Patents Issued in August 22, 2017
  • Patent number: 9737972
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polishing pad that hardly generates scratches on a surface of a subject to be polished. This polishing pad is characterized in that: the polishing pad is provided with a polishing layer having a polishing region and a light-transmitting region; the light-transmitting region includes a surface layer positioned on the pad surface side, and at least one soft layer laminated under the surface layer, and the soft layer has a hardness lower than that of the surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9737973
    Abstract: A CMP apparatus includes a polishing unit 3, a cleaning unit 4, a load/unload unit 2, a transfer unit, and a control section 5 configured to control transfer of a substrate in the transfer unit. When the polishing unit includes a plurality of polishing sections, or the cleaning unit includes a plurality of cleaning sections, the control section 5 can set a test mode that operates the polishing section or the cleaning section for a test to some of the plurality of polishing sections, or some of the plurality of cleaning sections, causes a substrate to be transferred to the polishing section or the cleaning section to which the test mode is not set, and causes a test substrate different from the substrate to be transferred to the polishing section or the cleaning section to which the test mode is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori Sugiyama, Kunimasa Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9737974
    Abstract: The invention is directed toward wet-abrasive blasting systems used for cleaning, preparing surfaces, removing coatings, and other abrasive blasting applications. The wet abrasive basting system has a blast pot that includes a venting system. The venting system may be a self-venting system that allows gases to be vented during charging and prevents gases from accumulating in the blast pot during operation. In wet abrasive blasting systems a slurry is conveyed via a piping system, hoses, etc. to a mixer connected to a source of pressurized gas where slurry and compressed air/gas are combined and directed through the blast hose and blast nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Eliason
  • Patent number: 9737975
    Abstract: A clamping tool having an elongated housing, a handle, a thrust plate, a screw member, a linearly movable actuator, and first and second clamping arms is provided. When the handle and the screw member are rotated in a first rotational direction, the linearly movable actuator moves in a first longitudinal direction which induces first and second coupling members to slide within first and second end plate slots, respectively, of a first end plate of the linearly movable actuator, and the first and second clamping arms rotate about third and fourth coupling members, respectively, from a first operational position to a second operational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Tim Tripi
  • Patent number: 9737976
    Abstract: A clamping device includes: a clamp assembly and an adjustment assembly, the clamp assembly comprises two symmetrical clamp arms which are oppositely hinged to each other. Each of the clamp arms includes two identical and parallel clamp pieces, and a jaw, the jaw is detachably connected between the two clamp pieces, a lower edge of the jaw includes, in order from left to right, a first arc-shaped section, a second arc-shaped section and a horizontal section, the bottoms of the first arc-shaped section, the second arc-shaped section and the horizontal section are at a same plane, the first and second arc-shaped sections are symmetrical to each other, an angle is defined between the first and second arc-shaped sections, a V-shaped groove is defined between the second arc-shaped section and the horizontal section, and the first and second arc-shaped sections are each longer than the horizontal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventor: Bo Christensen
  • Patent number: 9737977
    Abstract: The driver bit according to the present invention includes: a tip on which a cross blade is formed; a torque transmitting part having a polygonal outer circumference; and a locking groove which extends in the circumferential direction between the tip and the torque transmitting part and into which locking balls enter, wherein the tip has four blade forming grooves forming the cross blade, the blade forming grooves are continuous with the locking groove, and the blade forming grooves are arranged so that the blade forming grooves have bottom parts, at which they are connected with the locking groove, located inwardly of the outer circumference of the torque transmitting part, and the center lines are displaced from a line connecting the shaft center with vertex positions of the polygonal outer circumference and a line connecting the shaft center with center positions of sides of the polygonal outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Vessel Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Taguchi, Jiro Taguchi, Koji Chido, Koji Dohi
  • Patent number: 9737978
