Patents Issued in December 21, 2017
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Publication number: 20170361990Abstract: A package for holding packaged goods, with a packaging body containing multiple packaging sides to create an essentially closed packaging volume, wherein the packaging body features a first packaging part and at least one second packaging part to form a boundary line between an edge section of the first packaging part and an edge section of the second packaging part, with a carrying handle which is connected in a fixing section through locking adhesive elements, and which features a suspension loop for grasping the carrying handle, wherein at least two locking adhesive elements respectively lie in an adhered state solely on an edge section of the first packaging part, and on an edge section of the second packaging part, and wherein the carrying handle runs along the boundary line of the packaging body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Wolf-Ruediger Pietsch
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Publication number: 20170361991Abstract: A moisture resistant poultry box having a composite structure with a fluted paper medium, a top backing board assembly secured to one side of the fluted medium and a bottom backing board assembly secured to the other side of the fluted medium. The backing board assemblies and the fluted medium are impregnated with a hydrogenated triglyceride, and each backing board assembly has PET film glued thereto covering an outside surface to provide moisture resistant recyclable poultry box so that it has a Cobb value ranging between about 0 to about 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: PHOENIX MACHINERY S.A.L.Inventors: Neemat Frem, Rabih Osta, Elie Njeim, Sylvain Seif
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Publication number: 20170361992Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to a fluid container that includes a reservoir configured for holding a fluid, the reservoir defined by a top, a bottom, and a surrounding wall formed therebetween; an opening in the top configured for filling fluid into the reservoir; a neck proximate to the opening; a coupler configured for coupling a spout to the fluid container, wherein the spout is slidingly movable through the coupler from a first position to a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Stephen Asp
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Publication number: 20170361993Abstract: A bag can include walls formed of a material having multiple layers, which can include a paper layer located between an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer can be formed from a nylon material and the inner layer can be formed from a polyolefin material, and the bag can exhibit grease-resistant properties. The bag can be formed into a variety of configurations, such as a sewn-open-mouth configuration in which a stitching element extends through a wall of the bag or a variety of pinch-type closure configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Stuart Sharp, Allyson Smith, George Solomon
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Publication number: 20170361994Abstract: A pinch bottom sack fillable with bulk good includes a sleeve with at least one area element, wherein the sleeve includes a mesh and the area element a handle means including a load element at which a load force is applicable for lifting the sack, and the load element is configured such that it extends at least in some areas at least in a load condition in which the load force acts at the load element opposite to an outer side of the area element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Thomas Bruns, Peter Lüttmann
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Publication number: 20170361995Abstract: Closing system for bottles and small bottles and method for the use thereof for the opening of said bottles integrated by a single piece with three differentiated parts, two of them, inner threaded hole and screw (7), made of rigid material and joined by a pre-cut line, used as a base on which an elastic part (10) is overpressed. This elastic part (10) has some perimeter grooves (18) that, when fastening the screw (11) in the inner threaded hole (4) of the neck (3), presses the elastic part (10) and secures it against the walls of the bottleneck (3). The bottle can be opened by just lifting the covering half fins (9) and turning them in the opposite direction to the thread, so the elastic part (10) is decompressed and can be easily removed, leaving the bottle opened. All materials are food grade materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: JUAN GONZALEZ VALENCIA
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Publication number: 20170361996Abstract: The invention is an ergonomic bottle cap having a U-shaped support extending along opposite sides and across the top. The U-shaped support having a top fin across the top wall of the cap and two opposing side tabs extending from the top fin along the annular side wall of the cap. The side tabs integrally molded with the top fin and the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Andrew J. Ziccardi
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Publication number: 20170361997Abstract: A liquid bottle or container, such as for liquid detergent, and corresponding cap and cup is disclosed for operation in a horizontal position with the cap and cup side wall substantially parallel to the ground, the cap and cup shape providing a built-in drip collector cavity positioned around a portion of the circumference or perimeter of the cap and cup rim on the open end of the cap. The cap and cup may be used to cover a nozzle or other valve dispenser during storage. The drip collector cavity has a volume sufficient to collect liquid residue remaining after normal use of the cap as a measuring and dispensing cup, and any post-use drops from the dispenser nozzle. Thus, the cap and cup of the present disclosure is dripless or nearly drip less. In an embodiment, at least a portion of the cap rim perimeter around which no built-in drip collector cavity is positioned is shaped as a pouring spout.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: UmaCor Design LLCInventor: Maxim Umarov
