Patents Issued in April 26, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180111775
    Abstract: A splicing device includes a first detection section which detects whether or not the component storage section protrudes downward from the conveyance reference surface; a second detection section which detects the component storage section of the paper tape; a discrimination section which determines whether a tape inserted into the splicing device is the embossed tape or the paper tape based on a detection signal of the first detection section; a first calculating section which calculates a pitch of the component storage section of the embossed tape by using the first detection section in a case where the embossed tape is determined; and a second calculating section which calculates a pitch of the component storage section of the paper tape by using the second detection section in a case where the paper tape is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiao Dong CHI
  • Publication number: 20180111776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a splicer assembly for splicing material webs. The splicer assembly comprises a first dispensing device for dispensing a finite first material web, a second dispensing device for dispensing a finite second material web, a connecting device for connecting the finite first material web and the finite second material web so as to form an endless material web, and a material web threading assistance assembly for assisted threading of the finite first material web or of the finite second material web into the splicer assembly in a threading procedure. The material web threading assistance device comprises at least one conveying installation for conveying the finite material web to be threaded in a threading direction in the threading procedure, and a conveying installation drive installation for driving the at least one conveying installation in the threading procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas REICHL
  • Publication number: 20180111777
    Abstract: A packaged flexible film is described. The packaged flexible film includes (i) a cylindrical core having an outer surface; (ii) a supply of flexible film wound about the core with a leading edge adjacent the outer surface and forming a connection ridge along the outer surface; and (iii) a cover strip comprising a compressed compressible cover material covering said connection ridge. Also described are a packaging system for flexible film and a multilayer flexible film packaging tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: CPFilms Inc.
    Inventors: PETER IAN CARVER, MICHAEL HAWKINS
  • Publication number: 20180111778
    Abstract: A deflection roller for guiding and/or deflecting a rubber tire component, has a shaft that defines an axis of rotation of the deflection roller and a plurality of bristles distributed circumferentially around the shaft and extending radially outwards and orthogonally with respect to the axis of rotation to form a circumferential brush surface that is concentric to the axis of rotation. The deflection roller further has a first boundary element and a second boundary element extending adjacent to the plurality of bristles in an axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation and protruding radially outside the circumferential brush surface at a first end and a second end of the circumferential brush surface, respectively, for binding the circumferential brush surface in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Gerardus Johannes Catharina VAN LAAR
  • Publication number: 20180111779
    Abstract: An upper-side conveyance guide of a temporary holding section is provided with an upper-side movable guide that capable of moving in coordination with the drum diameter of a drum so as to be interposed between the upper-side conveyance guide and the drum at all times. The upper-side movable guide guides a banknote that is being conveyed gripped only at the center by a banknote conveying portion of a main tape, between the upper-side conveyance guide and the drum. Folding of the banknote is accordingly suppressed by the upper-side movable guide, enabling the banknote to be guided to a gap between the upper-side conveyance guide and a lower-side conveyance guide without catching on a rear face of the upper-side conveyance guide or the like. Accordingly, the banknote can be prevented from contacting portions that should not be contacted and causing conveyance issues as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki TAKADA, Atsushi TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20180111780
    Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes: a conveying portion which conveys the sheet in a conveying direction with the sheet interposed between a first roller and a second roller; a first conveying guide; a second conveying guide; a rotating portion which is disposed on a shaft of the first roller and has an outer diameter larger than that of the first roller; and a guide portion which is provided in the first conveying guide and in which an interval between the guide portion and the opposite second conveying guide becomes narrower toward a downstream side in the conveying direction, the guide portion being located at a position corresponding to the rotating portion in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Hisanori Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20180111781
    Abstract: An improved imbricating method, folding method, and device for producing imbricated streams (3) which are produced from singulated and preferably folded blanks (2) is provided. The method includes taking imbricated bundles of blanks including of a number of overlapping blanks corresponding to the number of the individual streams formed by the blanks of a first individual stream being transported at a distance from one another along a transport surface through a compiling station. In the process, the blanks of the at least one remaining individual stream are first of all deflected vertically with respect to the transport surface by a deflecting device of the compiling station and are then guided in the direction of the first individual stream and are subsequently deposited with an offset onto the blanks of the first individual stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Bernhard Ehret
