Patents Issued in June 21, 2016
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Patent number: 9371154Abstract: A folding container including a base portion, first and second lower side wall portions, and first and second upper side wall portions having a hinge connection to the lower side wall portions. The folding container including locking tabs in the base portion for engaging notches in the lower side wall portions when the container is in a folded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: ORBIS CorporationInventor: Venu Samprathi
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Patent number: 9371155Abstract: Active packaging for supplying power, data, or both power and data to an electronic media device while the device is housed within the active packaging is provided. The active packaging may include one or more electrical traces in-molded or printed onto the packaging that couple to a suitable connector on the device. Power may also be provided via one or more wireless power techniques. Multiple active packages may be conductively stacked to transmit power, data, or both power and data to a row or stack or devices. POM sensors integrated with or attached to the device (or the active packaging itself) may detect various movement events. Coordinated and synchronized display effects may be presented while the devices are housed within the active packaging.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Michael Rosenblatt
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Patent number: 9371156Abstract: An accessible display box employs a front portion attached to a rear portion with a hinge. A front hanger bar receiver is centered in a top rim of the front portion and a rear hanger bar receiver extends from the rear portion aligned with the front hanger bar receiver. A releasable engagement mechanism secures the front portion and rear portion allowing the box to be easily opened for access to the carried product.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: United Surgical Associates, Inc.Inventors: Russell S. Moir, Bryan K. Bowman
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Patent number: 9371157Abstract: A toolbox handle is provided, including a connecting portion and a grip portion. The connecting portion is provided for being connected to a tool box. The grip portion is connected to the connecting portion, and the grip portion has a circumferential side for gripping. The circumferential side has at least one through hole. An inner circumferential face of each through hole is formed with at least one rib portion, and each through hole is at least partly stepped.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventor: Yu-Hua Ou
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Patent number: 9371158Abstract: A laundry product that is a container and a liquid laundry composition contained in the container. The primary label face has text that is substantially upright when the container is resting on the closed end of the container. The secondary label face has text that is substantially up-side-down when the container is resting on the closed end of the container. The secondary label face has a window through which the liquid laundry composition within the container can be observed from outside the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Signe Christina Larson
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Patent number: 9371159Abstract: To provide, with a simple construction, a packaging container by which leakage can be prevented, and breakage of the packaging container and flying-out of the contents accompanying the pressure rise in the inside of the container accompanying the warming can be prevented in warming the contents together with the container body. An internal space 2 for storing contents F is formed by a laminate film 1. A circumferential end part of the laminate film 1 is subjected to a thermal fusion treatment to form a sealed portion 3 (3a to 3c). In laminate film 1, a first slit Sa having a predetermined length is formed so as to intersect a part of the sealed portion 3b. A second adhesive layer Lb is disposed in a region having a predetermined width in a neighborhood of the first slit Sa.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: PACKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Junichi Hagino
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Patent number: 9371160Abstract: Disclosed herein is a moving device in the form of a bag having an aperture allowing furniture to be placed therein, a closure for the aperture (such as a “hook and loop” fastener, buttons, a zipper, or other suitable device), and at least one tensioning strap to tighten the bag around the furniture. The bag can be made of a flexible and/or waterproof material, and can include additional padding. In some embodiments, the bag can be shaped as a prism, but can also take other shapes. The tensioning strap(s) can extend partially or entirely around the bag, and can be fastened using a hook and loop fastener, bucket or other suitable device. In some embodiments, at least one longitudinal tensioning strap and at least one lateral tensioning strap are provided. The bag can also include one or more handles, one or more transparent viewing windows, and a document pouch.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: RAPCO INTERNATIONAL PTY LTDInventor: Andrew Hurst