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Publication number: 20170361998Abstract: A crown for a bottle or other container has a top portion and an annular skirt that descends contiguously from the top portion. An opener assembly and an arrangement of frangible scoring lines on the crown allow for ease of opening the bottle or container. Corrugated embodiments provide material strengthening for a reduced gauge crown. Embodiments include entire crowns formed of non-metal materials, metal crowns having non-metal opener assemblies, and metal crowns having opener assemblies that are partially metal and partially non-metal. Unique techniques for attachment of such various opener assemblies are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: World Bottling Cap LLCInventor: Abe Frishman
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Publication number: 20170361999Abstract: A cap for engagement with a beverage container allows an extractor needle or other conduit to pass through a portion of the cap such that beverage can be removed from the container without removing the cap. The cap may include a septum that is radially and/or axially compressed and a barrier layer arranged to engage with the container to form a seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Coravin, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Lambrecht, Michael Rider, Otto DeRuntz
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Publication number: 20170362000Abstract: Liquid dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical liquid having a discharge head and a cap, the cap body of which has a ventilation opening. The dispenser includes an injection-moulded pull-off portion which, in the delivery state, covers the ventilation opening and is connected to the cap body by a substance-to-substance bond. The pull-off portion, together with a tamper-evident portion, which, with the dispenser in the delivery state, prevents removal of the cap body, is part of a common segment which is detachable from the cap body of the cap. Alternatively, the ventilation opening is provided with a filter membrane for filtering the air which flows through it, and the cap body includes two part-bodies which together form a receiving space for the filter membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Juergen GREINER-PERTH, Gerald KRAMPEN, Timo JUNG
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Publication number: 20170362001Abstract: A container lid is disclosed that accepts a snap-on container. The lid includes a continuous outer coupling trough for attachment to the open top of a beverage container where the trough circumscribes a footprint of the container lid. A straw-hole planar surface is disposed within the footprint, the straw-hole planar surface is adjacent to the outer coupling trough and a hole for drinking a liquid in the container extends through the straw-hole planar surface. A riser wall extends away from the straw-hole planar surface and defines a first planar surface above the straw-hole planar surface. A sip hole extends through the first planar surface. A food container coupling wall connects to the first planar surface and extends from the first planar surface to a position lower than the first planar surface and a food container coupling bottom connected to the food container coupling wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Ronald Mark BUCK
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Publication number: 20170362002Abstract: A case for holding tools or small parts includes a basic body and a lid coupled pivotably to the basic body. The basic body has two side walls, the upper edge of which is exposed in the closed state of the lid, and therefore the lid, in the closed state, is arranged between the upper edges of the side walls of the basic body. Each side wall of the basic body forms a labyrinth seal with the respective side wall of the lid in the closed state of the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Felix TIMM, Johannes STARKE, Daniel KRAUS, Simon KOCH, Wolfgang HOHL
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Publication number: 20170362003Abstract: A cap for a container is formed so that the cap has a top plate and a circular sidewall. Two opposite sides of the circular sidewall circularly connect to each other, one periphery of the circular sidewall connecting to one surface of the top plate forming a closed end, and another periphery of the circular sidewall at an opposite side of the closed end forms an opened end. Incision lines are in the circular sidewall. The incision lines form a ring member located at the opened end of the cap separated from a main body of the cap by a first incision line in between the opened end of the main body and the ring member. The ring member is connected to the main body by a plurality of connecting portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Michael Joseph MAGUIRE
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Publication number: 20170362004Abstract: The collar comprises a looped metal strap (10) and a transverse buckle (12) retained at the first end of the strap and forming, on the outer side of said first end, a passage (13) through which the second end (10B) of the strap can be inserted over the first end, the second end of the strap as inserted in this way being suitable for being indented so as to co-operate with at least one of the elements comprising the transverse buckle (12) and the first end (10A) of the strap, in order to be retained so that it is prevented from moving in the direction in which the diameter of the collar increases. The buckle (12) carries at least one radially projecting outer tab (20, 22), the tab having the shape of a hook having a stem carrying a head under which a recess is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Fabrice PREVOT, Nicolas RIGOLLET, Julien BEAUVAIS, Quentin ESPERET