  • Publication number: 20180111782
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a first and second alignment members that moves relatively in a width direction to align a position of a sheet in the width direction. Each alignment member includes a contact surface configured to come in contact with an end of the sheet in the width direction, a lower portion configured to support a lower surface of the sheet, and an upper portion facing an upper surface of the sheet. For each of the first and second alignment members, the lower portion is more distant from the contact surface than the upper portion in the width direction, the lower portion is positioned above a lower end of the contact surface in a gravity direction, and a distance between the upper portion and the lower portion in the gravity direction is smaller than a length of the contact surface in the gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yuichiro Okawa, Yasuhiro Nakahara, Masayoshi Fukatsu, Naoyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20180111783
    Abstract: In a banknote storage box (16) of an ATM (1), a front guide (25) is attached to a front door (21) through attachment members (26) at four locations in a front guide attachment section (30). Intervals between faces (32 and 33) positioned on mutually opposite sides of each attachment member (26) are different for each of three attachment intervals LA, LB, and LC. Accordingly, in the front guide attachment section (30), a selected attachment interval LS is able to be adjusted between three steps without exchanging components by just changing the orientation of each attachment member (26) when attaching the attachment member (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuuichi HIRATSUKA, Hajime TOGIYA, Kazuhiro HOSOKAWA, Wataru WAKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180111784
    Abstract: A sheet supporting apparatus includes first and second units. The first unit includes a first housing, first and second lock portions, a first shaft configured to be supported rotatably with respect to the first housing and to turnably support the first lock portion, and a second shaft configured to be supported rotatably with respect to the first housing and to turnably support the second lock portion. The second unit includes a second housing and first and second engagement portions provided in the second housing and configured to engage respectively with the first and second lock portions. The first and second shafts are disposed such that extension lines of rotational axes of the first and second shafts cross with each other in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Yasuaki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180111785
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sheet processing apparatus comprising a sheet tray configured to hold a bundle composed of the sheets fed from conveyance rollers, a wait path configured to keep waiting following sheets upstream the conveyance rollers, an accumulating tray configured to hold a sheet bundle, delivery rollers configured to nip the sheet bundle mounted on the sheet tray and the following sheets, to set off from one another, and to deliver them to the accumulating tray, and to switch back the following sheets to the sheet tray, and a conveyance member configured to convey the following sheets from the sheet tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180111786
    Abstract: A post-processing device includes first and second opposite members extending in a predetermined direction of a recording medium, the opposite members each including a first surface having a protrusion and a second surface having a recess, mutually facing to interpose the recording medium therebetween and being rotatable. A position of the opposite members is switched between a first position, at which the first surface of the first opposite member and the second surface of the second opposite member engage with each other and form a crease protruding in a first direction on the recording medium, and a second position, at which the second surface of the first opposite member and the first surface of the second opposite member engage with each other and form a crease protruding in a second direction reverse to the first direction on the recording medium, depending on an output destination of the recording medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teisuke YANAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180111787
    Abstract: One or more elevators can be more efficiently controlled by considering the then-current spatial capacity of the elevator. Camera images or other sensor data indicative of the occupied space in the elevator are received and processed by a control device to determine whether or not the elevator should stop at a requested floor. If the elevator is determined to lack space for additional passengers, then the elevator can bypass the requested stop and proceed without delay. If space remains, however, the elevator can stop to accommodate additional passengers. Measured spatial capacity can also be used to coordinate the actions of multiple elevators operating within a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bhavesh Patel
  • Publication number: 20180111788
