Patents Issued in November 2, 2017
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Publication number: 20170313481Abstract: Provided is a lid of a fermented beverage container which has a gas discharge space part into which a transformation member transformed depending on a change in internal pressure of the fermented beverage container and has a through-hole so as to transfer the internal pressure of the fermented beverage container to the gas discharge space part to maintain airtightness while discharging carbonic-acid gas continuously generated from fermented beverage included in the fermented beverage container to the outside of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Moo Chol KIM
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Publication number: 20170313482Abstract: The present invention provides a packaging container for bulk solids. The container comprises a container body having a container wall extending from a container bottom to a container opening in a height direction of the container. The container wall and the container bottom delimit an inner space in the container, and a first peelable or tearable sealing membrane being attached to an inner surface of the container wall forms a roof over a first inner compartment in the inner space. A second peelable or tearable sealing membrane is applied between the first peelable or tearable sealing membrane and an edge of the container opening and is attached to the inner surface of the container wall. The first peelable or tearable sealing membrane forms a floor of a second inner compartment in the inner space and the second peelable or tearable sealing membrane forms a roof over the second inner compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Å&R Carton Lund AktiebolagInventors: Henrik Herlin, Simon Holka, Eva Sunning
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Publication number: 20170313483Abstract: A venting liner is connectable in fluid communication between a closure and an interior of a device for venting gas from the interior into the ambient atmosphere. The venting liner has a first fluid impervious and gas permeable outer layer, a second relatively rigid and substantially incompressible outer layer defining an open cell structure, and an inner foam layer defining an inner surface and an outer surface, a plurality of fluid-flow apertures spaced relative to each other, extending between the inner and outer surfaces, and forming substantially vertical fluid-flow paths through the inner layer. The first outer layer is in fluid communication with the interior of the device for venting gas through the interior of the first outer layer, substantially vertically through the apertures and, in turn, through the interior open cell structure of the second outer layer and into the ambient atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Edward D Walsh
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Publication number: 20170313484Abstract: A lashing belt comprises a belt body having a fixed end and a free end and a fixed part connected with the fixed end of the belt body. The fixed part comprises a first head portion including a first snap hole and a first snap disposed in the first snap hole and a second head portion including a second snap hole and a second snap disposed in the second snap hole. The belt body comprises a plurality of skew teeth on a surface of the belt body, the first and second snaps respectively comprise a plurality of ratchets, and the axes of the first and second snap holes are parallel with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Tong NA
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Publication number: 20170313485Abstract: A cushioning material and a method to make the same is disclosed. The cushioning material includes: a cellulose base sheet; a co-layer binder disposed on the cellulose base sheet; and a plurality of discrete cuts disposed in the cellulose base sheet, wherein the cellulose base sheet is configured to be expanded and locked using heat activation and a solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Create Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas P. De Luca
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Publication number: 20170313486Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a container for washing and/or cleaning agents from a water-soluble material and to a container that is obtained in accordance with the method as contemplated herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventor: Ingomar HENNING
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Publication number: 20170313487Abstract: A tray system for stacking layers of non-structural bottles is provided. The system includes a plurality of generally rectangular plastic trays for supporting bottles, and a plurality of sleeves, where each sleeve is positioned about the perimeter of a tray to support a like tray above it.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Benjamin Joel Thompson, Stephen Roland Howe
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Publication number: 20170313488Abstract: The inventors have discovered that certain hot melt adhesives can be used to form a stable stacked pallet that can limit the need for additional packaging materials e.g. inter-layer and pallet wrap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Nattavud Hirunyachoke, Monthon Tabthong, Thanongdet Semma
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Publication number: 20170313489Abstract: A flexible package having a tamper evident product authentication label secured thereto and methods of making the same are disclosed. The package includes at least one panel having a heat seal line. The label has an outer surface with authentication indicia appearing thereon and an inner surface adhesively secured to the package adjacent the heat seal line. The label includes peripheral portions that are frangible, with one of the frangible peripheral portions of the label being located within a portion of the area made up by the heat seal line. Accordingly, attempted removal of the label from the package will cause said label to tear, leaving at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the label secured to the package to thereby prevent reuse of the label.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Travis Christopher Blose
