Patents Examined by Bobby Yeonjin Kim
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Patent number: 11976479Abstract: A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and having a first induction part provided on a tip end-side in the first direction, a second guide spaced from the first guide with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire. The first induction part is constituted by a surface inclined in a direction in which the interval between the first guide and the second guide decreases from a tip end-side toward a base end-side of the first induction part in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
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Patent number: 11975335Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrogel shredding device. The hydrogel shredding device includes: a first barrel body in which a first transfer space for transferring a hydrogel is formed, and extending in a first direction; a first transfer unit installed in the first barrel body and transferring the hydrogel in the first transfer space; a second barrel body installed on a lateral side of the first barrel body, and in which a second transfer space connected to the first transfer space extends in a second direction traversing the first direction; a second transfer unit installed in the second barrel body and transferring the hydrogel in the second transfer space; a cutter member installed in the second barrel body and pulverizing the hydrogel transferred by the second transfer unit; and a porous plate for discharging the hydrogel particles pulverized by the cutter member to an outside of the second barrel body.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventor: Heechang Woo
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Patent number: 11976480Abstract: A reinforcing bar binding machine capable of reliably performing a wire gripping operation includes a first movable gripping member that is displaced in a direction to contact with and separate from one side of a fixed gripping member and a second movable gripping member that is displaced in a direction to contact with and separate from the other side of the fixed gripping member. A bending portion brings the first movable gripping member and the second movable gripping member into and out of contact with the fixed gripping member. The fixed gripping member includes a shaft that rotatably supports the first movable gripping member and the second movable gripping member. Further, the bending portion includes an opening and closing pin that pushes an opening and closing guide hole provided in the first movable gripping member, and an opening and closing guide hole provided in the second movable gripping member.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Nagaoka, Akira Kasahara
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Patent number: 11969733Abstract: A production device for preparing a building material using a fine particle silt in iron tailings includes an operation desk and a grinding device. During movement of edge plates, gears are located inside a side groove and keep meshing with toothed grooves, the edge plates will drive various gears to rotate along a same direction and drive grinding balls and connecting shafts to rotate while moving, the grinding balls will perform grinding treatment on the fine particle silt at the inner end of the grinding cabinet while rotating.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, MEEInventors: Houhu Zhang, Bing Ma, Hao Zhou, Yuanshun Xu, Guodong Kang, Yi Wang, Xiaowei Xu
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Patent number: 11969737Abstract: A plant for shredding metal waste, comprising at least one working chamber, means for shredding metal waste and motor means operatively connected to the shredding means. The plant further comprising sensor means operatively associated with the motor means and/or shredding means for monitoring at predetermined time intervals at least one working parameter connected to the wear thereof, and at least one data processing unit operatively connected to the sensor means. The data processing unit including: data storage means for storing for a predetermined period of time the values of said at least one working parameter detected by said sensor means and an an artificial intelligence software program so as to allow the plant manager to plan the maintenance of the motor means and/or shredding means.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Inventors: Valerio Zanaglio, Michele Grazioli
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Patent number: 11970792Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing reinforcement meshes and spinning stations therefor. Reinforcement rods to be joined with the spinning wires are supplied by advancing means from the rear end of the apparatus, and a special mechanism prevents that the wire breaks during its encounter with the reinforcement rod.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: PEDAX GMBHInventor: Kurt Offersen
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Patent number: 11969780Abstract: Apparatus for forming wire components, which are in this example springs, comprises a supply station (202), for supplying spring forming material, such as metallic wire W. The supply station includes a pair of guide rollers (204) and pair of driven feed rollers (206), mounted on a heavy support plate (216). The wire is fed through a flexible sheath FS to a remotely located wire shaping device, in particular a spring forming device 208, comprising forming tools (210), a pitch control tool (212) and a cutter (214). The forming tools (210) and the pitch control tool (212) form the wire into a spring S, which is cut from the supply of wire when it is complete. The tools (210, 212) and cutter (214) are controlled remotely from a control station (220) via a bundle of flexible control cables (222), which may include a power cable.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HS PRODUCTS LTDInventors: Simon Spinks, David Clare
