Patents Issued in December 7, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170350067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus, including a communication unit to transmit or receive information related to a usage history of the clothes treating apparatus, a memory to store the information related to the usage history, an air supply device to heat air supplied into an accommodation space of the clothes treating apparatus, and a controller to extract a use time zone of the clothes treating apparatus based on the information related to the usage history, drive the air supply device in a preset pattern within the extracted use time zone, and stop an operation of the clothes treating apparatus at a time zone except for the extracted use time zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Hongki CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170350068
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an imitation leather banded structure with noctilucence. The method has following steps: (1) providing an object with a surface; (2) coating a primer layer on the surface; (3) coating a shielding layer and a colored layer sequentially on the primer layer via a color printing mode; (4) coating a predetermined pattern on the colored layer; and (5) covering a transparent ink layer, and performing an imitation leather printing via a UV mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Chun-Hao CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170350069
    Abstract: A sheet like article produced from a polyurethane resin has a carbonate group and an oxycarbonyl group as ester groups and has uniform, elegant surface quality, a flexible, highly crease recoverable texture, and high resistance to light and hydrolysis, and also provided is a production method therefore. The sheet like article is produced by adding, as a binder, a polyurethane resin that meets requirements (I) and (II) to a fibrous base material formed mainly of ultrafine fibers: (I) a polyurethane resin such that the polyurethane resin contains, in its interior, an oxycarbonyl group and a carbonate group as ester groups; (II) a polyurethane resin such that the sum of the content of the urethane group and the content of the urea group in the polyurethane resin is 7.0 to 11.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunichiro Nakai, Hisashi Murahara, Yukihiro Matsuzaki, Makoto Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20170350070
    Abstract: Provided is a textile printing paper for use in a paper printing method, the textile printing paper being excellent in color development on a printing substrate, transferred unevenness suppressing property and strike-through resistance while satisfying the requirements for adhesiveness of a printed paper to a printing substrate. The textile printing paper comprises a base paper and a glue layer on a surface of the base paper, the base paper having a sizing degree of 10 g/m2 to 40 g/m2 as measured according to JIS P 8140:1998.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Shinichiro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170350071
    Abstract: A twisted wire manufacturing method for manufacturing a twisted wire, includes hanging U-turn portions of the at least two wires on a wire hanging member, checking one end portions and the other end portions of the at least two wires, pulling up the at least two wires in a state that the U-turn portions are hung on the wire hanging member, twisting the at least two wires together after the wire pull-up step is conducted, and transferring a twist-completed wire produced by the wire twisting step to a twisted wire temporary placement hook which is disposed above the wire hanging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Miyoshi Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20170350072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the removal of hemicelluloses from paper-grade alkaline pulp thereby upgrading the pulp e.g. into dissolving-grade pulp using a combination of enzyme treatment, hot caustic extraction and optionally one or more bleaching steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Lund, Pedro Emanuel Garcia Loureiro, Jaroslav Slavik
  • Publication number: 20170350073
    Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes an impeller mill, a first sieve, a first belt, a rotary body, a second sieve, a second belt, and a heating roller. The impeller mill defibrates a raw material containing fiber and discharges a defibrated material. The first sieve screens the defibrated material by causing the defibrated material to pass through a first net. The defibrated material passing through the first sieve is deposited on the first belt to form a web. The rotary body has a protrusion radially protruded from a rotation center and divides the web by rotation to form a subdivided body. The second sieve refines the subdivided body by causing the subdivided body to pass through the second net to form a web. The refined subdivided body is deposited on the second belt to form a web. The heating roller heats the web from the second belt to form a sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Naoko OMAGARI, Naotaka HIGUCHI, Masahide NAKAMURA, Minoru OTAGIRI
  • Publication number: 20170350074
