Patents Issued in October 12, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170292208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a carbon nanotube fiber. The apparatus includes: a vertical reactor having a reaction zone; a concentric double-pipe inlet tube disposed on top of the reaction zone and consisting of an inner pipe through which a spinning feedstock including a spinning solution and a first gas is introduced into the reaction zone and an outer pipe defining a concentric annular portion surrounding the inner pipe and through which a second gas is introduced into the reaction zone; heating means for heating the reaction zone; and a discharge unit disposed under the bottom of the reaction zone to discharge a carbon nanotube fiber therethrough. The spinning feedstock entering the reaction zone through the inner pipe of the inlet tube is carbonized and graphitized while flowing from the top to the bottom of the reaction zone to form a carbon nanotube fiber consisting of a continuous sock (or aggregates) of carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ki Yong YOON, YoungHo LEE, Ji Eun KIM, Yongjin CHOE
  • Publication number: 20170292209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a functional yarn, in which zirconium phosphate having a multiple-layered structure is used as a deodorizing material and a melted polymer is spun through a spinning nozzle having a multi-lobal sectional shape. According to the present invention, the melted polymer contains layered fine zirconium phosphate inorganic particles having low hardness, and thus the abrasion of production process equipment can be minimized during fiber production and also an excellent deodorizing property and an excellent sweat-absorbing and quick-drying property are exhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Tae Gyun LEE, Min Suk LEE, Jun Young PARK
  • Publication number: 20170292210
    Abstract: In order to provide a fabric and a fiber product, which have hygroscopicity and durability as well as flame retardancy, a hydrophilizing agent is added to a fabric containing aramid fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenji IWASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170292211
    Abstract: A circular needle loom comprises a bed plate for receiving a transport layer. Engagement members may be disposed proximate to the bed plate, such that the engagement members interface with a positional structure of the transport layer that is used to position and rotate the transport layer around the bed plate. The engagement members may be configured to rotate the transport layer around the bed plate until a predetermined number of fibers and/or layers are deposited on the transport layer and/or bed plate in order to create a needled preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Le Costaouec
  • Publication number: 20170292212
    Abstract: Problem: To provide a method for manufacturing metal staple fibers that allows for the efficient manufacture of uniform metal staple fibers. Solution: A method for manufacturing metal staple fibers including a cutting step of cutting a metal fiber bundle coated with a fluorine-based polymer into a staple fiber bundle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ohkura, Nobuaki Ando
  • Publication number: 20170292213
    Abstract: A washing method and a washing machine using the washing method. In the washing method, washings are suspended in a washing space through a suspension component, so that the washings can move in a first movement manner in the washing space; the washings are washed through a water flow sprayed by nozzles which move in a second movement manner different from the first movement manner; and the water flow are made to cover at least part of washings by changing a relative position between washings and the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Peishi LV, Sheng XU, Huacheng SONG, Shiqiang SHAN
  • Publication number: 20170292214
    Abstract: Techniques described herein generally relate to cleaning with ultrasonic energy. An example method includes introducing a cleaning solution into a planar cleaning cavity formed between a first inner surface and a second inner surface of a non-rigid container, directing ultrasonic energy into the cleaning cavity from an array of ultrasonic energy emitters disposed on the first inner surface, and removing the cleaning solution from the cleaning cavity by creating a negative pressure in the cleaning cavity relative to atmospheric pressure, so that the first inner surface and the second inner surface are displaced toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: Gordon Carl Maxwell SCHARF
  • Publication number: 20170292215
    Abstract: A vibration damper and a washing machine including the same are disclosed. The vibration damper includes a tappet, a supporting rod slidably coupled to the tappet, a friction unit disposed inside the tappet and configured to rub the supporting rod, and a cap coupled to one end of the tappet and including a plurality of supporting blocks. The plurality of supporting blocks support an outer circumference of the supporting rod with non-uniform bearing power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Gyu-sung Na, Min-sung Kim, Sung Han, Jeong-hoon Kang
  • Publication number: 20170292216
