Patents Issued in August 16, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180229922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to packaging 10 for textile articles 12. The packaging comprises: a plurality of textile articles overlapping in an X stacking direction, forming at least one pile 14; a flat core 16 arranged substantially perpendicular to the X stacking direction, wherein the flat core comprises recesses 18 along a pair of sides 160; and a small band 20, which surrounds the at least one pile of textile articles and the flat core. In the packaging according to the invention, the band is tied around the pile so as to keep it together and it is received in the recesses of the flat core. The invention also relates to a method for packaging textile articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: GIANFRANCO PEA
  • Publication number: 20180229923
    Abstract: A cartridge (10) containing a dose (12) of at least one substance, for example, ground coffee, for preparing a liquid product using liquid and/or steam introduced into the cartridge (10) comprises a body (14) with a bottom wall (142) and a cover (16) for closing the body (14) of the cartridge (10) in a position opposite to the bottom wall (142). The cover (16) is coupled to the body (14) via a coupling element, such as, for example, the mouth part (144) of the body or a lock ring (148) that undergoes shape variation under the action of said liquid and/or steam, thus causing release of the coupling between the cover (16) and the body (14) of the cartridge (10). The coupling element (144, 148) comprises, for example, compostable material that can undergo post-crystallization under the action of heat, which has not been subjected to post-crystallization in the cartridge (10) prior to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alberto CABILLI, Danilo BOLOGNESE, Luisa BORELLO
  • Publication number: 20180229924
    Abstract: A multicompartment capsule for use with a beverage forming apparatus includes a base and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base. The sidewall includes a rim extending outwardly from an upper end thereof. The rim surrounds an opening of the multicompartment capsule wherein an upper surface of the outwardly extending rim is sealed to a lower surface of a lid. At least one partition extends through an interior of the multicompartment capsule so as to form a first sealed compartment that is fluidly isolated from a second sealed compartment. The first sealed compartment includes a first beverage formulation and the second sealed compartment includes a second beverage formulation. The first beverage formulation is reactive with the second beverage formulation and the partition separates the first beverage formulation from the second beverage formulation to extend the shelf life of the multicompartment capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Georgios Karles, Jonathan David Watson, Gregory James Griscik, Christian Schuh, Munmaya Mishra, Lawrence E. Tipton, Christopher L. Simpson, Tracy M. Ogbonlowo, Rosana C. Altoveros, Dariusz Masiarz
  • Publication number: 20180229925
    Abstract: A bulk material shipping container unloader having an expandable supporter, a pallet receiver supported by the extendable supporter, and a material director supported by the pallet receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: C. John Allegretti
  • Publication number: 20180229926
    Abstract: A bulk material shipping container unloader having an expandable supporter, a pallet receiver supported by the extendable supporter, and a material director supported by the pallet receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: C. John Allegretti
  • Publication number: 20180229927
    Abstract: An apparatus for distributing gases and, optionally, liquids into a control valve includes a collar and a plurality of gas distribution devices. The collar includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, an inner bore formed through a central portion of the first side and the second side, an outer edge positioned between the first side and the second side and which defines an outer perimeter of the collar, an inner edge positioned between the first side and the second side and which extends around the inner bore to define an inside perimeter of the collar, and a plurality of passages that extend through the outer edge and inner edge without penetrating the first and second sides. The plurality of gas distribution devices are mounted into the passages of the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Bruce M. Platusich
  • Publication number: 20180229928
    Abstract: A float floating in a liquid has a spherical body having a spherical shape from which parts are cut off so as to form a regular hexagonal shape when viewed from one direction. In addition, the float is shaped so as to form a regular hexagonal shape when viewed from the above-mentioned one direction, and the floats are arranged in a honeycomb geometry to thereby reduce the contact area between the liquid and air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Minjie Ai
  • Publication number: 20180229929
    Abstract: A trash receptacle for separating liquids and solids is disclosed. An example embodiment includes: a lid unit including a sink area for receiving waste liquids and a chute area for receiving waste solids; a reservoir tank for retaining the waste liquids, the sink area including a connecting tube coupling the sink area to the reservoir tank and enabling the waste liquids to flow from the sink area into the reservoir tank; and the lid unit being configured to fit over the reservoir tank and an opening of a trash container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Antony PIERRE
  • Publication number: 20180229930