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Publication number: 20170313490Abstract: A buffering inflatable packaging bag includes a containing part and an isolating part that are composed of an inflatable plastic capsule; a containing cavity of containing part is folded by the inflatable plastic capsule along a length direction of a bar-shaped inflatable chamber, and a folded portion is sealed along both sides of the inflatable plastic capsule; a circle of a first thermally sealing line is provided at one end of containing part distal from the opening of containing part; one end of isolating part is provided on one side of the opening of containing part. The packaging has a low cost and simplified processing. One product can package and fix the body and the accessories simultaneously, thereby avoiding the breakage of inner package. The accessories can be placed above the body, thereby avoiding the phenomenon that the intensity of pressure is excessive to cause damage to the body/accessories.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: GREEN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY (JIANG SU) CO., LTD.Inventor: CHENG TANG
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Publication number: 20170313491Abstract: In a zig-zag folded stack of paper web, particularly a stack of recycling paper web, wherein at least one fold of the zag folded stack of paper web is provided with a perforation-tie-row, wherein the ties of the fold coupled to folding-web-she folded above one another, wherein the fold tie in the perforation, each, comprise a maximal longitudinal direction [respective] in the longitudinal fold direction, it is provided that at least one section of a fold comprises a perforation-fold-row of at least five alternatingly arranged ties and perforations, wherein a ratio of a summed up combined longitudinal extension of the folding ties within the section in relation to a summed up combined longitudinal extension of the perforations of the same number within the folding section is larger than or equal to 0.8, preferably larger than or equal to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier- und Wellpappenwerk Wellpappenwerke & Co.Inventor: Andreas Sprick-Schuette
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Publication number: 20170313492Abstract: Systems and methods for making an insulating container having at least one cavity in a lid insulating structure or base insulating structure and having at least one vacuum insulated panel disposed within the at least one cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Christopher M. Keller, Edward Abante, Dustin Bullock, Matthew Neeley, Mark Carlson Rane, James William Sonntag, Dennis Zuck
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Publication number: 20170313493Abstract: A container is formed to include an interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Chris K. LESER, Philip A. DRISKILL, Charles T. WALLACE, John B. EULER, Jason J. PALADINO, Milan C. MARAVICH, Daniel O. DAVIS, Jeffrey A. MANN, Randy A. BOWLDS
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Publication number: 20170313494Abstract: The present invention concerns a flexible package which is designed to contain a product, for instance a spice or a cosmetic product, wherein the flexible package is joined together to create a closed package. A dosage device is further arranged on an inner face of the closed package, said dosage device comprising an elastic dosage membrane, which elastic dosage membrane, over at least a part of its width and length, is provided with a number of incisions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Dag H. GUNDERSEN
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Publication number: 20170313495Abstract: A non-durable flexible container can include a first film wall including a first portion comprising at least one first structural support member defined in the first film wall, and a second portion that is free of a structural support member. The container can further include a second film wall including at least one second structural support member defined in the second film wall, wherein at least a portion of the first structural support member is adjacent to at least a portion of the second structural support member to define a seam region, and a side of the seam region defines an edge of the non-durable flexible container. The container can also include a closed produce volume defined between first and second film walls; and a seam projecting outwardly from the seam region at an intersection of the first and second film walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Scott Kendyl Stanley, Charles John Berg, JR., Kenneth Stephen McGuire, Lee Mathew Arent, Benjamin Jacob Clare, Marc Richard Bourgeois, Tadayoshi Ishihara, Joseph Craig Lester, Andrew Paul Rapach
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Publication number: 20170313496Abstract: A filter for capsules for making espresso coffee by passing pressurised hot water through ground coffee powder, the filter (2) being rigid or semi-rigid, bowl-shaped and comprising a first base wall (3), a first lateral wall (4), a first upper edge (5) and a plurality of passages passing through it and which comprise an inlet section (10) facing towards an inner part (6) of the bowl and an outlet section (11) facing towards an outer part (7) of the bowl, at least the inlet sections (10) of the passages being made in parts of the filter (2) which are radially separated from the central axis by a distance equal to at least two thirds of the minimum radial distance of the first lateral wall (4) from the central axis; and a capsule comprising said filter (2) near to a second base wall (16) of it.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: GIOVANNI ZACCANTI