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprises a rotatable basket with a spin tube, a rotatable clothes mover located within the rotatable basket, a motor having a drive shaft extending through the spin tube and operably coupled to the clothes mover, and a drive system selectively rotatably coupling the spin tube and the drive shaft and comprising a first threaded ring located about the spin tube, a second threaded ring threaded about the first threaded ring wherein at least one of the first threaded ring and the second threaded ring is axially movable relative to the other, and a gear assembly rotationally coupled to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: DAVID GOSHGARIAN, VETRIVEL KANAGARAJ, BRADLEY MORROW, KARTIK VASTRAD, BRET WAMHOFF
  • Publication number: 20170292217
    Abstract: An additive dispensing assembly for providing wash liquid to a wash tub of a washing machine appliance is provided. The additive dispensing assembly includes a water supply conduit configured to provide a flow of water to the wash tub. An additive reservoir is connected to the water supply conduit such that the flow of water through the water supply conduit draws in and entrains the wash additive prior to delivery of the wash liquid into the wash tub. The resulting wash liquid has an optimal additive concentration that is proportional to the amount of water delivered to the wash tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Ashutosh Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20170292218
    Abstract: A dryer appliance is provided, including a cabinet, a drum, an outlet assembly, an exhaust sensor, and a fluid injector. The drum may be mounted within the cabinet and define a drying chamber. The outlet assembly may be attached to the drying chamber and include a conduit defining an exhaust passage in fluid communication with the drying chamber. The conduit may extend from an inlet at the drying chamber to an outlet. The conduit may further define an access port along the exhaust passage between the inlet and the outlet. The exhaust sensor may be disposed in communication with the exhaust passage. The fluid injector may be attached to the conduit between the inlet and the outlet, and be directed at the access port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: James Quentin Pollett, Zhiquan Yu
  • Publication number: 20170292219
    Abstract: A control panel for clothes dryer and clothes dryer. The control panel for clothes dryer includes an operation panel and a mounting panel which can be detachably connected. The operation panel is electrically connected to a control device of the clothes dryer, and is configured to send a control signal to the control device and receive a display signal sent by the control device. The operation panel can be mounted on the mounting panel upwardly or upside down. The mounting panel can be fixedly connected to a housing of a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes the housing and the above control panel device. The mounting panel is fixedly connected to a housing of a clothes dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jindong BING, Rongfeng CHENG, Jian WANG, Luhua YAN, Xianchang LI, Haifei LIU
  • Publication number: 20170292220
    Abstract: Systems and methods for plasma treating fiber tows (e.g., carbon fiber tows) are disclosed. The system may be a fiber tow treatment system, including an air-plasma source configured to emit a plasma stream and a support surface spaced apart from the air-plasma source and configured to contact the plasma stream when emitted. First and second guides may be on opposing ends of the support surface and configured to align a moving fiber tow between the support surface and the air-plasma source. The method may include continuously transferring a fiber tow through a first guide, across a support surface, and through a second guide; and air-plasma treating the fiber tow as it crosses the support surface such that a deflection of the fiber tow from the air-plasma treatment is limited by the support surface. The disclosed systems/methods may reduce the damage to fiber tows during plasma treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: HAIBO ZHAO, GLEN L. SMITH, ANN MARIE STRACCIA
  • Publication number: 20170292221
    Abstract: A cooler (144) providing gas blows and comprising at least one cooler module having at least one cooler module (41, 42, 43, 44) of the cooler (144) is curved to provide a gas turn module for turning run of the fiber web (W) from its main running direction 80-190°. The cooler (144) includes moisturizing at least one surface of the fiber web. Having a blowing zone (45, 46, 53) in which gas is blown toward a surface of the fiber web and that the cooler comprises at least one suction zone (51), in which the fiber web evaporated moisture is drawn away from the proximity of a surface of the fiber web. There are cooler modules on both sides of the fiber web. The cooler has a gas turn module located inside a curved fiber web run, which provides gas blows toward the curved fiber web during the run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Valmet Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Tapio Pitkäniemi, Mika Viljanmaa, Jari Ilomäki
  • Publication number: 20170292222
    Abstract: Resin compositions, products made therewith, and methods for making such resin compositions and products. The resin composition can include a polyamide-epihalohydrin resin, a cationic styrene maleimide resin, and a urea-formaldehyde resin. The polyamide-epihalohydrin resin can include a reaction product of a polyamidoamine and an epihalohydrin. The cationic styrene maleimide resin can include a reaction product of a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer and an amine compound. The product can include a fiber web and an at least partially cured resin composition. The resin composition, prior to curing, can include a polyamide-epihalohydrin resin, a cationic styrene maleimide resin, and a urea-formaldehyde resin. The polyamide-epihalohydrin resin can include a reaction product of a polyamidoamine and an epihalohydrin. The cationic styrene maleimide resin can include a reaction product of a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer and an amine compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Clay E. Ringold, Cornel Hagiopol, James W. Johnston, Frederick S. Potter
