Patents Issued in August 3, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170216826
    Abstract: A synthetic aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst containing at least one catalytically active transition metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Hf, La, Au, In, V, lanthanides and Group VIII transition metals, which aluminosilicate zeolite is a small pore aluminosilicate zeolite having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms, wherein the mean crystallite size of the aluminosilicate zeolite determined by scanning electron microscope is >0.50 micrometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Guy Richard CHANDLER, Neil Robert COLLINS, Rodney FOO KOK SHIN, Alexander Nicholas Michael GREEN, Paul Richard PHILLIPS, Raj Rao RAJARAM, Stuart David REID
  • Publication number: 20170216827
    Abstract: We provide a process for regenerating a spent acidic ionic liquid, comprising contacting the spent acidic ionic liquid with hydrogen and without an addition of a hydrogenation catalyst; wherein a conjunct polymer content is decreased in the spent acidic ionic liquid to produce regenerated acidic ionic liquid. We also provide a process for making an alkylate gasoline blending component, comprising: a) alkylating a mixture of isoparaffins and olefins using an acidic ionic liquid and an alkyl halide or a hydrogen halide, wherein a conjunct polymer accumulates in a spent acidic ionic liquid; and b) feeding the spent acidic ionic liquid and a hydrogen, and without an addition of a hydrogenation catalyst, to a regeneration reactor operated under selected hydrogenation conditions to produce a regenerated acidic ionic liquid that is used for the alkylating, wherein the conjunct polymer in the regenerated acidic ionic liquid is decreased by at least 50 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Michael John Girgis, Huping Luo, Bong Kyu Chang, Hye-Kyung Timken, Steven Xugi Song, Michael Sean Driver
  • Publication number: 20170216828
    Abstract: We provide a segmented reactor for regenerating a spent acidic ionic liquid via hydrogenation and hydrocracking, comprising: no solid hydrogenation catalyst; a gas inlet for feeding a gas feed comprising a hydrogen; a liquid inlet for feeding a spent acidic ionic liquid; partitions along an axis of the reactor that create segments, wherein each segment functions as a bubble column reactor; and an outlet from which a regenerated acidic ionic liquid flow out of the segmented reactor. We also provide a process for regenerating a spent acidic ionic liquid, comprising contacting the spent acidic ionic liquid with hydrogen and without an addition of a solid hydrogenation catalyst in the segmented reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Huping Luo, Michael John Girgis, Hye-Kyung Timken
  • Publication number: 20170216829
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process and system for modifying heterogeneous catalysts by contacting them with chemical compounds. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to an easy and convenient process for surface functionalizing of a heterogeneous catalyst such as polymetallic catalyst including bimetallic catalyst by employing precursor of inorganic compound, wherein the precursor is organometallic compound and wherein the inorganic compound includes but is not limited to a metal based inorganic compound such as aluminium oxide. The present disclosure thus provides for easy and convenient process and system for surface modification/functionalization of heterogeneous catalysts by employing precursor of inorganic compound at conditions including but not limiting to room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Reliance Industries Limited
    Inventors: Chudasama CHINTANSINH DHARMENDRASINH, Sachin RAWALEKAR, Sunil AGRAHARI, Kalpana GOPALAKRISHNAN, Katravulapalli VEERA VENKATA BHASKARA SITA RAMA MURTHY, Ajay KUMAR, Anilkumar METTU, Nagesh SHARMA, Raksh VIR JASRA
  • Publication number: 20170216830
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a catalyst comprising a fluorinated metal oxide is provided. A catalyst comprising a fluorinated metal oxide is provided. A catalytic hydrogenation process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Achim Schaadt, Ingo Krossing, Mathias Hill, Valentin Dybbert, Harald Hillebrecht, Thilo Ludwig, Johannes Eicher, Elias Frei
  • Publication number: 20170216831
