Patents Issued in February 11, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160038953
    Abstract: A system includes a hydrocyclone liner. The hydrocyclone liner includes a head section having a fluid inlet formed in a first sidewall of the head section and an overflow outlet. The hydrocyclone liner also includes a separation section having an underflow outlet. A sleeve is disposed about at least a portion of the head section, a portion of the separation section, and an interface between the head section and the separation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Nigel Hugh Abraham, Michael John Kingsley
  • Publication number: 20160038954
    Abstract: A mist generating apparatus is provided. The apparatus has a longitudinal axis and comprises first and second opposing surfaces which define a transport fluid nozzle between them. The apparatus also has a working fluid passage having a supply passage connectable to a supply of working fluid, and an outlet on one of the first and second surfaces. The working fluid outlet communicates with the transport fluid nozzle. The transport fluid nozzle has a nozzle inlet connectable to a supply of transport fluid, a nozzle outlet, and a throat portion intermediate the nozzle inlet and nozzle outlet. The nozzle throat has a cross sectional area which is less than that of either the nozzle inlet or the nozzle outlet. The transport fluid nozzle projects radially from the longitudinal axis such that the nozzle defines a rotational angle of at least 5 degrees about the longitudinal axis. A method of generating a mist using the apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Marcus Brian Mayhall FENTON, James Oliver FRENCH
  • Publication number: 20160038955
    Abstract: A shower spa attachment has a number of variable spray configuration shower heads connected together which can be connected directly to the existing water pipe or via a diverter valve to the existing shower head. The shower spa attachment can be fitted directly to the pipe and used without the diverter or existing top shower head or connected to the diverter valve and used in conjunction with the top shower head. Each of the variable spray heads may be removably attached to the shower wall in any desired configuration via flexible hose interconnection. Alternatively, the spray heads may be mounted on a hanging panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel R. Cohen, Noel L. Newman
  • Publication number: 20160038956
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency, comprising a sprinkler and a fluidic element connected to the sprinkler, an outlet cover plate being secured onto an outlet of the fluidic element. A water inlet and a first air supply pore are formed symmetrically on the fluidic element, and a second air supply pore is formed on the water inlet. A water distributor is formed on the sprinkler, a water tank is provided on the outer side of the sprinkler, and the water distributor is in communication with an inner cavity of the water tank. A signal nozzle is provided on the wall of the water tank, and the signal nozzle is connected to the water inlet via a conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xingye ZHU, Junping LIU, Shouqi YUAN, Hong LI, Jianyuan JIANG, Xingfa LIU
  • Publication number: 20160038957
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a frame, a substrate support assembly, and a gantry system to move a dispensing pump in x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis directions. The dispensing pump includes a local supply reservoir, a dispensing nozzle, a first line to provide fluid communication between the local supply reservoir and the dispensing nozzle. The dispenser further includes a remote bulk feed system coupled to the local supply reservoir of the dispensing pump. The bulk feed system includes a first remote supply container configured to contain viscous material, a second line to provide fluid communication between the remote bulk feed system and the local supply reservoir, and a first valve disposed in the second line and operable to deliver viscous material to and to cut off viscous material from the remote supply container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas C. Prentice, Patsy A. Mattero, Thomas E. Robinson, Dennis G. Doyle
  • Publication number: 20160038958
    Abstract: Provided are coating liquid reservoirs for use with a fluid inlet of a spray gun, the coating liquid reservoir comprising: a flexible outer pouch and a flexible inner pouch nested within the outer pouch, the inner pouch defining a coating liquid chamber, wherein upon supply of an external pressure source into a pressure zone between the inner and outer pouches, pressure is applied to the coating liquid chamber thereby expelling a liquid from the coating liquid chamber. The outer pouch inflates upon application of pressure in the pressure zone. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen C. P. Joseph, Scott D. Gullicks
  • Publication number: 20160038959
    Abstract: A dual compartment dispensing device allows multiple fluids to be individually dispensed. The device includes a container having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. A top edge of the perimeter wall defines an opening into the container. A dividing wall is positioned in the container defining a first compartment for receiving a first fluid and a second compartment for receiving a second fluid. A dispensing head is positionable to cover the opening. A first pump is mounted on the dispensing head and is in fluid communication with the first compartment for dispensing the first fluid from the first compartment. A second pump is mounted on the dispensing head and is in fluid communication with the second compartment for dispensing the second fluid from the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Flavio Lopez, Carolina Lopez
