Patents Issued in September 20, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180264468
    Abstract: A multi-layer sealing structure for sealing a microwell array defined in or on a substrate includes at least one front compliant layer, a back compliant layer, and a flexural layer arranged between the at least one front compliant layer and the back compliant layer, wherein the at least one front compliant layer is closer than the back compliant layer to microwells of the microwell array. One or more front compliant layers may be optically reflective and/or may embody a sensor layer. The back compliant layer may include an adhesive or various types of rubber, and the flexural layer may include a polymeric material or metal. A multi-layer sealing structure may be separated from a microwell array by peeling. A multi-layer sealing structure allows local disruption of sealing where particle contaminants are present without compromising the sealing performance of an entire microwell array, and without requiring a large sealing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Clifford Anderson, Kristen Lee, Jacob Messner, Laimonas Kelbauskas, Benjamin Ueberroth, Yanqing Tian, Deirdre Meldrum
  • Publication number: 20180264469
    Abstract: A microfluidic circuit element comprising a microfluidic main channel and nano interstices is disclosed. The nano interstices are formed at both sides of the main channel and are in fluid communication with the main channel. The nano interstices have a height less than that of the main channel, gives more driving force of the microfluidic channel and provides stable flow of a fluid. The microfluidic circuit element may be made from a plastic material having a contact angle of 90 degrees or less. The microfluidic circuit element is particularly useful when filling a liquid sample to the channel which is empty or filled with air and shows greatly improved a storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: INCYTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sin Kil CHO, Seok CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20180264470
    Abstract: A controller is connected to controlled devices on a microfluidic chip with a multiplexer. Signal transmission band width is differently allocated amongst the plurality of controlled devices on the microfluidic chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sirena Lu, Manish Giri, Matthew David Smith, Melinda M. Valencia
  • Publication number: 20180264471
    Abstract: A medical system for determining an analyte quantity in a blood sample via a cartridge that spins around a rotational axis. The cartridge may include: a separation chamber that separates blood plasma from the sample; a processing chamber containing a reagent with a specific binding partner which binds to the analyte to form an analyte specific binding partner complex; a first valve structure connecting the separation chamber to the processing chamber; a measurement structure to measure the quantity of the analyte, wherein the measurement structure includes a chromatographic membrane with an immobilized binding partner for direct or indirect binding of the analyte or the analyte specific binding partner complex, and an absorbent structure that is nearer to the axis than the membrane; a second valve structure connecting the processing chamber to the measurement structure; and a fluid chamber filled with a washing buffer and fluidically connected to the measurement structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Boehm, Thorsten Brueckner, Thomas Fischer, Eloisa Lopez-Calle, Sascha Lutz, Josef Roedl, Juergen Spinke, Pamela Espindola, Thomas Manuel Keller, Thomas Dolbinow, Sabrina Adler, Erik Beiersdorf, Domenik Wensorra
  • Publication number: 20180264472
    Abstract: Clog-resistant serpentine crossflow filters and blade loading structures for micro- and nano-fluidics are provided. In one aspect, a filter includes: a substrate; and at least one layer of pillars on the substrate, wherein the pillars are arranged adjacent to one another and groups of the pillars alternate between being perpendicular and parallel to a direction of fluid flow through the filter giving the filter a serpentine configuration having at least one downstream catch. A method of forming the filter as well as a system employing the filter in conjunction with a pillar sorting array and optionally a staged blade structure are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Joshua T. Smith, Benjamin H. Wunsch
  • Publication number: 20180264473
    Abstract: A method of separating a plurality of particles (14) from a portion of fluid, comprising directing the plurality of particles (14) into a microchannel (12). A first portion (16) of particles (14) is focused into an equilibrium position in the microchannel (12). The focused first portion (16) is directed into a first outlet (18) aligned with the equilibrium position. A portion of the fluid is directed into one or more outlets (20, 22). A microfluidic device (10) for separating a plurality of particles (14) from a portion of fluid, comprising a microchannel (12) having a first aspect ratio and a length L, thereby focusing the particles (14) directed therein into an equilibrium position in the microchannel, wherein at least a first portion (16) of the particles (14) focuses at distance X from a beginning of the microchannel (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ian Papautsky, Jian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180264474
