Patents Issued in January 21, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160016700
    Abstract: A container lid system is compatible with traditional metal-rimmed paper ice cream containers, and protects the user from interaction with any sharp metal edges or points. The lid system includes a protector strip disposed over the metal rim, which completely shields the user from contact with any sharp rim edges. A selectively removable and replaceable lid allows the containers to be shipped, opened and used while maintaining protection of with the rim. The lid may also serve as, or be provided with, a replaceable night cover compatible with the protected rim. Accordingly, the metal rim strip is never exposed to the user's hands or arms during use of the ice cream container, either during initial removal of the lid or when replacing and subsequently removing of the night cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Shanna L. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20160016701
    Abstract: A beverage container cover is disclosed herein and includes: a solid strip stabilizing component, a cover component, wherein the solid strip stabilizing component is hingeably coupled to the cover component, and a handle component that is operatively coupled to the stabilizing component and the cover component. A beverage container cover is disclosed herein and includes: a solid strip stabilizing component, a cover component, wherein the solid strip stabilizing component is hingeably coupled to the handle component, and a handle component that is operatively coupled to the stabilizing component and the cover component. In addition, a beverage container cover system is disclosed that includes: a beverage container cover, a beverage container, and an insulating cover, wherein the beverage container is surrounded in part by the insulating cover and wherein the solid strip stabilizing component of the beverage container cover is located in the space between the beverage container and the insulating cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Manuel H. Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20160016702
    Abstract: A leak-resistant pulp container with a plastic lid is disclosed, including a tray formed of molded pulp and having a boom and a sidewall forming an interior volume. The tray has an edge extending peripherally outward from an upper edge of the sidewall, and the tray edge has an outer portion. The container further includes a plastic lid having an edge extending peripherally outward therefrom, and the lid edge having an outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yohanan SISKINDOVICH, Ron SEIDEL
  • Publication number: 20160016703
    Abstract: In order to prevent or minimize littering, the invention proposes a plastic closure (1) having a tamper-proof element. The plastic closure has a tamper-proof element that is as small as possible, and the plastic closure is largely secured against loss. The tamper-proof element consists of a plate (50), which is formed as part of the jacket wall (30) of the cover (3) by means of designed breaking point bridges (51, 52) and lies behind a first apron (25) in the closed state before the first opening and engages in a window (26) of the first apron by means of a locking hook. After the first opening, the plate (50) is separated from the cover and is held captive between the first apron (25) and a second, inner apron (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Rolf MÜHLEMANN
  • Publication number: 20160016704
    Abstract: A drinking cap dispense liquid from and to reseal any of a plurality of bottles having bottle necks of varying sizes. A sealing portion of the cap seals in liquid to prevent spilling. The sealing portion can have a cone shape with a first diameter on a lower portion and a second diameter on an upper portion that is larger than the first diameter, to seal bottles of different sizes. A sipping portion provides a spout for consuming or pouring liquid. An attached cover of the cap adapted for closes the sipping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Ubaldo GARZA
  • Publication number: 20160016705
    Abstract: A die-cut lid (20) for closing a container is disclosed; the lid being formed from a flexible composite sheet material (30). The lid comprises a functional area (70) bearing human-readable and/or machine-readable data with the lid comprising one or more rigidifying indentations (50) to promote flatness of the functional area in a resting state of the lid. The one or more rigidifying indentations are selected from the group of: i) one or more encircling indentations that border the functional area; and/or ii) a planar indentation that encompasses the functional area. A lidded container (1) comprising such a die-cut lid and a method of forming a die-cut lid are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Alderson, Esak Shabudin, Geoff York, Egidijus Bartkus
