Patents Issued in May 11, 2017
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Publication number: 20170130402Abstract: A paperboard includes plural stacked paper layers. The surface electrical resistance of an image forming surface of the paperboard in an electrophotographic system is 1×1013? or less after humidity control in an environment of 20° C. and 10% RH.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kojiro TSUTSUMI, Katsumi HARADA, Toshiyasu YUKAWA, Ryohei KIRIYAMA
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Publication number: 20170130403Abstract: The purpose of the invention is a railway track (3) sleeper (2) squaring device and the machine which carries this device. The device comprises a first and a second positioning element (1) adapted to be located between pairs of sleepers (2) and for locating at opposite ends of the sleepers (2) and parallel to the direction of the railway track (3) where these positioning elements (1) can be extended in that direction with the first and second positioning element (1) being configured such that on extending them simultaneously to a pre-set value they push the sleepers (2) so as to produce squaring of these sleepers (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Carlos BARTOLOMÉ ASENSIO, Rodolfo MORENO PÉREZ
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Publication number: 20170130404Abstract: Novel application methods and systems for polyurethane adhesives are provided with high pressure application of polyurethane adhesive from mobile dispensing units, and the use of adhesive scrim.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Adhesive Technologies, LLCInventors: Margaret D. Kruger, Amy R. Luffman, Onelio E. Recinos
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Publication number: 20170130405Abstract: A control system is disclosed for a mobile machine configured to transfer material into a receptacle. The control system may include a first sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of one of a speed of the mobile machine and a distance between the mobile machine and the receptacle, a display system having at least one display device configured to show information relating to one or more of the mobile machine and the receptacle to an operator of the receptacle, and a controller electronically connected to the first sensor and the display system. The controller may be configured to determine a relative speed of the receptacle with respect to the mobile machine based at least in part on the first signal and generate on the at least one display device a first visual indicator indicative of the relative speed of the receptacle with respect to the mobile machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.Inventor: Eric S. ENGELMANN
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Publication number: 20170130406Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for mounting a milling unit of a ground milling machine and to a ground milling machine comprising a mountable and dismountable milling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Thomas Steeg, Maximilian Philippsen, Steffen Wachsmann
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Publication number: 20170130407Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for dismounting and mounting a milling unit of a center rotor type milling machine, to center rotor type milling machines comprising a mountable and dismountable milling unit, as well as to a transport unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Robert Laux, Jonathan Stahl, Michele Orefice, Rafael Schomaker, Joachim Ponstein
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Publication number: 20170130408Abstract: There is provided a portable heating assembly for in situ asphalt road renewal. The assembly includes a housing with a top wall and a plurality of side walls coupled to and extending downwards from the top wall. The top and side walls include insulating material therewithin. The housing has an open end spaced-apart below the top wall. The assembly includes at least one heating plate coupled to the housing and in communication with the open end of the housing. The heating plate is between the side walls. The heating plate is a carbon crystal mica heating plate in one embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Chengshan ZHANG, Weihong HAN, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20170130409Abstract: The pneumatic support according to the invention has pneumatic bodies 61 to 63 which can be placed under pressure and which operationally keep a compression member 51 and a tension member 52 at a distance apart, resulting in a pneumatic support with high loadability but also, disadvantageously, with high operating deformation. The connection elements 57, 58 extending in a zigzag shape between the compression member 51 and the tension member 52 over the length of the support 50 are preferably diagonal struts formed as flexible tension members and reinforce the support 50 with respect to the pneumatic supports of the prior art in such a way that the deformation of said support in the case of an asymmetrical load, as is the case with a bridge over which vehicles travel, is for example still 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Pibridge LTDInventor: Mauro PEDRETTI
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Publication number: 20170130410Abstract: A vehicle barrier apparatus includes a horizontal barrier component, a vertical barrier component, at least one rigid stabilizer beam having two end surfaces and at least one elongated side surface. One end of the stabilizer beam is affixed to the vertical barrier component. The elongated side surface of the stabilizer beam is affixed to the horizontal barrier component to prevent rotational movement of the vertical barrier component. A lower surface of the horizontal barrier component is a friction-enhanced surface which creates a sliding friction interface upon contact of a moving vehicle with the vertical barrier component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Matthew S. Holmer, James C. Ray, Bradford A. Steed, Bradley W. Foust, Micael C. Edwards, Christopher G. Price, Tyler S. Oesch, Daniel W. Wilkes, JR., Keith A. Flournoy, Gordon W. McMahon, Bartley P. Durst