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Publication number: 20170313497Abstract: A material storage unit including a bin having a bottom end, a top end, and a sidewall extending therebetween and defining an interior configured to hold particulates, where a portion of the sidewall defines an angular air flow vent having a top air inlet and a bottom air inlet. The material storage unit further includes a fill line inlet extending through one or both of the bottom end of the bin or the sidewall of the bin and in fluid communication with the interior, a venting outlet extending through one or both of the top end of the bin or the sidewall of the bin and in fluid communication with the interior, and a discharge outlet extending through the bottom end of the bin and in fluid communication with the interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Austin Carl SCHAFFNER, Bryan Chapman LUCAS, Wesley John WARREN
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Publication number: 20170313498Abstract: A heavy-duty, thermoplastic storage bin comprises a rectilinear base, spaced columns integrally formed with the base, and rectangular end and side panels that are foldable and erectable with respect to the base. At least one of the panels is detachable from the base. At least one central column having an integral portion protrudes upwardly from an upper base surface and is interlockable with a corresponding side panel at a bottom center region, for generating a sufficiently high sagging resisting moment. In a method for emptying the bin, the base is supported by a forklift, after the bin has been loaded with desired products. Following a material handling operation by the forklift, a tilting device carried by the forklift is operated to sufficiently change a disposition of the bin such that the loaded products are caused to be emptied while a side panel remains engaged with the central and corner columns.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Lee Mallan
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Publication number: 20170313499Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for blending multi-component granular compositions such as proppant used in hydraulic fracturing in well drilling. The system includes the control and management of an on-site storage system for each of the components, regulating the delivery of specified quantities of each component to a well site, and coordinating the flow of materials into and out of the blender.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Tamara Hughes, Terry McIver, John Cunningham, William Vaughn Managan, II, Joe Daniel Matkowski
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Publication number: 20170313500Abstract: A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has at least one track supported by each side of the container. The container has dunnage supports extending between corresponding tracks at the same level. At least one lockable crossbar assembly has one or more locking assemblies to fix the position of the lockable crossbar assembly relative to the tracks. Dunnage may hang from the dunnage supports for supporting products during storage or shipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Judson A. Bradford, Allen L. Burns, Matthew S. Sanger
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Publication number: 20170313501Abstract: A container for holding product therein during shipment and for reuse has multiple levels of tracks supported by each side of the container. At least one of the tracks on each side may be linear, generally U-shaped and/or L-shaped. Dunnage supports and at least one lockable crossbar assembly travel along corresponding tracks at the same level. At least one lockable crossbar assembly has locking assemblies to fix the position of the lockable crossbar assembly relative to the tracks. Dunnage hangs from at least some of the dunnage supports for supporting products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Judson A. Bradford, Allen L. Burns, Matthew S. Sanger
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Publication number: 20170313502Abstract: System for joining containers for a first container (1) with doors at the front and rear thereof and a second container (2) with at least one door at the rear thereof, attached by the smaller sides, which comprises four hooks (3) on the four corners of the containers (1, 2), a plurality of sheets (4, 5) on the interior edge at the rear of the containers (1, 2) fixable to both and which cover the entire interior perimeter of the containers (1, 2), and means for adjusting the identification number of the containers (1, 2). The means for adjusting the identification number can comprise a series of electronic screens (101, 102) on each container (1, 2) with two control units (102, 202), power sources, and communication means between the control units (102, 202) and optionally a contact (103, 203) in the support area of a sheet (4, 5).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jesús GARCÍA LOPEZ, Juan A. URETA PEREZ, Francisco José AGUILAR FERRER
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Publication number: 20170313503Abstract: A waste or recycling container system is disclosed. The container system includes a container and a rigid liner for inserting into the container. The liner includes a supporting structure provided on a wall of the liner. The liner also includes bag retention structures. The liner is capable of being placed in the container in a first position and a second position. In the first position, the bag retention structures are below an opening of the container. In the second position, the supporting structure rests on a resting portion of the container walls and the liner is elevated with respect to the first position such that the bag retention structures are above the opening of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Craig Busch
