Patents Issued in July 13, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170198409
    Abstract: A gas phase nanowire growth apparatus including a reaction chamber (200), a first input and a second input (202 B, 202 A). The first input is located concentrically within the second input and the first and second input are configured such that a second fluid delivered from the second input provides a sheath between a first fluid delivered from the first input and a wall of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Greg Alcott, Martin Magnusson, Olivier Postel, Knut Deppert, Lars Samuelson, Jonas Ohlsson
  • Publication number: 20170198410
    Abstract: A silicon wafer used in manufacturing crystalline GaN for light emitting diodes (LEDs) includes a silicon substrate, a buffer layer of aluminum nitride (AlN) and an upper layer of GaN. The silicon wafer has a diameter of at least 200 millimeters and an Si(111)1×1 surface. The AlN buffer layer overlies the Si(111) surface. The GaN upper layer is disposed above the buffer layer. Across the entire wafer substantially no aluminum atoms of the AlN are present in a bottom most plane of atoms of the AlN, and across the entire wafer substantially only nitrogen atoms of the AlN are present in the bottom most plane of atoms of the AlN. A method of making the AlN buffer layer includes preflowing a first amount of ammonia equaling less than 0.01% by volume of hydrogen flowing through a chamber before flowing trimethylaluminum and then a subsequent amount of ammonia through the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Will Fenwick, Jeff Ramer
  • Publication number: 20170198411
    Abstract: A wafer production method for producing a wafer from a lithium tantalate ingot includes a step of irradiating, from an end face of a lithium tantalate ingot which is a 42-degree rotation Y cut ingot having an orientation flat formed in parallel to a Y axis, a laser beam of a wavelength having transparency to lithium tantalate with a focal point of the laser beam positioned in the inside of the ingot to form a modified layer in the inside of the ingot while the ingot is fed for processing, and a step of applying external force to the ingot to peel off a plate-shaped material from the ingot to produce a wafer. At the step of forming a modified layer, the ingot is relatively fed for processing in a direction parallel or perpendicular to the orientation flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Kazuya Hirata
  • Publication number: 20170198412
    Abstract: The method of the invention comprises the following steps: (i) cutting the maize stalks so as the less leafy stalk segments, higher than 70 cm, stay on the field; (ii) cutting the less leafy stalk segments as close to the ground as possible; (iii) harvesting the less leafy stalk segments cut in step (ii); (iv) cutting the in step (iii) harvested less leafy stalk segments into 5-50 mm stalk sections; (v) providing a mechanical impact to the stalk sections of step (iv) to obtain a mix containing: f1. said spongy cores forming the superabsorbent pellets fraction, f2. said elongated fiber pieces forming the fibrous matter fraction, f3. and said leaf matter forming the leafy fraction, (vi) separating the 3 fractions from each other; (vii) recovering the three fractions f1-f2-f3; The invention also pertains to the so obtained products and to their uses in treatments of liquids or gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Stefan GRASS
  • Publication number: 20170198413
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are high melt flow polypropylene homopolymers generally characterized by a melt flow rate ranging from 200 g/10 min to 3000 g/10 min, a ratio of Mw/Mn ranging from 2 to 5, and a peak melting point ranging from 138° C. to 151° C. These polypropylene homopolymers can be produced by catalyst systems containing a racemic ansa-bis(indenyl)zirconocene compound, an activator-support, and an organoaluminum co-catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Graham R. Lief, Eric J. Haschke
  • Publication number: 20170198414
    Abstract: A poly(phenylene sulfide) fiber contains 1-10% by weight of a poly(phenylene sulfide) oligomer having a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000 or less, has a difference between a cold crystallization heat quantity (?Hc) and a crystal melting heat quantity (?Hm) during temperature rising in DSC, ?Hm??Hc, of 25 J/g or larger, and has an elongation of less than 40% and a strength of 3.0 cN/dtex or higher. The poly(phenylene sulfide) fiber has high heat resistance and chemical resistance and high strength and, despite this, has excellent suitability for high-order processing, e.g., thermal shapability, because the amorphous parts thereof have high molecular movability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroo Katsuta, Takaaki Mihara, Daisuke Yamamoto, Shunsuke Horiuchi, Yoshitsugu Funatsu
  • Publication number: 20170198415