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Patent number: 9371161Abstract: A universal cap seal for fifty-five gallon drums designed to fit over bung flanges and rims in drums of varying size and varying height. The universal cap seal comprises a body having a flat upper surface and an internal surface. The flat upper surface of the body includes a channel that holds a tamper evident lifting band. The lifting band has a lifting tab that enables the user to remove the cap seal from the flange. A sidewall extends from the flat upper surface. A shield extends downwardly from the sidewall and includes a plurality of individual pivotal segments separated by a plurality of slits. The internal surface of the body includes at least two downwardly extending internal snap elements that frictionally engage an outer portion of the flange.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Barrel Associates & Supplies Co., Inc.Inventor: Richard Rudy
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Patent number: 9371162Abstract: A one-piece dispensing closure is disclosed. The one-piece dispensing closure includes a base, a lid having a first flap and means to irreversibly attach to the base, a first living hinge connecting the base to the lid, and a second living hinge connecting the first flap to the lid. The simplistic design of the dispensing closure allows for easy production of dispensing closures of different shapes and sizes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: WEATHERCHEM CORPORATIONInventors: Steve Walunis, Barry Michael Daggett
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Patent number: 9371163Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) which includes a body (2) forming an opening, a mobile ring (4) capable of pivoting relative to said body (2), and a seal (3) made of a flexible, resilient material, connected to said body (2) as well as to said ring (4), capable of being twisted by pivoting the ring (4). According to the invention, said body (2) includes a circular peripheral wall (10) ending in a free edge that defines said opening, and said ring (4) is intended for being positioned around said wall (10); and one of said peripheral wall (10) or said ring (4) includes a series of grooves (11 and 15) and the other one of said ring (4) or said peripheral wall (10) includes a lug, the movement of said lug in said series of grooves enabling guided axial movement of the ring (4) relative to the wall (10) when the seal (3) starts to twist.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: NEOLIDInventor: Nicolas Frolin
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Patent number: 9371164Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide dispensing caps, containers, and methods for quickly and easily dispensing liquids of varying viscosities at different flow rates. In one embodiment, an adjustable dispensing cap is provided that permits a user to rotate a first member to select an appropriately sized pour hole and achieve a desired flow rate for the particular liquid to be dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventor: Ambrose P. Cavalier
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Patent number: 9371165Abstract: A child resistant dispensing closure for dispensing a product from a container has a cap base and a cap that can be secured to a container. The cap base has a locking tab that engages a locking lug on a container, to prevent removal of the cap base from the container. To seal a pour spout on the cap base, a cap is removably secured to the cap base. A child resistant mechanism prevents accidental removal of the cap from the cap base. The child resistant mechanism may include a child resistant stop tab on the cap that selectively engages a child resistant stop lug located on either the container or the cap base. Alternatively, the child resistant mechanism may include a latch hook on the cap base that selectively engages a stepped locking shoulder on the cap skirt.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: WESTROCK SLATERSVILLE, LLCInventors: Patrick J. Brannon, Clifford W. Skillin
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Patent number: 9371166Abstract: There is provided a system for delivering an oxygen rich lotion. The system uses a single reservoir dispensing bottle that contains a peroxide-rich liquid. The bottle has an outlet within which is a peroxide decomposition catalyst immobilized on a substrate, so that the peroxide-rich liquid and immobilized catalyst come in contact with each other just as the liquid is leaving the outlet of the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Avent, Inc.Inventors: Shruti Aryal, Richard Daniel Pike, Jon N. Neese
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Patent number: 9371167Abstract: A valve assembly for use with a flexible container, in which the valve assembly is anchored to the flexible container. The valve assembly provides for the egress of fluid from the flexible container such that the interior surfaces flexible container do not block or otherwise prevent fluid flow or fluidic communication between the interior of the flexible container and the valve assembly. The portion of the valve assembly within the interior of the flexible container includes a support structure that prevents the walls of the flexible container from collapsing down on, and blocking either completely or in part, fluid flow through the opening of the valve inside of the flexible container.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Luis Ortiz-Hernandez, Kenneth Davenport