    Abstract: Discloses is a packaging paper for food having a grammage between 20 g/m2 and 40 g/m2, and having a filler content of less than 20 wt. % relative to the weight of the uncoated paper. On at least one side the packaging paper has a coating that contains a vegetable oil encapsulated in a polymer, and also talc and a binder. Both sides of the finished packaging paper have a Cobb 60 value of 14 g/m2 to 22 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Hannes Kinast
  • Publication number: 20170350075
    Abstract: The invention relates to the papermaking art and, in particular, to the manufacture of paper substrates, paper-containing articles such as file folders, having improved reduction or inhibition in the growth of microbes, mold and/or fungus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventors: Victor P. Holbert, SANDEEP KULKARNI, RICHARD C. WILLIAMS, RICHARD D. FABER
  • Publication number: 20170350076
    Abstract: The present invention provides multi-ply creped tissue products, and in particular embodiments creped wet pressed tissue products, having substantially higher per-ply basis weights, such as from about 20 to about 30 gsm, without the negative effects often associated with higher basis weight. As such, the tissue products are generally soft and flexible, having a softness value (measured as TS7) less than about 12.0 and a Stiffness Index less than about 20. While being soft and flexible, the instant tissue products are durable enough to withstand use, such as having a GMT greater than about 600 g/3? and a Burst Index greater than about 12.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Oriol Margo Moreno, John Alexander Werner, IV, Steven J. Hickey, Paul David Bradford, Cristiano Bobba, Giovanni Massarotti
  • Publication number: 20170350077
    Abstract: A rail fastener comprises a rail support in a form of a bracket secured to a rail base and an lever oriented in perpendicular to the rail longitudinal axis, wherein one end of the lever is articulated to the bracket by a silentblock and the other end comprises a rail mounting platform equipped with limiters of the rail displacement in the direction perpendicular to the rail track axis. The rail is secured to the rail support by two clips disposed astride the rail. Some ends of the clips are taken under the lower surface of the rail platform, while the other ends abut on the upper surface of the rail flange via hexagonal adjusters each having an orifice located eccentrically in relation to the hexagon axis and receiving the other end of the clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Boris Vladimilenovich NAUMOV
  • Publication number: 20170350078
    Abstract: A portable railroad spike remover comprises an extractor that is shaped to engage and secure a railroad spike previously installed into a rail tie. A drive shaft is connected to the extractor such that as the drive shaft is rotated, the extractor is vertically raised and lowered within a main column. The extractor may have an opening extending through at least one side to engage the railroad spike.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy J. Benjamin, Kristopher Andre Alonzo, Trevor Lee-Michael Barnby, Samuel Horace Gantt, Jonathan Hawkins, Alexander Hood, Daniel Richard Scott, Zachary Tonsmeire, Kyle D. Wise, Mir Mohamed Atiqullah, Laura Ann Ruhala
  • Publication number: 20170350079
    Abstract: With respect to the overall cold asphalt pavement material, ?1.0 wt. % of gypsum hemi-hydrate is added to a cold asphalt pavement material to improve the stability and workability of cold asphalt pavement materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Terutaka Kitagawa
  • Publication number: 20170350080
    Abstract: A ventilation system and method for a cold planer are provided. The ventilation system includes a settling box inside a water tank. The settling box includes a body. The body includes at least one sidewall defining an air inlet having a first cross-section to accept dust and fumes generated by a milling drum operation of the cold planer but to reject particles from the milling drum operation at or above a predetermined size. The settling box further includes an air outlet having a second cross-section less than the first cross-section of the air inlet. The ventilation system further includes an outlet pipe connected to the air outlet, a fan and a cleaning system. The fan is configured to pull air from below the air inlet into the settling box, through the air outlet and to the outlet pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Colton J. HIRMAN, Jason R. BJORGE
  • Publication number: 20170350081
    Abstract: An oscillating or pulsing fluid stream, or flow 18, 132, 300, is produced from a flow of pressurized air by fluidic apparatus 10, 100, 130, 180, 220 in a device 250 configured for use in surface cleaning, sweeping, lawn care applications, and the like. Converging inlet chamber walls 20, 22, define a tapered internal lumen having a smooth narrowing profile is configured to generate at a power nozzle 44 a high velocity stream with minimal pressure drop. Downstream of the power nozzle, first and second control ports CP1, CP2 are in fluid communication with the high velocity stream 46 and with each other via an inertance loop 72 having a lumen of selected cross sectional area and length. The varying air flow is directed through an outlet chamber 14, 134 shaped to produce an oscillating flow 18 or a pulsating flow 132.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Shridhar GOPALAN, Dharapuram N. SRINATH, Christopher SOUTH