  • Publication number: 20160016706
    Abstract: A closure is provided and comprises a base and a lid, the base and lid being joined by a double hinge arrangement so that the lid is movable between a closed position and an open position, the double hinge arrangement comprising a first hinge and a second hinge, in which the closure comprises holding means for holding or causing the lid to be held stably in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Rognard, Claude Benoit-Gonin
  • Publication number: 20160016707
    Abstract: A transparent, plastic, one-piece, tamper-resistant/evident container includes a cover portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange and a base portion having an upper peripheral rim. A tamper-evident hinge joins the cover portion with the base portion. The hinge includes a frangible section. When the container is closed, the outwardly extending peripheral flange of the cover portion abuts the upper peripheral rim of the base portion and the upper peripheral rim of the base portion extends beyond an outer edge of the outwardly extending peripheral flange of the cover portion and deters opening the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Sellari, Peter Boback, Bruce K. Stein, Daniel A. Landan, Tadeusz J. Klimaszewski
  • Publication number: 20160016708
    Abstract: A method comprises including the following steps: placing a rear locking collar (62) around an outer ply (25), placing a first shaping guide (82) for shaping the folding of the end segments (32) of the outer ply (25); folding the end segments (32) of the outer ply (25) rearwards, folding the end segments (32) of an inner ply (24) rearwards. Before the step for folding the end segments (32) of the inner ply (24) rearwards, a second shaping guide (84) is placed for shaping the folding of the end segments (32) of the inner ply (24), a second shaping guide (84) being separate from the first shaping guide (82), the end segments (32) of the inner ply (24) bearing on the second shaping guide (84) after the folding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventors: Benjamin LE BLAN, German BRUNO, Grégory PECKEU, Antoine COLMARD
  • Publication number: 20160016709
    Abstract: A low profile cable tie includes a strap having a tail at one end and a locking head at the other end. The locking head has passage for receipt of the tail therethrough. The strap includes a planar surface between the tail and the locking head having a plurality of notches therealong. The locking head includes a base portion and a head portion flexibly connected to the base portion with the passageway formed therebetween. The head portion includes a plurality of locking teeth extending into the passageway for engagement with the notches of the strap body. The notches engage a number of teeth less than all of the locking teeth upon insertion of the strap into the passageway. The head is flexibly pivotable so that more than the number of locking teeth engage the notches upon attempt to withdraw the strap from the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Cong Thanh Dinh
  • Publication number: 20160016710
    Abstract: A thin, multi-layer, flexible web of self-adhering wrapping material, typically paper, foil, polymer, or metalized polymer having a first layer having indicia on an outfacing major surface, pressure-sensitive or the like adhesive disposed on an opposing major surface, and a selectively removable protective layer over the adhesive. The protective layer is formed from a plurality of individual small, spaced-apart portions that facilitate their removal. Alignment indicia (e.g., gridlines, rulers, etc.) may be provided on the protective layer. In alternate embodiments, a chemically activatable adhesive may be used to replace a pressure sensitive adhesive. The wrapping material may be provided in sheets of different sizes or in continuous rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Carol N. Merrill
  • Publication number: 20160016711
    Abstract: A packing foil having optical diffraction effective areas and/or authentication features includes at least a first structure produced by passing a homogeneous intensity distribution spot of a laser beam having laser pulse durations in a nano-second range through a mask and a diaphragm before imaging the laser beam on at least one area of an exposed surface of the packaging foil using imaging optics positioned downstream of the mask and the diaphragm, and at least a second structure superposed on the first structure, the second structure produced by a second laser having pulse durations in the pico- or femtosecond range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: BOEGLI-GRAVURES S.A.
