Patents Examined by Jessica Cahill
  • Patent number: 11365019
    Abstract: A strapping machine includes a driver, first and second power output units, and a switching unit. The first power output unit includes a first drive shaft being co-rotatable with a main shaft of the driver only when the main shaft rotates in a first rotational direction via a first one-way bearing for driving the switching unit, and for clamping, hot-melting and cutting a strap. The second power output unit includes a second drive shaft being co-rotatable with the main shaft only when the main shaft rotates in a second rotational direction via a second one-way bearing, and a plurality of output gear trains being engagable with the second drive shaft via the switching unit for feeding, retracting and tensioning the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: EXPACK INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yu-Ting Lai
  • Patent number: 11364661
    Abstract: Methods and equipment for the recycling of carpet are disclosed that produce a clean fiber product suitable for industrial use. The methods allow the recovery of face fiber material, for example a polyester, polyolefin, or a polyamide, from carpets that includes a face fiber material, a polypropylene backing material, and an adhesive, and include the steps of mechanically impacting the carpet to break the bonds between the adhesive and the fibrous components, treating the fibrous components to remove adhesive granules from the fibrous components, and optionally separating the polypropylene backing from the face fiber. A clean adhesive/calcium carbonate product can also be produced from this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BROADVIEW GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Carl Paspek, Joseph Edward Bork, Alan Fredrick Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11358196
    Abstract: An annealing and drawing device for an oxygen-free copper tube used for a mobile phone heat pipe with a large diameter-wall thickness ratio, a drawing die is installed in a box body. An annealing tube is installed between the drawing die and the box body; a fixing plate is disposed on a side of the drawing die; a supporting roller is rotatably connected to the fixing plate. A tension adjusting mechanism is disposed on a side of the supporting roller. An outer side of an end of the box body is provided with a mounting plate. A supporting frame is fixed on a side of an upper end of the mounting plate, a servo motor is fixed at an upper end of the supporting frame, and a rotating shaft is fixed at an end of an output shaft of the servo motor. The rotating shaft is in key joint with a winding wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangxi Naile Copper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiliang Luo, Jinlong Liu
  • Patent number: 11358197
    Abstract: A system and method provide a material with uniform micro-structure. In an embodiment, an equal channel angular extrusion system includes an interior mandrel. The interior mandrel includes an expanding shear material section and a contracting shear material section. In addition, the system includes a material. The material is disposed about a portion of the interior mandrel. Moreover, the system includes a pressure application device. The pressure application device applies pressure to the material to force the material to contact the expanding shear material section to provide an expanded post-shear material section. Pressure from the pressure application device applies pressure to the material to force the expanded post-shear material section to contact the contracting shear material section to provide a contracted shear material section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Shear Form, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Barber, Karl T. Hartwig
  • Patent number: 11359735
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an axial valve with a modular concept for the regulation of fluid flow and prevention of fluid reverse flow consisting of a single-piece and two-piece outer valve body (1; 99) that can be installed within the pipeline, the outer valve body (1; 99) of which contains a coaxially situated inlet and outlet fluid flow opening; a central valve body (2) which is connected to the outer valve body (1; 99) by means of a plurality of ribs (1.1), wherein a channels (7) are situated between the outer valve body (1; 99) and the central valve body (2), and said channels allow for an undisturbed flow of the flow fluid when said axial valve is open; an actuator (4a; 4-b; 4c; 4-SC; 4-SH; 4-SFMO) located axially within the central valve body (2; 100), the actuator of which contains an actuator piston (5-a; 5-b; 5-c; 90; 112; 106-SH) and an actuator piston rod (5.1-a; 5.1-b; 5.1-c; 86.1-a; 106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Slavko Canjuga
  • Patent number: 11351588
    Abstract: A tube bending system having a frame, one or more static dies, one or more sliding dies and one or more motors for bending tubes, such as metal tubes, in the form of hoops to create a framework for a greenhouse. The system may include separately leveled frames including a central frame supporting the middle of an arch die, and a pair of lateral frames supporting the lateral sides of the die. An apex clamp on the central frame holds the middle of a straight tube blank against the arch die, while a pair of bending carriages on the lateral frames are displaced to bend the tube blank around the arch die. The apex clamp may move both vertically and longitudinally to cycle between holding the tube blank against the arch die, ejecting the bent tube from the die, and retracting to enable placement of another straight tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Redoux Industries LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Gover, Tony Stephens
  • Patent number: 11352153
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping tool configured to tension metal strap around a load and, after tensioning, attach overlapping portions of the strap to one another by cutting notches into a seal element positioned around the overlapping portions of the strap and into the overlapping portions of the strap themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Keller, Guido Leine, Kurt Bolliger, Michael Wettstein, Samuel Hochstrasser, Mirco Neeser