    Abstract: The invention relates to the method of forming a platinum-based catalytic coating on electrodes for using in electrochemical devices such as fuel cells or electrolysis cells. According to the invention, to produce a platinum-based catalyst, the carrier is preliminary cleaned by ion etching and the catalytic coating is applied onto the cleaned surface from at least one target based on platinum in vacuum in the primary gas plasma with addition of reactive gas, sputtering being done at the power density on the magnetron sputtered target within (0.004-0.17)*105 W/m2 and the ratio of concentrations of the primary and reaction gas of 75-99%. Technical result: increased specific catalytic activity of the electrode's catalytic coating for electrochemical devices (fuel cells and electrolysis cells). 2 primary claims, 8 depending claims, 5 figures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Sergey Ivanovich NEFEDKIN, Danila Yuryevich SHAPOSHNIKOV, Alexandra Valeryevna NEFEDKINA
  • Publication number: 20170216832
    Abstract: An ion exchange membrane having a structure that an ion exchange resin is filled in spaces of a porous base film, the porous base film has a structure that at least two porous olefin resin layers are laminated with a bonding strength of 100 gf/cm or more to less than 700 gf/cm and a Gurley air permeance of 500 sec/100 ml or less in terms of a 100 ?m thick film. In this ion exchange membrane, base film has high air permeability though it has a multi-layer structure that a plurality of porous resin films are bonded together, and therefore a rise in electric resistance caused by the lamination of the base sheets is effectively suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: ASTOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi MIYAZAWA, Nobuyuki TANAKA, Nobuhiko OHMURA, Kazuo MIZUGUCHI, Kenji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20170216833
    Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonated aminomethylated chelate resins, to a method for producing same, to the use thereof for obtaining and purifying metals, in particular rare earth metals, from aqueous solutions and organic liquids, and for producing highly pure silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold KLIPPER, Stefan NEUFEIND
  • Publication number: 20170216834
    Abstract: A system for depositing substances onto a deposition surface can comprise a first contact spotter comprising multiple spotting orifices fed by multiple fluid inlet conduits such that the first contact spotter is capable of depositing multiple spots of different substances onto the deposition surface simultaneously, and a second contact spotter comprising a second spotting orifice fed by a second fluid inlet conduit. The system can also include a positioning device adapted to alternatively position and seal the first contact spotter and second contact spotter on the deposition surface at an overlapping location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua W. Eckman, Adam Miles, James Smith, Christopher Morrow, Bruce K. Gale
  • Publication number: 20170216835
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection device includes a collection module and an outer housing. The collection module includes a housing comprising a first end having a sample introduction opening, a second end having a sample dispensing opening, and a passageway extending between the sample introduction opening and the sample dispensing opening. A mixing chamber and a holding chamber are in fluid communication with the passageway such that a sample introduced into the sample introduction opening passes through the mixing chamber and subsequently into the holding chamber. The biological fluid collection device further includes a closure covering the first end, a cap covering the second end and including a vented plug, and an activation member adapted to force a sample contained in the holding chamber out of the sample dispensing opening. The collection module is positioned inside of the outer housing and the closure closes the open end of the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Milan Ivosevic, Kishore K. Bokka Srinivasa Rao, Peter Skutnik, Anthony V. Torris
  • Publication number: 20170216836
    Abstract: Cuvette, comprising at least one measuring area on each one of two arms that are pivotally connected to each other such that from a swung-apart condition, they can be swung together into a measuring position in which the two measuring areas have a distance for positioning a sample between the measuring areas, and means for positioning the two arms in a measuring position in a cuvette shaft of an optical measuring device with a sample between the two measuring areas in a beam path of the optical measuring device that crosses the cuvette shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Kurt HARNACK, Helmut KNOFE, Peter SCHEFFLER, Wolfgang GOEMANN-THOSS, Sven EIKELMANN, Christoph JOLIE
  • Publication number: 20170216837
