Patents Issued in January 3, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190001351
    Abstract: The method is for discharging water through a faucet. The nozzle is attachable to a faucet and switchable between a spray-mode and a mist-mode. An inner cavity has filters and a water rotating device. The housing has an opening defined therein in fluid communication with the inner cavity and grooves and an orifice at a bottom portion thereof. The second filter is disposed below the opening. When in the spray-mode, water flows out through the opening and through grooves and is discharged as spray and mist at a bottom of nozzle. When switched to the mist mode, water only flow through the second filter but not through the opening. Water flows through the water rotating device to create a rotation of the water and the rotating water is discharged through the orifice as mist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Kaj Verner Mickos
  • Publication number: 20190001352
    Abstract: A spreading assembly is provided. The spreading assembly comprises a spreadable material container, a spreading mechanism, and a motor. The spreading mechanism is rotatably mounted to a bottom section of the material container and can disperse the spreadable material 360° around the spreading assembly. The motor is operatively connected to the spreading mechanism to engage same in rotation. The spreading assembly comprises a coupling assembly to engage the spreading assembly with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transport the spreading assembly while it operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Antoine Roy, Johnny Guérin, Samuel Turcotte
  • Publication number: 20190001353
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for mixing and atomizing a hydrocarbon stream is disclosed. The apparatus comprises of an inner conduit having a first inlet for receiving the hydrocarbon stream, and a second inlet for receiving a primary dispersion stream. The inner conduit produces a primary mixture comprising the hydrocarbon stream and the primary dispersion stream. The apparatus further includes an outer conduit having a third inlet for receiving a secondary dispersion stream. Further, said inner and outer conduits together define an annular passage. The distal end of the annular passage defines a second set of orifices for allowing the secondary dispersion stream flowing there-through to come in contact with the primary mixture and thereby dispensing the secondary mixture so obtained through an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoeb Hussain KHAN, Venkata Hari Prasad Gupta BANDARU, Jagdev Kumar DIXIT, Gautam THAPA, Satheesh Vetterkunnel KUMARAN, Debasis BHATTACHARYYA, Sankara Sri Venkata RAMAKUMAR
  • Publication number: 20190001354
    Abstract: The personal cooling misting system disclosed provides for a wearable fluid reservoir to contain a volume of misting fluid, and an electrically operated pump proximate to the reservoir to pump the misting fluid from the reservoir to a misting head. The misting head facilitates atomizing the misting fluid. The system further provides for feed tubing to direct the misting fluid from the reservoir to the pump, and distributive tubing to direct the misting fluid from the pump to the misting head. The system also includes a pump control to control at least one of a pressure and a flow rate of the misting fluid through at least one of the feed tubing and distributive tubing, and the system includes a programmable circuit board to facilitate system control via the pump control, as well as directing to the pump control a misting distribution pattern for at least one of a consistent or intermittent misting pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Ronald Brian Laikind
  • Publication number: 20190001355
    Abstract: A discharge container includes: a container body in which contents are stored; a securing member; a discharger including a stem; an exterior portion that includes a top wall portion through which a molded hole passes, and that discharges the contents from the molding hole onto a discharge surface of the top wall portion; and an inner plate in the exterior section to be movable and which forms a diffusion chamber between the inner plate and a supply surface of the top wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mai KASE
  • Publication number: 20190001356
    Abstract: An improved container suitable for use with a nesting sprayer handle is provided. The container includes a container handle opening with an improved top wall geometry. The top wall geometry resists deformation to reduce or eliminate accidental dislodgment of a sprayer handle when the sprayer handle is nested in the container handle opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Edmund Lee White
  • Publication number: 20190001357
    Abstract: A liquid-agent dispensing container (100) includes: a mounting portion (52) that is mounted on a container body (10); a swing portion (160) that is pivotally supported in a swingable manner with respect to the mounting portion (52) and has a force application portion (161) that receives a pressing force; an operating portion (20) that has a pressing portion that presses the force application portion (161) when pressed; an acting portion that transfers a pressing force from the swing portion (160) to a head portion (30) when the force application portion (161) is pressed; and a guide mechanism that guides a relative movement of the operating portion (20) with respect to the head portion (30) while maintaining a posture of the operating portion (20) when the operating portion (20) is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Takumi UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190001358