    Abstract: Described herein are multi-material, multi-functional microfluidic devices comprising a folded architecture that mimics the layered arrangement of cells in certain tissues. The devices are suitable for tissue engineering (for example, for drug screening or implants), biological sensing, or diagnostics. The complex, three-dimensional devices may be fabricated without the use of alignment tooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Carol Livermore, Tian Liu, Robert Lang, Xin Xie, Roger Alperin
  • Publication number: 20180264475
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of identifying the contents of individual droplets in a droplet stream each droplet containing fluorophores in an initial non-fluorescing state characterised by the steps of introducing the droplets one-by-one into at least one open-ended tube to create a stack of droplets therein; activating the fluorophores within the droplets to cause them to fluoresce; releasing each droplet in the droplet stack in turn from the tube and detecting along the major axis of the tube fluorescence associated with each droplet as it emerges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: BASE4 INNOVATION LTD
    Inventors: Cameron Alexander FRAYLING, Thomas Henry ISAAC
  • Publication number: 20180264476
    Abstract: Embodiments of the current disclosure are directed towards apparatus, methods and systems configured for dynamic flux amplification of samples in reaction vessels. In some embodiments, an apparatus comprising a reaction vessel and a heat source is disclosed. The reaction vessel may include a first wall and an opposing second wall positioned so as to define a sample chamber therebetween, a width of the sample chamber being less than about 2 mm. The heat source may be configured to vary a first temperature of the first wall and a second temperature of the second wall such that a temperature difference between the first temperature and the second temperature induces thermal cycling in a solution contained within the sample chamber of the reaction vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Brian CAPLIN, Brian HICKE, Bryson GREEN
  • Publication number: 20180264477
    Abstract: A mineral material processing plant, a crusher and an upper frame for a crusher. The upper frame includes a central hub for receiving a main shaft of the crusher, an upper rim, and a spider arm. A u-shaped cavity extends towards a lower flange from the upper rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Metso Minerals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mika Peltonen, Petri Kujansuu
  • Publication number: 20180264478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a grinder using induced electric fields. The grinder comprises: a grinding unit on which a plurality of protrusions for cutting are disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof; a power unit disposed in the grinding unit to generate electric fields and attach the conductive materials to the grinding unit; and a chamber disposed outside the grinding unit and comprising beads that disperse and grind the conductive materials attached to the grinding unit, wherein the conductive materials have directionality by the electric fields of the power unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Young Son, Hyung Suk Cho, Sang Hoon Choy, Byoung Hoon Ahn, Hyun Sik Chae
  • Publication number: 20180264479
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include an apparatus and method for forming nanoparticles. The method includes a mechanical milling process induced by aerodynamic, centrifugal, and centripetal forces and further augmented by ultrasound, magnetic pulse, and high voltage impact. A nanoparticle mill having an atmospheric and luminance controlled environment can form precisely calibrated nanoparticles. A nanoparticle mill can include first aerodynamic vane configured to rotate around a central axis of the nanoparticle mill in a first direction, and a second aerodynamic vane configured to rotate around the central axis in a second direction. An aerodynamic shape of an aerodynamic vane can be configured to cause particles within the nanoparticle mill to flow around the aerodynamic vane. The nanoparticle mill can include a primary product line, a nanoparticle sampling line, a particle programming array, a solidifying chamber, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Antonijo Licitar, Jon Armann Steinsson
  • Publication number: 20180264480
    Abstract: A winching apparatus adapted for horizontal rotational mounting behind the chipping feed rollers on a chipping machine. It has a rotatable vertical stanchion, that is pivotally coupled to first end of a horizontal boom arm that may be vertically adjusted between its ends so as to raise or lower its second end. At the second end of the boom arm is a swivel mounted plate that houses a high speed continual line uptake winch that is thus adjustable for simultaneous alignment of the rope puller with the line in both the horizontal and vertical planes. The device is capable of compensating for a constantly changing directional pull as well as feeding the downed foliage directly into the chipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Robert Stineman
  • Publication number: 20180264481
    Abstract: A method for processing raw coconut coir pith into fine particles having a size range of from 0.001 mm to 7 mm and the use of such fine particles directly or in formulated form in agricultural, industrial and commercial applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Jeff Limbaugh
  • Publication number: 20180264482