    Inventors: Charles BOEGLI, Steffen WEISSMANTEL, Günter REISSE, Andy ENGEL, Werner STEFFEN
  • Publication number: 20160016712
    Abstract: A tool holder includes first and second holding members incorporable to form a holding space. The first holding member includes at least one restraining protrusion defining a first restraining side with a first hooking structure having a first height and a second restraining side with a second hooking structure. The second holding member includes at least one catching slot including a first limiting structure having a second height and a second limiting structure. The tool holder has a first arrangement in which the at least one first restraining protrusion engages in the at least one first catching slot, and the first hooking structure engaging with the first limiting structure, as well as the second hooking structure and the second limiting structure having a gap tolerance therebetween not greater than the first and second heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Cheng-Wei Su
  • Publication number: 20160016713
    Abstract: A package is disclosed which includes first panel and second panel connected together, a first blister attached to the first panel and a second blister attached to the second panel, where a protrusion from the first blister engages the second blister to hold the panels in a fixed relationship with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Meng-Chuan WU, Angela J. MCINTIRE, Gregory P. HAYTER
  • Publication number: 20160016714
    Abstract: Flexible film packages having an easily opened package feature incorporated therein and method of producing such packages are provided. The package opening feature may be incorporated into a variety of package formats such as flow wrapped packages having a longitudinal seal (including fin seals or lap seals) or packages with side seals (including two-, three-, or four-side seal pouches). In one illustrative approach, the package opening feature is disposed adjacent or at a package seal, such as, for example, an end seal, a top seal, a bottom seal, a side seal, or a longitudinal seal. The flexible film laminate has at least first and second film layers, and at least one of the film layers defining an interior cavity configured to hold food products. In a number of configurations, the flexible film packages may be reclosable or resealable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Louis Peter FENECH, III, Rachel LEICHTE, Jeffrey Thomas WEBER, Evan ZIOLKOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20160016715
    Abstract: Packaging and method for the production thereof. A packaging for pulverulent material is proposed consisting of a container part, made up of a laminate consisting of paper (board), metal foil and plastic material. The powder is filled into such a container and a seal consisting of a plastic film that is fixed to the container wall by heat sealing is applied on top of the powder. A small gap remains between the film and the lid to be placed on the container (in the closed state). A scoop is fitted in this gap. After first use, the scoop is snapped into a fixing in the lid. The lid is provided with an elevation for accommodating the scoop in the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Karen Rita Crawford, Nicolaas Luttik
  • Publication number: 20160016716
    Abstract: A waterproof enclosure is provided with a bag including an internal space configured to receive an electronic device, a hole disposed at a forward end, and a sealable opening disposed at a position other than the hole wherein the internal space communicates with both the hole and the sealable opening; a flexible sleeve sealingly disposed in the hole and including an axial channel communicating with both the internal space and a space externally of the bag; and a flexible plug disposed in the channel and including an axial tunnel having a forward end and a rear end, and a crack axially extending from the forward end of the tunnel to a rear end of the tunnel and radially extending from the tunnel to a peripheral surface of the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: CHI-YUAN CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160016717
    Abstract: A single-layer fibrous substrate comprising, by dry weight compared with the weight of the substrate: between 39.9 and 87.9% natural fibers refined to above 50° SR; between 12 and 60% nanofibrillar polysaccharide; and between 0.1 and 4% of at least one retention agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: AHLSTROM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francois Toubeau, Gilles Vetter
  • Publication number: 20160016718
    Abstract: The present invention provides multilayer absorbent laminates useful for absorbing undesired liquids released from packaged food products during storage, display, or heating, including microwave cooking. In one aspect, the present invention provides a multilayer absorbent laminate comprising a first layer comprising an absorbent material, a second layer comprising a polymeric bonding material, a third layer comprising a polymeric support film layer, and a fourth layer comprising an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Otacilio T. Berbert, Bruce D. Kehler, Shayne D. Spence, Gary A. McMaster
  • Publication number: 20160016719
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chiller for a canister including: a drum-shaped tray with an open upper part; an inner casing inserted in the tray with a given space between the inside wall surface of the tray and the inner casing for receiving the canister; and a drainage container arranged between the inner casing and the tray for collecting cooling water discharged from the inner casing, thus preventing dew from being produced on the surface of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jang Won KIM, Woo Ho SON, Kwang Sik YOU, Moon Cheol KANG
  • Publication number: 20160016720
