Patents Examined by Cristi J Tate-Sims
  • Patent number: 12194677
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing support material from a part formed by three-dimensional (3D) printing. The support removal machine contains a tank for submersion of a 3D printed part into a liquid mass. The liquid mass circulates in the tank in a controlled manner such that submerged parts remain centrally suspended in the tank, regardless of the material, density and geometry comprising the part. The part circulates and rotates in conjunction with the rotational flow of the liquid mass for uniform exposure to means of support removal. During rotation, the part may be subjected to multiple means of agitation that include heat, chemical and ultrasonic, in order to optimize energy use and maximize efficiency of the removal of support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PostProcess Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Joshua Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 12179227
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cleaning device for cleaning an application device which, in operation, applies at least one coating agent jet of a coating agent (e.g. paint) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component). The disclosure provides that a jet checking device is integrated into the cleaning device for checking the coating agent jet emitted by the application device, so that the cleaning device forms a structural unit with the jet checking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Jerome Lavallée, Moritz Bubek, Timo Beyl, Frank Herre, Steffen Sotzny, Daniel Tandler, Tobias Berndt, Georg Sommer
  • Patent number: 12179496
    Abstract: A thread-coating module includes: a coating chamber having a thread entrance at one end and a thread exit at an opposite end thereof; and an inkjet printhead positioned in a printhead opening of the coating chamber for ejecting ink onto thread fed through the coating chamber. The coating chamber has an ink management system positioned opposite the printhead for managing excess ink. The ink management system includes: an inner ink-collection slot in fluid communication with a drain port for recycling excess ink and an outer aerosol-collection chamber fluidically connected to a vacuum port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Memjet Technology Limited
    Inventor: Mark Profaca
  • Patent number: 12180646
    Abstract: A garment steamer includes: a water tank, configured to store water, an evaporator assembly, connected to the water tank and configured to generate steam; a water pump, configured to transfer water from the water tank to the evaporator assembly; a power input end, configured to input power to the garment steamer, a first switch, connected between the power input end and the evaporator assembly; and a microcontroller, connected to the first switch and configured to control a conduction time length of the first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN PUKAIYU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yonghua Yu
  • Patent number: 12180639
    Abstract: An additive feeding device includes a water supply pipeline, the water supply pipeline is provided with a rising convex part for increasing the height of a water path in the fed water stream direction, and the water supply pipeline on the upstream of the rising convex part is connected with a liquid storage box through a suction structure, and the additive pumped into the water supply pipeline flows to the upstream of the water supply pipeline in a countercurrent mode under the blocking action of the rising convex part. By means of the arrangement, the automatic feeding device can suck the additive into the water supply pipeline through the suction structure, the pumped additive flows to the upstream of the water supply pipeline in a countercurrent mode under the blocking action of the rising convex part arranged in the water supply pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Huang, Bingheng Zhou, Haifeng Ren
  • Patent number: 12180647
    Abstract: A garment steamer, including: a water tank; an evaporator assembly, communicated with the water tank and configured to generate steam; wherein the evaporator assembly includes a first heating member and a second heating member; a water pump, configured to transfer the water from the water tank to the evaporator assembly; and a switch assembly, configured to control the first heating member to be conducted and disconnected from a power source. When the first voltage is input to the garment steamer, the switch assembly controls the first heating member to be conducted, and the first heating member and the second heating member operate simultaneously; and when the second voltage is input to the garment steamer, the first heating member is disconnected from the power source, and only the second heating member is conducted and operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN PUKAIYU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yonghua Yu
  • Patent number: 12172128
    Abstract: A car washing system comprises a filtering unit, a pure water pipeline, a waste water pipeline, a washing pipeline, an optional first branch line, and a second branch line. The filtering unit comprises an RO filter membrane, a filtering pipeline and a booster pump. One end of the filtering pipeline is connected to the inlet of the RO filter membrane. The booster pump is set in the filtering pipeline. The pure water pipeline is connected between a pure water outlet of the RO filter membrane and one end of the washing pipeline. The joint of the pure water pipeline and the washing pipeline is provided with a high-pressure pump. One end of the waste water pipeline is connected with waste water outlet of the RO filtering membrane, and the other end is a discharge end. The second branch line is connected between the waste water pipeline and the washing pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Qingdao Ecopure Filter Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhibin Zou
  • Patent number: 12172201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (100) for cleaning a container, in particular an inner wall of a container, comprising: a base member (1) that can be coupled to a feed pipe for supplying a cleaning agent, a rotating member (3) mounted rotatably about a rotational axis (A) on the base member (1), a support member (2) having a first end portion (16) and a second end portion spaced apart along the rotational axis (A), wherein the first end portion (16) can be coupled to the base member (1) and the second end portion to the rotating member (3) in such a way that in the coupled state the rotating member (3) is rotatably accommodated between the base member (1) and the support member (2), wherein the cleaning device (100) further comprises a coupling means (15) which is adapted to lock the support member (2) in place relative to the base member (1) in the coupled state. The invention also relates to a method for assembling a cleaning device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
    Inventors: Hendrik Mantel, Christopher Lawton
  • Patent number: 12172197
    Abstract: Provided are a laser cavitation composite ultrasonic cleaning device and cleaning method for a connecting rod, which belong to the technical field of bushing gap cleaning of engine connecting rods. Provided are a laser cavitation composite ultrasonic cleaning device and cleaning method for a connecting rod, the cleaning device comprises a cleaning tank, a bracket, a low-frequency ultrasonic vibrator, a first laser head, and a second laser head; the low-frequency ultrasonic vibrator is located on an outer side of a bottom portion of the cleaning tank; the first laser head is located above the bracket, and the second laser head is located at a lower portion in the cleaning tank. According to the cleaning device, laser light is combined with an ultrasonic wave, cooperated with light path assemblies, and the laser light is focused in a bolt hole and a bushing gap of the connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Guan Wang, Junxian Li, Sihao Lin, Jieyu Zhu, Guohua Chen, Chong Zhang