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments impact tools with torque-limited swinging weight impact mechanisms are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a swinging weight impact mechanism may comprise a hammer configured to rotate about a first axis and pivot about a second axis different from the first axis, the hammer having a void formed therein, and an asymmetric anvil disposed partially within the void, the asymmetric anvil being configured to rotate about a third axis when impacted by the hammer. The asymmetric anvil may comprise a cylindrical body and a lug extending outward from the cylindrical body. The lug may include a first impact face extending along a first plane that intersects the third axis and a second impact face extending along a second plane that does not intersect the third axis, where the second plane intersects the first plane along a line that passes through the cylindrical body of the asymmetric anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Hunter Ian Golden, Timothy Richard Cooper, Evan Dalton Gerber, Nicholas J. Able
  • Patent number: 9737979
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving fasteners includes a rotatable bit having a bit tip mateable with a fastener, a vacuum source, and a rotatable sleeve having an outlet in communication with the vacuum source. The bit may be press fit within the sleeve such that the bit and the sleeve are rotatable together. Aspects of a method of rotating a fastener with a apparatus for driving fasteners, the apparatus for driving fasteners having a rotatable bit having a bit tip, and a rotatable sleeve having an outlet, wherein the bit is press fit within the sleeve such that the bit and the sleeve are rotatable together, the method including providing a vacuum to the outlet of the sleeve, engaging the bit tip and the sleeve with the head of the screw with assistance from the vacuum, and rotating the bit, thereby rotating the sleeve and the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Komgrit Sungkhaphong, Chalermpon Jaisorn
  • Patent number: 9737980
    Abstract: An installation tool for one or more components of a fluid filter includes a first body portion configured to engage a filter socket to advance the tool and filter components into the socket, and a second body portion configured to apply a direct force to one or more filter components. The first and second body portions can rotationally move relative to each other, such that the filter components may not grind against the socket or other filter components, which can, among other things, reduce or eliminate the creation of foreign object debris and/or minimize the amount of human force required to install the filter components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Ryan Joseph Schroeder
  • Patent number: 9737981
    Abstract: A universal joint (U-joint) dismantling tool includes an actuator coupled to a yoke. The yoke has two substantially parallel legs, spaced to form a pull channel therebetween. Each yoke leg terminates in a free end defining a foot surface. The actuator is adapted to substantially linearly draw a puller at least partially along a length of the yoke pull channel, thereby increasing a distance between a pull surface and the yoke foot surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Carl Rowe
  • Patent number: 9737982
    Abstract: A swage tool includes a first die coupled to a portion of a head and a second die coupled to a portion of a die block. A die block holder holds the die block and the second die. A piston inside a cylinder moves the second die toward the first die. At least two pins couple the head to the die block holder. When one of the pins is coupled to the head and to the die block holder, the head rotates about an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: DMC POWER, INC.
    Inventors: May Danhash, Luis Arturo Chavez, Jeffrey Adam Loyd Ackermann
  • Patent number: 9737983
    Abstract: A percussion piston for a rock drill machine having a pilot cylinder, a distributor and a pressure medium includes a control edge configurable to cause a change in the position of the distributor in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the percussion piston as the percussion piston moves in the impact direction (A) in relation to the pilot cylinder. The control edge of the percussion piston includes at least one notch provided on the outer periphery of the control edge and arranged to cause a start of a state change for the distributor before the control edge of the percussion piston passes by a corresponding control edge provided on the distributor or pilot cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY
    Inventors: Timo Muuttonen, Antti Koskimäki, Ari Kotala, Timo Leino
  • Patent number: 9737984
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for enhancing the operability of a power tool. A representative screwdriver 100 is provided which has a motor 110 and a driving mechanism 120. The driving mechanism 120 has a rotation transmitting mechanism including a driving cam 137 and a driven cam 157, and a cam engagement state is switched by movement of the spindle 150 in a longitudinal direction of the spindle. The position of the spindle 150 in the longitudinal direction is detected by a detecting mechanism 162 that is disposed on the opposite side of the rotation transmitting mechanism from a front end region in the longitudinal direction of the spindle 150. A controller 180 controls the rotation speed of the motor 110 based on the detection result of the detecting mechanism 162 and drives the motor 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Takaaki Osada, Manabu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9737985
