公开(公告)号：US07487742B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-10

申请号：US11278650

申请日：2006-04-04

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： A01K29/00

CPC分类号： A01K1/0114

摘要： An apparatus and method for separating animal waste from litter are provided. In one form, the apparatus includes a drum that contains litter and a helical rake that is rotatable in the drum. The rake can rotate relative to the drum to reduce power requirements for the rotary rake drive. Preferably, the drum is also rotatable by turning of the rake in the drum, but only for a limited, fixed angular distance which also reduces peak power requirements for the rotary drive motor for the rake.

摘要翻译： 提供了将动物废物与垃圾分离的装置和方法。 在一种形式中，该装置包括滚筒，其包含可在滚筒中旋转的垃圾和螺旋耙。 耙子可以相对于滚筒旋转，以减少旋转耙式驱动器的功率需求。 优选地，滚筒也可以通过转动滚筒中的耙头而转动，但是仅限于有限的固定角度距离，这也降低了用于耙子的旋转驱动马达的峰值功率要求。

公开(公告)号：US07464665B1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-16

申请号：US11703971

申请日：2007-02-08

申请人： Anthony R. Rogers ,  Michael Waters

发明人： Anthony R. Rogers ,  Michael Waters

IPC分类号： A01K13/00

CPC分类号： A01K13/00 ,  A01K17/00

摘要： A clipper assembly for clipping the claw nail of an animal and its associated method of use. The clipper assembly has a set of opposing cutting edges. The cutting edges are part of a clipping mechanism that selectively biases the cutting edges toward each other with enough force to cut an animal's claw nail. A light source is provided adjacent one of the cutting edges. The light source is oriented to shine light through a claw nail. The light has a frequency and intensity that enables some of the light to travel through the claw nail. As the light travels through the claw nail, it causes the features within the claw nail to come into contrast. The position of the blood vessels within the claw nail can therefore be observed. The claw nail can then be liberally clipped without cutting the blood vessels.

摘要翻译： 用于剪切动物爪爪的剪刀组件及其相关联的使用方法。 剪刀组件具有一组相对的切割边缘。 切割边缘是夹持机构的一部分，其以足够的力选择性地将切割刃朝向彼此偏压以切割动物的爪钉。 在一个切削刃附近提供光源。 光源被定向以通过爪钉照射光。 灯具有频率和强度，使一些光线能够穿过爪爪。 当光线穿过爪爪时，它会使爪爪内的特征形成对比。 因此可以观察爪爪内的血管位置。 然后可以自由地夹住爪钉而不切割血管。

公开(公告)号：US07377664B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-27

申请号：US11455922

申请日：2006-06-19

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： F21V21/08

CPC分类号： F21V21/084 ,  F21V21/0885 ,  G02C11/04 ,  Y10S362/80

摘要： A lighting device is provided having a light source and a blinder device to block incident light from the light source. In one form, the lighted device is a light module including a housing having an LED at one end with a blinder extension extending adjacent to the LED. The light module can be mounted adjacent to a lens with the blinder extension extending between the LED and the lens. The lens may be either of a refractive or non-refractive configuration.

摘要翻译： 提供一种照明装置，具有用于阻挡来自光源的入射光的光源和遮挡装置。 在一种形式中，照明装置是一种光模块，其包括壳体，该壳体的一端具有LED，并且具有与LED邻接延伸的遮挡延伸部。 灯模块可以安装在透镜附近，遮光延伸部分在LED和透镜之间延伸。 透镜可以是折射或非折射构造。

公开(公告)号：US20070170263A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-26

申请号：US11673337

申请日：2007-02-09

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： G06K19/00 ,  G06K19/06

CPC分类号： G02B25/008 ,  G02B27/028

摘要： A reading card is provided having a reading lens portion that is integrally molded in a unitary form with a card base. The lens portion is formed so as to have a well-defined diopter rating. Preferably, the lens portion includes convexly curved, continuously smooth, opposite light refractive surfaces. Generally, the lens portion can be thicker than a thin, generally flat remaining portion of the card base. The reading card can be implemented in a credit or debit card size, or used as a key ring holder. Optionally, the reading card includes a light source.

摘要翻译： 提供了具有与卡座一体模制成整体形式的读取透镜部分的阅读卡。 透镜部分形成为具有明确的屈光度等级。 优选地，透镜部分包括凸起弯曲的，连续光滑的相对的光折射表面。 通常，透镜部分可以比卡片基底的薄的，大致平坦的剩余部分更厚。 阅读卡可以以信用卡或借记卡大小实现，或用作钥匙圈持有人。 可选地，读卡包括光源。

公开(公告)号：US07086396B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-08

申请号：US10776966

申请日：2004-02-11

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： F24C15/22

CPC分类号： F24C1/12

摘要： A heating apparatus is provided that is optimized in terms of its heating efficiencies and wind proofing against flame out. The heating apparatus includes a heating head and a burner assembly for igniting fuel from a fuel source. The heating head has a dual-walled construction to form several flue chambers with the inner wall preferably being insulated to maximize heat transfer to the outer wall from combustion gases flowing through the flue chambers. The flue chambers can also be formed to be substantially isolated from each other and configured to generate turbulent gas flow therein for maximum heat transfer to the outer wall.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种加热装置，其在其加热效率和防火焰防风方面进行了优化。 加热装置包括加热头和用于从燃料源点燃燃料的燃烧器组件。 加热头具有双壁结构以形成多个烟道室，其中内壁优选被绝缘，以最大限度地从流过烟道室的燃烧气体到外壁的热传递。 烟道室也可以形成为基本上彼此隔离并且构造成在其中产生湍流气流，以最大程度地传递到外壁。

