Patents Examined by Mohammed S. Alawadi
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Patent number: 11864689Abstract: A coffee grinder with a weight device to dose ground coffee includes an electric motor, a grinder group driven by the electric motor and housed inside a grinding chamber, a feed hopper for feeding coffee beans to the grinding chamber, a delivery channel for delivering ground coffee to a support fork of a filter-holder of the ground coffee, a load cell mechanically connected to the fork, and a microprocessor that controls the operation of the motor to determine a desired final dose of ground coffee inside the filter-holder. The microprocessor contains control firmware which, when weighing a new dose of coffee: (a) activates a weighing program that activates the electric motor so that the grinder group grinds the coffee; (b) continuously controls, with the load cell, the detected weight of ground coffee reaching the filter-holder; and (c) shuts the electric motor down when the detected weight reaches a desired value.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: CMA Macchine per Caffè S.r.l.Inventors: Simone Pachi, Giovanni Bozzola
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Patent number: 11864688Abstract: The present invention relates to a coffee machine equipped with a grinder that grinds coffee beans, and a mechanism that reduces ground beans on an inner peripheral wall of a chute. A hammer includes a striking member that abuts against a chute by an elastic force in an initial state, and a second holding member that sandwiches and holds a cup with the first holding member by the elastic force, and enters a striking preparation state in which the striking member is temporarily separated from the chute by pivoting from the initial state, the second holding member is disposed at a position where a distance from the first holding member is smaller than a thickness of an peripheral wall of the cup in the initial state, and the striking member applies an impact to the chute when the hammer returns from the striking preparation state to the initial state by the elastic force.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DAITO GIKEN, INC.Inventor: Junya Tsuchida
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Patent number: 11865599Abstract: A method for adjusting an inlet guide of a peeling machine controls a peeling material using the inlet guide in relation to a peeling head carrying peeling tools in such a way that the volume per unit length of the peeling material, which volume is to be machined by the peeling machine, is minimized while producing a bright steel having excellent surface quality. Furthermore, a peeling machine provides appropriate measuring equipment in order to be able to carry out the method described above.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SMS Group GmbHInventors: Alfred Bartz, Joerg Lindbuechl
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Patent number: 11858022Abstract: A rolling mill control system and method includes use of sensors located between rolling mill stands to directly measure metal sheet or plate flatness, thickness profile, position, and the camber of the rolls in the mill. A feedback loop control system adjusts or adapts rolling mill control mechanisms to control the rolling process.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Novelis Inc.Inventors: Matthew J. Fairlie, Timothy F. Stanistreet, Carlos Eboli, Hansjuerg Alder, Luiz Murad
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Patent number: 11857113Abstract: A coffee bean grinder is provided, comprising a housing assembly, a shaft component, and a securing member. The shaft component is assembled in the housing assembly. When a coffee bean grinding complex is formed by an inner grinding member of the shaft component and an outer grinding member of the housing assembly, the shaft component and the housing assembly can be easily assembled and secured through the structural configuration of the securing member, and also through which, the shaft component and the housing assembly can also be disassembled for cleaning and maintenance after grinding operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Chuang-Kang Machinery Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hsiang-Chen Yeh
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Patent number: 11858021Abstract: A control device (3b) for a roll stand (1). During rolling of a metal strip (2) in the roll stand (1), the device receives measurement data (M) for a lateral position (y) of the metal strip (2) on the inlet side and/or outlet side of the roll stand (1). Taking into account parameters (P) of the stand regulator (3a) on the basis of the deviation in the lateral position (y) from a target position (y*), a stand regulator (3a) of the control device (3b) determines a tilt value (?s) for the roll stand (1) and controls the roll stand (1) accordingly. The control device (3b) determines at least one variable (V1, V2, Q1, Q2) from which it is derived, for both strip edges (7, 8) of the metal strip (2), whether the metal strip (2) forms an undulation (9) in the region of the particular strip edge (7, 8).Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventors: Martin Kerschensteiner, Daniel Kotzian, Matthias Kurz, Klaus Loehe, Andreas Maierhofer, Daniel Ott, Mirko Tunk
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Patent number: 11850644Abstract: There is provided a zigzagging control method for a workpiece including: an estimation step of, before rolling of a tail portion of the workpiece, acquiring at least any one of an inter-roll thrust force estimated based on an inter-roll cross angle and an inter-roll friction coefficient and a material-roll thrust force estimated based on a material-roll cross angle and a material-roll friction coefficient; and a tail control step of, during the rolling of the tail portion of the workpiece, measuring work-side and drive-side rolling loads, correcting a rolling load difference or a rolling load difference ratio based on any two of acquired parameters including a roll-axis-direction thrust counterforce at the measurement of the rolling loads, the inter-roll thrust force, and the material-roll thrust force, and performing reduction leveling control on a rolling mill based on the corrected rolling load difference or rolling load difference ratio.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuma Yamaguchi, Atsushi Ishii, Daisuke Nikkuni