  • Publication number: 20160038960
    Abstract: A battery operated backpack sprayer is provided where the battery is releasably mounted under a housing attached to the tank of the sprayer. At the bottom of the housing is a receptacle for the battery and from which the battery can be released for recharging or replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: JAMES R. FONTAINE
  • Publication number: 20160038961
    Abstract: An example embodiment includes an agricultural sprayer having a boom that supports the fluid distribution pipes and spray nozzles. The boom is sectioned and folds in such a way to comply with transport dimension requirements or to facilitate storage. The spray nozzles are alternatively mounted underneath the boom or behind the boom in a way to avoid damage if the boom encounters obstacles; the mounting configurations do not hamper the boom folding for transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Brandon C. Carlson, Patrick J. Fisher, Kent A. Klemme, Ryan S. Ullmann, Garry E. Baxter, Jonathan D. Ackermann
  • Publication number: 20160038962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to floor exhaust pits. Specifically, the present invention relates to a raised basement with an exhaust system therein for use in numerous locations. More specifically, the present invention provides an enclosed area having a floor and a ceiling, wherein said floor and ceiling comprise exhaust systems for circulating air into and out of the enclosed area. Additionally, the floor exhaust removes contaminants from the enclosed area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: William McFadden
  • Publication number: 20160038963
    Abstract: A unit for spreading an adhesive onto a moving film, includes at least one pair of abutments (11) upon which is mounted a first pick-up roller (12) for collecting a quantity of adhesive from a collection zone (13), a second roller (14) that rotates in contact with the first roller (12), intended to receive the quantity of adhesive, and a third roller (15) that rotates in contact with the second roller (14), wherein the abutments include at least one fixed portion (19) and one moving portion (20, 21) that can be firmly connected to the fixed portion, the moving portion being configured: to house a tank (17) in which the adhesive collection zone is found, or to house an additional fourth roller (18) positioned at a given distance from the first roller, the collection zone being located in the upper space between the first and the fourth roller (12, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Antonio CERCIELLO
  • Publication number: 20160038964
    Abstract: Provided is a die lip driving structure for adjusting a gap between a first lip and a second lip by applying a pressing load or a tensile load to a flexible lip portion which forms at least one of the first lip and the second lip provided in a die body, the die lip driving structure including: a lever supported by a rotating shaft as a fulcrum; and an operating rod which is supported to be displaced in an axial direction by the die body. A rotational force of the lever is converted into a force in the axial direction of the operating rod, and the force in the axial direction becomes a pressing load or a tensile load exerted on the flexible lip portion. The lever directly applies a force to the operating rod at the point of action of the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Nakano
  • Publication number: 20160038965
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus. substrate processing apparatus includes a moving mechanism that moves a wafer in a horizontal direction, coating sections that eject the coating liquid to the wafer, and dry sections that dries the coating liquid, and a controller that controls the drying sections, the coating sections, and the moving mechanism. In each coating section, the wafer is moved in the horizontal direction while causing the coating liquid to be in contact with the wafer so that the coating liquid is coated on the entire surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Yukihiro WAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160038966
    Abstract: An adhesive dispensing system is configured to automatically reduce the temperature of adhesive material to reduce degradation of the adhesive caused by holding the adhesive at an application temperature during periods of low throughput. To this end, a controller of the system operates a heater unit to maintain a unit set point temperature to heat and melt adhesive until a set threshold time has elapsed since the most recent supply of adhesive to the system by a fill system. Once the time elapsed since the most recent supply of adhesive exceeds the set threshold time, the heater unit is reduced in temperature to reduce the temperature of adhesive. This reduction is temperature is large enough to minimize degradation and outgassing but small enough to enable rapid warm-up times after a new supply of adhesive occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Bondeson, Peter W. Estelle, Kent Hand
  • Publication number: 20160038967
