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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 |
| 7246614 | Lightweight, portable cooking stove A small, lightweight, portable cooking stove that utilizes alcohol as fuel and is suitable for backpacking, hunting, camping and similar activities. The cooking stove includes a combustion chamber which encloses, contains and regulates the entire combustion process.... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6918757 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus 2 has an anti-spreading member 65 disposed below a combustion chamber 10. This anti-spreading member 65 is composed of a generally cylindrical main body 65a, an outer flange 65b and an in... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6371756 | Self-feeding wax candle A wax candle (10) positioned below a wax reservoir (30), which is held in position above candle (10) by a wax reservoir support (20). While burning, the heat emitted from the flame of candle (10) causes the wax contained in reservoir (30) to slowly and co... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6190160 | Process for combustion of a fuel with an oxygen-rich oxidant The invention relates to a process for combustion of a fuel with an oxygen-rich oxidant, in a combustion chamber (3), in which, cyclically: at least one principal variable representing the combustion in the said combustion chamber (3) is measured, and, as... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5938425 | Method and device for control of the flame size of gas-fired cooking or baking appliances A device and a method for the controlled reduction of the gas flow Q fed to a burner nozzle of a gas-fired cooking or baking appliance via a gas supply pipe. The gas supply pipe is branched into a number n of partial gas pipes connected in parallel, throu... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5890485 | Dancing flame control system for gas fireplaces A novel control system for altering a fixed pattern of gas flames in a fireplace having artificial logs comprises a log set having a burner system and the burner system having a gas valve control which is coupled to source of gas or air to be regulated. T... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887583 | Mass flow control system and method for asphalt plant As electronic programmable valve positioning linkage for a burner used in a hot mix asphalt plant is associated with fuel, air and optionally flue gas recirculation valve motors. To avoid an undesired rich condition which might result in an explosive cond... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5722588 | Combustion heater In a combustion heater, a fuel feed unit supplies a fuel uniformly into a burner so as to prevent incomplete combustion in the burner. When a vaporization member is provided in the burner, the fuel feed unit supplies the fuel uniformly all over the surfac... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5253806 | Liquid fuel-operated heater for vehicles A heater (independent vehicle heater) which can be operated in a particularly wide range between full load and partial load, e.g., 1:10 to 1:15, is shown. This is achieved by the annular space surrounding the combustion chamber being divided into two part... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5149260 | Device and method for combustion of waste oil The present invention concerns a device sequence for burning waste oil and includes a circulating system having a pump for circulating the oil therein and a heater for heating the oil to a suitable combustion temperature during this circulation. A combust... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5080579 | Apparatus for preheating waste oil A preheater system for waste oil burners utilizes a primary preheater remote from the burner nozzle and a secondary preheater adjacent the burner nozzle. The primary preheater ordinarily provides heat to the waste oil when the burner is operating. The sec... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5067894 | Oil burner assembly There is disclosed a waste oil burner having a quick connect and disconnect subassembly. The subassembly includes a housing and an elongated horizontally disposed elongated metal block extending therefrom and terminating in a nozzle for carrying outwardly... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4983362 | Process and apparatus for controlled thermal afterburning of a process exhaust gas containing oxidizable substances A process and an apparatus for the thermal incineration of oxidizable substances in a process gas are proposed, whereby the process gas is conveyed through an afterburning apparatus (10) comprising, inter alia, a combustion chamber (18) chamber and a proc... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4877395 | System control means to preheat waste oil for combustion An apparatus for a system control means to control the temperature and preheat of waste oil in a waste oil feed system and burner. The apparatus includes the combination of a heat transfer assembly with a helical passageway through a preheat means, a syst... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4797089 | System control means to preheat waste oil for combustion An apparatus and method for a system control means to control the temperature and preheat of waste oil in a waste oil feed system and burner. The apparatus and method include the combination of a heat transfer assembly with a helical passageway through a ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4728282 | Method and apparatus for conducting a substantially isothermal combustion process in a combustor The invention is directed to improvements in furnaces. A method and apparatus for conducting a substantially isothermal combustion process in a combustor 2 is disclosed in which three methods are employed and two of the methods separately or in combinatio... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4606719 | Combustion apparatus The disclosure is directed to a safety arrangement adapted to detect the incomplete combustion of a burner to stop the combustion in a combustion apparatus for burning a mixture of fuel and air. Through employment of an oxygen concentration cell type sens... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4480986 | Liquid fuel vaporizing burner A liquid fuel vaporizing burner comprising a combustion chamber, a fuel inlet, a primary air inlet, a secondary air inlet, and a microprocessor controller. The fuel inlet communicates with the combustion chamber. The primary air inlet communicates with th... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4443180 | Variable firing rate oil burner using aeration throttling A pressure atomizing liquid fuel burner having an improved turndown ratio is disclosed along with a method of increasing the turndown ratio in such burners. The burner includes means for adding an amount of gas to the liquid fuel prior to the injection of... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4436505 | Device for detecting flame in open-type combustor and oxygen density of indoor air A device for detecting the presence or absence of flame in a combustor and an oxygen density of room air used to operate the combustor. An ion current detecting sensor increases a flame ion current value in the combustor to an ion current value at which e... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4412809 | Oxygen density detecting device in combustor An oxygen density detecting device for a combustor in which individual adjustment of reference levels for each combustor is not necessary. A memory device stores a reference ion current value from a sensor disposed in the combustor for a predetermined per... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4392811 | Gasifying device for liquid fuel burner A gasified liquid fuel combustion apparatus for supplying a gaseous mixture of air and a gasified liquid fuel to a burner for combustion. The apparatus includes a gasifying device which comprises two spaced concentric tubes having a concentric inner tube ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4392810 | Oil burner An oil feed system for an oil burner is disclosed. The feed system includes an oil preheater through which the oil is pumped to ensure that the oil fed to the burner nozzle is warm enough to ignite easily and completely. A purge line is provided to recirc... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4140472 | Method and apparatus to replace natural gas with vaporized fuel oil in a natural gas burner A method to replace natural gas with vaporized fuel oil is disclosed. The method, in general, is mixing the fuel oil with a diluent, such as steam, then vaporizing a portion of the mixed fuel oil in a vaporizer, then separating the liquid from the vapor, ... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4078540 | Kerosene vapor stove with automatic fuel feeding system This invention relates to a kerosene vapor stove with an automatic fuel feeding system. There are two ways of vaporizing the kerosene. When the stove is about to be lighted, kerosene is channelled into a preliminary preheating tube to be heated up to a hi... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4067683 | Method and apparatus for controlling fluency of high viscosity hydrocarbon fluids A method and apparatus for controlling fluency of hydrocarbon fluids having a kinematic viscosity in the range of 350 seconds Saybolt Universal to 10,000 seconds Saybolt Universal at 100° F. Electromagnetic waves generated by a power source are directed ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4067299 | Split-gas production for internal combustion engine A method and apparatus for continuously producing a charge gas mixture for the operation of an internal combustion engine in which liquid hydrocarbons are partially oxidized into a combustible gas mixture within a reactor under insufficiency of air, where... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4063871 | Boiler burners The present invention relates to installations for supplying the burners of boilers with an emulsion of fuel, water and if desired soluble oil, intended to ensure the elimination of 95% of the solid unburnt material in the combustion gases of boilers and ... | 12/20/1977 |