  • Patent number: 11351556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a high-voltage pulse system (1), preferably a system (1) for the fragmenting and/or weakening of material (2) by means of high-voltage discharges, with an energy store (3) for providing the energy for the high-voltage pulses and a charging device (4) for charging the energy store (3). According to the method, in the intended high-voltage pulse operation, a sequence of high-voltage pulses is generated with the system (1) and thereby the energy store (3) is discharged completely at each high-voltage pulse and is only after the expiry of a charging pause (LP) recharged again for the next high-voltage pulse by means of supplying charging energy with the charging device (4). By means of the operating method according to the invention, a time window is created between two successive high-voltage pulses each, in which the energy store(s) are substantially completely discharged and no charging-voltage is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: selFrag AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Kalke, Reinhard Müller-Siebert
  • Patent number: 11344988
    Abstract: A bending machine with a bending information display apparatus has a machine frame, a longitudinally extended, fixed machine table, and a longitudinally extended press beam. The longitudinal expanse and the press beam movement direction define a working plane. An insertion plane essentially normal to the working plane is defined by an upper machine table flat side or a lower tool disposed thereon. The working plane establishes a front working and manipulation space and a closed rear machine space. A projector disposed above the insertion plane in the rear machine space has a light beam path directed away from the insertion plane. A reflector disposed in the working and manipulation space has a first reflective surface pivotable by an angle to the horizontal so that a light beam incident from the projector beam path leaves the first reflective surface as a departing light beam toward the insertion plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Angerer, Thomas Denkmeier, Klemens Freudenthaler, Florian Hausmann, Matthias Hoerl, Nenad Kovjenic, Florian Maier, Helmut Theis, Manfred Waldherr
  • Patent number: 11344939
    Abstract: Device (1) for calibrating and straightening hollow components, preferably welded pipes (2), the device (1) being substantially composed of a frame (5) having two side stands (6, 7), a lower cross member (8) and an upper cross member (9), a ram (10) being provided, said ram (10) being movable toward the lower cross member (8) and back by means of a pressure-operable cylinder assembly (12) supported on the upper cross member (9), and a calibrating and straightening tool (11a) being provided between the lower cross member (8) and the ram (10), wherein the calibrating and straightening tool (11a) is changeably disposed on the lower cross member (8) and on the ram (10) and can be replaced with a bending tool (11b) for bending the lateral ends (3) of sheets (4) to produce pipes (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Theodor Gräbener GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Dieter Kapp
  • Patent number: 11346450
    Abstract: A poppet assembly for a valve can include a valve stem for cooperating with a valve actuator, a first valve member coupled to the valve stem in a fixed position and configured to sealingly engage a first orifice and a second valve member coupled to the valve stem and configured to sealingly engage a second orifice. The second valve member can include a coupler for coupling the second valve member to the valve stem and a seal configured to couple to the coupler and the valve stem. The second valve member can be configured for achieving proper spacing between the valve members for simultaneous contact with their respective orifices without the need for more costly and time consuming components or assembly methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: AUTOMATIC SWITCH COMPANY
    Inventor: Paul W. Freisinger
  • Patent number: 11346462
    Abstract: A valve for pressurized fluid including a body housing a fluid circuit having an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user of fluid, the circuit including a collection of valve shutter(s) having at least one shutoff valve shutter allowing the circuit to be closed or opened, the valve having a member for manually controlling the collection of valve shutter(s), the control member being mounted thereby allowing the body to move between a rest position in which the collection of valve shutter(s) is in a position in which the circuit is closed and an active position in which the control member actuates the collection of valve shutter(s) into a position in which the circuit is open with a first bore section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Samuel Vignerol, Antoine Frenal, Denis Muller, Hervé Paoli, Morgan Lamiable, Johan Broechler, Claudio Di Filippo
  • Patent number: 11338340
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spray ramp intended to lubricate and/or cool a laminated strip and/or pressure cylinders of a mill, including: a tubular shaft of which the hollow interior volume forms a fluid admission chamber; a chassis rigidly connected to the external wall of the shaft, extending along the tubular shaft; a plurality of nozzles distributed over the length of the chassis and supported by the chassis, arranged such that the jets form a fluid curtain; and a pipe system, inside the chassis, ensuring the supply of the nozzles from the through-bores provided in the tubular wall of the hollow shaft. The pipe system includes at least one pressure levelling chamber extending over the whole active length of the chassis and through which all the fluid supplying the plurality of nozzles passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FIVE DMS