    Abstract: A parallel link robot (10) including ball joints (42a to 42d) which are arranged between driven links (22a, 23a) and a drive link (21a) and between a driven link and a movable part (12), at least one of these ball joints including a ball (44a) and a housing (42a) which covers at least half of the surface of the ball including the maximum diameter part and further including with a covering part (45a) which covers the area around the ball of the ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yunfeng Wu
  • Patent number: 9737986
    Abstract: In an aspect, a robotic system is provided and includes at least two digital servo modules, each of which includes a position-controlled motor and a position sensor for sensing a servo position, a plurality of building block elements that are connectable with the digital servo modules to create position-controlled joints of a robotic figure, at least two wheel modules enabling wheeled movement of the robotic figure and a central controller communicating with and controlling the digital servo modules and the wheel modules. The central controller operatively places a selected group of digital servo modules in a learned motion mode, wherein a corresponding group of position-controlled joints is enabled to be manually manipulated, and wherein each of the selected digital servo module periodically transmits servomotor position to the central controller. The central controller can steer the robotic figure wheel modules based on servo positions of the selected digital servo modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher John Hardouin, Romeo Andres Garza, Felipe Jose Garza
  • Patent number: 9737987
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for detecting a graphic card that visually describes an operational mode of a rotatable interface component via a plurality of curves for rotationally-varying parameters, determining the operational mode that is visually described on the graphic card, and loading the operational mode to the rotatable interface component, where the operational mode specifies operations for a motor such that the motor generates torque on the interface component based on the curves for the rotationally-varying parameters that are shown on the graphic card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Linnell, Anthony Sean Jules, Matthew Bitterman, Eli Reekmans, Kendra Byrne
  • Patent number: 9737988
    Abstract: Methods and devices for demonstrating three-player pursuit-evasion (PE) game are provided using a hardware-in-loop test-bed. Robots including pursuer robots and an evader robot are arranged on a solid surface. A drone is positioned flying above to oversee the robots to capture a video or an image sequence of the robots. A robot thread process and a drone thread process are implemented by a computer. In the robot thread process, a tracking-by-detection process is perform to provide a state of the robot including a location and a heading direction of the robot; a delay compensation is conducted; and a PE game is called to calculate a robot command. In the drone thread process, a drone control is calculated to make the drone follow an evader robot, the drone control is sent to the drone, and user commands are also checked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Khanh D. Pham, Dan Shen, Genshe Chen, Haibin Ling, Erik Blasch
  • Patent number: 9737989
    Abstract: A human cooperation robot system includes: an external force detecting unit that detects an external force acting on a robot; a retreat operation commanding unit that commands a retreat operation for causing the robot to be moved in a direction such that the external force is decreased when the external force detected by the external force detecting unit is larger than a first threshold value; a position acquiring unit that a current position of the robot; and a retreat operation stopping unit that stops the retreat operation when the current position of the robot acquired by the position acquiring unit departs from a retreat area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Naitou, Soichi Arita, Hiromitsu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9737990
    Abstract: Robotic task program synthesis embodiments are presented that generally synthesize a robotic task program based on received examples of repositioning tasks. In one implementation, the exemplary repositioning tasks are human demonstrations of object manipulation in an actual or displayed robot workspace. A domain specific language (DSL) designed for object repositioning tasks is employed for the robotic control program. In general, candidate robotic task programs are generated from the example tasks. Each candidate program includes instructions for causing the robot to reposition objects, and represents a different permutation of instructions consistent with the received example tasks. The candidate programs are ranked, and whenever the top ranking program accomplishes the repositioning specified in each example task, it is designated as the synthesized robotic task program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ashley Nathan Feniello, Stan Birchfield, Hao Dang, Sumit Gulwani
  • Patent number: 9737991