    Abstract: A method and system for powder coating non electrically conductive elements, preferably brake pads. A pre-treatment station is upstream of an electrostatic powder coating deposition station and a baking station for melting and polymerizing the powder coating in order to form a coating layer on a surface to be coated. The pre-treatment station causes the elements to be coated to conduct electrically by uniformly wetting said elements by means of creating poorly mineralized water covalent bonds on at least one surface to be coated, in an amount aimed at producing a measurable weight increase in the non electrically conductive elements, which then causes them to conduct electrically. The water adsorbed and/or deposited is subsequently eliminated within the baking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Pier Luigi Tarasco
  • Publication number: 20160038968
    Abstract: A nanoparticle coated hydrogel may be formed by a method of electrospraying nanoparticles on to a surface includes providing a drug and polymer combination in solvent to an inner capillary of a coaxial dual capillary spray nozzle. A coating with a drug that releases over time may be provided. Open and closed matrixes may be selectively formed to help modify time release periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Robert A. Hoerr, John V. Carlson
  • Publication number: 20160038969
    Abstract: A film application mechanism applies a pasty or fluid coating medium to a running fibrous material web, particularly a paper or cardboard web. At least one roller of a roller pair is an application roller, for transferring the coating medium provided in the form of a film on the application roller to one side of the fibrous material web. An application device and a doctor blade element are associated with the application roller such that the coating material is first applied in excess to the application roller upstream of the first nip by the application device and then removed in part in a second nip by the doctor blade element which forms the second film-forming nip with the application roller. Pressure sensors for determining a pressure profile transversely to the machine direction in the first and second nips are embedded in the elastic covering of the application roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: MATTHIAS SCHMITT
  • Publication number: 20160038970
    Abstract: A UVLED apparatus (and related system and method) provide efficient curing of an optical-fiber coating on a drawn glass fiber. The apparatus employs one or more UVLEDs that emit electromagnetic radiation into a curing space. An incompletely cured optical-fiber coating, which is formed upon a glass fiber, absorbs emitted and reflected electromagnetic radiation to promote efficient curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Denis Molin
  • Publication number: 20160038971
    Abstract: In a method of making a thermal interface material, functionalized graphene sheets are dispersed in a liquid. The liquid is removed through a filter so as to form a filtration cake of aligned functionalized graphene sheets, substantially all of which are parallel to a common plane. At least one block of aligned functionalized graphene sheets is cut from the filtration cake. The block includes a first end face and an oppositely-disposed second end face that are parallel to each other and to which substantially all of the functionalized graphene sheets are transverse. The block also includes two oppositely-disposed sides to which substantially all of the functionalized graphene sheets are parallel. A first layer of a thermally conductive substance is applied to the first end face and a second layer of the thermally conductive substance is applied to the second end face of the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ching P. Wong, Qizhen Liang
  • Publication number: 20160038972
    Abstract: A method of forming an anti-glare coating on a substrate is provided. The method comprises: (a) heating the substrate to a temperature of at least 100° F. (37.8° C.) to form a heated substrate; (b) applying a curable film-forming sol-gel composition on at least one surface of the heated substrate, to form a coated substrate with a sol-gel network layer having a surface roughness; and (c) subjecting the coated substrate to conditions for a time sufficient to effect cure of the sol-gel layer and form an anti-glare, coated article. The sol-gel network layer is essentially free of inorganic oxide particles and comprises: (i) a tetraalkoxysilane; (ii) an epoxy functional trialkoxysilane; (iii) a metal-containing catalyst; and (iv) a solvent component. Coated articles prepared by the method above and demonstrating anti-glare properties are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: SONGWEI LU
  • Publication number: 20160038973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing coated can lids from aluminum strip, and is based on the finding that flexible, easily formable coatings having high abrasion resistance result from the use of water-based lacquers containing a copolymer or a copolymer mixture of at least one aliphatic, acyclic alkene with at least one ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid in water-dispersed form, and a curing system. In a preferred embodiment of the method, the application of a primer coating can be dispensed with entirely when water-soluble compounds of the elements Zr and/or Ti in the lacquer are used as the curing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ard De Zeeuw, Thomas Moeller, Nicole Auweiler
  • Publication number: 20160038974
