Patents Issued in December 13, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180354114
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive unit that has at least one gear-shift transmission which can shift at least between two different gear steps; a striking mechanism that can be activated for performing a striking mode is associated with the drive unit; a shifting unit is provided for shifting the gear-shift transmission between the at least two different gear steps and/or for activating/deactivating the striking mechanism, and a communication interface is provided for communicating with a user-actuated user guiding unit and is configured to receive shifting instructions from the user guiding unit in order for the transmission to shift in an application-specific manner between the two different gear steps and/or for the striking mechanism to be activated/deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Bantle, Juergen Gairing
  • Publication number: 20180354115
    Abstract: The present invention is a ratcheting scrench, which allows for quick and easy removal of bolts, spark plugs, and nuts. The core components of the invention are a bolt and spark plug removing end separated by a ratcheting mechanism and a nut removing end. The invention can be used to remove bolts and spark plugs without requiring removal of the device from the tool which bolts are being removed from.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Bill Jason Chambers
  • Publication number: 20180354116
    Abstract: An angle type power wrench includes a housing, a motor, an output shaft and an angle drive connecting the motor to the output shaft. The angle drive includes a drive pinion provided with a forward gear head, and a bevel gear provided on the output shaft and engaged by the drive pinion gear head. The drive pinion is surrounded by a bearing support sleeve supporting a forward drive pinion bearing and a rear drive pinion bearing axially spaced from the forward drive pinion bearing. The forward drive pinion bearing includes an inner ball race at a forward end of the drive pinion at or very close to the gear head, and an outer ball race at a forward end of the bearing support sleeve wherein the bearing support sleeve is connected to the housing via an adjustment connection adapted to enabling adjustment of an axial position of the drive pinion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: Mattias Ilhan ANDRÉ
  • Publication number: 20180354117
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic hand tool with rotating impact kinetic energy comprising a pneumatic motor arranged inside a device case. The pneumatic motor is pivotally connected with a first axial bevel gear. An ending portion of the device case is pivotally connected with an impact power set. The impact power set is integrally formed to form a second axial bevel gear, and the second axial bevel gear and the first axial bevel gear are in mesh. The problem of abrasion of the conventional percussion power group improved during in the process of transmitting rotation force together with striking force is easily solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: I-TSUNG WU, YI-WEI WEN, SHUN-YAO YANG
  • Publication number: 20180354118
    Abstract: A handheld power tool includes a housing having a handle, a drive motor situated in the housing, and a first interface, the interface being designed to receive pieces of information from at least one second external interface and/or to transmit them to at least one second external interface. The housing has a receptacle opening, the first interface being situated so it is removable in the receptacle opening. Furthermore, the receptacle opening is detachably closable by a cover, the cover locking up the housing toward the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Brennenstuhl, Heiko Roehm
  • Publication number: 20180354119
    Abstract: A multi-component quick assembly handle includes a first tubular member made of a permanently deformable material and having a first end permanently formed with a predetermined diameter (x) and connecting to a second end forming a remaining portion of said first tubular member of a smaller diameter (x??a), a second tubular member made of a permanently deformable material having a first end with a predetermined diameter (x) and connecting a second end having a larger diameter (x+?b) and an inner diameter (y) to complementary receive by way of a friction fit said second end of said first tubular member. A method of forming multi-component quick assembly handle employs male and female tools to accomplish this.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Monahan Partners, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick H. Monahan, Kurt Ni
  • Publication number: 20180354120
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) untethered mobile actuator having the following parts: (a) a substrate having two or more magnetized panels, and (b) a frame that connects the magnetized panels, the magnetized panels being made of a polymer with embedded permanent magnetic particles, each magnetized panel of the 3D untethered mobile actuator having a magnetic moment in a different direction than a next neighboring panel, and the 3D untethered mobile actuator having a structural configuration that changes between a substantially flat structural configuration in the absence of a magnetic field, and an actuated structural configuration when under influence of a magnetic field. Methods of manufacturing and using the 3D mobile actuator and a system that includes the 3D mobile actuator are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Eric DILLER, Jiachen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180354121