    Abstract: A lid body is provided, and the lid body includes a main body and an opening and closing system. The opening and closing system is disposed on the main body and includes a lid member, a processing unit, an opening unit, a timing unit, a display unit and a driving unit, the lid member is movably assembled on the main body and optionally covers the opening, the timing unit is set for a preset time, when the lid member moves to the opening position and uncovers the opening, the timing unit starts to count; in the meanwhile, the display unit simultaneously shows a timing state of the timing unit; and after the timing unit counts to the preset time, the driving unit drives the lid member to move to a position where the lid member covers the opening completely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Michael SHEK
  • Publication number: 20180229931
    Abstract: A lid body is provided for being assembled on a barrel body and defining a receiving space with the barrel body, and the lid body includes a main body and an opening and closing system. The main body has an opening for communicating with the receiving space. At least one of sensing unit of the opening and closing system is angle-adjustably disposed on the main body, each said sensing unit and an object to be sensed have a sensing distance therebetween along a sensing direction, a length of the sensing distance projected to a detection plane is defined as a detection range, and the detection range changes according to change of the angle of the sensing unit relative to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Michael SHEK
  • Publication number: 20180229932
    Abstract: A receptacle which includes a body, a lid, and a deodorizing and sanitizing mechanism. The body may have an open upper region, a lower region, and an internal cavity, with the lid being pivotally coupled to a first portion of the open upper region of the body, the lid configured to close the open upper region of the body, and the deodorizing and sanitizing mechanism being removably attached or built within body to a second portion of the open upper region of the body. The deodorizing and sanitizing mechanism is configured to lessen malodorous and unsanitary conditions inside the receptacle. The trash receptacle system is useful for deodorizing and sanitizing a trash receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Steve DeGeorge
  • Publication number: 20180229933
    Abstract: A driverless transport device for assembling a motor vehicle comprising a drivable base and a vehicle carrier coupled to the base and extending in a longitudinal direction, is configured and developed in terms of a flexible production using simple constructional means, in such a way that the vehicle carrier has actuatable receiving points for carrying the motor vehicle, the vehicle carrier can be moved along its longitudinal direction relative to the base by means of a guide device and can be tilted around an axis oriented orthogonally to the longitudinal direction, such that the at least partially assembled motor vehicle can drive off of the vehicle carrier on its own wheels when receiving points are released from the motor vehicle. The invention also relates to a method for unloading a motor vehicle from a driverless transport device that functions to assemble the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Universitaet Stuttgart
    Inventor: Matthias Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20180229934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a force transmission belt, formed of at least one belt material (2) having a belt longitudinal direction and having a belt width extending transversely to the belt longitudinal direction, containing a belt back (1), a tension-bearing element zone (3) having a plurality of tension-bearing elements arranged adjacent to each other over the belt width at a distance and parallel to each other, and a force transmission zone (6) adjoining the tension-bearing element zone (3). Said force transmission belt can be formed simply, economically, and with improved running properties in that the tension-bearing elements are formed by at least two narrow strips (4) of a pre-stretched plastic material, which strips are arranged adjacent to each other over the belt width and are spaced apart from each other by belt material (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Salem HAZIM, Michael GIESSMANN
  • Publication number: 20180229935
    Abstract: A vented bucket for use in an endless conveyor system, such as a bucket elevator, includes two oppositely disposed side panels joined by a rear panel, a bottom panel, and a front panel. At least one vent tube extends along or within one of the rear panel, side panels or front panel in a substantially vertical orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: William F. Hart, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180229936
    Abstract: A transport vehicle system includes: a first transport vehicle configured to travel on a lower track in one direction; a second transport vehicle configured to travel on an upper track in one direction; a first transfer section onto which a conveyed object is delivered from the second transport vehicle and from which the conveyed object is received by the first transport vehicle; and a second transfer section onto which the conveyed object is delivered from the first transport vehicle and from which the conveyed object is received by the second transport vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi MOTOORI
  • Publication number: 20180229937
