Patents Issued in March 16, 2017
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Publication number: 20170073121Abstract: A capped container is provided, which maintains, by a simple fastening structure, like a conventional one, sufficient sealability inside and prevents contents from leaking outside an opening of a container body when opening while fastening a cap and a container, and also prevents the leakage, even when an expected large force is applied to the cap in an opening direction. Included are the container body with outer screws on an outer peripheral surface of a head section, and the cap with inner screws threadedly engaged therewith on an inner peripheral surface, placed on and removed from the head section of the container body by screw-fitting. Provided are a first fastening means by clickstop including a cap-side annular projection interengaged with the cap on the container body, and a second fastening means by clickstop including pluralities of container body- and cap-side projections on the container body and in the cap, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Mikio Tanaka
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Publication number: 20170073122Abstract: A screw top cap with a tube attached through the center of the cap. The tube is plugged with stopper material. The arrangement combines a screw top cap with a plug stopper.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Karl Andrew Thomason
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Publication number: 20170073123Abstract: A tamper evident closure and spout are provided. The closure includes an outer wall and a central wall supported from the outer wall. The closure defines a passage extending between an upper edge and a lower edge of the closure and located between an inner surface of the outer wall and an outer surface of the central wall. The closure includes a tamper-indicating band extending from the central wall. The spout includes a wall portion and a central channel extending through the wall portion between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The spout includes a structure located below the inlet opening the first and second exterior surfaces are both angled toward the central axis of the spout.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Gary Berge
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Publication number: 20170073124Abstract: A seal for a closure assembly that includes a seal ring; and a carrier being coupled to the seal ring, extending circumferentially and radially outwardly of the seal ring to a radially outer periphery, and having a circumferentially extending pocket in the radially outer periphery adapted to release a vacuum pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Brian J. Brozell, Brian J. Chisholm, Edward A. Grant
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Publication number: 20170073125Abstract: Container for e.g. wine has vessel, seal assembly, and handle assembly. Seal assembly has upper and lower seal compressor moldings on major faces of a seal, and seal's edge expands in response to moving the seal's major faces together to increase a diameter of the seal. Pressure on a glass vessel is sufficiently low to prevent the glass from cracking or breaking, and pressure can be sufficiently high to prevent air from entering the enclosed volume. Methods and parts associated with the container are also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Anthony J. Gonsalves, Clive Solari
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Publication number: 20170073126Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a system and its components. The system includes a container and an ergonomic lid. The ergonomic lid includes a plurality of protrusions extending from an external surface of the ergonomic lid. The ergonomic lid also includes a closure mechanism located on an internal surface of the ergonomic lid configured to mechanically attach the ergonomic lid to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Anders Brockett Comer
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Publication number: 20170073127Abstract: A nozzle includes a ring, a tube, a piston and a sheath. The ring includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The tube extends in the ring. The piston is connected to the tube and partially located out of the ring. The sheath is made of metal and includes a first annular flange at an end and a second annular flange at another end. The sheath is arranged around the ring. The first annular flange is placed against the upper portion of the ring and the second annular flange is placed against lower portion of the ring when sheath is provided around the ring. Thus, the sheath is kept on the ring without the use of any adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: CHIH-CHUNG SUN
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Publication number: 20170073128Abstract: A packaged product comprising a container (100) and a scented household liquid is disclosed that comprises an integrated pouring spout (130) that is configured to increase the exposed surface area of a scented household liquid during a product dispensing event, thereby increasing the amount of scent (or fragrance) released from the scented household liquid during the product dispensing event. In one aspect, the pouring spout may have a flared section in which the width of the flow channel (147) increases moving toward the spout outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: John Crawford
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Publication number: 20170073129Abstract: The present invention provides a dropper having a light that can be switched on and off. The light provides illumination when liquid is being dispensed from a hollow tube of the dropper. The light helps to see how much of the liquid is being dispensed so that liquid would not be wasted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Ronald E. Van Tassell, III, Dylan Harrison, Matthew Paul Lilly
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Publication number: 20170073130Abstract: Disclosed are methods for opening containers having child resistant closures. The methods include applying inward radial pressure on a resilient guard of a container to deflect the guard inwardly, followed by applying upward pressure to an exposed front tab of a cap of the container to open the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Herve Pichot