    Abstract: A robot control device includes a contact judging part which judges if the robot has contacted an object based on external force which is detected by the sensor, a stop command part which makes the robot stop when it is judged that the robot has contacted the object, a continuous contact judging part which judges if the robot continues to contact the object after making the robot stop, and a retraction command part which makes the robot retract in a direction away from the object when it is judged that the robot continues to contact the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Takahashi, Kazuhisa Takaki
  • Patent number: 9737992
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic automated installation in which at least one robot (2) is used in at least one mode of operation in at least one work zone (3). The installation comprises a closed space (1) equipped with at least one door (4) offering access to at least one operator intervention work station (6) which is situated in said work zone (3) of said robot, and means (7) for detecting the presence of an element (25; 26) in said closed space (1) at said operator intervention work station (6). The detection means (7) are arranged in said closed space (1) to delimit at least two zones (8, 9, 10) and are also associated with means (21) for control of said at least one mode of operation of the robot (2), each zone (8, 9, 10) being associated with one mode of operation of the robot (2). The detection means (7) are positioned a predetermined height from a floor (18) of said space (1), said height being greater than the height of an empty pallet (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: C.E.R.M.E.X. CONSTRUCTIONS ETUDES ET RECHERCHES DE MATERIELS POUR L'EMBALLAGE D'EXPEDITION
    Inventors: Didier Mougin, Gael Cheron
  • Patent number: 9737993
    Abstract: A tape library apparatus includes a tape drive, a robot unit, and a second processor. The tape drive includes a first access mechanism and a first processor. The first access mechanism is configured to read position information from a non-contact type memory within a tape cartridge. The position information indicates a position of data recorded in a magnetic tape within the tape cartridge. The first processor is configured to perform positioning for the data. The robot unit includes a robot arm and a second access mechanism configured to access the non-contact type memory. The robot arm is configured to store the tape cartridge in the robot unit, and move the tape cartridge to the tape drive. The second processor is configured to control the second access mechanism to read the position information from the non-contact type memory, and store the position information in a non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Minoru Hikita
  • Patent number: 9737994
    Abstract: Provided is a robot hand applicable to purpose for holding various types of objects different in size or shape. The robot hand includes a hand base, a first hand arm having a first butting part and a first adsorption part, a second hand arm having a second butting part and a second adsorption part, and a driving mechanism for moving the first and second butting parts in directions to approach each other or separate from each other by moving the first and second hand arms relatively to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9737995
    Abstract: Examples described here include a device that has a housing defining a cavity, and a force sensor. The device also includes a first hydraulic actuator positioned in the cavity, and a second hydraulic actuator positioned in the cavity. The first and second hydraulic actuators move between respectively relaxing modes and thrusting modes along respective longitudinal axes. The longitudinal axis of the first hydraulic actuator is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second hydraulic actuator. The device also includes a first actuated member coupled to the first hydraulic actuator, and a second actuated member coupled to the second hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Strauss, Michael Patrick Murphy
  • Patent number: 9737996
    Abstract: When the mass of the first moving body is defined as M1, the mass of the second moving body is defined as M2, the distance between a first intersection point of a perpendicular line from a rotation center of the rotation axis to the first moving body and a first gravity center of the first moving body when the distance between the first intersection point and the first gravity center in the first moving body is the shortest is defined as L1, and the distance between a second intersection point of a perpendicular line from the rotation center of the rotation axis to the second moving body and a second gravity center of the second moving body when the distance between the second intersection point and the second gravity center in the second moving body is the shortest is defined as L2, M2=(L1/L2)×M1 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Kishi
  • Patent number: 9737997