  • Publication number: 20170350082
    Abstract: A movable tsunami buffer dam has a unit configured such that a plurality of separate units, each of which having a shape in which a frame made of a light material is sandwiched by a pair of plates made of a light material, is stacked with said plates disposed in a pile; and a locking member for locking said unit to a ground surface such that said unit can rise up from said ground surface and collapse onto said ground surface. The separate units has a structure in which water from a tsunami can advance into a space formed between said plates by said frame. A required thickness is ensured due to said unit being configured such that said separate units are stacked, and the manufacturing cost is reduced to a greater extent than in the case of a dam configured from a single separate unit of said required thickness, because the big size lumber for obtaining the units is very expensive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Eigai Hamada
  • Publication number: 20170350083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fixing floating bodies (1, 1?) with a pile (2) which can be fixed at one end to a ground (G) and in the region of the other end of which the floating body (1, 1?) can be fixed. For the purpose of providing advantageous fixing conditions, it is proposed that the pile (2) is designed as a telescopic tube (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Fuhrmann
  • Publication number: 20170350084
    Abstract: An igniter device (10) operable to remediate a floating oil spill in a body of water is provided. The device (10) comprises a pyrotechnic device (28) that is actuated through an actuator assembly (20) comprising time delay circuitry (24). Upon actuation, the time delay circuitry (24) begins a countdown permitting the device (10) to be safely deployed from an aerial vehicle. The pyrotechnic device (28) ignites a fuel source (38), which in turn ignites the floating oil spill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Chris Seyfarth
  • Publication number: 20170350085
    Abstract: A subsea blooming system and method of deploying a subsea blooming system includes a first buoyant module, a first line extending downwardly from the first buoyant module, a first ballast module affixed adjacent an end of the first line, at least one boom translatably connected to the first line, and a variable buoyant module cooperative with the boom. The first buoyant module is positively and non-variably buoyant. The first ballast module is negatively and non-variably buoyant. The boom includes a plurality of booms that are connected in end-to-end relationship in a desired array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Michael CARGOL
  • Publication number: 20170350086
    Abstract: A ground thawing device. The ground thawing device includes an insulated rectangular housing defining an interior volume with parallel sidewalls, end walls, and an open bottom. A pipe having a burn chamber connected to a first end and a second end adapted to connect to an external source of combustible gases is configured to be received through apertures disposed on the end walls. Perforations disposed along the length of the pipe allow for the combustible gas to be released in the interior volume of the housing. The burn chamber allows for an ignition source to be applied to the combustible gases carried therein. Once ignited, heat emanating from the pipe warms the interior volume and thaws the ground beneath, softening frozen soil to be excavated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel Jensen
  • Publication number: 20170350087
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an artificial ground freezing method having good coolant thermal efficiency without a gas-phase coolant being released into the ground or into the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: CHEMICAL GROUTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi TACHIWADA, Tsutomu TSUCHIYA, Takeru ARIIZUMI, Hiroshi SOMA
  • Publication number: 20170350088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of building a foundation (1) comprising a steel monopile (2) and a precast concrete part (3) on top of the monopile (2), comprising:—arranging a support structure (12) inside the monopile (2), the support structure (12) having a plurality of rods (16) extending radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the monopile;—bringing the concrete part (3) above the monopile (2), with supporting columns (13) interposed between the support structure (12) and the concrete part (3), wherein reinforcement bars (14) protruding from a bottom surface (9) of the precast concrete part (3) extend downwardly beyond the support structure (12) by passing between the rods (16) of the support structure (12);—arranging tendons (15) between the support structure (12) and the concrete part (3) and tensioning the tendons (15); and—pouring concrete into an upper part of the monopile (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Guy SEVOZ, Etienne COMBESCURE
  • Publication number: 20170350089
    Abstract: A mining machine includes a frame, a boom coupled to the frame, a handle coupled to the frame and a dipper coupled to the handle. The handle includes an extension, and a bail is coupled directly to the extension, such that the bail is isolated from the dipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: William J. Hren, Ethan J. Pedretti