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Publication number: 20170130411Abstract: A vehicle barrier apparatus includes a horizontal barrier component, a vertical barrier component, at least one rigid stabilizer beam having two end surfaces and at least one elongated side surface. One end of the stabilizer beam is affixed to the vertical barrier component. The elongated side surface of the stabilizer beam is affixed to the horizontal barrier component to prevent rotational movement of the vertical barrier component. A lower surface of the horizontal barrier component is a friction-enhanced surface which creates a sliding friction interface upon contact of a moving vehicle with the vertical barrier component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Christopher G. Price
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Publication number: 20170130412Abstract: A foreign matter removing device Y1 for use in a turnout X1 is provided with a base rail 100 and a tongue rail 200. The foreign matter removing device Y1 is provided with an inlet member 4 including an inlet channel 44, the inlet member 4 extending in the width direction of the base rail 100 in a region lower than a bottom surface B1 of the base rail 100; and a connecting portion 22 including a communication channel 22c for communicating a nozzle portion 21 which injects a foreign matter removable medium to between the base rail 100 and the tongue rail 200, and the inlet channel 44. The connecting portion 22 is connected to one end portion 41 of the inlet member 4 in the region lower than the bottom surface B1 of the base rail 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Shogo KIGAMI, Yuki KINUGASA, Koji SATO
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Publication number: 20170130413Abstract: In its various embodiments the water current shield may be used to improve safety for a diver and/or a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) by shielding them from water currents at an underwater work site, thereby allowing them to avoid excess fatigue from the water currents at the underwater work site. It may also extend an environmental range in which projects can proceed without facing the need to go on weather standby or off hire. The water current shield generally comprises a frame; a predetermined set of louver assemblies operatively connected to the frame, where each louver assembly comprises one or more selectably movable louvers; and a louver mover operatively connected to each selectably movable louver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Oceaneering International, Inc.Inventors: Jack Couch, Matthew James Caston, Kyle William Gebhardt, Scott Edward Hermann
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Publication number: 20170130414Abstract: A method of deploying a containment boom is provided whereby an elongated material, such as a sheet, yarn, or yarn bundle, is formed into a roll and the material is pulled from the interior of the roll to create a helical structure. A pull rope is threaded through the interior of the roll and is deployed along with the material, such that the material is wrapped around the pull rope. The pull rope prevents the boom from stretching and distorting the helical structure formed by the material, as well as preventing the material from self-wringing. Multiple rolls of material may be provided in a single boom package arranged in coaxial alignment. When the materials are connected in parallel, they are integrated into a single boom having concentrically wrapped materials, thereby providing for greater stability and functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: SMARTVISTA, LLCInventors: Marvin Patrick Joiner, Paul Helmer Lehner
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Publication number: 20170130415Abstract: An on-board re-inflatable containment boom for a waterborne vessel that lies substantially flat and capable of being spooled when deflated and floats in the proper orientation when inflated, that has re-inflatable float sections which are sequentially inflated during deployment and sequentially deflated during recovery, that can be repeatedly deployed and recovered for the purposes of training and testing, and that can be deployed immediately upon occurrence of an oil spill from a waterborne vessel because of its on-board location and its rapid deployment, and a control system for proper inflation and deflation of re-inflatable containment boom during deployment and recovery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Michael T. Miller, Terry Hall
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Publication number: 20170130416Abstract: The present disclosure provides helical ground anchors or piles designed to cut through rock. The helical ground anchors have a shaft, one or more helical plates attached to the shaft and at least one cutting tip attached to the distal end of the shaft in order to make a first cut through rock along the axis of rotation of the shaft. The distal end of the shaft is tapered and the at least one cutting tip can be attached to the longer end of the shaft. The helical shaped plates are attached to the shaft at a distance above the at least one cutting tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Jonathan Michael Wilson, Timothy Michael Kemp, Gary Leonard Seider