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Publication number: 20170313504Abstract: A mobile waste storage device is disclosed. The mobile waste storage device includes a storage body and a pair of cover sections. The storage body includes a waste receiving space and a plurality of body fastener receiving passageways. The pair of cover sections is flexibly attached to the storage body and is extendable over each other when covering the waste receiving space. Each cover section includes a cover fastener receiving passageway extending through an end thereof and positioned to correspond with another cover fastener receiving passageway extending through an opposite cover section and one of the plurality of body fastener receiving passageways when the pair of cover sections overlap to cover the waste receiving space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: New Heights LLCInventor: Aaron Jay Beiler
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Publication number: 20170313505Abstract: A solid waste bag unit for solid waste of an analyzer is disclosed. The solid waste bag unit comprises a bag, and an insert, wherein the insert is arranged within the bag. Further, an analyzer and a method for removing solid waste of an analyzer are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Roche Molecular System, Inc.Inventors: Lennart Behrmann, Stefan Brändli, Thomas Knecht, André Peter
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Publication number: 20170313506Abstract: System and method of managing waste at waste transfer stations. Open faced bins allow human entry for sorting, segregation or quarantining waste before it is moved to or mixed with bulk waste stations. Bins are located in covered or uncovered bays located away from waste stations. Stops and guides for precise and safe placement of bins in bays are provided. Bins have quick hitch connection points. To collect, store and redirect leachates in bins, a liquid capture zone and drain hole is provided. Bay design prevents public access to machine areas and adjacent bays.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Brian Jason David LACEY
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Publication number: 20170313507Abstract: A trash compacting assembly which is selectably coupled to a conventional front loader trash receptacle and operates to compact material disposed in the trash receptacle. The trash compacting assembly includes a base plate sized to sit on top of the top opening of the target trash receptacle, an electrical press operative to selectively generate vertical movement, a guiding system operative to transfer vertical movement from, and a compacting plate for compressing material. In operation, when the trash compacting assembly is locked in place on a target trash receptacle, a user can actuate the electrical press to cause vertical movement generated by the electrical press to be transferred to the compacting plate, by way of the guiding system, thereby moving the compacting plate such that it compresses material in the target receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Adan Cano
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Publication number: 20170313508Abstract: A foldable support sleeve that is deployable inside of a waste bag to support the waste bag includes a first side foldably connected to a second side, the second side foldably connected to a third side, the third side foldably connected to a fourth side, and the fourth side foldably connected to a fifth side. The foldable support sleeve may be foldable into a pre-deployed state and into a deployed state. The pre-deployed state may be associated with a first cross section that is smaller than a second cross section associated with the deployed state. The second cross section may be approximately equal to a cross section associated with the waste bag. The fifth side may help retain the foldable support sleeve in the deployed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Larry V. Weathers, Linda H. Weathers
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Publication number: 20170313509Abstract: A trashcan configured with compartments and sensors in association with a lighting apparatus operable to make it easier to detect when the trashcan is full and the compartment makes it easier to reach the trash bags and change it conveniently, the trash bag compartment can be used to store waste bags such as waste from pets. The trashcan is an embodiments in accordance with the present invention to enable an interactive trashcan application and security system, method, and device for monitoring a trash controlled environment and for detecting an emergency condition in the controlled environment and generating a response based on the existence of the trash emergency condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Jacqueline Mshamma
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Publication number: 20170313510Abstract: An animal resistant dumpster is described. Embodiments of the animal resistant dumpster include a lid rotatably coupled to a refuse container. The lid can be locked in a closed position by a pair of rotatable hooks. To open the lid, and empty the refuse container, the rotatable hooks can be disengaged by rotating the dumpster past parallel allowing the hooks to rotate due to gravity. The lid can include a pair of slidable doors to dispose of refuse into the refuse container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Arlan Peckham
