Patents Issued in October 20, 2016
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Publication number: 20160305099Abstract: A temporary stop water output device includes a main body, which is hollow in shape, and has one end provided with a water output port; a movable core axis, which is hollow in shape and is disposed in the main body, and has one end connected to the water output port; a connector fixing piece, which is of a cap shape, and on which is provided with a water channel, and which is located on a trajectory at other end of the movable core axis, while its inner wall is connected movably to other end of the movable core axis; and a connector, connected to inside other end of the main body through the connector fixing piece. The temporary stop water output device is simple in construction, easy to operate, in achieving good water temporary stoppage effect, and satisfying user demand in application.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: XinZhan HU
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Publication number: 20160305100Abstract: A tub spout with a diverter mechanism includes a housing having an external surface and an internal cavity that includes a spout outlet. A water supply conduit is located within the internal cavity and provides a fluid path that is in fluid communication with the spout outlet. A push button extends outwardly of the external surface of the housing and is movable relative to the housing between a non-diverting position where water exits the spout outlet and a diverting position where water is prevented from exiting the spout outlet. A diverter gate is positioned within the internal cavity to selectively block the fluid path and is coupled for movement with the push button. A resilient member biases the push button to the non-diverting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Xan Vy Du, Frank Stauder, Alyson Brhelle, Bryan Fisher
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Publication number: 20160305101Abstract: A faucet with two outlets includes a main body, an outlet pipe, a hot water inlet conduit, a cold water inlet conduit, a cold water conduit, a filtered water conduit and a switch member. The outlet pipe has an inner channel and an outer channel. Filtered water flows through the inner channel, running water flows through the outer channel. The switch member laterally formed a peripheral wall of the main body, and having a valve core being mounted inside the main body. The valve core has control filtered water or running water outlet from the outlet pipe. The faucet with two outlets respectively outputs filtered water and running water through two different waterways in the outlet pipe and ensures simple structure, convenient operation and multiple water output modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Hui-Ming Liu, Feng Lin
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Publication number: 20160305102Abstract: A douche toilet including a toilet bowl having a flushing water connection for feeding flushing water into a flushing chamber defined by the toilet bowl, having a lower end and an upper end delimited by a toilet opening, a drain connection including a primary odor trap for carrying away waste water from the flushing chamber in the course of a flushing operation, a personal cleaning device fed by way of a drinking water line for performing personal cleaning in respect of a user, as well as a safety device for safeguarding a drinking water line is provided. To provide for a compact douche toilet fulfilling the requirements of DIN EN 1717, the safety device includes a damage opening arranged below an upper edge of the toilet opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Martin KRABBE
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Publication number: 20160305103Abstract: A drain trap for plumbing fixtures that contains an integrated filter that is environment-friendly and is easy to replace and clean. The drain trap includes a plumbing trap, a brush-receiving pipe, a filter brush, and a sealing cap. The plumbing trap is any existing trap which traps and retains water within. The brush-receiving pipe traverses into the plumbing trap and houses/retains the filter brush. The filter brush includes a flexible rod and a plurality of bristles. The filter brush is removably positioned within the plumbing trap and the brush-receiving pipe in order to prevent debris from flowing through plumbing trap. The bristles are distributed along the flexible rod in order to create a filter-like barrier inside the plumbing trap. The sealing cap is adjacently attached to the brush-receiving pipe in order to prevent the filter brush from dislodging from inside the plumbing trap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: John Wesley Corbin
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Publication number: 20160305104Abstract: A urinal clog removal device is provided. The urinal clog removal device may include a urinal flange connecting member formed of a body. The urinal flange connecting member may include slots on opposing sides configured to couple to the urinal flange connecting member to a urinal flange. The urinal flange connecting member comprises an aperture extending through the urinal flange connecting member to provide access to the urinal flange. The device may also include a hose coupled on a first end to the urinal flange connecting member with a hose connector. The hose connector of the urinal flange connecting member directs water into the urinal flange. The device may also include a valve and is coupled to a flush valve of the urinal, wherein the hose is coupled between the valve and the hose connector in order to supply water through the hose and into the urinal flange during unclogging.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Michael J. Paar
