Patents Issued in February 11, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160039103
    Abstract: A shaving blade unit with a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge. The housing has at least one blade disposed between the front edge and the rear edge. The at least one blade has a cutting edge and a blade axis. A first aperture and a second aperture extend into the housing from the top surface. The first and second apertures are positioned in back of the cutting edges in a direction perpendicular to the cutting edge. A pair of spaced apart clips each clip having a leg received within the corresponding aperture of the housing. The clips retain the at least one blade within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Charles Bridgham Worrick, III
  • Publication number: 20160039104
    Abstract: When two conventional safety razor double-edged blades are superposed on top of each other, there is no space in between them to pass the shaving residues. The presently invented safety razor double-edged blade is equipped with several spaced protuberances on its surface. When two of these present invented blades are overlapped, there is a space between them to pass the shaving residues to be rinsed away by running water. Therefore two, three or more of them can be superposed on a single razor blade holder to allow the user to experience all the benefits of a multi-blade razor cartridge in a safety razor blade system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Kun Yuan Tong
  • Publication number: 20160039105
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises: (1) a box with specifically designed blades for cutting; (2) a motor for rotating the blades over each other; (3) a sweeper mechanism to gently move the flowers around the enclosure blade; and, (4) a brush mechanism to gently tumble flowers over the blade surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Cullen Raichart
  • Publication number: 20160039106
    Abstract: A wire saw for cutting pipe is provided including a saddle forming a saddle surface for abutting against a cylindrical pipe, an elongate guide fixed to the saddle, a bow having a first and second end, a bridge portion joining the first and second ends, and an open end having a length L from the first end to the second end which is greater than a diameter D of the pipe, a wire loop movable along a track formed within the bow, and a cooling system for actively cooling the wire loop. The elongate guide has an axis approximately perpendicular to an axis of the pipe when the pipe is abutting against the saddle. An exposed portion of the wire loop extends across the open end. The bow is moveable on the elongate guide toward and away from the pipe when the pipe is abutting against the saddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Swiatowy, Michael W. Gearhart
  • Publication number: 20160039107
    Abstract: A multi-bladed universal cutting station has a cutting board, a pivot, a plurality of blades and a handle. The plurality of blades is pivotally connected to the surface of the cutting board by the pivot, and the handle is connected to the plurality of blades opposite the pivot to provide a means to leverage the plurality of blades downward in order to cut food or other items. A plurality of cutting grooves in the surface of the cutting board receive the blades in the lowered position, preventing dulling of the blades and food particles from becoming trapper between the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Ramesh Varanasi
  • Publication number: 20160039108
    Abstract: A hand-held knockout driver includes a main housing having a handle portion, a motor positioned within the main housing, a hydraulic assembly driven by the motor and including a reservoir containing hydraulic fluid, a secondary housing coupled to the main housing and defining a bore therein, a working piston moveable within the bore between a rest position and an actuated position, and a work zone defined between the secondary housing and the working piston into which pressurized hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic assembly is received. One unit of fluid is added to the work zone to move the working piston from the rest position to the actuated position. The reservoir has a fill capacity no greater than about 1.5 units of fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: James O. Myrhum, JR., Troy C. Thorson, Jeremy R. Ebner, Sean T. Kehoe, Joseph H. Ellice, Jeffrey S. Holly
  • Publication number: 20160039109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making an aperture web, comprising moving a micro-textured web through a first member comprising male elements and a second member comprising discontinuous female elements, wherein the male elements are arranged in a staggered pattern, and have a shape to form quadrilateral apertures in the micro-textured web. The present invention also relates to a method for making an aperture web, comprising forming microtextures on a web, and continuously moving the web through a first member comprising male elements and a second member comprising discontinuous female elements, wherein the male elements are arranged in a staggered pattern, and have a shape to form quadrilateral apertures in the micro-textured web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Pietro CECCHETTO, Xue WANG, Jihua XIE, Shihuang LI, Jan FUHRMANN-EVERS, Yue TANG
  • Publication number: 20160039110