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of separating particles using a combination of acoustophoresis and acoustic fluid relocation. The disclosure also describes a microfluidic device that can be used to separate particles using a combination of acoustophoresis and acoustic fluid relocation. The disclosure describes methods of separating nanoparticles, microparticles, nanoparticles from microparticles, and micron-sized particles from sub-micron-sized particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Menake PIYASENA, Gayatri P. GAUTAM
  • Publication number: 20180264483
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a lateral arrangement of a plurality of magnetic elements, wherein at least two, more than two or all magnetic elements are arranged adjacent to each other, a flow-through tube wherein the magnetic axes of the at least two magnetic elements of the arrangement are almost or fully parallel to each other and almost or fully perpendicular to the plane of the arrangement, wherein magnetic poles of neighbouring magnetic elements, which magnetic poles are arranged directly adjacent to each other parallel to the plane of the arrangement, have different polarities. The arrangement and the tube are movable relative to each other such that the arrangement and the tube can be approached to and/or detached from each other. When the tube is approached to the arrangement, it is at least partially arranged along at least two magnetic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Siegfried HAUCH, Jens VAN De FLIERDT, Nathalie FENIUK
  • Publication number: 20180264484
    Abstract: A hydraulic assembly for modulating a brake pressure of a wheel brake of a motor vehicle brake system with electronic slip control includes a housing block through which a brake fluid is configured to flow and which is equipped with an electronically controllable member for setting the brake pressure. The hydraulic assembly also includes at least one particle-filtering device that is fitted with the housing block and forms a magnetic field. Using the particle-filtering device, particles of ferromagnetic material are configured to be filtered out of the brake fluid without reducing a cross-section of a fluid-conducting channel and thereby choking the throughflow of the housing block or hindering the fluid throughflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Oliver Gaertner
  • Publication number: 20180264485
    Abstract: An arrangement for cleaning gas includes a centrifugal separator and pre-separation unit. The centrifugal separator includes a stationary casing, enclosing a separation space through which a gas flow is permitted, a gas inlet extending through the stationary casing and permitting supply of the gas from the pre-separation unit, a rotating stack of separation disks, a gas outlet and a drainage outlet for discharging separated liquid impurities. The pre-separation unit is arranged upstream of said inlet of said centrifugal separator, and it comprises a pre-separation inlet having a cross-sectional area A2 and permitting supply of the gas to be cleaned. A2 is larger than the cross-sectional area A1 of the inlet to the separation space of the centrifugal separator. A pre-separation outlet permits supply of gas from the pre-separation unit to the gas inlet of the centrifugal separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ALFDEX AB
    Inventors: Ronny JANNERSTAD, Mats-Örjan POGÉN, Pedro HERNANDEZ FRACZEK
  • Publication number: 20180264486
    Abstract: A desk type liquid chemical spraying device, or a desk type liquid chemical spraying device, sprays a liquid chemical in a wide range. The spraying device includes a plurality of nozzles for spraying the liquid chemical to an upper side of a spraying case through a nozzle structure and spraying the liquid chemical to four sides while a nozzle structure is rotated so that the liquid chemical spraying device may be located in a flat place such as a ground surface or a desk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Gi Sool HONG
  • Publication number: 20180264487
    Abstract: A discharge device main body having a flow tube through which contents from a container flow inside and which is mounted on the container , a support body extending along the flow tube and fitted to the inside of the flow tube, and a nozzle tip having a nozzle tip body formed in a cylindrical shape with a top including a circumferential wall portion fitted to an outer circumferential surface of the support body and a top wall portion in which a discharge hole of the contents is formed, the nozzle tip being mounted on a distal end portion of the flow tube in a state of being combined with the support body in which a discharge path to communicate the inside of the flow tube and the discharge hole with each other is formed, and the support body is formed separately from the flow tube and the nozzle tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro FUJIWARA, Yoshiyuki KAKUTA
  • Publication number: 20180264488
    Abstract: A sprinkler including a fixed base defining a water inlet and a nozzle, a rotating assembly arranged for rotation relative to the fixed based about a rotation axis and including a water stream director, receiving a pressurized stream of water from the nozzle and directing it in a generally radially outward direction and a rotation speed governing assembly operatively associated with the rotating assembly and operative to intermittently reduce a speed of rotation of the rotating assembly, so as to thereby increase a radial range of the stream, the rotational speed governing assembly including a rotating enclosure rotating together with the rotating assembly and enclosing a viscous material, a static element and a moving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: NAANDANJAIN IRRIGATION LTD.