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Publication number: 20170313511Abstract: The invention relates to a storage rack for accommodating cuboid-shaped piece goods such as loaded standard pallets or standard containers, comprising front and rear vertical support elements (1, 4), storage lanes extending over the rack depth, which are provided with at least two horizontal profiled supporting elements (10), which are arranged parallel to each other, in order to provide supports (11) for the piece goods, and stop elements (7) at the ends of the storage lanes facing away from the placement-into-storage and removal-from-storage ends, wherein the stop elements (7) are located at a level above the level of the supports (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: NEDCON B.V.Inventors: Edwin Rauwerdink, Mark Assink, Jan Willem Frederiks
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Publication number: 20170313512Abstract: A transport vehicle includes a pair of top arms that extend and retract, a pair of guides disposed below the pair of top arms, an adjuster that changes a spacing between the pair of guides, a cargo placement surface disposed below the pair of guides, a clamping detector that detects whether or not the cargo is being held between the pair of guides, and a controller. The controller pulls the cargo onto the cargo placement surface, then causes the adjuster to start a positioning operation as an operation to reduce a spacing between the pair of guides, and stops the positioning operation when the clamping detector detects that the cargo is being held between the pair of guides.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Akinori MIYAGAWA
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Publication number: 20170313513Abstract: Of the type capable of being combined side by side with other similar units and compose an installation for storage, movement and dispatching of several volumes which can be packaged in boxes which are stacked on each module, each base comprising a structural module (1) with three functional sections that constitute real pavements, one lower (2) referred as ground floor, one intermediate defined as first floor (3) and one upper defined as support level (4), the latter has support locks (5) for the stacked boxes (6); each one of the two pavements (2and 3) are equally provide with four rails segments (7) and (8), on which work at least one movement robot (10) and one lifting robot (9); all this set is combined with other equal units fitted on all or any of its four sides, this combination also coincides with the alignment between all the rails (7) and (8) by configuring paths in the four directions of each structural module and which constitutes routes for the robots (9 and 10); said robots combine to remove thType: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Carmine Alexandre Cifelli
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Publication number: 20170313514Abstract: An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: ALERT INNOVATION INC.Inventors: John G. Lert, JR., William J. Fosnight
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Publication number: 20170313515Abstract: A release device may include a lifting and pre-stopping element having an upper sliding surface, the part coupled to a drive such that the sliding surface is movable over the sliding plane into an enabled position and at the level of the sliding plane into a blocked position, the part having a stop which in the enabled position protrudes beyond the sliding plane. A blocking element, behind the part in the sliding direction, has an upper blocking element sliding surface, a blocking edge protruding beyond the sliding plane, and an extendable/retractable block coupled to the drive such that the block is movable below the blocking element sliding surface into an enabled position and above the blocking element sliding surface into a blocked position. The blocking edge may be in front of the block in the sliding direction, preventing contact between the piece good and the block in the blocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Christoph HELLENBRAND, Dietmar GROSS, Stephan Johann BROKONIER
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Publication number: 20170313516Abstract: An order management apparatus holds storage rack information in which identification information of articles and identification information of storage racks holding the articles are registered, identifies identification information of storage racks holding articles identified by identification information of articles included in the received orders with reference to the storage rack information, creates order groups from the received orders to satisfy a condition that orders for which identification information on the same storage rack is identified belong to the same order group, so as to transport the storage racks in a minimum number of trips to the workstation, notifies the worker in the workstation of orders belonging to one of the created order groups, and sends a transport instruction to the transport vehicle to transport a storage rack holding an article in at least one order belonging to the order group the worker in the workstation is notified of.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Yoriko KAZAMA, Junichi KIMURA
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Publication number: 20170313517Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments that may facilitate retrieval of items from a storage location. A robotic drive unit transports a receptacle to be proximate to a target storage unit that comprises an item. The robotic drive unit moves an item mover to transfer the item from the target storage unit to the receptacle. The robotic drive unit transports the item in the receptacle to a destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: RISHABH AGARWAL, VENKATARAMANAN SUBRAMANIAN, MUSTAFA MUSTANSIR HUSSAIN, AHMED SHAREEF, VIKAS VISHWANATHAM