    Abstract: A clamping assembly (130) for clamping a guidebar (120) of a chainsaw (100) to a chainsaw body (110) via a clutch cover (150) including a receiving opening (210) having a series of teeth (212) defined at an internal periphery thereof is provided. The clamping assembly (130) includes an inner knob base (220) rotatably received within the receiving opening (210), a rack element (240) disposed at a portion of the inner knob base (220) to be engageable with the teeth (212), and a knob (140) configured to contact at least a portion of the inner knob base (220). The knob (140) includes a driver reception slot (252) formed therein to engage at least one driver (224) extending from the inner knob base (220). Responsive to rotation of the knob (140), the driver (224) engages the knob (140) to rotate the inner knob base (220) such that the rack element (240) sequentially engages the teeth (212) while tightening the knob (140) to the chainsaw body (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Christoph Schiedt, Michael Kistler, Daniela Schmitz, Markus Maag
  • Publication number: 20160039111
    Abstract: A board straightening tool comprising a handle non-rotatably attached to a cam rotatably attached to a locking dog provides force to straighten boards by grasping the joist supporting the tool and simultaneously wedging a shoulder of the cam against the board being fastened to the joist, and maintains a space between tool and board for edge-mount fasteners. Increased force against the board is provided by a fulcrum action of the cam to locking dog rotatable attachment and is maintained by locking the cam in place using a specially designed curved cam perimeter section that enables an installer to straighten a deck board while keeping his hands free. Locking dog locking fingers are constructed from a knurled metal for grasp power or of a smooth surface to reduce marring the joist. The tool also provides the force required to maintain consistently spaced gaps between the boards for a more desirable appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: The Ipe Clip Fastener Co., LLC
    Inventor: Robert J. Pelc
  • Publication number: 20160039112
    Abstract: A method of drying sticks, a related apparatus, resultant product and its uses where the method involves presenting a plurality of sticks in parallel as a single layer, pressing each stick with a bank of pressing members on and/or into at least one face of the sticks, each with plurality of protuberances, thereby to constrain the sticks against crook, and drying the sticks when so constrained. Preferably each bank of pressing members is an underside of a frame or lattice of a stack of such frames or lattices able to receive such a single layer of sticks between adjacent overlying/underlying frames or lattices, the protuberances preferably being only downwardly directed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Warwick Bosson, Roger Frank Harrison
  • Publication number: 20160039113
    Abstract: A process for the densification of a cellulosic substrate, the process comprising: providing an apparatus comprising: a top calendar roll; a bottom calendar roll; and an in-feed conveyor; wherein the distance between the top calendar roll and the bottom calendar roll defines a separation gap; providing a cellulosic substrate having a thickness greater than the separation gap; and feeding the cellulosic substrate through the separation gap between the top calendar roll and the bottom calendar roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: STEVEN BUKOWSKI, SUNIL RAMACHANDRA, BRIAN BEAKLER
  • Publication number: 20160039114
    Abstract: A rotation apparatus for rotationally molded shaped objects includes a receiving apparatus for receiving at least one negative mold, a holding apparatus for holding the receiving apparatus, and a drive unit for driving rotary motion of the receiving apparatus, wherein the receiving apparatus (1) is embodied as a sphere. The holding apparatus includes at least one support and guidance element (5) for supporting and guiding the receiving apparatus. The drive unit includes a drive element (9) that is arranged in the rotation apparatus and is connected in energy-transferring fashion to the receiving apparatus (1) to cause the sphere to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Frank NAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20160039115
    Abstract: A method to make sawing beads by means of laser cladding is disclosed whereby metal matrix powder is molten by means of a laser beam on a rotating sleeve while diamonds are thrown in the molten metal pool. By carefully controlling the temperature of the molten metal pool at or above 1150° C. for less than 200 ms the internal graphitisation of the diamonds can be limited. Although some of the diamonds in the sawing bead show internal graphitisation it is demonstrated by the inventors that a sawing cord using the bead obtained by the method has an above standard sawing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Jan VANEECKE, Tom BAEKELANDT, Roland GROENEN
  • Publication number: 20160039116
    Abstract: A kneading apparatus for a thermoplastic resin, includes: a plasticizing cylinder which has a high pressure kneading zone and a pressure reduction zone; a screw in the plasticizing cylinder; a downstream side seal mechanism which shuts off communication between the high pressure kneading zone and the pressure reduction zone; and a pressure reduction zone pressure adjusting mechanism which is connected to the pressure reduction zone and which controls a pressure of the pressure reduction zone so that the pressure is not less than an atmospheric pressure and the pressure is not more than a maximum pressure of the high pressure kneading zone that is achieved when kneading a molten resin with a pressurized fluid, when the downstream side seal mechanism shuts off the communication between the high pressure kneading zone and the pressure reduction zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Atsushi YUSA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Tetsuya ANO, Hironori OTA