  • Publication number: 20170292223
    Abstract: Wet strengthened fiber products, wet strengthening resins, and methods for making such wet strengthened fiber products and wet strengthening resins. The wet strengthened fiber product can include a fiber web and an at least partially cured wet strengthening resin, which prior to at least partially curing, the wet strengthening resin can include a polyamide-epihalohydrin (PAE) resin and a cationic styrene maleimide (SMI) resin. The PAE resin can include a reaction product of a polyamidoamine and an epihalohydrin and the cationic SMI resin can include a reaction product of a styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymer and an amine. The wet strengthened fiber product can include the wet strengthening resin in an amount of about 0.05 wt % to about 5 wt %, based on a dried weight of the wet strengthened fiber product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Cornel Hagiopol, David F. Townsend, Clay E. Ringold, James W. Johnston
  • Publication number: 20170292224
    Abstract: A multi-ply absorbent product having a wet scrubbing resistance greater than 120 revolutions and a basis weight of between 30 and 50 grams per square meter. A heated adhesive is applied between two single plies/webs, the multiple plies are embossed according to particular parameters, and the embossed webs are compressed with a marrying roll. The adhesive is heated to a temperature of between approximately 32 degrees C. to 66 degrees C. for application between the multiple plies. For each ply, the embossed area generally occupies between approximately 5 to 15% of the total surface area of a surface of the ply, the depth of embossment of the surface is generally between approximately 0.28 and 0.43 centimeters deep, and the embossment of the surface is generally between approximately 0.04 to 0.08 square centimeters in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Justin S. Pence, Karthik Ramaratnam, James E. Sealey, Courtney E. Kessling, Chris B. Anklam, Shannon Gahan, Taras Z. Andrukh
  • Publication number: 20170292225
    Abstract: A welding unit for welding together two rails of a track includes two rail clamping assemblies which can be moved towards one another in a longitudinal direction of the rail along unit guides by compression cylinders. Each rail clamping assembly is equipped with clamping jaws which are displaceable in pairs in a pressing plane and each of which has a contact surface provided for application to a rail web. The clamping jaws are each constructed as clamping levers which are pivotable in the pressing plane about a lever pivot axis. The contact surface intended for application to the rail web is disposed at a first lever end spaced apart from the lever pivot axis. The two contact surfaces of each rail clamping assembly are each positioned closer to the oppositely disposed rail clamping assembly than the two lever pivot axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: HEINZ MUEHLLEITNER
  • Publication number: 20170292226
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulations for, and methods of making and using compositions formulated through the use of maltenes to lower the required asphalt emulsion content for recycling and stabilization of roadway materials as herein disclosed
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Billy Shane McDade
  • Publication number: 20170292227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multifunctional synthetic resin block for roads. The synthetic resin block includes a water permeable sheet configured as a synthetic resin block having a flat sheet shape so as to be laid on a ground, a block frame configured as a synthetic resin body taking a form of a rectangular frame, which is divided into multiple rectangular areas each having open top and bottom sides, so as to be installed on the upper surface of the water permeable sheet, the rectangular areas being filled with filler stones, and multiple corrugated plates each configured as a synthetic resin having a rectangular plate shape and arranged so that corrugations thereof are oriented perpendicular to each other so as to cover the rectangular areas of the block frame. The synthetic resin block provides almost all functions, such as a rainwater retention function, water permeation function, and anti-slippage function, at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Yongho KIM
  • Publication number: 20170292228
    Abstract: A blender for blending viscous material and additive material by vortex action includes an upper section and a lower section. The upper section has a receiving portion, a viscous material inlet that is in fluid communication with the receiving portion, and an additive inlet that is in fluid communication with the receiving portion. The lower section is attached to and disposed below the upper section, said includes a blending portion that is in fluid communication with the receiving portion of the upper section. The blending portion is shaped so as to facilitate the blending of the additive material entering the receiving portion through the additive inlet with the viscous material entering the receiving portion through the viscous material inlet. The blender includes an outlet for blended material that is in fluid communication with the blending portion of the lower section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Heatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Jones, Andrew Bryson