  • Publication number: 20170350090
    Abstract: The invention relates to an implement coupling device (1) on a working machine (2), which device comprises a coupling means (11) provided with a first shaft (21); an engagement means (12) provided with a second shaft (22) arranged parallel to the first shaft (21); at least one linkage (13, 14) comprising a first portion (23, 24) connected to the first shaft (21) and second portion (25, 26) connected to the second shaft (22), which first and second portions are connected by a pivot joint (27); and a wedge (28) means arranged to be removably mounted between the first and second portions (23, 24; 25, 26), wherein the coupling means (11) and the engagement means (12) are displaceable relative to each other in a direction at right angles to the first and second shafts (21, 22) to attach or release the implement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Max Claesson, Tommy Olsson
  • Publication number: 20170350091
    Abstract: An implement system includes a linkage and a bucket coupled with the linkage and movable between a dump position and a racked position. The bucket has a compound back section that forms a profile having a basin shape to assist in distributing material within the back section when the bucket is curled, and nesting the bucket close to the linkage. Related methodology is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: David Worth
  • Publication number: 20170350092
    Abstract: A linkage assembly is provided for a bucket in which a door is coupled to a body of the bucket at a pivot mount. The linkage assembly includes a first link, a second link, and a snubber. The first link is pivotally coupled to the body and disposed in a spaced-apart relation to the pivot mount. The second link is pivotally coupled to the door and disposed in a spaced-apart relation to the pivot mount. The first and second links are also pivotally coupled together at a link pivot. The snubber is disposed between the pivot mount and the first link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Bozich, Saiphon Charoenphan Jacque, Carl Delbert Gilmore
  • Publication number: 20170350093
    Abstract: A trenching assembly used to cut a narrow trench in the ground surface. The trenching assembly comprises an attachment frame connected to a hood assembly via a linkage assembly. The attachment frame may be attached to the rear end of a work machine. A rotatable blade is disposed within a cavity defined by the hood assembly. The hood assembly may rotate about two different axes relative to the linkage assembly, and the linkage assembly may rotate about two different axes relative to the attachment frame. The trenching assembly uses a pair of accumulators to hydraulically rotate the linkage assembly about a horizontal axis relative to the frame in response changes in depth of the ground surface being cut by the blade. The linkage assembly may be hydraulically rotated using the accumulators without input from the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Cody L. Sewell
  • Publication number: 20170350094
    Abstract: A drive control system includes an electric motor, a capacitor, a revolution sensor, a driving device, and a control device. The driving device causes the capacitor to supply electric power to the electric motor to operate the electric motor and causes the capacitor to store the electric power, generated by the electric motor, to brake a turning body. The driving device configured as above is driven by driving electric power supplied from the capacitor. When a charging stop condition is satisfied, the control device stops the driving electric power supplied from the capacitor to the driving device. The charging stop condition is a condition that a turning speed detected by the revolution sensor is a predetermined speed or less while the turning body is decelerating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoji YUDATE, Kazuya IWABE, Hideyasu MURAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170350095
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a work machine includes an operation member, a prime mover, a hydraulic pump driven by the prime mover, the hydraulic pump configured to output an operation fluid, a first temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the operation fluid, a first fluid tube connected to the hydraulic pump, an operation valve connected to the first fluid tube, the operation valve configured to control, in accordance with an operation extent of the operation member, a pressure of the outputted operation fluid, a hydraulic apparatus driven by the operation fluid outputted from the operation valve, a second hydraulic tube connecting the operation valve to the hydraulic apparatus, a discharge fluid tube to discharge the operation fluid included in the second fluid tube; and an actuation valve disposed on the discharge fluid tube, the actuation valve configured to control an aperture of the actuation valve based on the temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Kazuyoshi ARII, Ryohei SUMIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20170350096