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Publication number: 20170130417Abstract: An edge protection safety bund system (10) for use in connection with a rock bund made of rock fill. The edge protection safety bund system (10) comprises a bund module (12) having a barrier wall (14) and a base plate (16). The bund module (12) is preferably one of a plurality of bund modules (12) arranged side by side to form an extended barrier wall (14). The barrier wall (14) of each module (12) extends substantially perpendicularly upwards from the base plate (16), and a support web (18) extends at an angle from a rear face of the barrier wall (14) to an upper surface of the base plate (16). In use, when rock fill is dumped onto the rear of the bund modules (12), and allowed to flow back to its natural angle of repose behind the barrier walls (14), it creates a rock bund (20) with a front face formed by the extended barrier wall (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Hiram (WA) Pty LtdInventors: Steven Peter DURKIN, John Forbes MURDOCH
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Publication number: 20170130418Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening tab for a construction element, preferably a beam, a panel or a slab, that is adjustable vertically and relative to the horizontal, that can be screwed to a support with inner thread, preferably a foundation screw, successively comprising: a fastening screw comprising a beveled head and a threaded shank; a metal plate pierced with a beveled opening that can accommodate said fastening screw and comprising fastening means to the construction element; a perforated flexible joint; a screw comprising a machined beveled head with an inner thread corresponding to that of said fastening screw; such that the position of the screw relative to the support, which is obtained by screwing/unscrewing, allows vertical adjustment of the metal plate; characterized in that the fastening screw, the beveled aperture of the metal plate and the flexible joint cooperate to allow angular adjustment of the metal plate relative to the horizontal plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Pierre Servais, Bernard Servais
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Publication number: 20170130419Abstract: A latch assembly for a service pin of a machine includes a housing, a first member, and a second member. The housing is configured for rotatably receiving the service pin. Further, the housing defines a sliding structure for axial movement of the service pin at a rotational position of the service pin. The first member is pivotably attached to the housing and is adapted to selectively prevent rotation of the service pin. The second member of latch assembly is configured to be slidably attached to the housing and movable to a bottom position to retain the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: CATERPILLAR UNDERGROUND MINING PTY. LTDInventors: Adam Vail, John Marek
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Publication number: 20170130420Abstract: A scraper device for a milling drum mounted in a construction machine at a machine frame between lateral walls with a milling drum axis, with a two-part scraper blade arranged in a height-adjustable fashion behind the milling drum when seen in the direction of travel, the lower part of which can glide over the ground surface milled off by the milling drum, where the lower part of the scraper blade is adjustable in height when in operating position, it is provided that the upper part of the scraper blade is attached, at the upper end, to swivel about a swivelling axis parallel to the axis of the milling drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Heinz Kötting, Herbert Ley, Günter Hähn
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Publication number: 20170130421Abstract: The present invention is directed to levelling apparatus, typically as used on tractors, excavators and skid-steer vehicles, and references the levelling assembly and mounting options including directly to the existing blade of vehicles as well as other mounting arrangements. Preferred embodiments of a levelling apparatus include a blade body portion and body mounting portion connected by an arrangement of fixed and adjustable linkages, preferably hydraulic, to allow movement of the blade body portion (relative to the body mounting portion) in substantially an up and down direction, as well as rotational movement about an axis perpendicular to the general plane of an attached blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Rodney Warwick SHARP
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Publication number: 20170130422Abstract: A moldboard rail cleaner for removing debris from a rail of a work machine having a tilt frame housing defining a first cavity. The work machine has a wear insert positioned within the first cavity and adapted to slide along the rail as the rail moves along a rail axis. Further, a sub-housing may be coupled to the tilt frame housing and define a second cavity. Finally, a wiper is disposed at least partially within the second cavity, the sub-housing configured to bias the wiper into contact with the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Scott W. Zimmerman, Dustin T. Staade, Joseph Fochs
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Publication number: 20170130423Abstract: A wear member for attachment to a surface of a machine is provided, the wear member a body having an outer layer and a base layer. The outer layer including a plurality of channels formed in an outer surface. The base layer is attached to an inner surface of the outer layer. The base layer is divided into a plurality of base layer pieces, each of the plurality of base layer pieces including at least one interfacing edge. The plurality of base layer pieces are assembled together such that each interfacing edge of each of the plurality of base layer pieces is opposite an interfacing edge of another of the plurality of base layer pieces so as to define at least one gap therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Thomas M. CONGDON, Susan GRAHAM, Bart A. FISHER