  • Publication number: 20170292229
    Abstract: A remote controlled vibration imparting device for a concrete finishing tool uses a housing having a chamber surrounded by an inner surface of the housing. A vibrator with a support, a rotor with a shaft and weighted body, a motor, and a resilient link between the shaft and the motor is positioned within the housing chamber. The vibrator also includes a resilient band to separate the vibrator from the housing inner surface. First and second adaptors are employed for the housing to be placed between the handle and the terminus of a concrete finishing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Frank Mikowychok
  • Publication number: 20170292230
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road paver with a paving screed with an adjustable height for installing a road surface layer and at least one holding device for carrying and positioning of at least one sensor unit, wherein the holding device has at least one swivel arm module for fastening the holding device on the road paver, at least one carrier arm module and at least one sensor module comprising the sensor unit, wherein the carrier arm module is fastened by means of a first clamping device on the swivel arm module and the sensor module by means of a second clamping device on the carrier arm module, and wherein the first and the second clamping device are formed respectively for a predetermined clamping force when the respective clamping devices are in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Ingo HERZBERG
  • Publication number: 20170292231
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road paver with a height-adjustable screed for installing a pavement layer and at least one support device for carrying and positioning at least one sensor unit. The support device comprises a center bar, at least one extension bar for the center bar, and at least one attachment unit which detachably attaches the extension bar at one end of the center bar. The center bar and the extension bar are by way of the attachment unit relative to one another—when viewed in the vertical projection plane—at a first mounting angle connectable to one another, and the center bar and the extension bar are by way of the attachment unit connectable to one another—when viewed in the vertical projection plane—at at least one further mounting angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Ingo HERZBERG
  • Publication number: 20170292232
    Abstract: A screed assembly for a paving machine is disclosed. The screed assembly includes a screed plate having a front edge, a first plate positioned in front of the front edge of the screed plate. The first plate defining having a first thickness. A temperature sensor is coupled to the first plate. The temperature sensor is configured to determine a temperature of a paving material, whereby the temperature of the paving material is measured before the paving material comes into contact with the screed plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Marsolek, Luke E. Graham
  • Publication number: 20170292233
    Abstract: A wearable computer is used for monitoring process data in road finishing. The wearable computer receives process data of the road finishing process. In the event of process data lying outside a predetermined range, the wearable computer effects alerting of the wearer of the wearable computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Marcus WATERMANN, Dominik BECHER
  • Publication number: 20170292234
    Abstract: A climbing inhibition system for inhibiting a person from vandalizing a bridge includes a bridge that has a lateral surface. The lateral surface has a ledge extending outwardly therefrom. A wedge is coupled to the lateral surface of the bridge. Thus, the wedge may inhibit a person from gaining a foothold on the ledge thereby inhibiting the person from defacing or vandalizing the lateral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Keith Palmer
  • Publication number: 20170292235
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle safety catch fence system, the system comprising: two or more posts; two or more longitudinal cables operatively coupled between the two or more posts; a transverse cable, wherein the transverse cable is operatively coupled to the two or more longitudinal cables; and two or more cable clamps, wherein the two or more cable clamps operatively couple the transverse cable to the two or more longitudinal cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: James Wesley Harris, Stephen Dail Swift
  • Publication number: 20170292236
    Abstract: A cleaning vehicle comprises a rolling chassis and a primary power source (13) in the form of a combustion engine which is able and configured to drive the vehicle. A suction installation (30) is provided which has an underpressure chamber (20) and a pump device (31,32,33) coupled thereto. The pump device comprises a primary pump unit (31,32) which draws its input power from the primary power source (13). In addition, the pump device comprises a secondary pump unit (33) which is optionally driven directly by a secondary power source in the form of an electric motor. The secondary power source (33) is supplied independently of the primary power source (13) by an electrical power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Jan STORM
  • Publication number: 20170292237