    Abstract: A flowable product dispenser has a movable actuator (24) whose stroke length, represented by axial travel, corresponds to the product dosage which is dispensed. An adjustable ring (26) is fitted to a portion of the actuator wherein the position of the ring on the actuator determines the stroke length. This adjustable stroke feature allows the user of the dispenser to select a desired dosage within a dosage range for the particular dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Yen Kean LEE
  • Publication number: 20190001359
    Abstract: A manually-operated paint spray gun includes a body having a nozzle for atomizing paint to be sprayed and a handle forming a handgrip and provided with a connector for the inflow of compressed air to be supplied to the nozzle, wherein the handle of the gun has a compressed air regulator operatively associated to which is a pressure sensor at least part of which is arranged in a removable portion of the handle forming a substantial part of the dorsal area of the handgrip and is separated from the inflow connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: ANEST IWATA Strategic Center S.r.l
    Inventors: Marco NEGRI, Roberto DE GREGORI
  • Publication number: 20190001360
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for aerosol deposition of nanoparticles on a substrate. The apparatus includes: an aerosol generator for generating an aerosol of micron-sized droplets, each droplet having a limited number of nanoparticles; and a deposition chamber for receiving the aerosol from the aerosol generator. The deposition chamber having an electrostatic field for attracting droplets in the aerosol to the substrate. The electrostatic field being substantially perpendicular to the substrate. The apparatus allows for films/networks of nanoparticles to be patterned on the substrate to sub-millimeter feature sizes, which allows the fabrication of transistor devices for printable electronics applications. Also provided are methods for depositing nanoparticles on a substrate and materials having networks of such nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Jacques LEFEBVRE, Patrick MALENFANT
  • Publication number: 20190001361
    Abstract: Method of dispensing fluid are disclosed. The method initially determines, based upon an image of a first electronic substrate, that a first or a second dispense region is misaligned relative to the other of the first or the second dispense region. Fluid is dispensed from a first applicator while moving the first applicator using a primary positioner on the first electronic substrate to form a first fluid pattern. Fluid is simultaneously dispensed from a second applicator while moving the second applicator using the primary positioner and a secondary positioner. The method then determines, based upon an image of a second electronic substrate, that a first and a second dispense region of the second electronic substrate are aligned relative to one another. Fluid is simultaneously dispensed from the first applicator and the second applicator while moving the first applicator and the second applicator together using the primary positioner with first applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher L. Giusti, Philip P. Maiorca, Mark S. Meier, David N. Padgett
  • Publication number: 20190001362
    Abstract: Methods of dispensing fluid are disclosed. A first applicator is positioned above a first dispense site at a first dispense region of a first electronic substrate by moving the first applicator using a primary positioner. A second applicator is simultaneously positioned above a first dispense site at a second dispense region of the first electronic substrate by moving the second applicator together with the first applicator using the primary positioner and moving the second applicator relative to the first applicator using a secondary positioner. It is then determined that the first or the second dispense region is misaligned relative to the other of the first or the second dispense region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher L. Giusti, Philip P. Maiorca, Mark S. Meier, David N. Padgett
  • Publication number: 20190001363
    Abstract: Systems for dispensing fluid in a first fluid pattern at a first dispense region and in a second fluid pattern at a second dispense region on one or more electronic substrates are disclosed. The system includes a primary positioner, a secondary positioner providing movement in the X axis direction and the Y axis direction relative to the primary positioner, a first applicator for dispensing fluid while being moved by the primary positioner, a second applicator for dispensing fluid while being moved by the primary positioner and/or the secondary positioner, a camera, and a controller. The controller determines a position of the first dispense region and a position of the second dispense region, controls movement of the primary positioner and the secondary positioner, and controls the first and second applicators to simultaneously dispense the first and second fluid patterns onto the respective first and second dispense regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher L. Giusti, Philip P. Maiorca, Mark S. Meier, David N. Padgett
  • Publication number: 20190001364
    Abstract: Method of deposition of a coating on a surface of a workpiece, working with at least one deposition device, or torch, of Thermal Spray type, controlled by an associated motor. It is contemplated to perform the deposition step by configuring the torch so as to create two concurrent movements, of which a first movement along a linear path on the surface area to be coated; a second oscillation movement according to an axis of rotation coaxial with said advancement direction; this allows increasing the spray pattern of the thermal spray torch at each stroke resulting in a reduction of the relative movement speed of the torch itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nelso ANTOLOTTI, Mauro ANTOLOTTI, Luigi COPPELLETTI
  • Publication number: 20190001365