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Publication number: 20170362005Abstract: A fully compostable container is provided having an enclosed body with an opening through an interior surface and an exterior surface. The enclosed body having a plant fiber structural layer configured to biodegrade in ambient conditions into nontoxic residue and a fluid barrier layer formed on a first side of the structural layer to form the interior surface of the enclosed body, the fluid barrier layer configured to biodegrade in ambient conditions into nontoxic residue. The container is gradually biodegradable when exposed to a set of factors in a natural environment and has a shelf life of six months when stored under standard commercial conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Cynthia Tolibas-Spurlock, Bambi Allred-Forsman, Darla Agnew-Von Moos
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Publication number: 20170362006Abstract: The present invention is directed to packages having a thermoformed product receiving cavity for containing the product formed from a first flexible heat shrinkable film and a lidding film covering the thermoformed product receiving cavity formed from a second flexible non-heat shrinkable film. The present invention also includes an opening tab on each of the two flexible films which are aligned with each other such that each of the tabs has a sufficient surface area facing the other tab but not adhered to it to render each tab readily manually graspable. The opening tab of the first flexible heat shrinkable film includes a distal portion which is curled to improve its graspability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Craig I. McDougal, Stephen J. Klein, Zachary C. Heenan
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Publication number: 20170362007Abstract: A total liquid drain container device comprising a wedge shaped insert used in conjunction with any bag-in-box type containers. This invention relates preferably to box wine containers and is a wedged shaped insert that is approximately one-quarter to one-half inch thicker on one side whereas the opposite or thinner side contains a cutout design to allow room for the bag-in-box drain spout. The wedge shape of the insert allows the contents inside the container bag to flow in the direction of the drain spout. The wedge shaped insert raises the bag to a position where the bottom of the bag is now aligned with the drain spout thus eliminating the need for tilting. This invention resolves two design issues of conventional bag-in-box containers; the need to tilt the container and the issue with not being able to drain the entire contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Richard Andrew Kirchmeyer
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Publication number: 20170362008Abstract: A tamper resistant food container includes a top panel, a bottom panel, and an adhesive strip. The top panel includes a front section, a rear section, a front wall, opposing sidewalls, and a tear away section. The tear away section is positioned on the front wall of the top panel. The bottom panel includes a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing sidewalls. The rear wall of the bottom panel is hingedly connected to the rear section of the top panel. The top panel and the bottom panel of the tamper resistant food container define a space therebetween for storing food. The adhesive strip is positioned on an outer surface of the front wall of the bottom panel for securely sealing the top panel to the bottom panel of the tamper resistant food container. A user accesses the stored food by removing the tear away section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Vassilios Theodorakos
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Publication number: 20170362009Abstract: Disclosed is a container, made of plastic material, and provided with a base including a standing ring forming a support flange, an inner wall, a diaphragm and a central portion, the diaphragm being capable of standing in an outwardly-inclined position. The diaphragm connects to the standing ring at an outer junction, and connects to the central portion at an inner junction. The diaphragm is invertible with respect to the standing ring from the outwardly-inclined position to an inwardly-inclined position. In the outwardly-inclined position, the whole diaphragm is curved in radial section, with a concavity turned inwards with respect to the container. The diaphragm has a depth strictly greater than 1 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Florian GODET
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Publication number: 20170362010Abstract: The purpose of the claimed invention is to have a protective internal structure using multiple corrugated paperboard inserts that will fit into a RSC (regular slotted container) case. These inserts and the internal structure that it creates, enable a user to ship their product via common or contract carrier without damage to the user's product.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYInventors: Trevor James Groff, Waylande Juan Sanchez
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Publication number: 20170362011Abstract: A refill for holding at least two compositions comprises a container including a body and first and second compositions disposed within the body such that the first and second compositions are substantially separated and the second composition is disposed above the first composition. The refill further includes a tube disposed within the body of the container such that the tube contains the first and second compositions, wherein the tube has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. Still further, the refill includes a wick disposed within the tube, wherein the wick contains the first and second compositions and has a diameter that is smaller than the inner diameter of the tube to create a gap between the wick and the tube is smaller than the inner diameter of the tube to create a gap between the wick and the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.Inventors: Michael J. Banco, Nathan R. Westphal