  • Publication number: 20160039117
    Abstract: Method for producing shaped polymeric microparticles of non-spherical shape, comprising the steps of: placing one or more microparticles of substantially spherical shape in a respective micro-cavity of a mould having the desired non-spherical shape; subjecting said microparticles to softening by exposure to a solvent or mixture of solvent/non-solvent, in the liquid or vapour state, adapted to plasticize the polymeric material constituting said microparticles, and possibly assisting the solvent plasticization process by heat treatment, not excluding the possibility, in less critical cases in terms of conservation of the microstructure, of carrying out heat treatment exclusively, at a temperature not exceeding 40% of the glass transition temperature of the polymer material; and removing said microparticles from the mould cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Fondazione Istituto Italiano de Tecnologia
    Inventors: Raffaele Vecchione, Renato De Alteriis, Paolo Antonio Netti
  • Publication number: 20160039118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pyrolysis plant and a process for recovering (recycling) carbon fibers from carbon fiber-containing plastics, in particular from carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFPs or CFP materials), preferably from carbon fiber-containing and/or carbon fiber-reinforced composites (composite materials).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Marco Gehr
  • Publication number: 20160039119
    Abstract: Systems and methods for introducing hook fastening elements into a mold traveling along a mold assembly line are disclosed. The system can be configured to cut hook fastening tape into strips having a predetermined length based on information received from the mold assembly line, and to drop the cut strips directly into the mold at the appropriate intervals as the mold travels along the mold assembly line. Also disclosed is a system for facilitating the continuous feeding of hook fastening tape through the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Sho, Yoshifumi Nakata, Hisashi Yoneshima, Tomonari Yoshida, Takanori Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20160039120
    Abstract: Polymer-based molds and methods of manufacturing are described. The method includes depositing two or more layers of a first material having a glass transition temperature (Tg) lower than about 70° C., in order to form a first portion of the mold and then depositing two or more layers of a second material having a Tg higher than about 80° C. to form a second portion of the mold. The method may further include depositing two or more layers of a material having a Tg lower than about 70° C. forming a third portion of the mold to cover the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: STRATASYS LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel DIKOVSKY, Ido EYLON
  • Publication number: 20160039121
    Abstract: Tubular polymeric structures are formed by creating a convex mold conforming to a fluid pathway design, depositing a coating of polymer over the mold, and in situ removing the mold without drawing it against the polymer. The resulting structures are fabricated with flow-altering features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Fukang Jiang, Andrew Dunn, Changgeng Liu
  • Publication number: 20160039122
    Abstract: A device for varyingly irradiating by means of ray shaping is described. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing a structure made of a curable material by means of molding is described. In a first step of the method, a molding tool is arranged above a surface such that the curable material abuts on the surface and a molding surface, facing the surface, of the molding tool in a region between the molding tool and the surface and such that further curable material may continue to flow to the region. In a second step, the curable material is irradiated in the region in a locally varying manner such that the ray experiences ray shaping in an optical channel and such that the curable material cures at different speeds in a laterally varying manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Frank WIPPERMANN, Andreas REIMANN, Jens DUNKEL, Andreas BRAEUER
  • Publication number: 20160039123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a molded object from a mold comprising an internal cavity comprising one or several compartments and at least one removable part present within said internal cavity, said object being in a cured organic or inorganic material, said method successively comprising at least one cycle of following steps: a) a step for completely filling at least one compartment of the internal cavity of the mold, said compartment having a shape corresponding to all or part of the object, which one wishes to obtain, with a liquid composition which is curable by chemical reaction in order to form said material, said composition comprising at least one solvent; b) a step for curing by chemical reaction said composition within said mold; c) a step for withdrawing at least one removable part of said mold; and d) a step for drying within said mold the cured composition obtained in b), wherein all or part of steps a) to d) may be repeated with a curable liquid composition either iden