    Abstract: An automatic folding knife including a locking and safety mechanism. The locking and safety mechanism includes a radially outer surface on a blade attachment ring having an arcuate blade-open locking recess and an arcuate blade-closed locking recess circumferentially spaced from each other. A generally cylindrical lock ring is selectively axially movable into and out of engagement with the locking recesses so as to selectively lock the blade in either its open position or its closed position. A rotatable “safety” push button is provided to push the lock ring out of engagement. The rotatable push button can be rotated from its “active” position to a “safe” position regardless of whether the knife blade is open or closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Marfione Custom Knives, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony L. Marfione, David Reiser
  • Patent number: 9737998
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new product that saves time while maintaining consistency in the sizes of the portions the user is cutting. The present invention provides a fast and efficient way to cut foods, like jelly, brownies, corn bread and sheet cake into uniformly-sized portions by being able to cut a whole sheet of product with just two cuts, one vertically and one horizontally across the pan. The portions will be of equal sizes and with neat straight lines and hence eliminates the wasting of ingredients and product by not being able to serve inconsistent portions and those which are not cut neatly. The chow lines will move much faster when perfectly-sized portions is cut and served quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Bradley Clemens
  • Patent number: 9737999
    Abstract: According to one representative embodiment, a knife includes a handle having a forward end portion and a rear end portion, and a blade coupled to the forward end portion of the handle. The handle includes first and second opposing side portions, the first side portion including a cutting member at the rear end portion of the handle and the second side portion including an extension portion at the rear end portion of the handle. The extension portion extends rearwardly past the cutting member in the direction of the length of the handle. The cutting member and the extension portion are spaced apart from each other a distance sufficient to receive the side wall of the lid of a tobacco can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: GB II Corporation
    Inventor: Russ Kommer
  • Patent number: 9738000
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a lubrication box includes a first portion, a shaving aid material, and a second portion. The first portion of the lubrication box has a skin-engaging surface and at least one sidewall that, together, form a cavity. The skin-engaging surface includes at least two holes therethrough. The shaving aid material, which is distributed in the cavity in a series of layers, is ultrasonically compressed into the cavity such that it at least partially fills at least one of the holes in the skin-engaging surface and at least a portion of the cavity. The second portion of the lubrication box is attached to the first portion such that the cavity is substantially closed. A gap exists between in the cavity between the shaving aid and the second portion of the lubrication box to permit the shaving aid material to expand during normal use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC.
    Inventors: Gabriel Ariyanayagam, Gordon Krauss
  • Patent number: 9738001
    Abstract: A fingertip mountable shaving device is provided by a flexible and breathable substrate layer including a first shaving surface, and a second adhesive surface opposite to the first shaving surface. The first shaving surface includes a rubber strip along the vertical peripheral edge and a plurality of blade assemblies affixed at predetermined locations. The blade assemblies include a single or double rotary blade assembly of different diameters and having a hemi-spherical protective cap with a vertical stem, on the top, which are mounted on blade mounts provided as an integral unit of the base layer. The device can safely and closely shave hair from the face and other difficult to reach body surfaces, such as within the ear or nostrils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Samir Hanna Safar
  • Patent number: 9738002
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling absorbent articles, and more particularly, methods and apparatuses for severing elastic in an advancing elastic laminate. A continuous elastic laminate may be formed by bonding elastic strands between a first continuous substrate layer and a second continuous substrate layer. As discussed in more detail below, the continuous elastic laminate may advance through a cutting apparatus that intermittently deactivates or severs the elastic strands of the elastic laminate along the machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Michael Brian Quade, Jose Angel Mercado
  • Patent number: 9738003
    Abstract: A device for removing a thin outer layer from the surface of a cartridge or tubular container such as a caulk cartridge for removal of ink, contaminant, adhesive, or printed or stamped label from the outside of the cartridge. The apparatus includes cartridge hopper and a cartridge handling mandrel or plunger which automatically removes a cartridge from the hopper aligning same for insertion of the cartridge axially through the throat of a spinning ring which contains at least one and preferably a plurality of inwardly extending knifes. The spinning knife distal end trims or peels off the label, adhesive, ink, imperfections, or even a thin film from an outer layer of a selected thickness effectively reconditioning the cartridge for reuse to be filled with virgin material or to be used as uncontaminated re-ground material to be sold as scrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Paul J. Flood
