Patents Issued in September 25, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140286673
    Abstract: A development device includes a developer container that includes a developer chamber configured to contain a developer, a developer carrier configured to hold the developer on a surface of an outer periphery and configured to rotate about an axis, and faces an electrostatic latent image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image, a longitudinal sealing member configured to contact the surface of the developer carrier in the long-side direction and configured to provide a seal of the developer from between the developer container and the developer carrier, and a capture unit configured to capture the developer from between the longitudinal sealing member and the developer carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi OTA
  • Publication number: 20140286674
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a thermal transfer print sheet includes an image forming unit configured to form a film pattern including a first pattern and a second pattern on a releasing sheet, the first and second patterns being arranged to at least partially overlap each other, the first pattern being formed of toner that includes a binder resin having a first thermoplastic resin, the second pattern being formed of toner that includes a binder resin having a second thermoplastic resin that is in a homologous relation to the first thermoplastic resin, and a fixing unit configured to apply heat and pressure to the film pattern such that the film pattern is formed as a thermal transfer film releasably supported on the releasing sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi MITSUI, Masaru SATO, Tomohumi SANO
  • Publication number: 20140286675
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier whose surface is moved in a specific direction, a charging device to charge the image carrier, an exposure device to form an electrostatic latent image by exposing a surface of the charged image carrier, a developing device to supply a developer to the image carrier on which the electrostatic latent image is formed, a transfer device to transfer a developer image formed on the surface of the image carrier onto an image forming medium, and a dielectric member that extends from the charging device to the vicinity of the image carrier and is disposed between the charging device and the image carrier surface part exposed by the exposure device, in which the charging device, the exposure device, the developing device and the transfer device are sequentially arranged around the image carrier along the movement direction of the surface of the image carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Masato Ogasawara, Hisashi Nakai
  • Publication number: 20140286676
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer container including a first chamber and a second chamber arranged along a lateral direction, which crosses a gravitational direction, developer circulating through the first chamber and the second chamber; a transporting member rotatably disposed in the first chamber; and a supply member rotatably disposed in the second chamber. A lower end position of the supply member and a lower end position of the transporting member in the gravitational direction are at the same level. While the supply member and the transporting member are rotating, an upper surface of developer contained in the first chamber and an upper surface of developer contained in the second chamber are at levels not higher than an upper end position of the transporting member but not lower than an upper end position of the supply member in the gravitational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki TSUTSUMI, Yoshinobu KARIYA
  • Publication number: 20140286677
    Abstract: A powder container includes a body and a pair of walls that blocks one longitudinal end of the body and the other longitudinal end of the body. Powder is accommodated within the powder container which is mounted to an apparatus using the powder in a posture where a longitudinal direction of the body is a transverse direction of the apparatus. The powder container has an opening, through which the powder is supplied to the apparatus, formed in a lower position of the body in a posture where the powder container is mounted to the apparatus. The powder container includes a shutter and a shield. The shutter is, prior to mounting the powder container to the apparatus, in a closed location to block the opening and, when the powder container is mounted, is moved along an outer peripheral surface of the body to an opened location to open the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kazunori KOSHIMORI, Shota MAKITA, Koutarou YOSHIHARA, Yuta HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20140286678
    Abstract: A toner replenishment device includes a toner receiving port, a toner feed unit feeding toner from the toner receiving port into the device, a toner detector detecting that the device has been filled with a specified amount of the toner, an agitating member having an agitating blade and rotating so as to agitate the toner in the device, a position detector detecting a rotational position of the agitating member and generating a signal indicative thereof, and a recognition unit recognizing the rotational position based on the signal output from the position detector. The toner feed unit feeds the toner into the device when an end edge of the agitating blade is within a specified range, in which a flow path of the toner from the toner receiving port to the toner detector is not blocked by the agitating blade, based on the recognition performed by the recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Satoshi Sunayama
  • Publication number: 20140286679