    Abstract: A fluidic module rotatable about a center of rotation includes a first compression chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a second compression chamber having a fluid inlet, a first fluid channel connected to the first chamber via the fluid inlet of the first chamber, and a second fluid channel connecting the fluid outlet of the first chamber to the fluid inlet of the second chamber. Due to rotation of the fluidic module a liquid may be centrifugally driven into the first chamber and the second fluid channel through the first fluid channel, and thereby a compressible medium may be entrapped and compressed within the second chamber. By lowering the rotary frequency and due to the resultant expansion of the compressible medium, liquid may be driven out of the second fluid channel into the first chamber, out of the first chamber into and through an outlet channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Frank SCHWEMMER, Steffen ZEHNLE, Nils PAUST, Daniel MARK
  • Publication number: 20170216838
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to microfluidic devices that include orthogonally positioned channels that are slidable relative to each other and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a microfluidic device that includes a first channel having an open end, and an open second channel. The first and second channels are slidable relative to each other such that when the open end of the first channel and the open portion of the open second channel are aligned with each other, fluid flows from the first channel into the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: University of Limerick
    Inventor: Mark Davies
  • Publication number: 20170216839
    Abstract: A microfluidic chip is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the microfluidic chip includes a body including at least one microfluidic pathway configured to receive a fluid sample, the at least one microfluidic pathway including a coating configured to reduce fluid diffusion and seal a surface of the at least one microfluidic pathway, and a heating device located on the body and forming a heating zone within a portion of the at least one microfluidic pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Tej Rushikesh Patel, Ryan Alan Revilla, Matthew D'Ooge
  • Publication number: 20170216840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to encapsulated microfluidic packages and methods thereof. In particular embodiments, the package includes a device, a cradle configured to support the device, and a lid having a bonding surface configured to provide a fluidic seal between itself and the device and/or cradle. Other package configurations, as well as methods for making such fluidic seals, are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Darren W. Branch, Philip R. Miller, Thayne L. Edwards, David R. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20170216841
    Abstract: Described is a modular microfluidic device (MMD) for producing an analyte composition from a biological fluid sample, said device comprising: (a) a reagent module (RM) comprising a reagent reservoir containing a reagent and an eluent reservoir containing an eluent, said reagent and eluent reservoirs being coupled to one or more RM microchannels; and (b) a sample preparation module (SPM) comprising a SPM microchannel adapted to couple with the RM microchannel whereby fluid continuity between SPM and RM microchannels is produced on coupling, and: (i) a sample inlet for receiving said biological fluid sample; (ii) an outlet for delivering said analyte composition; (iii) a mixing chamber; (v) a metering chamber; (vi) an eluent chamber; (vii) a valve; (viii) a solid phase extraction element (SPE); and (ix) an aspirator in fluid communication with the sample inlet of the SPM for withdrawing an aliquot of said biological fluid when contained in a sample vessel, said aspirator being operably coupled to a pneumatic fl
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Cambsolv Limited
    Inventors: Hugh Malkin, Nicholas James Hastings, Graham Scott Gutsell, Ian Morgan George
  • Publication number: 20170216842
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. In some embodiments, the reader component communicates with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: CUE INC.
    Inventors: Ayub Khattak, Clinton Sever
  • Publication number: 20170216843
    Abstract: A drive system for aligning a detection zone of a cartridge With an image capture device is provided. The drive system can include a first motor configured for the purpose of spinning the cartridge to drive centrifugal flow of a liquid in the cartridge. The drive system can further include a second motor coupled to a cartridge-aligned member, configured for the purpose of aligning the detection zone with the image capture device. Advantageously, each motor can be adapted for its specific purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: BIOSURFIT S.A.