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Patent number: 9371168Abstract: A protective liner for shipping containers having top, bottom and side walls has a plurality of panels each having peripheral dimensions chosen to permit each panel to be positioned proximate an inner surface of a different one of the container walls and to overlie substantially the entire inner surface of the wall. Each panel has a cut-resistant weave layer, which may be of galvanized steel. The weave layer may be sandwiched between protective fabric outer layers, which provide a peripheral flap for the panel allowing it to be joined to other panels. The edges of the weave layer may also be covered with a protective foam edging.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: M & G PACKAGING CORP.Inventor: Charles Rick
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Patent number: 9371169Abstract: Transport of containers for biologic products in secure thermal isolation may be facilitated by a containment apparatus. The containment apparatus may include a first component and a second component. The first component may comprise one or more sidewalls that may form an enclosed volume of the first component. The enclosed volume may be fluidly sealed from an environment surrounding the first component and at least partially filled with cooling media. The first component may comprise one or more recessed wells configured to receive at least part of individual containers. At least part of individual recessed wells may come into contact with cooling media within the enclosed volume to facilitate heat transfer between the cooling media and individual containers disposed in individual recessed wells.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: ANIMAL CELL THERAPIES, INC.Inventors: Kathryn J. Petrucci, Jiunn-chern Yeh, Amanda Reilly
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Patent number: 9371170Abstract: The present invention provides a package cushioning material for liquid crystal glass, which includes an air sack sheet and scratch protection layers arranged at contact sites of the air sack sheet with four corners of a piece of liquid crystal glass. The air sack sheet is formed by connecting a plurality of air sacks. The scratch protection layers are single-sided adhesive tapes or foamed PE cushioning materials. The package cushioning material for liquid crystal glass according to the present invention uses an air sack sheet as a basic material to be used in combination with scratch protection layers arranged at contact sites of the air sack sheet with the four corners of the liquid crystal glass so as to prevent the liquid crystal glass from scratching and breaking the air sacks thereby providing improved effect of cushioning and thus highly effective protection of the liquid crystal glass during transportation.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuchun Hsiao, Yicheng Kuo, Yue Wu
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Patent number: 9371171Abstract: A carton has a series of panels including top and bottom panels, side panels, and front and rear panels which collectively define an interior space for carrying wire or other filamentary material. The carton is formed from a unitary blank. The cartons can be set up by an automated machine without intervention of an operator. The carton include an interior channel located between two, aligned exterior holes located in opposing panels of the carton. The interior channel is formed from several hingedly connected panels, at least one of which is attached to the carton. The hingedly connected panels are folded around or rolled to form the interior channel, which is inserted into the carton. Once assembled a shaft or rod may be passed through one of the exterior holes, through the interior channel, and out the other exterior hole. The interior channel reinforces the structure of the carton and further allows the carton to hang from a shaft or rod without the carton tearing.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventor: Kenneth R. Babcock
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Patent number: 9371172Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provided a garment box comprising a bottom panel and a container portion that includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall. In particular embodiments, the garment box further includes a walled enclosure portion contiguous to the first side wall and comprising a first fold over panel, a second fold over panel, and a third fold over panel. In particular embodiments, the first and third fold over panels include holes located proximate a mid-point of the panels and the second fold over panel includes a slot. The holes are configured to support a rod that is inserted into the walled enclosure portion. The rod is configured to support one or more heads of clothes hangers inserted through the slot and hung on the rod to secure clothes placed in the container portion for shipping.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.Inventors: Quinto Alessandro Marini, Patrick M. McDavid, Carmichael Salandanan Galang, Briana Marie Wiegele, Matthew James Robke, Stefan Joseph Figurski, Earl Stacey Lee, Jr.