    Abstract: A conveying device has: a main conveyor unit; a sub conveyor unit; and a lifting and lowering unit that lifts and lowers at least one of the main conveyor unit and the sub conveyor unit, wherein the main conveyor unit has a main conveying passage disposed in a fixed region, the main conveying passage conveying a conveyance object, wherein the sub conveyor unit has a sub conveying passage disposed in the fixed region, the sub conveying passage conveying the conveyance object in an intersecting direction with respect to a conveying direction of the main conveying passage, wherein a conveyance attitude is capable of being changed between a main conveyance attitude in which a conveying surface of the sub conveying passage is located below a conveying surface of the main conveying passage, and a sub conveyance attitude in which both ends in the intersecting direction of the conveying surface of the sub conveying passage are located above the conveying surface of the main conveying passage, and in the sub conveyanc
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuo Itoh, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Koji Ueda, Takahiro Itoh
  • Publication number: 20180229938
    Abstract: A snap-in dual-pronged retaining device for a conveyor component includes two parallel prongs extending from an integral base. The prongs may form axles for rollers, hinge rods for coupling two conveyor belt modules together, or retaining shafts for retaining a component relative to the conveyor belt. A fastener secures the retaining device and conveyor component in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Angela Longo Marshall, Errol P. Knott
  • Publication number: 20180229939
    Abstract: A conveyor pan is provided for supporting a portion of a mining conveyor extending along a mine face and positioned between the mine face and a goaf. The conveyor pan includes a deck, a toe, and a heel. The deck includes a first side configured to be positioned proximate the mine face and a second side configured to be positioned proximate the goaf. The toe is positioned adjacent the first side of the deck, and includes a toe contact surface defining a toe surface area. The heel is positioned adjacent the second side of the deck, and includes a lug and a heel contact surface. The lug is configured to be coupled to an advancement mechanism. The heel contact surface defines a heel surface area greater than the toe surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Gareth Rimmington, Tim Proctor, Adrian Jones
  • Publication number: 20180229940
    Abstract: A vibratory apparatus includes a first mass comprising a first deck with a path of travel between a first point and a second point along the first deck, a second mass comprising a second deck with a path of travel between a first point and a second point along the second deck, a shaft coupled to the first mass and at least one eccentric weight coupled to the shaft, and at least one resilient member in the form of a plate having a thickness, the plate coupled at a first end to the first deck and at a second end to the second deck, the plate having a thickness disposed transverse to the path of travel along the first and second decks, the plate having at least one opening formed therethrough to form a web having a spring characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Steve Massman, Vincent Brice
  • Publication number: 20180229941
    Abstract: A chain fault diagnosis system and a chain fault diagnosis method for a scraper conveyor are provided. The diagnosis system includes a strain rosette attached on a top end surface of each sprocket tooth of the scraper conveyor. The strain rosette is connected to a signal gathering unit fixed on a scraper conveyor roller through a shielded conductor, the signal gathering unit sends a gathered signal to a wireless receiving device by means of wireless transmission, and the wireless receiving device transmits the gathered signal obtained thereby to an industrial control computer through a USB interface. The diagnosis method includes the following three steps: chain dislocation/skip fault judgment, chain breakage fault judgment and chain seizure fault judgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fan JIANG, Zhencai ZHU, Wei LI, Sunyang WU, Gongbo ZHOU, Guohua CAO, Yuxing PENG, Hao LU, Chunli HUA
  • Publication number: 20180229942
    Abstract: A transport device includes a first transport-element that comprises rotatable transport-element sections and that defines a transport path for transporting materials between front and rear deflection-devices. The path has successive sections along a transport direction and extends between drive-arrangements spaced apart along the transport path. The drive-arrangements interactively connect to the transport-element at different locations along the transport path. Rotatable transport-element sections are repositioned relative to one another in such a way to change an overall length of the first transport-element. Targeted controlling of adjacent transport path sections at a differential speed by way of the first and second drive-arrangements creates an accumulation or a gap of transport material on a transport-path section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich Scholz, Sebastian Götze, Thomas Stienen
  • Publication number: 20180229943
    Abstract: A conveyor belt scraper (44) which has a moulded base (10), a scraper element (46) which is moulded to the base (10), and resiliently compressible inserts (80, 82) between relatively movable opposed surfaces of the base (10) and the scraper element (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Paul Christian
  • Publication number: 20180229944
    Abstract: A guard device for transport bags in a loading station of an overhead conveyor system comprises a mounting unit to mount the guard device to a conveyor device of the overhead conveyor system, an impact plate to support a rear wall of a transport bag when being loaded with a product to be transported, and a connection unit to movably connect the impact plate to the mounting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Paul JANZEN