    Inventor: Tiago FILIPE PINTO SILVA
  • Publication number: 20170216844
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for fusing or contacting reactor and reagent droplets in a three-phase microfluidic or millifluidic system with one of the phases being continuous, in which the reagent droplet is injected in the droplet train before it coalesces or contacts with the reactor droplet. More specifically, the reagent droplet detaches from the reagent inlet before being in contact with the reactor droplet. The method of the invention involves two successive but not concomitant steps: first producing in the droplet train a droplet of a reagent which breaks-up from the reagent reservoir before the second step of merging. The invention also discloses a milli/microfluidic device whose equivalent circuit is represented on FIG. 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: ETABLISSEMENTS J. SOUFFLET, ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
    Inventors: Jairo Ivan GARNICA RODRIGUEZ, Laurent BOITARD, Antoine Serge Dominique DREVELLE, Nicolas Pierre BREMOND, Jérôme BIBETTE
  • Publication number: 20170216845
    Abstract: Enhanced composite liquid cell (CLC) devices and methods of using the same are provided. The devices find use in, among other applications, CLC mediated nucleic acid library generation protocols, e.g., for use in next generation sequencing applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Chawke, Jeffrey Sugarman, James Nealis, Jeffrey P. Baker, Mark Dalton, John D. DeNuzzio, Emma M. Kelly, Mitchell E. Gatesman
  • Publication number: 20170216846
    Abstract: A thermal cycling device comprising a number of fixed thermal zones and a fixed conduit passing through the thermal zones. A controller maintains each thermal zone including its section of conduit at a constant temperature. A series of droplets flows through the conduit so that each droplet is thermally cycled, and a detection system detects fluorescence from droplets at all of the thermal cycles. The conduit is in a single plane, and so a number of thermal cycling devices may be arranged together to achieve parallelism. The flow conduit comprises a channel and a capillary tube inserted into the channel. The detection system may perform scans along a direction to detect radiation from a plurality of cycles in a pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: STOKES BIO LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark DAVIES, Tara DALTON
  • Publication number: 20170216847
    Abstract: A clearing cylinder including a rod, a lower cylindrical housing, an upper cylindrical housing, the rod being attached to a piston assembly. The clearing cylinder further includes a first outwardly extending cylindrical flange attached to one end of the lower cylindrical housing, a second outwardly extending cylindrical flange attached to an opposite end of the upper cylindrical housing, and fasteners for fastening the first and second flanges to each other. The clearing cylinder also includes a head assembly captured between the lower cylindrical housing and the upper cylindrical housing adjacent the first and second flanges, the head assembly having therein an inner surface defining a bore through which the rod passes, the inner surface, having a first circumferential recess, and a first wiper ring mounted in said first circumferential recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Jerrod Dulmes
  • Publication number: 20170216848
    Abstract: A roller comprising a roller body (2) on which a plurality of ribs (4) are arranged, wherein each of the ribs (4) are formed of a number of protrusions (5) which are disposed continually in a direction of the roller shaft, the protrusions (5) are made from materials having a high wear-resisting property. This arrangement not only improve the primary yield of finished products, but also increase the lifetime and wear-resisting property, thereby the primary yield of finished products in present invention is up to 22%-30%, and the lifetime of the roller is up to 15,000-20,000 hours, further the wear loss of the stud is only 2.5 mm per 2,100 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Jincai ZHANG, Yangdong HU
  • Publication number: 20170216849
    Abstract: Apparatuses for converting a non-ionized gas stream into an ionized gas stream are disclosed. Disclosed apparatus include an ionizing wire electrode at least partially disposed within and stationary relative to a channel. A frame has plural support elements for supporting the ionizing wire. The frame is configured to make full rotations around the channel in a first rotation direction while applying tension to the ionizing wire. The support elements are configured to physically remove material from the ionizing wire while the support elements are moved along the wire by the frame rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Gefter, Aleksey Klochkov, Leslie W. Partridge
  • Publication number: 20170216850