  • Patent number: 9738004
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for an anvil roll has a body with first and second ends and a hollow interior. A bore extends from the first end into the hollow interior. The body is mountable to an axial end of the anvil roll at the first end. The hollow interior has first and second adjustment drives. The first adjustment drive extends from the second end of the body into the hollow interior and comprises a gear train with drive gears extending between a first adjustment operator and a first shaft extending from the body hollow interior through the bore of the body to the first end of the body. The second adjustment drive comprises a gear train with drive gears extending between a second adjustment operator and a second shaft extending from the hollow interior through the bore of the body to the first end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ROTO-DIE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Scott R. Ebrecht
  • Patent number: 9738005
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for an anvil roll has a body with first and second ends and a hollow interior. A bore extends from the first end into the hollow interior. The body is mountable to an axial end of the anvil roll at the first end. The hollow interior has first and second adjustment drives. The first adjustment drive extends from the second end of the body into the hollow interior and comprises a gear train with drive gears extending between a first adjustment operator and a first shaft extending from the body hollow interior through the bore of the body to the first end of the body. The second adjustment drive comprises a gear train with drive gears extending between a second adjustment operator and a second shaft extending from the hollow interior through the bore of the body to the first end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ROTO-DIE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Scott R. Ebrecht, George R. Gates
  • Patent number: 9738007
    Abstract: An electric stapler is provided with: a base (B); and a stapler main body (1) arranged on the base (B). The stapler main body (1) is provided with: a driver unit (2) including a driver for driving a staple (S) to pierce through sheets of paper (P); a clincher unit (3) including a clincher for clinching the driven staple; and a table (4) provided on one of the driver unit (2) and the clincher unit (3). The stapler main body (1) is supported to be displacable with respect to the base (B). The table (4) is configured to be movable between a first position and a second position apart from the first position in a direction where the driver drives the staple, in accordance with a displacement of the stapler main body (1) with respect to the base (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Shimamura
  • Patent number: 9738008
    Abstract: A flail assembly for use in debarking logs moving in a processing direction includes a debarking assembly having a shaft that is mounted for rotation above the logs moving in the processing direction. A flail having a fixed end is attached to the shaft. The flail has a length that defines an arc of rotation of the free end of the flail as the shaft is rotated. A housing is positioned adjacent the flail. The housing has a center line that is generally aligned with the processing direction, and a deflector vane which extends inwardly towards the arc of rotation of the free end of the flail. The deflector vane serves to direct bark chips that are cast upwardly by the flail away from the center line of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Astec Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Neil Peterson, Jason Duke Tift
  • Patent number: 9738009
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method may include preparing building forms including at least some cementitious materials. The method for preparing forms may include mixing substantially dry cementitious material particles with closed cell foam particles to form a substantially dry composition. In some embodiment, at least some of the cementitious material particles may adhere to at least some surface deformations on the surface of the closed cell foam particles. In some embodiments, the method may include mixing a second portion of water with the substantially dry composition for a second period of time to form a partially wet composition. In some embodiments, a method may include forming a building form including at least some cementitious materials from the partially wet composition. In some embodiments, the closed cell foam particles may include expanded polystyrene. In some embodiments, a ratio of the water to cementitious material particles may range from 0.20 to 0.40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Bautex Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Tsung Wen Lee, Paul Scott Kolliker Brown, Christopher James Leonard
  • Patent number: 9738010