    Abstract: Provided is a booth that includes a booth housing that defines an area for locating or positioning a vehicle to undergo a filling, priming, and/or painting operation as part of an overall vehicle collision damage repair process. The booth includes a first air handling system and a second air handling system that is in fluid communication with an air extraction tool. The first handling system includes an air intake, a pressurized plenum, a filter to filter air from the air plenum before that enters into the interior of the housing, and an air exhaust. The second air handling system includes flexible and static conduits that are in communication with each other and in communication with an air exhaust outlet for removing debris and particulate from a sealed application area located adjacent the vehicle being repaired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Giarrizzo, JR., Douglas Kirk
  • Publication number: 20190001366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aerosol generation. In order to provide an improved way of protecting and sealing of a vibrating element, an aerosol generator device (10) for a nebulizer is provided. The aerosol generator device comprises a base structure (12), a mesh (14) with a plurality of apertures, and a vibrating element (16). The vibrating element is a piezo-element arranged to generate an oscillating movement. The piezo-element is connected to the base structure to transfer the oscillating movement as vibrational movement to the base structure. Further, the mesh is mounted to the base structure, and the vibrational movement is transferred to the mesh in order to generate a plurality of small droplets to form an aerosol when supplied by a fluid. An encapsulation (18) of the piezo-element is provided to provide a sealing of the piezo-element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: DIRK ERNEST VON HOLLEN
  • Publication number: 20190001367
    Abstract: A coating apparatus is provided. The coating apparatus includes a coater, configured to move and perform coating along a first direction, the coater includes a coating head and a coating head movement mechanism, the coating head movement mechanism is configured to make the coating head move along a plane intersected with the first direction and rotate in the plane intersected with the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ying LIU, Xiaohan LING, Anlong XU, Zhiyu QIAN, Changquan SHEN
  • Publication number: 20190001368
    Abstract: A device for applying adhesive and/or sealant having a housing for receiving a container, said housing having the following: a receiving chamber for receiving the container; a closable application tip which is connected to the receiving chamber and through which the adhesive and/or sealant can be discharged; a stable casing for the receiving chamber; at least one region of the housing which is in the form of a deformable pressure region and which allows pressure to be exerted from the outside onto the container which can be placed in the receiving chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Rushe, Kai Ruthe-Steinsiek
  • Publication number: 20190001369
    Abstract: Methods for using a hollow, rotating stencil roll to deposit flowable dry powder particles onto a moving substrate and to adhesively bond the particles to a pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Evan D. Brutinel, Jon E. Dable, Shawn C. Dodds, Ann M. Gilman, Matthew R.D. Smith, Matthew S. Stay, Eric A. Vandre
  • Publication number: 20190001370
    Abstract: This invention relates to a multilayer coating film sequentially comprising, on a substrate, a colored coating film, an effect coating film, and a clear coating film, wherein the multilayer coating film has a lightness L*110 within a range of 60 to 90, the lightness L*110 being based on a spectral reflectance of light illuminated at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the coating surface and received at an angle of 110 degrees with respect to the specularly reflected light; a 60-degree specular gloss within a range of 105 to 180, a graininess HG within a range of 10 to 40; and a flip-flop value within a range of 1.0 to 1.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki ITOH, Nobuhiko NARITA, Tatsuo KURAMOCHI
  • Publication number: 20190001371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curing device for applying UV radiation to substrates, comprising at least one radiation source, at least one reflector member surrounding the radiation source, at least two divided dichroic mirror members opposite to the radiation source, which largely transmit the VIS & IR content of the radiation source and keep it away from the processing zone and at the same time largely reflect the UV content of the radiation source in the direction of the processing zone, at least one optical disk member that separates the cooling gas flow in the exposure device from the processing zone, and which is characterized in that the at least two divided dichroic mirror members are arranged in such a manner that they are separate from one another and offset from one another in the direction of the main beam and are displaced parallel to the main beam and thus opaque to the main beam, so that cooling gas can flow out through the openings created, but intensity loss of the UV radiation does
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Othmar Zueger
  • Publication number: 20190001372
    Abstract: A lining for a compressor case is provided. The lining comprises a layer of primer applied to an interior surface of the compressor case, and at least one layer of a seal compound applied to the layer of primer. The primer has been found to significantly improve the bond strength between the base metal and the coating. Also, the primer provides a waterproof coating at the bond interface, which prevents any moisture from creeping under the plastic and causing material break-out. The waterproof coating also provides an increased corrosion resistance to the base metal and stator vanes where the plastic lining has been applied. A method of lining a compressor case is also provided, comprising applying a first layer comprising a primer to an interior surface of the compressor case, and applying at least one second layer over the first layer of primer, the at least one second layer comprising a seal compound to line the compressor case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Graeme Edward CRAWFORD, Chad Christian KAATZ, Douglas Michael ROBERGE, Wayne Wilfred THOMAS, Izabela WITKOWSKA
