Abstract: Gear mechanism (1) having a toothing (5), a tooth carrier (11) accommodating a plurality of teeth (7) for engagement with the toothing, the teeth (7) being radially displaceable relative to the tooth carrier (11), a drive input with a profiling (22) for radially driving the teeth (7), and bearing segments (24) for mounting the teeth on the profiling. Each bearing segment includes a running side oriented in the direction of the profiling and a bearing side opposite the running side, a tooth bearing arranged on the bearing side for articulated mounting of at least one of the teeth, the tooth bearing including a bead which is at least substantially in the shape of a cylinder section and arranged from a first side edge to a second side edge of the bearing segment transverse to a running direction of the bearing segment. The bead is in a central region between the first and second side edges and has a first and/or second recess on a first and/or second side of the central region.

Abstract: An automated process for separating and recycling a broad mix of waste material including, but not limited to, paper and flexible plastics. A materials recovery facility (MRF) collects, presorts, and separates into individual commodities the material, then separates partially processed 2D blends from 3D containers, while refraining from any quality control of the 2D blends, and bales the 2D blends. A fiber center receives the bales from the MRF, aggregates the partially processed 2D blends, removes recyclable commodities including flexible plastics from the 2D blends, aggregates each recyclable commodity that is removed from the 2D blends, and forms separate commodity streams of clean paper and clean flexible plastics. Also provided are a related fiber center (and an infrastructure including the center) and at least one computer-readable non-transitory storage medium embodying software for performing the process.

Abstract: A transmission assembly for a vehicle includes a first input shaft, a second input shaft and a common output shaft, a first input shaft first gear wheel and a first input shaft second gear wheel arranged axially offset with respect to each other on the first input shaft, a second input shaft first gear wheel and a second input shaft second gear wheel arranged axially offset with respect to each other on the second input shaft, an output shaft first gear wheel and an output shaft second gear wheel arranged axially offset with respect to each other on the common output shaft, wherein each one of the first input shaft first gear wheel and the second input shaft first gear wheel is meshing with the output shaft first gear wheel.

Abstract: A manipulator comprising at least one profile as a supporting connection element between two joints and/or between a motor and joint. In order to provide a manipulator that is simply constructed and offers a multitude of design possibilities, according to the invention, the profile is designed as a multi-functional profile with an internal channel and at least one lateral receiving groove, and at least one further multi-functional profile is provided which is designed as a shaft and with at least sections thereof being structurally identical to the multi-functional profile at least in terms of the profile formation, or designed as a rack and with at least sections thereof being structurally identical to the multi-functional profile at least in terms of the cross-sectional contour.

Abstract: A control device of an internal speed change device of a wheel hub for clutching operation includes a rod; a lever installed on the rod; the lever being connected to a controlling claw sliding block; an electric sliding block installed on a lever sleeve; the lever sleeve serving to receive a back end of the lever; an electric bushing located at an outer side of the lever sleeve; a controlling ring located at an outer side of the electric bushing; and wherein force of attraction or repulsion between the controlling ring and the electric sliding block drives the electric sliding block to rotate or move axially so as to drive the lever to move forwards or backwards axially; and moving of the lever drives the controlling claw sliding block to control clutching of the internal speed change device.

Abstract: A robotic arm mount assembly includes a first mount with a main body, the main body including a first end and a second end opposed to the first end in an axial direction, the first end including a first mounting portion. The robotic arm mount assembly also includes a motor including a motor body and a motor shaft attached to the motor body, a pinion gear attached to the motor shaft, a rack to be driven by the pinion gear, and a second mount including an extension portion and a second mounting portion.

Abstract: A system includes a network interface and a processor coupled to the network interface. The processor is configured to receive an identifier of a waste product via the network interface; determine, based on the identifier, a waste category for the waste product; and provide a report that includes the determined waste category.

Abstract: A method and associated device and system are provided for recording trash in a fiber preparation system having a plurality of cleaning points and a transport line that is connected to the cleaning points and is guided into a central container connected to a negative pressure source for generating transport air. The trash is suctioned from each cleaning point through the transport line with the transport air to the central container and is feed separately from each cleaning point to the central container. In the central container, the trash is separated from the transport air and transferred into a scale for weighing. With the trash located on the scale, an optical recording of the trash is made with a camera directed to an interior of the scale.

Abstract: A money handling method to be executed by a money handling machine including a body and an extension unit. The method includes: instructing the extension unit to replenish the body with money with a specified denomination; replenishing the body from the extension unit in accordance with the instruction; recognizing a denomination of each of the money sent from the extension unit; storing the money in a first storage unit associated with a first denomination in a first case where the denomination recognized is the first denomination identical to the specified denomination; storing money in a second storage unit in a second case where the denomination recognized is a second denomination different from the specified denomination; and continuing the replenishment with the money using the extension unit as instructed in both the first case and the second case.

Abstract: A sphere-type shift control apparatus of an electronic shift system includes a spherical mechanism that includes a shift control portion on a first hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism and a design portion on a second hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism. The design portion is configured to provide indirect illumination and transmit images. Power is transmitted from a motor to the rotation shaft of the spherical mechanism using a timing belt or a wire.