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Publication number: 20170313518Abstract: A rolling cart has a wheeled frame, telescoping vertically extendable members with glide strips, and a tiltable frame having glide strips interspersed with transfer balls to easily slide slabs or sheet materials for construction such as when installing countertops. A method is also described for measuring a minuend desired install height, subtracting a geometrically predetermined subtrahend, and adjusting the height from a floor surface to a pivot axis on the cart to equal the difference, said adjustment being effected by powered lifting means incorporated or ancillary to the cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Aaron Crowley, Roger Crowley
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Publication number: 20170313519Abstract: The present invention provides a rail conveyor system of the type having a rail track (9) including a delivery run (1) extending between a loading end (5) and a discharge end (6) and a return run (12) extending from the discharge end (6) to the loading end (5), a plurality of carriages (8) spaced apart from one another and arranged to run on wheels (24) supported by the track (9), and a continuous carry belt (10) supported by the carriages (8); wherein, at least at the discharge end (6), the carriages (8) are turned around to return to the loading end (5) by being entrained around only one or more vertical turnover wheels (7) arranged such that the carriages (7) are delivered to the return run (12) beneath the delivery run (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Newcastle Innovation LimitedInventor: Craig Anthony Wheeler
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Publication number: 20170313520Abstract: Embodiments of a mobile carrier monitoring apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more mobile carriers configured to receive items being manufactured in its interior and configured be moved by a transport system to multiple positions within a manufacturing facility. A mobile carrier control system is positioned in the interior or on the exterior of each mobile carrier, as are one or more sensors that are coupled to the mobile carrier control system. A communication system is positioned in the interior or on the exterior of each mobile carrier and communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and to the mobile carrier control system, and an electrical power system positioned in the interior or on the exterior of each mobile carrier and coupled to deliver electrical power to the mobile carrier control system, to the one or more sensors, and to the communication system. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Shih-An Tsai, Li-Peng Wang, Tsung-Kuan A. Chou
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Publication number: 20170313521Abstract: Conveying equipment with utilization of a conveying traveling body includes a conveying traveling body which includes a plurality of trolleys in a traveling direction and a load bar connecting these trolleys and a friction drive section which is provided in the traveling path of the conveying traveling body. The load bar is provided immediately below a pair of left and right guide rails for supporting and guiding the conveying traveling body, and a friction drive wheel which is pressure-contacted with a side surface of the load bar to propel the conveying traveling body in the friction drive section is arranged below the guide rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Takashi Okamura, Yasuhiro Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20170313522Abstract: A motorized conveyor system comprising: (a) one or more electrical motors that create movement in the conveyor system; (b) one or more rechargeable batteries that power the one or more electrical motors in the conveyor system; (c) one or more rollers that are driven by the one or more electrical motors; (d) two frames holding the one or more rollers driven by the one or more electrical motors; (e) one or more motor control electronic circuitry elements connected to the one or more rechargeable batteries; and (f) charging system circuitry connected to the one or more rechargeable batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Kamran Ramezani
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Publication number: 20170313523Abstract: Provided is a conveyor belt wear monitoring system capable of determining the wear condition of an upper rubber cover of a conveyor belt. When the conveyor belt is stopped, on the return side of the conveyor belt, a wear detector with a sensor unit corresponding to an upper cover rubber is disposed, the wear detector is controlled by a control unit to move across an entire length in a belt width direction and the distance from the sensor unit and a surface of the upper cover rubber is detected, the detected data is received by a calculation unit, and an amount of wear of the upper cover rubber is calculated on the basis of the received data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Gang Hou
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Publication number: 20170313524Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a pneumatic conveyance system used to transport particulate material. The pneumatic conveyance system includes a material-introduction device for introducing particulate material into a convey line, and a motive air source for generating an air flow to propel the particulate material through the convey line. The cleaning system comprises a projectile comprising a cleaning surface for cleaning an interior of the convey line as the projectile travels through the convey line, a launcher for injecting the projectile into the convey line, with the launcher being coupled with the convey line at a position upstream from the material-introduction device, and a catcher vessel for receiving the projectile upon said projectile exiting the convey line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jonathan O. THORN, Russell A. HEINEN