    Abstract: An ultrasound system (100) includes an ultrasound transducer array and a component (108) with electronics (110) embedded in a material (112) with at least one redistribution layer (114) electrically coupled to the embedded electronics, wherein the at least one redistribution layer electrically couples the ultrasound transducer array and the electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Alessandro Gubbini, Bradley Nelson, Kristine Gamble
  • Publication number: 20160038975
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a synchronous statically indeterminate mesh-beam excitation large-scale vibrating screen, including a screen box, a support spring group, a spring base, a motor mount, a tire coupling, and a motor, wherein, a statically indeterminate mesh-beam excitation body is arranged on the screen box, and the statically indeterminate mesh-beam excitation body has at least one synchronous eccentric block vibration exciter group and two self-synchronous eccentric block vibration exciter groups in it; each self-synchronous eccentric block vibration exciter group includes a self-synchronous transmission shaft fixed to the side plates of the screen box via a bearing chock, and self-synchronous eccentric blocks fixed to the side plates of the screen box in symmetry are arranged on the self-synchronous transmission shaft; the self-synchronous transmission shaft of the self-synchronous eccentric block vibration exciter group at the side of the motor is connected with a reducer via the tire co
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Yuemin ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20160038976
    Abstract: A screen cloth for use in a screening device for screening out oversize objects in a material flowing in a direction is provided, comprising a metal plate having a perimeter and comprising a plurality of openings therethrough and forming a grid having longitudinal ligaments substantially parallel to the direction of the material flow and transverse ligaments substantially perpendicular to the direction of the material flow, the metal plate having an impact surface and a bottom surface; a coating or liner comprising an elastomer, coating or lining at least the impact surface of the metal plate or a portion thereof; and a wear material at least partially embedded into the elastomer coating or liner, or a portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: SOON WON MOON, KHALED OBAIA, DAMIEN REID
  • Publication number: 20160038977
    Abstract: A wire screening for classifying material. The screening may include a plurality of interwoven warp and weft wires where the weft wires are individually coated with a coating that expands and collapses to enhance performance and longevity of the screen. The coating of one or more weft wires may differ in at least one characteristic from the coating of one or more other weft wires. The warp wires can be individually coated to enhance performance and/or longevity of the screening. Binding blocks can be used in place of weft wires. The coating of one or more warp wires may differ in at least one characteristic from the coating of one or more other warp wires and/or one or more weft wires. The screening can include a plurality of uncoated weft and warp wires where the crimp depth of each wire forming each opening has a different crimp depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Boyd E. Knepp, Myron Henry Wardell, Jeffery L. Beck
  • Publication number: 20160038978
    Abstract: A method for sorting balls to separate those having a sphericity defect from spherical balls includes depositing the balls to be sorted on a support having a conical surface, applying vibrations to the support to cause the balls having a sphericity defect to follow an upward trajectory on the conical surface while the spherical balls roll downwards on the surface, evacuating the balls having a sphericity defect via a first orifice arranged in the upper part of the support, and evacuating the spherical balls via a second orifice arranged in the lower part of the support. Also provided is a device for implementing the sorting method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Christelle FAVRE, Stephane VARVAT
  • Publication number: 20160038979
    Abstract: The invention relates to the area of mineral processing, and more particularly to separation of crushed mined material containing minerals, which are luminescent under the action of exciting radiation, into products to be concentrated and tailing products. The invention can be implemented both in X-ray-luminescent sorters at all benefication stages and in product inspection devices, like diamondiferous raw materials testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Leonid Vasilievich KAZAKOV, Natalia Pavlovna KOLOSOVA, Pavel Nikolaevich KUCHIN, Vladimir losifovich TSVETKOV
  • Publication number: 20160038980
    Abstract: A system for processing core wheels and associated method are disclosed. A sorting station is configured to allow sorting of a source of wheels according to a first set of criteria. A first conveyor is configured to receive a plurality of wheels conforming to the first criteria and to a first inspection station, disposed along the first conveyor. The first inspection station is configured to allow examination of the wheels to determine whether the wheels conform to a second criteria. A diverter mechanism, downstream of the first inspection station, is configured to divert wheels conforming to the second criteria from the first conveyor. A second conveyor is configured to receive the diverted wheels and to direct the diverted wheels to a second inspection station, whereby the diverted wheels may be inspected at the second inspection station to confirm that the diverted wheels conform to the second criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Bruce Nichols, William Preston Garland, Jeffery Ray Price