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sorting apparatus includes a controller, a holding device, and a driver. The controller acquires holding position information corresponding to identification information of an article to be processed, and sets a holding position based on the holding position information. The holding device holds the article. The drive unit causes the holding device to hold the article in the holding position set by the controller, and moves the article held by the holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro SEZAKI
  • Publication number: 20180354122
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a robot including an arm driven via a reduction gear by a motor generating a drive force, the control device comprising a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to perform speed control on the arm by using an input detection value from an input position detection sensor which detects an input side operation position of the reduction gear, and an output detection value from an output position detection sensor which detects an output side operation position of the reduction gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ryosuke IMAI, Masaki MOTOYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20180354123
    Abstract: A portable dry chemical delivery robot comprised of a cart, a hoist mounted to the top brace; a moveable hopper with a flared inlet tapering to an outlet and connected to the hoist and contained within the cart, a screw conveyor connected to the outlet of the moveable hopper, a motor with transmission connected to the screw conveyor with a remote power supply, a flow controller connected to the motor for regulating operation of the screw conveyor, the flow controller being in communication with a network for providing both local and remote control of the screw conveyor from at least one client device connected to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jose Luna, Burl Fuller, Jerry Fuller
  • Publication number: 20180354124
    Abstract: A teaching device includes a motion image generating unit that generates a motion image in which a workpiece is moved, a position detecting unit that detects the grip position in which a hand grips, and a teaching-point setting unit that sets a teaching point. The position detecting unit detects the grip position on the workpiece when the motion image generating unit moves the workpiece in the motion image. The teaching-point setting unit sets the teaching point based on the grip position on the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Tatsuya OUMI
  • Publication number: 20180354125
    Abstract: A machine learning device of a controller observes, as state variables expressing a current state of an environment, teaching position compensation amount data indicating a compensation amount of a teaching position in control of a robot according to the teaching position and data indicating a disturbance value of each of the motors of the robot in the control of the robot, and acquires determination data indicating an appropriateness determination result of the disturbance value of each of the motors of the robot in the control of the robot. Then, the machine learning device learns the compensation amount of the teaching position of the robot in association with the motor disturbance value data by using the observed state variables and the determination data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180354126
    Abstract: A machine learning device of a controller observes data on a movement speed of each motor of a robot and an adjustment amount of the movement speed, a target speed of a tip end of the robot, and a movement path proximate to the tip end of the robot, as state variables expressing a current state of an environment, and acquires determination data indicating an appropriateness determination result of the movement speed of the tip end of the robot. Then, the machine learning device learns the target speed data, the movement speed data, and the movement path data in association with the adjustment amount of the movement speed of each of the motors of the robot by using the observed state variables and the acquired determination data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuji Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180354127
    Abstract: An operation information generating apparatus includes: a task data recording unit configured to record, as task data, information regarding an operation of a person from a start to an end of a task; an operation classifying unit configured to divide an overall operation from the start to the end of the task into a plurality of partial operations; and an operation combining unit configured to select a best partial operation for each partial operation from a plurality of samples of the task data for the same task, and generates data of an optimum operation of the entire task by combining the selected best partial operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Tanichi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20180354128
    Abstract: An apparatus for automated contact tasks and a related method are described. The apparatus includes a mechanical interface for connecting the apparatus to a manipulator, a holder for receiving a tool and being movable in relation to the mechanical interface, at least one actuator for positioning the holder in relation to the mechanical interface, a sensor unit that senses the actuator force provided by the at least one actuator, and a control unit that sets the actuator force to a desired minimum force to press the holder against a stop, while there is no contact between the tool and a surface, and detects contact when the holder moves in relation to the mechanical interface in opposition to the direction of the desired minimum force. The control unit further regulates the actuator force according to a pre-programmed contact force time-characteristic, when contact between the tool and the surface has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ronald Naderer, Paolo Ferrara, Andreas Rohrhofer