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Patent number: 11850601Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include devices, systems, methods, and control systems for processing a feedstock into an output product having variable preselected characteristics. Various system components may include: 1) a feeder configured to convey the feedstock; 2) a mechanical pulverizer configured to pulverize the feedstock received by the feeder into pulverized feedstock; and 3) an air conveyor for conveying an air flow into the mechanical pulverizer and to draw the air flow from the mechanical pulverizer to a fines separator. The pulverized feedstock includes one or more of heavy fines, particulates, moisture, or combinations thereof. The air flow from the mechanical pulverizer includes at least a portion of the pulverized feedstock, wherein the portion of the pulverized feedstock is conveyed by the air flow.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: EKAMOR RESOURCE CORPORATIONInventors: Kelly Warbis, Michael Idelchik
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Patent number: 11845121Abstract: A metal pipe forming method includes: disposing a metal pipe material having a hollow shape between a pair of dies; and forming a metal pipe including a pipe portion and a flange portion by expanding the metal pipe material by supplying a fluid and bringing the metal pipe material into contact with the pair of dies. In the forming of the metal pipe, a gap which is positioned between a pair of inner surfaces of the flange portion and communicates with an internal space of the pipe portion is formed, and the flange portion is provided with a through-hole connected to the gap.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Saika, Masayuki Ishizuka, Norieda Ueno, Kimihiro Nogiwa, Akihiro Ide
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Patent number: 11845086Abstract: A machine includes a motor; and a transmission to drive a knife plate. The knife plate includes a plurality of knife blades. The machine further includes a die plate. The knife plate and the die plate interface at a cutting edge of the knife plate. The machine cuts feed material from larger sized pieces to smaller pieces by forcing the material through the die plate and cutting it with the knife plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Eco Green Equipment, LLCInventors: Ted Bushman Rogers, Michael Bradley Swenson, Riley Bateman, Jarom Groat
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Patent number: 11845117Abstract: An asynchronous rolling mill with a super large diameter ratio comprises a rolling mill stand, a press-down device, a balancing device, an upper roll system, and an arc-shaped plate device. The arc-shaped plate device comprises an arc-shaped plate, the arc-shaped plate is arranged opposite to the upper roll, and the arc-shaped plate and the upper roll are cooperated to roll strips. The present disclosure also provides a method for rolling a strip using an asynchronous rolling mill with a super large diameter ratio. The asynchronous rolling mill can roll with super large diameter ratio and different speeds, and has a large angle to engage, thereby reducing the external friction force of a workpiece and improving strip forming quality.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tao Wang, Zhiqiang Li, Gang Dai, Jianchao Han, Zhongkai Ren, Yuanming Liu, Qingxue Huang
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Patent number: 11845123Abstract: A system for efficiently forming a plurality of shaped piece parts from a sheet of material comprises a sheet of piece part material from which the piece parts can be shaped and cut, a pattern for arranging the plurality of piece parts in a prearranged orientation, a series of joints connecting aligned ones of the piece parts within the pattern, a piece part cutting machine configured to separate a plurality of workpieces from the sheet of material according to the patterns and joints, a bending machine for simultaneously applying a first fold and a second fold, each across a respective set of aligned piece parts without breaking the series of joints, and a detacher for breaking the series of joints to groups and individual ones of joined piece parts.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Focal Point, LLCInventor: Ibon Rementeria Zalduegui
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Patent number: 11845119Abstract: A workpiece drive for rotating a circular workpiece in a descaling device has a carrier and at least three support roller modules. Each of the support roller modules has a bearing and a support roller for the circular workpiece. The support roller has a longitudinal axis, a lateral surface and a radius between the longitudinal axis and the lateral surface, and the radius decreases in a longitudinal direction along the longitudinal axis. The bearing supports the support roller rotatably around the longitudinal axis. Each of the support roller modules has a drive and the drive is designed to rotate the support roller around the longitudinal axis. The bearings are arranged on the carrier in such a way that the longitudinal axes have a point of intersection and lie in a plane perpendicular to the earth gravity field vector and such that the longitudinal directions are directed towards the point of intersection.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventors: Michael Wendt, Ralf Mogalle