  • Publication number: 20160038981
    Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: THE CLOROX COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy J. Kennedy, Tami O. White
  • Publication number: 20160038982
    Abstract: A gas purge unit includes an intake nozzle 28, a pivotable body 31, and an O-ring 35. The intake nozzle 28 has a nozzle opening 26 flowing out a cleaning gas. The pivotable body 31 is arranged in a ring shape to surround a cylindrical projection 28b of the nozzle 28, and is provided with a contact part 34 formed on a tip portion of the pivotable body 31 to be able to detachably contact with the intake port 5. The ring-shaped O-ring 35 is held to be compressively elastically deformable along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical projection 28b between a rear end of the pivotable body 31 and a base portion 28a of the nozzle 28.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mutsuo SASAKI, Jun Emoto, Hiroshi Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20160038983
    Abstract: There is provided a titanium cast product for hot rolling composed of commercially pure titanium, the titanium cast product including: a microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure on an outermost layer of a surface layer to be rolled; and an inside microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure provided in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer. Cast solidification microstructure is present more inward than the inside microstructural refinement layer. The microstructural refinement layer has finer microstructure than the inside microstructural refinement layer. The microstructural refinement layer is present in a range of a depth of 1 mm or more and less than 6 mm from the surface. The inside microstructural refinement layer is present in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer in a range of a depth of 3 mm or more and 20 mm or less from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki FUJII, Tomonori KUNIEDA, Yoshitsugu TATSUZAWA, Kenichi MORI, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20160038984
    Abstract: Provided is a camber control apparatus and method capable of reducing camber of a slab sizing press (SSP). The camber control apparatus and method may calculates a camber amount through an imaging process and differently set zeroing of anvils at a work side and a drive side, thereby reducing camber. Thus, the camber control apparatus and method can reduce quality defects such as telescope, twist, wave, and roll mark, increase the lifetime of equipment by reducing a variation in load applied to the equipment, and minimize a cost caused by an equipment accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jin-Dong Hwang, Hyeong-jin Kim, Yong-kook Park, Woo-Young Shin
  • Publication number: 20160038985
    Abstract: A deck anchor assembly for anchoring a frame loading member to a frame deck according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a deck leverage anchor and a coupler. The deck leverage anchor is configured to engage the frame deck, the deck leverage anchor including a locking mechanism configured to lock the deck leverage anchor relative to the frame deck. The coupler is configured to couple the frame loading member to the deck leverage anchor and is independently movable relative to the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Michael J. Marx
  • Publication number: 20160038986
    Abstract: A roll forming apparatus including a plurality of stations each including and an upper roll and a lower roller, wherein a first number of stations are configured to form a pipe blank into a standing seam, and a second number of stations are configured to angle the seam. At least one station includes elongated top and bottom rollers for clinching the pipe blank during the roll forming process. Each elongated top roller is mounted on a pivotable shaft configured to pivot the elongated top rollers away the pipe blank to allow passage of at least one seam formed in the pipe blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: CHUCK KLINECT
  • Publication number: 20160038987
    Abstract: A method of forming includes applying a stretching force along a linear axis of a work piece and forming the work piece while the stretching force is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Fairmount Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Viswanathan MADHAVAN, Anil SHAH, Mahdi SAKET-KASHANI, Palanivel SWAMINATHAN, Harold Curtis PLUENNEKE
  • Publication number: 20160038988
    Abstract: A crimping machine including a first shaft having a first crimping portion and a bead wheel and a second shaft having a tapered portion disposed opposite the bead wheel of the first shaft. The first and second shafts are configured to grip a pipe blank having a transverse channel including a first angle. The first and second shafts are further configured to roll the pipe blank forward while crimping a portion of the pipe blank with the first and second crimping portions and applying pressure on the transverse channel of the pipe blank. The crimping machine further has having a tapered portion disposed opposite at least a portion of the crimping portion and the bead wheel of the first shaft. The bead wheel is configured to push upon the forming shaft to bend the first angle of the transverse channel formed in the pipe blank to a second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: CHUCK KLINECT, MATT LEHOTAY