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Patent number: 9371173Abstract: In certain embodiments, the invention relates to an article having a liquid-impregnated surface. The surface includes a matrix of solid features (e.g., non-toxic and/or edible features) spaced sufficiently close to stably contain a liquid therebetween or therewithin, wherein the liquid is non-toxic and/or edible. The article may contain, for example, a food or other consumer product, such as ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Jonathan David Smith, Rajeev Dhiman, Adam T. Paxson, Christopher J. Love, Brian R. Solomon, Kripa K. Varanasi
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Patent number: 9371174Abstract: A disposable capsule for preparing a beverage suitable for consumption from an extractable product includes a chamber for enclosing an inner space containing the extractable product and a displaceable body. The chamber includes an entrance area enabling passage of a fluid towards the inner space for interacting with the extractable product for preparing the beverage and an exit area for conducting at least a portion of the beverage away from the capsule. The displaceable body is movable with respect to the entrance area and the exit area for discontinuing the entrance area and the exit area thereby enabling the chamber to pass fluidum therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Kon Euan Gerard Wong, Guido Brandt, Hendrik Cornelis Koeling, Ralf Kamerbeek, Arend Cornelis Jacobus Biesheuvel
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Patent number: 9371175Abstract: The present invention concerns a capsule (1) defining a closed chamber for enclosing a mass of soluble and/or extractable food material, for use in a beverage preparation machine, comprising: (i) capsule side walls (2), (ii) a top membrane (3) pierceable by injection means (4) of the machine which are adapted to inject an extraction liquid under pressure inside said chamber, and (iii) a bottom wall (5) (iv) means (6, 7) adapted to open said chamber by relative engagement with the bottom wall (5) under the effect of the liquid pressure increase in the chamber during injection of said liquid characterized in that at least the portion of the top membrane surface which is to be pierced by the fluid injection means (4), comprises an elastic material having a tensile strength higher than 1 Mpa, preferably higher than 5 MPa, more preferably higher than 10 MPa and an elongation at break superior to 100%, preferably superior to 500%, such that said top membrane (3) recloses in a leaktight manner, after said fluid injeType: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Nihan Dogan, Frederic Doleac
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Patent number: 9371176Abstract: A capsule for preparing a beverage and/or nutritional product is disclosed that includes a body that forms a first compartment for liquid injection and a second compartment for containing beverage and/or nutritional ingredients. A separation wall separates the first and second compartments and includes an aperture for the liquid transfer from the first compartment to the second compartment. A separate liquid injector is inserted in and/or against the separation wall and is arranged for transferring liquid from the first compartment to the second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Nestec S. A.Inventors: Hans Markus Kohli, Sophie Abraham, Nihan Dogan, Heinz Wyss, Wolfgang Zangerle
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Patent number: 9371177Abstract: A coffee pod which can be used for machines for preparing and dispensing coffee beverages that comprise at least one extraction chamber, and at least one piston for compacting a predetermined amount of ground coffee inserted into the extraction chamber. The pod includes: a predetermined amount of ground coffee compacted into an aggregate of ground coffee beans, having an outer shape suitable for rolling, and preferably a substantially spherical ball shape; and a filter casing formed of at least one pervious, microporous or microperforated sheet or film, trapping and matching the shape of the compacted coffee aggregate. The sheet or film is flexible, having stretchability properties with an elongation at rupture of at least 30% and an ultimate tensile strength of less than 2,000 N/m, and a thickness of at least 150 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventors: Frederic Ferrier, Andre Luciani
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Patent number: 9371178Abstract: A transportation and storage system for a wind turbine rotor blade comprises a tip end frame assembly comprising a tip end receptacle and a tip end frame. The tip end receptacle comprises an upwardly open tip end-receiving space for receiving a portion of the tip end of the blade and having a supporting surface for supporting the blade, a lower surface allowing the tip end receptacle to rest upright on a substantially horizontal surface, such as the ground, and releasable retaining means for releasably retaining the tip end of the blade in the receiving space of the tip end receptacle. The tip end frame comprises an upwardly open receptacle-receiving space for receiving the receptacle and provided with positioning means for positioning the receptacle in the tip end frame. A base part defines a bottom surface allowing the tip end frame to rest upright on the ground.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: LM GLASFIBER A/SInventor: Henrik Frederiksen