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Publication number: 20160305105Abstract: A diaphragm type flush valve for use with toilet devices such as urinals and water closets that includes a valve member, a diaphragm, a guide member extends downwardly from the diaphragm, and a disk positioned on top of the diaphragm. The disk is threadably attached to the guide member and functions to secure the diaphragm, the disk, and the guide member into the valve member. The disk includes a rigid body made of a composite material and a seal member made of an adhesive and a thin layer of rubber, with the seal member having a portion on an upper surface of the disk for sealing contact with a relief valve. The disk also includes a plurality of spaced protrusions and inwardly directed on its upper surface in order to add accuracy and stability to the diaphragm assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Michael A. Funari, Larry M. Elting, Jerome S. Markijohn
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Publication number: 20160305106Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an adapter and base plate that may be retrofitted to existing industry standard toilets to provide a capability to vent foul odors from bodily waste deposited into the toilet bowl. The toilet includes a bowl having flush holes disposed around a rim of the bowl for discharging water into the bowl, a water tank for containing a volume of water sufficient to cause the toilet to flush when the volume of water is discharged into the bowl, a flush and refill mechanism for flushing and then refilling the toilet, the flush mechanism controlling a flush valve that covers a drain at the bottom of the water tank. The bowl also includes a water feed conduit connecting the drain to the holes around the rim of the bowl. The adapter is fitted between the water tank and bowl with a first opening receiving the flush valve and a second opening connected to an exhaust fan by plumbing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Peter Fishering
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Publication number: 20160305107Abstract: The disclosure provides a urinal screen comprising a flexible screen in a circular configuration having a center portion and a contiguous outer portion encircling the center portion, the outer portion being separated into one or more elongated strips extending outwardly from the center portion, and the center portion having a center hole extending therethrough. When positioned on a surface of a urinal or other fixture, the screen is substantially conformable to the urinal surface without sacrificing the screen objective to keep debris from entering drain. In embodiments, the center portion of the screen can be adjustable in height such that the screen is in a mound- or dome-like configuration and still preventing any debris from entering the drain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Todd J. Muderlak, Kenneth J. Muderlak
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Publication number: 20160305108Abstract: A vertical underground storage tank that is installed and partly in-situ formed with minimized excavation, minimum footprint, and without dewatering.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Shahriar Eftekharzadeh
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Publication number: 20160305109Abstract: A linear drain assembly includes at least one end attachment attachable to a longitudinal end of a drain body. The at least one end attachment has a permanent structural cover, a first drain channel formed below the cover and extending in a longitudinal direction along the at least one end attachment. The first drain channel has a closed end extending in both the longitudinal direction and a transverse direction across the first drain channel. A first slotted channel is formed in the cover and extends in the longitudinal direction along the at least one end attachment. The first slotted channel is in fluid communication with the first drain channel. The closed end of the first drain channel is arranged to direct debris moving through the first drain channel toward the first slotted inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Lawrence G. MEYERS
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Publication number: 20160305110Abstract: A diffuser baffle for use in an in-line wastewater grease interceptor. The diffuser baffle lies within a grease collecting chamber between the inflow and outflow of a grease interceptor. The diffuser baffle has an open bottom which is sized and shaped respectively to fit into the grease collecting chamber. The diffuser baffle has an end operatively connected to the inflow opening to permit wastewater to flow into the body through the open bottom. The baffle has a downstream end which includes a deflector portion to deflect a wastewater stream in a direction generally into the grease collecting chamber. The body also includes a number of apertures to permit the deflected wastewater stream to pass through the baffle and into the grease collecting chamber, where FOG will separate before waste water exits the chamber through the outlet baffle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Andrew Bird, James Brian Mantyla, James Edwin Tesky, Richard Alan Parkinson
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Publication number: 20160305111Abstract: The method for erecting a boiler includes erecting a main structure comprising at least a cavity, assembling on the ground at least a roof for the main structure, assembling on the ground at least a module having at least heat exchanging surfaces, lifting the roof up to an intermediate altitude within the cavity, the intermediate altitude being an altitude between a ground level and a top of the main structure in correspondence of the cavity, connecting the module to the roof at the ground level, and further lifting the roof and connecting the roof to the main structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Timothy Wayne MAIDENFORD, Dennis Irvin BOWIN