  • Publication number: 20180229945
    Abstract: A load port including: a base as part of a wall partitioning a transportation space from external space; an opening provided to the base; a door configured to open and close the opening and securing a lid to, and releasing a lid from, a container containing contents; and a first seal member for sealing the space between the base and the container. At least some of the container-side end surface of the door is located nearer to the transportation space than the container-side end part of the first seal member. The load port can keep a surrounding space clean when a FOUP is connected to a casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SUZUKI, Yasushi TANIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180229946
    Abstract: A pneumatic distribution system for pneumatically distributing material in an agricultural vehicle is described. In one example, the pneumatic distribution system comprises an air source having an outlet with different air pressures defining a pressure gradient across the outlet, and a plurality of inlet ports configured to receive air from the outlet for a plurality of distribution streams, comprising at least a first distribution stream with a first pressure loss value and a second distribution stream with a second pressure loss value that is greater than the first pressure loss value. The inlet ports for the first and second distribution streams are located relative to the pressure gradient such that the second distribution stream receives a higher air pressure than the first distribution stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Stanley R. Borkgren
  • Publication number: 20180229947
    Abstract: A positioning system has at least one positioning carriage which is variably mobile and positionable relative to a carriage support of the positioning system, whilst carrying out a positioning movement on a positioning plane defined by an xy cartesian co-ordinate system, the carriage support having at least one stator arrangement with an x-stator section for providing a magnetic x-travelling field, which can be moved in the direction of the x-axis of the xy co-ordinate system, and a y-stator section for providing a magnetic y-travelling field, which can be moved in the direction of the y-axis of the xy co-ordinate system. The positioning carriage is provided with a magnet arrangement which, during the positioning movement, magnetically interacts simultaneously with the x-travelling field and the y-travelling field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas Feyrer
  • Publication number: 20180229948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a palletizing apparatus (10) and a method for conveying articles (16), piece goods, and/or bundles (18) and/or palletizable article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20) with at least two conveyor line sections (12, 14), each in a particular conveying direction (28, 29). Each conveyor line sections include consecutive handling stations, grouping stations, and/or transfer stations (32, 33, 40, 44, 48, 50), which lead to a central loading station (24), where the article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20) are stacked on top of each other and/or palletized in a common loading place (25). The loading station (24) is located between at least two vertically adjustable support surfaces and/or conveying surfaces (52). The common loading place (25) is supplied with article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Manuel KOLLMUSS, Richard ESCHLBECK
  • Publication number: 20180229949
    Abstract: A dispensing device that comprises vertical guidings for receiving a stack of a plurality of trays, a separating device for dispensing individual trays in a downward direction and a tray discharge device that has multiple rotating lifting elements. The dispensing device includes lifting elements that are formed cylindrically and have a comb structure with at least two immersing protrusions that extend in parallel to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Bernard Fickler
  • Publication number: 20180229950
    Abstract: System includes one or more processors configured to determine loading parameters associated with section locations and zone locations. The section locations are locations of cargo sections at a product-distribution site, and the zone locations are locations of load zones at the product-distribution site. The one or more processors are also configured to assign the outbound automobiles to the load zones. The load zones are configured to have multiple outbound automobiles therein. The outbound automobiles are assigned to the load zones to reduce at least one of a total time to move the outbound automobiles from the zone locations to the section locations, a total distance to move the outbound automobiles from the zone locations to the section locations, or a total number of times in which individuals handle the outbound automobiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Jay Tyber, Srinivas Bollapragada, Jian Li, Ed McQuillan, Ajith Buddhikantha Wijeratne, Joshua Kent Massey
  • Publication number: 20180229951
    Abstract: A ramp system includes a rail with an outer wall that defines an extent of the ramp in a width dimension. The rail includes an inner wall that is connected to the outer wall at a curb head. The inner wall extends away from the curb head at an angle relative to the outer wall. A side wall is oriented parallel to the outer wall. A lower end of the side wall is connected to a lower end of the outer wall by a bottom wall. A shelf is connected between an upper end of the side wall and a lower end of the inner wall. The shelf extension is connected between the lower end of the inner wall and the outer wall. A deck is secured to the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Discount Ramps.com, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Krolski, Richard Beilstein, Lawrence Marmon