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Patent number: 9371179Abstract: A collapsible nestable container is provided. The collapsible nestable container may comprise a plurality of panels, each having one or more locking features that interlock with the locking features of the other panels to form an assembled container. The panels further comprise one or more nesting features, that interlock with the nesting features of the other panels to allow the panels to nest in a collapsed configuration with similar or dissimilar panels.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: BUCKHORN, INC.Inventors: Daniel R. Miller, Anthony P. Habodasz
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Patent number: 9371180Abstract: An apparatus including a liner ring, configured with a wall, to fit within the container so that the liner ring remains in place at a defined distance within the container based on a dimension of the container and a dimension of the liner ring, and a sealant attached to an outer surface of the liner ring configured to contact an inner surface of the container and form a seal is disclosed. Arrangement of a liner with an opening having ends being placed around the liner ring provides for the ends to the opening of the liner being located between the ring liner and container within the container. A system and method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventor: Lee Wayne Corbitt
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Patent number: 9371181Abstract: An accumulation/disposal bin includes a container body with an upper opening. The lid pivots about the forward edge of the opening, allowing a lock to be formed on the rear edge of the lid. Edge mounted wheels may further be located proximate the rear bottom of the container, diagonally across from the hinge. The bin may further include a lifting slot on the rear wall. A handle may be formed proximate the upper opening on the rear the bin. The lid may comprise a downwardly sloped ramp extending from an opening in a horizontal plane to beneath a portion of the lid that at least partially covers this horizontal plane. The ramp and the covering portion of the lid define first and second slots each in a generally vertical plane that may prevent access to the body.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Jake, Connor & Crew, Inc.Inventors: Pat Connor, Paul Goyette, Gord Bennett
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Patent number: 9371182Abstract: An apparatus for archiving specimens in specimen vessels. The apparatus includes an archive room accessible via a lock for automated feeding of vessels into and out of the room. A storage and restacking system is disposed in the room and includes two side-by-side stacks of trays in a receiving area. Each tray has a receptacle area defining a plurality of receptacles therein, each configured to receive a single vessel. A stacking means forms the stacks of trays. One tray is stacked on another in such a way as to maintain a clearance relative to the receptacle area of the lower tray. A lifting means is provided for vertically lifting trays stacked on a selected tray; and a transfer means is provided for horizontal transfer of a selected tray from one stack to the other, or from one stack to the lock, or from the lock to one of the stacks.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: GLP systems GmbHInventors: Robert Hecht, Andre von Froreich
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Patent number: 9371183Abstract: A multilevel vertical conveyor system for transporting uncontained case units to and from a multilevel storage structure having an array of vertically stacked storage levels is provided and includes a frame having platform guide members, a drive member connected to the frame, and support platforms coupled to the drive member. The drive member is configured to move the support platforms relative to the frame in a substantially continuous vertical loop, each of the support platforms being configured to support multiple uncontained case units where each of the multiple uncontained case units is disposed at a respective predetermined area of a respective support platform, the support platforms have support members that are guided by guide members substantially throughout a path of the substantially continuous vertical loop, where the support members are guided in three point contact by the guide members substantially throughout the path.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Symbotic, LLCInventors: Stephen C. Toebes, Robert Sullivan
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Patent number: 9371184Abstract: Some examples include charging an onboard power source of a mobile drive unit (MDU) of an inventory system while the MDU is operating in the inventory system, rather than removing the MDU from service for recharging. As an example, the MDU may receive instructions to retrieve an inventory holder, and an onboard power source of the MDU may be charged while the MDU and the inventory holder are located at the charging station.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Ryan Dingle, Matthew David Verminski, Peter K. Mansfield, Andrew Stubbs, Sean Hugh Breheny, Peter R. Wurman