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Publication number: 20160305112Abstract: A shaft member having an engaging part at a lower part is formed to project from a front edge part of a plate-like fitting main body having a required thickness, and an engaging member having an engaging part at a lower part is mounted to a tip surface of the shaft member, the engaging parts communicating with each other, wherein the fitting main body has a gripping part formed of a through-hole at a central part and pin insertion parts which are formed collinearly in the vicinity of an upper edge part and a lower edge part at a rear side of the fitting main body, and wherein a shaft-member insertion part resisting shear stress is provided at a portion different from the pin insertion parts formed on the upper edge part and the lower edge part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: NICE HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Koichiro HIRATA, Syunsuke HARA
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Publication number: 20160305113Abstract: A support assembly supports external veneer such as face-brick. A bracket mounts to a load bearing wall support structure. A shelf angle includes a horizontal leg that defines a surface upon which to mount the veneer. The mounting bracket may be a channel having a seat that includes an outwardly protruding toe, an accommodation for the shelf angle, and an overhanging finger. The back of the shelf angle may have apertures to admit the toes of the mounting bracket. The seat includes an oversized slot having a relief angle to permit the shelf angle web to be rotated angularly during assembly. The mounting bracket has an overhanging arm for engaging the part of a cross-wise running beam, such as an I-beam upper flange. The mounting bracket has an abutment for contacting a lower part of the beam, such as a lower flange of an I-beam. There is a fitting to secure the bracket to the beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Michael HATZINIKOLAS
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Publication number: 20160305114Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring rail with a substantially C-shaped cross section for anchoring in concrete. The anchoring rail comprises a cross-sectionally substantially U-shaped base body, two free limbs and at least one anchor. The two free limbs are arranged on the base body opposite the anchor and, between the free limbs, a slot is formed in the longitudinal direction of the anchoring rail. The base body at least partially has a profiling on the outer side thereof facing the concrete.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Dirk Albartus, Frank Haeusler, Dirk Borgstede, Andreas Hanke
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Publication number: 20160305115Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring rail with a substantially C-shaped cross section for anchoring in concrete. The anchoring rail includes a cross sectionally substantially U-shaped base body, two free limbs and at least one anchor. The base body includes a base and two side walls. The two free limbs are arranged opposite the base of the base body. The at least one anchor is arranged on the base. Between the free limbs, a slot is formed in the longitudinal direction of the anchoring rail. The anchoring rail has at least one thickened portion on the base body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Dirk Albartus, Frank Haeusler, Dirk Borgstede, Andreas Hanke
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Publication number: 20160305116Abstract: The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may include indicia for aligning strips of tape or for aligning fasteners. A method for manufacturing the water resistant building panels is also disclosed and includes the steps of feeding paper onto a forming belt, depositing lignocellulosic material and the binding agent onto the forming belt so as to form a lignocellulosic mat, applying heat and pressure so as to impart the skid resistant surface on the paper, and cutting panels to predetermined sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Huber Engineered Woods LLCInventors: John L. BENNETT, Joel F. BARKER, Rick D. JORDAN, Thomas L. SCHUMAN, Nian OU, Neil C. SWIACKI, Kelly R. FLAHERTY
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Publication number: 20160305117Abstract: The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may include indicia for aligning strips of tape or for aligning fasteners. A method for manufacturing the water resistant building panels is also disclosed and includes the steps of feeding paper onto a forming belt, depositing lignocellulosic material and the binding agent onto the forming belt so as to form a lignocellulosic mat, applying heat and pressure so as to impart the skid resistant surface on the paper, and cutting panels to predetermined sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Huber Engineered Woods LLCInventors: John L. BENNETT, Joel F. BARKER, Rick D. JORDAN, Thomas L. SCHUMAN, Nian OU, Neil C. SWIACKI, Kelly R. FLAHERTY
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Publication number: 20160305118Abstract: The panel includes a water resistant barrier layer secured atop its outward facing surface. The water resistant barrier layer includes a skid resistant surface. The panels are made of lignocellulosic material. The water resistant and skid resistant surface may include indicia for aligning strips of tape or for aligning fasteners. A method for manufacturing the water resistant building panels is also disclosed and includes the steps of feeding paper onto a forming belt, depositing lignocellulosic material and the binding agent onto the forming belt so as to form a lignocellulosic mat, applying heat and pressure so as to impart the skid resistant surface on the paper, and cutting panels to predetermined sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Huber Engineered Woods LLCInventors: John L. BENNETT, Joel F. BARKER, Rick D. JORDAN, Thomas L. SCHUMAN, Nian OU, Neil C. SWIACKI, Kelly R. FLAHERTY
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Publication number: 20160305119Abstract: Air flow is reduced through a structure insulated with one more layers of fiber wool or particulate insulating material. A layer of a foamed fluid polymeric composition is applied onto the exposed surface of the insulation to cover the edges at which the exposed surface of the insulation meets an enclosing member of the structure. The layer is then cured to form a polymeric coating on the exposed surface of the insulation. The coating seals the edge or edges at which the exposed surface of the insulation meets the enclosing members of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Gary D. Parsons, Michael D. Bowe, Janah C. Szewczyk