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Veronique MOURIER, Pascal REVIRAND, Gaelle MAUGUEN, Tarek FATHALLAH
  • Publication number: 20160039124
    Abstract: A process for preparing low moisture content polymer biomaterial composites and expandable polymer biomaterial composites by extrusion through a die plate into a waterbox and pelletizing with cutter blades. Polyolefins or condensation polymers are melt blended with a solid or semi-solid biomaterial component, such as polysaccharides, including cellulosics and starches, or proteinaceious materials, including polypeptides, and are extruded, pelletized underwater, and processed with accelerated drying to achieve moisture levels as low as one percent or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: GALA INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: J. WAYNE MARTIN, ROGER B. WRIGHT, ROBERT G. MANN
  • Publication number: 20160039125
    Abstract: A one-piece mold can be used to form molded items that incorporate features or encroachments with negative draft angles, and such molded items can be removed from the mold in a single piece by lifting, tilting, or pulling, or a combination thereof, without breaking the mold or the item to be molded. The mold and method of molding are suited to a bathtub or shower unit. The mold and method of molding permit the removal of molded items with negative draft angles by coordinating the angle of the sump front will and sump back wall with the angles of other encroachments in the molded item within specified ranges that permit one-piece removal of the item to be molded from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Raymond Doss
  • Publication number: 20160039126
    Abstract: A nanoimprint lithography system and method for manufacturing substrates with nano-scale patterns, having a process chamber with transparent sections on both top and side walls, a robot for automatic molds and substrates loading and unloading, and optical and stage apparatuses to obtain the desired spatial relationship between the mold and substrate, with an enclosed volume referring to mold mini-chamber being formed between the mold/holder and top wall of the chamber and with the process chamber and mini-chamber being capable of both vacuuming and pressurizing, and inside the chamber, a ring shape seal assembly is installed and a mold support assembly can be installed that aids in imprinting all the way to the edge of the substrate with various embodiments for carrying out fluid pressure imprinting, separation, measurement and control of mold and substrate gap, substrate thickness, and system axial force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hua Tan, Lin Hu, Wei Zhang, Stephen Y. Chou
  • Publication number: 20160039127
    Abstract: A particle foam component has a foam body, which is provided with a cover layer made of a plastic material at least in partial areas of its outer surface. The foam body has a compressed surface structure in its areas supporting the cover layer. The cover layer is bonded in substance to the compressed surface structure of the foam body. For producing the particle foam component, the foam body is foamed in a mold and the cover layer is foamed or molded integrally in a subsequent method step. A compressed surface structure is formed in the surface areas supporting the cover layer before applying the cover layer, and the cover layer is bonded in substance to the compressed surface structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ingo BREXELER, Roland ZEIFANG, Thomas DOLL
  • Publication number: 20160039128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ferrite particles for bonded magnets and a resin composition for bonded magnets which can provide a bonded magnet molded product capable of realizing a high magnetic force and a complicated multipolar waveform owing to such a feature that the ferrite particles are readily and highly oriented against an external magnetic field in a flowing resin upon injection molding, as well as a bonded magnet molded product obtained by injection-molding the above composition. According to the present invention, there are provided ferrite particles for bonded magnets which have a crystallite size of not less than 500 nm as measured in an oriented state by XRD, and an average particle diameter of not less than 1.30 ?m as measured by Fisher method; a resin composition for bonded magnets; and a molded product obtained by injection-molding the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Yasushi NISHIO, Yasuhiko FUJII, Hiromitsu SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20160039129
    Abstract: Plastic cutlery and tableware made in at least two parts joinable to form a unitary utensil, serving piece, beverage container or non-food contacting tableware in which the two parts are made of different materials. The materials of the two parts differ in at least one of the following: color, type of plastic, grade of plastic, source of plastic, and additives such as the presence of an anti-microbial agent, transparency, or reflectivity. Food-grade resins, for example, can be used for the heads of cutlery and recycled resins are used for the handles. Heads can be separately metalized and then joined to non-metalized handles. Handles may be made to fit to different types of heads. The two parts of the cutlery may be joined by inserting a tang extending from one into a cavity formed in the other. The two parts of tableware may be joinable by a snap-fit configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: XinQuan Hou, Wei He, William C. Godley, William A. Gallop, Ashish Mithal