    Inventors: Lior Eliahu MARELI, Gal REGEV
  • Publication number: 20180264489
    Abstract: Provided are a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including, on a substrate, a resin layer containing a resin which is a resin layer containing a resin part (X) containing a resin as a main component and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer on the side opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate is provided, having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein a bending stress coefficient k in the MD direction of the substrate is 20 N·mm or less, a 10% elongation strength in the MD direction thereof is 260 N/15 mm or less, and concave portions satisfying specified requirements are included on the surface (?) of the resin layer; and a method for producing the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji TSUCHIBUCHI, Kazue UEMURA, Kiichiro KATO
  • Publication number: 20180264490
    Abstract: A powdery-material feeding device includes a hopper configured to reserve a powdery material, a transfer member configured to deliver and to discharge the powdery material fed from the hopper, a motor configured to drive the transfer member, a measuring instrument configured to measure a discharge amount of a powdery material delivered to be discharged by the transfer member, and a controller configured to control, while control according to the discharge amount of the powdery material measured by the measuring instrument is not conducted, a current applied to a coil of the motor to have a substantially constant amount, to control the discharge amount of the powdery material delivered to be discharged by the transfer member to have a required amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Shinsuke Fushimi, Naoshige Kitamura, Hideyuki Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20180264491
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for precisely dispensing liquid fluid from a container are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a metering unit having a gas feedthrough channel with a first end extending in a gas containing part of the chamber and a second end opposite the first end extending outside the chamber, the metering unit further comprising a flow sensing assembly configured to measure a gas pressure differential ?p and/or gas flow V{dot over ( )} within the gas feedthrough channel and to introduce or release a determined volume of gas in the chamber to dispense a controlled volume of liquid from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et Développement
    Inventors: Jonas Goldowsky, Noa Schmid, Siegfried F. Graf, Helmut Knapp
  • Publication number: 20180264492
    Abstract: Productivity can be improved. A substrate processing method includes a processing liquid supplying process of supplying a processing liquid, which contains a volatile component and forms a film on a substrate, onto the substrate on which a pre-treatment, which requires atmosphere management or time management after the pre-treatment, is performed; and an accommodating process of accommodating, in a transfer container, the substrate on which the processing liquid is solidified or cured by volatilization of the volatile component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Miyako Kaneko, Takehiko Orii, Itaru Kanno
  • Publication number: 20180264493
    Abstract: A sports water bottle with mister is a portable water bottle with a dual function top affixed to it that is capable of both a large flow of water for drinking and also spraying of water for cooling. The dual function top comprises a slidable nozzle that functions both as a water flow opening and closing mechanism and also as a pump mechanism to force the water in the water bottle out through a small spray nozzle in the dual function top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Ever Win International Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Mae Hsu
  • Publication number: 20180264494
    Abstract: A sports water bottle with mister is a portable water bottle with a dual function top affixed to it that is capable of both a large flow of water for drinking and also spraying of water for cooling. The dual function top comprises a fixed nozzle that functions as a water flow opening and a spray nozzle with a pump actuator to actuate a pump mechanism to force the water in the water bottle out through the spray nozzle in the dual function top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Ever Win International Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Mae Hsu
  • Publication number: 20180264495
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a body having a an exterior surface, an interior surface, a first chamber, a first opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and extending through the body, a second opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and extending through the body, a first valve and a second valve disposed on the body, the valves having a closed and an open configuration, and an actuator disposed at least partially within the first chamber. The actuator may be configured to increase and decrease pressure in the first chamber such that the first valve and the second valve change from their respective closed configurations to their respective open configurations and from their respective open configurations to their respective closed configurations. When in the closed configuration, flow through the valves is impeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Kenneth Micnerski
  • Publication number: 20180264496
    Abstract: A part of a dispensing apparatus is described. A fluid dispensing apparatus manifold arranged to mix and combine a first fluid from a first chamber and a second fluid from a second chamber has been devised. The manifold includes a first fluid inlet for entry of fluid from the first chamber, a second fluid inlet for entry of fluid from the second chamber, a mixing chamber and a fluid outlet. A first fluid passage is arranged to provide fluid communication for the first fluid from the first chamber to the mixing chamber, and a second fluid passage is arranged to provide fluid communication for the second fluid from the second chamber to the mixing chamber, whereby the first and second fluids are combined into a mixed fluid stream at the fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MEDIMARK SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: David NORTON, Ian ARCHARD