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Publication number: 20160305120Abstract: A new concept wall system is provided, wherein the Exterior Insulation and Finish System cladding is created using components with no water absorption, a very low vapor permeability and sealing properties, accommodated with an installation technology which extend the materials properties to the assembly, together with bonding and sealing the intersections and terminations, creating a Non-Permissive to water and vapor diffusion, Exterior Insulation and Finish System (NP-EIFS). The present invention relates to an EIFS cladding having two air and vapor barriers, one applied to the substrate, a continuous liquid membrane with sheathing joints sealed to be moisture barrier for inside vapors, and an exterior weather and vapor barrier which is created using closed cell extruded polystyrene insulation boards, special assembled with joints sealed, to create a non-permissive insulation envelope of the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: MARIUS RADOANE
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Publication number: 20160305121Abstract: A new prefabricated wall panel is the basic unit of a new, more efficient and stronger wall system. The wall panel is manufactured from a plurality of foam sections sized to leave vertical and horizontal voids into which concrete is later poured, each foam section having an inner and outer surface and two sides; and a plurality of fastening strips. The fastening strips are longitudinal metal strips being situated between the sides of two foam sections. Each fastening strip has two longitudinal fastening strips projecting perpendicularly to the longitudinal fastening strip and the fastening strips being adjacent to the outer surface of the two foam sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: HERCUTECH Inc.Inventor: Michael Niemann
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Publication number: 20160305122Abstract: A board with preformed seals. In an exemplary embodiment, a sealing material is applied to at least one edge of a board to form a preformed seal on that edge. The board is configured such that when the board is attached to a frame adjacent to a another board, at least a portion of the sealing material applied to the edge of the board seals against at least a portion of an edge another board. In one exemplary embodiment, the boards are configured to seal against edges of substantially identical boards. A plurality of the sheathing boards may be installed on a building frame to form a sheathing system that provides a moisture and/or gas barrier between and interior and exterior of a building.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLCInventors: Timothy Robert Clancy, John Frank Budinscak, Lee John Burlingame
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Publication number: 20160305123Abstract: This system has achieved in making unique pieces in order to generalize the construction of buildings by simplifying the construction process to the manufacture of three (3) products, to achieve our modular house models. This simplification in the manufacture process results in the simplification of the infrastructure of the installed plant capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Juan Fernando LJUBICIC RUBIO
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Publication number: 20160305124Abstract: In one aspect a metal construction member can include at least two metal strips. Each metal strip can have a continuous nonlinear pattern along one lengthwise edge of the strip, where the continuous nonlinear pattern can include a plurality of repeating units. Each repeating unit can include at least one joining region, which can protrude away from a lengthwise axis of the metal strip. At least one of the metal strips can be joined to at least one other metal strip at a plurality of adjacent joining regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Scott J. Anderson, Jeffrey A. Anderson
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Publication number: 20160305125Abstract: A system for producing reinforcing cages for wind turbine tower segments, wherein a reinforcing cage has in each case substantially horizontally oriented ring segments and substantially vertically oriented stiffening elements. It is proposed that the system has a receiving area which is adapted so as to receive the preferably inner, substantially horizontally oriented ring segments of the reinforcing cage, a first handling robot for supplying and positioning the stiffening elements, and a second handling robot for connecting the ring elements to the stiffening elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Wobben Properties GmbHInventors: Georg Krüger, Ingo Meyer, Karsten Albers
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Publication number: 20160305126Abstract: According to one aspect, a roofing system comprises a plurality of insulation boards adapted for overlying a roof deck to form a layer of insulation. Each of the plurality of insulation boards has opposing planar surfaces and has a facer on at least one planar surface, and each of the plurality of insulation boards comprises polyisocyanurate foam having a first polyisocyanurate foam density. The roofing system further comprises a plurality of cover boards adapted for overlying the layer of insulation. Each of the plurality of cover boards has opposing planar surfaces and has a facer on at least one planar surface, and each of the plurality of cover boards comprises polyisocyanurate foam having a second polyisocyanurate foam density greater than the first polyisocyanurate foam density. The greater polyisocyanurate foam density provides for a compressive strength to resist deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Walter Alexander Johnson, Joel Evan Hazy, Duane Paradis, Christopher J Griffin, Raymond C Swann, Brad C Burdic