    Abstract: A flotation separation apparatus for separating particles in suspensions, feeds slurry containing the particles through an inlet into a contactor where gas is fed through an inlet to mix with the slurry, for example in a downwardly plunging jet, to form a gas-liquid bubbly two-phase mixture under pressure from an outlet restriction in a throttling duct. The mixture is passed through a flow manipulator configured to induce a high energy dissipation rate, for example by way of a Shockwave formed in a diverging section of the throttling duct reducing the size of the bubbles and brining those bubbles into intimate contact with particles in the mixture which is released into a separation cell where a flow manipulating draft tube is provided to reduce turbulence in the mixture. Alternative apparatus and methods for inducing the high energy dissipation rate and for reducing turbulence in the mixture are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Graeme J. Jameson
  • Publication number: 20170216851
    Abstract: A support structure for a rotation driving system having a ball balancer includes: a motor having a rotational shaft coupled to a rotational shaft of a rotor; the ball balancer provided on the rotor to reduce oscillating motion of the rotor; and a support part for coupling the motor to a housing, wherein the motor is coupled to the housing via an elastic member on a line in one direction (x-axis) perpendicular to an axial direction (z-axis) of the rotational shaft of the motor, and the motor is allowed to swing about the x-axis due to elastic deformation of the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Soichiro MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170216852
    Abstract: A conformal, cup-shaped fluidic oscillator spray nozzle member (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) is configured to generate one or more oscillating sprays from fluid flowing into a substantially open proximal end and distally into a substantially closed distal end wall with one or more centrally located orifices defined therein. A multi-input, multi-output cup-shaped fluidic oscillator (200, 300, 400) is configured to generate a selected fluid spray from a plurality of (e.g., 2-8) fluid product inlets which are configured in interacting pairs and feed into a common interaction region of the fluidic nozzle geometry. Optionally, an outlet “A” can be positioned in the interaction region and allow for air entrainment into the interaction region or external oscillating spray streams to generate a foamed spray of fluid product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Shridhar GOPALAN, Evan HARTRANFT, Russell HESTER
  • Publication number: 20170216853
    Abstract: A nozzle adjustment member for a sprinkler is revealed. A plurality of nozzle tubes aligned in at least one row is positioned on a wall of a hollow pipe. A top end of the nozzle tube is projecting to an outside of the hollow pipe. At least one pivot support is disposed on the outside of the hollow pipe. Each pivot support is pivoted with an adjustment piece having a plurality of guiding openings. The guiding openings are positioned over the plurality of nozzle tubes correspondingly. A nozzle cover is connected with the outside of the hollow pipe for covering the adjustment piece. A plurality of long through holes for mounting the corresponding nozzle tubes is arranged at the nozzle cover. Around a pivot hole, the adjustment piece swings so as to drive the plurality of nozzle tubes moving at an angle and different water distribution patterns are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: King-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20170216854
    Abstract: A handheld pet spray wand may be configured for use in washing or bathing a pet, for example, a dog. The handheld pet spray wand may be configured for attachment to a hose that is further attached to a water supply source. The handheld pet spray wand may be operable to have a number of spray modes to assist in the cleaning of the pet. The handheld pet spray wand may further be configured to provide selective nozzle array sizes designed for both small and large pets. The form factor of the spray wand may further be ergonomically formed to provide a spray pattern conforming to the body of the pet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey Thurgood
  • Publication number: 20170216855
    Abstract: A spray head assembly comprising a body configured to receive a supply of fluid and a face in fluid communication with the body, the face having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a non-linear pattern for directing the fluid from the spray head, wherein the plurality of nozzles are configured to direct the fluid flow to form a wedge-shaped spray pattern between the face and a focal region at a focal length from the spray head, and wherein the spray pattern forms a linear spray arrangement in the focal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: PERRY ERICKSON
  • Publication number: 20170216856
    Abstract: A system for fluid transport is provided where a quantity of fluid is held in a reservoir. A droplet generator is employed to generate droplets from the fluid, for example a nozzle-based system or a nozzleless system such as an acoustic ejection system. A generated droplet has a trajectory whereby it arrives at a target. A circuit is used to modify one or more characteristics of the generated droplet in a way which increases the likelihood that the droplet will not splash or bounce when it arrives at the target. The circuit may in different embodiments control the speed of the droplet or the Weber number of the droplet. The circuit may create an electric field in an area of space where the droplet passes. The circuit may charge the droplet by causing it to contact ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Richard G. Stearns, Stephen J. Hinkson