  • Publication number: 20180354129
    Abstract: A service providing system is equipped with a robot, a robot time zone management unit configured to specify a time zone in which there is no action plan for the robot itself, an activity specifying unit configured to specify an activity that has yet to be experienced by the robot itself or a subject and that is of high priority, and a location specifying unit configured to specify a location where the activity is performed. In the specified time zone, the robot moves to the specified location, performs the specified activity, and provides information obtained through the activity, to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto Yuzawa, Atsushi Nishi, Miyuki Shimota, Takaichi Sano, Seiichi Yamamoto, Keiichi Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20180354130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the movements of articulated arms (21, 22, 23) of an industrial robot (2) using a movement setting means (3) to be guided by hand by an operator, the movements of which are provided for generating at least a portion of the movement control data for the industrial robot (2) to be controlled. At least one of a plurality of reference marks (19, 19?, 19?) is arranged or formed at least on individual articulated arms (21, 22, 23) adjustable by the operator. The movement setting means (3) comprises at least one imaging and/or at least one distance-sensitive sensor (16, 17) which at least one sensor (16, 17) can be set with at least one of the plurality of reference marks (19, 19?, 19?) into a relative spatial position selected by the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: KEBA AG
    Inventors: Gernot PREISINGER, Manfred SCHININGER
  • Publication number: 20180354131
    Abstract: Method for programming a force to be applied by a working end of a robot, along at least part of a preprogrammed path of the working end, the method comprising the steps of:—moving the working end of the robot over the said at least part of the preprogrammed path, the driving of the robot being feedback-controlled in order the keep the working end in position without a force setpoint,—at least at one position during the movement, having an operator apply to the working end a force which is the opposite of that which is to be applied during the task and which has an intensity proportionate to that which is to be applied during the task,—determining the force that is to he applied cluing the task from the resistive force exerted by the robot in order to keep the working end on the path,—storing in memory the three thus determined in relation to the position of the working end while the opposing force is being applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Yvan MEASSON, Xavier LAMY
  • Publication number: 20180354132
    Abstract: Disclosed is a moving robot including: a travel unit configured to move a main body based on a navigation map including a plurality of local maps; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images in regions corresponding to the plurality of local maps during movement; a storage unit configured to store the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit; and a controller configured to recognize an attribute of a local map in which an N number of images photographed in multiple directions is acquired among the plurality of local maps, store the attribute recognition result in the storage, generate a semantic map composed of a predetermined number of neighboring local maps, and recognize a final attribute of a region corresponding to the semantic map based on attribute recognition results of the local maps included in the semantic map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Dongki NOH, Hoyoung Lee, Seungmin Baek
  • Publication number: 20180354133
    Abstract: A control device comprising: a processor controls a robot having a robot arm and accept a command from an input unit which enables an input operation; and a storage that stores information about a driving of the robot, wherein the processor carries out first drive control to move a predetermined part of the robot arm or of an end effector connected to the robot arm from a first position toward a second position if the processor accepts a first command to move the predetermined part, and second drive control to move the predetermined part in such a way as to return along at least a part of a route which the predetermined part traces when moving from the first position toward the second position, based on the information stored in the storage, if the processor accepts a second command to retract the predetermined part after the first command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroto HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180354134
    Abstract: A cable damage detection assistance apparatus in a robot mechanism includes a program executor for executing a program to operate a robot, a plurality of times, while changing velocity for driving motors whenever the program is executed; a motor controller for controlling the motors; a state quantity detector for detecting a state quantity indicating an operation state of the robot during the execution of the program; an alarm generator that, when the state quantity exceeds a threshold value, generates an alarm and outputs information about a line number at that time; an alarm database for counting the number of occurrence of alarms on each line number on which the alarm has occurred, and storing the alarm occurrence number on each line number on a velocity-by-velocity basis; and an analysis display for displaying the relationship between the alarm occurrence number and the velocity on each line number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Soichi ARITA, Kokoro HATANAKA
  • Publication number: 20180354135