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Publication number: 20160305127Abstract: A flashing laminate includes a non-reinforced thermoplastic sheet having a bottom surface, a first longitudinal edge, and a second longitudinal edge. The flashing laminate also includes an adhesive layer on a longitudinally extending portion of the bottom surface adjacent to one of the longitudinal edges. In one or more embodiments, the laminate also includes a release liner positioned over the adhesive tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Daniel Leon BARKSDALE, Sean Christopher McCARTHY, Joseph John KALWARA
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Publication number: 20160305128Abstract: A method for mounting a fixture on a membrane-covered roof involves a bracket with wings coated on upper surfaces with a material rendering the wings heat weldable to roofing membrane. The bracket is placed on the roof membrane, and a transition membrane with a cutout for a raised portion of the bracket is placed over the bracket and heat welded to both the upper wing surfaces of the bracket and to the roof membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Platinum Roofing, Inc.Inventor: William Edwin Shevlin
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Publication number: 20160305129Abstract: A roof ventilation system for asphalt shingle or composition roofs which include a vent slot located through the roof structure along a roof ridge is provided. An unrollable vent assembly that is installable in one piece is formed from an upper water barrier having first and second vent arrangements connected thereto, and each of the first and second vent arrangements include at least two continuous longitudinal strips of a vent material with a continuous longitudinally extending space therebetween separating the strips. The strips and the longitudinally extending space are positionable on the roof parallel to the ridge so that the first and second vent arrangements are located on each side of the ridge vent slot, respectively. The vent system prevents ingress of moisture and debris, and the upper water barrier extends between the first and second vent arrangements and over the vent slot in the installed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Martin J. Rotter
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Publication number: 20160305130Abstract: A cladding kit is provided for a structure cladding, the structure cladding comprising a first panel that extends away from a structure location along a first surface portion of the structure and a second panel that extends away from the structure location along a second surface portion of the structure. The cladding kit comprises a base piece couplable to the structure at the structure location, the base piece comprising a base connector, and a trim piece comprising first and second wings and a trim connector shaped to make a connection with the base connector to thereby couple the trim piece to the base piece. The first wing is shaped to contact, and be deformed by, the first panel when a connection is made. The second wing is shaped to contact, and be deformed by, the second panel when the connection is made.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2014Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: George David RICHARDSON, Semion KRIVULIN, Zi Li FANG
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Publication number: 20160305131Abstract: Support brackets for supporting panels, architectural panel systems, and methods of installing architectural panels on support structures. Support brackets can include a plate with opposite sides, four quadrants, through holes containing parallel studs extending from one side of the plate, and an elongated plate hole. Architectural panel systems can include support brackets attaching architectural panels to a support structure, first fasteners attaching the support brackets to the architectural panels, and second fasteners attaching the support brackets to the support structure. Methods of installing an architectural panel system can include attaching architectural panels to support brackets with first fasteners, positioning the support brackets on a support structure, and attaching the support brackets to the support structure with second fasteners, for example, that extend through the support brackets.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: ParasoleilInventors: Michael Edward Schock, Uriah Robert Bueller
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Publication number: 20160305132Abstract: A composite panel system for attaching to a wall system includes a layer of continuous insulation covering the wall system and a plurality of vertical girts affixed the wall system such that the continuous insulation lays between the wall system and the vertical girts. Composite panels are mounted to a perimeter frame of extrusions, generally two horizontal and two vertical. The panel frame horizontal extrusions are mounted to the vertical girts by fasteners. In some embodiments, gypsum and a membrane are used in lieu of continuous insulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: WEST TAMPA GLASS COMPANYInventor: Patrick Condon
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Publication number: 20160305133Abstract: A machine for distributing blowing insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet portion and an upper portion. The inlet portion is configured to receive a package of compressed loosefill insulation material. The upper portion extends from the inlet portion. The inlet portion and the upper portion have cross-sectional shapes and sizes that closely correspond to a cross-sectional shape and size of the package of compressed loosefill insulation material. A lower unit is configured to receive the loosefill insulation material exiting the chute. The lower unit includes a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. The cross-sectional shape and size of the inlet portion and the upper portion are configured to direct an expansive force of the compressed loosefill insulation material in a direction toward the lower unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: David M. Cook, Todd Jenkins, Ryan S. Crisp, Shannon D. Staats