  • Publication number: 20190001373
    Abstract: Screening members, screening assemblies, methods for fabricating screening members and assemblies and methods for screening materials are provided for vibratory screening machines that incorporate the use of injection molded materials. Use of injection molded screen elements provide, inter alia, for: varying screening surface configurations; fast and relatively simple screen assembly fabrication; and a combination of outstanding screen assembly mechanical and electrical properties, including toughness, wear and chemical resistance. Embodiments of the present invention use a thermoplastic injection molded material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Keith F. Wojciechowski
  • Publication number: 20190001374
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering mining material to a multimodal array of different types of sensors and classifying and sorting the mining material based on the data collected from the multimodal array of sensors. The arrays of different sensors sense the mining material and collect data which is subsequently used together to identify the composition of the material and make a determination as to whether to accept or reject the material as it passes off the terminal end of the material handling system. Diverters are positioned at the terminal end of the material handling system and are positioned in either an accept or reject position based on the data collected and processed to identify the composition of the mining material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Sherliker Bamber, Kamyar Esfahani, Kang Teng, Richard Anderson
  • Publication number: 20190001375
    Abstract: A blade cleaner system having a housing, at least one basin set within the housing, and the housing having at least one opening sized to receive a shaving blade. At least one rotatably operated cleaning agent, having multiple bristles, adapted to clean the shaving blade, being located proximate to the at least one opening and a cleaning solution being present within the at least one basin, wherein during operation, the cleaning solution is in contact with a first portion of the at least one cleaning agent and a second portion of the cleaning agent does not contact the cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Elyano Nascimento
  • Publication number: 20190001376
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for cleaning a protective film to be attached to an outer surface of a laminate during a lamination process of heating and pressing the laminate of electrodes and a separator to produce an electrode assembly of a battery cell, including a feed roll configured to supply the protective film, at least one guide roll configured to guide a progress of the protective film supplied from the feed roll, a cleaning roll located between the feed roll and a winding roll and configured to remove foreign substances remaining on the protective film supplied from the feed roll, and the winding roll configured to wind the protective film from which foreign substances have been removed by the cleaning roll, wherein a nano thin film is formed on an outer surface of the cleaning roll to adsorb and remove the foreign substances remaining on the protective film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Youn PARK, Jin Hak KONG, Kyu Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190001377
    Abstract: A wand apparatus for controlling a pressure washing system and an associated method for controlling a pressure washing system is provided. The wand apparatus may include a first wand portion and a second wand portion. The wand apparatus may further include a chemical control assembly that includes a housing and a chemical control element. The housing defines an outlet aperture, an inlet aperture, and a chemical control aperture. The chemical control aperture is configured to operably engage the chemical control element. The outlet aperture is configured to operably engage the first wand portion, and the inlet aperture is configured to operably engage the second wand portion. Further, operable engagement of the chemical control element may provide for switching the wand apparatus between a chemical spray configuration and a wash spray configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: James PADGETT
  • Publication number: 20190001378
    Abstract: A mobile unit for cleaning warewashers at a facility includes a base structure with wheels to facilitate movement. A cleaning system is mounted on the base structure and includes a tank, an external recirculation delivery line running from the tank and including a pump therealong and an external recirculation return line running back to the tank. The delivery line and the return line are connectable to a warewash machine for recirculating liquid from the tank through the warewash machine and back to the tank for cleaning of the warewash machine. The machine of the previous aspect may include an on-board controller that automatically carries out cleaning operations, or the machine may be a manual machine that is operator controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander R. Anim-Mensah, Terry L. Presser, Mary E. Paulus
  • Publication number: 20190001379
    Abstract: Piezoelectric systems and appliances for removing eye makeup and related methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Scott Straka, Nicolas Duru
  • Publication number: 20190001380