公开(公告)号：US20050146866A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-07

申请号：US11056652

申请日：2005-02-11

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： A42B1/24 ,  A42B3/04 ,  G02C11/04 ,  F21L2/00

CPC分类号： F21V21/084 ,  F21V21/0885 ,  G02C11/04 ,  Y10S362/80

摘要： Lighted reading glasses are provided to enable clear reading of normal sized text to occur when the reading material is held at usual distances from the reader in dimly lit or dark locations. The lighted glasses have high intensity lights, such as in the form of LEDs that generate narrow light beam cones and which are oriented via light mounts as by inward canting of the light beam cones to meet and overlap so high brightness light is generated in a conical overlap area of light which is maximized in size in the range of normal reading distances. The light mounts include housings that are very compactly sized via the use of small coin cell batteries for powering the LEDs they hold. The housings are tapered from their maximum width sized to be slightly larger than the diameter of the disc-shaped cell batteries to either end thereof along their length, and have a depth sized to accommodate two of the stacked very thin, e.g., one-eighth of an inch each, coin cell batteries. In this manner, a very small and compact light module is provided that, while especially well-suited for reading glasses due to the preferred inward cant provided by light mounting surfaces of the housing to tailor the location of the overlap lighted area to the reading area, can also be used with other types of head gear, such as caps or other types of hats.

公开(公告)号：US06863416B2

公开(公告)日：2005-03-08

申请号：US10425357

申请日：2003-04-29

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： A42B1/24 ,  A42B3/04 ,  G02C11/04 ,  F21V21/084

CPC分类号： F21V21/084 ,  F21V21/0885 ,  G02C11/04 ,  Y10S362/80

摘要： Lighted reading glasses are provided to enable clear reading of normal sized text to occur when the reading material is held at usual distances from the reader in dimly lit or dark locations. The lighted glasses have high intensity lights, such as in the form of LEDs that generate narrow light beam cones and which are oriented via light mounts as by inward canting of the light beam cones to meet and overlap so high brightness light is generated in a conical overlap area of light which is maximized in size in the range of normal reading distances. The light mounts include housings that are very compactly sized via the use of small coin cell batteries for powering the LEDs they hold. The housings are tapered from their maximum width sized to be slightly larger than the diameter of the disc-shaped cell batteries to either end thereof along their length, and have a depth sized to accommodate two of the stacked very thin, e.g., one-eighth of an inch each, coin cell batteries. In this manner, a very small and compact light module is provided that, while especially well-suited for reading glasses due to the preferred inward cant provided by light mounting surfaces of the housing to tailor the location of the overlap lighted area to the reading area, can also be used with other types of head gear, such as caps or other types of hats.

摘要翻译： 提供点亮的阅读眼镜，以便在通常距离读取器在昏暗或黑暗的位置保持阅读材料时能够清楚阅读正常尺寸的文字。 点亮的眼镜具有高强度的光，例如以LED的形式产生窄的光束锥，并且通过光安置方向定向，如通过光束锥的向内倾斜以会聚和重叠，从而在圆锥形中产生高亮度的光 在正常读取距离的范围内尺寸最大的光的重叠区域。 灯座包括通过使用小巧克力电池为它们所持有的LED供电而非常紧凑地尺寸的外壳。 这些外壳的最大宽度尺寸被设计成比其圆形电池电池的直径沿着它们的长度略微大于其任一端，并且具有尺寸适于容纳两个非常薄的例如八分之一 每寸一寸，纽扣电池。 以这种方式，提供了一种非常小型紧凑的光模块，其特别适用于由于由外壳的光安装表面提供的优选向内的凹陷而适合于阅读眼镜，以将重叠的照明区域的位置调整到读取区域 ，也可以用于其他类型的头盔，如帽子或其他类型的帽子。

公开(公告)号：US6102031A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-15

申请号：US289251

申请日：1999-04-09

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： F24C1/12 ,  F24C3/04

CPC分类号： F24C1/12

摘要： A heating apparatus is provided which is improved in terms of its heating efficiencies over prior commercially available patio heaters. The heating apparatus includes a burner assembly housing containing a burner assembly for igniting fuel from a fuel source. The housing has a perforated wall so that the hot gases inside the housing can escape from the housing interior with the wall heating up so as to radiate infrared heat therefrom. The apparatus has a heat efficiency system which causes substantially all of the heat emanating from the housing to be used for heating of a preselected area about the apparatus. The heat efficiency system maximizes the amount of heat that is directed in a generally downward direction into the preselected area below the housing so as to minimize the heat loss and thus the amount of fuel that is necessary for heating of the preselected area.

公开(公告)号：US1708988A

公开(公告)日：1929-04-16

申请号：US23762727

申请日：1927-12-05

申请人： MICHAEL WATERS

发明人： MICHAEL WATERS

IPC分类号： E02F5/28

CPC分类号： E02F5/282

公开(公告)号：US20200345094A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16934746

申请日：2020-07-21

申请人： Michael Waters

发明人： Michael Waters

IPC分类号： A42B1/24 ,  B65D43/02 ,  H01H13/02 ,  A42B3/04 ,  A42B1/06 ,  F21L4/08 ,  F21V5/04 ,  F21V23/04 ,  F21V33/00

摘要： Lighted headgear are provided that include removable self-contained light modules. The self-contained light modules can include a housing that contains one or more light sources and a rechargeable power source. The housing may include a protruding engagement portion for removably securing the self-contained light module to a cap portion of the lighted headgear.