  • Publication number: 20180229952
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a pick-up roller with a front-edge alignment element and a media separation apparatus using the pick-up roller. The pick-up roller may include a pick-up element configured to pick up and transfer a media sheet, and the front-edge alignment element provided at a position opposite to the pick-up element. During a process of picking up a stacked media sheet and transferring it into a space between a feed roller and a separation roller unit, the front-edge alignment element may align in advance a front edge of a media sheet disposed subsequent to the medial sheet that is being transferred, to a position of the entrance between the feed roller and the separation roller unit, and thereafter, the pick-up element may pick up the media sheet aligned by the front-edge alignment element and transfer it into the space between the feed roller and the separation roller unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Sung Ho PARK, Jin Hwan CHA, Jae Hoon KWAK
  • Publication number: 20180229953
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving, transporting, and dispensing film bags, comprising a film bag magazine with multiple parallel magazine shafts and two circulating conveyor belt devices which can be driven independently of each other and which comprise film bag receiving areas arranged thereon, said conveyor belt devices circulating about two common axes. The two axes are designed to be drivable independently of each other, and each axis drives one of the two conveyor belt devices. The invention further relates to a method for receiving, transporting, and dispensing film bags by means of the device for receiving, transporting, and dispensing film bags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Rolf Harth, Frank Lechert
  • Publication number: 20180229954
    Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet presence/absence detection sensor configured to detect presence or absence of a sheet on a stacking device, a sheet surface detection sensor configured to detect that a stacking tray is raised to enable a sheet to be fed, a separation cam, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine that the mounting state of a feeding holder to a holder support unit is defective when the sheet surface detection sensor detects that the sheet can be fed when the sheet presence/absence detection sensor detects absence of a sheet before sheet feeding processing by a pickup roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuhito Fujinuma, Shunsuke Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20180229955
    Abstract: A medium transporting device including: a main body; an opening/closing body; and a holding unit, in which the holding unit includes a rotation member that has a supporting portion which can be displaced between raised up and dropped down by rotation thereof and supports the opening/closing body and applies a force to the opening/closing body in an opening direction by the supporting portion engaging with the opening/closing body, and a pressing unit that presses the rotation member in the raised direction, and in which the holding unit further includes a configuration in which a force which is applied to the opening/closing body in the opening direction due to a pressing force to the rotation member generated by the pressing unit and a force that the opening/closing body tries to close are balanced with each other according to a predetermined rotation angle of the rotation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Soichiro KII
  • Publication number: 20180229956
    Abstract: Provided is a document conveyance apparatus that conveys a document along a document conveyance path including a reading position at which an image on a surface of the document is read, the document conveyance apparatus including: a hardware processor; an end detector that detects an angle of a corner portion of a front edge of the document; and an inclination detector that detects an amount of inclination of the front edge, wherein, in a case where it has been determined that the corner portion of the front edge includes a right angle portion on the basis of information obtained from the end detector, the hardware processor determines the amount of inclination of the front edge obtained from the inclination detector as an amount of inclination of the document, and performs inclination correction of the image read at the reading position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi YOSHIMURA, Kiyohito TSUJIHARA, Akinori KIMATA, Takashi WATANABE, Shiro UMEDA, Kouei CHO
  • Publication number: 20180229957
    Abstract: This invention provides web-cutting mechanism that can be mounted in line at an appropriate location between the web-handling peripheral (printer) and a web roll. The cutting mechanism operates before the available storage in the winder festoon has been exhausted, and decouples the roll's energy from the web. The cutting mechanism can employ a blade that is drawn through the web solely by the movement of the web itself. The blade is mounted at a (e.g.) 45-degree angle to web travel, causing it to be pulled through the web. A negator spring assembly and associated cable drives the blade into the side edge of the web when a slide-mounted blade shuttle assembly is released by a latching pawl of a solenoid assembly. The solenoid is triggered by a signal indicating an emergency stop condition, such as an upstream jam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen E. Silva, Gregory Mercurio