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Patent number: 9371185Abstract: Disclosed is a method for distributed storage and use of mine groundwater. The method comprises the following steps: A. prospecting an area of an underground space to be mined, and acquiring data on the bedrock geology of the strata; B. observing the mine groundwater, and acquiring the conditions of the flow distribution, water quality data and water pressure data for the mine groundwater; C. designating one or more goaf spaces through which mine groundwater cannot permeate as a water storage space of a distributed underground reservoir according to the data on the bedrock geology of the strata acquired in step A and the conditions of the flow distribution, water quality data and water pressure data for the mine groundwater acquired in step B; and D. after the designated water storage space is formed, mine groundwater generated when mining a mining face adjacent thereto naturally seeps into the water storage space.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignees: CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY, BEIJINGInventors: Dazhao Gu, Kai Zhang, Shushe Chen, Wenyu Wei, Feng Yang
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Patent number: 9371186Abstract: The invention relates to a friction drive for force transmission, in particular for a transport conveying device, comprising a drive element (31) and an output element (34) and comprising a torque-limiting device (33), which acts therebetween and transmits a drive torque introduced by said drive element (31) up to a transmission torque, which can be set by means of the torque-limiting device (33), to the output element (34), and allows free running when a drive torque exceeds the set transmission torque, and which comprises at least one rolling bearing (41) having an inner race (42) and an outer race (46) and rolling bodies (45) arranged therebetween, and a clamping device (51), by means of which the inner race and the outer race of the at least one rolling bearing (41) of the torque-limiting device (33) can be displaced towards each other in an axial direction or can be clamped against each other in a radial direction and a transmission torque can be set.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Kiener Maschinenbau GmbHInventors: Waldemar Kiener, Paul Abele
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Patent number: 9371187Abstract: A system and method for supercharging the feed system for a belt in tube conveyor for agricultural products, which enables achieving a full or near full fill level of the conveyor belt entering the intake end of the conveyor tube. The invention uses a crop delivery apparatus operable to propel an airborne flow of the crop material at least largely in a direction of movement of the conveyor belt, onto the belt surface after formation into a concave shape conforming to a lower portion of the conveyor tube. Additional capabilities include the ability to propel the crop material into an intake end of the conveyor tube, and provision of enclosing structure for containing and focusing the crop material flow. The system can accommodate various angles of tilt and sideward pivotal movement of the conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Edward H. Priepke, Scott D. Wilson, John J. Borsdorf, Jonathan E. Ricketts
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Patent number: 9371188Abstract: A belt unit including an endless belt, a first roller, a second roller, and a guiding member is provided. The guiding member includes a groove, in which a guided section of the endless belt is set, and the groove includes a first face and a second face. The first face is formed to have a first parting line extending in a direction to intersect with a central axis. The first face includes a first part in a frontward range and a second part in a rearward range with respect to the first parting line along a rotating direction of the guiding member. The first face has a first gap between the first part and the second part to form the first part in a position closer to the second face with respect to the second part.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kotaro Takifuji, Wataru Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9371189Abstract: A belt tightening assembly for conveyor systems includes an elongated outer tube and an inner tube sized to be complementarily received in the outer tube. The inner tube retractably extends out of the outer tube to varying lengths. A bearing housing extends from a long end of the inner tube and is integrated with the inner tube such that the inner tube and bearing housing do not separate from each other during normal operation. A spherical bearing is inserted into the bearing housing, the belt tightener is secured to a roller of a conveyor system, and the assembly is secured to a side of a conveyor. A separate pillow block is not used, eliminating a number of collection points for contamination and lowering costs. Also, not requiring a pillow block to be fastened to the inner tube reduces shear forces that result from imprecise fastening.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Bryant Products, Inc.Inventors: Todd A. Brennecke, Daniel M. Genz, David A. Roessler, Jeffrey C. Steiner
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Patent number: 9371190Abstract: A lateral chain link for conveyor belts, particularly for food, includes a substantially U-shaped body wherein the front portion is shaped to be inserted between two facing end parts of a rear portion of a facing identical link. The front portion has two longitudinally extending symmetrical slots for the passage and traverse of an end portion of a first rod-like element of a conveyor belt. The rear portion has an opening on one of its end parts, for inserting an end portion of an additional rod-like element. The outer rear end part has a contoured lateral tab for meshing with a toothed wheel, or belt, of associated entrainment means, and has a lower tipping-preventing side wall. The link is constituted by two parts which are mutually joined with a reversible fixing component: a first part includes the U-shaped body, and the second part includes the lateral tab and lower tipping-preventing side wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: ALIT S.R.L.Inventors: Michele Rettore, Nicola Infanti, Mirco Malaman
