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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 |
| 7347668 | Method and apparatus to determine the wind speed and direction experienced by a wind turbine An apparatus and a method used to determine the speed and direction of the wind experienced by a wind turbine are provided. The apparatus comprises at least one sensor fixed to the rotor of the wind turbine, an angular sensor to measure the angular position of the r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7284949 | Vertical axis wind or water turbine A mechanical device consisting of two horizontal shafts (4 & 5) in cruciform each rotating axially within two sets of bearings (6), each set positioned near either end and interfaced upon a rotor base (10) which itself is fixed to a verti... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7186083 | Wind energy conversion device A wind energy conversion device includes a propeller in which each of the propeller blades includes a proximal (radially inward) non-airfoil mounting section, a medial section and a distal tip section mounted to pivot relative to the medial section about a pitch axi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6749393 | Wind power plant A wind power plant for producing electrical energy on a large scale, comprising a base, a housing, rotatable on said base around vertical axis. A wind tail, attached to the housing, rotate the housing toward direction of the wind, utilizing the power of the wind, an... | 06/15/2004 |
| 5951249 | Self governing fluid energy turbine A fluid energy turbine has a radial flow rotor in which fluid driven blades are peripherally distributed about a horizontal axis and in which auxiliary-biased outlet gates are provided for release of high fluid pressures to govern turbine speed such as in... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5525037 | Overlapping sail wind turbine A wind turbine for converting wind energy to useable energy having a plurality of overlapping sail members. The sail members extend radially outward from a vertically disposed shaft in three columns positioned equidistantly around the shaft. The overlappi... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5425619 | Self governing fluid energy turbine A fluid energy turbine has a radial flow rotor in which fluid driven blades are peripherally distributed about a horizontal axis and in which auxiliary biased outlet gates are provided for release of high fluid pressures to govern turbine speed such as in... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5221186 | Wind turbine apparatus with fluidic rotation indicator A wind turbine is arranged to provide for a front torroidal plate mounted from and spaced relative to a rear solid plate coaxially securing a deflecting cone coextensively and coaxially between the front and rear plate, with a series of equally spaced arc... | 06/22/1993 |
| 4867764 | Convertible air cleaner fan A convertible air cleaner comprising an elongated enclosure forming an internal cavity. A first opening is at one end of the enclosure and a second opening is at an opposed end of the enclosure and with the openings oriented substantially at 180° from ea... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4818888 | Water-powered electricity generating apparatus Water-powered electricity generating apparatus, for use in rivers and other bodies of water having current flow therein, comprises a water wheel and an adjacent platform. The water wheel has a number of blades which are pivotally attached adjacent a first... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4178126 | Wind driven power generator A journaled rotor is provided for rotation about an axis to be disposed transverse to a fluid flow path and the rotor includes a plurality of mounting portions spaced radially outwardly from and circumferentially about the axis having a plurality of vane ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4118985 | Radiation pyrometers Temperature measuring apparatus of the photometric type having a fiber optics device for conducting radiation to a signal producing detector. Provision is made for a purging fluid at the opposite end of the fiber optics device to keep foreign matter from ... | 10/10/1978 |