  • Publication number: 20180264497
    Abstract: A sprinkler includes a compartment that surrounds its riser portion in an offset or asymmetrical configuration. More specifically, the distance of the compartments walls from those of the riser vary (i.e., increase or decrease) at different locations surrounding the riser. Put another way, the riser is closer to one side of the compartment than other sides of the compartment. This non-concentric configuration allows larger components to fit inside the compartment than would otherwise fit if the riser was symmetrically surrounded by the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: The Toro Company
    Inventors: James T. Wright, III, Steven C. Renquist
  • Publication number: 20180264498
    Abstract: Provided is a film forming device having a structure for easily removing adhered reaction products. The film forming device of the present invention includes a bottom plate (21) detachably provided on the bottom surface of a mist spray head (100). The bottom plate (21) includes a raw material solution opening (35), reaction material openings (36, 37), and inert gas openings (392-394) formed in regions corresponding to a raw material solution ejection port (15), reaction material ejection ports (16, 17), and inert gas ejection ports (192-194), when the bottom plate (21) is attached to the bottom surface of the mist spray head (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIRAHATA, Hiroyuki ORITA
  • Publication number: 20180264499
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to coat pipelines, in particular a cutback along a pipeline, having: a frame, which extends along a designated axis and is fixable with respect to the pipeline so as to arrange the designated axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipeline; a carriage, which is supported by the frame, is movable along the designated axis with respect to the frame, and is configured to designated a heater and an applicator; an actuator configured to advance the carriage along the designated axis; and a control unit configured to select a travel distance for the carriage from a plurality of travel distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Francesco Simone, Joseph Crichton Duncan, Valerio Muratori
  • Publication number: 20180264500
    Abstract: A sprinkler riser assembly including a stabilizer base and a riser mount and coupler, removably mountable onto the stabilizer base, the stabilizer base including at least one pressure mount portion and at least one stabilizer base snap engagement portion and the riser mount and coupler including a slidable portion for slidable engagement with the at least one pressure mount portion of the stabilizer base and at least one riser mount and coupler snap engagement portion for operative removable snap fit engagement with the at least one stabilizer base snap engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: NAANDANJAIN IRRIGATION LTD.
    Inventors: Lior Eliahu MARELI, Gideon EREZ
  • Publication number: 20180264501
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention prevents a defect from occurring in a joint portion, in a case where a film is produced by processing a film original sheet including the joint portion. A coating device carries out processing in different manners, respectively, for a joint portion of a first porous film original sheet and a second porous film original sheet and for portions other than the joint portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Koichiro WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180264502
    Abstract: A method (500) for removing glutinous substance (298) from applicator (100) comprises removing plunger (342) from applicator (100) before glutinous substance (298) has solidified; allowing glutinous substance (298) to solidify inside applicator (100); detaching side cover (110) from base portion (111) of first body portion (102) to expose first sealant plug (302); severing first sealant plug (302) from second sealant plug (304); severing first sealant plug (302) from third sealant plug (300); detaching tip portion (106) of applicator (100) from second body portion (104) to expose a portion of second sealant plug (304); extracting second sealant plug (304) from second body portion (104) by pulling portion of second sealant plug (304) in direction (320) along second body portion (104); separating first sealant plug (302) from base portion (111) of first body portion (102); and extracting third sealant plug (300) from end-effector interface (112) of first body portion (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Walter Pringle, IV, Angelica Davancens, Raul Tomuta, Marcos Robert Vaughn Espinosa
  • Publication number: 20180264503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for edge coating on work pieces, comprising the following steps: inducing a relative movement between a work piece (W) and an application unit (10), which application unit (10) is provided for applying a mass; setting an application region for applying the mass, in particular in accordance with the width of the edge of a work piece to be provided with the mass; applying the mass to an edge of the work piece (W) to form a three-dimensional body. Said work pieces can be, in particular elements or parts from the furniture or components industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Martin GRINGEL, Joachim FETSCHER, Matthias VOLM, Thomas BETTERMANN
  • Publication number: 20180264504