    Abstract: A tilt sensing and signaling device for a containment plow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Pro-Tech Manufacturing and Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Guggino, Robert M. Wansea, Paul E. Spencer
  • Publication number: 20170292238
    Abstract: In order to structurally simplify a frame that is a component of a door body and to reduce required levels of manufacturing precision and assembly precision, thereby reducing a manufacturing man-hour, provided is a floating flap gate 1 installed on a road surface rs at an entrance portion of a building or an underground space. An upward swinging support portion is composed of a bottom fitting 5, a resin plate 6 configured to support a door body 4 when the door body 4 is raised, a water cut-off film 13 covering the bottom fitting 5 and the resin plate 6, a first pressing plate 14, and a second pressing plate 16. The bottom fitting 5 has a convex circular arc-shaped surface 5a. The resin plate 6 has a concave circular arc-shaped surface 6a to be mated with the convex circular arc-shaped surface 5a of the bottom fitting 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiaki MORII, Toshikazu TANAKA, Takahide INAGAKI, Kyoichi NAKAYASU
  • Publication number: 20170292239
    Abstract: A pneumatic wheel attachment for an excavator boom that provides an efficient means for trench compaction. The pneumatic wheel attachment includes a pneumatic compaction wheel, a wheel yoke, and a boom mounting assembly. The pneumatic compaction wheel is a large tire with a large foot print. The wheel yoke holds and supports the pneumatic compaction wheel and includes a first leg, a second leg, and a connecting plate. The first leg and the second leg are positioned opposite to each other. The first leg is connected perpendicular to the connecting plate while the second leg is mounted perpendicular to the connecting plate. The pneumatic compaction wheel is rotatably mounted in between the first leg and the second leg with a rotation axis being oriented perpendicular to the first leg. The boom mounting assembly is adjacently connected to the connecting plate, opposite the first leg and the second leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Thomas Pierce, JR., Russell Dean Segner
  • Publication number: 20170292240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for ground-working at a bottom of a body of water and a cleaning device for cleaning an underwater ground-working apparatus. The cleaning device has an enclosing body which extends substantially from a bottom of a body of water to above the water surface and enclosing an inner space, along which the ground-working apparatus can be moved, and a separating device, through which in the enclosing body an upper portion of the inner space can be separated off to form a cleaning area, in which the ground-working apparatus can be received and soil and contamination cleaned from it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH
    Inventors: Ulli WIEDENMANN, Christoph SCHROEPPEL, Diego BELLATO
  • Publication number: 20170292241
    Abstract: A shovel includes an attachment including a working assembly, a diesel engine provided with a supercharger, an oil hydraulic pump connected to the diesel engine provided with the supercharger, and a controller that executes a preload boost function, wherein the preload boost function is for increasing boost pressure of the supercharger prior to increasing a hydraulic pressure load on the oil hydraulic pump, wherein a range accessible by a predetermined part of the attachment includes a partial range at which, upon the working assembly being operated, the preload boost function is to be executed and a partial range at which, upon the working assembly being operated, the preload boost function is not to be executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hideto MAGAKI, Kiminori SANO, Ryuji SHIRATANI
  • Publication number: 20170292242
    Abstract: A mining machine includes a frame, a boom, an elongated member supported by a pivot element for movement relative to the boom, and a digging attachment. The boom includes a first end coupled to the frame and a second end opposite the first end. The pivot element is positioned between the first end and the second end of the boom. The hoist rope includes a portion extending over the second end of the boom. The member includes a first end, a second end, a first portion proximate the first end of the member, and a second portion positioned between the first portion and the second end of the member. At least a portion of the second portion is oriented at an angle relative to the first portion. The digging attachment is coupled to the second end of the member and is supported by the hoist rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: William J. Hren, Nicholas R. Voelz
  • Publication number: 20170292243
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a hydraulic cylinder configured to drive an attachment, a hydraulic circuit configured to supply hydraulic oil to the hydraulic cylinder, an input device that is operated by an operator, and a controller configured to control the hydraulic circuit in at least one of a first control mode where the attachment is caused to generate a force corresponding to an operation amount of the input device and a second control mode where the attachment is driven at a velocity corresponding to the operation amount of the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Junichi OKADA, Takumi ITOH
  • Publication number: 20170292244