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Publication number: 20170130424Abstract: A guardrail for a walkway of a machine includes a vertical channel post having an end wall and side walls forming an open channel. The vertical channel post may taper in the side-to-side and fore-aft directions as the post extends bottom to top. The vertical channel post may also transition from a generally rectangular cross-section near the bottom to a more rounded cross-section at the top. Curved top notches at the top of the vertical channel post allow a top rail of the guardrail to rest on top of the post and be attached. Intermediate notches along vertical edges of the side walls receive an intermediate rail of the guardrail. The top notches and the intermediate notches are arranged so that the top rail and the intermediate rail may be vertically aligned and parallel to each other and to the walkway enclosed by the guardrail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Madera, John M. Teter, Dennis D. Wetterich, Timothy N. Zier, Terril J. Johnson
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Publication number: 20170130425Abstract: The present invention relates to a guardrail for construction equipment. More specifically, the present invention relates to a guardrail for construction equipment that can adjust the overall height thereof, for example, to satisfy a height limit when a cargo ship is loaded with construction equipment, thereby increasing the amount of loaded construction equipment to reduce a transportation cost. To this end, the present invention provides a guardrail for construction equipment, comprising: a lower guardrail fixed to the edge of an upper body of the construction equipment; an upper guardrail connected to the lower guardrail; and a connecting part that is formed between the lower and upper guardrails to connect the lower and upper guardrails and enables the upper guardrail to move toward the lower guardrail, thereby adjusting the overall height made by the lower and upper guardrails.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Seok Won Kim, Jin Suk Park, Han Choul Shin, Hyun Woo Yeom, Hyun Bin Ahn
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Publication number: 20170130426Abstract: Provided is a working machine capable of regenerating and utilizing surplus energy. The working machine related to the present invention is provided with a branching flow path (150) through which hydraulic oil flows between a hydraulic actuator (24) and a hydraulic pump-motor (14), an accumulator (30) arranged in the branching flow path, a first opening/closing valve (31) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic pump-motor, and a second opening/closing valve (32) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic actuator. A control device (41) selectively introduces the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator and the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump-motor to the accumulator and accumulates the same by controlling opening/closing of the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Yoko TSUKADA, Noritaka ITOU, Takashi IKIMI, Satoru KANEKO, Takashi FUJIMOTO
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Publication number: 20170130427Abstract: A system and process of controlling a hydraulic system in a work machine includes determining if an operation of the hydraulic system of the work machine meets a predetermined criteria with a controller, and operating a drain valve of the hydraulic system such that there is a minimum flow from a hydraulic pump to a drain if the operation of the hydraulic system of the work machine does not meet the predetermined criteria via the controller. The system and process further operating the drain valve of the hydraulic system such that there is a limited flow from the hydraulic pump to the drain if the operation of the hydraulic system of the work machine meets the predetermined criteria via the controller such that the predetermined criteria comprises at least a predetermined time period T since the work implement system of the work machine has been operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Rustin Metzger
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Publication number: 20170130428Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper rotating body, an attachment including a boom and an arm, a controller, an engine, and a hydraulic pump that is driven by the engine and discharges hydraulic oil to drive the attachment. The controller is configured to obtain a hydraulic load applied to the attachment and calculate an engine speed command at predetermined time intervals based on the obtained hydraulic load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Eisuke MATSUZAKI, Daisuke KITAJIMA
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Publication number: 20170130429Abstract: A work vehicle includes a frame assembly and an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly has an attachment end pivotally connected to the frame assembly and a distal end configured for receiving a variable load. At least one force sensor senses at least one force associated with the attachment end. The at least one force sensor provides an output signal representing the sensed at least one force. An inclination sensor senses an inclination associated with the frame assembly and provides an output signal representing the sensed inclination. An electrical processing circuit is configured for receiving the output signal from the at least one force sensor, determining a value of a couple at the frame assembly which is associated with the sensed at least one force, comparing the couple with a threshold value which is dependent on the sensed inclination, and controlling the controllable output dependent on the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Richard K. Lafrenier