    Abstract: A tile saw includes a base, a frame assembly disposed on the base, a first rail disposed on the frame assembly, the first rail having a longitudinal axis. A table is slidingly disposed on the first rail and a support assembly is disposed on the base. A fence assembly is attachable to the table and has a first fence and a second fence for contacting the workpiece. The second fence is pivotably attached to the first fence and pivotable about a substantially horizontal axis. A saw assembly is supported by the support assembly and includes a motor, and a cutting wheel driven by the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg L. Sheddy, James D. Schroeder, Peter Chaikowsky, Darren B. Moss, Warren A. Ceroll, Stuart J. Wright, William D. Spencer, Jiangang Zhao, William S. Taylor, Frank A. Mannarino
  • Patent number: 9738011
    Abstract: A fiber preform is infused with two differing resin systems concurrently using stacked resin delivery assemblies located along one edge of the preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Dennis James Hanks, Hugh A. Yap
  • Patent number: 9738012
    Abstract: There is provided a member of a mold stack (100, 800), the member comprising: a member body (102, 802) defining a member molding surface for defining, in use, a portion of a molding cavity for molding a molded article, a member cooling circuit (120, 820) having a plurality of member cooling channels (128, 829), the plurality of member cooling channels (128, 829) being coupled in parallel to a source of cooling fluid, the member cooling circuit (120, 820) being fully encapsulated within the member body (102, 802).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Adam Christopher Ulemek, Maxfield Paul Bradshaw, Sami Samuel Arsan, Renato Papa, Daniel Joseph Osmokrovic
  • Patent number: 9738013
    Abstract: A multi-chemistry structure includes: a plurality of interconnected polymer struts arranged in a lattice; a first layer of the lattice including a first array of first unit cells; a second layer of the lattice including a second array of second unit cells; at least one region of the lattice being formed of a first polymer; and at least one region of the lattice being formed of a second polymer different from the first polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Sophia S. Yang, Alan J. Jacobsen, Zak C. Eckel, Jacob M. Hundley, William Carter
  • Patent number: 9738014
    Abstract: The compact resin molding machine is capable of efficiently performing a sequence of molding actions from feeding a work and resin to accommodating the molded work. The resin molding machine comprises: a work conveying mechanism including a robot, which has a robot hand for holding the work and which is capable of rotating and linearly moving; a work feeding section for feeding the work; a resin feeding section for feeding the resin; a press section including a molding die set, in which the work is resin-molded; a work accommodating section for accommodating the molded work; and a control section controlling the entire resin molding machine. The work feeding section, the resin feeding section, the press section and the work accommodating section are located to enclose a moving area of the robot of the work conveying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Maeyama, Hidemichi Kobayashi, Shusaku Tagami, Yoshikazu Muramatsu, Takayuki Yamazaki, Keiji Koyama, Hideaki Nakazawa, Hiroshi Harayama, Kenji Nishizawa, Makoto Kawaguchi, Masahiko Fujisawa, Hidetoshi Oya
  • Patent number: 9738015
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a reinforced article which comprises the step of molding a molding composition comprising pellets into the article at an elevated temperature, wherein each of the pellets has an axial length and comprises a core and a sheath around the core, wherein the core comprises an impregnating agent and a multifilament strand comprising glass fibers each having a length substantially equal to the axial length of the pellet and substantially oriented in the axial length of the pellet, wherein the sheath comprises a thermoplastic polymer; and wherein the molding composition further comprises a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Gerard Jan Eduard Biemond, Carmela Tufano
  • Patent number: 9738016
    Abstract: A method of injection molding of plastic materials into a cavity of a mold with a molding apparatus including a distributor of the pressurized fluid plastic material connected to at least one injector having a pin valve displaceable between a fully closed position and an open position. The method includes a filling step following displacement of the pin valve from the fully closed position to the open position, a packing step of the pressurized plastic material keeping the pin valve in the open position, and a step of displacement and maintenance of the pin valve in at least one partially closed intermediate position prior to its complete closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: INGLASS S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Bazzo, Enzo De Seta
  • Patent number: 9738017
