Patents Examined by David G Shutty
  • Patent number: 11286071
    Abstract: A system and a method for packaging compacted powders are provided, wherein the system comprises a first tube (TC), wherein a screw conveyor (C) is positioned inside the first tube (TC) which is configured so as to rotate around an axis (ac) inside the first tube (TC) in order to convey the powders towards an outlet (UT) of the first tube (TC); the system (100) comprises a rotatable terminal (TI, TIC) in the proximity of the output (UT); the rotatable terminal (TI, TIC) comprises in its inside cutting means (F) which are configured so as to cut the compacted powders leaving the first tube (TC) when the rotatable terminal (TI) rotates, wherein the rotatable terminal (TI, TIC) is positioned so as to contact the end of the first tube (TC) which defines the output (UT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ICA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Gino Rapparini
  • Patent number: 11279016
    Abstract: A system includes first and second power tools that each have a percussion mechanism, a motor, and a transmission. The transmission includes a striking mechanism and is configured to transfer a driving motion of the motor to an insert tool held in a tool holder. The transmission has a guide tube that is identical in some regions along a working axis and accommodates a striker. The guide tube is rotatably coupled to the motor by a first transmission unit. The striker is driven to linearly oscillate by a piston of a second transmission unit. A ratio between a diameter of the tool holder and a diameter of the guide tube is 1.8 times greater in the first power tool than in the second power tool. A striking energy of the second power tool is mechanically reduced compared to a striking energy of the first power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Kurz, Thomas Brinkmann, Lars Schmid, Pascal Schmitz, Hardy Schmid, Patrick Heinen, Jan Koalick
  • Patent number: 11260517
    Abstract: A power tool is provided that, in one version, includes a front housing that supports an output drive, and a back cap located opposite the front housing. The back cap receives at least one fastener of the plurality of fasteners. A motor housing supports a motor and is located between the front housing and the back cap. The motor includes a rotor that is configured to rotate about a motor axis to drive rotation of the output drive. The fastener is disposed through the back cap, and secures to the front housing coupling the front housing, the motor housing, and the back cap together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Christopher Bartoszek, Joshua Odell Johnson, Sean C. Ely, Douglas Fornell Leavitt, Dennis Naksen
  • Patent number: 11234374
    Abstract: A wrapping device for wrapping a bale with a wrapping material for a baler includes a separating device having a knife arrangement and a blocking device. The separating device is movable between at least one wrapping means separating position and an inactive position. The blocking device prevents the separating device from being moved into the wrapping means separating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Pascal Gresset, Frederic Perrotin
  • Patent number: 11235433
    Abstract: A dust collector for use with a power tool comprises a housing, a telescoping suction pipe coupled to the housing, a suction fan positioned in the housing and operable to generate a vacuum in the suction pipe, a dust container coupled to the housing and positioned upstream of the fan, a filter at least partially arranged in the dust container, and a filter cleaning mechanism. The filter cleaning mechanism includes an anvil, a striker moveable between a first striker position, in which the striker is spaced from the anvil, and a second striker position, in which the striker is in contact with the anvil. The filter cleaning mechanism further includes an actuator moveable between a first actuator position and a second actuator position, in which the actuator is moved closer to the anvil than in the first position, and a first spring biasing the striker toward the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph R. Beeson, Daryl S. Richards, Tyler S. Sigafoose, Cheng Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11203449
    Abstract: A system for automating packaging of varying shipment sets comprises a control unit for receiving from a database stored information on the size and number of items forming a shipment set according to a dispatch order, an information acquiring device for acquiring current information on the items being actually arranged for said shipment set, said information acquiring device being communicatively coupled with said control unit and said control unit being configured to calculate, either based on the information from said database or from the information acquiring device, the dimensions of a custom sized cardboard box for packaging the shipment set, a box forming station for forming said custom sized cardboard box having a bottom wall, four side walls and an open top, a packaging station for packaging the items forming the shipment set into said custom sized cardboard box, and a lid placing station for closing said custom sized cardboard box with an appropriate lid, wherein said control unit is configured for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE
    Inventors: Anne Koet, Reint Smit, Joost Zeilstra
  • Patent number: 11191540
    Abstract: A surgical tool assembly that includes an axially movable closure member and an axially movable firing member that is movable between an unfired position and a fired position. The tool assembly includes a second jaw that has a mounting portion and mounting walls that are movably mounted to a first jaw. The mounting portion defines a cam area that is configured for engagement by the movable closure member to move the second jaw from an open position to a closed position. The mounting walls define an open-topped parking area for accommodating the firing member therein when in the unfired position. A protective cap member is attached to the mounting walls such that it covers at least a portion of the open topped parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Taylor W. Aronhalt, Douglas B. Hoffman, Austin E. Wise, Morgan R. Hunter, Lauren S. Weaner, Adam D. Hensel, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 11180270
    Abstract: An infeed alignment device (10) for aligning a carton blank (14) such that a picking device can pick the carton blank. The infeed alignment device comprises an upper alignment member (11) for pushing on an upper part of the carton blank, a lower alignment member (12) for pushing on a lower part of the carton blank, and wherein the upper and/or lower alignment member is configured to push in a push direction on the top and/or the bottom of the carton blank such that the carton blank is in a picking position for the picking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Persson, Lars Carlsson
  • Patent number: 11173685
    Abstract: A method for erecting a box includes positioning an unerected box in an automated erecting apparatus. The method further includes bending major and minor flaps on the unerected box relative to sides of the unerected box. The method further includes, while the major and minor flaps are bent relative to the sides of the unerected box, performing an automated opening operation on the unerected box, wherein the unerected box comprises a stacking fold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: PACKSIZE LLC
    Inventors: George Davies, Clinton Engleman, Brady Sjoblom
  • Patent number: 11154975
    Abstract: A tool includes a switch and a handle. The switch is configured to cause an electric component to operate. The handle is held by a hand to manipulate the switch. The switch includes a switch manipulation part to be manipulated, and a load sensor. The load sensor is configured to receive a pressing force through the switch manipulation part. The load sensor includes a pressure-sensitive conductive elastic member in which conductive particles are dispersed in a non-conductive elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohide Tsutsui, Tomohiko Serita