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner case, an apparatus main body, and a cover. The toner case includes a case main body, a shutter, and an operation part. The case main body has a discharge port discharging a toner. The shutter opens/closes the discharge port. The operation part is connected to the shutter. The operation part is movable between a port closing position where the operation part makes the shutter close the discharge port and interferes with the cover and an port opening position where the operation part makes the shutter open the discharge port and permits the cover to be closed. When the cover is closed in the state in which the operation part is located at the port closing position, the cover presses the operation part and the operation part moves from the port closing position to the port opening position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Satoru NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140286680
    Abstract: A powder container includes a body and a pair of walls that blocks one longitudinal end of the body and the other longitudinal end of the body. Powder is accommodated within the powder container which is mounted to an apparatus using the powder in a posture where a longitudinal direction of the body is a transverse direction of the apparatus. The powder container has an opening, through which the powder is supplied to the apparatus, formed in a lower position of the body in a posture where the powder container is mounted to the apparatus. The powder container includes a shutter and a shield. The shutter is, prior to mounting the powder container to the apparatus, in a closed location to block the opening and, when the powder container is mounted, is moved along an outer peripheral surface of the body to an opened location to open the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori KOSHIMORI, Shota MAKITA, Koutarou YOSHIHARA, Yuta HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20140286681
    Abstract: A developing device includes a sleeve and a magnet roller having first and second magnetic poles, the second magnetic pole being disposed downstream of the first magnetic pole. A magnetic attraction distribution on the sleeve in a region from the first magnetic pole to the second magnetic pole is such that the magnetic attraction decreases from a position of the first magnetic pole toward the downstream side, a gradient of change in the magnetic attraction decreases in a region downstream of a region in which a gradient of reduction in the magnetic attraction temporarily increases, thereby forming an attraction reduction region in which the magnetic attraction is reduced so that developer cannot be held on the sleeve, and the gradient of change in the magnetic attraction increases in a region downstream of the attraction reduction region so that the magnetic attraction increases to a position of the second magnetic pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru INABA, Shota OBA, Makoto HIROTA, Yoshitaka NAKAJIMA, Ryota TOMISHI
  • Publication number: 20140286682
    Abstract: A transfer member having high durability while having an excellent transfer function is provided. An image formation apparatus in which high quality images can be obtained for an extended period of time is also provided. A transfer member having an endless belt shape and constituting an image formation apparatus of an electrophotographic system includes an elastic body layer and a surface layer formed thereon. The surface layer contains metal oxide fine particles subjected to a surface treatment, in a cured resin obtained by curing an active energy ray-curable composition that contains three ingredients of a multifunctional (meth)acrylate, a polyurethane acrylate and a polymerizable component having a low surface energy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadaaki SAKAMOTO, Akihiro Honya, Ryo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20140286683
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a belt, a secured member, a support roller, a heating unit, and a pressure roller that is driven to rotate and has an elastic surface layer deformed when pressing the belt against the secured member so as to form a fixing portion. A recording medium that holds an unfixed image passes through the fixing portion. The secured member has a contact portion and an insertion portion having first and second curved surfaces respectively curved toward first and second sides opposite to each other. Conditions t(1/r1+1/r2)?0.130 and r1<r2 are satisfied where t denotes a thickness of the belt, r1 denotes a radius of curvature of the second curved surface in mm, and r2 denotes a radius of curvature of the first curved surface in mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Shogo KAMIYA, Junpei AMANO, Norimasa FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20140286684
    Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a heater disposed opposite the endless belt to heat the endless belt, and a pressing rotary body contacting an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt. A nip formation pad presses against the pressing rotary body via the endless belt to form a fixing nip between the endless belt and the pressing rotary body, through which a recording medium is conveyed. The nip formation pad includes a nip face disposed opposite the endless belt. The nip face includes a first region having an increased thermal conductivity and a second region having a decreased thermal conductivity and being adjacent to the first region in an axial direction of the endless belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa TAKAGI, Kenji ISHII, Arinobu YOSHIURA
  • Publication number: 20140286685
    Abstract: A fixing device includes: a tubular member; a heater; a nip member including a base portion, a connecting portion, and a flange portion; a backup member; and a guide member. The tubular member is circularly movable in a circularly-moving direction. The guide member has a part positioned upstream of the nip member in the circularly-moving direction and configured to guide the tubular member. The part has an end portion containing a most downstream end at which the tubular member is directed to a position between the nip member and the backup member. The nip member and the guide member define a first imaginary plane containing a line connecting a first curved portion provided by a boundary region between the connecting portion and the base portion, and the most downstream end. The first imaginary plane is positioned opposite to the heater relative to a first end of the flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kei Ishida, Noboru Suzuki, Takuji Matsuno, Yoshihiro Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20140286686