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Publication number: 20170073131Abstract: Disclosed is a container comprising a vessel defining a chamber storing a volume of a flowable substance having a fragrance, such as a personal care or a home care product; a body defining an opening through which the flowable substance is dispensable from the chamber; and a porous element for retaining a quantity of the flowable substance, the porous element being at a position relative to the volume of the flowable substance so that the flowable substance comes into contact with the porous element as a result of the flowable substance being dispensed from the chamber through the opening. The porous element may be comprised in the body or in a closure that is movable relative to the body between a first position, at which the closure isolates the opening from an exterior of the container, and a second position at which the opening is not isolated from the exterior.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: John Crawford
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Publication number: 20170073132Abstract: A dual chambered receptacle configured to retain a first ingredient and a second ingredient comprises a first portion having a cover and a rupturing member. The receptacle includes a second portion having a cup and a perimeter portion. The second portion is configured to be removably secured to the first portion. The cup is configured to retain the first ingredient. A seal is coupled to first portion and the second portion when the first portion is removably secured to the second portion. The receptacle includes a vessel having a mouth. The vessel is configured to retain the second ingredient. The seal is configured to detach from the second portion to allow the first ingredient to fall into the vessel to mix with the second ingredient when the first portion is moved relative to the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: CAMELLIA ABOU-ODAH, BASIMAH KHULUSI
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Publication number: 20170073133Abstract: A closure device for a container, having a lid element for closing the container opening, a chamber which is arranged on the lid element for storing a medium, and an inner housing. The chamber and the inner housing have corresponding closure means and opening means. A discharge opening paired with the chamber can be released by moving the lid element relative to the inner housing such that a medium can exit the chamber into the container. The chamber and the inner housing each have a corresponding first thread which is formed relative to a winding rotational axis. The first winding which is located on the chamber is arranged so as to point radially outwards when seen from the winding rotational axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: RPC Bramlage GmbHInventor: Martin PRESCHE
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Publication number: 20170073134Abstract: An opposing-foil panel includes spaced apart planar foils, a first zone between the foils and defining a first zone length in a machine direction and a first zone width extending in a cross-machine direction, normal to the machine direction, across a first portion of the foil width, a plurality of elongated support members affixed to the foils in the first zone and extending along the first zone length and spaced apart along the first zone width, a second zone between the foils adjacent to the first zone and defining a second zone length and a second zone width extending across a second portion of the foil width, and a distributed interconnecting structure affixed to the foils in the second zone and distributed across the second zone width with greater density than the first plurality of elongated support members is distributed across the first zone width.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Judson A. Bradford
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Publication number: 20170073135Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive packaging member whereby musical drums can be packaged for transportation, in a short time and in the most compact manner, and can be safely transported. The packaging member can be inexpensively produced using a simple structure whereby cardboard or other sheet member is cut in a predefined shape and perforations are made therein. Furthermore, the packaging member is flat-packed and therefore does not occupy space during transportation and storage. In addition, packaging time can be shortened and drums can be safely transported. The flat-packed packaging member can be reused countless times if the contents are the same size.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Shinichi Usuda
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Publication number: 20170073136Abstract: A container closure in accordance with the present disclosure is coupled to a tamper-evident tear strip. The container closure is adapted to be mated with a container to cover an interior region formed in the container and to provide a package.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: James F. Konicke
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Publication number: 20170073137Abstract: A container comprising a body portion is provided. The body portion includes a flat upper vacuum panel, a flat lower vacuum panel, and a recess between the flat upper vacuum panel and the flat lower vacuum panel. In response to a change in the internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the recess towards an interior of the container and the flat upper vacuum panel and the flat lower vacuum panel form a progressively smaller angle at the recess in response to an increasing pressure change.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Jorge Manuel Maquita Nakano, Lori Evans Bartman
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Publication number: 20170073138Abstract: A packaging member includes a packaging box and an intermediate buffering member. The intermediate buffering member is provided in a space formed between a bottom plate and a side plate of the packaging box and a main body part of the article. The intermediate buffering member has a vertical direction supporting part and a positioning part. The vertical direction supporting part abuts against a lower face of the main body part and the bottom plate. The positioning part is coupled with the vertical direction supporting part. The positioning part prevents the vertical direction supporting part from being moved toward the side plate. The vertical direction supporting part has an inclined part extending from the lower face of the main body part in an oblique lower direction toward near a lower corner between the bottom plate and the side plate and abutting against the bottom plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yoshimasa OKURA
