Patents Examined by Shelley M. Self
  • Patent number: 11519650
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. The disclosure further extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems for providing a frozen confection machine that is portable and sized for easy storage as well as a portable frozen convection experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Snowie LLC
    Inventor: Carl A. Rupp
  • Patent number: 11517908
    Abstract: A mineral material processing plant, a crusher and an upper frame for a crusher. The upper frame includes a central hub for receiving a main shaft of the crusher, an upper rim, and a spider arm. A u-shaped cavity extends towards a lower flange from the upper rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Metso Outotec Finland Oy
    Inventors: Mika Peltonen, Petri Kujansuu
  • Patent number: 11517954
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressed component including an elongated top plate, a wall having one end connected to a short direction end portion of the top plate, that curves with a convex shape bowing toward an opposite side to the top plate as viewed from an upper side of the top plate, and that includes a sharp curve portion, and a flange that is connected to another end of the wall, and that extends in a plate thickness direction of the wall toward the opposite side to the top plate side. The manufacturing method includes pressing to form an intermediate formed component including a preliminary flange and pressing to deform the preliminary flange to form the preliminary flange into the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kubo, Hiroshi Yoshida, Takashi Miyagi
  • Patent number: 11511506
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press comprises a rotor comprising a rotary drive configured to rotate the rotor and a die plate that rotates with the rotor and comprises a plurality of cavities and a plurality of upper and lower punches. A rotational speed governor is configured to drive the rotary drive of the rotor by comparing a measured rotor rotational speed with a target rotational speed value. A pilot control apparatus is configured to provide an additional target torque for driving the rotary drive. The additional target torque is based on values of a pressing force of at least one of the upper and lower punches input into the pilot control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Brand
  • Patent number: 11504929
    Abstract: A can crusher (102), having: a backing plate (120); a left crush-arm (126) pivotally secured to the backing plate and having a left handle (130) and a left crush surface (128) that faces the backing plate when the can crusher is in a closed configuration (190); a right crush-arm (140) pivotally secured to the backing plate and having a right handle (144) and a right crush surface (142) that faces the backing plate when in the closed configuration; and a support plate (150). In a vertical orientation (152) the backing plate is oriented vertically; the support plate is disposed below horizontal sweeps (154, 156) of the crush surfaces; and the support plate supports a can in between the crush surfaces when the can crusher is in an open configuration (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Patrick D. Herron
  • Patent number: 11498102
    Abstract: A drawing carriage for a drawing machine, comprising two clamping jaws (16) and a clamping jaw moving device for an opening and closing movement of the clamping jaws (16), is characterized in that the clamping jaw moving device comprises a linear motor (4). In the case of a drawing machine, comprising a drive unit for driving at least two drawing carriages (1), the drawing carriages (1) have a linear motor (4) for the clamping jaw moving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Ottavio Pinosa
  • Patent number: 11498299
    Abstract: A radial press has a plurality of press bodies arranged around a press axis which can be moved radially in relation to the press axis, and a drive unit for shifting the press bodies in the direction of or away from the press axis. The press bodies each have a main jaw and a pressing jaw, which is fixed interchangeably on the main jaw. The main jaws each comprise a radially inwardly arranged pressing-jaw-supporting surface and, adjacent to the latter in the circumferential direction, two side surfaces. The pressing jaws butt against the pressing-jaw-supporting surface of the associated main jaw and have a fixing protrusion, which projects from the abutment surface, enters into a mount provided on the main jaw and interacts with a locking device. Each main jaw has a recess on its supporting surface which extends from the mount and opens out on one of the side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: UNIFLEX-HYDRAULIK GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Baumgartner, Reiner Viehl
  • Patent number: 11493170