    Inventor: Jérémie Freliez
  • Patent number: 11338345
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a tube with high internal pressure and low external pressure. The method comprises: putting a tube to be formed into a cavity, such that a bulging area (15) is formed between the tube to be formed and an inner wall of the cavity; continuously injecting a low-pressure fluid into the bulging area, and then injecting a high-pressure fluid into the interior of the tube to be formed, the high-pressure fluid creating a pressure on an outer wall of the tube to be formed such that the tube to be formed starts to expand to the bulging area; stopping the supply of the low-pressure fluid when the tube is bulged to conform to the inner wall of the cavity; and taking the formed tube out to complete a working cycle. Further disclosed is a forming machine for forming a tube according to the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BAOLONG (ANHUI) AUTO PARTS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuqing Zheng, Xulin Chen, Yulei Zheng, Shaoming Chen, Xiaobo Deng, Jie Yang, Yan Xu
  • Patent number: 11338299
    Abstract: A pin mill includes a rotor plate mounted on a shaft and having concentrically spaced-apart circular arrays of pins arise from an end face. The rotor pins interdigitate with complementary concentric arrays of pins arising from a face of a stator mounted on a door. The door swings open on a hinge mounted on two translator pins so that the door can translate the interdigitated pins before swinging open so that the pins arrays do not collide with each other while the door is opening. The rotor operates within a cylindrical screen which retains particles being broken up until they are small enough to exit. The rotor also includes a circular array of vane knives which sweep closely within the screen and also entrain cooling air into the macerating volume of the mill. Oversized particles trapped in the screen also get cleared and split apart by the passing vane knives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Vasili Stetsiouk
  • Patent number: 11339885
    Abstract: A gas check valve device having a header, at least one check valve plunger, at least one orifice that provides a first path for a small amount of gas to pass through the at least one check valve plunger when a respective compression spring presses the check valve plunger against a check valve seat to form an air tight seal, and a common gas passage connecting the check valve plunger with a common outlet. The gas check valve device provides a second path for a small amount of gas to pass through the orifice of the at least one check valve plunger in a reverse direction and a larger amount of the gas to pass between the at least one check valve plunger and the check valve seat when the gas pressure compresses the respective compression spring to separate the check valve plunger from the check valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: O2 AIR-SEA, LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Maxwell, Mark Owens
  • Patent number: 11331710
    Abstract: A method for producing a motor vehicle component with at least two regions of different strengths and a protective layer, consisting of the following process steps: —providing precoated blanks made of a steel alloy, which can be hardened, —homogeneously heating to a heating temperature, which is at least greater than or equal to the AC1 temperature, preferably greater than or equal to the AC3 temperature, —holding the heating temperature, so that the precoating alloys with the blank, —homogeneously intercooling the alloyed blank to an intercooling temperature between 450 deg. C. and 700 deg. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Hielscher, Simon Werneke, Stefan Horn, Borek Dvorak, Radovan Kout, Martin Schaele
  • Patent number: 11320094
    Abstract: Disclosed is system for automatically replacing a high-pressure gas tank, including: a high-pressure gas tank lift installed in a cabinet which is able to be elevated and including a die to load a high-pressure gas tank thereon; a high-pressure gas tank clamp clamping the high-pressure gas tank loaded on the die of the high-pressure gas tank lift to align the position of the high-pressure gas tank; a high-pressure gas tank connection unit removing an end cap from the high-pressure gas tank elevated by the high-pressure gas tank lift to automatically connect a connector holder to a gas injection nozzle and control the flow of gas; and control unit installed in the cabinet to control operation of the high-pressure gas tank connection unit, the high-pressure gas tank lift, and the high-pressure gas tank clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AMT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Ho Choi, Chan Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11317763
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multifunctional kitchen cooking utensil. The multifunctional kitchen cooking utensil includes an upper assembly and a base supporting the upper assembly. The upper assembly includes a handle, a primary connecting piece, a secondary connecting piece, and a tool piece. The handle is connected to upper ends of the primary connecting piece and the secondary connecting piece. The tool piece is detachably connected to lower ends of the primary connecting piece and the secondary connecting piece. With the above structure, a hole slot which facilitates replacements of a plurality of tool pieces is arranged on the lower ends of the primary connecting piece and the secondary connecting piece, such that multifunctionality of the kitchen cooking utensil may be implemented, and an effect of an integrated utensil is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: YANGJIANG CITY XIANGMAO TRADING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guimin Li
  • Patent number: 11318474
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a milling apparatus with grinding rolls and a variety of sensors sensing various aspects of the milling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Pearson Incorporated
    Inventors: Josh Tracy, Alex Pearson, Roy Olson