  • Publication number: 20180229958
    Abstract: Provided are a sheet stacking device, a counter ejector and a box making machine, wherein: a hopper unit stacks sheet-like cardboard boxes; feeding rolls feed a cardboard box to the hopper unit; and a guiding device is disposed between the feeding rolls and the hopper unit and includes a first guide part that extends in a horizontal direction and guides a lower surface of the cardboard box and a second guide part that extends in a vertical direction and guides a rear end of the cardboard box. Due to this configuration, the occurrence of damage to box making sheets in high-speed conveying of the box making sheets can be suppressed and the box making sheets can be appropriately stacked in a prescribed posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ANDO, Kazuya SUGIMOTO, Osamu HATANO, Shinya IORI
  • Publication number: 20180229959
    Abstract: A system that eliminates return and reset of a pusher in a media collation system includes the use of bidirectional bins that allow accumulated sets of media in the bins to be collated in first or second directions and pushed to either of two banders rather than being restricted to one bander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas K Herrmann, KEVIN ST MARTIN, TIMOTHY J. KELLEY
  • Publication number: 20180229960
    Abstract: An apparatus that may be used for the display and storage of decorative lights is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing that includes a hollow body portion defining an interior and a substantially cylindrical neck portion that defines an axis that extends into the body portion, the neck portion further defining an opening for accessing the interior. The apparatus may further include a lid assembly configured to be removably coupled with the housing. The lid assembly may include a fixed portion configured to be removably coupled with the housing, and a movable portion movably coupled with the fixed portion. The movable portion may move from an open configuration to a closed configuration to alter the size of an opening provided through the lid assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Jiadong Ma
  • Publication number: 20180229961
    Abstract: There is provided a new and improved reel member and a new and improved reel housing body that can suppress surface runout and accordingly suppress falling-off of an adhesive film, the reel member (1) including: a winding core section (2) around which an adhesive film is windable; and a flange section (3) provided on each of both end portions in a direction of a rotation axis of the winding core section, in which the winding core section and the flange section are provided separately from each other, and an amount of surface runout of the flange section is a value within a range of ±0.2 mm. For example, a diameter of the winding core section and a diameter of the flange section may satisfy a predetermined mathematical formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toyoji YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180229962
    Abstract: A novel spindle support system comprising a spindle and a receiver wherein one or both include magnetic material and the spindle is held in position relative to the receiver by magnetic forces is described. The spindle and receiver can be recessed in a wall unit or include in arms. Using oriented magnetic materials permits making a roller system that includes one or more detent positions. The invention is useful for dispensing of consumer rolled paper and film products as well as industrial film handling applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Amir Fahid
  • Publication number: 20180229963
    Abstract: A dispenser for elastomeric monofilament is provided. The dispenser has a hollow lower half hingedly joined to a mating hollow upper half. Each half has a peripheral wall with vertically extending sidewalls defining an interior and an exterior to the dispenser. A pair of hubs is formed in the sidewalls of one of the halves and a reel is rotably disposed between the hubs. The reel has elastomeric monofilament therearound. A passage from the interior to the exterior of the dispenser is formed at a junction between the halves by a channel formed in each half having a sinuous path through the peripheral wall thereof. The channels are configured such that a sinuous passage is formed from the interior of the dispenser to the exterior of the dispenser by the juxtaposition of the channels when the halves are joined to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Nikhil Gupta
  • Publication number: 20180229964
    Abstract: An apparatus is described herein that may generally include an air pump, a rotatable drum, a flexible hose, and first and second housings. The drum may draw in and let out the flexible hose. The pump may be connected to the flexible hose. The first housing may enclose in inner portion of the drum, and may include a first air intake. The pump may be disposed within the first housing. The second housing may surround the drum and may include a second air intake. The flexible hose may pass through the second air intake. The first intake may be aligned perpendicular to the second air intake. Alternatively, the first intake may be aligned parallel to the second air intake on a side of the drum opposite the second air intake. Sound emitted from the pump may pass over, and be absorbed by, the flexible hose within the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Jerome Miles, Davido Hyer, Jedediah Knight
  • Publication number: 20180229965