  • Publication number: 20170216857
    Abstract: The spray comprises a container (1) intended to hold liquid for forming the cleaning mass and pressurised air for spraying it, the container (1) being dismantlably attachable to a head (3) bearing a manual pump (4) to increase the pressure of the air, the head (3) also having a supporting handle (23) with a pushbutton (24) operating the outlet valve (18) for the cleaning mass to the delivery nozzle (22), the spray having a manually replaceable mixing device (7, 26) located between the outlet conduit (8) for the liquid from the spray container (1) and the outlet of damping mass (20) controlled by the manual valve (18), the mixing device (7, 26) having different passage cross-sections for the liquid and the air present in the container (1) in order to adjust the spray to provide cleaning masses with a drier or wetter foam consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Mikel LOITI URQUIA
  • Publication number: 20170216858
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an outdoor paint sprayer having an air pump chamber separate from a refillable and/or replaceable paint chamber. In some aspects, the outdoor paint sprayer is configured to dispense a liquid paint with minimal dilution, such that a paint having an original concentration may be aspirated and dispersed by the outdoor paint sprayer without requiring additional manipulation of the paint outside of the sprayer. In some aspects, the outdoor paint sprayer includes one or more nozzle features and/or tips that produce a desired spraying application. In further aspects, additional features for emulating a particular marking effect may be incorporated with and/or coupled to the sprayer for application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: JOHN D. McBRIDE, JR., THOMAS R. RAU, CHRISTOPHER P. OREM
  • Publication number: 20170216859
    Abstract: A powder-dispensing device in the form of a dense-phase powder pump or of a powder injector is provided to deliver coating powder from a powder reservoir to a powder-spraying device. To make the spray coating operation easier for the customer and to be able to make it more cost-effective, without having to compromise on good coating quality and good coating efficiency, a control device is integrated in the powder-dispensing device or is connected, in particular directly, to the powder-dispensing device and is designed to establish at least one parameter that is characteristic of a spray coating procedure carried out with the powder-coating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Felix Mauchle
  • Publication number: 20170216860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to self-foaming hot melt adhesive compositions and methods of making and using the same. Self-foaming hot melt adhesive compositions are formed by admixing a dispersion concentrate including a chemical blowing agent and a compatible carrier (liquid or molten) with a molten base hot melt adhesive composition at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the chemical blowing agent. The resolidified material is processed through a device that heats the material above the decomposition temperature of the chemical agent and cools it below such temperature before being dispensed. The device preferably includes sensors and a controller configured to prevent the material from accumulating an adverse thermal history during processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: William C. Stumphauzer
  • Publication number: 20170216861
    Abstract: Air purge device for an airless liquid product dispenser having a container equipped with means for sampling the product. The device has a bleed ring that has a deformable lip seal accommodated inside a protective part designed to be inserted into the container. The deformation of the lip when mounting the air purge device in the container causes the air to be purged from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Eric Rossignol
  • Publication number: 20170216862
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a flowable product from a container has a pump module mounted on the container at an opening thereof. The pump module includes a pump body, which defines a pump chamber and a pump chamber inlet for product to flow from the container interior into the pump chamber. A pump actuator is operable in a pumping stroke relative to the pump body to vary the volume of the pump chamber and dispense the product. The pump includes a movable body portion which is operable in a displacement stroke into the container. The movable portion has a displacement body with a product-engaging face directed onto an interior product space of the container upstream of the pump chamber inlet, to assist priming. Below this a disrupter member, a grid of narrow bars, projects to penetrate the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Simon Christopher Knight, David John Pritchett, Thomas P. Kasting, Mark Edward Box, Raymond Yu
  • Publication number: 20170216863