  • Publication number: 20160038989
    Abstract: A hybrid stamping system for forming a work-piece includes a stamping press. The press includes first and second dies that have respective first and second die bases formed from a first material. The system also includes first and second inlays. Each inlay is formed from a second material and has opposing die and work-piece sides. The second material hardness is greater than the first material hardness. The die side of the first inlay is cast into the first base and the work-piece side of the first inlay is contoured to form one side of the work-piece. The die side of the second inlay is cast into the second base and the work-piece side of the second inlay is contoured to form another side of the work-piece. The first and second dies are mounted in the press opposite one another to form the work-piece between the first and second inlays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Dai-Yun Wu, Jorge F. Arinez
  • Publication number: 20160038990
    Abstract: A punch apparatus includes a drive unit and a driving force transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force output by the drive unit to a rod. In the driving force transmission mechanism, a cam groove is formed in a cam block connected to a piston rod, and a rotating roller, which is pivotally supported on a displacement body connected to the rod, is inserted through the cam groove. The cam groove has a first groove portion and a second groove portion, which are inclined at predetermined angles of inclination with respect to the displacement direction of the cam block. When the rod is made to descend toward the workpiece, the rotating roller moves from the second groove portion into the first groove portion, which has a small angle of inclination, whereby the driving force transmitted to the rod is boosted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Go ASAI
  • Publication number: 20160038991
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing clutch bodies, which are suitable for synchronizer systems and provided with teeth or tooth sections, from a blank uses and includes at least one embossing stage, composed of embossing segments and an anvil, for embossing roofs and troughs between root and tip circles into an upper face of the blank, and transfer means for transporting the blanks, First embossing segments form a first section and second embossing segments form a second section for sequential embossing within the at least one embossing stage, wherein the first embossing segments first emboss a first section, then return in relation to the second embossing segments, and thereafter the second embossing segments emboss the second section, wherein the second embossing segments are disposed next to each other in an annular arrangement, and the second embossing segments are designed to be axially movable relative to the first embossing segments of the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick HOFER, Marc SCHNEEBERGER, Andreas MARTI
  • Publication number: 20160038992
    Abstract: A device to bend a tab on a container that is already filled and sealed. The device includes a brace for contacting against the tab and a number of lever arms arranged to extend around the tab from multiple different sides. The lever arms are configured to move between a first orientation that are spaced away from the tab, and a second orientation in contact with the tab. The lever arms are further configured to apply a force to the end of the tab to bend a second end upward away from a top side of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Arthur, Leia Barnwell
  • Publication number: 20160038993
    Abstract: A method can be used for joining workpieces using a fastener. The fastener includes a first head and a shank extending from the first head along a fastener axis. The joining method includes the following steps: (a) rotating a fastener about a fastener axis; (b) moving the fastener toward the first and second workpieces while the fastener rotates about the fastener axis such that the fastener increases the temperature in the first and second workpieces in order to soften and pierce the first and second workpieces along the fastener axis; and (c) advancing the fastener through the first and second workpieces and toward an open cavity of a die after piercing the first and second workpieces while the fastener rotates about the fastener axis such that the shank is partially disposed inside the open cavity in order to form a second head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yongqiang Li, Blair E. Carlson, Jorge F. Arinez, Saul S. Lee
  • Publication number: 20160038994
    Abstract: A system and method of making a forged part. The method may include forming a workpiece in a first die unit that may be disposed in a first press, transferring the workpiece to a tooth forming die unit that may be disposed in a second press, and forming the workpiece into the forged part by forming a set of teeth on the workpiece with the tooth forming die unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Phillip Leicht
  • Publication number: 20160038995