    Abstract: A smart elevator system includes: an elevator provided in a building having multiple floors; a controller configured to control the elevator; a portable terminal used by a person to make a reservation for using the elevator and including a communicator for long-range communication and short-range communication; a server system configured to receive the reservation for using the elevator from the portable terminal by communicating with the portable terminal and control an operation of the elevator through the controller according to the reservation; and a portable terminal detector provided near a door of the elevator and configured to obtain a unique key of the portable terminal through the communicator, when the portable terminal used to make the reservation approaches it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Dong Gyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20180111789
    Abstract: In the technical field of elevator systems, so as to provide a measure for preventing an overspeed governor rope inertia from unwantedly engaging a safety gear in an overspeed governor system, which has a governor rope connected to a moving mass of the elevator system, a machinery brake for decelerating the moving mass so as to perform a quick stop of the moving mass, a safety gear mounted to the moving mass, a synchronization linkage for tripping the safety gear and a synchronization linkage blocking device for blocking the synchronization linkage and/or a governor brake for braking the governor rope, it is determined whether a quick stop of the moving mass is performed, and the governor brake or the synchronization linkage blocking device is activated when the quick stop of the moving mass is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Mikko PURANEN, Riku LAMPINEN, Jarkko SALORANTA, Antti I. MÄKI, Jukka TURPEINEN, Samuli MÄNTYNEN
  • Publication number: 20180111790
    Abstract: A restoration information registration device for elevators capable of quickly registering restoration information on the elevator. The restoration information registration device for the elevators includes an operation unit that receives an operation from the outside, a storage unit that stores, when restoration information on the elevator is input by the operation on the operation unit, the restoration information, and a transmission unit that, when restoration information on a plurality of elevators is stored in the storage unit, collectively transmits the restoration information on the plurality of elevators. Accordingly, it is possible to quickly register the restoration information on the elevator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masafumi OZAWA, Akihiko WATANABE, Norihiro CHOTOKU, Yutaka MATSUEDA, Masaki HIKICHI, Masafumi ETO, Takeshi FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20180111791
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatically entering and leaving a ride apparatus. A method for automatically entering a ride apparatus comprises: establishing a wireless communication connection with a control system of the ride apparatus; sending, via the wireless communication connection, an automatic entering request to the control system, the automatic entering request comprising a ride starting position; receiving, via the wireless communication connection, status information sent by the control system; and determining, according to the status information, that the ride apparatus has arrived at the ride starting position, and automatically entering the ride apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: QIANG FANG
  • Publication number: 20180111792
    Abstract: Virtual hall call panel systems for elevator landings and methods of use are provided. The systems include a display and detection assembly positioned proximate an elevator landing door, the display and detection assembly including a projection device and a detection device, a display surface proximate the display and detection assembly configured to display a display image projected by the projection device of the display and detection assembly, and a controller configured to receive input from the display and detection assembly, the controller configured to determine an input based on a detected object detected by the detection device and send a signal based on the input to control an elevator system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Clement Schach, Gilles Bruno
  • Publication number: 20180111793
    Abstract: An exemplary building traffic analyzer for an elevator includes: a video camera arranged in an elevator car; a traffic analyzer unit for collecting traffic data of passengers through the video camera; and a data storage unit for storing the traffic data of passengers collected by the traffic analyzer unit. The traffic analyzer unit is configured to identify and track each passenger for collecting the traffic data of each passenger including a boarding floor with boarding time and a destination floor with exiting time. The building traffic analyzer is configured to be temporarily attachable in the elevator car, such as on the ceiling or proximity to the elevator control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Miyajima, Atsushi Yamada, Hideyuki Honma, Kenichi Ohmura, Osamu Sakai
  • Publication number: 20180111794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an elevator with a function of escaping upon failure. This elevator includes a lift car, a car door, and a variable frequency controller. The lift car is provided with a rescue detecting device. When the elevator malfunctions, whether there is someone being trapped can be detected through the rescue detecting device. If there is someone being trapped, the variable frequency controller can automatically start emergency rescue operation mode, control the lift car to move to the door are, and output instruction of opening the door. The car door drives the landing door to open at the same time such that the trapped person can escape safely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: APXO Elevator Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Weiqiang LU, Zuoxi YANG