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Patent number: 11971205Abstract: The present invention provides an ice shaver with a 360° splash guard and shield. The guard circumscribes a gap between a top deck and a shave deck. In one aspect, a front arcuate portion of the guard can be a door that slides open and closed around an annular track. In another aspect, another rear arcuate portion of the guard can magnetically mount to the top deck. In another aspect, a channel can be positioned under the guard as an embedded water drainage channel positioned concentrically and underneath the rear floating magnetic splash guard to capture the water droplets spun off from the ice block and direct the water to a drainage opening in the channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Pioneer Family Brands, Inc.Inventors: Donald Griffiths, Robin Peng
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Patent number: 11965353Abstract: Fence mesh including line wires, and stay wires extending laterally across and intersecting the line wires to form a mesh, wherein a first type of wire knot is formed by a knot wire around the line wire and stay wire at intersections of the stay wires with the line wires in a primary zone, and wherein a second type of wire knot is formed by a knot wire around the line wire and stay wire at intersections of the stay wires with the line wires in a secondary zone, characterised in that the first type of wire knot is different from the second type of wire knot; and a machine for the formation of such a mesh.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: UMC INNOVATION LIMITEDInventors: Mark William Ullrich, Owen Joris Meijer, Michael Raymund Burtscher
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Patent number: 11958100Abstract: The wire fed or pulled back from the reel by the feeding unit can be properly restricted. The invention relates to a binding machine (2) having a feeding unit (16) for feeding out a wire (3) from a reel (12) provided in a housing unit (11). With respect to the entering route (81) of the wire (3) when the wire (3) drawn out from the reel (12) by the feeding unit (16) is guided to the feeding unit (83), the first restriction unit (83) that restricts the drawing portion (3a) of the wire (3) disposed between the reel (12) and the feeding unit (16) from being deviating from the entering route (81) is provided inside the housing unit (11).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Kasahara, Osamu Itagaki, Ichiro Kusakari, Takeshi Morijiri
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Patent number: 11958055Abstract: A mobile cone plant with canted run-on jacks for limited vibration of the chassis without a need for clamping or extremely tight tolerances in telescopic jack parts.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Terex USA, LLCInventors: Rex Mikle Carter, Edwin J. Sauser, Alexander Evan Ross
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Patent number: 11951519Abstract: A system and method for an improved material flow through an extrusion machine by altering the material properties in a magnetic field are provided. The electromagnetic extrusion system includes a ram that is moved into a chamber containing an extrusion material to force the extrusion material out of an opening defined, at least in part, by a die to create an extrusion with a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the predetermined shape of the opening. An electromagnetic winding of electrically conductive material is embedded within a tool retainer block surrounding the container and is helically wound about the chamber and carries a DC electrical current to generate a magnetic field having a magnetic flux density of at least 2 Tesla within the extrusion material to dissipate dislocation defect structures in the extrusion material being extruded via the magnetoplasticity effect. The magnetic field therefore provides for reduced flow stress on the tooling.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Jeremiah John Brady, Edward Karl Steinebach, Gerard Michael Ludtka
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Patent number: 11945018Abstract: In drilling processing on a press-formed inclined portion, a hole is formed with high precision without occurrence of damage to a blade of a punch or slipping of the punch. Embodiments include a method where two through holes are formed in a blank before press-forming which are opposed to each other in the inclined direction of the inclined portion, each through portion partially forming a peripheral edge portion of the hole. The inclined portion is formed using press processing on the blank. Piercing processing using a punch is performed while pressing the inclined portion, so that the two opposed through holes are connected, thereby forming the hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Shigeru Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11945022Abstract: An article bender apparatus that assists in joining two separate malleable article line free ends in a selected helical wrap, the article bender apparatus including a disc that has a slot disposed therethrough that originates from the center at a root extending radially outward, a shoe having a selectable pivotal lock to a face of the disc, wherein the shoe is in an open state when the slot is open and the shoe is in a closed locked state when the shoe partially covers the slot leaving the slot root section open. Also, a means for rotating the disc about the root, operationally the disc is inserted onto a first line free end portion to the root, the shoe is placed in the closed locked state, with the shoe intersecting a second line free end portion, next rotating the disc to helically wrap the second line about the first line.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Joshua Cosby