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Publication number: 20170362012Abstract: A beverage container assembly is provided comprising a beverage container body, a stopper member removably attachable to the beverage container to seal a beverage container aperture thereof, and a thermal insulation member removably attachable to an upper body portion of the beverage container body. The thermal insulation member has a sidewall extending downwardly from an upper portion and defining a downwardly opening cavity within which the upper body portion and the stopper are positioned. The sidewall and the upper portion of the thermal insulation member each include an inner wall and an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall. An insulation chamber is disposed between the inner and outer walls. The thermal insulation member includes an engagement portion adapted to engage with a corresponding engagement portion of the upper body portion to removably attach the thermal insulation member thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Ping The Phan, Michael Carl Beckman
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Publication number: 20170362013Abstract: A spray control apparatus for aerosol cans has a can coupling cap with a segmented and discontinuous aerosol can engaging ring. The cap top lip has a locking ledge having a bearing surface facing away from the can engaging ring, a cam track having a bearing surface facing toward the can engaging ring, and a guide slot therebetween. A plurality of generally planar reinforcing ribs radiate inwardly from the cap side wall. An actuator is concentrically within the cap, and has at least one cam protruding radially into the cap top lip. The cam engages the locking ledge bearing surface in a first rotary position and is thereby blocked from axial movement, and engages the cam track bearing surface in a second rotary position and is thereby driven axially toward the can engaging ring, and passes though the guide slot when rotated between the first and second rotary positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Gregory A. Haage
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Publication number: 20170362014Abstract: The invention relates to a hair treatment process comprising the application to the hair of a composition comprising at least one fatty substance using an aerosol device comprising:—a container containing the composition and one or more propellants, it being possible for the propellant(s) to be present in the composition or, in the container, separate from the composition,—a means for dispensing said composition comprising:—a body (3) that is open at its two opposite axial ends,—an engaging part (10) that is open at its two opposite axial ends, at least partially defining a dispensing orifice (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: L'OREALInventors: Nadia SMAIL, Lionel AUBERT, Nicolas ALBISETTI
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Publication number: 20170362015Abstract: A portable chargeable spray bottle is disclosed comprising a body comprising an upper part and a lower part; a spray nozzle assembly equipped on the upper part, and a liquid charging structure placed at the bottom part. It is further comprises an exhaust structure comprising an exhaust hole penetrating the body, whereby exhaust air flow can escape via the exhaust hole to outside the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: YI MING HUI, ZHI WANG
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Publication number: 20170362016Abstract: A dispenser for holding multiple doses of fluids or other substances, and for dispensing the substances, has a vial, a flexible bladder received within the vial, and a variable volume storage chamber formed between the bladder and vial. A filling valve is coupled in fluid communication with the storage chamber and defines (1) a normally closed, fluid-tight position hermetically sealing the storage chamber from the ambient atmosphere, and (2) an open position allowing the passage of fluid through the valve both to evacuate the storage chamber and to introduce fluid through the valve to fill the storage chamber. A pump is coupled in fluid communication with the storage chamber for pumping fluids out of the storage chamber. A dispensing valve is coupled in fluid communication with the pump and defines (1) a normally closed, fluid-tight position preventing the passage of fluid out of the dispenser, and (2) an open position for dispensing pumped fluid therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian V. Chan
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Publication number: 20170362017Abstract: Provided is a utility box, which includes a first compartment. The first compartment includes a first angled floor and a first holding unit configured to hold an article in the first compartment. The utility box also includes a first lid that covers at least the first compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: John Whalen, Ryan Kleckner
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Publication number: 20170362018Abstract: A method includes obtaining a container sized to fit multiple high voltage light emitting diode (LED) lightbulbs, adding multiple loose high voltage LED lightbulbs to the container to fill the container, and sealing the container, such that the container contains a higher density of high voltage LED light bulbs than a same sized container can hold protective packaged equivalent watt incandescent bulbs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Deloren E. Anderson
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Publication number: 20170362019Abstract: A seal-end package or box for dispensing a solid pourable product includes folding major side panels foldably connected together extending laterally, and formed into a tube around a central axis. Further extending laterally is an overlapping panel similarly folded over and conforming to the tube. A slide is connected to the major side panels, with the overlapping panel having a cover panel with an opening. The slide obstructs the opening, until a thumb tab on the slide engaged by a user and moved laterally relative the axis un-obstructs the opening allowing dispensing of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: David Todjar Hengami