    Abstract: An injection-compression plant for manufacturing PET performs comprises an extruder (1) to produce a melted resin, a distribution joint (3) for distributing the melted resin from the extruder (1) towards the injection-compression molds (9?, 9?, 9?), gathered in modular groups of three on supporting frames (21) arranged about the peripheral surface of the rotary carousel (2). The joint (3) allows to transfer the fluid thermoplastic resin from the stationary channel (10) of the extruder (1) to the lateral feeding conduit (27) of each molding module (9), said lateral feeding conduit being rotating with the carousel (2). The injection-compression molds (9?, 9?, 9?) have the two half-molds forming the molding cavity (41?, 41?, 41???) connected by means of bayonet couplings to the frame (21). The molded preforms are extracted from the carousel (2) by means of a wheel (50), which transfers them to an air cooling device (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: S.I.P.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE E AUTOMAZIONE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Zoppas, Alberto Armellin, Sandro Serra, Michele Varaschin
  • Patent number: 9738018
    Abstract: A process for providing an overmolded waterway comprising inserting a shaft portion of a sacrificial core into an end of a tube, the shaft portion having a first opening therein, the sacrificial core having a second portion comprising a second opening and a contact surface about the second opening, the second opening in fluid communication with the first opening and the inside of the tube, in a mold cavity inserting a core pin transverse to the tube end, the sacrificial core contact surface engaging a mating surface of the core pin closing the second opening, injection overmolding over a portion of the tube end and core pin forming an overmolded waterway having an outlet portion in fluid communication with the second opening and the inside of the tube, and removing the core pin from the second opening through the outlet portion and removing the overmolded waterway from the mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Mercury Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Seman, Earl Christian, Jr., William Blue, Scott R. Gardner, William Shane Hochstetler
  • Patent number: 9738019
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a thermoplastic synthetic resin product, including preparing a mold having a cavity formed in a predetermined shape; filling the cavity of the mold with a thermoplastic synthetic resin material in an amount greater than the volume of the cavity of the mold; heating the mold under pressure; releasing the pressure when the thermoplastic synthetic resin material charged in the cavity of the mold is melted by heating, and opening the mold; removing, of the melted thermoplastic synthetic resin material in the opened mold, the material other than the material charged in the cavity of the mold; placing either a fabric or a hot melt on the mold having the cavity filled with the thermoplastic synthetic resin material; and cooling the mold under pressure, thus integrating either the fabric or the hot melt with the thermoplastic synthetic resin material in contact with either the fabric or the hot melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Jang Won Park
  • Patent number: 9738020
    Abstract: A mold clamping mechanism includes a fixed platen and a movable platen. The fixed platen includes upper and lower, left and right through-holes through which extend tie-bars, and a cutout that extends transversely through the through-holes and divides the through-holes into mold-side holes and opposite-mold-side holes. The fixed platen is divided by the cutout into a mold-side part and an opposite-mold-side part. The mold-side part is provided with main leg parts connected to the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Murata, Kimiaki Shioiri, Tatsuhiko Nishizawa, Isamu Yamaguchi, Kazunori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9738021
    Abstract: A horizontal mold clamping mechanism includes a rail disposed on a base, a slider fitted with the rail, and a pedestal placed on the slider and provided with a sub-slider guided by a sub-rail. A fixed platen secured to the base supports a fixed mold. A mold clamping cylinder is secured to the pedestal and laid parallel to the fixed platen. A mold opening/closing actuator connects to the pedestal for moving the mold clamping cylinder. A movable platen is secured to the sub-slider and disposed between the fixed platen and the clamping cylinder. A tie-bar passes through the movable platen and the clamping cylinder, and a first linking mechanism selectively links the clamping cylinder to the tie-bar. The movable platen has a through-hole with a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the tie-bar to provide a clearance preventing slide-contact between the tie-bar and an inner surface of the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hozumi Yoda
  • Patent number: 9738022
    Abstract: A molding device which can heat molding portions of dies by a simple structure while guaranteeing the durability of the molding portions of the dies, and a method of molding a product using the molding device are provided. A molding device 100 includes a first die 110 and a second die 120 for molding a product PR to be molded. The first die 110 and the second die 120 have a first molding portion 111 and a second molding portion 121 formed at central portions of the surfaces which face each other. Each of the first molding portion 111 and the second molding portion 121 has a three-dimensional shape corresponding to the surface shape of the product PR. Thermal/electrical insulators 113 and 124 are provided around the first molding portion 111 and the second molding portion 121 of the first die 110 and the second die 120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CAP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Takai