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Publication number: 20170313525Abstract: A rail-road intermodal freight system. In an embodiment, a conveyor system is provided for placing rail cars in a position for loading shipping containers thereon, while an over-the-road trailer is secured to the rail car. Rail cars have a frame with a front end and a rear end, and a bogie having at least four flanged rail wheels is pivotally mounted to the rear of the frame of the rail car. A method for unloading the rail cars includes lifting the front of the frame of the rail cars and pivoting the rail cars by an angle alpha from the track direction at an unloading area, and lowering the front end of the frame to the ground to allow truck access to trailers on the rail car. By utilizing the method, efficient loading and unloading of train involved in intermodal shipments may save considerable time, and thus reduce costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: SEA-TRAIN EXPRESS - LLCInventor: David KUN
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Publication number: 20170313526Abstract: A drive coupling assembly includes a housing having a first wall, a second wall, a first end and a second end. A first aperture extends through the second wall adjacent to the first end and a second aperture extending through the second wall adjacent to the second end. The first aperture receives a motor drive shaft and the second aperture receives a sweep drive shaft. Each of the first and second apertures has one of a pair of sprocket hubs aligned therewith. A pair of drive hubs each has an opening extending therethrough and each opening engages one of the motor or sweep drive shafts. The drive hubs have a plurality of pins thereon extending into corresponding slots in the sprocket hubs. A continuous belt engages the sprocket hubs. The slots each have a length allowing limited rotation of the sprocket hubs with respect to the drive hubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Sioux Steel CompanyInventor: Chris Nelson
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Publication number: 20170313527Abstract: A simplified submerged chain conveyor system for handling ash produced by large-scale coal fired boilers. The system incorporates an endless chain conveyor system moving a coal/ash aqueous mixture within a conveyor segment having a hydraulically closed duct. The system is adapted for retrofit applications of existing coal-fired boiler installations. In each embodiment the chain conveyor elevates the aqueous ash solution to dewater the ash. In several embodiments the boiler ash hopper is partially flooded with water and the system moves the ash mixture through a water column to the dewatering section. In one embodiment the ash mixture is not submersed but is subjected to water sprays before reaching the dewatering section. Great flexibility is provided in locating and positioning the conveyor system. One unit may be implemented to provide ash handling for multiple boilers. Embodiments are described operable in continuous or batch mode processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Loius A. Zotti, Randy Jay Reynolds, Manfred Reinsch, Karl Josef Zeitler, Austin Tyler Little
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Publication number: 20170313528Abstract: A sheet material feeding device includes: a housing; a cassette configured to accommodate a sheet material therein and capable of being pulled out of the housing; a pushing-up plate which is on the cassette and configured to fluctuate and a position thereof is changed to a feeding position or a retracted position; a rear-end regulating member for regulating a position of an upstream end of the sheet material; a rear-end displacement member which is supported by the rear-end regulating member and configured to fluctuate and a position thereof is changed to a feeding position or a retracted position; a pushing-up plate displacing device configured to change the position of the pushing-up plate to the feeding position; and a rear-end displacement member displacing device configured to complete a position change of the rear-end displacement member to the feeding position before a position change of the pushing-up plate to the feeding position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Shuan YANG, Junichi TANIMOTO, Yuki DOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20170313529Abstract: The present invention provides, in various embodiments, a batch feeder and a method for stocking and gravity conveying of piece goods made of flat material. A feeder pit comprises an upper opening for inputting the piece goods in batches, a lower opening for extraction of the piece goods, and at least two lateral pit delimitations, which are located opposite to one another, for guiding of the piece goods. As carrying structures for supporting the piece goods on one side, that are arranged on top of each other as floors and that protrude into the feeder pit, are formed on at least one of the pit delimitations, the piece goods can be retained alternatingly on the carrying structures in an easy way and move up respectively for each floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Jörg Sander, Roland Treu, Josef Weis
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Publication number: 20170313530Abstract: To enable placement of a regulating member which regulates a position of an end of a paper sheet at a desired position, and stable sheet feeding. A fixing member for standard size (33) is guided to engage with a fixing hole for standard size (42) and, in a state where the fixing member for standard size (33) positions a trailing end regulator (24), a fixing member for non-standard size (34) does not engage with a rack aear (43).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiko Fuse, Shoichi Zensai, Takehito Osada