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Publication number: 20170362020Abstract: A capsule is provided for use in a machine for preparing product from capsules. The capsule includes a body that defines an interior space with an opening at one location and an aperture at another location. Ingredients are disposed within the interior space for preparing a desired product. A cover is disposed over the opening and an aperture cover is disposed over the aperture. The aperture cover is adapted to open at least partially during use of the capsule in the machine to permit the consumable product to be dispensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: SCOTT HANNESON, LIBERATORE A. TROMBETTA, YUCHENG FU
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Publication number: 20170362021Abstract: A foldable shipping container adjustable between an unfolded condition in which said container is suitable for use as a cargo container, and a folded condition for when said container is not being used to store or ship cargo. The foldable shipping container having ways for controlling the rate at which the panels collapse.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: NORMAN KENDALL, ERIC RICHARD LARSON, THOMAS K. CHURBUCK, ROBERT J. KRAFT, RICHARD ROSMARIN, DAVID H. ROWE, JAMES K. WILLIAMS, JOSHUA J. KRAFT
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Publication number: 20170362022Abstract: A shipping container includes a body defining an interior. The shipping container further includes a dunnage assembly, the dunnage assembly including a tray and a hinge, the hinge subdividing the tray into a first tray portion and a second tray portion. The dunnage assembly is movable along a transverse axis between a first position wherein the second tray portion is at least partially disposed within the interior and a second position wherein the second tray portion is entirely exterior to the body. The second tray portion is rotatable relative to the first tray portion about the hinge when the dunnage assembly is moved between the first position and the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Brett Kraeling
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Publication number: 20170362023Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermoplastic bag comprised of a front panel and a back panel. The front panel and back panel are generally joined along a first side edge, a second side edge, and a bottom edge of the respective front panel and back panel. The front panel has a distal edge with the distal edge folded over the front panel to provide a hem and an overlap area immediately below the first hem. The overlap encapsulates a scent carrier that provides a scent to the thermoplastic bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Brad A. Cobler
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Publication number: 20170362024Abstract: A trash can assembly and method of use. An inner can has a first space and includes a first inner seal circumscribing an outer surface of the inner can, an inner opening and an inner valve configured to close and expose the inner opening. A trash bag is positioned within the first space and coupled to the inner can to form a substantially air-tight seal between the trash bag and the inner can. An outer can having a second space includes an outer opening and an outer valve configured to close and expose the outer opening. The inner can is positioned within the second space. The first inner seal is configured to form a substantially air-tight seal between the first inner seal and the outer can. The inner valve is closed when the outer valve is opened, and the inner valve is opened when the outer valve is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Zsombor Antal
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Publication number: 20170362025Abstract: A securing device for securing trash bags within a trash receptacle includes a belt member for securing a trash bag within a trash receptacle; and at least one resilient member coupled to the belt member at a first end of the at least one resilient member and operably configured to couple to an inner wall of the trash receptacle at a second end of the at least one resilient member, the at least one resilient member further operably configured to apply a biasing force against the inner wall of the trash receptacle to clamp the trash bag, without any other external forces, against the inner wall between the belt member and the inner wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Maria Nakamura
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Publication number: 20170362026Abstract: An example lavatory waste compartment includes a waste bin having a waste compartment for trash, a waste flap providing an opening into the waste compartment for insertion of the trash, and a manually operated trash compactor coupled to a ceiling. The manually operated trash compactor includes an expansion component connected to a compacting head, and a retraction component coupled to the expansion component to hold or retract the expansion component to a stowed position. An increase in temperature above a threshold temperature causes the retraction component to release the expansion component resulting in deployment of the compacting head into the waste bin. An actuation device is provided to deploy the expansion component from the stowed position, and when deployed, the expansion component blocks opening of the waste flap, and the retraction component causes the expansion component to retract to the stowed position via release of the actuation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Darren McIntosh
