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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 |
| 7094015 | Device for conveying empty rolls A device is used to convey empty rolls that have been removed by at least one roll changer of a web-fed rotary printing press. At least one empty roll receptacle can be displaced between the roll changer, where the empty rolls are held by the receptacle after they a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7074005 | Printing plate stacking device and method of judging authenticity of sheet member detecting state An intermediate guide member is provided attachable and removable between a head portion and a supporting frame of a stocker for printing plates. A number of intermediate guide members is an element to set a time of starting downward movement of hooks supporting a l... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7018163 | System, apparatus, and method for manipulating a stack of paper, cardboard, and the like A system is provided for qualifying a stack of generally flat, paper, cardboard, and the like. The system includes a robotic mechanism having a plurality of joints that provide varying degrees of motion and a robotic implement attachable to the robotic mechanism. Th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6764272 | Adjustable coarse alignment tooling for packaged semiconductor devices An apparatus and method for positioning packaged semiconductor devices having different rectangular shapes and sizes. A positioning apparatus includes an adjustable alignment guide releasably coupled to a base. The adjustable alignment guide may be positioned along ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6149376 | Pipe moving method, apparatus and system A system, apparatus and method are disclosed for moving an elongate object such as a pipe between lowered and raised positions, preferably while rotating the object to maintain its shape. The system and method use two apparatuses, an upender and a downend... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6086317 | Article inverter A method and apparatus for inverting planate articles, such as door and window assemblies, which are supported from below in the horizontal plane, such as at a workstation for carrying out fabrication procedures from above the article. The article is tilt... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6007293 | Signature bundle inverter A signature bundle inverting machine having a table for movement between a bundle receiving position and a rotating position for inverting bundles prior to transport to a binding machine. The table may also include a hoist-accessible position that permits... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5533859 | Roll handling apparatus A roll handling apparatus for aligning and upending a plurality of rolls is disclosed. A C-hook is mounted on a vertical lifting arm. An elevated rail defines a path of travel for a travelling support which mounts the vertical lifting arm. A tiltable upen... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5524535 | Method and apparatus for high speed decoration of bottles Bottles are decorated while advanced by intermittent motion to each of a plurality of decorating stations where a squeegee presses a decorating screen into line contact with a surface of the bottle which has a speed the same as the speed of which the deco... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5316436 | Device for holding and inverting steam turbine cylinder halves An apparatus and method for holding and inverting cylinder halves of steam turbines is disclosed. The device includes an adjustable base member having a temporary cylinder half support platform. The support includes a jacking mechanism for raising and low... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5209629 | Pile-handling apparatus An apparatus for handling palletized piles of sheet-shaped materials including a first carriage having a fork tower with upper and lower forks which are actuated to grip the pile. The fork tower swings about a horizontal axis and rotates about a vertical ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5082418 | System for automatically loading and unloading articles coupled by cabling An apparatus for transferring a kinescope and a chassis, which are coupled by cabling, from one location to another includes probes which engage apertures in the chassis to pick up the chassis. A frame supports suction cups to pick up the kinescope. The p... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5042287 | Manipulator device for a bending machine and a method for changing the position of the workpiece in a bending process A manipulator device for a bending machine includes a pair of elongate die and punch for bending a workpiece. A first manipulator has a first clamping device for clamping the workpiece to be bent, a first support for supporting the first clamping device i... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5020789 | Drive up teller machine A teller machine for drive up applications is disclosed. The machine has a safe with an access slot. The machine also has a user panel which has an opening that lies transverse to the slot. A document carrier is described which rotates documents around tw... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4921198 | Holding mechanism for a measuring cryostat A holding mechanism for vertically positioning a measuring cryostat relative to a patient includes a pair of spaced, vertically-extending columns, which are preferably connected at their upper ends by a cross member, each of said columns has a box vertica... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4881868 | Apparatus and method for rapid transport of an elastic band An apparatus (21) and method for rapid transport of elastic bands (34) from a band loading station (22) to a band unloading station (23). The apparatus (21) includes a movable arm assembly (24) having a finger (26) thereon dimensioned to loosely receive a... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4796029 | Turn tilt table The turn tilt table is preferably mounted on a self propelled mobile vehicle for carrying a test article such as a military vehicle weighing up to 70 tons. The mobile vehicle is driven to a plurality of test sites at which radar beams or the like are dire... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4787814 | Apparatus for the location for inspection and other purposes of a generally circular article An apparatus for placing in location a circular article from a transport pallet and for moving the article to one or more control positions being angularly offset with respect to one another. The apparatus includes a gripping mechanism with grippers mount... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4744260 | Apparatus for turning over a workpiece Apparatus for turning over a workpiece, such as a metal stamping, including a turnover shaft. A pneumatic piston and cylinder rotates the turnover shaft in a cammed rate of motion from an initial position to a final position. A vacuum-operated workpiece s... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4657475 | Method for positioning seamed balls A method for positioning seamed balls each having an endless curved seam line, comprising steps of: supporting each ball to locate its center at an origin of a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate consisting of two horizontal axes X, Y and one vertical... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4331416 | Article transfer device A transfer device of the opposed finger type is disclosed for transferring an article along an arcuate path of travel between two stations while rotating the article, so that transfer from one station to another is effected while simultaneously turning th... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4322198 | Coil handling device A coil handling device which orientates heavy coils between two positions, e.g. vertical and horizontal. The device is constructed to cause the center of gravity of the coil and a turning coil support to coincide with the axis of rotation. Hence, forces o... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4304619 | Method and apparatus for off-loading a completed uncured tire A completed, shaped and uncured tire is off-loaded from the tire building machine on which the tire has been built by first engaging the completed tire coaxially within a ring having radially movable segments and then moving the ring with the tire coaxial... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4006563 | Machine for machining two faces of an ophthalmic lens A machine for the sequential machining of two opposite faces of an ophthalmic lens comprises first and second groups of work stations for machining respective faces of the lens. Transfer means is provided for moving the lens from one group of stations to ... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3982627 | Automatic wafer orienting apparatus An apparatus for automatically orienting wafers of semiconductive material to a desired position individually, each wafer having a round periphery provided with a linear or recessed portion formed therein and with a pair of resultant edges formed at the p... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3975817 | Fluid-actuated tool changer with dual axis of rotation An automatic tool transport mechanism for a machine tool having an operating axis, in which a tool is to be transferred between the operating axis of such a machine and the storage structure, with the tool being supplied to the operating station on such o... | 08/24/1976 |