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an endless belt; a driving roller to move the endless belt in circulation; a driven roller to rotate along with circulation of the endless belt; a first bearing arranged on a first-side end of the driven roller along an axial direction to movable and to support the driven roller rotatably; a resilient member to apply a resilient force to the driven roller; and a frame having a first guide to the first bearing to move in an inclined direction, which inclines with respect to a virtual line extending through a rotation axis of the driving roller and the rotation axis of the driven roller, is provided. The first guide is formed to incline with respect to the virtual line to be closer to a virtual plane containing the strained plane of the endless belt as the first guide extends farther from the driving roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Taira
  • Publication number: 20140286687
    Abstract: A method for depositing an amount of a heat meltable at room temperature non flowable semi-solid lip product (8) on an applicator having a flexible sheet-like support (1) with a lip product area (4) having an interconnected open channel structure, formed by channel forming elements (6), said area (4) having a circumferential raised edge (7), the method including depositing the amount of lip product in the lip product area (4), filling the lip product area (4) incompletely and/or non uniformly, subjecting the lip product (8) to a heat treatment to heat all of it to above the melting point thereof, such that the lip product (8) flows into the channel structure filling the lip product area (4) substantially complete and uniform, and cooling the assembly of applicator and lip product (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Bertus Johannes Van Alphen
  • Publication number: 20140286688
    Abstract: An applicator bottle design is provided which allows significantly less fluid to be wasted than previous designs. The design includes a reservoir or indentation for the applicator while the top of the bottle is screwed on. When the bottle is unscrewed, or in use, the applicator can reach more fluid in the bottle so that less fluid is wasted than with conventional applicator bottles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SMART ASSETS, INC.
    Inventor: Michelle Arney
  • Publication number: 20140286689
    Abstract: The present invention is a pump-type ampoule container capable of being refilled. The pump-type container capable of being refilled according to the present invention is a dual container comprising an inner container and an outer container, wherein a discharge portion is fixed to the upper portion of the outer container and the inner container accommodating the contents can be replaced. Therefore, it is possible to replace only the inner container while using the same discharge portion when the contents are exhausted, thereby reducing costs for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Seo-Hui Jung
  • Publication number: 20140286690
    Abstract: The head (16) includes an application wall (30) having a central axis (A-A?), in which the application wall (30) defines at least one product dispensing orifice (82A), off-centered with respect to the central axis (A-A?), It includes a removable cap, mobile between a position for closing each dispensing orifice (82A) and a product dispensing position, the removable cap (32) comprising a bearing element (106B) on the application wall (30). The dispensing orifice (82A) remains clear when the bearing element is applied on the application wall (30), When the cap (32) occupies its closing position, each dispensing orifice (82A) is placed facing an intermediate closed region (154) of a bearing element (106B), located between a first exterior contact region (152A) of the bearing element (106B) with the application wall (30) and a second interior contact region (152B) of the bearing element (106B) with the application wall (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Nicolas Albisetti
  • Publication number: 20140286691
    Abstract: A fuselage structure for a means of transport includes at least two fuselage segments, in each case including an outer skin with an end edge. In a connecting region of two fuselage segments the end edges of the fuselage segments are spaced apart from each other. Connecting elements establish a mechanical connection between two fuselage segments. Conducting structure-borne sound is reduced by multiple deflection of the sound path, and thus results in a reduction in structure-borne sound-induced noise in the cabin of the means of transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Gleine
  • Publication number: 20140286692
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can have an aiming mechanism with a pivot holder structure such that a pivot attached to a reflector that holds a bulb is supported by a pivot holder integrally formed with a housing while the pivot is rotatable and an adjustment bolt is provided, so that the rotation of the adjustment bolt can achieve adjustment of an optical axis by inclining the reflector. The pivot holder can include a reception seat extending in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the pivot is inserted and having an arc-like curved surface for receiving a ball of the pivot, and a pair of claws extending in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the pivot is inserted so as to be parallel with each other and configured to support the ball, the pair of claws being coupled to each other by an arc-shaped bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidetaka Kondo
  • Publication number: 20140286693