    Abstract: To provide a vent hole cleaning apparatus and a vent hole cleaning method which can accurately calculate a position of a vent hole and can automatically clean the vent hole. [Solution] An apparatus 1 for cleaning a vent hole 5 provided on a molding surface 4 of a mold 3 for vulcanizing a rubber product. The apparatus 1 comprises a detecting means 11 for detecting a shape of the molding surface 4, a cleaning means 12 for cleaning the vent hole 5, a controlling means 13 for storing molding surface information in advance and including shape information of the molding surface 4 including a position of the vent hole 5 and for calculating the position of the vent hole 5 by comparing the shape of the molding surface 4 obtained by the detecting means 11 with the molding surface information, and a guiding means 14 for moving the cleaning means 12 based on the calculated position of the vent hole 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichiro AMAIWA
  • Publication number: 20190001381
    Abstract: The present invention is a fume extraction swivel system for use on a gas shielded welding device. The fume extraction system includes an extraction hose mounting bracket which has an internal flange adapted to mount about a welding torch. The bracket has a collar spaced from the internal flange that defines an interior space. A packer is mounted in the flange and rotates upon a bearing mounted to the torch. A fume extraction port is in operative communication with the interior space. An intake shroud is mounted to the collar. The fume extraction port, interior space and shroud create an air-path through the extraction hose mounting bracket. In this way, the fume extraction system is connected to an air filter through the extraction port and the air filter draws air along said air-path through the interior space and the intake shroud without interfering with the gas shield welding operation. The swivel mount ensures that the extraction hose does not wrap around the torch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Hattingh
  • Publication number: 20190001382
    Abstract: A variable thickness roll forming system for forming a variable thickness blank including at least two sets of cylindrical shaped rollers. Each of the sets of rollers include: a first roller including a face which is linear where the first roller contacts the metal sheet; and a second roller including multiple shaping faces positioned about a perimeter and directed toward the face of the first roller. Each roller set incrementally alters a thickness of a metal sheet in a direction transverse to a metal sheet feed direction when the metal sheet is passed between the first and second rollers. The metal sheet after passing between the first and second rollers forms a roll formed blank having a first portion and a second portion positioned in the direction transverse to the feed direction with respect to the first portion, the first portion thicker than the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Suhant Prajwal Reddy Ranga, Stephan Röhner
  • Publication number: 20190001383
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling stand and a rolling mill for the rolling of preferably metallic rolling stock. Known rolling stands of this type typically have two back-up rolls (110) which are rotatably mounted by way of their roll journals in chocks which function as oil film bearings. The oil film bearings are supplied with coolant and/or lubricant by means of a low-pressure circuit which has at least one low-pressure pump (130) for conveying the coolant and/or lubricant. To reduce the costs for driving the low-pressure pump (130), there is provided according to the invention a gear mechanism which is arranged on the roll face-remote side of at least one of the chocks in order to rotationally couple the at least one low-pressure pump (130) to the back-up roll journal (120) which is rotatably mounted in the chock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Knie, Johannes Alken
  • Publication number: 20190001384
    Abstract: A straightening machine having an allocated straightening roll drive including a top bearing frame and a bottom bearing frame, in which a plurality of straightening rolls and supporting rolls are held in a cassette-like manner and arranged in an interchangeable manner. An improved adaptability of a straightening machine to different straightening requirements and straightening areas is achieved in that all the straightening rolls and supporting roils respectively arranged in the top and/or bottom bearing frame are distributed into several straightening roll segments that are modularly adapted to one another and each configured in the form of an interchangeable cassette. Each straightening roll segment includes at least one layer of supporting rolls and at least one allocated straightening roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Frank WERNER, Roman DEHMEL, Olaf HAUSMANN
  • Publication number: 20190001385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling device and a cooling method capable of controlling, by section, the flow of coolant supplied in a widthwise direction, the cooling device comprising: a base frame connected to an external cooling fluid supply line, and disposed to be able to spray coolant onto a material that passes through a rolling mill after having been heated in a heating furnace; and a nozzle assembly disposed on the base frame, and spraying a cooling fluid in an arbitrary pattern onto a plurality of sections divided along the widthwise direction of the material to minimize a deviation in temperature in the widthwise direction of the material. Through this configuration, the flow of coolant supplied in the widthwise direction of a material can be controlled to be varied, thereby being capable of minimizing a deviation in temperature in the widthwise direction of a high temperature material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Pil-Jong LEE, Jong-Hoon KANG, Hui-Seop KWON, Gwan-Sik MIN
  • Publication number: 20190001386