  • Publication number: 20180111795
    Abstract: An end termination for an elevator system may include an outer clamping member, an inner clamping member having a dimension in a first plane that is greater than a dimension in a second plane, the first plane being spaced from the second plane along a longitudinal axis of the end termination, the inner clamping member coaxially disposed in the outer clamping member, a housing holding the inner clamping member and the outer clamping member therein, and a tightening arrangement to clamp a belt between the inner clamping member and the outer clamping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Frank Dudde, Peter Feldhusen
  • Publication number: 20180111796
    Abstract: Support assemblies for car operating panels including a first support member having a respective panel retention cavity and a respective bracket retention cavity, a second support member having a respective panel retention cavity and a respective bracket retention cavity, and a bracket extending between the first support member and the second support member and fixedly attached to the first and second support members at the respective bracket retention cavities. The respective panel retention cavities are each configured to receive a portion of a front panel of a car operation panel, and, when the front panel is installed into the assembly, the first support member, the second support member, and the bracket provide structural support to the front panel. The first and second support members can be formed of light diffusing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Victor Peigne, Stephane Blondel
  • Publication number: 20180111797
    Abstract: Elevator car wall panel systems and methods of installation including a wall panel having at least one first panel engagement element at a first end and at least one second panel engagement element at a second end, a frame having at least one frame engagement element configured to engage with the at least one first panel engagement element to removably engage the wall panel to the frame, and a panel securing assembly configured to engage with the at least one second panel engagement element to removably secure the wall panel to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Aurelien Fauconnet, Frederic Beauchaud
  • Publication number: 20180111798
    Abstract: The invention refers to an electric linear motor comprising at least one linear stator designed to be located in a fixed correlation to an environment, particularly building, and at least one mover designed for connection with an element to be moved and co-acting with the stator, which motor comprises a stator beam supporting said at least one stator, which stator beam has at least one side face carrying ferromagnetic poles of said stator spaced apart by a pitch, and which mover comprises at least one counter-face facing said side face(s) of the stator beam, in which counter-face electro-magnetic components of the mover are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Ilya PETROV, Tero PUROSTO, Tero HAKALA, Jouni RATIA
  • Publication number: 20180111799
    Abstract: A handrail includes a carcass, a stretch inhibitor arranged within the carcass, a cover bonded to the carcass, and a sliding layer secured to the carcass. At a central width axis of the handrail, a face height between an upper exterior surface of the cover and a bottom surface of the sliding layer may be less than about 8.0 mm. The carcass may be formed of a first thermoplastic material, the cover may be formed of a second thermoplastic material, and the first thermoplastic material may be harder than the second thermoplastic material. The first thermoplastic material may have a modulus at 100% elongation of between 10 and 16 MPa, and may have a hardness of between 93 and 96 Shore A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Oliver Kenny, Reginald Anthony Butwell, Jason Wong
  • Publication number: 20180111800
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handrail system of a people mover, the handrail system comprising a circulating handrail and a safety system of a handrail inlet in a handrail housing. The safety system comprises a hatch provided around the handrail inlet in the handrail housing; and trigger means operationally connected between the hatch and the handrail housing to launch the hatch from a first position inwards into the handrail housing to a second position in response to a detection of an object touching the hatch or arriving to a safety area in front of the hatch. The handrail system further comprises a coupling for operatively connecting the circulating handrail and the safety system, the coupling being arranged to stop the handrail in response to the launch of the hatch inwards into the handrail housing or in response to a detection of an object by a sensor which the object is arriving to the safety area in front of the hatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Jouni SALOJARVI, Visa RAUTA
  • Publication number: 20180111801
    Abstract: Wind turbine blades lifting device comprising a structure (1) for supporting the blade (3) during lifting. The structure (1) is made of a rigid material and defines a hollow closed contour with a geometry suitable for surrounding the blade (3), the device (100) further comprising a pneumatic chamber (4) attached to the structure (1) and arranged in the hollow area of the closed contour defined by said structure (1) such that the pneumatic chamber (4) surrounds the blade (3) at least partially. The pneumatic chamber (4) is inflatable and is arranged in the closed contour defined by the structure (1), such that when it is inflated, said pneumatic chamber (4) retains the blade (3), immobilizing it and preventing direct contact between the structure (1) and the blade (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: GAMESA INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, S. L.