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Publication number: 20170073139Abstract: A packing container includes a packing container body having an opening, and a cushioning member provided in the packing container body. The cushioning member includes a cushioning-member body portion, and a pushing portion that pushes a packing object toward a side of the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi TSUYUKI, Satoko KANAMORI
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Publication number: 20170073140Abstract: An apparatus for the storage and aging of wine that comprises of a disposable flexible bladder contained within a rigid support container. The flexible bladder has a fill/drain port connected to an internal dip tube that allows the bladder to be filled and emptied repeatedly without any contact with air. This allows the wine to remain fresh and unoxidized during storage and aging. The apparatus can be used in multiple support containers, such as barrels, IBCs, and tanks. The apparatus has no moving parts and uses disposable contact materials that eliminate washing and water usage. Single-use components ensure sanitary operation and this combined with the elimination of oxygen in contact with the wine produces consistently higher quality product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Vijay SINGH
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Publication number: 20170073141Abstract: The invention relates to a container for packaging products, in particular fresh products such as meat products. The container comprises a container body with a product space for accommodating a product and a receiving space at least for receiving liquid, preferably liquid from the product. The container body according to the invention comprises partition means that separate the product space and the receiving space from each other. The partition means comprise at least one outlet opening configured to at least discharge liquid from the product space to the receiving space. The container is further provided with at least one resistance element extending into the receiving space, which resistance element surrounds the outlet opening in such a manner that the resistance element prevents the transport of liquid from the receiving space to the product space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Lucas Karel Johannes VAN DEN BROEK, Luc VANDENDRIESSCHE, Louis Rinze Henricus Adrianus WILLEMSEN
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Publication number: 20170073142Abstract: A repair kit for use in preparing a polymeric composite material and methods for preparing the polymer composite material are described. The repair kit includes a sealed container and a first removable divider arranged transversely across the sealed container. The divider is configured to engage the sealed container to form a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment and the second compartment are isolated from one another when the first removable divider is engaged with the sealed container. The first compartment contains a resin component and the second compartment contains a reactive component. The sealed container is configured such that removal of the first removable divider enables mixing of the resin component and the reactive component within the sealed container. The repair kit may also include a second removable divider to form a third compartment. The repair kit may also include a catalyst and a filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Robert M. Loomis, Michael R. Wetherell, Nathan E. Werst, Mark T. Anater
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Publication number: 20170073143Abstract: A joint compound system is provided including a main container of base joint compound; and an additive container isolated from the base joint compound and housing at least one and preferably multiple additive packages constructed and arranged so that the additive packages are protected from exposure to moisture prior to their ultimate mixing with the base joint compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Joshua D. SHELDON, Nancy L. BERNICKE-GRUSSING, Jeffrey F. GRUSSING, Salvatore C. IMMORDINO, JR., Tyler KINCAID, Charles MILLER
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Publication number: 20170073144Abstract: A container apparatus includes a first container and a second container for receipt by the first container. A temporary seal is formed in part by each of the first container and the second container. The temporary seal maintains the second container in the first container. The second container is movable between a first position, in which the temporary seal is engaged, and a second position, in which the temporary seal is disengaged. A lid forms a sealing engagement with the second container to define a lifting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Pnina ALON
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Publication number: 20170073145Abstract: The objective is to provide a container for microwave oven and a package for microwave oven in which a clearance which is formed between a flanged portion and a lid material and a content may enter is made narrower while maintaining automatic vapor discharge function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: KYORAKU CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji ISHIKAWA, Tomohiro YUHARA
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Publication number: 20170073146Abstract: A transport container is made of a trough-like lower part which is open towards the top and an upper part which is arranged on the lower part and closes the open upper side of the lower part. The upper part can be removed or pivoted in order to open the lower part, and the lower part and the upper part preferably consist of a dimensionally stable plastic material. The lower part has a base, longitudinal walls, and transverse walls, and the upper part correspondingly has a cover, longitudinal faces, and transverse faces. The lower part has transversally running flat recessed package-band cutouts at least on the longitudinal walls and preferably on the base as well, and the upper part has transversally running flat recessed package-band cutouts at least on the longitudinal faces and preferably on the lid as well, the recesses being flush with one another and facing one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: VA-Q-TEC AGInventors: Joachim Kuhn, Fabian Eschenbach, Martin Heinemann, Thomas Taraschewski, Tobias Bock