  • Patent number: 11141845
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a combustion-powered-fastener-driving tool that include a lockout device to ensure the tool's valve sleeve doesn't move to an unsealed position and the tool's combustion chamber remains sealed until the piston returns to the pre-firing position. The lockout device is engageable with a lockout device engaging member operably connected to the tool's trigger, which gives the operator direct control over locking the valve sleeve in the unsealed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Taylor, Julius Schwartzenberger
  • Patent number: 11141162
    Abstract: A loading unit includes a shell assembly, a lock collar, and a release collar. The shell assembly has a coupling ring that defines a lock slot and a proximal opening configured to receive a distal end portion of a surgical instrument. The lock collar is disposed about the coupling ring and has a radially extending lock that is configured to be received within the lock slot. The lock collar is transitionable between a locked configuration in which the lock is positioned within the lock slot and an unlocked configuration in which the lock is lifted from within the lock slot. The release collar is disposed about the coupling ring proximal of the lock collar and is transitionable between an unactuated position and an actuated position. The release collar transitioning the lock collar to the unlocked configuration as the release collar is translated from the unactutated position towards the actuated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Anthony Sgroi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11117204
    Abstract: A power tool (100), such as a chainsaw, comprising means (230) for driving said power tool (100) and a controller (210). The power tool comprises a movement sensor (220) and the controller (210) is configured to receive a signal from said movement sensor (220), determine if said signal is a signal indicating a movement, determine a time wherein no signal indicating a movement is received, determine if said time exceeds a time period, and if so, disable said driving means (230).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventor: Patrik Jägenstedt
  • Patent number: 11117690
    Abstract: A case forming, packing, and sealing apparatus is disclosed. The case forming, packing, and sealing apparatus includes a cardboard box handling area and a product handling area. In the cardboard box handling area, case forming sheets including flatly collapsed cardboard boxes are erected into boxes that has openings which open in one direction, products are received into the boxes, and thereafter the openings are closed and sealed. In the product handling area, plural products are aligned and a predetermined quantity of the products are pushed in an accumulated state through the openings into the boxes. The cardboard box handling area and the product handling area are interconnected in a state in which they are mutually independently separable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yokota
  • Patent number: 11084160
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool has a tool holder for holding a tool, an electric motor for driving the tool holder, and a handle for holding and guiding the hand-held power tool. A button has a button housing, a pin that can be moved on an actuation axis, and an electric slider which is connected to the pin and which slides on an electric slider track. The button housing is suspended in the handle in such a way that the button housing can be pivoted about a pivot axis perpendicular to the actuation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Antonios Draganis, Florian Mayr, Helmut Burger, Georg Braml
  • Patent number: 11065747
    Abstract: A drive-in tool for driving fasteners into a workpiece, wherein the tool comprises in particular: a safety device for transferring the drive-in tool from a trip-ready state into a secured state after expiry of a delay, wherein the safety device comprises a control volume and an activation element, wherein in the first position of the activation element a charging connection is defined between the control volume and the gas pressure source connection, and wherein in the second position of the activation element a discharging connection is defined between the control volume and a pressure sink, wherein one connection from the charging connection and the discharging connection comprises a smallest cross-sectional flow area which, together with a gas pressure of the gas pressure source, determines the delay time of the safety device. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for operating a drive-in tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Olaf Hähndel
  • Patent number: 11059255
    Abstract: A system and method of at least partially forming reinforced packages. The method comprises moving a web of material in a downstream direction through a web forming section, at least partially forming at least a bag portion in the web of material during the moving the web of material through the web forming section, forming an attached web by adhering a construct to the bag portion of the web of material, and moving the attached web through a separating station. The moving the attached web can comprise moving the construct with the web of material. The method further can comprise separating the bag portion from a remainder of the web of material to form a bag during the moving the attached web through the separating station, the bag being attached to the construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph C. Walsh
  • Patent number: 11052628
    Abstract: A bag making and packaging machine has pull-down belt mechanisms, a transverse sealing mechanism, a rotatable folding member, and a gas blowing mechanism. The folding member, before the transverse sealing mechanism, seals a cylindrical film, pushes against a side portion of the cylindrical film to thereby fold the cylindrical film inward and form a fold in the cylindrical film. The gas blowing mechanism blows a gas onto the fold to thereby inhibit the cylindrical film from sticking to the rotating folding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ISHIDA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Shimoda, Makoto Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11046467
    Abstract: A packaging apparatus includes a controller configured to control operation of a first conveying unit, a second conveying unit, a first moving unit, and a second moving unit. When a film is loaded onto the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit, the controller causes a first clamp unit to clamp the film delivered from a delivering unit and causes a first feeder portion to convey the film. Simultaneously, while causing a second clamp unit to be released or the second clamp unit to intermittently clamp the film delivered from the delivering unit, the controller causes a second feeder portion to convey the film and also causes the second conveying unit to move in a direction separating from the first conveying unit and, when the second conveying unit reaches a predetermined position, causes the second clamp unit to clamp the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsunobu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11039570
    Abstract: A working machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises an operating device, a working tool, a driving device, a braking device, a detection device, and a change device. The detection device detects a mode of an operation performed on the operating device. The change device changes a brake control to be performed by the braking device according to the mode detected by the detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Takahashi, Kouichi Takeda