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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 |
| 3955497 | Bar code printing device An apparatus is disclosed for applying bar - half bar code to letter mail so as to permit electronically controlled mail sorting. The apparatus comprises a plurality of code wheels each having code printing elements on one surface and the corresponding nu... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955498 | Electromagnetically actuated printer A device for printing in association with hand-held calculators comprises a pair of vertically stacked blocks joined by a elastomer layer, the lower block formed of elastic material. Vertically embedded in the lower block is an array of digit forming segm... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955499 | Rotary rubber stamp The invention discloses a rotary rubber stamp comprising a frame body with side openings, a bridge piece mounted to the lower ends of the frame body, rotary cylinders rotatably mounted nearly the center of the frame body, endless stamp belts made of porou... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955500 | Type band idler pulley mechanism An impact printer having an endless metallic type band is described. The print band is rotated about a drive pulley and an idler pulley contained within a print station cartridge casting. The adjustable idler pulley mechanism is mounted in the cartridge c... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955501 | Squeegee and flood bar actuator A screen printing press having a support frame, a printing frame pivotally mounted on the support frame and angularly movable relative thereto, a carriage assembly mounted on a pair of spaced support arms mounted on the printing frame, a single drive arm ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955502 | Method of printing labels In the method herein as the items, such as labels for a particular product, are being printed on a continuous web, there is simultaneously printed in association with each item a control element constituted of an ink different from the ink or inks employe... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955503 | Method of printing labels by the offset printing process The method herein of printing items such as labels comprises preparing a printing plate to provide it with a series of printing areas between end margins required for securing the plate to a groove in a printing cylinder. The said printing areas are eithe... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955504 | Explosive booster casing A casing or shell for explosive material to be used as a booster for detonating massive charges of blasting agents of low sensitivity is formed in two generally hemispherical half shell or casing members which are formed with sufficient precision that the... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955505 | Detonating apparatus 1. Apparatus for detonation of high explosive in uniform timing comprising in combination, an outer case, spark gap electrodes insulatedly supported in spaced relationship within said case to form a spark gap, high explosive of the class consisting of pen... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955506 | Propulsive-charge case A cartridge shell has a cup-shaped metallic case stub whose rim is internally recessed to form an annular shoulder against which an inner skirt of a polymeric sealing ring, forming an extension of that rim, comes to rest while being flush with the inner c... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955507 | Proximity fuse 1. A method of detonating a high explosive (HE) projectile before it contacts a target comprising: 1. firing a first high explosive incendiary (HEI) projectile at a target, said first projectile containing a first explosive which produces an electromagnet... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955508 | Acceleration integrating switch 1. An acceleration responsive timing device comprising A substantially cylindrical housing, A motor and gearing contained within said housing, A shaft coupled to said gearing to be rotated thereby at a predetermined e, said shaft being coaxial with said cylindrica... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955509 | Fuel-air munition and device An aerially delivered fuel-air munition consisting of an impermeable tank filled with a pressurized liquid fuel and joined at its two opposite ends with a nose section and a tail assembly respectively to complete an aerodynamic shape. On impact the tank i... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955510 | Shelving apparatus Shelving apparatus including vertical shelving elements and horizontal shelving elements that are releasably interconnected by connectors formed of stiff material. The shape of the connectors depends upon the shelving arrangement to be erected, and there ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955511 | Adjustable stand for appliances An appliance stand, suitable for supporting portable television sets and the like, includes easily assembled frame members which provide superior strength. The stand is adjustable in width by means of a telescoping framework to accommodate appliances of v... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955512 | Refuse incinerator A combustion chamber is arranged above a burner grate, and a fragmentizing device fragmentizes refuse and forwards it to the combustion chamber in form a mix composed of lighter and heavier refuse particles. The lighter refuse particles become combusted i... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955513 | Combined cultivating and particled material applying gardening tool A device in which a single elongate shaft serves to support a tined structure for the cultivation of ground, a hopper for holding a quantity of a particled material such as fertilizer or the like that will have a beneficial result when applied to the soil... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955514 | Yarn feed roller assembly A yarn feed roller assembly for tufting machine pattern attachments for controlling the amount of yarn supplied to the needles of the tufting machine in accordance with a pattern. The assembly includes a plurality of parallel modules each of which compris... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955515 | Folding and hemming method and apparatus The side edges of a web of cloth are hemmed as the web moves from a supply along its length to a cutting station. The free end portion of the web of cloth is cut across its length with V-shaped notches cut at its side edges to form angled corners on the c... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955516 | Magnetic actuated sewing machine zigzag mechanism There is disclosed a sewing machine having a needle bar gate vibrating mechanism whereby the sewing machine is adapted to produce zigzag stitches. The needle bar gate vibrating motion is obtained through the use of two spaced apart circular magnets mounte... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955517 | Drag link-type feeding mechanism A drag link feeding mechanism for a sewing machine having its feed stroke adjusting element in the form of a ring nested within and mounted on a supporting ring which in turn is easily and simply attached to the web of the sewing machine frame. This allow... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955518 | Belt tensioning mechanism for tiltable sewing machines This disclosure relates to the combination of a sewing machine and a work table wherein the sewing machine is supported in the work table for movement between a sewing position and a tilted position, a drive motor supported remote from the driven mechanis... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955519 | Needle guard for sewing machine This disclosure relates to needle guards for rotary loop takers in sewing machines and has for its purpose prevention of interference between the needle and the loop seizing beak of the rotary loop taker during the sewing operation. A needle guard is prov... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955520 | Sewing machine loop taker mounting A sewing machine loop taker mounting on a drive shaft formed with a loop taker lubricating conduit in which oil leakage out of the mounting is eliminated. The drive shaft is formed with a socket accommodating a hub on the loop taker so that the hub may be... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955521 | Tension leg platform with quick release mechanism A tension leg marine structure in which a buoyant vessel is maintained in a partially submerged condition by a plurality of hold-down cables. Each cable is fastened to the floating portion of the structure by a quick disconnect coupling which is adapted t... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955522 | Method and apparatus for launching, retrieving, and servicing a submersible A method and apparatus for launching, retrieving and servicing a submersible from the deck of a "mother" or tender vessel. The apparatus includes a dual pivotal frame assembly mounted upon the deck of the mother vessel and a vertically adjustable platform... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955523 | Method of continuously building ships A method of building ships wherein a middle building area whose ends may be bounded by means of a pair of detachable partition gates is provided inside an openends type dock, whereby after a stern body of each ship has been constructed in the middle build... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955524 | Towable flexible marine trailer A marine trailer comprising an elongate collapsible, flexible container and at least one open-ended rigidifying conduit of a flexible-walled construction extending along the container with the cross-sectional area of the conduit decreasing from the front ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955525 | Watercraft docking mechanism and method A docking mechanism for watercraft such as barges and the like which is readily secured to a mooring pile and is floatable, the mechanism including a driving apparatus which is engageable with and drives the watercraft and apparatus for effecting the driv... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955526 | Cowl apparatus for outboard motors An outboard motor cowl includes separate starboard and port cowl members which are each individually, removably hinged to the rear of the engine by a pair of spaced hinge units which allow separate attachment and removal of the cowl halves. The forward en... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955527 | Marine propulsion trim tab with anti ventilation means Disclosed herein is a marine propulsion device including a lower unit comprising a laterally extending anti-cavitation plate extending from the lower unit above a propeller and including a trailing portion, together with a trim tab extending downwardly fr... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955528 | Industrial mop-treating machine A generally portable industrial mop treating machine which draws mop treating liquid directly from a shipping and storage container and sprays same upon mops which are driven through the machine. The spray means is actuated by the passing mops and becomes... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955529 | Automatic breading machine An automatic breading machine for coating food stuffs with flour, or other dry coating materials which includes an elongate hopper mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis and having agitator blades for thoroughly moving the food objects within th... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955530 | Transfer-fixing device In a transfer-fixing device for transferring a developed image from an image carrier onto a transfer medium, there is provided urge means for urging the transfer medium against the image carrier, and heating means disposed adjacent the urge means for heat... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955531 | Pressure finger for doctor blade assembly A pressure finger for doctor blade assemblies is reduced in bulk and weight and deflection of a jaw of the finger which is attached to a pressure plate is avoided by the provision of at least one upstanding elongated, symmetrically arranged stiffening fla... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955532 | Agitation of an acidic aqueous coating composition containing dispersed particles of an organic coating-forming material Method and apparatus for agitating an acidic aqueous coating composition containing dispersed particles of an organic coating-forming material are disclosed. Movable vanes are disposed beneath the surface of a bath of the composition. The vanes have a rel... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955533 | Squeegee roller system for removing excess developer liquid from photoconductive surfaces A squeegee roller system for removing excess developer liquid from the developed-image-bearing photoconductive surface of a drum or the like in which a freely rotatable squeegee roller having a covering of predetermined hardness is biased against the drum... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955534 | Laboratory animal activity game The motion of a caged laboratory animal is recorded by providing in the floor of the cage a platform which tilts slightly into one of four quadrants in response to the location of the animal within the cage. The tilting of the platform activates a switch ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955535 | Automatic safety switch A safety switch for use with a cow trainer has a frame in the form of a sleeve constructed from an electrically insulating material. Slits provided in one end of the sleeve receives a plate portion of an electrically conductive clamp which is engageable w... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955536 | Apparatus for converting the residual nutritive content of animal waste into nutritious and palatable feed supplement for refeeding to livestock A process for converting the residual nutritive content of animal waste into nutritious and palatable feed supplement for refeeding to livestock comprising collecting and diluting the manure, agitating the diluted manure, separating the fibrous and liquid... | 05/11/1976 |