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Publication number: 20170073147Abstract: A transport-container system has at least one container with a base, a casing and a top, and having inner-wall elements, which are arranged on the inner surfaces of the walls of the container and can be removed from the container and inserted into the container. Each inner-wall element has predetermined dimensions matching those of the associated inner surface of the container. At least as far as some of the inner-wall elements are concerned, the transport-container system has a number of embodiments with at least substantially the same dimensions, wherein it is possible to insert optionally one of the embodiments of inner-wall elements at the position in the container which is envisaged for the relevant inner-wall element. A method i s for providing a container of a transport-container system with correspondingly different embodiments of inner-wall elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: VA-Q-TEC AGInventor: Joachim Kuhn
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Publication number: 20170073148Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to provide an insulating wrap made of polyester fabric intended to be wrapped around beverage and water containers of various sizes and shapes. The polyester fabric easily wraps around beverage and water containers and sticks to itself without falling off. All of the similar items sold on the market require special stitching, special folds of the material, tape, Velcro, string, or additional materials to keep the insulating sleeve or wrap from falling off the container. This invention requires no additional materials other than the polyester fabric itself to function as intended.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: MICHAEL G. LAMB
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Publication number: 20170073149Abstract: A spray cap (20; 300; 400; 600) for a spray can (22) has a body comprising: a sidewall (140) having a lower portion for mounting to a body of the spray can; and a button (36). The button has: an upper surface (164) for user engagement; a downwardly projecting sleeve (38) for receiving an outlet stem (240) of the can; and a forwardly-open compartment (42). An insert (34; 302) is within the compartment. A nozzle member (32) is mounted across the compartment to contain the insert within the compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Plastek Industries, Inc.Inventors: Alex S. Szekely, Timothy C. Dzurik
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Publication number: 20170073150Abstract: A dispensing system adapted for repeated activation of an aerosol can is described. The dispensing system includes components that improve the ability to receive and secure aerosol cans of different sizes within the dispensing system as well as improving the reliability and energy efficiency of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Sean Bellinger, Steve Slowik, Michael Scola, Scott Arthur McMullen, Peter Zosimadis
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Publication number: 20170073151Abstract: A templating pipe support device for securing a plurality of pipes in a desired configuration for subsequent manipulations includes a panel that is rigid and flat. A plurality of openings is positioned in the panel, such that the plurality of openings is configured to receive a corresponding plurality of pipes inserted through the openings. The pipes are frictionally retained in the openings and are in parallel alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Robert Knapstein
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Publication number: 20170073152Abstract: Flexible safety cap for clamped holding of elongated objects (20) consisting of an elastically deformable packaging that is open on at least one end and consists of two opposing side walls (2, 5), a bottom wall (3), a cover wall (35) and an end wall (4), wherein multiple slots (7-10; 37-41) spaced a distance apart from one another are arranged at least in the cover wall (35) and/or in the bottom wall (3), forming upper and/or lower strap-shaped or belt-shaped spring elements (11-13; 14-17) between them, forming a clamping channel (36) between them.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Roesler IP GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Sohler, Thiemo Roesler
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Publication number: 20170073153Abstract: A capsule for beverages includes a casing made by forming a sheet of thermoformable plastic material, the casing including: a base wall and a side wall defining a cavity suitable for containing an initial product to be combined with a fluid to obtain a final product in the form of a beverage, a first opening of the cavity opposite the base wall, an edge extending from the side wall and surrounding the first opening and a second opening made in the base wall. The first opening is closed hermetically by a cover element fixed to the edge, said the cover element being perforable by an injection arrangement of a dispensing machine in which the capsule is usable. The second opening is closed hermetically by a closing element) suitable for tearing when pressure inside the cavity exceeds a predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Andrea Bartoli, Davide Capitini, Alessandro Grillenzoni, Flavio Traldi
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Publication number: 20170073154Abstract: A closure arrangement for a tank includes a tank lid and an opening flange. The opening flange has first and second tank flange lips spaced by an offset distance. The tank flange lips extend toward one side of the tank. The tank has a lid flange with first and second lid lips spaced by an offset distance corresponding to the offset distance. The lid lips extend, at least in part, toward a second side of the tank. The lid lips include first and second walls arranged at a tank interior side of the respective first and second tank flange lips in an offset direction. When the tank lid is closed over the tank opening, one or more seals engage the tank flange lips from the tank interior side and engage the lid lip walls of the lid flange from an exterior side of the tank in the offset direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Stanley R. Borkgren, Terry L. Snipes, Tyler G. Groves
