Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing and guiding system for a packaging machine having a processing zone and an activation zone adjacent each other. The system has a separating wall, for separating the processing zone from the activation zone; at least a movement actuating element, which develops from the activation zone to the processing zone, crossing the separating wall and that has a longitudinal developing axis; movement actuating means, arranged in the activation zone, for moving the movement actuating element at least along a first direction transverse to the respective axis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
Inventors:
Antonio Gigante, Luca Cavazza, Andrea Biondi
Abstract: An edged tool storage device storing a kitchen knife and the like has a structure including a pedestal, a support rod that extends in a substantially vertical direction from the pedestal, and a first edged tool cover and a second edged tool cover that are removably connected to the support rod and store edged tools, in which each of the first edged tool cover and the second edged tool cover includes a holding part that is elastically fitted onto the support rod and thus holds the support rod, and is removably connected to the support rod by the holding part, and the holding part of the first edged tool cover and the holding part of the second edged tool cover are different in height when connected to the support rod.
Abstract: A pivoting system comprising a first hinge mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame connected together by a first hypocycloidal gear, the first gear comprising a first eccentric cam, a first set of teeth, and a second set of teeth, the first eccentric cam having a first eccentricity, a second hinge mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame connected together by a second hypocycloidal gear, the second gear comprising a second eccentric cam, a first set of teeth, and a second set of teeth, the second eccentric cam having a second eccentricity equal to the first eccentricity, a control shaft configured to drive the first eccentric cam and the second eccentric cam in rotation.
Abstract: A vehicle seat has at least one occupant comfort actuator suited for acting on a part of the body of an occupant of the seat. The actuator is driven based on at least one measurement of one sensor of sweat from the occupant of the seat.
Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of JAK kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat gastrointestinal and other inflammatory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC
Inventors:
Ryan Hudson, Jennifer Kozak, Melissa Fleury, Paul R. Fatheree, Anne-Marie Beausoleil, Dante D. Podesto, Xiaojun Huang
Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of media rendering devices in a data network with a controller device in communication with the network is disclosed. A network enabled subwoofer is added to the data network such that the subwoofer is visible on the network to a controller. The controller user interface displays a subwoofer graphical object and a group graphical object representing a group of one or more rendering devices. A user selects the group graphical object via the controller user interface, and the subwoofer is joined with the selected group. An audio channel associated with the group is assigned to the subwoofer. The controller user interface hides the subwoofer graphical object.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
D&M Holdings, Inc.
Inventors:
Martin Richard Wachter, Ryouichi Yamanouchi, Samuel Baxter, Nicholas Murrells, Brendon Stead
Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a device for digital image restoration. The digital image to be restored comes from an initial image acquired by an image acquisition device having an associated acquisition instrumental noise. The method comprises the following steps: —obtaining (30) an intermediate digital image with restoration of the acquisition instrumental noise, —denoising (32) the intermediate digital image in order to obtain a denoised intermediate digital image, —deconvolution (34) of the denoised digital image in order to obtain a restored digital image.
Abstract: A surgical cartridge includes an inner plate; and an outer plate arranged approximately parallel to the inner plate. The flow paths between the inner plate and the outer plate are arranged to form an irrigation flow path for directing fluid towards the surgical site via an irrigation connection and an aspiration flow path for directing fluid away from the surgical site via an aspiration connection. The inner plate includes membranes adapted for cooperation with plungers and/or valves of a membrane pump. The membranes include a main membrane, at least two valve membranes and an auxiliary membrane adapted to cooperate with a main membrane plunger, valve and an auxiliary membrane plunger of the pump, respectively.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 5, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (International) B.V.
Inventors:
John Peter Kuntz, Gerrit Jan Vijfvinkel
Abstract: A height-adjustable table structure includes: a tabletop, a first support frame, a second support frame, a first spring, an adjustment unit, a linkage group, and a positioning member. The adjustment member is disposed to the top surface of the tabletop for the user to observe. When the adjustment member is driven to move, the locking member of the linkage group is moved from the locking position to the releasing position, so that the first and support frames are free to rotate. When the adjustment member is released, the locking member will be moved from the releasing position to the locking position, so as to maintain the adjusted height of the table structure. By such arrangements, during the height adjustment of the table structure, the user can clearly see the position of the adjustment member, leading to more intuitive use, achieving easy operation and improved safety.
