation vessel. The system includes first and second flexible conduits communicating with the oil-containing compartments. The conduits are released upon the vessel becoming s... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5775844 | Pipeline repair habitat Embodiments of a pipeline repair habitat are disclosed which may be used to facilitate the repair of vertical underwater pipelines or risers. Two hollow, half-cylindrical shells are provided which form a stable, rigid shell around the section of pipe to b... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5749679 | Method and device for letting out gas from life jackets of divers A method and a device for letting out gas from a life jacket for divers, the device being adapted to be in gas flow communication with an interior of the life jacket. Gas is drawn into the device from the interior of the life jacket, compressed in the dev... | 05/12/1998 |
| 4913590 | Mono-atmospheric chamber A mono-atmospheric chamber module for placing on the top of a Christmas tree (1) in a well-head, to keep equipment and personnel at surface conditions during the execution of varied well operations. The chamber module comprises a mainly oblong cylindrical... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4904117 | Access apparatus connecting a first and second chamber at great water depths Access apparatus between a first and second chamber (1, 2) located at greater water depths, which chambers have equal pressure, lower than the water pressure, particularly an access apparatus (4) between an underwater vessel (1) and a chamber (2) at an in... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4828207 | Fluid lock This fluid lock permits transiting an object between different fluid pressure through a transiting hole in a wall separating a higher fluid pressure side from a lower fluid pressure side on opposite sides of the wall; has higher and lower fluid pressure d... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4724790 | Submersible bell A submersible bell having a diver's compartment in the upper region thereof, a depending conduit from the diver's compartment to provide a passage for the diver to enter and leave the diver's compartment within the bell and a spiral wall between the bell ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4669413 | Transfer chamber and method of operating same An improved transfer chamber for a space vehicle has an enclosure mounted on the hull of a spacecraft, and is provided with inner and outer doors. Two bladders are placed within this transfer chamber, and are selectively movable toward and away from one a... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4626128 | Underwater gas pocket work unit and removal of dangerous fumes and gases therefrom A method of providing a habitable dry work chamber for conducting work on an underwater work surface when the nature of the work is such that dangerous fumes and gases are produced. An underwater gas pocket work unit is attached to the underwater work sur... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4345854 | Apparatus for laying underwater pipelines Underwater pipelines connected to at least one point on a coastline are constructed by means of a pipelaying vessel associated with an independent underwater vehicle mounted on caterpillar-tracks and capable of traveling along the sea bed. From within the... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4333414 | Submersible twin-hull watercraft A submersible watercraft has at least one watertight hull and a diver-exit vessel adapted to accommodate a diver is detachably connected to the watercraft by a sealable diver-exit port which enables divers to pass between the diver-exit vessel and the wat... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4324510 | Apparatus for supporting a mine roof support assembly Apparatus is disclosed for supporting the lowermost roof support unit of a series of roof support units positioned side-by-side in an inclined longwall working. The support apparatus comprises a beam mounted for pivotal movement in a plane parallel to the... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4274405 | Method for varying the ambient pressure in a vessel The ambient pressure of the environment of an individual within a vessel is varied between an upper and lower pressure value by providing the vessel with a mass of gas sufficient to fill at least a substantial part of the vessel, and varying the quantity ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4196656 | Method and apparatus for transporting and housing tunnel workers active in high pressure environments A method and apparatus for increasing the safety and productivity of tunnel workers active in high pressure environments is disclosed. The workers are housed at an intermediate pressure over a "work week" of at least several days and are transported betwe... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4144801 | Method and apparatus for transporting and housing tunnel workers active in high pressure environments A method and apparatus for increasing the safety and productivity of tunnel workers active in high pressure environments is disclosed. The workers are housed at an intermediate pressure over a "work week" of at least several days and are transported betwe... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4011867 | Diver's pressure chamber system A diver's pressure chamber system for use with a pressure chamber having a sealable access and a sealed transfer container for the diver, comprises a tubular projection which is formed around the access of the pressure chamber. In addition, a cylindrical ... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3987742 | Swivel air lock for airtight connection between submergibles An air lock in accordance with the invention is composed of two portions -- stationary hemispherical bell 6 fastened on a submarine rescue device 5 and a swivel skirt 7 in the form of a portion of a swivel joint, nested in the bell with a slight amount of... | 10/26/1976 |