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Publication number: 20170073155Abstract: A closure assembly is disclosed for a work machine having a supply tank with a tank opening. The closure assembly has a lid and lift, actuator and latch mechanisms. When the closure assembly is attached to the tank, the lift mechanism is configured to support the lid off of the tank opening. The actuator mechanism mounts to the lid to move the lid with respect to the tank opening between first and second positions in which in the first position the lid overlies the tank opening and in the second position the lid is substantially clear of the tank opening. The latch mechanism may be moved into a latched orientation in which when the lid is in the first position the latch mechanism latches the lid into engagement with the tank opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Stanley R. Borkgren, Terry L. Snipes, Tyler G. Groves, William D. Graham
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Publication number: 20170073156Abstract: A motorized lid assembly is provided on the roof opening of a grain bin. The assembly includes a ring attached to an upstanding collar of the roof opening, with a lid pivotally secured to the ring for movement between a closed position over the roof opening and an open position away from the roof opening. A motor is mounted to the ring and connected to the lid to pivot the lid between the open and closed positions. The motor is actuated remotely by a person on the ground. In the open position, the lid allows 360° access to the roof opening for discharging seed or grain into the bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Juan Neufeld, Bernie Thiessen
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Publication number: 20170073157Abstract: A debris disposal system mountable to an upwardly facing supporting surface having a HVAC outlet. A container is inserted in the outlet and has a lid which when open allows the debris to be swept into the container from the supporting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Michael Lee Baumer
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Publication number: 20170073158Abstract: A trashcan assembly can include a body portion, a lid portion pivotably coupled with the body portion, and a sensor assembly configured to generate a signal when an object is detected within a sensing region. The sensor assembly can include a plurality of transmitters having a first subset of transmitters and a second subset of transmitters. A transmission axis of at least one transmitter in the first subset of transmitters can be different from a transmission axis of at least one of the transmitters in the second subset of transmitters. An electronic processor can generate an electronic signal to a power-operated drive mechanism for moving the lid portion from a closed position to an open position, such as in response to the sensor assembly detecting the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Frank Yang, David Wolbert, Guy Cohen, Bryce Wilkins
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Publication number: 20170073159Abstract: This disclosure includes a parcel terminal that may include a shelving unit comprising a plurality of shelves that are separated by respective predetermined distances along a dimension of the unit. In an embodiment, the plurality of shelves may be evenly spaced. The parcel terminal may further include a receptacle for receiving a parcel from a user, a loader configured to transfer the parcel from the receptacle to a shelf on the shelving unit, and an electronic controller in electronic communication with the loader. The electronic controller may be configured to determine a number of open shelves required to accommodate the parcel based on a size of the parcel and on the respective predetermined distances, to select a set of shelves having at least the required number of open shelves, and to initiate movement of the loader so as to place the parcel within the selected set of shelves.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Remi Lossov, Lauri Hirvesaar, Mikk Noorkõiv, Mart Roht
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Publication number: 20170073160Abstract: A method for storing cardboard tubes (2) in a storing unit according to the present invention comprising the following steps: providing a storage unit with an input section for the tubes (2), a storage section (AC) comprising a plurality of storing planes (13), an output section for the tubes (2), transfer means (3) for transferring the tubes (2) from the input section to the storage section, and discharge means for conveying the tubes (2) from the storing section to the output section; providing a plurality of cardboard tubes (2) in the input section (E) of said storage unit; transferring the tubes (2) from the input section of the storage unit to the storage section; storing a plurality of tubes (2) in said storage section (AC); transferring the tubes (2) from said storage section (AC) to said output section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Fabio PERINI
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Publication number: 20170073161Abstract: A rolling mill coil handling system includes a downender for rotating a coil between a vertical position supported on a pallet, and a horizontal position suspended from a hollow stem projecting from the pallet. A hook carrier system includes a C-shaped hook with a horizontally projecting arm. The hook is manipulated by carrier system components to axially insert its arm into the stem, then to raise the arm through a slot in the stem and into contact with the coil, thereby raising the coil to a level at which it is no longer in contact with the stem, and then to axially withdraw the coil from the stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES USA LLCInventor: Steven Spencer
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Publication number: 20170073162Abstract: Disclosed is a friction feeder configured to allow for the removal and replacement of wear parts such as friction belts, drive belts and friction meter wheels without the need to significantly disassemble the machine and without the need for tools. The rollers are mounted only on one end in a cantilever manner to aid in the access to the friction belts. The rollers are releasably held in tension with a hand-actuatable piston. The roller ball assembly can be rotated clear of the product holding position without the use of tools. The friction meter wheel assembly can then be accessed and replaced. A piston also releasably holds the drive belt pulleys in tension so that the drive belts can be replaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Timothy Allen BAHR, Richard Allen BAHR