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus in which a drying process of drying a substrate using a processing fluid in a supercritical state is performed. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing container in which the drying process is performed; a discharge valve provided in a discharge flow path that discharges the processing fluid from the processing container; and a controller configured to control the discharge valve. When the inside of the processing container is decompressed from a first pressure at which the processing fluid is in the supercritical state to an atmospheric pressure, through a second pressure than the first pressure and a third pressure lower than the second pressure, the controller controls a valve opening degree of the discharge valve so that the decompression rate is equal from the second pressure to the third pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Keisuke Egashira, Gentaro Goshi, Hiroshi Marumoto, Kento Tsukano
  • Publication number: 20180264505
    Abstract: An apparatus (102) for delivering a glutinous substance (168) from a cartridge (166) to an applicator (154) is disclosed. The apparatus (102) comprises a sleeve (106) and a pressure-cap assembly (104) coupled to the sleeve (106). The pressure-cap assembly (104) comprises a pressure cap (110) proximate an inlet (124) of the sleeve (106). The pressure cap (110) is movable between, inclusively, a closed position, in which the pressure cap (110) is in sealed engagement with a trailing end (169) of the cartridge (166), and an open position, in which the pressure cap (110) provides clearance sufficient for insertion of the cartridge (166) inside the sleeve (106) through the inlet (124) of the sleeve (106). The pressure cap (110) comprises a pressure input (118), through which pressure is selectively applied to the glutinous substance (168) in the cartridge (166). The apparatus (102) also comprises an applicator interface (108) proximate the outlet (128) of the sleeve (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: John W. Pringle, IV, John J. Brown, Angelica Davancens, Frederick B. Frontiera, Martin Guirguis, Raul Tomuta, Richard P. Topf, Don D. Trend, Jake B. Weinmann
  • Publication number: 20180264506
    Abstract: In a liquid material discharge apparatus, attachment/detachment of a liquid contact unit (2) and a main body unit (15) is more safely and easily performed. The apparatus includes the liquid contact unit (2) provided with a housing (6) including a nozzle (3) and a discharge member (5), and with a storage container (4) fluidly connected to the housing with the aid of a mounting member, and a main body unit provided with a holder (19) to which the housing is detachably attached, and with a drive unit (16) for actuating the discharge member that is detachably coupled to the drive unit, the apparatus further includes a movable member (12) being movable in an up-down direction along the housing while the movable member remains attached to the housing, and the discharge member and the drive unit are attachable with movement of the movable member in the up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Publication number: 20180264507
    Abstract: An applicator for ejecting doses of a flowable component includes a housing, an application tip connected to the housing, an actuation mechanism, and an insert which is detachable from the housing. The insert is adapted to be inserted into the housing, and has a storage volume for the flowable component. The housing includes a receiving portion adapted to the insert. The insert includes a drive portion which is adapted to cooperate with the actuation mechanism so that the operation of the actuation mechanism results in a displacement of the insert relative to the housing and on a displacement axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas HIEMER, Michaela NOACK
  • Publication number: 20180264508
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and apparatus for receiving, at a fluid dispensing apparatus, a control signal, wherein the control signal may be received from a base station, wherein the control signal, when received, may cause the fluid dispensing apparatus to perform operations. The operations may include generating a positive pressure within a fluid cartridge of the fluid dispensing apparatus by adjusting, via a motor of the fluid dispensing apparatus, a drive rod and piston of the fluid dispensing apparatus in a first direction relative to the fluid cartridge to dispense fluid in the fluid cartridge via a nozzle of the fluid dispensing apparatus. The operations may include generating a negative pressure within the fluid cartridge by adjusting, via the motor, the drive rod and piston in a second direction relative to the fluid cartridge to draw fluid into the fluid cartridge via the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: W. Scott Beebe
  • Publication number: 20180264509
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a material, being provided with a plunger assembly which has a screw with a first thread portion and a second thread portion. The first and second thread portion differ in shape and, in combination, form one continuous screw thread. The plunger assembly further has a nut which engages the screw thread by a nut thread. The nut thread corresponds in shape to a negative shape of the first thread portion. The invention help minimizing efforts in the assembly of a device using the plunger assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut Pauser, Marc Peuker
  • Publication number: 20180264510
    Abstract: A curtain coating device includes a curtain coating member, a conveyance unit, a separation member, and a base material supporting member. The curtain coating member creates a curtain-like film of coating liquid and makes the curtain-like film flow down. The conveyance unit conveys a base material to which the curtain-like film is to be applied. The separation member includes a receiving portion inclined downward from inside to outside in a width direction of the curtain-like film, and separates an end portion of the curtain-like film having flowed down by receiving the end portion with the receiving portion above the base material. The base material supporting member is disposed inside in the width direction of the curtain-like film than the receiving portion of the separation member, and supports the base material on an upper side flat portion while the base material is being conveyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi YONEOKA, Yasuhide TAKASHITA, Shuji HANAI