    Abstract: Provided a die lubricant rotating spray tray device, wherein the nozzles, the connecting sleeve bodies, the nozzle connecting pipes, the air pipe joints and the lubricant pipe joints are sequentially connected to form independently-communicated cavity pipelines, compressed air is input from the air pipe joints, a lubricant is input from the lubricant pipe joints, the rotation driving mechanisms drive the spray tray rotators to rotate through the transmission mechanisms, and the spray tray rotators drive the nozzles to rotate, so that the same dosage of the lubricant is sprayed on the maximum pitch circle surfaces of upper and lower dies, the aim of uniformly spraying the forging lubricant on the working surfaces of the upper and lower dies is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinling Yang, Xiaoting Zhu, Jiansheng Wang, Weizhou Liu, Hongshen Zhang, Li Yang
  • Patent number: 11491528
    Abstract: A method of producing a hot press-formed product, in which a die includes a hard layer having a skewness (Rsk), as measured in a direction from the outside of a die hole toward the inside of the die hole, of from ?5.0 to 1.2, and a hardness Hv_Die of from HV 1,000 to 1,550, over the entirety of a region of a steel sheet contact surface that is adjacent to a die shoulder portion. The steel sheet contact surface is a surface located outside of the die hole and configured to contact a plated steel sheet (a plated steel sheet including at least one kind of plating layer selected from the group consisting of a hot-dip galvanizing layer and a zinc nickel plating layer) that is to be subjected to hot press forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kubo, Naruhiko Nomura, Toshiya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11491633
    Abstract: Power tool for crimping or cutting and object, the tool having vents in the tool housing for enabling airflow wherein such vents have a partition member extending across them for restricting liquid water and dust ingress, and method of assembly. Power tool for crimping or cutting an object, the tool having a switch wherein the switch is provided on a support that is clamped between opposing tool housing portions for forming a seal to restrict the ingress of liquid water into the tool housing interior via the switch, and method of assembly. Power tool for crimping or cutting an object, the tool having an arrangement of light emitting elements directed towards an operative part of the tool for indicating operational information to a user without requiring the user to remove their gaze from the operative part of the tool in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DUBUIS ET CIE S.A.S.
    Inventor: Vincent Cerfeuillet
  • Patent number: 11486155
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a twisting unit configured to twist a binding member which is guided in a loop shape so as to wrap around an object, and thus to bind the object; a twist motor configured to drive the twisting unit; a circuit board having a mounting surface on which a control unit configured to control the twist motor is mounted; a body portion housing the twisting unit, the twist motor and the circuit board; and a handle portion protruding outward from the body portion. The circuit board is arranged between the twist motor and an inner wall surface of the body portion which is located toward the handle portion in such a manner that the mounting surface faces the inner wall surface and the circuit board is closer to the twist motor than the inner wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Terufumi Hamano, Makoto Kosuge, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11478841
    Abstract: A method of processing hexahedral metal includes an X-axis edge forging step to press two X-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from a center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in an X-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal, a Y-axis edge forging step to press two Y-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from the center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in a Y-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal, and a Z-axis edge forging step to press two Z-axis edges on opposite sides to each other from the center of the hexahedral metal among edges formed in a Z-axis direction, process the hexahedral metal into hexagonal prismatic metal, and restore the hexagonal prismatic metal to hexahedral metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT, GANGNEUNG-WONJU NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION GROUP
    Inventors: Seong Lee, Hyo Tae Jeong, Sang Chul Kwon, Sun Tae Kim, Da Vin Kim, Shi Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11458520
    Abstract: A bender tool measuring system includes a conduit bender, a bent piece of conduit, and a measurement apparatus coupled to the conduit. The conduit bender includes a bender head comprising a hook and a handle coupled to and extending from the bender head. The measurement apparatus is configured to project an optical projection onto the handle of the conduit bender, and the location of the optical projection on the length of the handle indicates the position of the bent piece of conduit in relation to the bender head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Travis Heairld
  • Patent number: 11446675