  • Patent number: 12162047
    Abstract: There is disclosed an ultrasonic cleaning bar for cleaning a roller of a printing machine. The ultrasonic cleaning bar comprises: an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis; a doctor blade supported by the body; an ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasonic waves within the cleaning fluid; and first and second formations positioned at longitudinally opposite ends of the body, the first formation being releasably engageable with a first mounting bracket of the printing machine and the second formation being releasably engageable with a second mounting bracket of the printing machine; and wherein, when the first and second formations are engaged with the first and second brackets, the doctor blade engages a surface of the roller, such that the body, the doctor blade and the roller define a trough therebetween configured to contain a cleaning fluid which contacts the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Absolute Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Broadbent, Antony Whiteside
  • Patent number: 12162443
    Abstract: A vehicle wash system is provided that includes an oxidizer system and a filter system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: James Patrick Ordo
  • Patent number: 12157441
    Abstract: A Vehicle Wash Reverse Osmosis System is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Inventor: James Patrick Ordo
  • Patent number: 12144482
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a holder for items to be washed for holding items to be washed, and a lifting device for raising the holder for items to be washed from a starting position to an end position and for lowering the holder for items to be washed from the end position to the starting position. The lifting device includes a spring element, which assists the raising and lowering of the holder for items to be washed with the aid of an assisting force, and a spring bias adjusting unit, which tailors the assisting force to a loading state of the holder for items to be washed by adjusting a spring bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Gerstner, Thomas Steck, Mario Maza
  • Patent number: 12146216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate treatment apparatus including: a substrate support assembly having a spin head adapted to seat a substrate thereonto; fluid supply unit for supplying fluid to the substrate; a bowl assembly having a plurality of bowls overlaid another outwardly in a radial direction thereof and surrounding the substrate support assembly; an ascending and descending unit for moving up and down the bowl assembly; and a chamber for accommodating the substrate support assembly, the fluid supply unit, the bowl assembly, and the ascending and descending unit, wherein the chamber is configured to have a plurality of process exhaust parts for performing exhaust from the inside of the bowl assembly and an environment exhaust part for performing exhaust from the outside of the bowl assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: DEVICEENG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taek Youb Lee, Jun Hwan Lee, Man Je Bang
  • Patent number: 12145171
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus in which a first treating unit is located rightward of a transportation space. The first treating unit includes a first holder. A second treating unit is located leftward of the transportation space. The second treating unit includes a second holder. The first holder has a center point positioned more rearward than a middle point of the first treating unit in plan view. The second holder has a center point positioned more forward than a middle point of the second treating unit in plan view. The second treating unit has a front end located more rearward than a front end of the first treating unit and more forward than a rear end of the first treating unit. The first liquid reservoir is located leftward of the transportation space and adjacent to and in front of the second treating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Sawashima, Takahiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12139845
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining a treatment chamber configured to accommodate hanging clothes and a cycle chamber configured to house machinery, the cycle chamber being positioned vertically below the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus also includes a partition plate that partitions the treatment chamber from the cycle chamber, a door configured to open and close the cabinet, a door liner disposed at an inside of the door and configured to guide condensed water generated in the treatment chamber to an upper side of the partition plate, a condensed water guide member disposed at the partition plate and configured to guide the condensed water from the door liner into the treatment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Taejun Yoon, Hyungkyu Lim, Jeongryeol Choi, Hyoungsup Park, Youngjin Doh, Sunghoo Park
  • Patent number: 12139837
    Abstract: A front-load laundry appliance includes a drum that is rotationally operable within a tub about a generally horizontal rotational axis. A plurality of lifters are coupled to an interior surface of the drum. A fluid delivery path is at least partially defined within the drum and the plurality of lifters. A fluid delivery system delivers fluid into the fluid delivery path in a direction parallel to the generally horizontal rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Marco Angelini, Matteo Carnevale, Massimiliano Daniele, Deepak Gupta, Mauro Mancini, Vaclav Petracek
  • Patent number: 12134855
    Abstract: A facemask container for use in washing machines including a top portion and a bottom portion is disclosed. The facemask container top portion and bottom portion may have a repeating pattern of contour openings, wherein the repeating pattern of contour openings may be oblong in shape to let water in an out of the container. The facemask container top portion and bottom portion may be hingely hooked to each other. The facemask container top portion and bottom portion may be fixed to each other by a fastening mechanism. The facemask container bottom portion may also contain an upright rod used to place straps of the facemasks in order to keep the facemasks within the container and prevent damage because of the washing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew Pelletier
  • Patent number: 12121947
    Abstract: A nozzle head for descaling rolling stock, said rolling stock moving relative to said nozzle head, is adapted to be mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation relative to a surface of said rolling stock. Said nozzle head comprises a plurality of nozzles adapted to spray a liquid on said rolling stock, wherein said nozzles are positioned at different radial distances from said axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Hermetik Hydraulik AB
    Inventor: Jürgen Gaydoul
  • Patent number: 12123100
    Abstract: A pickling system for surface treatment, using a pickling medium, of strip steel in the form of standard steel, electric strip, high-grade steel, and extra-high-strength and ultra-high-strength third-generation steel in order to thereby provide a surface suitable for a subsequent shaping process for further processing. The system includes a plurality of treatment tanks connected in series. The pickling system has a modular construction and, starting from the strip infeed, at least one first treatment tank in the form of a dipping bath module is provided in the working direction, downstream of which a plurality of treatment tanks in the form of spray pickling modules are arranged, and at least one final second dipping bath module is arranged downstream of the spray pickling modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Haentjes