    Abstract: A hydraulic pump control apparatus for construction equipment includes a first hydraulic pump; a first hydraulic actuator driven by the hydraulic oil of the first hydraulic pump; a first control valve installed on the fluid channel of the first hydraulic pump; a second hydraulic pump connected, to a power take-off apparatus of an engine; a second hydraulic actuator driven by the hydraulic oil of the second hydraulic pump; a second control valve installed on the fluid channel of the second hydraulic pump; a pressure sensor that detects the pressure of the second hydraulic pump; a regulator that controls the amount of oil discharged from the first hydraulic pump; and a controller that computes a horse power value using the detected pressure value of the second hydraulic pump and the amount of oil discharged from the second hydraulic pump and inputs a control signal to the regulator to discharge an amount of oil that corresponds to the difference between the maximum working horse power value of the engine and th
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Sung-Yong JO, Hyung-Seok PARK, Jae-Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20170350097
    Abstract: A flow control valve for a construction machine includes a boom valve block connected lo a hydraulic pump; a boom spool coupled to the boom valve block so as to be slidably moved, and switched on by the supply of pilot signal pressure in order to carry out a boom-up or boom-down operation, thereby controlling the hydraulic oil supplied from the hydraulic pump to a boom cylinder; a boom-up flow control arrangement for supplying the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump to the large chamber of the boom cylinder through the boom spool, when switching on the boom spool in order to carry out the boom-up operation; and a boom-down flow control arrangement for returning a part of the hydraulic oil, which returns from the large chamber of the boom cylinder, to the hydraulic tank through the boom spool only at a predetermined pressure or higher, when the boom spool is switched on in order to carry out the boom-down operation, wherein the part of the hydraulic oil, which returns from the large chamber of the boom cylin
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Min-Heuk KANG, Jin-Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20170350098
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first processor-controllable valve and a second processor-controllable valve both of which are connectable to an outdoor water line. A controller configured to control the operation of the first processor-controllable valve and the second processor-controllable valve. The controller, in use, urges the second processor-controllable valve to open and permit flow of the water along an interior of the outdoor water line for the case where the second electrical power source is available for use by the second processor-controllable valve when the first electrical power source is unavailable for use by the first processor-controllable valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Merdick Earl MCFARLANE
  • Publication number: 20170350099
    Abstract: An underground plumbing system for inhibiting debris from entering an underground valve box includes a valve box that may be buried in ground. Thus, an underground plumbing fitting may be housed within the valve box. A lid is removably positioned on the valve box and the lid is positioned to close the top side. A shield is removably positioned within the valve box. The shield inhibits debris from entering the valve box when the valve box is buried. Thus, the shield inhibits the underground plumbing fitting from being covered by the debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: John Dewitz
  • Publication number: 20170350100
    Abstract: A standpipe (15) for drawing water from a mains water supply. The standpipe includes an inlet 9 having a first coupling (7) configured to enable the standpipe to be connected to a hydrant outlet of the mains water supply and an outlet (5) having a second coupling (23) configured to enable a water delivery hose to be connected to the standpipe. A flow meter (3) measures a volume of water flowing from the inlet to the outlet and a data logger (19) is connected to the flow meter and records the volume of water measured. A global positioning system (GPS) module determines the location of the standpipe (15) when the flow meter 3 detects the water flow and a wireless communication module transmits the recorded volume of water and corresponding GPS location to a central monitoring facility (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce Atkins, Paul Marsh
  • Publication number: 20170350101
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a field of an intelligent shower system, and more particularly, to a shower control system and methods of installation, driving, control, display, and learning associated with the shower control system. In some embodiments, the shower control system includes: (i) a valve control assembly configured to control one or more valves of a shower system, and (ii) a shower output assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the shower output assembly configured to receive through the inlet a water flow and discharging through the outlet at least a portion of the water flow. Controlling the one or more valves adjusts a temperature of a water output for the shower system. The shower output assembly includes a temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of the received water flow or the discharged water flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jaejun LEE, Seokwoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20170350102