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Publication number: 20170073163Abstract: A positioning system for positioning a plurality of rotatable objects for processing includes a base plate that is configured to be positioned on a support surface of a processing machine. The base plate defines a plurality of alignment members to align the base plate to the support surface. The positioning system further includes at least three elongate cylindrical members that are arranged in parallel to one another and rotatably supported in alignment with the base plate. The cylindrical members are configured to support the rotatable objects. The positioning system also includes a rotation mechanism configured to cooperate with the cylindrical members and rotate the cylindrical members in synchrony so as to rotate the plurality of rotatable objects in synchrony. The positioning system further includes a rotational control mechanism configured to cooperate with the rotation mechanism to control rotation of the cylindrical members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Kenton F. Brett
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Publication number: 20170073164Abstract: Provided is a workpiece conveyance method for conveying a workpiece (1) in a predetermined direction by applying a conveying force (F) to the workpiece (1) while supporting the workpiece (1) through use of free rollers (11), and the workpiece conveyance method includes: applying flows of a fluid to the free rollers (11) to apply a rotation auxiliary force (f) to the free rollers (11) in a rotation direction of the free rollers (11) during conveyance of the workpiece (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Shuji AKIYAMA, Kaoru MITSUGI, Koji NISHIJIMA
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Publication number: 20170073165Abstract: An adjustable magnetic grid assembly is provided in a conveyor system. The magnetic grid assembly eliminates wear and tear on metal pans placed on the grid and transported through the conveyor system. Locations of magnets in the magnetic grid assembly are adjustable to accommodate metal pans of different sizes and configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: BAKING TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Kristopher Jon SODERSTROM, Chi CHUNG
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Publication number: 20170073166Abstract: In a conveyor belt system, a static dissipative sprocket constructed of a static dissipative plastic material creates a path of conveyance for dissipating static electricity between a conveyor belt and a grounded drive shaft. The static dissipative sprocket includes an attachment collar incorporated into the sprocket as a single unitary component. The static dissipative sprocket can include a set screw and metal insert to assist in the transfer of static electricity from the static dissipative sprocket to the drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: BAKING TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Kristopher Jon SODERSTROM, Chi CHUNG, William Watson LAVIGNO, IV
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Publication number: 20170073167Abstract: A suspension conveying device according to the present invention includes screw shafts of two suspension line pulling-up/feeding mechanisms in a conveying traveling body 1. The screw shafts have low-speed drive regions, in which feed pitches for driven bodies are small, and high-speed drive regions, in which feed pitches for the driven bodies are large. The screw shafts are installed so that the low-speed drive regions and the high-speed drive regions are disposed mutually oppositely as viewed from the driven bodies when a conveyed object supporter is at one end of an elevation/lowering stroke, and the conveyed object supporter is tilted in a middle of the elevation/lowering stroke when the screw shafts are driven to undergo forward/reverse rotation at a fixed speed by a motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Koichi Ookada, Hisashi Kyotani, Teruaki Nabeta, Takaharu Suzuki, Kazutaka Nagasaka, Kenichi Furuta
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Publication number: 20170073168Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for providing a desired gap between articles within a continuously flowing train of articles. Various embodiment methods may include operating a material handling system including a plurality of conveying units, by generating motion profiles for a plurality of articles to provide a pre-determined gap between the articles, and controlling the plurality of conveying units to move each article in accordance with its motion profile as the plurality of articles move through the material handling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Raymond R. Neiser, Brian J. Resnick, Ralf Buerkle
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Publication number: 20170073169Abstract: A vacuum system having a housing defining a collection chamber with a filter assembly mounted therein. The housing has a suction inlet and an exhaust port defined therein and in gas communication through the filter assembly. The vacuum system also includes a suction device having a motor operatively connected to a suction fan configured to generate a gas flow in the housing. The vacuum system also includes a rotor configured to engage the filter assembly in vibration upon rotation of the rotor. The vacuum system also includes a recirculation conduit having a valve configurable in a vacuum configuration preventing the gas flow from flowing through the recirculation conduit and a cleaning configuration allowing at least a portion of the gas flow to flow through the recirculation conduit to engage the rotor in rotation. A method of vacuuming using the vacuum system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: FILTRAR TECH INC.Inventor: Jean-François TURCOTTE
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Publication number: 20170073170Abstract: An electronic component transportation device includes a rotation path and a first magnetic force generator. The rotation path extends along a transportation direction of an electronic component with a rectangular or substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The rotation path is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction. The rotation path includes a first surface and a second surface intersecting with each other. The first magnetic force generator is arranged at a lateral side of the rotation path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Masaru KAKUHO, Naoto TANAKA