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Publication number: 20170130430Abstract: A water flow control or emergency shut off system for fluid distribution of a dwelling, the fluid system comprises a fluid input and at least one fluid outlet, and the water flow control or emergency shut off comprises an input control means for shutting off or reducing the flow of fluid into the system. It includes a first sensor (20) that detects the presence or proximity of users, and a second sensor (22) that detects the presence or proximity of users, and further at least one input flow sensor, which detects fluid entering the system, and a processing means that receives the signals from the sensors (20, 22), and instructs the input control means to limit the flow of water. The first sensor (20) transmits a first signal, and the second sensor (22) transmits a second signal, and the first and second signals being distinguishable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Sydney SMITH
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Publication number: 20170130431Abstract: A fire hydrant water leak and theft detection system is connected to a dry barrel fire hydrant. The detector is connected to the upper barrel portion of the fire hydrant below the nozzle assembly and includes a pair of electrodes. A signal is generated when water in the upper barrel portion closes an electrical circuit between the two electrodes due to the conductivity of the water between the electrodes. The detection system sends a signal to a network system upon detection of water in the barrel portion and relays to remote monitoring locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: SENSUS SPECTRUM LLCInventors: Daniel Pinney, Thomas Williams, Robert Haines, Travis Smith, Ryan Roberts
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Publication number: 20170130432Abstract: A water delivery system includes a mixing valve operable for delivering a water flow of adjustable temperature from a water source to a dispensing device downstream from the mixing valve; a thermochromic thermal indicator, fluidly coupled between the mixing valve and the dispensing device, that provides a visible indication of the water flow having achieved a predetermined temperature; and a diverter valve, fluidly coupled between the mixing valve and the dispensing device, and operable to direct the water flow selectively either to the dispensing device or back to the water source. The thermal indicator may be a thermochromic PVC conduit, or it may be a fitting having an inlet, an outlet, a thermochromic PVC element therebetween, and a barrier located between the inlet and the outlet so as to define a flow path that includes an interior surface of the thermochromic element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Aqua View Inc.Inventor: Gus Searcy
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Publication number: 20170130433Abstract: A protective covering for a cabinet, the protective covering comprising a water resistant, flexible sheet with dimensions substantially similar to a front face of the cabinet. The flexible sheet is removably attached to the front face of the cabinet via one or more adhesive tabs present on a rear face of the flexible sheet. The flexible sheet further comprises one or more pockets horizontally positioned along a bottom margin of the flexible sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Eduardo Franco
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Publication number: 20170130434Abstract: Debris traps are described including a housing, the housing including an inlet and an outlet and a fluid flow passage extending from the inlet to the outlet. The housing further including an inspection opening and an inspection cover which is removable to allow access to the fluid flow passage. A debris trapping device is arranged to lie across the fluid flow passage and the debris trapping device may be introduced to, or withdrawn from, the housing through the inspection opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Ian KIMBERLEY, Bruce KIMBERLEY
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Publication number: 20170130435Abstract: A removable strainer basket, a drain assembly incorporating the basket and a method of using the same. The drain assembly includes a flange assembly mounted in an aperture in a bottom wall of the receptacle. The flange assembly defines a bore therein and a stopper is engaged with the flange assembly and is selectively movable between open and closed positions. A strainer basket is removably positionable within the bore between a part of the stopper and a part of the flange assembly. The strainer basket defines a plurality of apertures therein and through which water is able to flow when the stopper is in the open position. The strainer basket captures hair strands and other articles entrained in the draining water. The basket is selectively removable from the flange assembly for cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Joseph A. Sebolt
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Publication number: 20170130436Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for offsetting of flush adapters. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an adapter configured to attach to a flush mechanism configured to provide for a predefined flush capability in a toilet, a gasket attached to adapter, the gasket forming a seal between the flush mechanism and a flush orifice of a flush valve, where the flush valve is configured to seat a sealing member, and means for securing the gasket in position with respect to the flush orifice of the flush valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Michael J. Schuster, Duston E.A. Stutzman, Doug Saunders