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a field of an intelligent shower system, and more particularly, to a shower control system and methods of installation, driving, control, display, and learning associated with the shower control system. In some embodiments, the shower control system includes: (i) a valve control assembly configured to control one or more valves of a shower system, and (ii) a shower output assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the shower output assembly configured to receive through the inlet a water flow and discharging through the outlet at least a portion of the water flow. Controlling the one or more valves adjusts a temperature of a water output for the shower system. The shower output assembly includes a temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of the received water flow or the discharged water flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jaejun LEE, Seokwoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20170350103
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a field of an intelligent shower system, and more particularly, to an intelligent shower system used for a shower and/or outputting water for other purposes, and methods of providing a recipe, and automatically updating the recipe associated with the intelligent shower system. In some embodiments, a method of updating a recipe is provided, in which the method includes: a set-point reception step of receiving, by a remote computing device, history data including one or more set-points which are inputted to a shower device directly or indirectly from a user; and a recipe updating step of generating, by the remote computing device, an updated shower recipe by applying the history data to a previous shower recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jaejun LEE, Seokwoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20170350104
    Abstract: A faucet that includes a base, a sprayhead, a flexible hose and a control arm. The base is mountable to a mounting surface. The sprayhead is movable relative to the base and is configured to emit water in at least one spray pattern. The flexible hose connects the sprayhead and the base. The control arm includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is pivotally connected to the base to allow rotation of the control arm relative to the base, and wherein the second end is detachably coupled to the sprayhead such that in a docked position, movement of the control arm moves the sprayhead relative to the base, and such that in a detached position, the sprayhead is movable relative to the base and the control arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Gary N. Clarke, Rodney L. Weekley, Jacob R. Frye
  • Publication number: 20170350105
    Abstract: An automated liquid delivery system comprising: a housing defining an internal chamber, the housing comprising at least one delivery hole; a flow control valve inserted into the internal chamber and connectable to a source of liquid, the flow control valve for controlling a flow of liquid coming from the source of liquid; at least one pipe inserted into the internal chamber and connected to the flow control valve for delivering the liquid coming from the flow control valve through the delivery hole of the housing; a controller inserted into the internal chamber for controlling the flow control valve, the flow control valve and the controller being powerable by a battery insertable into the housing; and a cover securable to the housing for enclosing the flow control valve, the pipe, the controller and the battery therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Kerwin BRADDOCK, Thomas Stuart DEBAUGH
  • Publication number: 20170350106
    Abstract: A system comprising: a drain fitting securable to a container for containing a liquid and an evacuation drain; and a closure member comprising: a casing; a motion device for moving the casing relative between an open position in which the casing is away from the drain fitting to allow the liquid from flowing from the container into the evacuation drain and a closed position in which the casing abuts against the drain fitting to prevent the liquid from flowing from the container into the evacuation drain; an electrical motor received in the casing for activating the motion device; a communication unit received in the casing for at least receiving a command indicative of one of an opening of the electronic drain closure system and a closure of the electronic drain closure system; and a controller for activating the electrical motor in accordance with the command received by the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: MAAX BATH INC.
    Inventors: Charles Kerwin BRADDOCK, Thomas Stuart DEBAUGH
  • Publication number: 20170350107
    Abstract: There is described an apparatus for determining a level of a liquid to be contained in a container, comprising: a body extending along a longitudinal axis, the body being insertable within the container; and a level sensor unit secured to the body for detecting the level of the liquid along the longitudinal axis of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: MAAX BATH INC.