  • Publication number: 20160039130
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing an optical element, which improves the surface precision of the optical surface as well as reducing the birefringence at a low cost. A method for manufacturing an optical element 1090A having optical surfaces 1091 and 1092 and a non-optical surface 1093A that is adjacent to the optical surface 1092 via a ridge by injection molding includes forming the non-optical surface 1093A with a mold surface. The mold surface includes a sink forming area 1095 as a first area having a first surface roughness, and a high transfer area 1094 as a second area having a second surface roughness different from the first surface roughness. The second area is located outside the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Takehiko GOSHIMA, Yoshihiro OKAMURA, Hiroshi UMETSU, Seiji YUASA
  • Publication number: 20160039131
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a glass fiber product is disclosed. A glass fiber resin is provided. The glass fiber resin includes a thermoplastic resin, a glass fiber, and an additive. The amount of the thermoplastic resin is between 30 wt % and 70 wt %, the content of the glass fiber is between 40 wt % and 70 wt % and the amount of the additive is between 0.1 wt % and 15 wt %. A molding process is performed for the glass fiber resin to mold the glass fiber resin into a semi-finished product. A mechanical machining process is performed on the semi-finished product to form at least one recessed structure in the semi-finished product, so as to form a final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Juei-Chi Chang, James Hwang
  • Publication number: 20160039132
    Abstract: A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be constructed from multiple different sections joined with one another, or can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The lacrosse head can be integrally molded with a lacrosse handle to provide a one-piece unitary lacrosse stick. Related methods of manufacturing also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: David K. Morrow, Bruce Huffa, Thomas H. Burns, Richard J. Janisse, Sean J. Slater, Dale W. Kohler, Craig M. Herman
  • Publication number: 20160039133
    Abstract: A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be constructed from multiple different sections joined with one another, or can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The lacrosse head can be integrally molded with a lacrosse handle to provide a one-piece unitary lacrosse stick. Related methods of manufacturing also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: David K. Morrow, Bruce Huffa, Thomas H. Burns, Richard J. Janisse, Sean J. Slater, Dale W. Kohler, Craig M. Herman
  • Publication number: 20160039134
    Abstract: A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be constructed from multiple different sections joined with one another, or can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The lacrosse head can be integrally molded with a lacrosse handle to provide a one-piece unitary lacrosse stick. Related methods of manufacturing also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: David K. Morrow, Bruce Huffa, Thomas H. Burns, Richard J. Janisse, Sean J. Slater, Dale W. Kohler, Craig M. Herman
  • Publication number: 20160039135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device (1) for a rotatable mold center part (2) in an injection molding machine, the retaining device comprising a plate (17) used for retaining the rotatable mold center part (2), the plate being rotatable about an axis of rotation (16) and driven by means of a motor (20). The retaining device (1) comprises a lower cross member (10), which is mounted movably in the longitudinal direction (x) on guide rails (7) while supported on a machine bed (6) of the injection molding machine by means of first bearing blocks (8). The retaining device (1) comprises second bearing blocks (23), by means of which the lower cross member (10) is supported in the circumferential direction relative to lower beams (5) of the injection molding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Rainer Armbruster
  • Publication number: 20160039136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device (5) for a rotatable center block (17) in an injection molding device (1), comprising a lower rotary plate (14) rotatable about an axis of rotation (13) and driven by a motor (15), the lower rotary plate being used for retaining the rotatable center block (17). The retaining device (5) comprises a lower cross member (7), which is mounted movably in the longitudinal direction (x) on guide rails (9) while supported on a machine bed of the injection molding device by means of first bearing blocks (8). The retaining device (5) can have two bearing blocks (16), by means of which the lower cross member (7) is supported in the circumferential direction relative to lower beams (4) of the injection molding device. For a further increase in efficiency, the center block (17) has a main body made of a material of lower density than a coupling plate (23) operatively connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: FOBOHA (Germany) GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer ARMBRUSTER