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Publication number: 20160305134Abstract: A machine for distributing blowing insulation material from a package of compressed loosefill insulation material is provided. The machine includes a chute having an inlet portion and outlet portion. The inlet portion is configured to receive the package of compressed loosefill insulation material with the package having a substantially vertical orientation. The chute has a volumetric size. A lower unit is configured to receive the compressed loosefill insulation material exiting the outlet portion of the chute. The lower unit includes a plurality of shredders and a discharge mechanism. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge conditioned loosefill insulation material into an airstream. The lower unit has a volumetric size. The machine has a volumetric size equal to the total of a volumetric size of the chute and the volumetric size of the lower unit, and wherein the machine has a maximum volumetric size of 12.0 cubic feet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: David M. Cook, Todd Jenkins, Thomas J. McNamee, III, Brandon Robinson, Fawn Uhl, Joseph Wagner, Ryan S. Crisp, Christopher S. Daniels, Shannon D. Staats
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Publication number: 20160305135Abstract: A window stand system for supporting a worker outside a window opening of a building. The system includes a plurality of stand support components each having a hook portion dimensioned and configured to secure the stand support component to a windowsill, a vertical support member disposed adjacent the hook portion and dimensioned and configured to extend below the windowsill adjacent an outside surface of the building, and a platform receiving member extending substantially perpendicular from the vertical support member. When each of the plurality of stand support components are secured to a windowsill, the platform receiving members of the plurality of stand support components are operable to receive a platform for supporting the worker outside the window opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Bobby J. Hollis
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Publication number: 20160305136Abstract: A system and method are provided for employing man-portable unitary platform system segments, particularly as components of integrated castle defense systems. A lightweight modular and mobile system of integrated platform segments is provided to facilitate users integrating flexible platform configurations secured to existing wall structures to support myriad user tasks. Individual platform system segments can be autonomously employed, or can be linked together after being quickly attached to a wall, a structure, or another supporting surface by two users in minimal time. In law enforcement, security, military and/or paramilitary employment scenarios, individual platform system segments are emplaced, and linked together, to provide a unitary defensible position in a matter of minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Nathaniel Hopkins HASKELL, Michael AASKOV, Michael HUNT
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Publication number: 20160305137Abstract: A scaffold includes a first end frame assembly. The scaffold includes a second end frame assembly. The scaffold includes a first side brace assembly supported by the first end frame assembly and the second end frame assembly. The scaffold includes a second side brace assembly supported by the first end frame assembly and the second end frame assembly. Each end frame assembly has a first rail with holes and a caster assembly and a second rail with holes and a caster assembly, and a horizontal that is attached to each rail. Each side brace assembly has a locking pin in proximity to each end which engages with a hole in a respective rail, and an associated guard disposed about each pin. Each locking pin has a handle which has a length that extends below the associated guard on an interior side of the guard. A method for a scaffold.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Werner Co.Inventor: Preston L. Gealy
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Publication number: 20160305138Abstract: A support apparatus for a construction safety net. A frame is configured with a length sufficient to span at least two floors of a building under construction, and a width defined by parallel vertical support posts. Pairs of mounting brackets are affixed at or near the edges of adjacent exposed floors of the building. Each mounting bracket has a channel portion extending beyond the edge of the respective floor and aligned with the channel portions of mounting brackets affixed on adjacent floors. The vertical support posts of the frame are movable through the vertical channels and can be lifted up into the next pair of channel portions as additional floors are built out. A locking mechanism is used to secure the vertical support posts to the brackets.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Ronald A. Bullock, Jason L. Berry, Ron Yen
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Publication number: 20160305139Abstract: An existing concrete structure is repaired by covering at least a portion of the existing structure with a repair structure. Standoff retainers (each comprising an elongated member, fastener-receiving features and standoff-engaging curves) are mounted to the existing structure. Fasteners extend through the one or more fastener-receiving features and into the existing structure. Standoffs are coupled to the standoff retainers and extend away from the existing structure by extending the elongated members through apertures in the standoffs and locating each of the standoffs at a location of one of the standoff-engaging curves. Panels are coupled to the standoffs at locations spaced apart from the existing structure. Curable material is introduced to the space between the panels and the existing structure. The panels act as a formwork for containing the curable material until the curable material cures to provide a repair structure cladded by the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: George David Richardson, Semion Krivulin, Jorge Ricardo Rosas-Gracida, Zi Li Fang