    Abstract: A grader blade attachment for a box scraper is disclosed. The box scraper includes a first side wall with a first side bottom edge, a second sidewall with a second sidewall bottom edge, and an open front and a back wall attached to and between the first side wall and the second side wall. The grader blade attachment includes a first side attachment member, a second side attachment member, an elongated blade attachment member, and a grader blade. The first side attachment member is configured to attach to the first side wall. The second side attachment member is configured to attach to the second side wall. The elongated blade attachment member is attached to and between the first side attachment member and the second side attachment. The grader blade is fixedly attached to the blade attachment member and configured to extend across the open front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Dwayne Atherton
  • Publication number: 20170292245
    Abstract: A low cost plow lift and down pressure system comprising a lift frame having a lift end and a mount end for securing to a plow vehicle. A lever beam articulates with a lift end of the lift frame. The system further comprises a; lift tension line, down pressure tension line, hydraulic pump, hydraulic cylinder, push frame, down pressure arm, and plow. A push frame extends between a plow and a lift frame. A lift tension line extends between a plow receiver near the plow and a lift receiver on the lever beam. A down pressure tension line extends between a first down pressure receiver on the lever beam to a second down pressure receiver located on a down pressure arm that is coupled to the push frame. Active extension and retraction of a first hydraulic cylinder causes consequent raising of the plow and plow down pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew P. Jewell, Peter Carl Menze, Stephen Robert Lang
  • Publication number: 20170292246
    Abstract: A system for laying an underwater pipeline on a bed of a body of water has a construction site to form a string of an underwater pipeline, the string being defined by a curved portion shaped substantially like a portion of the bed of the body of water characterized by an abrupt change in slope; at least two vessels to transfer, in the body of water, the string from the construction site to a laying site in the body of water and substantially on the vertical of a path along which to lay the string; and a plurality of floating devices configured to be coupled to the string and so as to selectively support and sink the string in the body of water, and progressively lay the string along the path on the bed of the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Diego Lazzarin, Alessio Mameli
  • Publication number: 20170292247
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle having a work implement includes a first operating lever for the work implement, a first operating member and a controller. The first operating member is provided on the first operating lever. The controller is configured to perform an automatic control of the work implement. The controller is configured to perform a function of the automatic control, which is allocated to the first operating member, in response to operating the first operating member when a performance condition, including that the first operating lever is located in a neutral position thereof, is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Takashi YOKOO, Yuki SHIMANO, Tomohiro NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170292248
    Abstract: An excavation measurement system includes a sensor to be mounted on excavation equipment to establish a light curtain in an excavation area, the light curtain to measure a parameter of the excavation area, and an interface to communicate the measure of the parameter of the excavation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Malachi D. Matson, Jonathan L. Matson, Jones Ahoi, William G. Arpin
  • Publication number: 20170292249
    Abstract: A control system for a work machine having an upper frame rotatably mounted to a lower frame includes a controller configured to limit a maximum speed of the machine when a rotation angle between the upper frame and the lower frame exceeds a first predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Lindsay Rees, Tobias Lippa, Thomas Spindler
  • Publication number: 20170292250
    Abstract: A construction machine management system in which a failure analysis or a failure-omen diagnosis of a machine body can be performed with a high degree accuracy and at a low cost is provided. In a machine body group of construction machines including at least one representative machine body having an engine control unit that detects a cumulative stress value of a diesel engine of the construction machine and a crankcase pressure sensor that detects a crankcase pressure, and at least one general machine body that has an engine control unit but does not have a crankcase pressure sensor, a center server performs a diagnosis of an omen of a failure state regarding the crankcase pressure of the general machine body based on correlation information between the cumulative stress value and the crankcase pressure obtained from the representative machine body and the cumulative stress value of the general machine body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Shinya SATO, Kentarou ITOGA, Masatoshi HOSHINO, Kouji ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170292251