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Publication number: 20170130437Abstract: A cleaning system for a sanitary fixture (e.g., toilet) can include a cleanser assembly, housing a compartment formed in the deck of the fixture in fluid communication with a waterway leading to the bowl. The cleanser assembly can receive a cartridge containing a cleaning product for insertion into the compartment and introduction into the waterway. The assembly can support the seat and cover of the fixture, and can have a low profile and curved shape that complements the corresponding shape of the seat and cover, and provides a balanced look that makes the assembly appear to be an integral part of the sanitary fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: David Grover, Daigo Ishiyama, Tim Payne, Mark Kurth, Scott Rote, Phil Anthony, Aaron B. Eiger, Chris Helmstetter
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Publication number: 20170130438Abstract: A liquid dispenser is provided including a housing having an inlet port connectable to a liquid container, an outlet port configured to be in fluid communication with toilet tank, and a piston slidably mounted in the housing and selectively displaceable between a suction position in which the piston is displaced away from the inlet port thereby allowing suction of cleaning liquid through the inlet port and an injection position in which the piston is urged towards the outlet port thereby allowing cleaning liquid to be injected through the outlet port, and a float coupled to the piston and configured for displacement thereof to the suction position in response to a rising water level in the toilet tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Doron Shoval
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Publication number: 20170130439Abstract: A method for deodorizing air at or near a toilet is provided. The method comprises detecting pressure on the toilet seat; directing ah from near or inside the toilet bowl through a filter at a first rate if pressure on the toilet seat is detected; detecting presence of H2S; directing air from near or inside the toilet bowl through the filter at a second rate if H2S is detected, the second rate being higher than the first rate; detecting removal of pressure from the toilet seat; and ceasing the direction of air through the filter after a predetermined period of time if no H2S is detected or if removal of pressure on the toilet seat is detected. A system and a device relating to the method are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: JOHN S. KLEINSASSER, MIKE P. WIPF
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Publication number: 20170130440Abstract: A combination toilet and bidet is disclosed. Water is supplied to a spray nozzle disposed in a toilet bowl from the main water supply line by way of a tee fitting. The water passes through a vacuum breaker where it is thereafter supplied to the spray nozzle by operation of a manual control valve. The spray nozzle is disposed in the toilet bowl such that flushing of the toilet cleans the spray nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Matthew Novick
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Publication number: 20170130441Abstract: A platform for supporting a toilet bowl, and more preferably a height adjustable platform for supporting a toilet bowl is disclosed. The platform comprises principally of a planar base member for engaging a ground surface, a planar top member for attachment to a toilet bowl, and a plurality of support members extending between the base member and the top member, the support member being configured to support the top member at a distance from the base member and adapted to facilitate adjustment of the distance between the base member and the top member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Darren Michael Prior
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Publication number: 20170130442Abstract: A floor drain assembly including a collar, a shank coupled to the collar, a frame, an insert coupled to the shank and capturing the frame between the insert and the shank, a strainer coupled to the frame, a protective cover coupled to the strainer, and a sleeve surrounding the collar, the shank, the frame, the insert, the strainer, and the protective cover. The shank is moveable relative to the collar and includes a spherically shaped shank surface. The frame includes a lower frame surface shaped to engage the shank surface and an upper frame surface. The insert is moveable relative to the shank and includes a spherically shape insert surface engaged with the upper frame surface such that the frame is captured between the insert and the shank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Seth A. Brooks, Jason E. Morris
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Publication number: 20170130443Abstract: A drain cleaning device for cleaning and clearing a clogged drain is provided. The drain cleaning device comprises an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end. A rotator handle is secured to the first end of the elongated shaft with the rotator handle driving the elongated shaft in rotation by rotationally cranking the rotator handle. A hollow handle sheath surrounds the elongated shaft with the handle sheath allowing the elongated shaft to freely slide along a length of the handle shaft and freely rotate within the handle sheath. A resilient plunger head is mounted on an end of the handle sheath adjacent the second end of the elongated shaft. A conical terminal fitting is mounted to the second end of the elongated shaft with the conical terminal fitting movable into and out of the plunger head wherein the drain cleaning device quickly and easily clears any clogged or blocked drain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Boris Mills
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Publication number: 20170130444Abstract: A building frame connector for connecting beams to columns to create a building frame. The building frame connector includes a pin member and plurality of fins mounted on said pin member for rotation relative to said pin. The pin may be in alignment with the column, and the fins allow connection of the beams to the columns The fins may be disposed to rotate relative to said pin member about a longitudinal axis of the pin. In one embodiment the pin member may have an outer diameter and the fins have a collar with an inner diameter is greater than said outer diameter of said pin allowing for the collars to rotate about the pin member. The present building frame connector may also include at least one coupling member coupled to the pin member, wherein the coupling member facilitates the connection of the building frame connector to a building column.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Brian Higgins