Abstract: This application provides a transfer device, a robot, a sorting system, and sorting methods. The transfer device is applied to equipment on which multiple logistics crates are placed in a first direction. There are at least two transfer devices provided in the first direction of the equipment. The transfer device includes a supporting base and a first transmission assembly. The first transmission assembly is located on the supporting base. The first transmission assembly transports a logistics crate. The transfer device provided in this application can improve the work efficiency of the equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for dynamic analysis of parcels, particularly intended to be implemented within logistics facilities. The method achieves real time analysis of stability performance of the parcels before the parcels enter specific paths within the logistics facility, so that the paths can be chosen based of stability performance of the parcels determined through the method.

Abstract: A system for automatically inspecting and sorting pellets while continuously transferring the pellets at a high speed to detect and effectively remove pellets that are defective. The system includes a sorter to photograph and inspect a first surface and a second surface of each of the pellets while transferring the pellets. The system separates and removes pellets that are determined as being defective and transfers and loads pellets having good quality to a designated position. The system further includes a sample inspector to receive the plurality of pellets that are determined as good products to manufacture a plate-shaped sample of a molded product and photograph a first surface and a second surface of the manufactured sample, thereby inspecting whether the sample of the molded product is defective.

Abstract: A device and a method for automatically categorizing screwdriver bits are provided. The method includes three main steps: accommodating and mixing, vibration feeding, and type categorizing. The device includes a device body and a vibrating feeding cylinder disposed on the device body. The vibrating feeding cylinder includes a rotating holder for vibrating and moving the screwdriver bits and a directional mechanism for arranging the driving tips of the screwdriver bits facing the same direction. A CCD mechanism is disposed on the device body and is used to detect the shape of the driving tips of the screwdriver bits.

Abstract: A rotary shifter assembly for changing gears in a vehicle transmission includes a shaft (16) that is rotatably supported in a housing (12) and movable between radial positions for indicating a gear change. A shift knob (10) is coupled to a first end of the shaft for actuation by a user. A plurality of flexible locking fingers (40) extend from the second end, and an overload wheel (18) is disposed about the fingers. The fingers engage the wheel to couple it with the shaft for concurrent rotation. A locking mechanism (64) engages the wheel to selectively prevent and allow concurrent rotation of the wheel and shaft during normal operation. The fingers move relative to the wheel to permit temporary rotation of the shaft relative to the wheel when a force applied to the shaft is beyond a maximum torque threshold, and automatically return to concurrent rotation with the wheel once the force is below the threshold.

Abstract: Thrust chain device, includes a thrust chain with a straight portion along an axis and a curved portion, and links hinged on shafts, a chain guide, a driving sprocket with chain interlocking teeth, the sprocket being in contact with the chain via contact surfaces in the shape of an involute of a circle, the contact surfaces belonging to the teeth, a tooth engaging with the chain while defining a line of action having an angle with the shaft of the straight portion of between ?10° and 10°, the sprocket in contact with the straight portion and not the curved and is mounted such that it can rotate on a shaft on the side of the chain opposite the curved portion's center of curvature, the contact surfaces including a convex front surface directed towards the straight portion and a rear surface directed towards the curved portion when the tooth is interlocking.

Abstract: Provided is a robot, including: a controller; a plurality of actuators mechanically coupled to an end-effector mount; a first set of end-effectors magnetically coupled to the end-effector mount; and a sensor adjacent an interface between at least some of the first set of end effectors and the end-effector mount, wherein: the end effectors are magnetically coupled to the end-effector mount with magnetic couplings that decouple in response to less than 200 Newtons of force being applied to distal portions of respective end effectors in a direction opposing movement of respective end effectors driven by at least some of the actuators, and the sensor is configured to output a signal indicative of a given end effector decoupling and indicate which end effector in the first decoupled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a parcel sorting system which is operated using two separate tracks so as to distinguish between concentrated population areas and other areas, and feed and sort only parcels destined for a corresponding area, whereby parcel sorting can be efficiently performed, and the system can be efficiently constructed while occupying a small area.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various robotic surgical devices and systems that include first and second elongate bodies, first and second driveshafts disposed through the second elongate body, and an in-line shoulder joint with a robotic arm coupled thereto. In certain implementations, the in-line shoulder joint has a differential yoke and a dual shaft disposed within the yoke lumen.

Abstract: A shift lever device for an electric vehicle that provides the feeling of operating an MT shift lever. The device includes a retainer with a spherical bearing, a lever body that can swing in a shift direction and a select direction about a ball held in the spherical bearing, and a position sensor unit placed at a lower portion of the retainer. The position sensor unit includes a slider that can slide in a case in the select direction, a magnet that can slide on the slider in the shift direction, a sensor board placed on a bottom of the case and configured to detect a position of the magnet, and a detent plate with an MT shift pattern on a top surface of the case. The magnet is engaged with a lower end of the lever body that penetrates the detent plate and extends into the case.