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Publication number: 20160305140Abstract: A combination end cap and tubular member for use in repairing post-tensioned concrete, including a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first segment has a first end and a first opening, where the first segment is substantially cylindrical in shape. The second segment is substantially frustoconical in shape. The third segment has a second end and a second opening and is substantially cylindrical in shape. The second segment is disposed between and integral with the first segment and the third segment. A cavity is formed by the first, second, and third segments, where the first end is arranged to be secured to a tubular member and at least one cable is disposed longitudinally within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: James Andrew Wilson
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Publication number: 20160305141Abstract: A portable container is provided which comprises a passing room(s) allowing entry into a second area into a first area, the passing room having at least two openings with a walkway in-between. Barrier device(s) can be located in the walkway but not connected to the first or second opening. A control room(s) can also be provided, the control room being connected to the passing room(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Robert Rhett Slagel
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Publication number: 20160305142Abstract: A movie theater auditorium is disclosed with reclining or reclined seats, whereby patrons are viewing a screen that is elevated and tilted toward the viewing audience. Comparative to traditional movie theaters with vertical screens with fixed or reclining chairs, exemplary embodiments provide a more natural viewing angle and line of sight for the viewing audience. Some embodiments are disclosed which employ repurposed shipping containers as structural elements of a cinema.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Richard E. Daughtridge, Gregory L. Mills
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Publication number: 20160305143Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for ensuring that there is an adequate flow of fluid into the pump of a skimmer system by utilizing a skimmer basket bypass. The bypass takes in fluid from beneath the surface of a body of fluid, and avoids the debris basket to ensure adequate flow to the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Richard Paul Hatlen
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Publication number: 20160305144Abstract: A pool cleaning robot that may include a fluid inlet, a filter; a winding mechanism and a holding mechanism; wherein the winding mechanism is configured to perform a winding of the filter thereby removing a filter portion that was positioned in a filtering position and placing another filter portion, that was previously stored by the holding mechanism, in the filtering position; wherein the filter portion, when positioned in the filtering position, is configured to filter fluid that enters through the fluid inlet; and wherein the holding mechanism is configured to hold the filter and to store folded and unused filter portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Yohanan Maggeni, Oded Golan
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Publication number: 20160305145Abstract: A three part foundation system for supporting a building is described. Three part foundation systems can include a containment vessel, which constrains a buffer medium to an area above the containment vessel, and a construction platform. A building can be built on the construction platform. In a particular embodiment, during operation, the construction platform and structures built on the construction platform can float on the buffer medium. In an earthquake, a construction platform floating on a buffer medium may experience greatly reduced shear forces. In a flood, a construction platform floating on a buffer medium can be configured to rise as water levels rise to limit flood damage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Arx Pax Labs, Inc.Inventor: D. Gregory Henderson
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Publication number: 20160305146Abstract: We disclose a portable protection shelter that may be easily transported and set up as needed. The shelter provides protection from deadly weather, including storms, hail, hurricanes, and tornados. Additionally, it may be used as a survival pod or as protection from assailants or aggressive animals. The shelter can be transported as required, including through doors, and assembled and disassembled on demand using common handheld tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Dawson Spano, Charles King, III
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Publication number: 20160305147Abstract: Tall wind towers can be erected using a mobile tilting frame comprising a major gin pole and a minor gin pole having a longitudinal axis. The tilting frame has a support cable connecting the major/minor gin poles. The minor gin pole can pivot relative to the major gin pole so that the longitudinal axis of the minor gin pole can be perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the major gin pole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Elie Habib Homsi
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Publication number: 20160305148Abstract: This invention is a semi-rigid, lightweight cover that protects the top and sides of the exterior components of a heat pump or air conditioning system, (exterior condenser or packaged systems) from excess moisture, frozen precipitation and debris. By protecting the unit from exposure to the weather and the intrusion of foreign material, this cover will guard against premature mechanical failure and decreased efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: RONALD LEE POSTON