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Publication number: 20170130445Abstract: A track for a wall construction for use in building construction is disclosed. Embodiments can include a track having a plurality of bendable tabs that can be manipulated to grip or release wall studs to prevent lateral or side to side movement of the studs. Embodiments can include tracks which incorporate various geometries capable of receiving fire-retardant material, including but not limited to intumescent material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventor: Donald A. Pilz
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Publication number: 20170130446Abstract: The present invention relates a structure comprising rigid elements connected together by interconnecting elements in such a way to form a statically determined or statically over-determined structure, wherein said structure comprises at least one tension element comprising polymeric fibers having a stabilizing creep of at least 0.3% and at most 10% and a minimum creep rate lower than 1×10?5% per second, said stabilizing creep and minimum creep being measured at a tension of 900 MPa and a temperature of 30° C. The present invention also relates to said structure being a framing structure, preferably a space frame; a suspended body; a platform, preferably a marine platform; or a wheel comprising spokes. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of polymeric fibers having a stabilizing creep of at least 0.3% and at most 10% and a minimum creep rate lower than 1×10?5% per second, said stabilizing creep and minimum creep being measured at a tension of 900 MPa and a temperature of 30° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Rigobert BOSMAN, Tom Antonius Philomena ENGELS, Martin Pieter VLASBLOM, Roelof MARISSEN, Benjamin B. ACKERS
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Publication number: 20170130447Abstract: The invention includes a portable modularized medical unit that may be transported by airplane, helicopter, truck, rail, or ship to and from any location where emergency medical care, trauma care, surgical care, intensive care, isolation care, critical care, mass casualty, exam treatment or emergency medical evacuation are needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: John R. Lane, JR., James Richard Knight
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Publication number: 20170130448Abstract: A modular shelter and anchoring system for anchoring to an immovable object such as the ground, a concrete slab or a wall. The container includes a steel reinforced container body and door, and a connection structure for anchoring the container body on the immovable object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: StormBox, LLCInventors: Jim Hugg, Art Kinnaman, Jeff James, Dennis R. Cook, David K. Carpenter, Wesley G. Britson
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Publication number: 20170130449Abstract: An anchor pier for supporting a manufactured building, in which the anchor pier includes having a shaft with a connector and a helical flight proximate a driving tip, with a brace member attached to the connector and to the manufactured building with a connector, to transfer loading between the manufactured building and the ground. A method of supporting a manufactured building is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Oliver Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Scott Oliver, John Oliver, Daniel Oliver, James Oliver
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Publication number: 20170130450Abstract: A fire resistant and water resistant expansion joint system comprises a compressed lamination of fire retardant infused open celled foam, one coat of an elastomeric waterproofing or water resistant material on the lamination, and another coat of an intumescent material on an opposing surface of the lamination, thereby providing fire resistance in one direction and water resistance in the opposite direction. The intumescent material may be further coated with a similar elastomeric material, thereby providing fire resistance in one direction and water resistance in both directions. In the alternative, the compressed lamination may comprise first and second opposing layers of intumescent material thereon each having a respective layer of elastomeric material to provide both water resistance and fire resistance in both directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: EMSEAL JOINT SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Bill Witherspoon
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Publication number: 20170130451Abstract: An insulation system that includes opposing panels with a partial dead air space in equilibrium with outside air. In one embodiment, two panels are supported parallel to one another separated by a distance. Each of the panels has a plurality of openings. The openings on facing panels are offset from one another so that openings on the two sides are not aligned. The openings are small enough so that a small amount of diffusion can occur allowing the panel to breathe. The panels can be used in attics, over windows or part of a building. In an alternate embodiment, they can be made from flexible sheets and be used to prevent fire hydrants or other objects from freezing. When used in attics, the panels will support weight allowing them to be walked on or used to store objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Henry Wesseler, John Apostolopoulos