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Publication number: 20170362027Abstract: The invention relates to a device for manually compacting waste contained in a container, including a frame having a support plate that is intended to be positioned and/or fastened to the ground, and two lateral uprights, a left-hand lateral upright and a right-hand lateral upright, respectively, that are secured to the support plate and extend perpendicularly thereto, with the support plate and the lateral uprights delimiting a central space that is able to receive a container containing waste. The device also includes two manually actuable levers, namely a left-hand lever fastened to the left-hand lateral upright so as to pivot about a left-hand pivot axis and a right-hand lever fastened to the right-hand lateral upright so as to pivot about a right-hand pivot axis, with the left-hand and right-hand pivot axes being parallel and defining a plane parallel to a plane defined by the support plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Alexandre Traber, Jean-Christophe Jaques
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Publication number: 20170362028Abstract: Specially-designed rack and plastic bag, and methods of use. The bag is mounted on the rack with a lower portion of the bag disposed inwardly and downwardly of the top of the rack, and an upper portion of the bag disposed outwardly and downwardly of the top of the rack. Workers place thin-section waste material into the bag. When the bag is full, the bag is replaced with an empty bag. The bag has holes, which enable air to escape through bag side walls while the bag is being compressed in a baler. Because air escapes through the side walls, more of the air can be removed for a given baler compaction force thereby the resulting bale weighs about 10% to about 25%, or greater, more than a bale made with the same materials and the same baler conditions, without use of the rack and bags of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Poly Wrap Recycling LLCInventors: James P. Theodoroff, Jeffrey Haen
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Publication number: 20170362029Abstract: A portable trash bag opener is an apparatus that is used to hold open the rim of a trash bag while a user disposes items into the trash bag. The apparatus includes a hoop, a first arc-shaped wing, a second arc-shaped wing, and a handle. The hoop is used to internally brace the rim of the trash bag. The first arc-shaped wing and the second arc-shaped wing are used to externally clamp the rim of the trash bag against the hoop. The first arc-shaped wing and the second-arc shaped wing are positioned opposite to each other about the hoop. The handle allows the user to easily grasp the apparatus with one of their hands.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: James A. Dale
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Publication number: 20170362030Abstract: An articulated front loader arm structure is provided for use with a conventional refuse collection vehicle having a conventional cab chassis. The articulated arm structure is controlled by a programmed logic controller (PLC) which for monitors and controls the movement of the front loader articulated arm structure. The PLC communicates with various cylinders and sensors to control the extension/retraction of the various cylinders associated with the various arm sections of the front loader arm structure during movement through both its container dump cycle and its container return cycle. The articulated arm structure allows the present front loader arm mechanism to both extend over a conventional cab chassis as well as to be stored on top of the refuse vehicle under the current legal height restriction of 13 feet, 6 inches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Wayne Industrial Holdings, LLCInventor: David Alan Steimel
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Publication number: 20170362031Abstract: The warehouse (1) for items in the form of raw materials or basic components, comprises: a plurality of item storage areas (10), at least one storage area (10), referred to as the upper area, being superposed with at least one storage area referred to as a lower storage area, each storage area (10) comprising a number of item storage locations (11) formed on the floor of said storage area (10), at least one carrier able to move items from an upper storage area (10) to a lower storage area (10), and vice versa, for each upper storage area, at least one manipulator robot (2) able to pick up an item from one of the storage locations (11) and transport it to a carrier, and vice versa, and for each lower storage area, at least one manipulator robot (2) able to pick up an item from one of the storage locations (11) and transport it to a workstation (T), and vice versa, and able to pick up an item from the carrier and transport it to one of the storage locations (11) or to a workstation (T), and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Jean-Pierre Solignac
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Publication number: 20170362032Abstract: A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having storage locations, a multilevel vertical conveyor system configured to transport the uncontained case units to and from the vertical array of storage levels, each storage level being configured to receive uncontained case units from the multilevel vertical conveyor system, at least one autonomous transport confined to each storage level, the at least one autonomous transport being configured to transport the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to effect operation of the multilevel vertical conveyor system and at least one autonomous transport for assembling orders of uncontained case units of different types without moving bundles of the same uncontained case unit type throughout the storage and retrieval system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Robert SULLIVAN, John LERT, Stephen C. TOEBES