  • Publication number: 20180264511
    Abstract: A particulate-incorporating attachment for a drop spreader is provided that includes a two-portion mount bracket, an implement holder, and a rake/brush. The bracket portions are connected to form a mount bracket over the rest brace of the drop spreader. The mount bracket mounts or carries the implement holder, which supports the rake/brush in a suitable position to assist in the incorporation of infill material into the space between the grass tufts of synthetic turf or to assist in the incorporation of other dropped particulates into synthetic or natural turf or onto the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Joe Dennis Wadkins
  • Publication number: 20180264512
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for dispersing particles within a reaction field, the method comprising confining the particles to the reaction field using a standing wave. The invention also provides a system for coating particles, the system comprising a reaction zone; a means for producing fluidized particles within the reaction zone; a fluid to produce a standing wave within the reaction zone; and a means for introducing coating moieties to the reaction zone. The invention also provides a method for coating particles, the method comprising fluidizing the particles, subjecting the particles to a standing wave; and contacting the subjected particles with a coating moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Jie Li, Yung Liu
  • Publication number: 20180264513
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid discharge head includes, a circuit board including a drive IC, and a circulation flow path including a supply flow path that communicates with a liquid discharge unit that discharges liquid, and a collection flow path that is provided in a manner so that heat is transmittable to the circuit board, the collection flow path that communicates with the liquid discharge unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takashi TOGASAKI, Kumiko IOKA, Takahiro AIZAWA, Michinobu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180264514
    Abstract: A method of securing a layer of colloidal crystals to a substrate is provided, to enhance durability of an aesthetic effect provided by the colloidal crystals. The method involves depositing a layer of colloidal crystals formed of mono-dispersed particles on the substrate. Subsequently, a layer of water-borne coating is applied to the layer of colloidal crystals. To be effective, the water-borne coating should have a curing temperature that is less than the polymer glass transition temperature of the mono-dispersed particles forming the colloidal crystals. The water-borne coating penetrates through the colloidal crystals to the substrate thus retaining the colloidal crystals in place. The curing temperature of the water-borne coating ensures that the colloidal crystals are not damaged by the process for curing the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Libin Wang, Xu Huang, Yanlin Song, Fengyu Li, Peiyi Yong, Ce Tian, Heng Sun
  • Publication number: 20180264515
    Abstract: A method of producing a coated opaque article including a) applying from one or more inkjet heads a coating composition comprising at least 30 wt % of solvent to a surface of a transparent or opaque article to be coated; b) drying the coating composition for at least 30 seconds; and c) curing the coating composition to form a cured coating. The coating composition has a viscosity of from 5 to 50 cp at 25° C. and when the article to be coated is a transparent article, an opaque coating is applied to another surface of the article after step c), thereby rendering the coated article opaque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE SELECTACOAT PENSION SCHEME
    Inventor: James Brian HEYS
  • Publication number: 20180264516
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes: a film forming gas discharge part; an exhaust port; a rotation mechanism; a heating part configured to heat the interior of a reaction container to a temperature lower than a temperature of a film forming gas discharged from the film forming gas discharge part; first gas discharge holes opened, in the film forming gas discharge part, toward a gas temperature reducing member so that the film forming gas is cooled by colliding with the gas temperature reducing member inside the reaction container before the film forming gas is supplied to substrates; and second gas discharge holes opened, in the film forming gas discharge part, in a direction differing from an opening direction of the first gas discharge holes so that the film forming gas does not collide with the gas temperature reducing member before the film forming gas is supplied to the substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto FUJIKAWA, Reiji NIINO, Hiroyuki HASHIMOTO, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Syuji NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180264517
    Abstract: The present invention provides a preform coating device (5) provided with: a rotating and holding part (9) that holds a preform (1) in a horizontal direction, and rotates the preform (1) about an axis (A) of the preform (1); and a dispenser (6) that has a slot (62) and discharges a coating liquid in a plane form from the slot (62) to the preform (1), wherein the discharge direction of the coating liquid is the direction of the normal to an outer peripheral surface of the preform (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ichiro TOMARI, Ryo YAMANE, Hideyuki SUZUKI, Masanori NISHIYAMA