    Abstract: A trigger-type liquid ejector includes: an ejector main body; and nozzle member provided with an ejection hole. The ejector main body includes: a vertical supply pipe for sucking-up liquid; an ejection barrel communicating with the inside of the vertical supply pipe; and a trigger mechanism including a trigger, the trigger being arranged to be movable rearward in state of receiving forward force, and the trigger mechanism being lead liquid from the vertical supply pipe into the ejection barrel in accordance with rearward movement of the trigger and to eject the liquid from the ejection barrel. The nozzle member is provided with: a cylinder communicating with the inside of the ejection barrel through a supply hole; a plunger accommodated in the cylinder to be movable rearward in a state of receiving forward force; and a communication hole allowing the inside of the cylinder and ejection hole to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki KAKUTA, Toru TOMA
  • Publication number: 20170216864
    Abstract: A pump dispenser has a deformable pump chamber constituted by first and second part-chambers each having a respective resiliently deformable faceted chamber wall and a connecting conduit communicating between them. They may be moulded in one piece and require no separate restoring spring. The first and second part-chambers may be disposed in line between a pump body providing an inlet valve from a container and a movable actuator cap providing a valved outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: SIMON CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT
  • Publication number: 20170216865
    Abstract: Suction device for a liquid product present in a dispenser has a container 6 provided with means for sampling the product 7. The device is developed about a central axis X and has a centralised product suction channel 8 coaxial to the central axis X and having an inlet 14 and an outlet; and annular suction means connected to the inlet 14 of the centralised suction channel 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Eric Rossignol
  • Publication number: 20170216866
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser member, such as a pump, comprising a body (11) for mounting in the opening of a fluid reservoir so as to take fluid therefrom, the body (11) comprising a fluid chamber (15) that defines a fluid inlet in the form of a socket (12), the dispenser member including a dip tube (2) for extending into the fluid reservoir so as to take fluid therefrom, the dispenser member further comprising a reducer sleeve (3) that internally receives an end (21) of the dip tube (2), and that is engaged axially in the socket (12) of the body (11), such that fluid communication is established between the dip tube (2) and the chamber (15) of the body (11); the dispenser member being characterized in that the dip tube (2) presents an outside diameter that is less than 1 mm, and in that the dip tube (2) is made of a material that is transparent or translucent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Stéphane BERANGER, Frédéric DUQUET
  • Publication number: 20170216867
    Abstract: Control method and apparatus for a manual spray gun includes display that is disposed on the spray gun and that provides information to an operator about one or more coating operation parameters. An auxiliary trigger may be used that enables an operator to makes selections of one or more coating operation parameters. The display and auxiliary trigger together permit an operator to make selections without having to divert attention or field of view away from the spray gun or the coating area, especially during a coating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Mather, Jeffrey A. Perkins
  • Publication number: 20170216868
    Abstract: A changing device for coating media having a plurality of supply units each having at least one inlet connection, which can be connected to a reservoir for the medium, and an outlet connection, between which a flow channel extends. At least one coupling unit is present which has an input connection and an output connection, which can be connected to an application device, between which input connection and which output connection a through-channel (44) extends. The coupling unit is moveable relative to the supply units by a positioning device. The input connection can be coupled fluid-tight to the outlet connection of a supply unit. A valve device is present, in which each supply unit includes a valve unit which releases the flow channel in a released configuration and closes in a closed configuration and is controllable by a control signal in the released configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Juergen Fleisch, Felix Klink, Herbert Schulze
  • Publication number: 20170216869
    Abstract: A station for treating objects may include: a booth including at least one entrance for an object and at least one exit for the object; a system configured to move the object between the at least one entrance and the at least one exit; at least one robot configured to treat the object in the booth; and/or a platform configured to support the object. The platform may be configured to rotate about a vertical axis so as to rotate the object inside the booth relative to the at least one robot. The at least one entrance may not be aligned with the at least one exit. The system may be configured to rotate with the platform so as to align with the at least one entrance in order to receive the object, and so as to align with the at least one exit in order to release the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: GEICO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo COLOMBAROLI, Giampaolo COVZZI, Aldo VIOLA