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Patent number: 9371191Abstract: A bucket is adapted to be spaced relatively close to adjacent buckets and has sides with a contoured upper edge to facilitate carrying material above the water level capacity of the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: TAPCO, INC.Inventor: Paul D. Taylor
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Patent number: 9371192Abstract: An installation comprising a first platform having a first holder device comprising a first pair of jaws, and a second platform having a second holder device comprising a second pair of jaws. Each pair of jaws comprising a stationary jaw and a movable jaw mounted on the stationary jaw to be movable between a closed position and an open position. A resilient element connecting the two jaws together urges the movable jaw towards the closed position. The two pairs of jaws are provided with co-operation devices enabling them to transfer a container from one platform to another by co-operation between the pairs of jaws.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: SERAC GROUPInventor: Bertrand Gruson
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Patent number: 9371193Abstract: A sorting conveyor having electromagnetically actuated rollers for sorting articles off one or both sides of the conveyor. A linear stator creates a magnetic flux wave that rotates rotors in the article-supporting rollers and selects their direction of rotation. In one version the magnetic flux wave swivels the rollers to change the sorting direction. In another version the magnetic flux wave causes one set of rollers or another set of orthogonally disposed rollers to contact conveyed articles.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.Inventor: Bryant G. Ragan
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Patent number: 9371194Abstract: A conveyor and method for moving articles across a conveying surface using electromagnetically operated movers in a conveyor belt. The movers are retained in tracks in the conveyor belt. A magnetic field source produces a magnetic field that varies across the width of the belt. The magnetic field interacts with electrically conductive material, ferromagnetic material, or permanent magnets in the movers to propel the movers and divert articles engaged by the movers across the belt. Movers with retractable pushers fold down at the sides of the belt to allow articles pushed by other movers to pass over and off the side of the belt.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.Inventor: Bryant G. Ragan
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Patent number: 9371195Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for adjusting the configuration of the pockets of a star wheel conveyor is disclosed. The adjustment mechanism may be in the form of a support and an adjustment element movably connected to the support. The adjustment element is movable to contact one or more of the rotatable elements of a star wheel conveyor in order to adjust the rotational position of the individual rotatable element(s) to set the dimensions of pockets for the articles to be conveyed. The adjustment mechanism can form part of a star wheel conveyor system comprising a star wheel and such mechanism(s).Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Eric Shawn Goudy, Roger Phillip Williams
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Patent number: 9371196Abstract: The present invention provides a transportation method and a transportation device of a liquid crystal panel. The method includes (1) providing a transportation device, wherein the transportation device comprises a device body, linear rails mounted to the device body, a plurality of forks mounted in sequence to the linear rails, and servo motors mounted to the device body, the servo motors being coupled to the plurality of forks to drive the plurality of forks to slide along the linear rails; (2) adjusting spacing distance between the plurality of forks according to the size of a liquid crystal panel to be transported; (3) operating the transportation device to move the forks to a location under the liquid crystal panel to be transported in order to have the liquid crystal panel positioned on the plurality of forks; and (4) operating the transportation device to transport the liquid crystal panel to a designated site.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Erqing Zhu, Chunhao Wu, Kunhsien Lin, Xiande Li, Weibing Yang, Zhenhua Guo
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Patent number: 9371197Abstract: Improved systems and processes for storing resins are disclosed herein. These systems and processes are especially useful for reducing the tendency of resins to sinter. In polymerization processes, the improvements disclosed herein can reduce the tendency of resins to sinter while also allowing downstream operations to continue.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLCInventors: Simon J. White, Alison H. Hasbargen