    Inventor: Raul MODREGO JIMENEZ
  • Publication number: 20180111802
    Abstract: A lifting jig for lifting elements, comprising: a base frame comprising parallel first and second vertical support beam to be slidably received into two parallel guide profiles mounted on a façade of a building; a lifting yoke comprising a horizontal base beam and a lifting frame extending vertically from said base beam; a lifting rail for engaging a façade panel, said lifting rail extending from said horizontal base beam, a link arrangement for pivotally coupling the lifting yoke to the base frame such that the lifting yoke is movable from a element lifting position (A) to a element engagement position (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Henrik Falk, David Simlund, Peter Sandström
  • Publication number: 20180111803
    Abstract: A slewing apparatus includes a control section that performs at least a slewing angular velocity pattern determination process. In the slewing angular velocity pattern determination process, the slewing angular velocity pattern is determined such that in a first interval and a second interval of a control time T that is shorter than a cycle determined by a pendulum length of a suspended load that is in a pendulum motion, a difference between a maximum angular velocity and a minimum angular velocity increases as the control time T decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicants: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi YAMAURA, Kazuya TANIZUMI, Shinji NOGUCHI, Yuji TADANO
  • Publication number: 20180111804
    Abstract: A tunnel relief device includes an arcuate frame member, at least two fire-extinguishing arms, and a transport assembly. The arcuate frame member traverses along a length of the tunnel via first guide rails positioned on an inner surface of the tunnel. The fire-extinguishing arms are positioned on an inner surface of the arcuate frame member and traverse along the inner surface of the arcuate frame member via second guide rails to extinguish fire induced in the tunnel. The transport assembly comprises extendable arms and housed in an upper region of the arcuate frame member. The extendable arms are movable in a horizontal or vertical direction. The transport assembly is rotatably engaged to the upper region of the arcuate frame member to transport the vehicles in the tunnel from a first position to a second position to ensure safe and unobstructed movement of the vehicles in the tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Mohammad Kazemirad
  • Publication number: 20180111805
    Abstract: Crane of a wind turbine (200), comprising a fixed part (1), a pivoting part (2) which is attached with rotational freedom to the fixed part (1), a support (3) which is attached to the pivoting part (2), a winch (4), a wiring system between the winch (4) and the support (3), and a guide for guiding the wiring system along its path. The wiring system comprises a single wire (6), and the guide comprises a pulley (52) in the fixed part (1) for guiding it through said fixed part (1), and a pulley (53) in the pivoting part (2) for guiding it through said pivoting part (2). The wire (6) comprises a section (60) between the two pulleys (52, 53), which goes through the center of rotation of the pivoting part (2) with respect to the fixed part (1) connecting both parts (1, 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: GAMESA INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, S. L.
    Inventors: Borja LOPEZ PIELAGO, Israel ALONSO BRAVO
  • Publication number: 20180111806
    Abstract: The winch includes a gear assembly having a first stage and a last stage. A first input is coupled to the first stage and a second input is coupled to the last stage. In a first operative condition, the first input drives a sun gear of the first stage while a planetary carrier of the last stage is fixed so that the sun gear of the first stage drives the gear assembly to output motion through a ring gear. In a second operative condition, the second input drives the planetary carrier of the last stage while the sun gear of the first stage is fixed so that the planetary carrier of the last stage drives the gear assembly to output motion through the ring gear. The first condition provides a first output torque and the second condition provides a second output torque less than the first output torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen David Louis Snider
  • Publication number: 20180111807
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and mechanisms to selectively fix or free a planetary carrier of a epicyclic gearbox, thereby allowing dual modal operation of the gearbox and facilitating selective operation of a device, such as a winch, having capacity to safely and efficiently operate in a high load heavy lifting utility mode and a low load light lifting personnel mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen David Louis Snider
  • Publication number: 20180111808
    Abstract: Described herein is a lifting device for raising and lowering a contact member. The lifting device includes an actuator configured to move the contact member between a lowered position and a raised position, wherein in a first mode of operation of the lifting device, the actuator moves the contact member from the lowered position to the raised position without rotating the contact member about a reference axis, and in a second mode of operation of the lifting device, the actuator permits rotational motion of the contact member about the reference axis from the raised position to a modified raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: GREY ORANGE PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kurt HOELTGEN, Akash GUPTA, Samay KOHLI, Naveen BOPPANA, Akshay BHAGAT