    Abstract: A machine system includes a first component, a second component, and a joint assembly pivotably connecting the first and second components in a finite angular pivoting range. A boot seal seals between the first and second components, and has a rest configuration where the boot seal has a curvilinear taper, and is deformable to a squished configuration forming a radially outward bulge. The radially outward bulge stores an energy of compression of the boot seal, to bias a sealing ring in the boot seal against the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil I. Mathew, Hong Lian, Craig D. Goeppinger, Brian C. Wright
  • Publication number: 20140286694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double assembly system that can be used for pivoting, rotating or folding operations. The invention is suitable for use in the production of furniture or other construction elements and structures, for the purposes of folding and unfolding, opening and closing, and, depending on the spatial orientation thereof, for securing a part in its use position. The invention can be used to join generally planar parts. The invention is formed by a group of elements (1) which are interlocked with other elements and which, when joined, allow a rotational movement through a specific, pre-defined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Francisco Couceiro Nuñez
  • Publication number: 20140286695
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a corner reinforcement insert for wall elements having a double-angled edge, including a base part having a plate-shaped corner flange that is arranged at least substantially in a plane and has an angled inner circumferential edge and an angled outer circumferential edge and having a first web and a second web that extend from the same side of the base part on the inner circumferential edge of the corner flange perpendicularly to the corner flange plane and in parallel with the inner circumferential edge, wherein the first web is located on the side of a bending point of the inner circumferential edge and the second web is located on the other side of the bending point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: C E S CONTROL ENCLOSURE SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Jocham, Paul Mazura, Walter Nicolai, Igor H. Schaaf
  • Publication number: 20140286696
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for mounting a trailer/dolly air brake system module onto a mounting surface of a trailer/dolly using a mounting element. More particularly, a trailer/dolly air brake system module is mounted to an I-beam or C-channel of the trailer/dolly via welding methods, fasteners, or clamps. This allows the trailer/dolly air brake system module to be easily removable and replaceable, minimizing trailer/dolly down time as well as diagnostic troubleshooting/repair time. More particularly, the system module is for a trailer/dolly air brake system module. The method allows for continued use of a trailer/dolly vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Victor J. Raye, Jerry J. Donovan, James L. Greene
  • Publication number: 20140286697
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a joint member including two or more carbon fiber composite materials having a thermoplastic resin as a matrix, characterized in that while heating and melting or after heating and melting at least one joining portion A of the composite materials, the one joining portion A is brought into contact with other joining portion B of the composite materials, and the joining portions A and B are welded by giving vibration or ultrasonic vibration while applying a pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki Takeuchi, Takumi Kato
  • Publication number: 20140286698
    Abstract: There is provided a welding material used for welding of SUS310 stainless steel base metal that contains at least one of Nb and V and is excellent in intergranular corrosion resistance, the chemical composition of the welding material consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.02% or less, Si: 2% or less, Mn: 2% or less, Cr: 26 to 50%, N: 0.15% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.002% or less, and Ni: a content percentage satisfying [5?Ni?Cr?14], and the balance of Fe and impurities. Also, there is provided a welding joint of an austenitic stainless steel, which consists of the base metal and a weld metal formed by using the welding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Osuki, Kiyoko Takeda, Tetsuo Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Anada, Masatoshi Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20140286699
    Abstract: The invention is directed at a method for welding a composite material and to welded structures thus prepared. The method includes a step of contacting a substrate material with a composite material, wherein the composite material includes a pair of spaced apart steel sheets and a core layer between the sheets; the volume of the core layer is about 25 volume % or more, based on the total volume of the composite material; the core layer includes a plurality of steel fibers arranged in one or more masses of fibers that extend the thickness of the core layer so that the core layer is in electrical communication with the steel sheets; and the steel fibers have a cross sectional area perpendicular to the length of the fibers from about 1×10?5 mm2 to about 2.5×10?2 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH LLC
    Inventor: Shimon Mizrahi
  • Publication number: 20140286700
    Abstract: A new and improved system for interconnecting components in a vehicle body structure, and especially for interconnecting fiber-reinforced composite components in a fuselage structure of an aircraft. The system includes: a first adapter member having a first mating portion configured to substantially conform with a profile of a first component of the structure in more than one plane, and a first attachment portion connected to the first mating portion; a second adapter member having a second mating portion configured to substantially conform with a profile of a second component of the structure in more than one plane, and a second attachment portion connected to the second mating portion; and a connector member to securely interconnect the first and second attachment portions of the first and second adapter members. A related method of interconnecting components in a vehicle body structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Memis Tiryaki, Ulrich Bieling