    Inventors: Charles Kerwin BRADDOCK, Thomas Stuart DEBAUGH, Ashley IMSAND
  • Publication number: 20170350108
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a reservoir tank assembled from above or behind to a predetermined installation position on the rear side of the conduit of a toilet main unit; a connecting pipe member, one end of which is disposed on the conduit of the toilet main unit, and the other end of which is connected to a reservoir tank; a tank-side connecting portion, disposed on the front side of the reservoir tank and connected to a connecting pipe member; and a seal member, connected in a watertight manner between a connecting pipe member and a tank-side connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsunari HARASHIMA, Ryoko ISHIMARU, Kenichi NAKAMURA, Shoko IMAIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20170350109
    Abstract: A deodorizing device for a toilet that includes: a housing; an oil container within the housing; an attachment means at the top of the housing; a container release point at the bottom of the oil container; tubing extending from the container release; and a release orifice at a distal end of the tubing. The attachment means may include hooks, where the hooks secure the housing onto a toilet tank. The oil container is preferably a capsule like device that is detachable from the housing. The deodorizing device may further include a toilet connector, where said toilet connector connects the tubing to the underside of a toilet seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Rashaun Gowdie
  • Publication number: 20170350110
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main unit, a reservoir tank, and a connecting pipe member configured to connect the toilet main unit and the reservoir tank in a watertight manner after the connecting pipe member is inserted into the reservoir tank so that the reservoir tank is assembled to a predetermined installation position. The connecting pipe member includes a communicating pipe portion configured to communicate between the conduit of the toilet main unit and an interior of the tank when one end of the connecting member is inserted from the interior of the tank through the outlet of the tank into the inlet of the conduit of the toilet main unit. A horizontal adjustment portion configured to adjust the orientation of the reservoir tank to a horizontal state is provided on the toilet main unit or on the reservoir tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Tatsunari HARASHIMA, Ryoko ISHIMARU, Kenichi NAKAMURA, Shoko IMAIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20170350111
    Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for allowing passive urine recovery are disclosed. An exemplary commode liner that allows for passive urine recovery comprises a first layer comprising a first top side configured to receive a bio-waste material, a first bottom side, and a plurality of apertures spanning the first top side and the first bottom side, wherein the plurality of apertures passively promote a unidirectional movement of a liquid portion of the bio-waste material from the first top side to the first bottom side. The liner further comprises a second layer attached to the first layer, wherein the second layer is attached to the first layer such that a space is created between a second top side of the second layer and the first bottom side of the first layer, wherein the space is configured to hold a liquid portion of the bio-waste material received at the first top side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Jerry D. Thom
  • Publication number: 20170350112
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system of spherical joints and tubular beams that interconnect to make a spatial reticulate construction based on geometries composed of basic tetrahedral and semi-tetrahedral modules. The joint includes two equal semispherical caps symmetrically organized around a central plate with four or more square fissure sections, joined by a single central screw allowing simultaneous clamping of eight or more hammer terminals at the beam ends. These extremities have a prismatic hammer shape with hexadecagonal base and a multifaceted hemisphere. The frames have a prismatic square section, allowing rotation only in the plane of the board of the joint. The design has a prismatic shape with a square section of multifaceted pole hammer terminals present both on the hammer head and within the caps which eliminates the structural instability that arises in the reticular structure due to the rotation of the beams around the several crux after clamping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Roberta VENTRELLA, Ettore VENTRELLA
  • Publication number: 20170350113
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a modular system for fast connection of habitable modules (2) based on coupling standardized shipping containers to adjusted receiving structures (3). This system is based on a connecting plate system (1), habitable modules (2), a receiving structure (3), an alveolar structure (7) to connect said receiving structure (3) and automatic systems for transport, lifting, docking and coupling. The present invention refers also to a method of fast connection of habitable modules (2) within this modular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: ANDRÉ CUNHA FERNANDES
  • Publication number: 20170350114
    Abstract: An expansion insert for converting an ISO shipping container into a housing unit is provided, the insert having a compacted form reversibly convertible to a expanded form. The insert has a frame assembly torsionally hinged to a roof assembly and a floor assembly. Two pivot walls and a sidewall are also built into the insert. The insert may be compacted for shipping, expanded after insertion into an ISO container, and compacted again on the ISO container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Michael J. Crozier
  • Publication number: 20170350115
    Abstract: A device for fabricating structures of large dimensions, layer by layer. The invention relates to a device making use of positioning an extrusion head in three dimensions by means of cables in order to deposit a pasty material continuously in thin layers, e.g. a mortar comprising either a hydraulic binder or thermoplastic compounds or thermosetting compounds or curable compounds. The invention is for making industrial elements of very large dimensions, and more particularly for making buildings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Xavier ROCHER
  • Publication number: 20170350116
    Abstract: A vapor retarder system comprises a vapor retarder and a sealant strip. The sealant strip is adhesively coupled to the vapor retarder to form a continuous vapor retarder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Brisley, Gary E. Romes