  • Publication number: 20160039137
    Abstract: One-piece article obtained by injection moulding, with at least one injection point, said article comprising a main body (20), having a body volume defined by the space within a surface forming an outer envelope, and at least one hook (21), preferably a field of hooks, obtained from the same moulding of the main body of the moulded article, the hook or each hook haying a stem of longitudinal axis and a catching part projecting laterally from the stem, characterized in that the volume of the hooks is substantially smaller than the volume of the body, i.e. at least 100 times smaller, preferably at least 1000 times smaller, for example between 100 000 and 100 000 000 times smaller, than the volume of the body, and in that the width, or smallest transverse dimension, of the stems, measured transversely to the longitudinal axis, is smaller than the thickness of the main body, measured along the longitudinal axis of the stems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Anthony MAHE
  • Publication number: 20160039138
    Abstract: A pattern of embossment is made by a method producing short linear, mutually parallel bosses not directly formed by indentation, but formed by first making continuous, mutually parallel fine pleats or waves, and then interrupting this configuration at intervals by localized shrinkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Ole-Bendt RASMUSSEN
  • Publication number: 20160039139
    Abstract: A parison supply device that continuously supplies, to a blow molding die, parison sections of a parison discharged from an extrusion die, the parison section having a specified length. The parison supply device includes a plurality of tension chucks and a tension chuck operation unit that operates the plurality of tension chucks. The tension chuck operation unit causes the individual tension chucks to perform a repeated operation of grasping the parison at a first position near the extrusion die and moving to a second position separated from the extrusion die such that, before the preceding tension chuck is separated by a set distance from the extrusion die at the second position, the following tension chuck grasps the parison at the first position, and then the parison section is supplied to the blow molding die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihisa HIROTA, Ikuo KOMATSU, Hiromitsu FUKUOKA, Atsushi YONEDA, Kouichi NARUTAKI
  • Publication number: 20160039140
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
  • Publication number: 20160039141
    Abstract: A method for debossing a surface of a thermoplastic material to which an ink is selectively applied. The force generated by the ink as it cures and adheres forms a decorative relief in the thermoplastic material's surface producing an article having aesthetic and tactile appeal without having to use a die to deform the surface and without having to apply and cure the ink in a step separate from the deformation of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen W. Woolridge, Anthony La Salata
  • Publication number: 20160039142
    Abstract: The pattern complexity and functional value of wrinkled structures can be substantially increased by fabricating the wrinkles on pre-patterned quasi-planar substrates instead of flat substrates. This disclosure presents the methods for fabricating pre-patterned polymeric surfaces that can be subsequently used as the substrates during manufacture of complex wrinkled structures. Pre-patterned substrates are generated by imprinting the pre-patterns onto the substrates during the curing process. Suitability for post-curing use in fabrication of wrinkles is ensured by (i) delayed imprinting that occurs close to but before the gelation point and (ii) gradual alignment of pre-patterns to the direction of stretch that is applied later during manufacture of wrinkled structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Sourabh Kumar Saha, Martin Luther Culpepper
  • Publication number: 20160039143
    Abstract: An imprint method for transferring a pattern formed on a mold onto a resin on a substrate. The substrate is held on a holding surface. A resin on the substrate is brought in contact with the mold. A partial region of the substrate is thermally deformed in a deforming step by irradiating the partial region with light. The resin is cured. The resin in contact with the mold is released. In at least a portion of the period during the deforming step, a region different from the partial region is held at a predetermined suction force, while holding the partial region at a suction force lower than the predetermined suction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuki Nakagawa, Noriyasu Hasegawa, Yosuke Murakami, Takahiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20160039144
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for securing an attachment (3, 33) to a component, in particular a rotor blade (1), in which the component is provided with an adhesion surface (36), the attachment (3, 33) is provided with a corresponding adhesion surface (9), the attachment (3, 33) is provided with an adhesive-conveying connection to the corresponding adhesion surface (9), the adhesion surface (36) is placed on the corresponding adhesion surface (9), a gap (53) is formed between the adhesion surface (36) and the corresponding adhesion surface (9), the attachment (3, 33) is pressed against the corresponding adhesion surface (9) and at the same time the adhesive (80) is injected into the gap (53) through the adhesive-conveying connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Ralph Windbichler