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Patent number: 11944978Abstract: A material processing tool assembly includes a tool for material processing having a base section and a processing section extending from the base section; and a tool mounting block mountable on an outer surface of a support base. The mounting block has a base surface and a tool mounting surface intersecting the base surface. The base surface has a protuberance extending away therefrom and spaced apart from the tool mounting surface to define a tool receiving gap between the protuberance and the tool mounting surface. The base section of the tool is snugly received in the tool receiving gap between the tool mounting surface and the protuberance in abutment with the tool mounting surface, the processing section of the tool extending past the protuberance. A displaceable material processing head and method of mounting a material processing tool to a mounting block secured to a displaceable head are also discussed.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Alamo Group Inc.Inventor: Laurent Denis
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Patent number: 11946267Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a curl guide configured to curl the wire fed by the wire feeding unit around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around a predetermined axis, and a gripping part provided at one end side of the twisting shaft, wherein the gripping part is configured to grip the wire curled by the curl guide and the twisting shaft is configured to twist the gripped wire so as to bind the object, a binding machine main body having one end side at which the curl guide is arranged and configured to accommodate therein the wire feeding unit and the binding unit, and a setting unit provided at an opposite end side of the binding machine main body and configured to set a predetermined operation condition.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Akira Kasahara, Norihiro Nagai
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Patent number: 11931871Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The binding unit includes a locking member that includes a first hook and a second hook and that locks the wire by moving the first hook toward the second hook. The locking member includes a locking part that locks the wire in a state in which the first hook has been moved toward the second hook, and an unlocking part that makes it possible for the first hook to be movable away from the second hook with such an amount of movement that the locked wire does not come off between the first hook and the second hook.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Tashima, Masato Utsugi
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Patent number: 11898358Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeder, a curl forming part, a cutter, and a binding part configured to twist the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutter. The binding part includes a wire locking body to which the wire is locked; a rotating shaft configured to operate the wire locking body; and a wire holding part including a first member and a second member. The wire holding part is configured to bend the wire wound on the object in an axial direction of the rotating shaft by the relative movement of the first member and the second member approaching each other, and to hold the wire. The cutter is provided in a wire feeding path between the wire feeder and the wire holding part, and is configured to cut the wire after the wire is held by the wire holding part.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Makoto Kosuge, Tetsuro Fukuda
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Patent number: 11897019Abstract: A retainer assembly includes a retaining member assembly and a motion assembly. The retaining member assembly is structured to selectively retain at least one shell in a transfer belt assembly belt recess. The retaining member assembly includes a retaining member. The motion assembly is structured to move the retaining member between a first position, wherein the retaining member is spaced from the transfer belt assembly transfer belt, and, a second position, wherein the retaining member is disposed a retaining distance from the transfer belt assembly transfer belt.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLCInventors: Steven Todd Albright, Robert Joseph Will, Dennis Cornelius Stammen
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Patent number: 11890664Abstract: A drive assembly for a necker machine includes a plurality of motors, each motor including an output shaft, a plurality of drive wheel assemblies, each drive wheel assembly operatively coupled to an associated necker machine drive shaft, and a number of timing/drive belts operatively coupled to each drive wheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLCInventors: Richard James Edward Mercer, Ian Kenneth Scholey, Bradley James Miller