  • Publication number: 20140286701
    Abstract: A furniture assembly which comprises a first furniture element which defines a first surface and a first groove in the first surface. The first groove defines a first side surface and an opposite second side surface. The furniture assembly further comprises a second furniture element which comprises a first tongue for being received in the first groove. The first tongue defines a first tongue surface and an opposite second tongue surface. The second tongue surface is adapted for facial cooperation with the second side surface of the first groove. The first side surface and the first tongue surface defines a first elongated compartment in the facial cooperation between the second tongue surface and the second side surface. The furniture assembly further comprises a first elongated furniture locking element for insertion into the first elongated compartment for engaging the first side surface and the first tongue surface and for forcing the second tongue surface toward the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Steen Sauer
  • Publication number: 20140286702
    Abstract: A detectable warning tile which aims to solve the problem of buckling and cracking associated with different thermal expansion properties of the tile and the substrate in which it is installed. Said tile is provided with underside flanges on only some of the outermost vertical surface of the tile. The tile need not be a quadrilateral, the tile may have more or fewer than fours edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: ENGINEERED PLASTICS INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Szekely, David N. Sambrook, John A. Heffner
  • Publication number: 20140286703
    Abstract: A concrete lid for an in-ground utilities box includes a plastic reinforcement structure filled with concrete. The plastic reinforcement structure includes one or more plastic sidewalls that protect the edges of the lid from damage. The upper and lower surfaces of the lid are exposed concrete (with the exception of the upper and lower edges of the one or more plastic sidewalls). The one or more plastic sidewalls laterally surround a plastic reinforcement grid, which is centrally located between the upper and lower edges of the one or more plastic sidewalls. The one or more plastic sidewalls can be integrally formed with the plastic reinforcement grid. The plastic reinforcement grid reinforces the concrete lid, eliminating the need for separate reinforcement material. Support struts can be used to support the plastic reinforcement grid while wet concrete is being poured into the plastic reinforcing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Jurich, Rickey G. Swartz, Jon R. Reed, Eric C. Freeman, Wolfgang Ott, Paul H. Appelblom, Paul A. Jurich
  • Publication number: 20140286704
    Abstract: A synthetic grass tile system and method are disclosed. An artificial turf tile system has a plurality of connectable tile members and a synthetic turf arrangement adhered to the tile members. The interconnected tile members, having the turf attached thereto, are cut into sections. The sections are then secured on a pallet for sale at a retail establishment. A method for producing a modular synthetic grass tile system follows the following steps: (a) providing a plurality of tile members; (b) snapping the tile members together at their edges to form a grid; and (c) adhering a sheet of synthetic turf to the top surface of the tile members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Ron Bennett, Steve White, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140286705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a functionally dry warm mix asphalt binder composition modified with lubricating agents or additives that can be mixed with aggregate and compacted at temperatures substantially below asphalt binder compositions that do not contain the disclosed lubricating additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS, INC., ALM HOLDING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gerald H. Reinke, Gaylon L. Baumgardner, Steven L. Engber
  • Publication number: 20140286706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a work train for milling an underlying ground surface and intermixing bulk material with the milled ground material, comprising a self-propelled ground milling machine, more particularly, a recycler or a stabilizer, comprising a milling drum mounted in a hood and a drive motor, a silo trailer drawn by the ground milling machine and comprising a storage container for bulk material, a conveying system, which transports bulk material during operation of the work train from the silo trailer to in front of the milling drum, as regarded in the direction of travel (a) of the ground milling machine, and an output means, which discharges the bulk material onto the ground in front of the milling drum, as regarded in the direction of travel (a). The present invention further relates to a towing device for such a work train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Klöckner
  • Publication number: 20140286707
    Abstract: A self-propelled power roller screed having two generally parallel tubular screed tubes and powered winching means that cooperatively engage winching cables attached to deadman structures to advance the roller screed. Screed tube power means spin each of the screed tubes in a direction opposite a direction of travel of the roller screed to provide a generally smooth finish to the surface of the concrete and to push excess concrete forward as the screed moves along the forms. The winching means is a worm gear dual drum winch powered by a variable speed reversible power drill. A cable sheave is translated along a channel in the frame of the roller screed to effectively lengthen or shorten one of the winching cables to advance one end of the frame faster or slower than the second end of the frame, facilitating movement of the roller screed around curved portions of concrete paving and allowing for angular adjustment of the roller screed for differences that might exist in the winching cables and winching means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: E. Joe Churchill