  • Publication number: 20170216870
    Abstract: A coating system for coating objects, wherein a coating material can be dispensed by an application device with a dispensing arrangement. A supply system having at least first and second feed containers for coating material are connected via first and second supply lines and first and second material valves, respectively, to the dispensing arrangement. Also provided is a cleaning system having at least one first cleaning line and a second cleaning line, to which rinsing agent can be fed via a first rinsing agent feed line and a second rinsing agent feed line, respectively. The first and second cleaning lines are connected via first and second cleaning valves to the first and supply lines, respectively. The first cleaning line and the second cleaning line are connected via a connection line at connection points disposed in front of each cleaning valve relative to the flow direction towards the dispensing arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Ralph Meier, Tobias Mozer
  • Publication number: 20170216871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a boom constructed from several shaped panels of material formed or shaped to overlap when assembled to form a strong, yet lightweight, structure. The boom can have two or more joined panels to form a boom with a generally triangular shaped exterior profile. The panels can have two or more lips. One lip from each panel, together with the panel faces, form a six-sided interior profile when the panels are assembled. The interiorly located lips are gussets. The gussets can form three conduits, one at each of the triangle corners. The boom can be tapered along its longitudinal axis. The panels can have ribs formed therein to provide stiffness. A folding assembly (when a secondary section is used) and sprayers can be provided. A structural top tension tube can be provided. Longitudinal ribs that act as flow paths also can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Specialty Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Jackson Klemp, JR., Michael Dennis Peters, Peter Joseph Heinen
  • Publication number: 20170216872
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: a support roller part rotating while supporting the lower side of a transferred sticker sheet; a half-cutting roller part provided at the top of the support roller part so as to rotate by engaging with the support roller part, and having a half cutter for cutting a printed part of the sticker sheet passing the support roller part; and an anti-adhesion fluid supplying unit for applying an anti-adhesion fluid on the surface of the half cutter coming into contact with the printed part of the sticker sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Se-Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20170216873
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a liquid material containing microbubbles includes a dispensing nozzle and a first positive displacement gas pump. The dispensing nozzles includes a material mixing channel, a rotary gas diffuser positioned in the material mixing channel, and a rotary mixer positioned in the material mixing channel downstream of the rotary gas diffuser. The rotary gas diffuser and the rotary mixer rotate about a common axis of rotation. The first positive displacement pump has a first gas outlet opening to the material mixing channel, which is directed at an outer circumference of the rotary gas diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Steven R. Sinders, Michael P. Bozzelli, Matthew E. Givler, Malcolm C. Larsen, William R. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20170216874
    Abstract: A cartridge has a reception chamber extending in a longitudinal direction for a medium to be dispensed. The cartridge has a head part and a cartridge wall which bound the reception chamber, the head part having an outlet for the medium. The cartridge wall is at least regionally a film and the head part is a stable-shape part. The head part is sealingly and in particular unreleasably connected to the cartridge wall and the cartridge is a collapsible cartridge. The cartridge can be converted from an expanded state in which the reception chamber has a maximum volume into a collapsed state in which the reception chamber has a minimal volume. The cartridge not yet filled with medium is in a collapsed state. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing such a cartridge is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Hayden TURNER, Victor CLEMENS
  • Publication number: 20170216875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10) for actuating a mobile part (21) of a motor vehicle (20) particularly a door, a hatch flap or such like, comprising a handle element (30), characterized in that the handle element (30) is at least partially configured from a composite material (40) which comprises a plastic material with a water absorption of less than 1% and a fibre material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Dirk MULLER, Coen DIEKER