    Abstract: A valve assembly for a faucet assembly includes a housing, a thermal motor and a sealing element. The housing includes a first inlet that receives water from a first source, a spout outlet in fluid connection with the first inlet, and a second inlet that receives water from a second source. The thermal motor is within the housing and imparts linear force in an axial direction. The sealing element is operably coupled to move in response to the imparted linear force, and is configured to engage a seating element to form a seal between the second inlet and the spout outlet. The seating element is disposed axially between the motor and the sealing element, and movement of the sealing element in the axial direction breaks the formed seal to allow fluid flow within the housing between the second inlet and the spout outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Scott E. Dolgos
  • Publication number: 20170292252
    Abstract: A retractable outlet device with mechanical guiding reset function, includes a support mechanism and an outlet mechanism that has an outlet portion, the end of the outlet portion is connected to a retractable flexible pipe which passes through the support mechanism to connect to a weight element. The end face of the outlet mechanism is contacted with the front end face of the support mechanism; the outlet mechanism and the support mechanism have a guiding device and a guiding groove; the guiding groove has continuously arranged guiding surfaces from the lowest position to the highest position; the guiding device and the guiding groove move relatively under the gravity of the weight element, making the guiding device move to the highest position of the guiding groove along the guiding surfaces, making the end face of the outlet mechanism contact the front end face of the support mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weihai MU, Chunjie HONG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170292253
    Abstract: A system and method of Touch Free Automatic faucet controlled by electronic sensors provides a Primary-Water-Flow-Mode, a Continue-Water-Flow-Mode, a Temperature-Control-Mode, a Faucet-Pause-Mode, an Adjust-Water-Flow-Mode and a Flow-Temperature-Default-Setting-Mode for users to control faucet water flow and water temperature without touching any parts of faucet body. The system comprises at least three electronic sensors, a logical processor circuit board, an electricity power supply package, a water flow control valve assembly, a temperature control valve assembly, at least one faucet body housing and at least one inlet fluid line. From the outputs of the sensors, the logical processor responds to the flow control valve assembly and to the temperature control valve assembly to control water flow and temperature to the faucet spout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: CHUNG-CHIA CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170292254
    Abstract: A P-trap plumbing connection is positioned within a housing and a method of installation involves mounting the housing either on a wall or within a wall. When this method is used the space below a sink or inside a cabinet is no longer occupied to the same degree by the p-trap and drain piping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: George N. GOGOULIS
  • Publication number: 20170292255
    Abstract: A mounting part for an apparatus to be mounted into a cut-out of a countertop includes a rail member having a front wall with a plurality of notches, and a latch member defining an internal cross-sectional space for receiving the rail member in a manner such that the latch member is able to travel along the rail member. The latch member has a front wall with an extension having a terminal end that extends inwardly towards the rail member and which is adapted to be seated in one of the notches, with the latch member being pivotable with respect to the front wall of the rail member. A catch member is pivotably secured to the latch member, the catch member having an end edge for contacting the underside of a countertop. The mounting part also includes a pull member for pulling the latch member and the catch member upwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NINGBO AFA KITCHEN AND BATH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: WENGAO XU
  • Publication number: 20170292256
    Abstract: A seamless undermount sink system includes a solid countertop having a sink mounting aperture defining an inner periphery disposed therethrough. The system also includes a sink having a sidewall with a rimless upper edge defining an outer periphery therearound. A mounting assembly is attached to a portion of the sink, and an interface is formed between the sink and the solid countertop. A sealing assembly is disposed in the interface between the rimless upper edge of the sink and the solid countertop to prevent water, food, or other debris from getting in between the sink and the solid countertop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Mehmet Hocaoglu
  • Publication number: 20170292257
    Abstract: A toilet tank washbasin and faucet system that rests on top of a toilet tank is described by way of example. The faucet dispenses water intended to fill the toilet tank over a drain that leads into the toilet tank. The faucet is useful to a person for washing their hands with the water dispensed from the faucet to advantageously provide a second use of the water before flushing down the toilet. Generally described is a basin that sits atop an open toilet tank. A faucet having a nozzle end is attached to the basin via a keyed member that a) positions the nozzle end over a drain in the basin and b) prevents rotation of the faucet when attached to the basin, the drain leads into the toilet tank. Water is provided to a flexible tube that attaches to a bowl refill tube. The flexible tube extends through the faucet and terminates essentially at the nozzle end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Culver Winston Van Der Jagt, Edward Lafe Altshuler