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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 |
| 8091441 | Method for evaluating dispersibility of powder and method for evaluating concentration of airborne powder, and method for designing containment facility using the same A method for evaluating the powder dispersibility including dispersing a powder allowed to stand inside a closed container by mechanical vibration applied quantitatively to the powder; collecting the dispersed powder on a quartz crystal element or a piezo element; a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087314 | Powdery/granular material flowability evaluation apparatus and method A powdery/granular material flowability evaluation apparatus and a powdery/granular material flowability evaluation method are provided to evaluate the flowability of a powdery/granular material in a dynamic state of the powdery/granular material. The powdery/granul... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087313 | Method for determining expected water uptake in hygroscopic material Some embodiments relate to methods and processes for determining how a range of weather conditions can affect a selected physical parameter of a material. In some embodiments the weather conditions can include relative humidity and/or temperature, and the selected p... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8061225 | Method for determining COP generation factors for single-crystal silicon wafer A whole determination area of a targeted wafer is concentrically divided in a radial direction, COP density is obtained in each divided determination segment, a maximum value of the COP density is set as COP densityRADIUSMAX, a minimum value of the COP de... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047089 | Device for the optical measurement of a printed sheet and method for operating the device A device for the optical measurement of a printed sheet includes a measurement table with a displaceable measurement head. The measurement head is cleaned in a fully automatic or at least semi-automatic manner through the use of a cleaning device of the measurement ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8024985 | Systems and methods for evaluating material for pulling rolls Disclosed are systems and methods for evaluating the properties of material used in the manufacture of pulling rolls. In one embodiment, a method is provided for aligning plates comprising the material along an axis and compressing the plates to form a cartridge. Th... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7954392 | Coated substrate with properties of keratinous tissue Article of manufacture comprising a substrate and a coating layer. The coating layer comprises at least one coating material, and is stably affixed to the substrate to form a stable, coated surface. The coated surface has a texture that mimics the topography of mamm... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934435 | Modular glass reference plate assembly Systems, methods, and apparatus relate to a glass reference plate panel; to a modular glass reference plate assembly; and to creation of the modular glass reference plate assembly, which may include providing a plurality of glass reference plate panels, arranging th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930948 | Device for leaching extraction and assessment A apparatus and process for quantifying of contaminants, wherein the apparatus comprises a container that includes a housing to support a sample, and a gel elastomer inside the enclosure. The gel elastomer is capable of absorbing the contaminants that are leached fr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7900526 | Defect classification utilizing data from a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor A method and system for identifying and classifying non-uniformities on the surface of a semiconductor or in a semiconductor. The method and system involves scanning the wafer surface with a non-vibrating contact potential difference sensor to detect the locations o... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7806009 | Immersion tube for a measuring probe An immersion tube for a measuring probe of a type where a sensor element is arranged at the end of the measuring probe has a sleeve and an end piece. The end piece includes a plug, a connector piece, and a protector basket arranged between the plug and the connector... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7784370 | Powdery/granular material flowability evaluation apparatus and method A powdery/granular material flowability evaluation apparatus and a powdery/granular material flowability evaluation method are provided to evaluate the flowability of a powdery/granular material in a dynamic state of the powdery/granular material. The powdery/granul... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7765883 | Dry blending aid A method of monitoring and evaluating the dry-blending of powders and granular materials via the use of non-dissolvable particulate matter such as mustard seed as a blending aid. The mustard seed is blended into the total batch of dry blend materials and the mustard... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7640817 | Method for determining the state of a wooden support A method for determining the state of preservation of a wooden support and establishing a diagnosis in order to find out whether the wooden support is in a state which is suitable for use, in a state requiring a maintenance operation or in a state requiring its elim... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7614316 | Dissolution testing apparatus calibrator and method A method is provided for probing the effective hydrodynamic flow of a liquid at various positions within a dissolution testing apparatus. The method includes embodiments of an appropriate electrode probe, and methods of generating a signature pattern from the sample... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7591200 | Method of detecting high-concentration region direction of pollutant in soil A recovery phenomenon in which the concentration of a compound to be measured in soil increases again after reducing the concentration is utilized for changing the distribution state of the compound to be measured in soil, whereby the direction of the high-concentra... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7581458 | Method and apparatus for segregation testing of particulate solids A bed of particulate solids is fluidized in a test chamber to yield multiple test samples for subsequent evaluation of segregation effects. A controlled stream of gas enters the chamber in a series of flow rate cycles each progressively increasing to a maximum rate ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7526970 | Millimetre-wave detection device for discriminating between different materials A portal (1) has a millimetric wave imager (10, 11) arranged to detect articles concealed on the person. A pump (21) supplies jets of air through gas outlets (20) in the lower part of the portal (1), which are directed onto the fee... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7469608 | Dissolution tester A dissolution tester comprising: a circular water tank having a circular cross section the tank being disposed on a base and containing constant-temperature water; a head disposed above the circular water tank, which moves up and down relative to the base; a cantile... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7451666 | Apparatus and test procedure for measuring the cohesive, adhesive, and frictional properties of bulk granular solids A test apparatus for measuring the cohesive, adhesive and frictional properties of bulk solids has a bulk solid sample confined between two essentially parallel plates with a single load applied that produces both shear and normal stress and strain to the bulk solid... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7430912 | Random incident absorber approximation A method for measuring a first angular specific sound absorption spectrum of a first sound absorbing sample. The first sound absorbing sample has a predetermined random incidence sound absorption spectrum. The angular specific sound absorption spectrum is determined... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421885 | Method for characterizing porous low dielectric constant films A method and apparatus for determining pore size distribution and/or the presence of at least one killer pore in at least a portion of a porous film deposited upon a substrate are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for determining pore s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415902 | Method for the quantification of hydrophilic properties of porous materials Methods for the quantification of hydrophilic properties of a porous material, as well as determining a depth of damage of a porous material are disclosed. An example method includes performing a first ellipsometric measurement on the porous material using a first a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414416 | Electrical condition monitoring method for polymers An electrical condition monitoring method utilizes measurement of electrical resistivity of an age sensor made of a conductive matrix or composite disposed in a polymeric structure such as an electrical cable. The conductive matrix comprises a base polymer and condu... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7401533 | Dissolution tester A dissolution tester comprising: a constant-temperature-water tank; a vessel for introducing a dissolution test liquid; a vessel lid having a suction hole for sucking up the test liquid; a suction nozzle which can move up and down together with the nozzle holder; an... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401501 | Method and apparatus for determining liquid absorption of aggregate A method of determining liquid absorption of an aggregate comprises providing a shaker apparatus, a vacuum source and a container; placing a sample of the aggregate in the container; adding liquid to the container sufficient to reach a calibration mark on the contai... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395726 | Dissolution tester A dissolution tester comprising: a water-tank lid which is provided with a retaining hole having an inner diameter that is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the of the vessel and that is slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the flange of the vessel, ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392720 | Apparatus for the assessment of the condition of fruits and vegetables Apparatus for assessing the condition of fruit or vegetables comprises a transducer (22) which is brought into contact with the surface of fruit or vegetable (12) in a tapping motion. The transducer (22), where it contacts the fruit or vegetable... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389676 | Egg testing apparatus and method An egg testing apparatus and method utilize a vessel having marked thereupon indicia including graphics, calibrations and text, for use in determining the freshness, approximate age and recommended use for a chicken egg immersed inside the vessel in a volume of cool... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383723 | Detecting particle agglomeration in chemical mechanical polishing slurries A method for detecting particle agglomeration in CMP slurries. In accordance with an implementation of the invention, a CMP slurry is tested for abrasive particle agglomeration by applying an ultra high shearing force to the slurry and analyzing its rheological beha... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380477 | Method for tissue osmometry A measurement system including a staging unit including a substrate having piezoelectric properties and a conductive electrode formed on the substrate, the conductive electrode including an area adapted to receive a sample, and an oscillator coupled to the conductiv... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364103 | Method and device for the alignment and location of a sample such as tablets, pills or tablettes The invention relates to a device for the alignment and location of a sample (7), such as pills or tablets, for carrying out a further method step, such as a hardness test, with the aid of two opposing jaws (2, 3, 21), which may be moved relative to ea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360463 | Process condition sensing wafer and data analysis system A measuring device incorporating a substrate with sensors that measure the processing conditions that a wafer may undergo during manufacturing. The substrate can be inserted into a processing chamber by a robot head and the measuring device can transmit the conditio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361278 | Process for producing mass transfer device and apparatus for production thereof A process for producing a mass transfer device is provided which enables packing of a packing material uniformly in a flow channel, and transfers a specified substance by flowing a fluid containing the specified substance through a flow channel on a substrate. A mas... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357826 | Method and apparatus to monitor/detect nodularization in ductile iron The present invention is direct to a method/apparatus for verifying a nodularization process in a molten iron disposed within a ladle. The method includes the steps of: transferring the ladle with the molten iron to a nodularization area; adding an amount of magnesi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357046 | Method for dissolution testing of a pharmaceutical delivery device The invention relates to a vessel for dissolution testing of a pharmaceutical delivery device, comprising: an inert vessel wall and an inert vessel bottom such that the vessel is able to hold a fluid medium; an inert retainer provided by or at the vessel wall or ves... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355140 | Method of and apparatus for multi-stage sorting of glass cullets A method and system for sorting different colored objects, preferably glass cullets, into separate groups of same colored objects comprising a plurality of sorting devices for receiving an input feed of different colored objects and sorting the different colored obj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350400 | Test method to measure lubricant mobility on a hard drive disk A method for measuring the mobility of a lubricant located on the top surface of a disk used in hard disk drives. The method includes forming one or more scribe lines in a lubricant layer of the disk. The disk is then spun by a spin stand where lubricant moves in re... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351929 | Method of and apparatus for high speed, high quality, contaminant removal and color sorting of glass cullet A system for sorting a mixed stream of different colored cullet into separate groups of same colored cullet comprises a light emitting source for transmitting light, such as white light, through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348581 | UV light-emitting diodes as a radiation source in a device for the artificial weathering of samples The usual xenon radiation source in conventional weathering testers is replaced by UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (6). These can be used to provide a good approximation of the UV component of the solar spectrum, in particular when different types of UV light... | 03/25/2008 |