    Abstract: The present invention provides a receptacle for containing and dispensing solid medicinal pills, directly into the mouth of the user, comprising a container with a storage chamber leading to a spout outlet sized to be comfortably inserted between the lips of a user, said spout outlet being further provided with a displaceable sealing closure having a normally closed position, and wherein displacement of said closure from said closed position, to enable the dispensing of at least one pill from said chamber, is actuated by the mouth of the user interacting with said spout outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Ilan Paz
  • Publication number: 20160016721
    Abstract: A pressurizable fluid container apparatus, system and method of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Nick Rhea, Eric Young
  • Publication number: 20160016722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing head for a system for dispensing a product, said head comprising a body which has a well for mounting said head on a tube for the pressurised supply of the product and a recess which is in communication with said well, said recess being provided with an abutment, around which a nozzle is mounted so as to form, at the interface thereof, a path for dispensing the product between said recess and a passage for discharging said product, said head comprising a sheath which is attached around the periphery of the abutment in order to define at least one part of the dispensing path, said sheath being capable of ensuring microbiocidal action on the product contained in said dispensing path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Bloc
  • Publication number: 20160016723
    Abstract: A pack (1) is disclosed. The pack (1) comprises a front and a rear wall (4,5), and side walls (6, 7) extending therebetween. At least one side wall (6, 7)comprises at least three layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Paul Hodges
  • Publication number: 20160016724
    Abstract: A packing box (20) for electric home appliances is disclosed. The packing box (20) includes a box body (21) configured to surround a perimeter of one side surface of an electric home appliance (10) and a portion of other surfaces adjoining the one side surface, wherein a region of the box body (21) surrounding at least one of upper and lower portions of the electric home appliance (10) is provided with an openable folding structure (23). Accordingly, in the packing process using a packing box (20), packing may be completed through only two operations of fitting the packing box (20) onto both side surfaces of an electric home appliance. Therefore, the packing process may be simplified, and production time and labor may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Sangyong LEE, Jongin PARK, Hanyong JANG, Daehee KIM
  • Publication number: 20160016725
    Abstract: A safety device container that has a divider with a cut-out section disposed within the chamber of the container to immobilize and protect a safety device. The container having a first and second housing that when in a closed position the second housing engages a ledge of the first housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Troy A. Stille
  • Publication number: 20160016726
    Abstract: A beverage cartridge system is adapted to brew a beverage through a brewer having a holder adapted to receive the cartridge system. The holder may have a deep well with one or more needles therewithin to pierce through the bottom of the cartridge system when inserted into the well. The cartridge system may include a short cup and a tall cup, where the tall cup is taller than the short cup to pack more beverage grind. The cartridge system may include a filter within an outer cup. The bottom of the filter may be deep enough to be juxtaposed to the bottom of the cup. The filter may be formed from a material that is substantially resistant to piercing by the needle within the holder such that when the outlet needle pierces through the bottom of the cup, the outlet needle raises the filter at a point of contact, and the filter substantially resists the outlet needle from piercing through the filter during a brewing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Sung I. Oh
  • Publication number: 20160016727
    Abstract: A cartridge for a beverage dispenser includes a top that has a perimeter forming an opening therein, an intermediate portion connected to the top, and a bottom connected to the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion has at least five openings formed therein. The intermediate portion forms a receiving space between the top and the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Bernard Katz
  • Publication number: 20160016728
    Abstract: An exemplary approach for protecting floorings in containers may utilize a first ledger attached to an upper portion of a first support beam associated with a foundational base assembly. A portion of the first ledger may protrude outward in a first horizontal direction from the upper portion of the first support beam. A second ledger may be attached to an upper portion of a second support beam next to the first support beam. A portion of the second ledger may protrude outward in a second horizontal direction from the upper portion of the second support beam. The second horizontal direction may face the first horizontal direction. A support panel may be placed on top of the portion of the first ledger and the portion of the second ledger. The support panel may have a length proximate to a distance between the first support beam and the second support beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: TRITON CONTAINER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Henry Eugene Heacox, H. Keith Hunt, Ricky Alleson Cribbs
  • Publication number: 20160016729