    Abstract: A collaborative robot employs low ratio drives for three or more axes of movement, such as three primary axes. An arm assembly may be mounted to a support for movement along a vertical linear axis, and the arm assembly may include first and second arm links that are each rotatable about vertical axes, e.g., such that the arm links move in a horizontal plane. Low ratio drives may be used for movement along the vertical linear axis and the rotary axes for the first and second arm links. Feedforward and feedback control may be employed to control the movement of the arm assembly and arm links, and feedback torque components may be limited to 25% or less of the maximum drive torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Precise Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Carlisle, Bruce Shimano
  • Publication number: 20180354136
    Abstract: A collaborative robot employs low ratio drives for three or more axes of movement, such as three primary axes. An arm assembly may be mounted to a support for movement along a vertical linear axis, and the arm assembly may include first and second arm links that are each rotatable about vertical axes, e.g., such that the arm links move in a horizontal plane. Low ratio drives may be used for movement along the vertical linear axis and the rotary axes for the first and second arm links. Feedforward and feedback control may be employed to control the movement of the arm assembly and arm links, and feedback torque components may be limited to 25% or less of the maximum drive torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Precise Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Carlisle, Bruce Shimano
  • Publication number: 20180354137
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a robot system having a planar pick surface includes: bringing a robot gripper to a first location against the pick surface; and generating a first image of the robot gripper from below. When knowing that a certain identifiable part of the robot gripper in images always lies against the planar pick surface, the position and orientation of the pick surface in relation to a manipulator coordinate frame can be fully defined if the robot gripper's orientation in relation to the pick surface is known, or if there are images on identifiable parts of the robot gripper in at least three different positions against the pick surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Sirkett, Jeremy Pouech, Peter Fransson
  • Publication number: 20180354138
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a system, a method, and a program for adjusting the altitude of a robot provided with an omnidirectional camera which provides entire visual field images with improved image quality. The system 1 for adjusting the altitude of a robot 200 provided with an omnidirectional camera 100 acquires the altitude of the omnidirectional camera 100, adjusts the altitude of the robot 200 so that the acquired altitude is a constant, and generates a 360-degree image taken by the omnidirectional camera 100 by synthetic processing in a predetermined altitude error range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Shunji SUGAYA
  • Publication number: 20180354139
    Abstract: A system and method herein described is for enabling artificial intelligence robot to provide services to individuals who send service request via handset or mobile device. By means of Global Positioning System (GPS), remote control and program settings, artificial intelligence robot could make shopping at ease. This system accessible via the handset or mobile device is not just an autonomous shopping cart, it picks up items that are beyond shoppers' reach (examples: heavy items, items that are high up, items that are located far in distance). In addition, it saves the shoppers from standing in line to pay their shopping items at the cashier. For regular shoppers, the system could learn the shopping pattern so specific needs could be catered to individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kuo Guang Wang, Li Li Tay
  • Publication number: 20180354140
    Abstract: A robot system of the present invention comprises a robot (1) including a plurality of joints; a voice operation device (2) to which a voice operation command is input by an operator; and a controller (4) which controls an operation of the robot (1), the controller (4) being configured to change the operation of the robot (1), in a case where the voice operation device (2) detects a voice with a sound volume which is equal to or higher than a first predetermined sound volume which is preset, during the operation of the robot (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20180354141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a robot system comprising at least one robot arm and a control unit which is designed such that it can pre-set at least one pre-defined operation that can be carried out by the robot system. The robot system also comprises a display device and at least one input device applied to the robot arm, which is designed such that the sequence of operations of the robot system can be set and/or the pre-defined operations of the robot system can be parameterised by means of the input device, and which is also designed such that it allows the user to control, on a graphic user interface, represented by the control unit on the display device, the setting of the pre-defined operations of the robot system, the setting of the sequence of operations and/or the parameterisation of the pre-defined operations for the robot system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: KASTANIENBAUM GMBH
    Inventor: Sami Haddadin
  • Publication number: 20180354142