  • Publication number: 20160039145
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing apparatus configured to print a three-dimensional object is provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus may include a print head that extrudes or deposits an electrically non-conductive material and an electrically conductive material. Said electrically conductive material may be configured to substantially form continuous electrically conductive paths and an electrically non-conductive material may be configured to substantially insulate said electrically conductive material. In one example, the three-dimensional printing apparatus may be employed to print a three-dimensional object that may be used to form an electrical circuit. In another example, the three-dimensional printing apparatus may be employed to print a three-dimensional object that may comprise features that may reduce electromagnetic interference (“EMI”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Timothy Wayne Steiner
  • Publication number: 20160039146
    Abstract: A print head assembly that includes a print head carriage and multiple, replaceable print heads that are configured to be removably retained in receptacles of the print head carriage. The print heads each include a cartridge assembly and a liquefier pump assembly retained by the cartridge assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: William J. Swanson, J. Samuel Batchelder, Kevin C. Johnson, Timothy A. Hjelsand, James W. Comb
  • Publication number: 20160039147
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for printing three-dimensional parts, the system comprising a heatable chamber with a port, a print foundation, a print head configured to print a three-dimensional part onto the print foundation in a layer-by-layer manner along a printing axis, and a drive mechanism configured to index the print foundation along the printing axis such that, while the print head prints the three-dimensional part, the print foundation and at least a portion of the three-dimensional part pass through the port and out of the heated chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: S. Scott Crump, Dominic F. Mannella, William J. Swanson, Kevin C. Johnson, Ronald G. Schloesser
  • Publication number: 20160039148
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printer including a print head for extruding a print material and a build platform for receipt the print material, the print head and the build platform each having a motion sensor for generating a position signal to a controller which compares the actual position of the print head and the build platform with a desired position of the print head and the build platform for generating an error signal to x-y axis and z-y axis translators to minimize relative motion between the print head and the build platform and unwanted positional error in an x-y printing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Marino
  • Publication number: 20160039149
    Abstract: A rapid prototype system includes a master unit and a plurality of detachable and interchangeable modules that connect with the master unit physically, electrically, and using software commands. The master includes components that facilitate actions that are performed during many types of rapid prototype methods. For example, the base includes a Z-axis drive mechanism that facilitates raising and/or lowering materials during many types of additive and subtractive rapid prototype methods. Each interchangeable module creates parts or objects according to a rapid prototype method. Some of the interchangeable modules include specialized components (for example, X-axis and Y-axis drive mechanisms) that are unnecessary for some rapid prototype methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Leonard J. CASSARA
  • Publication number: 20160039150
    Abstract: An extruder or other tool head of a three-dimensional printer is instrumented to detect contact force against the extruder, such as by a build platform or an object being fabricated. The tool head may also be instrumented to detect deflection forces and the like acting on the tool that might indicate an operating error. The resulting feedback data can be used in a variety of ways to control operation of the three-dimensional printer during fabrication or diagnostics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Aljosa Kemperle, Filipp Gelman, Peter Joseph Schmehl
  • Publication number: 20160039151
    Abstract: By reversing the direction of a first build material fed into an extruder, the first build material can be wholly or partially evacuated from the extruder before a second material is introduced. This approach mitigates transition artifacts and permits faster, more complete changes from one build material to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Charles E. Pax
  • Publication number: 20160039152
    Abstract: This disclosure forms a cubic body that can easily be dismounted from a table. A three-dimensional printing machine (1) has an ink-jet head (4B) for forming each layer of a supporter (S) with a supporting material. The ink-jet head (4B) discharges a first supporting material and a second supporting material, as the supporting material, for forming each layer of the supporter (S); adhesive strengths of the first supporting material and the second supporting material, for adhering to the table (7), being different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: HIROFUMI HARA