    Abstract: A conveying system for injecting material at a convey line pressure is disclosed. Material is injected into the convey line through a feed device from a pressurized vessel pressurized at the convey line pressure. In illustrated embodiments, the vessel is pressurized at the convey line pressure through connection to the convey line. As described, the vessel is connected to the convey line through a pressurization line to pressurize the vessel at the convey line pressure. In illustrated embodiments described the pressurization line is opened and closed via a valve to control pressurization of the vessel at the convey line pressure. In illustrated embodiments, convey line pressure is applied to multiple vessels of a conveying system through one or more pressurization lines to inject material into the convey line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Nol-Tec Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon R. Hudalla, Erik W. Johnson, Michael G. Thiel
  • Publication number: 20160016730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to outdoor trash containers including motifs and/or details that can be attached or detached from the base or lid of the trash container to allow for customization of the container. The present invention also includes a bag holder within the container to stabilize a trash bag within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Audrey A. SUPPLE
  • Publication number: 20160016731
    Abstract: A storage system having at least first, second and third storage sections, each configured for storing containers in multiple storage cells arranged in multiple rows at various horizontal levels with respect to ground. Storage cells in each row are arranged in multiple parallel lines extending in a first horizontal direction. Container carriages are moved in the first horizontal direction along parallel paths corresponding to the lines of the storage cells. The container carriage having a frame and a board for carrying containers is configured to position the board at different horizontal levels with respect to the frame. The container carriage is enabled to load containers onto its board in a desired sequence by taking a selected container from a storage cell in one row of the storage section when the board is positioned at one horizontal level, and placing the selected container to a storage sell in another row when the board is positioned at another horizontal level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Sergey N. RAZUMOV
  • Publication number: 20160016732
    Abstract: A main controller controls carry in operations and carry out operations of articles to or from an article storage rack using article transport devices by causing a control command to be transmitted from a first optical communication device that is associated with each article transport device to a second optical communication device provided to each article transport device. The main controller is configured to perform a temporally-divided light-emission control in which a plurality of the first optical communication devices are caused to emit light in a temporally divided manner such that there is only one first optical communication device that emits light in any one time period among the first optical communication devices that are located close to one another in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Koide, Yasuhiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20160016733
    Abstract: A warehousing system for storing and retrieving goods disposed in containers is provided. The system includes a multilevel storage array including an array of storage shelves for holding containers thereon, at least one substantially continuous lift for transporting containers to and from at least one level of the storage array, at least one transport vehicle located on the at least one level and configured to traverse a transport area transporting containers between the at least one continuous lift and container storage locations so that the at least one continuous lift communicates non-deterministically, via the transport vehicle, with storage locations of each of the storage shelves on the at least one level, an infeed transport system linked to the at least one continuous lift, and an order fulfillment station for generating order containers corresponding to customer orders where the order containers are entered onto the storage shelves of the storage array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: John Lert
  • Publication number: 20160016734
    Abstract: An apparatus for conveying stickers to lumber stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Riley Edward Smith, Kristopher Kenneth Clayton Smith, Edward Clayton Smith, Dustin Travis Smith
  • Publication number: 20160016735
    Abstract: An installation for the surface treatment of articles has at least two treatment stations and a conveying system which may convey the articles through a respective treatment station. The conveying system has a main conveyor, by means of which articles can be conveyed, without being treated, on a main circular route. The treatment stations are arranged along the main circular route, and the conveying system has a respective station conveying system for each of the at least two treatment stations. The station conveying system can be used to convey articles from the main circular route to the treatment station, through the treatment station and from the treatment station back again onto the main circular route, such that vehicle wheels can be conveyed optionally, by means of a station conveying system, through the associated treatment station or, by means of the main conveyor, past the treatment station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Dietmar Binder, Ulrich Hofbauer, Maximilian Hoyer, Reiner Starz
  • Publication number: 20160016736