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for defining absolute position information of an elevator car. The method comprises: obtaining continuously a pulse position information of the elevator car; and defining an absolute position information of the elevator car by adding a predefined correction value to the obtained pulse position information of the elevator car. The predefined correction value indicates a drift between the obtained pulse position information of the elevator car and the actual pulse position of the elevator car. The invention also relates to a safety control unit and an elevator system performing at least partly the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Ari KATTAINEN, Antti HOVI, Toni HIRVONEN, Ari JUSSILA, Matti MUSTONEN, Arttu LEPPAKOSKI, Juha-Matti AITAMURTO
  • Publication number: 20180229966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for creating a safe working space in the upper part of an elevator shaft. The solution comprises a number of safety levels with pre-defined clearances and triggering limits for safety operations in order to create a safety space zone at the upper part of the elevator shaft by stopping the upwards movement of the elevator car, when the elevator is in the inspection or maintenance mode, with actions which are arranged to become more and more effective and definitive safety level by safety level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Nithil KARIMPANACKAL NATARAJAN, Markku Haivala, Ari Kattainen
  • Publication number: 20180229967
    Abstract: Methods and system for operating an elevator include receiving input regarding a maintenance action at an access control module, the input including a first predetermined maintenance position, the first predetermined maintenance position being a position of the elevator car within an elevator shaft relative to a landing, conveying an elevator car to the first predetermined maintenance position, disabling an access prevention device of a landing door lock, and opening a landing door at the landing to enable access to the elevator car positioned at the first predetermined maintenance position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Aurelien Fauconnet, Frederic Beauchaud, Amine Badaoui
  • Publication number: 20180229968
    Abstract: An elevator automatic rescue and energy-saving control method, the method comprising: when the power grid supplies power normally, selecting a single current in a three-phase power grid (9) as an AC power supply for an elevator control system (10); controlling a DC-DC converter (2) to charge the super capacitor module (1) connected to the DC-DC converter to a specified standby electric energy level; and when the power grid is suddenly interrupted, selecting to use the electric energy stored in the super capacitor module (1) as a rescue electric energy for a traction motor (7) and the elevator control system (10). The described method uses a super capacitor module, so that a stable and reliable elevator rescue power supply is provided when the power grid is suddenly interrupted, and the regenerative electric energy dissipated during elevator braking operation is stored and utilized during elevator operation, thereby conserving energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Ka Wai Cheng, Eugene Yu Ching Chan, Xiangdang Xue, Lok Yan Lorraine Chan
  • Publication number: 20180229969
    Abstract: A braking arrangement for an elevator arrangement includes a speed sensor arrangement for generating an over-speed signal of a moving component of the elevator arrangement, a hydraulic brake arrangement for generating a braking action of the moving component upon application of a hydraulic pressure and an actuator arrangement for generating and applying the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic brake arrangement. The braking arrangement includes a control connected to the speed sensor arrangement and in response to the over-speed signal initiating an ABS braking process by controlling the actuator arrangement to repeatedly increase and decrease the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic brake arrangement with a repetition time interval that is successively extended during the ABS braking process. The braking arrangement enables safe and reliable deceleration of the moving component, such as a car or a counterweight, while avoiding an excessive jerk by smoothly increasing the braking action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Vishal BHOSALE, Shreyas NAIKADE
  • Publication number: 20180229970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring condition of a rope of a hoisting device, which rope comprises one or more load bearing members oriented to extend parallel with longitudinal direction of the rope throughout the length thereof. The method comprises measuring strains of one or more portions of a load bearing member of the rope; and comparing the measured strains of one or more portions of a load bearing member of the rope with at least one reference. The invention also relates to a hoisting device implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Hannu LEHTINEN, Jukka Penttila, Juha Helenius
  • Publication number: 20180229971
    Abstract: An elevator system includes an elevator car constructed and arranged to travel in a hoistway. A linear propulsion system of the elevator system is configured to impart a force upon the elevator car to control movement of the car. The linear propulsion system includes a secondary portion mounted to the elevator car and may have a plurality of magnets. A first primary portion (42) of the linear propulsion system includes a mounting assembly (60), a plurality of coils engaged to the mounting assembly (60), and a first cooling device (80) including at least one conduit (82) projecting outward from the mounting assembly (60) and into the hoistway for transferring heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ram Ranjan, Enrico Manes