  • Publication number: 20180111809
    Abstract: A side picker apparatus comprises a wheeled lift truck with powered lift tower configured to lift an operator platform and controls along with a carrier/storage unit for transporting picked elongated product. The storage unit is L-shaped and includes a chute section that guides picked product to an under-platform storage section located below/under the platform in a well-balanced storage position. The apparatus can be installed as a retrofit onto a modified order picker truck. The method includes picking elongated product and lowering/guiding it to the under-platform storage section. The storage section can include pop-up wheels that, in a ground-engaging position, pop up to assist in moving the picked product off the carrier/storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Gary Rodenburg
  • Publication number: 20180111810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an industrial truck, in particular to a tri-lateral sideloader, comprising a truck body, wheels connected to the truck body by wheel suspensions, a mast, which extends substantially vertically from the truck body and with which a plurality of attachment parts are associated, a plurality of operating components, which are designed to carry out operating functions of the industrial truck, at least one control unit, which is designed to actuate the operating components of the industrial truck, and at least one detection apparatus, which is designed to detect at least one operating parameter of the industrial truck and/or at least one parameter of the environment around the industrial truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ernst-Peter Magens, Jürgen Schmalzl, Hubert Bibernell, Carsten Schöttke
  • Publication number: 20180111811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of introducing nitrogen into a beverage container. The beverage container (10) comprises a cylindrical neck part (16) having a circumferential rim (18) defining an opening (20). The cylindrical neck part comprises an outer circumferential flange (22) encircling the cylindrical neck part. A connecting element (36) comprising a circular closure plate (64) and a cylindrical housing (54) having a set of inwardly oriented locking parts (56) is positioned such that the cylindrical housing is at least partially covering the cylindrical neck part and a fluid path (58) is defined between the connecting element and the cylindrical neck part. A collar (42, 44) comprising a gas inlet (48) is placed about the cylindrical neck part and gas is injected into the beverage container via the gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Carlsberg Breweries A/S
    Inventors: Jan Norager RASMUSSEN, Steen VESBORG
  • Publication number: 20180111812
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor of an apparatus for forming and/or filling containers made from preforms. The object of the invention is to propose a rotor of such an apparatus, that allows the preforms or the filled containers to be transferred with reduced forces to a processing station downstream. This object is achieved by a rotor 100 of such an apparatus having a rotational axis A and having processing stations that rotate about the rotational axis for receiving preforms or containers, wherein the processing stations move along a closed path 1 about the rotational axis A, which is characterized in that the distance of path 1 from the rotational axis A varies depending upon the position on path 1, and the radius of curvature of path 1 in at least one section 12 is greater than the greatest distance of path 1 from the rotational axis A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Michael LINKE, Michael Litzenberg, Niels Meyer
  • Publication number: 20180111813
    Abstract: An apparatus for the automatic dispensing of beverages by the glass is provided with space-saving container adapted to be installed and implemented so as to allow an optimized occupation of the available spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Gianni BENCISTA' FALORNI
  • Publication number: 20180111814
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing nozzle is provided. The beverage dispensing nozzle may include an upper portion configured to receive juice concentrate, a lower portion coupled to the upper portion and configured to receive juice concentrate from the upper portion, an agitation device configured to mix the juice concentrate and a liquid within the lower portion, and a nozzle output configured to output a mixture of the juice concentrate and the liquid mixed by the agitation device. At least one of the upper portion and lower portion may include an umbrella valve configured to regulate flow of the juice concentrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Dispenser Beverages Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Scott Riel
  • Publication number: 20180111815
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing nozzle is provided. The beverage dispensing nozzle may include an upper portion configured to receive juice concentrate, a lower portion coupled to the upper portion and configured to receive juice concentrate from the upper portion, an agitation device configured to mix the juice concentrate and a liquid within the lower portion, and a nozzle output configured to output a mixture of the juice concentrate and the liquid mixed by the agitation device. At least one of the upper portion and lower portion may include an umbrella valve configured to regulate flow of the juice concentrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Dispenser Beverages Inc.