    Abstract: A belt conveyor system for creating an overland material transport assembly on a ground surface comprises a frame configured for transportation over the ground surface, a plurality of pivotally connected conveyor belt support sections, a head pulley assembly mounted to the first end of the frame, a tail pulley assembly mounted to one of the conveyor belt support sections, and a conveyor belt. The frame includes first and second elongate rails, each of which have a first support surface and a second support surface spaced from the first support surface. The plurality of pivotally connected conveyor belt support sections are supportable on the frame in a transport configuration wherein the plurality of support sections are accordion-folded relative to one another and are generally perpendicular to the first and second elongate rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Corbin J. Fehr, Bruce J. Berlinger, Jarrod J. Felton
  • Publication number: 20160016737
    Abstract: A lubrication injector comprising a housing and a translating metering body axially moveable with respect to the housing and provided with a lubricant supply channel. The injector includes at least one translating intermediate piston radially interposed between the metering body and the housing and axially moveable with respect to the housing, the intermediate piston carrying the metering body. The intermediate piston is mounted slidable axially on the metering body. The intermediate piston and the metering body delimit at least partly a metering chamber for a lubricant in communication with the supply channel of the metering body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS FRANCE
    Inventor: Kilian TISSERAND
  • Publication number: 20160016738
    Abstract: A mixed article sortation system and method of sorting the bulk flow of mixed articles being of various sizes and shapes to separate destinations includes at least two bulk flow singulators, each configured to receive a bulk flow of mixed articles and arrange the articles to respective first and second single-file flows. A first article induct arranges the first flow of articles from one of the singulators to a first flow of gapped articles and a first article sensor senses the identity and weight of each article. A second article induct arranges the single-file flow of articles from the other singulator to a second flow of gapped articles and a second article sensor senses the identity and weight of each article in said second single-file flow. A combiner combines the first and second single-file flow of articles into a third single-file flow of articles. A sorter receives the third single-file flow of mixed articles and sorts the articles to separate destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Robert L. Koetje, Christopher W. Steiner, Thomas H. Green, III, Dennis J. Schuitema, James A. Brumels, Thomas H. Triesenberg, John M. Karas, Matthew T. Brayman
  • Publication number: 20160016739
    Abstract: A conveyance system according to the present invention includes a processing station, first to third conveyance apparatuses arranged in a conveying direction of a work piece. The second conveyance apparatus is provided in the station. The system further includes a lifting apparatus disposed below the second conveyance apparatus in the station, and a processing apparatus in the processing station. The first and second conveyance apparatuses perform returning of the pallet that is empty in a direction reverse to the conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji TAKANO, Hiroya MITSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160016740
    Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes: a sheet feeding tray attached to a casing in a manner slidable into and out from the casing and including a stacking plate on which sheets are stacked; a conveying unit configured to convey the sheets in a direction orthogonal to both a sliding direction of the sheet feeding tray and a stacking direction of the sheets; an optional extension unit configured to be removably attached to an upstream side of the stacking plate in a conveying direction, and including an extension plate configured to extend the stacking plate; and a first locking unit configured to be capable of being held in a first lock position where the sheet feeding tray cannot be slide when the optional extension unit is attached while, when the optional extension unit is removed, held in a first unlock position where the sheet feeding tray can be slid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuo NIIKURA, Hidetoshi KOJIMA, Yuuta MORI, Takashi FUKUMOTO, Kiyotake NAKAMURA, Munehisa FUDA, Hideaki TAKAHASHI, Hisayoshi SUGAWARA, Kazunori KONNO, Tatsuya SUGAWARA, Kohjiroh HAGA, Toshihiro OKUTSU
  • Publication number: 20160016741
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus and roller separation device are provided. The image forming apparatus including a main body having a print unit, a first paper feeding unit containing print paper and insertable in or pullable from the main body, a feed roller in the main body feeding the print paper from the first paper feeding unit to the print unit and comprising a driven roller contacting a driving roller, an elastic member applying an elastic force to the driven roller in a direction to contact the driving roller, a handle member in the main body movable to a first position and a second position, and a separation member connected to the handle member and switched to a normal position separated from the driven roller and a separation position separating the driven roller from the driving roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung-jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20160016742
    Abstract: This paper sheet conveyance device (100) includes an upstream-side roller pair (3) and a downstream-side roller pair (4) as well as an upstream-side guide member (8) and a downstream-side guide member (9). The upstream-side guide member is arranged to traverse a tangent (11) to the upstream-side roller pair extending along a conveyance direction, while the downstream-side guide member is arranged to traverse a tangent (12) to the downstream-side roller pair extending along the conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Masaaki TAKAGI, Yutaka HORI, Shouichi FUKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160016743