    Abstract: A continuous feed machine for trimming and separating plant material, the machine having one or more augers or conveyors for feeding plant material into a trommel barrel covered with mesh netting, adapted to include baffles between longitudinal sections of the trommel barrel, and sized for rotational speeds to so as to process the plant material as components of the plant material progress longitudinally through successive sections of the trommel barrel. The mesh netting trims plant material as it moves through the trommel barrel, with the trim falling through the mesh netting. One or more augers or conveyors may be used to remove trimmed plant material exiting an output end of the trommel barrel, and one or more augers or conveyors may be used to remove trim material from below one or more sections of the trommel barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Bruggemann
  • Patent number: 11440082
    Abstract: An apparatus to make a metal mesh having longitudinal rods and transverse rods which have a diameter and reciprocal pitch defined on each occasion according to requirements, is provided, having a first operating group and a second operating group disposed in sequence and functionally coordinated, to obtain a reticular semi-worked product that is completed to make the desired metal mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: M.E.P. MACCHINE ELETTRONICHE PIEGATRICI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Del Fabro
  • Patent number: 11440066
    Abstract: A first steel strip and a second steel strip (7) are rolled in succession in at least one roll stand (1) of a cold rolling mill. A rolling pause, in which no steel strip is rolled, is provided between the rolling of the first and the second steel strip (7). The first steel strip is fed over a first path starting from a first pay-off reel (2), and the second steel strip (7) is fed over a second path starting from the first pay-off reel (2), or from a second pay-off reel different from the first pay-off reel (2). The first steel strip is not heated as it is fed to the rolling mill (1), whereas, by contrast, the second steel strip (7) is heated. The second path is longer than the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Roland Kellermayr, Konrad Krimpelstaetter, Alois Stadlbauer
  • Patent number: 11433446
    Abstract: A die pack mounting for a bodymaker includes a die pack mounting bed and a die pack mounting door assembly. The die pack mounting door assembly is movably coupled to the die pack mounting bed. The die pack mounting door assembly is movable between an open, first position, wherein the die pack mounting door assembly is structured to support a die pack in a maintenance configuration, and, a closed, second position, wherein the die pack mounting door assembly fixes the die pack in a selected position. Further, the die pack mounting door assembly does not include any coolant fluid fittings. That is, the die pack mounting door assembly defines internal passages for coolant and the coolant is supplied via similar passages in the die pack mounting bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Kenneth Scholey, Karl S. Fleischer, Alan W. Cleveland
  • Patent number: 11407019
    Abstract: A press forming method includes a first process of obtaining a pressing force applied to each portion of a tool by an workpiece material during press forming while independently driving the respective each portion of the tool divided into multiple portions and press forming the workpiece material, and a second process of adjusting at least one of an applied driving force, an applied driving speed, and an applied driving timing for each portion of the tool to cause a processing portion of the workpiece material in which the state approaching an overload state is detected based on the pressing force to flow to other processing portions of the workpiece material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Wada, Shuji Yamamoto, Mitsuharu Yamagata
  • Patent number: 11407140
    Abstract: An adjustable toe board, an adjustable toe board assembly, kit and sawmill comprising the adjustable toe board are provided. The toe board comprises a baseplate having a first end, an opposed second end, and a rod extending away from the baseplate. The toe board includes a support bar pivotably coupled to the baseplate proximate the first end, spaced apart from the rod, and extending towards the second end, the support bar being configured to support a log. The toe board also includes a ratcheting arm pivotably coupled to the support bar, the ratcheting arm having a plurality of spaced-apart teeth defining notches adapted and positioned to selectively engage with the rod, wherein selective engagement of the teeth with the rod enables pivotal adjustment and releasable locking of the support bar relative to the baseplate during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Brian Shellswell
  • Patent number: 11407192
    Abstract: A hydraulic extrusion press includes at least one ram, the ram being driven by hydraulic oil from a main line and a hydraulic control pressure being used to control the extrusion press. To minimize non-productive periods, the control pressure is also supplied to the main line. The main line and the pressure control system are connected with one another on the pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Poggenpohl