    Inventor: ROBERT SCOTT RIEL
  • Publication number: 20180111816
    Abstract: A package including a fitment for dispensing a liquid from a flexible bag is disclosed. The fitment is secured to the bag and includes a compressible bulb and a piercing member that are coupled together. In two embodiments the fitment is configured so that the piercing member pierces through a wall of the bag to dispense the bag's contents through an outlet port of the fitment. One of those embodiments includes a separate valve to open and close the outlet port. Another embodiment does not include a separate valve to open and close the outlet port. A third embodiment makes use of a fitment connected to a filling gland of the bag and which is in communication with the interior of the bag. That third embodiment includes a frangible seal forming part of the fitment and which is pierced by the piercing member to dispense the liquid from the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Raymond Andrew Stever, Jeffrey Scott Beer
  • Publication number: 20180111817
    Abstract: A liquid volume transfer system includes: a liquid infusion device, including a first communication module, a first controller and a first flow rate detecting module; a liquid container, including a second communication module; and an unmanned aerial vehicle, including a third communication module, a third controller and a second flow rate detecting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Bin Peng, Dengfeng Li
  • Publication number: 20180111818
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser to dispense heated liquid may include a container to hold the liquid; a heating element to heat the liquid as the liquid is being dispensed; and an adjustment control device to control the heating of the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Ronald G. Havlovick
  • Publication number: 20180111819
    Abstract: Methods are devices are provided for preventing fracture of a fluid-filled chamber or tank. In general an anti-fracture expansion device can be disposed internally within a fluid-filled chamber such that during a freeze event displaced fluid can compress or flow into the anti-fracture expansion device, thereby reducing the likelihood that the chamber will rupture. The internal disposition of the expansion device prevents it from interfering with other components that may be connected to or adjacent to the fluid chamber, thereby conserving space. In certain embodiments, the expansion device can have a dual function wherein it can act as a flow control valve in addition to functioning as an anti-fracture expansion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Reiter, Artemus A. Shelton
  • Publication number: 20180111820
    Abstract: Disclosed is a valve apparatus of a urea tank for a vehicle, the valve apparatus configured such that a urea solution injection pipe is flexibly bent and has a float so that a urea injection valve provided at the urea solution injection pipe is prevented from being immersed in the urea solution in the urea tank. Thus, the urea solution can be prevented from being damaged upon freezing in a winter season. Further, when a urea solution is injected, the urea solution injection pipe is straightened by flow pressure of the urea solution such that the float is forced to be immersed in the urea solution in the urea tank, and accordingly the urea solution injection valve is immersed therein. Thus, the urea solution can be efficiently injected into the urea tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Chang Ho HAM, Eun Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20180111821
    Abstract: Automatic machine for inserting in an homogeneous and metered manner into stuffed articles of various kind, in particular but not exclusively clothes articles, of stuffing material of various kind such as polyester fibers, plumage and the like, adapted to maintain the heat into the same articles. Machine into which it is introduced the stuffing material contained into bags or containers provided by the producing and transforming firms of the same material, and such material is introduced and collected into a collecting and stocking container, from which the material is let to fall into underlying weighing containers communicating with the container, for weighing the material by loading cells, and the weighed material is subsequently transferred into an injection station adapted to insert and inject the same material into the pockets or spaces of each clothes article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: B&B di Borsoi Michele
    Inventor: Michele BORSOI
  • Publication number: 20180111822
    Abstract: To provide a contact point structure of an electronic device capable of maintaining stable impact resistance. There is provided a contact point structure including: a base portion that is a semiconductor substrate; a movable contact point portion that is supported by the base portion and is a part of a movable member capable of being driven in a predetermined direction; and a fixed contact point portion that faces the movable contact point portion. The fixed contact point portion includes a fixed portion that is supported by the base portion and an extending member that extends from the fixed portion and is capable of being displaced relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Mitsuo HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180111823
    Abstract: Integrated circuit substrates having through silicon vias (TSVs) are described. The TSVs are vias extending through the silicon substrate in which the integrated circuitry is formed. The TSVs may be formed prior to formation of the integrated circuitry on the integrated circuit substrate, allowing the use of via materials which can be fabricated at relatively small sizes. The integrated circuit substrates may be bonded with a substrate having a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. In some such situations, the circuitry of the integrated circuit substrate may face away from the MEMS substrate since the TSVs may provide electrical connection from the circuitry side of the integrated circuit substrate to the MEMS device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kieran Nunan, Li Chen
  • Publication number: 20180111824
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed over the first substrate, and including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a via portion extending between the first surface and the second surface, a first through hole and a second through hole, and a device disposed over the second surface, and including a dielectric layer, a backplate at least partially exposed from the dielectric layer and a membrane at least partially exposed from the dielectric layer and disposed between the backplate and the first substrate, wherein the via portion is disposed within the second through hole, and the dielectric layer is bonded with the second substrate, and the device is electrically connected to the first substrate through the via portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: TZU-HENG WU, CHIA-HUA CHU, YI-HENG TSAI, CHENG SAN CHOU, CHEN HSIUNG YANG