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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 |
| 8186910 | Universal method and apparatus for deploying flying leads In one embodiment, the subsea deployment system may be used to install flying leads with integral buoyancy. In another embodiment, the subsea deployment system may be used to install flying leads with separate buoyancy modules. The installation sling assembly may be... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186912 | Hybrid riser tower and methods of installing same Disclosed is a riser comprising a plurality of pipelines. In one example there are three such pipelines, extending from the seabed toward the surface and having an upper end supported at a depth below the sea surface, wherein, in one embodiment a first of said pipel... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186425 | Sympathetic ignition closed packed propellant gas generator A downhole propellant gas generator includes a propellant assembly that comprises a plurality of individual lengths of an energetic material packed in a selected configuration and at least one initiator. A method for creating a pressure pulse includes igniting an in... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186426 | Wellhead seal assembly A seal assembly for sealing between wellhead members in a wellhead, the assembly may include a seal element and a lockdown member. The seal assembly is attachable to either one of the wellhead members by coupling the lockdown member to a locking surface on the wellh... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184014 | Driver to transmit signals over a transmission line in a well An apparatus includes a transmission line for deployment in a well, and a driver to transmit signals over the transmission line. The driver includes a field-effect transistor, and an operational amplifier to control the field-effect transistor, where the operational... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181699 | Auxiliary conduit cutting apparatus A cutting assembly for external conduits on a tubing string features a breakaway in the string that can be severed with a tensile force. Preferably each external conduit is run through a cutter housing. Upon severing of the string and applying a pickup force, a tens... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177458 | Mechanically stabilized earth connection apparatus and method A connection apparatus for connecting an earthen formation to a concrete facing of a mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structure. The connection apparatus may include a soil reinforcing element configured to be coupled to a facing anchor having a pair of longitudi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176999 | Steerable drill bit arrangement This invention relates to a steerable drill bit arrangement, in particular for the use in drilling boreholes for oil and gas extraction. According to the invention there is provided a steerable drill bit arrangement comprising a drill bit, a steering component and a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176979 | Injection well surveillance system A method and apparatus for surveying a well in real-time and responding to operational conditions in response to the surveillance. According to one or more aspects of the present disclosure a method for surveillance of a well includes providing a producing a fluid f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172486 | Engineering-purpose netted vegetation blanket An engineering-purpose netted vegetation blanket including a plurality of mesh units arrayed and interwoven into rows. The mesh units each have borders loop-knitted using threads to form a double-layer structure including an upper and a lower thread layer, and a plu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167514 | Strake system for submerged or partially submerged structures A submerged or partially submerged structure includes one or more non-cylindrical support columns interconnected at the lower ends thereof by horizontally disposed pontoons. The support columns include one or more strakes mounted thereon. The columns and strakes con... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167031 | Blowout preventer with shearing blades The disclosure provides a blowout preventer (BOP) system with a ram having a shear blade with a shear blade profile to shear a tubular member disposed in the BOP. The shear blade profile can include a stress concentrator and centering shaped surface. The stress conc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162080 | Apparatus and methods for continuous coring In an aspect, an apparatus may include a chamber configured to receive a core at a receiving end of the chamber and a cutting device configured to cut the core at a location distal from the receiving end of the core chamber. In aspects, a method may include drilling... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164475 | Downhole communication A downhole signal receiving system where a pair of setting devices (51) are used to electrically connect with downhole structure and are connected to one another by a bulk conductor (52). Signals are extracted by using a detecting means (53) tha... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162046 | Blowout preventer with shearing blades The disclosure provides a blowout preventer (BOP) system with a ram having a shear blade with a shear blade profile to shear a tubular member disposed in the BOP. The shear blade profile can include a stress concentrator and centering shaped surface. The stress conc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157008 | Cement evaluation method and tool A method of preparing a wellbore for production includes running a wellbore clean-out string, including a cement evaluation tool and a wellbore cleaning tool, into a wellbore, acquiring data relating to at least one property of a cement bond of the wellbore, using t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157018 | Torque wrench system having multiple torque stations An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157025 | Adjustable angle drive connection for a downhole drilling motor A drive connection for a downhole drilling motor includes a tubular outer housing with an inner mandrel. The outer housing has a motor end, a bit end and defines an interior bore. An angular offset is provided toward the bit end of the outer housing. The inner mandr... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157014 | Subsea solids processing apparatuses and methods In a dual-gradient drilling apparatus, a subsea solids processing unit includes a housing, a solids processing mechanism disposed in the housing between a drilling mud inlet and a drilling mud outlet, and a flushing mechanism configured to flush the solids processin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152413 | Method of and apparatus for bouyancy compensation for divers An improved buoyancy compensation device having a lesser change in buoyancy with depth than conventional buoyancy compensation devices which use ambient pressure bladders is disclosed. The improved device comprises one or more elastic members that, throughout the wo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146665 | Apparatus and method for maintaining boost pressure to high-pressure pumps during wellbore servicing operations A wellbore services manifold trailer comprising a blender connector configured to couple to a blender, a boost pump coupled to the blender connector, a high-pressure pump suction connector coupled to the boost pump and configured to couple to a high-pressure pump, a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146657 | Systems and methods for inferring free gas production in oil and gas wells A method of inferring gas production utilizing a conduit having an outlet controlled by a valve in communication with a space within a well through which a gas volume is being produced. A selected number of measurements are taken during a selected period of time, wi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147165 | Artificial ground reef An artificial ground reef has an attached implanting body to allow seaweed to readily attach and inhabit the artificial ground reef. The artificial ground reef has a main body having an upper member and lower member. Seawater flows in all directions through a plural... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141660 | Excavator apparatus for underground excavation An excavator for underground excavating arranged to perform excavating work with low vibration and low noise. A rotary excavator and an underground excavating method are also provided. The excavator (1) for underground excavating comprises a plurality of bits... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141630 | Sucker rod string An improvement in a sucker rod having an elongated metal body with opposed ends and threaded couplings positioned at each of the opposed ends comprises a thread form on the threaded couplings defining at least two concurrent helixes. Each of the at least two helixes... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141663 | Down hole hammer having elevated exhaust A percussive assisted rotary drill includes a top sub for connection with a drill pipe. The drill pipe imparts torque to the drill and also supplies motive fluid to the drill. The drill includes a shank adapter to facilitate affixing a rotary drill bit to the drill.... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141647 | Method of radially expanding a tubular element A method is provided of radially expanding a tubular element. The method comprises inducing the wall of the tubular element to bend radially outward and in axially reverse direction so as to form an expanded section of the tubular element extending around an unexpan... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132625 | Dual action jet bushing An eductor sub is used as a portion of a downhole debris removal apparatus. It features an eductor outlet port that is selectively closed for run in to allow flow pumped through a tubing string to all go to the lower end of the debris removal tool to fluidize the de... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132627 | Downhole tubular expansion tool and method A tool 10 is provided for radially expanding a downhole tubular C, and includes a central tool mandrel 12 which functionally is part of a drill string or work string, a tubular expander 48 at the lower end of the tubular, and a downhole actuator... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128316 | Method of restoration of a highly saline lake A method of restoring a lake that has a high saline level is disclosed herein. In order to restore the lake, a series of concentric dikes or levees are provided that separate the lake into a plurality of smaller lake sections, each having a water surface. The smalle... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128319 | Shielded tamper and method of use for making aggregate columns A tamper device includes a shaft for driving a tamper head. A tamper head is attached to the end of the shaft for tamping a lift of aggregate in a cavity formed in a ground surface. A shield extends upwardly a predetermined height from the tamper head an amount suff... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128320 | Gabions The invention provides a gabion which may be used to protect military or civilian installations from weapons assault or from elemental forces, such as flood waters, lava flows, avalanches, soil instability, slope erosion and the like, the gabion comprising side wall... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127832 | Well stimulation using reaction agents outside the casing Methods and apparatus for stimulating oil or gas wells using material cemented outside the casing. Reaction agents, usually comprising oxygen-rich material and a coil of high order explosive, are positioned around the outside of the well casing at a desired level in... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127847 | Multi-position valves for fracturing and sand control and associated completion methods A completion tubular is placed in position adjacent the zone or zones to be fractured and produced. It features preferably sliding sleeve valves one series of which can be put in the wide open position after run in for gravel packing and fracturing zones one at a ti... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127836 | Top drive with an airlift thread compensator and a hollow cylinder rod providing minimum flexing of conduit A top drive for engagement with a travelling block with a hook can include an airlift thread compensator connected to a bail. An enclosure can be connected to the bail with an airbag disposed therein. A bail pin can be engaged through the enclosure, and can be conne... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127848 | Selectively angled perforating A method of perforating a wellbore by forming a perforation that is aligned with a reservoir characteristic, such as direction of maximum stress, lines of constant formation properties, and the formation dip. The wellbore can be perforated using a perforating system... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123434 | Interlocking revetment block with reinforced sockets A concrete interlocking revetment block having a pair of arms and a pair of sockets. The arms have enlarged ends and the sockets have enlarged cavities to interlock similar blocks together and prevent lateral separation. The arms extend outwardly from respective sid... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113280 | Formation tester tool assembly A formation tester tool can include a longitudinal probe drill collar having a surface, a formation probe assembly located within the probe drill collar, the formation probe assembly including a piston reciprocal between a retracted position and an extended position... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113741 | Boring machine with conveyor system for cuttings and method for boring therewith A boring machine includes a cutter head, an internal casing and an auger that is located within the internal casing. The cutter head and the auger are operationally connected to a rotational mechanism. A rear bulkhead is located at the rear end of the auger, and a r... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113275 | Multipart frac head with replaceable components A multipart frac head with removable components permits the frac head to be refurbished in the field. A bottom leg and inlet ports of the multipart frac head can be replaced. ... | 02/14/2012 |