    Abstract: An automated picking apparatus for picking an object disposed on a surface. The automated picking apparatus comprises: a picking device displaceable toward the surface for picking the object; a compensator device co-operably connected to the picking device, the compensator device comprising a first magnet and a second magnet separated by a distance and arranged to repel away from each other; and an actuating mechanism operable for displacing the picking device toward the surface for picking the object, wherein operation of the actuating mechanism activates the compensator device and displaces the picking device co-operably connected thereto; wherein activation of the compensator device reduces the distance between the first and second magnetic elements thereof; and wherein continued operation of the actuating mechanism subsequent to contact between the picking device and the object further reduces the distance between the first and second magnetic elements of the compensator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: See Jean Chan
  • Publication number: 20180354143
    Abstract: Dynamic control of a center of mass position is based on replacement of discrete motion of macro body (counterweighing solid or counterbalancing mechanisms) for continuous molecular flow of counterweighing liquid. Redistributing liquid counterweight between chambers attached to independently moving parts of robot allows its motion to new stable position without disruption in static stability and dynamic balance. Various embodiments include bipods/humanoids, wheeled locomotion robots and hybrid wheeled/multi-pod bio-like robotic systems; some embodiments allow reversible mutual reconfiguration between various structural arrangements. In humanoid embodiments, method allows moving on uneven terrain or ascending staircases while maintaining static stability; method also decreases the probability of fall and secures self-rising if a fall occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Benjamin F. Dorfman
  • Publication number: 20180354144
    Abstract: A knife may include a housing, a blade holder, and an actuator. The blade holder may be movably attached to the housing and configured to receive a blade at least partially within the blade holder. The blade holder may be configured to move relative to the housing between a closed position in which a cutting edge of the blade is positioned entirely within the housing and an open position in which the cutting edge is positioned at least partially outside of the housing. The actuator may be movably attached to the housing and configured to move the blade holder from the closed position toward the open position. The actuator may be configured to move relative to the housing between an extended position in which the actuator is positioned at least partially outside of the housing and a retracted position in which the actuator is positioned entirely within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Norman John LeBlanc, Brian M. Chiaruttini
  • Publication number: 20180354145
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein related to a hand operated cutting tool. The hand operated cutting tool may include a first cutting member; a first handle coupled to the first cutting member; a second handle having a second cutting member; and a pivot connection pivotably coupling the first handle to the second handle. The first cutting member may include a cutting device that defines a bow-shaped cutting profile, wherein the bow-shaped cutting profile facilitates an acceleration of a cut-point position defined by an interaction of the first and second cutting members as the first and second handles move from a fully open position to a fully closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Fiskars Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20180354146
    Abstract: A shaving head for a shaver has a side-cap retainer secured to sides of the shaving head. Each of the retainers has a plurality of legs operable to abut various portions of the shaving head, thereby securing components of the shaving head thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Christoforos-Athanassios Brellis
  • Publication number: 20180354147
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for an intelligent shaving system is disclosed herein. An example intelligent shaving system includes a handle, at least one blade connected to the handle, a microcontroller attached to the handle, a wireless communication unit configured to send and receive data from microcontroller to an external device, a memory configured to store data applicable to the at least one blade, and one or more sensors configured to send sensory data from the one or more sensors to microcontroller. The one of the one or more sensors is a proximity sensor or a camera having image sensor configured to capture video and/or still images. The shaving system assists in determining blade attrition and provides indicators to assist in shaving techniques. The shaving system further may include at least one blade slightly curved to follow a tangent of the skin. The at least one blade may have a nanolattice structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Haggai GOLDFARB, Simon Oren
  • Publication number: 20180354148
    Abstract: A cutting assist device including a first cutting board. The first cutting board has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The cutting board also includes a cutting channel open to the first side of the first cutting board. The cutting channel allows a portion of a cutting device to be accommodated in the channel while a material placed on the first side is cut by the cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Oleksiy SERGYEYENKO, Tyler KNIGHT, Timothy W. FRENCH, Chelsea WILLS, Thomas WACHTER, Jill GRANGER
  • Publication number: 20180354149