    Abstract: A casting device and casting method are provided for producing components, in particular cylinder heads. The device includes a reusable steel upper core, which can be lifted off from the component to be produced and which has a movable displacing element. The displacement element can be pressed into the component to be produced for dense feeding. In a method for producing a cylinder head by casting, wherein the steel upper core is used as a substitution for a sand cover core, for dense feeding the displacing element is pressed into the melt that forms the cylinder head in the solidified state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas FENT, Richard SCHAECHTL, Hubert LANG, Marcus STIER, Thomas SUMMER
  • Publication number: 20160038996
    Abstract: An arrangement for use in the production of a separable casting mould, preferably of a vertically separable casting mould is disclosed. The arrangement can include (i) a mould plate and/or a mould pattern, (ii) a feeder system having a feeder element and having a feeder insert, wherein feeder element and feeder insert delimit a feeder cavity for receiving liquid metal. The arrangement also includes one or more tipping prevention elements which are designed to counteract tipping of the feeder system out of the opening axis about the first end of the feeder element when, in the event of the feeder system being acted on with a force acting parallel to the opening axis and in the direction of the first end, the side wall deforms and the spacing between the first and second ends is reduced, wherein the one or more tipping prevention element(s) are/is spaced apart from the opening axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: Huettenes-Albertus Chemische Werke GmbH, Chemex GmbH
    Inventors: NICOLAS EGELER, Michael BlEMEL, Heiko SCHIRMER
  • Publication number: 20160038997
    Abstract: Method of casting aluminium alloy ingot including lithium, including: preparing at least two molten aluminium based alloys in separate furnaces, first alloy with composition A free from lithium as purposive alloying element, and second alloy with composition B including lithium as purposive alloying element; transferring the first alloy via metal conveying trough from the furnace to a casting station; initiating casting an ingot and casting the first alloy to required length L1 in the casting direction; subsequently transferring the second alloy via metal conveying trough from the furnace to the casting station while simultaneously stopping transfer of the first alloy to the casting station; casting the second alloy from an end surface of the cast first alloy at length L1 to an additional required length L2 in the casting direction; cropping the cast ingot at a bottom thereof at a length greater than of equal to cast length L1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Fred BRANDT
  • Publication number: 20160038998
    Abstract: A die casting piston (1) for die casting nonferrous metals has at least one outer part such as a piston body (11), an intermediate ring (9), a sealing ring (7) etc. that is generally ring-shaped so as to surround a piston carrier (3) and provided with an axial slot (41, 59, 117) so that the part can expand and contract tangentially during a temperature change, e.g. from ambient temperature to operating temperature. Due to this design of the outer parts of the piston, cooling can be limited to a smaller portion of the piston, preferably substantially to the rear side of the piston cover (5; 154). The result is a substantially shortened overall construction of the die casting piston (1) that is reflected by reduced production costs. In accordance with the smaller dimensions of the cooled zone, a reduced coolant flow is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Gani MURSELAJ
  • Publication number: 20160038999
    Abstract: A shot tube assembly for a die casting process includes a spiral passage for circulating a coolant about a cavity containing the molten metal material. The circulating coolant provides temperature control of the shot tube that improves the casting process and increases shot tube life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mario P. Bochiechio, Carl R. Verner, Mark F. Bartholomew, John F. Blondin, Yan Seng Loh, Yuan Kwang Lim
  • Publication number: 20160039000
    Abstract: A die casting assembly has a cavity defined by multiple dies, the cavity includes at least one sharp corner. Each of the dies includes multiple die segments. A die segment joint between at least two of the die segments is aligned with the sharp corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Wait Tuck Chow
  • Publication number: 20160039001
    Abstract: A method of casting an article includes positioning a first portion of the article, formed from a first material, in a rotatable mold. Additionally, the method includes, while rotating the mold, pouring a molten second material into the mold over the first portion to form a second portion of the article that is metallurgically bonded to the first portion of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Thomas John Yaniak, Thomas Majewski
  • Publication number: 20160039002
    Abstract: In a steel ladle used for handling molten steel, a precast ladle barrel ring forms part of a refractory structure that covers the bottom wall and side wall of the steel ladle. The precast ladle barrel ring is comprised of a monolithic annular ring formed of a high-temperature, cast refractory. The annular ring further includes means for positioning the precast ladle barrel ring in a steel ladle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: NORTH AMERICAN REFRACTORIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Ronald L. BARRETT