    Abstract: A sheet-conveying device contains a first linear sheet-conveying path on which the sheet is conveyed, a curved sheet-conveying path connecting the first linear sheet-conveying path and a second linear sheet-conveying path connecting the curved sheet-conveying path. A curved conveying guide is provided at only an outside of a curved sheet-conveying route. Conveying guide rollers are provided at an upstream side of the curved conveying guide. The conveying guide rollers contain a driving roller which is arranged at outside of the curved sheet-conveying path and a driven roller which is arranged at inside of the curved sheet-conveying path. The driven roller has a diameter more than that of the driving roller. The driven roller also has hardness less than that of the driving roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Masashi KOUGAMI
  • Publication number: 20160016744
    Abstract: There is described a sheet numbering process involving feeding of individual sheets (S) in succession, which individual sheets (S) each carry a plurality of imprints (P) that are arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, and providing unique serial numbers to multiple ones of the plurality of imprints (P) carried by the individual sheets (S). The sheet numbering process comprises numbering of at least some of the individual sheets (S), wherein numbering of the individual sheets (S) is selectively commutable between a first numbering scheme (N1) and at least a second numbering scheme (N2; N2?; N*), different from the first numbering scheme (N1), without interruption of the numbering process. The first numbering scheme (N1) involves providing all imprints (P) of a first subset (S0) of individual sheets (S) with a unique serial number (SN1) of the first numbering scheme (N1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas TÜRKE, Matthias GYGI
  • Publication number: 20160016745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reel-up 3 for receiving and winding into a roll 4 a paper web W that arrives from a drying cylinder 2 in a paper making machine and which drying cylinder 2 is located upstream of the reel-up 3 and which paper web W follows a path of travel from the drying cylinder 2 to the reel-up 3. The reel-up 3 comprises a rotatably mounted reel spool 5 onto which a paper web W can be wound to create a paper roll 4 of increasing diameter and an endless flexible belt 6 mounted for rotation along a predetermined path of travel such that the flexible belt 6 forms a loop. The flexible belt 6 is positioned adjacent to the reel spool 5 to engage the paper web W against the reel spool 5 during winding. The reel-up 3 is arranged to receive the paper web W at the end of a path of travel of the paper web W which ends in a point of contact P with the flexible belt 6 where the paper web W meets the flexible belt 6 such that a wedge-shaped space WS is formed between the flexible belt 6 and the paper web W.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Per-Olof Malmqvist, Lars-Erik Oennerloev
  • Publication number: 20160016746
    Abstract: A roll-to-roll apparatus reliably reduces breakage of a glass film even in a case of sequentially performing predetermined processing on the glass film. Provided is a glass roll (1) formed by winding a glass film (2) into a roll, in which a resin film (4) is attached onto the glass film (2), and at least a part of the resin film (4) is arranged on a front side of an unwinding direction relative to a leading end portion in the unwinding direction of the glass film (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuo TERANISHI, Kaoru MITSUGI, Yoshinori HASEGAWA, Michiharu ETA
  • Publication number: 20160016747
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a stretch film roll comprises a device configured to fold a stretch film web to yield a folded stretch film web comprising at least one longitudinal band of increased thickness, with each band of increased thickness being spaced from the longitudinal edges of the folded stretch film web, and a driven winding shaft for winding the folded stretch film web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony Galea
  • Publication number: 20160016748
    Abstract: A transportation path changing device (1) of the invention is a transportation path changing device that changes a transportation path of a continuous sheet-like object (3) that is being transported. The device includes: an oscillating section (2) that oscillates in an intersecting direction Y intersecting with a flow direction X of the transported object, and that increases/decreases the length of the transportation path of the transported object (3); a first moving means (6) that is connected to the oscillating section (2), and that moves the oscillating section (2) in the intersecting direction Y; a second moving means (7) that moves a portion or the entirety of the first moving means (6) in the intersecting direction Y; and a control section (9) that controls the first moving means (6) and the second moving means (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo OKU, Makoto KOKUBO
  • Publication number: 20160016749
    Abstract: A device (1) for transporting planar elements along a given conveying path, which includes an endless transport member (10) that is movably guided over the entire length of the conveying path by a series of substantially adjacent guide members (20, 30), at least one movable guide member (30) being movably mounted separately from the static guide members (20) that are fixedly mounted, between a retracted position in which the movable guide member (30) is placed in direct alignment with the static guide members (20), and a deployed position in which the movable guide member (30) is spaced apart from the static guide members (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: Christophe STEINER