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a rotary cutting apparatus (10) comprising a frame (12); a first rotary device (14 or 16) comprising a first shaft concentrically arranged about a first rotational axis (A or B) and a first drum (37 or 38); a second rotary device (14 or 16) comprising a second shaft concentrically arranged about a second rotational axis (A or B) and a second drum (37 or 38); said first and second rotational axes being substantially horizontal and substantially in the same plane, wherein, a monitoring unit (28) is at least partially embedded in at least one of the drums of the first and second rotary devices, the monitoring unit being configured for measuring at least one working parameter and for transmitting data representative of the at least one working parameter between the monitoring unit and an interface transmission unit poisitioned outside either the first or second rotary device or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc Paul Andre DIJON, Arnaud Joel PRAS, Jacques SECONDI
  • Publication number: 20180354150
    Abstract: Shaping systems and methods suitable for cutting a material, and deburring devices for performing a deburring operation on an edge of the material. Such deburring devices include a manifold having at least first, second, and third nozzles having first, second, and third axes on different first, second, and third planes, respectively. The first, second, and third nozzles are adapted to project first, second, and third gas streams therefrom in the first, second, and third planes axes. A mechanism is provided for orienting the manifold to project the first, second, and third gas streams at the edge of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Thierry Rozot
  • Publication number: 20180354151
    Abstract: A mat board is provided and is formed of a body having outer peripheral edges and an inner window formed therein. The inner window is defined by a sloped side wall that extends peripherally around the inner window and extends from a top surface of the body to a bottom surface of the body. The sloped side wall has an exposed convex surface, wherein corners of the inner window have curvature in that the top surface of the body in each corner is curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: David Gallo
  • Publication number: 20180354152
    Abstract: A handheld work apparatus has a tool and a brake assembly for the tool. The brake assembly has an actuating element which acts on a brake element of the brake assembly. The actuating element is movable between a fixed position wherein the tool is not braked, and a released position, wherein the brake element brakes the tool. To fix the actuating element in the fixed position, an electromagnet is provided. The electromagnet interacts with an anchor on the actuating element. The anchor is mounted via a pivot joint on an anchor pin to be pivotable about a pivot axis. A guide includes a guide part connected to the anchor and a guide part connected to the yoke, wherein, in the fixed position of the actuating element, the guide parts guide the anchor relative to the yoke in a transverse direction of an outrigger of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Levien, Tobias Deigendesch, Alexander Klein, Georg Maier, Sebastian Hanussek
  • Publication number: 20180354153
    Abstract: A motorized chain saw has a measuring system for measuring an object, in particular a trunk. The motorized chain saw has a saw chain, and the measuring system has an evaluation device. The measuring system includes a sensor system for capturing the movement of the saw chain as the saw chain rolls over an object to be measured. The evaluation device is configured to evaluate the movement of the saw chain captured by the sensor system. In a method for operating the motorized chain saw, the sensor system captures the movement of the saw chain as the saw chain rolls over an object to be measured, and the evaluation device evaluates the captured movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Johannes Meier, Patrick Russ, Harald Mang, Tommy Roitsch, Simon Jug, Sven Mueller, Philipp Sandbuehler
  • Publication number: 20180354154
    Abstract: A miter saw includes a base, a table pivotally coupled to the base about a miter axis, a saw unit coupled to the table for movement with the table about the miter axis, and a fence having a stop protruding from a rear surface thereof that is engageable by the table and/or the saw unit to limit miter angle adjustment of the saw unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: David E. Dutterer
  • Publication number: 20180354155
    Abstract: A manufacturing process is disclosed which relates to the technical field of the manufacture of wood panels, used in the manufacture of furniture, decorative pieces, floorings, partitions, stairs, doors and other applications in the construction industry, more specifically to a manufacturing process and products resulting from panels featuring structural edges made of pieces of wood and central core in a composition of branch/trunk stumps and resin. The invention presents as innovation, a manufacturing process (1) of decorative surface panels (2), using as raw material in their core and texture, tree branch and trunk stumps (3) originating from pruning or that were ripped off due to the action of the wind or natural causes, which have had resin applied (6) inside the structural base plates (4) of the desired shapes or part of them, consisting of ends or edges (5) made of pieces of wood, preferably reclaimed from the construction industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Jose Lucio Silvestre
  • Publication number: 20180354156
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a fibreboard made of lignocellulose-containing fibres, in particular wood fibres and a binding agent for providing a fibreboard which enables to combine a high stability, on the one hand, and a comparatively small weight, on the other hand, and which can nevertheless be manufactured with a minor financial effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Fritz HOMANN
  • Publication number: 20180354157
    Abstract: A method for drying a honeycomb formed body, the honeycomb formed body being an unfired honeycomb formed body including a raw material composition containing a ceramic raw material and water, the method including: a dielectric drying process of obtaining a primary dried honeycomb formed body from which 30 to 70% of entire moisture contained in the unfired honeycomb formed body before the drying is removed by performing dielectric drying on the unfired honeycomb formed body while maintaining a temperature of a central portion of the unfired honeycomb formed body at 100° C. or less; and a microwave drying process of obtaining a honeycomb dried body from which residual moisture is removed by performing microwave drying on the primary dried honeycomb formed body obtained in the dielectric drying process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke OKUMURA, Norihiro Asakura
  • Publication number: 20180354158
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a system for hole drilling in an object (400) comprising a core drilling machine (100), a core drill bit (200) and a reaction bar (300) arranged for transmitting rotating reaction forces from the core drilling machine (100) to the object (400), where the core drill bit (200) is connected to the core drilling machine (100) and the core drilling machine (100) is equipped with a power source (108) in order to apply a rotating force to the core drill bit (200), and where the core drill bit (200) has an axially extending tubular shaft (202) with an inner envelop surface (203) defining an inner periphery (204) of the core drill bit (200), wherein the reaction bar (300) is non-rotatably connected to the core drilling machine (100) and arranged inside the inner periphery (204) of the axially extending tubular shaft (202) of the core drill bit (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Paer Ekstroem
  • Publication number: 20180354159
    Abstract: Device and method for dispersing solids, liquids and gases in an extruder, having at least one shaft (1) and one housing (2), wherein at least one disk (4) with recesses is attached to the shaft, which at least one disk co-rotates with the shaft, and a non-co-rotating disk (3) is arranged immediately adjacent to the disk either in a product flow direction or counter to the product flow direction, which non-co-rotating disk likewise has recesses, and wherein the co-rotating disk is connected to the rotating shaft and has a gap (14) with respect to the housing, and the non-co-rotating disk is connected to the housing and has a gap (15) with respect to the rotating core shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Thomas König, Michael Bierdel
  • Publication number: 20180354160
    Abstract: A slit vent is formed in a molding member of a mold for rubber article with ease. A molding member of a mold is brought into contact with a rubber article through a molding surface to mold the rubber article. The molding member having a thin-walled part is formed by making a part in which a slit vent of the molding member is to be formed, thinner than other part of the molding member. The slit vent is formed in the thin-walled part of the molding member. The slit vent penetrates the thin-walled part and opens to the molding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuyuki ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20180354161
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to plastic surfaces having surface structures and methods of making the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of forming surface structures on a plastic. The method can include contacting a flowable resin composition to a surface of a metal form including surface structures on the contacted surface thereof, the surface structures having at least one dimension approximately parallel to the metal surface of about 100 nm to about 1 mm, to provide a solid plastic including corresponding surface structures on a surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hao Gu, Jan Willem Heuseveldt, Dirk Noordegraaf
  • Publication number: 20180354162
    Abstract: Three-dimensional polymeric article (100) having first (101) and second (102) opposed major surfaces, a base body (103) having a first dimension, a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension, and a thickness, wherein the thickness is orthogonal to the first and second dimensions, wherein the base body (103) comprises a plurality of alternating, adjacent first (107) and second (108) polymeric regions along the first dimension, wherein the second dimensions of the first (107) and second (108) regions extend at least partially across the second dimensions, wherein the first regions (107) have a first crosslink density, wherein the second regions (108) have a second crosslink density, wherein the second crosslink density of the second regions (108) are less than the first crosslink density of the first regions (107), wherein the first and second regions extend perpendicularly in two directions from a central plane (115) in the base body (103) parallel to the first and second dimensions of the polymeric
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Evan Koon Lun Yuuji Hajime, Jason D. Clapper, Kurt J. Halverson, Myungchan Kang
  • Publication number: 20180354163
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing kinesio brace includes steps of: preparing an elastic body which is tube-shaped to have a first face inside and a second face outside, the elastic body defining an axial direction; inserting an inner mold into the elastic body so that the first face faces to the inner mold; placing the inner mold with the elastic body into an outer mold and closing the outer mold, the outer mold being formed with at least one groove on an inner surface thereof; injecting a plastic material into the groove to shape into a plastic layer which is engaged with the second face of the elastic body; removing the outer mold and the inner mold from the elastic body to provide a kinesio brace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: YU-CHIEN WANG