  • Publication number: 20140286708
    Abstract: An alignment tool for aligning a secondary elongate element with a primary elongate element for subsea laying of the elements in a piggybacked arrangement is disclosed. The alignment tool comprises a support structure arranged to embrace the primary element. The support structure has an opening for accommodating the primary element such that the primary element can move longitudinally through the opening in a launching direction. The alignment tool further comprises attachment points for supporting the tool to maintain or control its longitudinal and/or angular position with respect to the primary element as the primary element moves through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Lee Karl Rolf, Henry William Himsworth, Lukasz Sobczak
  • Publication number: 20140286709
    Abstract: A method of securing a pipeline to the bed of a body of water includes moving an underwater vehicle selectively, on the bed of the body of water, along the pipeline; transporting a plurality of fastening devices on the underwater vehicle; and driving each fastening device partly into the bed of the body of water, close to the pipeline, by a handling device mounted on the underwater vehicle, to confine the pipeline between the bed of the body of water and the fastening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Diego Lazzarin, Paolo Dallona, Diego Magri
  • Publication number: 20140286710
    Abstract: A male and female set of hydraulic coupler cartridges mate such that one part of the coupler can be left in place, e.g. the female coupler, with the other portion of the coupler, e.g. the male coupler, being removably connected or disconnected. Valves within each cartridge comprise an actuator and springs within each cartridge urge the valves into a closed, sealing position. When the cartridges mate, spring and/or fluid pressure within the cartridges operates to either allow or disallow fluid flow. Once the cartridges are mated, their respective springs are partially compressed and movement of one of the valves operates to compress one spring and correspondingly decompress the other. The cartridges can therefore be mated and unmated, e.g. subsea, while fluid flow is prevented through them during the mating and unmating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Oceaneering International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Krohn, Øystein Bakke, Stian Thorkilsen
  • Publication number: 20140286711
    Abstract: A system for anchoring to the ground, via chains, a floating platform, whose operating station includes: activatable/deactivatable stopper elements for each of the anchor chains, for locking in position the associated chain that ends by an upstream free strand including an end connection chain link, wherein the stopper elements are arranged side by side, along a same line, and are each associated with one housing-reservoir for storing the upstream free strand of the associated chain; and tensioning elements common to the different chains, and including a single tensioning winch, movably mounted above the stopper elements, wherein the tensioning winch includes a master chain strand, whose downstream end includes a downstream chain link adapted to be removably attached to the connection chain link of the upstream free strand of the anchor chains, and whose upstream end is stored in a container-reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Philippe Busson
  • Publication number: 20140286712
    Abstract: A helical screw pile includes a longitudinal shaft having a top end and a bottom end with a plurality of helical plates arranged on the shaft in increasing diameter from the top to the bottom. The largest diameter helical plate is located toward the bottom of the shaft. A second helical plate having a diameter smaller than that of the first plate is located above the first helical plate. A smaller third helical plate is located above the second helical plate so that the smallest is located toward the top of the shaft. The helical plates can be spaced apart along the shaft or coupled together in an end-to-end manner to form a continuous helix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Alan Lutenegger, Gary Seider
  • Publication number: 20140286713
    Abstract: A prop head bearing device used for a shield support and to receive a prop head includes a prop head bearing main body with a prop head receiving portion, a flange adjacent to the prop head receiving portion and a flange bore, and a receiving portion adjacent to the flange and remote from the prop head receiving portion. The prop head bearing device may also include a securing element including a securing element bore adapted in shape to the receiving portion, such that in the mounted state the securing element is locked with respect to the bore direction of the flange bore and that the securing element bore is aligned to the flange bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Swetlana Horn, Ulrich Pletsch
  • Publication number: 20140286714
    Abstract: Materials, such as biomass feedstocks (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. Conveying systems, such as flowing gas conveying systems and such as closed-loop flowing gas conveying systems are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Marshall MEDOFF, Thomas Craig MASTERMAN, Robert PARADIS
  • Publication number: 20140286715