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Patent number: 11839333Abstract: A bean grinding machine with a quick detachable grinding base comprises: a casing; a box body installed within the casing; an upper side the box body having an inlet for receiving external objects to be ground; a lower side of the box body having a lower opening; a grinding disk installed within the box body and between inlet and the lower opening of the box body; the grinding disk being a circular structure with a hollow center portion; an installing unit installed at a lower opening of the box body; and a grinding base installed with a grinding head; the grinding head being positioned within the grinding disk; the grinding base and the grinding head do not rotate; and a gap being formed between grinding teeth of the grinding head and grinding teeth of the grinding disk; and an upper side of the gap is connected to the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Shih-Hsun Chiou
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Patent number: 11839880Abstract: A mobile trash compactor and pulverizer with a light weight compaction roller. The compaction roller has support discs in which a main shaft is supported and between which is mounted an over shaft concentric with the main shaft. An inner drum is mounted on the over shaft and flanking outer drums are mounted on the main shaft with drum support rings. A disc wheel mounted on a disc support ring caps the ends of the main shaft. A reversible drive is attached to the main shaft and another independent reversible drive is attached to the over shaft. The support discs, drum support rings and disc support rings have a rim, spokes and a hub with apertures between the spokes that facilitate maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Daniel L. Dillon
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Patent number: 11839332Abstract: A grinding assembly for grinding a partially dried or a dried substance is described. The assembly include a first component, a second component, a chamber component, a disc component, a first magnetic component, and a second magnetic component. The first magnetic component maintains a magnetic connection with the second magnetic component to affix the first component to the chamber component. Upon user rotation of the first component, a first set of protrusions of the first component are moved such that the first set of protrusions engage a second set of protrusions of the chamber component to grind the substance. In response to such rotation, the substance is ground into a much thicker consistency that resembles a hand-broken consistency. The ground substance falls through a plurality of openings of the chamber component into the second component for storage.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventor: Joseph Sadofsky
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Patent number: 11833522Abstract: A shredder cassette of a shredder lubrication is disclosed. The shredder cassette includes a cassette housing and at least two shredding shafts arranged in parallel and rotatably mounted in the cassette housing. A first set of fingers are arranged between the cassette housing and a first shredding shaft, and a second set of fingers are arranged between the cassette housing and a second shredding shaft. At least one of the first set of fingers and the second set of fingers includes finger lubricating channels for lubricating the at least two shredding shafts.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Michael Crooks
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Patent number: 11833560Abstract: A meandering control method for steel strip includes: an imaging step of imaging the surface of a traveling steel strip using a line sensor camera installed between adjacent rolling mills; a meandering amount calculation step of calculating the meandering amount of the steel strip by detecting the positions of both end portions in the width direction of the steel strip from a one-dimensional brightness distribution based on the captured image; and a leveling control arithmetic operation step of arithmetically operating a roll opening difference between the operation and drive sides of the rolling mill located on the immediately downstream side of the line sensor camera based on the calculated meandering amount. The imaging is performed in a period of 5 msec or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroto Goto, Tatsuhiro Sue, Hideto Yamaguchi, Yukio Takashima
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Patent number: 11832766Abstract: In a grinder, inner and outer burrs are used for grinding condiment solids into fine grains with a grain size controllable by an inter-burr distance. The grinder has a first body part aligned with a second body part. A separation between the first and second body parts is adjustable by at most a predetermined limited distance, allowing a user to select the grain size by compressing the first and second body parts to alter the inter-burr distance. An undulating ring that is non-metallic and compressively resilient is positioned between the first and second body parts to push the two body parts away from each other after the user stops compressing the two body parts, avoiding the inter-burr distance to be stuck at a most-recently used value without a need of using a metallic spring to rebound the two body parts. A manufacturing cost of the grinder is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Samson Bright Industrial Company LimitedInventor: Wing Sum Tang
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Patent number: 11825774Abstract: A baler system is operable to determine an initial quantity of a preservative stored in a tank and define an application rate of the preservative to be applied per bale during a harvest operation. A number of bales to be formed during the harvest operation may be estimated, and a determination made on whether or not the initial quantity of the preservative at the defined application rate is sufficient to treat the estimated number of bales to be formed during the harvest operation. When a controller determines that the initial quantity of the preservative is not sufficient to treat the estimated number of bales to be formed during the harvest operation, the controller may send a notification to a system manager requesting additional preservative be delivered to the baler implement. The status of the preservative may be continuously monitored and updated throughout the harvest operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Sampada Arun Ponkshe, Sameer Subhash Upasani, Gerald W. Shook, Eric E. Steinhart, Kyle R. Teach