    Abstract: A wire forming machine with a plurality of tools, a wire fed in a wire feeding direction including a supporting base, a main tool holder rotatably supported by the base holding one of the plurality of tools, a first control drive source configured to control a position of the main tool holder at an arbitrary rotation position; a holder supporting table rotatably supported by the supporting base, a second control drive source to control a position of the holder supporting table at an arbitrary rotation, a first sub tool holder rotatably supported by the holder supporting table about a first sub rotation axis, the sub tool holder holding one of the plurality of tools, and a first interlock mechanism including a gear group or a belt coupling interlockingly rotatably the sub tool holder to the main tool holder to transfer drive force of the first control drive source and holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: ASAHI-SEIKI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NOJIMA, Shingo TADA
  • Publication number: 20190001387
    Abstract: A machine tool apparatus for a press brake, folding press or punch press system includes a tool holder body having a receiving portion configured for selective engagement with a coupling end of a machine tool. The apparatus also includes a magnetic coupling assembly comprising one or more magnetic elements configured to generate a magnetic coupling adapted for the selective engagement of the tool holder body with the coupling end of the machine tool. In some embodiments, the apparatus may further include an actuator configured to manipulate at least one of the magnetic elements to modulate the strength of the magnetic coupling for selective engagement and disengagement of the tool holder body with the coupling end of the machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Dean Sundquist, Christopher Morgan
  • Publication number: 20190001388
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an L-shaped square pipe that ensures adequate strength even without welding, a device for manufacturing the L-shaped square pipe, and the L-shaped square pipe. Provided is a method for manufacturing an L-shaped square pipe, comprising: a groove section forming step for forming a groove section by pressing one surface of a square steel pipe, along the shorter direction of the one surface, towards another surface positioned on the reverse side of the one surface; and a bending step for bending the square pipe so that the sides of the first surface sandwiching the groove section approach each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Ryuji TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20190001389
    Abstract: A method of forming a material using a supersonic fluidic oscillator in a superplastic forming process and a related system is provided. The method comprises applying pressurized gas at a baseline pressure to a surface of the material when the material is received within a cavity of a forming tool, and creating pressure fluctuations with a supersonic fluidic oscillator relative to the baseline pressure within the tool cavity. Each pressure fluctuation (i) deforms the material and (ii) subsequently allowing for a partial stress relief of the material during the forming process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Eugene Ryzer
  • Publication number: 20190001390
    Abstract: Generally, the instant disclosure is directed towards various methods of EMF-forming workpieces and the resulting workpieces. More specifically, the instant disclosure is directed towards various embodiments of imparting EMF-features onto workpieces, where workpieces with resulting EMF-features are configured as metal containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Robert E. Dick, Jeremy N. Pepper, Barry E. Soxman, Anthony J. Fedusa
  • Publication number: 20190001391
    Abstract: A method of forming a closure member comprises the steps of providing a support member with an outer support surface, providing a member comprising a first member made of electrically conductive material, the first member comprising a first tubular sleeve extending along a longitudinal direction between a first top end and a first bottom end, positioning the member on the support member, applying a magnetic field on the member to deform at least a portion of the first tubular sleeve around the support member to form a closure member, removing the formed closure member from the support member for subsequently fitting the formed closure member on a neck of a container or a closure body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Luca VIALE, Marco GIOVANNINI, Andrea POZZI
  • Publication number: 20190001392
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of a joint fabricated in a plurality of metal sheets by a joining device and a control method. The joining device comprises a drive element, and a hold-down device The method may have the following steps: moving the drive element to move the punch and, via at least one first and one second spring, the hold-down device; recording of a force applied by the drive element with a first sensor and of a distance covered by the drive element with a second sensor during a movement of the drive element in a mating direction and opposite thereto as a force/displacement curve; and comparing a linear relief range in the recorded curve with a reference curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: BÖLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Draht, Stefan Rehling
  • Publication number: 20190001393
    Abstract: A swage mechanism operable to expand an inner diameter of tubing. The swage mechanism includes a housing defining a longitudinal axis, a plurality of jaws coupled to the housing and movable relative to the longitudinal axis for selectively gripping the tubing, and a ram including a cylindrical portion and a frusto-conical head portion. The frusto-conical head portion of the ram is insertable into the tubing to expand the inner diameter of the tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: James O. Myrhum, JR., Noah Z. Fang