    Abstract: The present invention relates to A lock hopper (11) provided with air-tight hoppers (A3, B3) arranged side by side with entrance valves (A1, B1) arranged above the air-tight hoppers (A3, B3) and exit valves (A4, B4) arranged below the air-tight hoppers (A3, B3). The lock hopper (11) performs control which alternately repeats the following states: a state in which granular substances in an upper system are placed in one of the hoppers and gas is supplied into the other hopper to discharge granular substances from the inside of the other hopper to a lower system and a state in which the granular substances in the upper system are placed in the other hopper and gas is supplied to said hopper to discharge granular substances from the inside of said hopper to the lower system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kuninori Furuyama, Masahiro Miya, Ryo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140286716
    Abstract: A transport and storage apparatus for loose or bulk goods, aggregate material, and liquids is disclosed herein. The apparatus is a container designed for shipping by rail, truck, or barge. Furthermore, the apparatus is of a modular shape such that multiple apparatuses may be stacked and stored together efficiently. The apparatus further includes an evacuation and vibration assembly for pneumatically disposing of stored goods in the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Pinnacle Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Cochrum, Drew Lofstad, Jeremy Handley, Randall Wright, Joby Satterfield
  • Publication number: 20140286717
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polygonal turning insert having primary cutting edges, which individually include a nose edge and two main edges, which converge toward the same. Behind the nose edge, chip-directing guide surfaces are formed, on one hand, with a breast surface included in a knob situated behind the nose edge along a bisector between the main edges, and, on the other hand, with a pair of flank surfaces included in a land there behind. At a distance behind the knob, there is formed a second breast surface, the upper part of which is situated on a higher level than the upper part of the first breast surface. In such a way, it is guaranteed that thin chips, which tend to pass or jump over the first breast surface without being affected by the same, will impinge on the second, higher breast surface and be subjected to guiding by the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Ronnie LOF, Erik SELIN, Joe TRUONG
  • Publication number: 20140286718
    Abstract: A double-sided, indexable, polygonal turning insert includes a plurality of corners, a peripheral clearance surface, and identical upper and under sides. Along the upper side and underside, primary cutting edges, which individually include a nose edge situated in a corner and two main edges, converge toward the same and transform into auxiliary cutting edges, which separate each pair of primary cutting edges along one and the same side. Chip-directing guide surfaces are placed inside the chip surfaces of the cutting edges. The primary cutting edge has a generally positive cutting geometry such that a wedge angle of the cutting edge between the chip surface and the clearance surface is acute in arbitrary sections along the nose edge, as well as along the two main edges. In such a way, the primary cutting edge produces chips that can be guided in a careful, although distinct, way by the guide surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Maths SCHERMAN, Ronnie LÖF
  • Publication number: 20140286719
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a top face, a bottom face and a plurality of side walls extending between the top face and the bottom face. A peripheral cutting edge is defined at the juncture of each side wall and the top face. Each cutting edge includes a linear cutting edge portion and a concave cutting edge portion that curves inwardly in a plane that is perpendicular to a plane containing a central axis of the cutting insert. A radiused corner portion connects two adjacent cutting edges. Each linear cutting edge portion extends from one radiused corner portion to the concave cutting edge portion and the concave cutting edge portion extends from the linear cutting edge portion to another radiused corner portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INDIA LIMITED
    Inventor: Karthic Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20140286720
    Abstract: A cooling assembly for a machine tool including at least first and second nozzle rings mounted on the spindle housing, respectively defining first and second coolant conduits and respectively including first and second pluralities of nozzles in fluid communication with the respective conduit. Each first nozzle is oriented with an outlet thereof directed toward a first machining zone containing cutting edges of at last one tool having a first length. Each second nozzle is oriented with an outlet thereof directed toward a second machining zone different from the first machining zone and containing the cutting edges of at least one tool having a second length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: James LEISHMAN, Fuat ATABEY
  • Publication number: 20140286721
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a table, a saddle, and first and second telescopic covers respectively disposed on two side surfaces of the table or the saddle. The two side surfaces are opposite each other along the direction of travel of the table or the saddle. Upper surfaces of the first and second telescopic covers are inclined in opposite directions perpendicular to the direction of travel of the table or the saddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FANUC Corporation
    Inventor: Keita ASANO
  • Publication number: 20140286722
    Abstract: A retaining device and assembly for securing a modular structure to a vehicle bed is disclosed. The assembly includes a main body, a retaining portion forming an end of the main body, and means for securing the main body to the vehicle bed, wherein the secured main body and retaining portion prevent the structure from moving while positioned within the vehicle bed. The retaining assembly is compatible with existing fasteners or tie-downs on the cargo bed of the vehicle; therefore, no additional modifications are needed to the cargo bed to accommodate the retaining assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company
    Inventor: International Truck Intellectual Property Company