Abstract: A capacitive touch sensor comprises a plurality of electrodes on a substrate, and a position of a finger touching the sensor is determined by monitoring output signal changes caused by changes in capacitance caused by the present of the finger over or near the electrodes. The disclosure provides a capacitive touch sensor apparatus comprising a substrate and a plurality of touch sensor electrodes arranged on the substrate. Each of the electrodes comprises a respective primary electrode strip and a respective one or more electrode strip branches extending from the primary electrode strip.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
1004335 ONTARIO INC. CARRYING ON BUSINESS AS A D METRO
Inventors:
Robert Donald McCulloch, Guy Michael Amyon Farquharson Duxbury, Albert M. David, Gueorgui Pavlov
Abstract: An unshaped product including, as weight percentages, A) particles (a) of at least one refractory material other than a glass and a glass-ceramic, and the main constituent(s) of which are alumina and/or zirconia and/or silica and/or chromium oxide: B) 2% to 15% of particles (b) of a hot binder chosen from glass-ceramic particles, particles made of a glass, and the mixtures of these particles, a glass being a noncrystalline material exhibiting a glass transition temperature of less than 1100° C., the hot binder not being in the solid state at 1500° C., C) less than 2% of particles (c) of hydraulic cement, D) less than 7% of other constituents, the particles (a) and (b) being distributed, as weight percentages in the following way: fraction<0.5 ?m: ?1%, fraction<2 ?m: ?4%, fraction<10 ?m: ?13%, fraction<40 ?m: 25%-52%.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
Inventors:
Isabelle Cabodi, Thierry Consales, Michel Gaubil
Abstract: A component sensitive to an electromagnetic field, which includes a first absorbent material, able to partially absorb energy of a given electromagnetic field and converting the absorbed energy into heat. The sensitive component includes a second fluorescent and thermosensitive material, placed in contact with the first material in order to store the heat converted by the first material. The second material is able to re-emit, under the action of a predetermined excitation light, a light by fluorescence with light intensity dependent on the stored heat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES
Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (200) for connecting a windscreen wiper drive arm to a vehicle drive shaft, the connection assembly (200) comprising at least one fixing device (220) configured to rotatably connect the drive arm to the drive shaft and at least one cover (210) mounted pivotably on the fixing device (220) by means of a pivoting connection (600), the cover (210) being configured to adopt a closed position in which it prohibits access to a fixing zone (300) between the fixing device (220) and the drive shaft or an open position in which it permits access to the fixing zone (300) between the fixing device (220) and the drive shaft, this pivoting connection (600) comprising at least one bore and at least one trunnion received in the bore, characterized in that the connection assembly (200) comprises at least one device for locking the open position of the cover (210), this locking device being arranged on the inner perimeter of the bore and on the outer perimeter of the trunnion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 29, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
Inventors:
Richard Charbonnier, Benjamin Chabannes
Abstract: The proposed invention relates to a connecting element (1) for a medical bedrail, such as used in medical transport gurneys, stretchers, hospital beds and the like.
Abstract: A method for cooling with a refrigerant based cooling system includes circulating a refrigerant in a main flow path of a refrigeration cycle including an accumulator, compressor, condenser and an evaporator, diverting a portion of flow to a bypass flow path from a location along the main flow path that is downstream the compressor and upstream the condenser and combining flow through the bypass flow path with flow through the main flow path downstream the condenser and upstream from the evaporator. The rate of flow through the bypass flow path may be dynamically controlled.
Abstract: An armchair comprising a seat chassis supported on a support chassis by a pair of support columns, a chair back structure pivotally attached to a rear end of the seat chassis and to the support chassis, and a leg support structure pivotally attached to a front end of the seat chassis and connected to a beam, wherein the beam is attached the chair back structure. A first actuating device is mounted to the chair back, where a protracting end of the first actuating device is connected to the seat chassis. The armchair further comprises a second actuating device mounted to the support chassis, a footrest connected to a protracting end of the second actuating device, a third actuating device attached to the seat chassis, and a seating structure connected to a protracting end of the third actuating device and mounted above the seat chassis, wherein the seating structure includes an operative position projecting upwards and forwards by the third actuating device at a tilting angle from the seat chassis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 29, 2020
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
J&D Furniture LLC
Inventors:
Janet Schwartz Feldman, Derek Feldman, Aviv Rottenberg, David Yassaf, Gilad Davidi, Alex Padwa
Abstract: A microfluidic device for electrically activating a passive capillary stop valve, an apparatus and method are provided. The microfluidic device includes a first channel for containing a first fluid, and an output channel, wherein the first channel comprises a first interface with the output channel, and the first interface comprises a capillary stop valve characterised in that the microfluidic device also comprises a second channel for containing a second fluid, wherein the second channel comprises a second interface with the output channel, and the first channel and the second channel are electrically isolated from each other, and the first interface and the second interface are arranged relative to each other thereby being configured to activate fluid flow from the first channel into the output channel when a first fluid and a second fluid are present, and an electrical potential difference is applied between the first fluid and the second fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 13, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignees:
IMEC VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU LEUVEN R&D
Inventors:
Ujjal Barman, Benjamin Jones, Paolo Fiorini, David Mikaelian
Abstract: The invention is directed to a stable, high polyol containing wash composition. More particularly, the invention is directed to a wash composition comprising polyol, surfactant and a gelling agent whereby the wash composition is air pocket free, has excellent moisturizing capabilities, a viscosity of 40,000 cps or less, and a slope from ?0.5 to 0.0. The isotropic composition has an oil-like appearance.