  • Publication number: 20190001394
    Abstract: A linear apparatus for forming a can opening, including: a working tabletop, a plurality of necking machining stations are arranged on the working tabletop; each necking machining station is provided with a can body positioning recess for positioning a can body; the can body positioning recess is internally provided with a vacuum suction hole; a vacuum chamber is arranged below the working tabletop; the vacuum chamber is in communication with the vacuum suction hole; a necking machining device is correspondingly arranged on each necking machining station; further: a moving device, and the moving device acts on the can body positioned in the can body positioning recess and is used for moving the can body on the stations onward by one station. The apparatus has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, small occupied space and convenient maintenance, and is the best choice for manufacturers with low production speed requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUZHOU SLAC PRECISION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bingsheng WANG, Lingguang KONG, Bingxin LIU
  • Publication number: 20190001395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for producing reinforcement cages having multiple longitudinal rods around which a wire, being welded to the longitudinal rods, runs, in particular for concrete tubes, wherein the device comprises a longitudinal rod guidance arrangement having multiple guidance elements and multiple radial guidances. To enable varying the shape of the cross-section of the reinforcement cage, the radial guides each comprise a spindle arrangement having at least one spindle, and at least two guidance element drives are provided which are configured to move one of the guidance elements each independently along the associated radial guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Apilion Machines + Services GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Hartenbauer
  • Publication number: 20190001396
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending or shaping orthodontic archwires or other medical devices into a complex, patient individual shape is described. The apparatus comprises of two moveable, compact, manipulators with, in total, at least three revolute joints defining three rotation axes and at least three prismatic joints defining at least three translation axes. Gripping tools are provided on the manipulators. The two manipulators are arranged to allow a relative movement in six degrees of freedom. A reduced complexity embodiment is also described having only one or two revolute joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Friedrich Riemeier, Werner Butscher, Frank Witte, Christoph Radinger, Andrew Cordell, Rohit Sachdeva
  • Publication number: 20190001397
    Abstract: A gear manufacturing method includes a step of preparing a gear blank; a step (teeth cutting step) of cutting the gear blank to form a half-finished gear having a plurality of gear teeth; a step (heat treatment step) of heat-treating the half-finished gear having the gear teeth; and a step (form rolling step) of rolling the half-finished gear which is subjected to the heat treatment, in which the gear teeth of the half-finished gear which is subjected to the teeth cutting step is formed with protuberances on both sides in a circumferential direction, and at the form rolling step, the protuberances are pressed by a rolling die, so that the half-finished gear becomes a gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Kwang Hui LEE
  • Publication number: 20190001398
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a processing station for aircraft structural components, having a gantry processing machine, a clamping frame for fastening at least one component, and a holding device assembly for receiving the clamping frame, wherein the gantry processing machine has a gantry and the gantry supports a processing tool which defines a processing point, wherein the processing tool is configured so as to be pivotable in relation to the gantry, and wherein the processing tool for displacing the processing point is height adjustable in the z direction in relation to the gantry, wherein the holding device assembly has at least two holding devices, and wherein at least one holding device has a drive for the height adjustment, and the clamping frame is height-adjustable in the z direction by means of the holding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Broetje-Automation GmbH
    Inventor: Nils Varrelmann
  • Publication number: 20190001399
    Abstract: A method of forming a dry molding sand additive may include recovering a non-sand fraction from a foundry waste material and adding the non-sand fraction to a dry molding sand additive formulation to form a dry molding sand additive. Adding the non-sand fraction to the dry molding sand additive formulation may reduce the amount of fresh clay and carbon to produce the dry molding sand additive. A method of forming a molding sand additive may include recovering a waste molding sand additive composition having a clay or carbon content differing from a desired clay and carbon content, recycling the waste molding sand additive as a raw material in production of a fresh molding sand additive, and adjusting the amount of fresh clay or carbon added during production of the fresh molding sand additive to achieve the desired clay and carbon content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Imerys Minerals USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor LAFAY
  • Publication number: 20190001400
    Abstract: In a method for removing a carbon-containing pattern material from a casting shell, a first step evaporates and pyrolizes the pattern material to leave carbon and a second step oxidizes the carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied