Patents Issued in January 17, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190016511
    Abstract: A protection container for remote controls includes a magnetic-proof container having a room defined therein. A first flange extends upward from the top opening of the container and two paths defined in outside of the first flange. Two holes each are defined through the first flange and located between two respective ends of the two paths. A magnetic-proof cover is removably mounted to the top opening of the container 1 and includes a second flange and a protrusion on the underside thereof. A groove is defined between the second flange and the protrusion. A lock unit is located in the protrusion and accessed from the cover so as to control two insertions to retractably engage with the two holes when the cover is mounted to the container. Remotes are stored in the container, and the cover is openable by operating the lock unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Yao-Kun Yang
  • Publication number: 20190016512
    Abstract: A reusable tie includes a flexible shaft including an elastomeric material. The reusable tie also includes a plurality of ribs spaced along the flexible shaft. Each rib of the plurality of ribs encircles the flexible shaft. The reusable tie also includes a tab that includes the elastomeric material. The tab is coupled to the flexible shaft, and the tab defines a plurality of openings configured to receive the flexible shaft and to interact with the ribs to retain a position of the flexible shaft relative to the tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Dennis F. Hyde
  • Publication number: 20190016513
    Abstract: Carton (90) containing a plurality of containers (C) includes a dispenser defined by a dispenser (80) pattern (40) extending through the carton's first side panel (14), top panel (16), second side panel (18), and exiting end panel (84). The dispenser (80) is at least partially separable along the dispenser pattern (40) to form an opening into an interior of the carton (90). The dispenser pattern (40) includes first and second tear lines (51, 52) on first and second side exiting end flaps (32, 36) that extend downwardly toward one another from opposite sides of the exiting end panel. The first and second end dispenser patterns do not extend completely across respective first and second side exiting end flaps but stop short of an outer edge of respective first and second side exiting end flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Matthew E. Zacherle
  • Publication number: 20190016514
    Abstract: An example cold pack assembly may include a pack and a band. The pack may include an internal cavity with a substance disposed within the internal cavity. The pack may also include a first recessed surface and a second recessed surface. The band may be disposed around the pack such that the band engages a first item and generates a first force to urge the first item into pressed engagement with the first recessed surface and the band engages a second item and generates a second force to urge the second item into pressed engagement with the second recessed surface. The band may be elastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Brian Vincent Conti
  • Publication number: 20190016515
    Abstract: A container carrier and manufacturing method therefor are provided. The container carrier may include an integrally molded body with a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of annular structures. Each annular structure may connect to at least one adjacent annular structure and may include a circumferential rib with a plurality of flanges, which are collectively configured to secure a container. An integrally formed handle may extend upward from the body of the container carrier. The handle may include a graspable region and a bifurcated region that forms a pair of arms that connect to the body and support the graspable region in an upright configuration in an unbiased state. The arms may flex such that an intersection of the bifurcated region and graspable region moves to accommodate a downward flexion of the handle when a downward biasing force is applied to the handle in a biased state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190016516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tray for stacking layers of structural bottles. The tray has an upper surface and an opposed lower surface. The upper surface has a plurality of wells and the lower surface has a plurality of pockets, the pockets and wells are disposed in a corresponding array of columns and rows. An annular seating surface of a well is segmented with each segment having a generally concave surface facing radially inwardly of the well. The concave surface has a vertical portion that extends downwardly and radially inwardly to a radial segment. The radial segment forms a horizontal support surface for receiving a bottom of one of the structural bottles. A first rotational interlock structure extends outward from the concave surface along one of the segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Mike Andrew Ludka, Ben Joel Thompson
  • Publication number: 20190016517
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing potable fluids wherein a bagged fluid, such as water, is dispensed via a spiked water dispensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Macler
  • Publication number: 20190016518
    Abstract: A method for making an insulating dunnage product includes the steps of (a) permanently deforming at least one non-planar interior layer that includes a paper sheet to form a plurality of air pockets; (b) surrounding the at least one interior layer on all four sides and over the top and bottom sides of the at least one interior layer with at least one outer layer of sheet material; and (c) peripherally sealing the at least one outer layer to capture the at least one interior layer therein such that the interior layer has major portions that are free to shift relative to adjacent portions of the at least one outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Robert C. Cheich
  • Publication number: 20190016519
    Abstract: A corner protector having a pocket for the receipt of an object. The corner protector includes a window in communication with the pocket for the receipt of a portion of the object, and an undulated gripping member that provides a friction fit of the corner protector against the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Joseph NEALE
  • Publication number: 20190016520
    Abstract: A container for filling, processing, transporting, storing, transferring, etc., of small parts for the pharmaceutical industry consists of a preformed, flexible container which has a predefined spatial shape and the form of which is changed by larger pressures due to its flexibility such that it may support enough pressure (e.g. 50-500 mbar) over a larger period (e.g. 1 year) in order to ensure the integrity of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Eric NETZHAMMER
  • Publication number: 20190016521
    Abstract: A container system having connection devices for establishing a fluid connection between the containers. In one aspect, a connection device comprises a thin point that, within its shape, has a tip between two at least substantially straight legs and wherein the other connection device has a ram with a splitting device that is designed and arranged such as to rupture said thin point by acting on the tip when the containers are coupled. In another aspect, the thin point surrounds the ram, and in a third aspect the connection devices have corresponding, similar thin points, closure elements and splitting devices. In further aspects, the connection devices are similar, and the connection devices are linearly guided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Rainer Rahmel, Peter Bauer, Guido Endert, Johannes Krieger, Philipp Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20190016522
    Abstract: Volumetric dispensers and methods dispense one or more units of a material having units with a volume utilizing independently controllable and linearly movable gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Littman, Terence O'Shea
  • Publication number: 20190016523
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a de-icing material to a surface includes a receptacle and a handle. The receptacle includes a base portion and a sidewall portion coupled to the base. At least a portion of the handle is coupled to the sidewall portion. The apparatus further includes at least one opening that extends through the sidewall. The opening is dimensioned to accommodate passage of the de-icing material. Upon rotating the handle, the de-icing material is expelled from the receptacle through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Jody Christy
  • Publication number: 20190016524
    Abstract: Provided is a two fluid discharge container comprising: a container body; a piston partitioned by a first storage part and a second storage part, which are accommodated in the container body and are each to be filled with content, and a pressurized space to be filled with a pressurizing agent; and a valve mechanism that closes an opening in the container body, and has a passage through which the first storage part and the second storage part communicate. The first storage part and the second storage part are concentrically formed, and the contents of the first storage part and the second storage part are simultaneously pressurized by the piston so as to be discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi MEKATA, Kimio KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20190016525
    Abstract: A lighter holder for a cigarette or cigar package, comprising a substantially rectangular member foldable into the lighter holder, the rectangular member having a length and a width and five discrete panels defined in the length direction by foldable score lines in the width direction, the second and fourth panels being internally foldable and having apertures at corresponding locations in the width directions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. FATH
  • Publication number: 20190016526
    Abstract: Production of confectionery products, namely candies having various fillings, preferably chocolate, caramel, jelly, other fillings. Wrap decoration operations are reduced and by using shapes and colors of the wrapped candy as a base for the image on the wrap, reducing material consumption. Accurate alignment of the candy and the image fragments improves the composite image. The body is covered with a glaze coating and wrapped with a transparent material, having a stylized image, the side face and the end faces of the wrap being connected. The wrap includes inner and outer layers. The inside of the outer layer and/or the outside of the inner layer comprises colored image fragments that make up the stylized image on the wrap. The candy body can be ball-shaped, presenting a three-dimensional configuration on the wrap. The body glaze coating forms can provide color to the wrap stylized image. The joint strength of the wrap ends is lower than that of its side face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Karen Vardanyan Hrant
  • Publication number: 20190016527
    Abstract: A capsule assembly including a capsule for preparation of beverages and a conveyor cap mounted on the capsule for conveying the beverage exiting the capsule. The capsule includes an inlet wall, an outlet wall, and a lateral wall defining an internal volume inside which at least one beverage ingredient is housed. The outlet wall includes one or more capsule beverage outlets. The conveyor cap is mounted on the capsule to define an enclosure space between the outlet wall and an inner surface of the conveyor cap. The conveyor cap includes one or more beverage delivery openings and is movably mounted on the capsule. The capsule beverage outlets and the conveyor cap are configured to interact so that the capsule beverage outlets are opened by the conveyor cap due to a relative movement between the capsule and the conveyor cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: TUTTOESPRESSO S.r.l.