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Publication number: 20170362033Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for distributing luggage among a plurality of outlet ports of a luggage distribution unit is provided. The method includes associating, using a processor system, a passenger key and a luggage identification (ID) device of a luggage unit, and assigning, using the processor system, the luggage ID device to a dispensing unit based at least in part on a determination of a desired distribution of luggage units among the plurality of outlet ports. The method also includes detecting a location of the passenger key, providing a status of the luggage ID device of the luggage unit, and signaling the presence of the luggage ID device and the luggage unit at the dispensing unit. The method includes receiving the association to access the at least one luggage unit, and releasing the luggage unit responsive to receiving the association.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: TAMER A. MAHFOUZ, NADER M. NASSAR, TAMER M. NASSAR, HESHAM E.M. SOULTAN, ALAA S. YOUSSEF
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Publication number: 20170362034Abstract: A conveyor employs an infeed assembly and outfeed assembly, each comprising a nosebar assembly that may be mounted to a conveyor frame to transition a conveyor belt between a returnway and a carryway. The outfeed assembly further includes a drive sprocket and a limiter to ensure engagement of drive elements on the conveyor belt with the drive sprockets. A limiter plate ensures proper placement of the limiter relative to the drive sprocket. The infeed assembly and outfeed assembly components may be easily mounted to and removed from the conveyor frame to facilitate replacement, cleaning or maintenance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Michael Hendrik DeGroot, Gerko Hulshof, Philipp J. Hortig, Matthew A. Steenwyk, Jeff Batchelder
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Publication number: 20170362035Abstract: A radio-frequency identification arrangement for a chain conveyor for piece goods having a driven linked chain is disclosed, comprising a support rail element 3 for guiding and supporting the linked chain 4 in the region of the radio-frequency identification arrangement and a radio-frequency reading device or radio-frequency writing/reading device 10 for performing contactless reading or reading/writing of information by means of a radio-frequency signal. According to the invention, the radio-frequency reading device or radio-frequency writing/reading device 10 is disposed directly on a bottom 30 of the support rail element 3 and facing an underside of the linked chain 4. For this purpose, the latter may be accommodated in a recess or cavity of the support rail element 3. By means of the radio-frequency identification arrangement, an RFID tag, which is mounted on a workpiece or workpiece carrier, can be read or read and written to through the linked chain of the chain conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Peter Kaltenhäuser
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Publication number: 20170362036Abstract: The invention relates to a method which comprises determining first geometry information of a first object stream of a plurality of objects, which are transported on a first conveyor. The method also comprises determining second geometry information of a second object stream of a plurality of objects which are transported on a second conveyor. The first conveyor is configured to transport objects at a first speed, and the second conveyor is configured to transport objects at a second speed. The first conveyor and the second conveyor are arranged in such a way that the objects which are transported by the first conveyor move onto the second conveyor. The method also comprises adjusting the first speed of the first conveyor and/or adjusting the second speed of the second conveyor on the basis of the determined first geometry information and/or the determined second geometry information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicants: Deutsche Post AG, Transnorm System GmbHInventors: Bernd Hartmann, Ali Özyigit, Kai-Ulrich Ventz, René Schällig
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Publication number: 20170362037Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a connection part rotatably mounted to a rotatable member. The connection part is in the form of a disc 36 of plastics material, with a central cavity with four radial passages extending therefrom leading to nozzles for steam to pass therethrough for cleaning purposes. In use the disc is rotated at a required speed to, for instance, clean a conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Keith David Handy
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Publication number: 20170362038Abstract: Disclosed is a device for delivering sorted elements of the cap, stopper or other type, in order to feed a downstream work station, the device including a unit for lifting elements, in which a first sorting operation is performed, and, mounted downstream, a unit for treating the elements in which the elements are treated individually. Also disclosed is a delivery device including a conveyor mounted downstream from the treatment unit in order to direct the elements towards the work station, the conveyor moving the elements singly. Further disclosed is a corresponding method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Emmanuel ROTH
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Publication number: 20170362039Abstract: A goods to operator workstation is attachable to an input and a discharge conveyor system. The goods to operator workstation comprises a container staging platform that receives a product container from the input conveyor system and linearly moves the product container to an order pick position for an operator to pick articles from. A holding platform is pivotally movable between the order pick position and a discharge position to discharge a picked order container onto the discharge conveyor system after picking. Wherein when the holding platform moves back to the order pick position, the holding platform passes through the staging platform to transfer the order container from the staging platform to the holding platform so that the staging platform can retract and receive a new order container from the input conveyor system while the operator is picking.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Brett Logan Eisenberg