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Patent number: 9371198Abstract: Method and apparatus for air flow regulation comprise a vertically oriented tube and a sail assembly positioned in the tube and moveable therewithin responsively to air flow through the tube to regulate rate of air flow through the tube and stop air flow through the tube upon air flow rate through the tube exceeding a preselected value.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventor: Stephen B. Maguire
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Patent number: 9371199Abstract: Apparatus for palletizing bottles or similar containers, comprising: a conveyor including a support structure and a closed ring belt having a horizontal branch movable in a direction of transport (A) and having an upper surface on which a layer of bottles (B) or similar containers rests when in use, and a movable pickup device positionable above the conveyor for picking up said layer of bottles (B) from the belt and movable in a palletizing station for depositing the layer of bottles (B) on the base of a pallet or on a previously deposited layer of bottles, wherein the pickup device comprises a frame open at the bottom and a shutter movable relative to the frame between a retracted position in which the shutter leaves the lower opening of the frame open and an extended position in which the shutter closes the lower opening of the frame, wherein, in use, the shutter during the movement from the retracted position to the extended position is inserted between the layer of bottles (B) and the upper surface of saiType: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: EMMETI S.p.A.Inventor: Iames Gianni Tesauri
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Patent number: 9371200Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the handling of products in a product-handling installation, comprising the following method steps: a) providing at least one product on a flexible placing area, b) placing a cage, which is equipped with at least one displaceable supporting-body group, onto the flexible placing area, c) imparting at least one deflection to the flexible placing area and displacing the deflection along the flexible placing area, and d) simultaneously retracting the at least one supporting-body group into a gap created by the at least one deflection between the flexible placing area and a lower side of the products. The invention further relates to a method for the palletizing of products. Furthermore, a device for the handling of products and the use of said device for the palletizing of products is proposed.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Inventors: Georg Schmitt, Enrico Pes
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Patent number: 9371201Abstract: The invention is directed to a material loader for quickly and easily loading material, particularly bulk material, into a containment apparatus. Material to be loaded is placed inside a bin that is dimensioned to fit inside the containment apparatus. In use the containment apparatus is positioned so that the bin is inside the containment apparatus and the containment apparatus or a vehicle bearing the containment apparatus is connected to a material transfer member inside the bin. Forward movement of the containment apparatus/vehicle causes the material transfer member to hold against the material while the bin slides out of the containment apparatus from the point of view of the containment apparatus, leaving the material behind. In other words, the forward movement of the containment apparatus/vehicle causes the material transfer member to pull the material into the containment apparatus. The invention may also be used for unloading a containment apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: A Ward Attachments LimitedInventor: Simon Robert Ward
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Patent number: 9371202Abstract: A dock ramp assembly for a docking opening on a facility; the assembly comprising a seal for sealing the docking opening with at least one access door opening on a transport vehicle when the vehicle is docked with the facility; the seal comprising an upper seal which extends over a top peripheral edge of the docking opening and adjacent side peripheral edges of the docking opening, and a lower seal which extends beneath the lower peripheral edge of the docking opening, such that the seal extends around the entire periphery of the docking opening to form a complete seal between the docking opening and the access door opening when the vehicle is docked with the facility; the assembly further comprising a retractable bumper which is transitioned from an extended, in-use position in front of the docking opening, to a retracted, stored position remote from the docking opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: MCR Consortium LimitedInventor: Francis Whelan
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Patent number: 9371203Abstract: The invention relates to a cash cassette (10) having a receiving compartment (20) for receiving a value note stack (60) and a press-on unit (24) for exerting a counterforce directed opposite to the direction of deposit (P1) on the value note stack (60) received in the receiving compartment (20). A bottom unit (22) has at least a first snap-in element (42) and the press-on unit (24) has a second snap-in element (40) via which a snap-fit connection can be established. The second snap-in element (40) is elastically formed such that the press-on unit (24) is movable further in the direction of deposit (P1) by a predetermined distance even when the snap-fit connection is established.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignees: Wincor Nixdorf Pte Ltd., Wincor Nixdorf International GmbHInventors: Florante Go, Elmar Berendes, Hengky Wirawan, Joerg Plotzitzka