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite warm-keeping textile structure includes the steps of: applying an elastic gripper-puffing mechanism to perform puffing operations upon opened cotton fibers for forming at least one puffy fiber agglomerate; applying the elastic gripper-puffing mechanism to grab unit fiber agglomerates from the puffy fiber agglomerate and further to drop the unit fiber agglomerates onto a first cloth layer on an operational platform; vibrating the operational platform to have the unit fiber agglomerates to be evenly distributed over the first cloth layer, so that the unit fiber agglomerates are formed as a fiber agglomerate distribution layer adhered onto the first cloth layer; and, having a second cloth layer to cover the fiber agglomerate distribution layer, so that the first cloth layer and the second cloth layer clamps together the fiber agglomerate distribution layer in between to form the composite warm-keeping textile structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yung-Sheng CHANG, Yi-Chung HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170198416
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for recovering carbon fibers from objects. The object may include carbon fibers and resin. The object may be contacted with an electric current to separate the carbon fibers from the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Chongjun Zhao, Youfu Huang, Jianbo Dong, Xiuzhen Qian, Jinchao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170198417
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a yarn comprising a blend of jade-containing fibers, such as jade-containing polyester fibers, with hydrophobic cotton fibers and optionally conventional fibers. The jade in the jade-containing polyester fibers provides the yarn with a cooling effect when it contacts a person's skin. The hydrophobic cotton fibers provide the yarn with hydrophobicity. When included in a fabric that also contains yarn having hydrophilic properties in a manner such that a higher percentage of the hydrophobic yarn is present on the back surface of the fabric than on the front surface of the fabric, the fabric has a cooling and moisture-wicking effect. The yarn may be used as the fill of a denim twill weave to provide denim clothing having enhanced cooling and moisture-wicking properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Philip F. Aydelette, Edward J. Broyles, Jr., Ashley E. Harris, Leigh Jillion Humphrey, Carole C. McFee, Jason C. Napier, John T. Strickland
  • Publication number: 20170198418
    Abstract: An adhesive strip usable for wrapping motor-vehicle cables has a woven support tape composed of warp yarns and weft yarns made of the same material and having a pair of opposite sides of which at least one has an adhesive coating. A yarn size of the weft yarns is greater than or equal to the yarn size of the respective warp yarns such that the size of the warp yarns measured in the weft direction is less than or equal to the size of the weft yarns measured in the warp direction. The weft yarns are twisted at more than 180 turns per meter of weft yarn. preferably at more than 400 turns per meter of weft yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Peter RAMBUSCH, Timo Leermann
  • Publication number: 20170198419
    Abstract: Flame resistant fabrics that have incorporated into them high tenacity long staple yarns. Such high tenacity long staple yarns are less expensive than continuous filament yarns and increase the strength fabrics that incorporate them as compared to fabrics formed of only spun yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Stanhope, Matthew Lucius Colatruglio
  • Publication number: 20170198420
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a textile structure of varying thickness including using a loom to weave a fiber texture in the form of a strip extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis and widthwise along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and causing the texture to be wound under tension onto a mandrel. The texture includes a portion presenting extra thickness. During the winding of the texture, a spacer element is interposed between adjacent turns of the fiber texture onto the mandrel. Each spacer element extends in the width direction of the texture over a portion thereof situated outside the portion of extra thickness and presenting, over the portion of the texture situated outside the portion of extra thickness, a thickness that corresponds at least to the difference between thicknesses of the portion of extra thickness and of the portion of the texture situated outside the portion of extra thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jérémy HELLOT, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Hubert Jean Marie FABRE
  • Publication number: 20170198421
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a textile structure of varying thickness, the method including weaving a fiber texture in the form of a strip and winding the fiber texture under tension onto a mandrel, the fiber texture including a greater-thickness portion presenting greater thickness. During winding of the fiber texture on the mandrel, an interleaving element is interposed between adjacent turns of the fiber texture on the mandrel, the interleaving element extending in the width direction of the fiber texture over a portion of the texture that lies outside the greater-thickness portion. The interleaving element presents, over the portion of the texture situated outside the greater-thickness portion, a thickness that corresponds at least to the difference between the thickness of the greater-thickness portion and the thickness of the portion of the texture situated outside the greater-thickness portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jérémy HELLOT, Dominique Marie Christian COUPE, Hubert Jean Marie FABRE, Antoine PHELIPPEAU, Micah Christian GUMMEL
  • Publication number: 20170198422
    Abstract: A metal fabric (10) uses warp metal wires (40) as the warp, and weft metal wires (50) as the weft, where the warp metal wires (40) and the weft metal wires (50) are composed of different metal materials. A curtain (100) as an interior decoration uses the metal fabric (10). A partition member (200) is configured to have the metal fabric (10) and a frame (210) which supports the outer circumference of the metal fabric (10). A clothing is configured to contain the metal fabric (10), and an electromagnetic shielding member is configured to contain the metal fabric (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Ishikawa Wire Netting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukio Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20170198423
    Abstract: Lightweight fabrics with a balance of high thermal properties, especially arc resistance and flash fire resistance, on the one hand, and durability and comfort properties, on the other hand, are disclosed. Articles, such as garments and linen, made from the lightweight fabrics are also disclosed. Spun yarns made with an intimate blend of fibers including flame resistant fiber, fire-resistant hydrophilic fibers, and a low level of anti-static fibers are described. The lightweight fabrics are particularly useful in garments for utility workers, industrial workers, military personnel, and firefighters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Winfred HINES, Jr., James Jonathan BAILEY
  • Publication number: 20170198424
    Abstract: The present embodiments provide a woven element having a first plurality of warp threads extending in a first direction and integrated into a first surface on a front side of the woven element. The woven element may have a second plurality of warp threads extending in the first direction, where the second plurality of warp threads is integrated into a second surface on a back side of the woven element. A first weft thread may extend in a second direction, where a first portion of the first weft thread is positioned in front of at least one warp thread of the first plurality of warp threads to form at least a portion of a graphic image on the front surface. A second portion of the first weft thread may extend between the first plurality of warp threads and the second plurality of warp threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Meggin B. Alex, Martin Wragg
  • Publication number: 20170198425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous sizing composition for insulating products based on mineral wool, comprising (a) at least one carbohydrate chosen from reducing sugars, hydrogenated sugars and a mixture thereof, (b) at least one polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride of such an acid, (c) from 1% to 25% by weight, relative to the sum of components (a) and (b), of at least one aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic monoalcohol free of acid or base functions and having an octanol/water partition coefficient (Log Kow) of between 1 and 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventors: Edouard OBERT, Marie SAVONNET
  • Publication number: 20170198426
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for pre-shrinking a wet fabric prior to drying. The apparatus includes, among other components, a balloon extractor station and a hydro-sizer compression station. The balloon extractor station removes some water from the wet fabric. The hydro-sizer compression station is operatively connected to, and disposed downstream of, the balloon extractor station, and compresses the wet fabric in a lengthwise direction, and in so doing, pre-shrinks the wet fabric prior to drying. The method includes, among other steps, extracting some water from the wet fabric so as to faun a hydro-extracted and wet fabric, compressing lengthwise the hydro-extracted and wet fabric so as to form a compacted and wet fabric that is now pre-shrunk prior to drying, and drying the compacted and wet fabric so as to form a compacted and dry fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Teresa Catallo
  • Publication number: 20170198427
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: an inner tub for receiving laundry; a first pulsator rotatably disposed in the inner tub; a body which has a ring shape and is coupled to the first pulsator; and a second pulsator having a cover which is disposed on the body, wherein each of the body and the cover has multiple arc-shaped members arranged in order along a circle, thereby facilitating the service work by the second pulsator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Aekyung CHAE, Youngho KIM
  • Publication number: 20170198428
    Abstract: A heat pump clothes dryer comprising a circulating air path consisting of a drying drum and a drying air path for circularly flowing drying air; and a heat pump system consisting of an evaporator, a throttling device, a condenser and a compressor successively connected end to end for circularly flowing a refrigerant medium. The condenser and the evaporator are disposed on the drying air path, and perform heat exchange with the drying air. The compressor has independent suction compression chambers, each suction compression chamber being switchably connected in series or in parallel. When the dryer starts drying in a low-temperature environment, the suction compression chambers of the compressor operate in a parallel state, so that the air displacement of the compressor is increased to improve the flowing activity of the refrigerant medium in the heat pump system, so as to avoid occurrence of frosting of the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: QINGDAO JIAONAN HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peishi LV, Sheng XU, Huacheng SONG, Shiqiang SHAN
  • Publication number: 20170198429
    Abstract: A steam treatment system (10) for textiles can include a detachable hanger (14) which is removably attachable to a steam unit (12). The steam unit (12) can include a vaporizing element (16) which is operatively connectable to a water source (18) and is designed to produce steam. A steam outlet (20) with a shut-off valve (22) can also be part of the steam unit (12). The detachable hanger (14) can be configured to support an article of textile such as a shirt, suit, dress, slacks, towel or the like. More particularly, the hanger (14) can include a support body enclosing a steam chamber (24) and a steam inlet (26) which is removably attachable to the steam outlet (20) of the steam unit (12). In this manner the detachable hanger (14) can be removably coupled to the steam unit (12) to allow steam to fill the hanger (14). The support body can also include a plurality of steam vents or apertures (30) which are oriented to transmit steam from the steam chamber (24) to the article of textile supported thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Todd Dana
  • Publication number: 20170198430
    Abstract: A composite fabric is provided. The composite fabric includes a fabric substrate and a material layer. The material layer, which includes a mixture, is on the fabric substrate. The mixture includes an amine-containing polymer and a powder. The powder is in the amine-containing polymer. The amine-containing polymer includes polyethylenimine, derivatives of polyethylenimine, or a combination thereof. The powder includes doped zinc oxide, indium tin oxide, doped indium tin oxide, or a combination thereof. The amine-containing polymer has an amount of 0.1 to 40 parts by weight base on 100 parts by weight of the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yung-Pin HUANG, Chun-Min LEE, Pei-Yi YEH, Rong-Jer LEE
  • Publication number: 20170198431
    Abstract: An artificial leather having a suede appearance and colours within the grey-black range and high colour fastness comprising a microfibrous component and an elastomeric matrix; the microfibrous component consisting of polyester microfibres having a count of 0.01 to 0.50 dtex; the elastomeric matrix consisting of polyurethane consisting of soft and hard segments; the ratio between the elastomeric matrix and the microfibrous component ranging from 20/80 and 50/50 by mass; the microfibrous component containing carbon black pigment in a percentage of 0.05 to 2.00% by mass; the elastomeric matrix containing carbon black pigment in a percentage of 0 to 10% by weight; the carbon black always having an average dimension smaller than 0.4 microns. The average length of the tassel is between 200 and 500 microns. The soft segments consist of at least one polycarbonate diol selected from polyalkylene carbonate diols and at least one polyester diol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Carmine Carlo AMMIRATI, Omar TEOFRASTI, Walter CARDINALI
  • Publication number: 20170198432
    Abstract: Performance fabrics and methods of manufacturing them where the fabric is knit or woven cotton and cotton elastane blends to which a moisture-management treatment of wax or wax emulsion is applied to one side of the woven or knitted fabric. The treated fabric is wicking, absorbent and not water repellant or water resistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Nicole M. Richards, Thomas C. Kallish
  • Publication number: 20170198433
    Abstract: A floor protector has a pair of non-woven material layers. A film layer is bonded between the pair of non-woven material layers. The film layer provides a moisture barrier. A non-skid layer is applied on one of the non-woven material layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Jason GOLDBERG
  • Publication number: 20170198434
    Abstract: A paper recycling method includes defibrating first paper by dry type crushing into defibrated material, transporting the defibrated material using a first transport unit, deinking by an air flow classification of the defibrated material after the transporting by the first transport unit, transporting using the second transport unit the defibrated material after the deinking by the classifying process, and forming second paper with the defibrated material after the transporting by the second transport unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Toshiaki YAMAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20170198435
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing or decreasing scale formation on process surfaces in manufacturing process of paper, board or the like, in which method performic acid is used as an antiscaling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Clayton Campbell, James Atkinson, Arkadiusz Zaniewski, Marko Kolari, Jaakko Ekman
  • Publication number: 20170198436
    Abstract: A process comprising treating a lignocellulosic material preferably pulp in the presence of a transition metal catalyst with a oxidizing agent selected from a group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, hypochlorite, hypochlorous acid and any combination thereof to form a treated lignocellulosic material having a viscosity equal to or less than about 17 cp and having reducing functional groups selected from the group consisting of aldehyde and aldehyde type functional groups at the C6 and C1 positions but predominating at the C1 position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Zheng TAN, Damaris LORENZONI, Gopal Goyal, Sen Yang
  • Publication number: 20170198437
    Abstract: A resin sheet includes a binder resin; a fibrous filler having a fiber length of equal to or longer than 15 mm and equal to or shorter than 100 mm; and pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sugino, Yasutaka Kimura
  • Publication number: 20170198438
    Abstract: A recycled sheet in which fibers are bonded via an additive agent includes a history including information that is related to characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Shunichi SEKI, Yoshiaki MURAYAMA, Katsuhito GOMI, Toshiaki YAMAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20170198439
    Abstract: A surfactant treated bleached softwood kraft pulp fiber, useful as a starting material in the production of cellulose derivatives including cellulose ether, cellulose esters and viscose, is disclosed. Methods for making the kraft pulp fiber and products made from it are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: GP Cellulose GmbH
    Inventors: Arthur J. Nonni, Charles E. Courchene, Christopher M. Slone, Philip R. Campbell, Steven C. Dowdle, Joel M. Engle
  • Publication number: 20170198440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particle suspensions, to a self-binding pigment particle suspension as well as to a paper product comprising self-binding pigment particles and to the use of the self-binding pigment particle suspension in paper applications, such as in paper coating or as filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Armelle Senti-Wenk, Patrick A.C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Publication number: 20170198441
    Abstract: Described is a base material for dry-peelable wallpaper, having greater dimensional stability and improved printability. The problem is solved by a composite fiber web consisting of a voluminous first layer of fiber material, a thermoplastic polymer film, and a second, less voluminous layer of fiber material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Maximilian Theodor Knapp, Georg Haggenmuller, Hermann Walter, Dennis Najmuschin, Rainer Stelnbeck
  • Publication number: 20170198442
    Abstract: A spring tension system for a floor tile has spring loop with a base portion and a hoop portion. The base portion has two arms extending outwardly at a first angle from a center-point which together to form the hoop portion. The spring loop is formed into a first side of a first floor tile. A tapered recess is formed into a second side of a second floor tile. The tapered recess includes an opening which forms two tapered walls which extend inwardly toward a center of the second floor tile at a second angle. The second angle is smaller than the first angle. The spring loop formed into the first side of the first floor tile is received into the tapered recess formed into the second side of the second floor tile, the spring loop contacting the walls of the tapered recess to form a friction fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: STEVE WHITE, JR., RON BENNETT
  • Publication number: 20170198443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bars for load transmission, which if anchored in concrete slabs create a support between them, forming semi-rigid joints and accompanying the differential settlements of the foundation bed, as a result of the rotation in the vertical direction about the joint axis, and transmitting the load from a slab to the other, ensuring a perfect leveling of the surface thereof when occurring elastic movements of the foundations, and allowing the possibility of removing the slabs at any time and reuse them again, due to the telescopic effect of the bars. The telescopic function of the bar which allows its support between slabs created a new possibility of obtaining prefabricated floorings of easy manufacture and assembly in situ, creating a new concept in the construction of roads, ports, airports, railways, industrial areas, etc., which distinguishes the present invention from the closest state of the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Alfonso MOREIRA SERRO
  • Publication number: 20170198444
    Abstract: A spreader assembly for spreading sand or salt comprised of a molded, double-walled hopper having a bin portion and leg portions. The hopper has an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall has a front end section and opposing side sections. The end sections and the side sections define a media-holding chamber within the bin portion of the hopper. The chamber has a generally rectangular upper portion, a funnel-shaped lower portion and a bottom having an opening extending through the bin portion. The funnel-shaped lower portion of the chamber slopes toward the opening. The outer wall of the hopper defines the leg portions, and the leg portions are dimensioned to extend below the opening in the bin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Philip Sandler, Michael J. Cowett, Timothy Bunsey, Mathew Philpott
  • Publication number: 20170198445
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a screed assembly for laying a road surface, said assembly determining a working width, viewed in the working direction, for laying of the road surface, and a working station for an operator being mounted on the screed assembly. The working station is mounted on the screed assembly in a vibration-decoupled manner, such that the transmission of vibrations from the screed assembly to the working station can be reduced or prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Klaus OETTINGER
  • Publication number: 20170198446
    Abstract: A protective coating system for a railway structure having a waterproof membrane and a ballast mat. The waterproof membrane is disposed on the railway structure. The ballast mat further has a ballast protection coating and a sealing layer. The ballast protection coating is a rubber compound and is disposed on the waterproof membrane. The sealing layer is disposed on the ballast protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph Haydu
  • Publication number: 20170198447
    Abstract: A safety or sports cone with controlled illumination is provided that is durable and easy to use. The cone has a light-transmitting body with an illumination device housing integrated into the top of the body that houses an illumination device that rests on a support ring and is accessed by a housing cap. The illumination device includes a light-emitting diode (LED) module, an LED actuator, a battery, and a battery housing. The illumination device is covered by a protective transparent shell. A reflective platform increases the illumination intensity at the top of the cone and provides additional protection from physical damage and contaminants. The illumination is activated and deactivated by pressing the center of the housing cap to affect the LED actuator. One or more ridges extending from the inner surface of the body below the support ring prevent unwanted activation of the illumination device during cone stacking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Tanoury, Peter Engler
  • Publication number: 20170198448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a parking barrier having an advertising function, and the present invention relates to a parking barrier in which vertical panels printed with an advertisement are arranged and provided so as to be supported by a cross bar, thereby having an advertising function. The parking barrier having an advertising function according to the present invention comprises; a driving unit; an upper cross bar provided so as to be rotatable by the driving unit, thereby controlling vehicles; and a plurality of vertical panels provided at the upper cross bar such that upper ends thereof are rotatable, thereby maintaining a vertical state by the weight thereof, wherein a rotating shaft and the revolving shaft so as to be engaged with each other such that the vertical panels revolve on the revolving shaft when the upper cross bar rotates so as to stand upright.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: HANWOONG TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Gy HAN
  • Publication number: 20170198449
    Abstract: A dog waste collection (and disposal) system designed to fit in a users pocket or small purse for convenient use when walking a pet. A refill of 5-10 disposable bags may also be manufactured separately for each dog scoop. The device is useful for remote collection and efficient sanitary disposal of pet waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Jim Vas
  • Publication number: 20170198450
    Abstract: Reusable hand scrapers for waste removal include a pair of scrapers configured to manipulate waste into a bag when the bad is positioned over the waste. Each of the scrapers has a strap being configured to be wrapped around a user's hand for leverage when in use. A hazard detection unit and an alert device are further provided, enabling the user to be alerted if a hazardous material is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Helen E. Salemi
  • Publication number: 20170198451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cofferdam deformation-adaptive impervious composite geomembrane structure and construction method thereof, which applies mainly to high rockfill cofferdam, earth and rockfill dam and the like employing composite geomembranes for seepage control in hydraulic and hydro-power engineering. The cofferdam deformation-adaptive impervious composite geomembrane structure and construction method according to the present invention can reduce damage degree of the connections between the composite geomembranes and the concrete toe slabs or the joints between the composite geomembranes and the concrete caps on the top of the concrete impervious walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: POWERCHINA HUADONG ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongming WANG, Jianguo CAI, Xianpei LIANG, Jinming REN, Yuan DENG, Jun LI, Guanye WU, Lei HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170198452
    Abstract: A lightweight, bioplastic, mobile, floating oil spill mechanical/biological recovery system is dimensionally compact, and quick to assemble. The floating platform can be readily positioned within any waterborne oil/contaminant spill area. After assembly, this platform or apparatus can be directed by either a hand-held digital radio control transmitter or GPS directed mechanism. A lower, multi-roller slip-on belt is designed to be mounted over a circular base support aeration hub assembly with alternating/spaced slotted ring water drainage separators. The belt and aeration assemblies dip bioaugmentation product into the contaminant site thereby exposing microorganisms to both oxygen and target contaminant for treatment and metabolism. Various mechanisms for enhancing metabolic activity of the bioaugmentation product operate in tandem with the primary belt and aeration assemblies to promote effective contaminant metabolism and overall treatment regimes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Walter J Wasseluk
  • Publication number: 20170198453
    Abstract: A helical pier with a spiral tip is disclosed. The helical pier is comprised of an elongated hollow shaft, one or more helical plates attached to and extending outward from the shaft, and the spiral tip. The spiral tip acts as an attack bit that contacts and penetrates the ground and subsurface soil layers prior to other parts of the helical pier. The spiral tip provides initial breakup of the ground where the helical pier is being driven. The spiral tip is comprised of a longitudinal edge and a spiral rim between a penetrating lead end and a terminating spiral end on the longitudinal edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Foundation Supportworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Brown, Kyle L. Olson, Fred Ray Brown
  • Publication number: 20170198454
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to construction of subsurface structural elements that are configured to redirect soil forces. For instance, a form may be used to construct a subsurface structural element such that the subsurface structural element redirects soil forces to vertically displace a foundation rather than have the soil forces crack or otherwise damage the foundation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: V-Forms, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Conner, DeWayne Krawl, Omar Besim Hakim
  • Publication number: 20170198455
    Abstract: An underground access cover is provided. The underground access cover includes a substantially non-metallic base having a diameter. The underground access cover also includes a substantially non-metallic cap coupled to the base. The cap has a diameter that is longer than the diameter of the base such that the cap extends radially outward from the base to define a flange of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Samuel Boyd Francovich, JR., Raymond Michael Pezonella
  • Publication number: 20170198456
    Abstract: A hinge attachment bracket for use with a work implement is provided. The bracket comprises a substantial I-beam configuration that includes a first flange, a second flange, a web that connects the first flange to the second flang and that defines a boss that defines a pin receiving bore that establishes a radial direction, a radial plane and a longitudinal axis. The first and second flanges may merge toward each other tangentially forming a first extension portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: David Michael Worth
  • Publication number: 20170198457
    Abstract: An autonomous method for detecting when an earthmoving machine has moved a pile of dirt into contact with another pile of dirt may include receiving at a controller a plurality of signals indicative of one or more parameters including a ground speed of the machine, a target ground speed of the machine, a load on a work implement of the machine, an output speed of a torque converter of the machine, a machine pitch, a machine steering command, a machine heading, and a heading of a slot the machine is in. The controller may standardize and normalize each signal from the plurality of signals in order to create values for each of the one or more parameters that all fall within a common range, wherein the common range is representative of a range from minimum to maximum values for each of the one or more parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Carl P. DARUKHANAVALA
  • Publication number: 20170198458
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device and a control method for a construction machine. The control device and the control method for the construction machine according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may adjust an engine revolutions per minute (rpm) according to a load applied to the construction machine, thereby controlling an output of equipment. In the control device and the control method for the construction machine according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an output of a pump is increased at an appropriate time, so that good operation performance may be maintained, and in the case of an operation pattern, in which a load is low, the engine rpm is adjusted to be decreased, thereby improving fuel efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Lee Hyoung CHO, Won Sun SOHN, Byung Yoon SONG, Jai Seok BANG, Min Ha AN