    Inventor: Luca DOGLIONI MAJER
  • Publication number: 20190016528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food packaging unit (20) comprising a food container (1) for receiving a liquid, pasty or free-flowing food. The injection-moulded, single-component, cup-shaped base body (2) of the food container surrounds, with a wall (5), a bottom (6) and an outwardly projecting collar (7), an opening (4) which is closed by a food-container-covering film (10) applied to the collar (7). The food container (1) is injection-moulded in a single layer from a polymer blend comprising two components, a first component of which being PVOH or a PVOH copolymer. The food-container-covering film (10), which can be applied to the plastic food container (1) in order to close the opening (4) by sealing, welding or adhesion, comprises a cellulose-containing layer which is coated with PVOH, or a PVOH polymer blend layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert Kuhl, Marlin Wassmer
  • Publication number: 20190016529
    Abstract: The BAGMASTER is an re-usable durable, water-resistant, flexible sleeve placed inside inside trash/garbage bags to provide protection for the walls of the bags during the filling process while holding it open and upright to be filled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: JOHN GRACE
  • Publication number: 20190016530
    Abstract: A waste cart includes a base housing; a center upright having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is secured to the base housing; a top housing secured to the distal end of the center upright, wherein the top housing has two or more disposal openings for two or more separate disposal portions including, a first waste portion which has a first metal detector and an indicator for providing a notification when a metal item passes through the opening; and a second waste portion which includes a second metal detector and an indicator for providing a notification when a metal item passes through the opening; an electronics module which operates each metal detector independently; and an alarm indicator operationally associated with the electronics module which is activated when the electronics module detects the passage of a metal item through an opening into a waste portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Morgan Starkey, Lloyd Stephen Riggs, Aubrey Nathan Beal
  • Publication number: 20190016531
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a portable waste containment apparatus, including: a main body; the main body comprising one or more sealable containers, each of the one or more sealable containers having an inner diameter; the main body comprising one or more inner walls segregating the one or more sealable containers from each of the other one or more sealable containers; and one or more lids for each of the one of more sealable containers, wherein the one or more lids seal the corresponding one or more sealable containers. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Oliver Darien del Cid
  • Publication number: 20190016532
    Abstract: Method for conveying and handling waste material in the channel section of a pneumatic wastes conveying system, in which method solid waste material or recycleable material fed into a conveying pipe is conveyed in the conveying pipe of the pneumatic pipe transport system for material along with the transporting air flow to the delivery end of the material conveying system, where the material is separated from the transporting air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: MARICAP OY
    Inventor: Göran SUNDHOLM
  • Publication number: 20190016533
    Abstract: A zoneless pick-to-light method and system initially inducts a group of totes into an initial picking station by scanning a tote identifier for each tote in the group. A product order is assigned to each tote in the inducted group of totes, such that matching a product in the picking station with the order causes a light to be illuminated adjacent to the corresponding product needed to fulfill the order. A user scans a personal identification and picks and places the desired quantity of the product to fulfill the product order for each tote at the station. The group of totes are moved in a flow direction to an adjacent picking station, where the user can elect to either follow the group of totes to the adjacent downstream picking station or abandon the group of totes, such that a different user may complete the product orders for the group of totes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Tim Post, Jon Van Hekken
  • Publication number: 20190016534
    Abstract: A conveyor device includes at least three lift columns, a lower conveyor body, and an upper conveyor body. The upper conveyor body is adjustable in its height relative to the lower conveyor body. The lift columns project at least partially above the upper conveyor body without lengthwise supports acting in the transport direction. The upper conveyor body together with one or more cross members on which the upper conveyor body is supported may be formed as a modular unit which is mountable and removable from the conveying system as a unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Günther, Kay-Eric Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20190016535
    Abstract: The present disclosure may be embodied as a belt module for a radius or spiral conveyor. The belt module includes first link ends extending in a direction of belt travel. Each first link end has a transverse opening. Second link ends extend in a direction opposite the first link ends and are configured to interdigitate with the first link ends of an adjacent belt module, and each second link end has a transverse opening defined therein. The transverse openings of the first and/or the second link ends are elongated. The belt modules further include a collapsible tab for contacting a frame member. The collapsible tab is located at a first transverse end of the belt module. In some embodiments, the collapsible tab is configured to engage a drive bar. The belt module may further include a guide tooth on a bottom side of the module for engaging a guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Dietmar ELSNER, Martin Moritz, Arnaud Thuet
  • Publication number: 20190016536
    Abstract: A proppant conveyor system has: a tower; a bucket elevator; a telescopic conveyor boom mounted to the tower above a ground surface; the telescopic conveyor boom being connected to convey proppant from an outlet of the bucket elevator to a discharge point defined by the telescopic conveyor boom; and the telescopic conveyor boom being mounted to swing in lateral directions relative to an axis of the tower to reposition the discharge point. A method includes: conveying proppant up a bucket elevator, along a telescopic conveyor boom mounted on a tower above a ground surface, and into an inlet of a first storage bin at a well site; repositioning the telescoping conveyor boom over an inlet of a second storage bin at the well site by swinging the telescopic conveyor boom in a lateral direction relative to an axis of the tower; and conveying proppant up the bucket elevator, along the telescopic conveyor boom, and into an inlet of the second storage bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: David CAMPBELL, Shane CAMPBELL, Brent ARCAND
  • Publication number: 20190016537
    Abstract: A motorized pulley mounted on a stationary shaft to drive a conveyor belt. The motorized pulley is constructed of an axial-flux motor in a housing connected to the motor's rotor. A driver including a drive ring has a drive surface mounted to the periphery of the housing to rotate with the rotor and the housing and drive a conveyor belt. The motor's stator is affixed to the shaft axially offset from the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Bryant G. Ragan, Gilbert J. MacLachlan, David C. Weiser
  • Publication number: 20190016538
    Abstract: A conveyor control system detects imbalances in a multi-drive conveyor belt and institutes a corrective action to rectify the imbalances. A sensor detects imbalances by measuring gaps between consecutive conveyor modules near a drive for the conveyor belt. A controller can initiate an alarm or automatically modify one or more drives to correct a detected imbalance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: David W. Bogle
  • Publication number: 20190016539
    Abstract: A material handling system includes a very high speed linear sortation conveyor that receives articles at an operating speed of 650 to 700 feet per second (fps) and up to 100 fps with gapping as small as one inch. In one or more embodiments, a recirculation sortation conveyor receives articles that are not diverted by the linear sortation conveyor with dynamic capacity sufficient to handle a high speed shutdown of the linear sortation conveyor. The recirculation sortation conveyor is itself a very high speed linear sortation conveyor having a pusher pre-sort feature that can distribute received articles at different lateral positions on an endless conveyor to align with more than one recirculation sortation conveyors that may be operating at a slower operating speed. In an exemplary embodiment, the recirculation sortation conveyor has a divert section for diverting articles to a divert target on a lateral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher G. MAINES, Justin J. ZIMMER, Jason Robert META, Ryan ARTZ, Brett Alan HEDGES, Adam STUTZ, Raymond R. NEISER
  • Publication number: 20190016540
    Abstract: This article supply method comprises: a step for introducing, using a movable block capable of reciprocating between a first position and a second position, a single object to be conveyed into a housing portion formed on the movable block when the movable block is in the first position; a forward step for pressing the movable block from the first position in a range of motion of the movable block while vacuum-sucking the movable block from the second position in the range of motion of the movable block, and then continuing the vacuum-sucking from the second position and moving the movable block to the second position; a step for discharging the object to be conveyed from the housing portion when the movable block is in the second position; and a return step for vacuum-sucking the movable block from the first position and moving the movable block to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Kurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAJIMA, Hideaki HIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190016541
    Abstract: This application discloses a feeding device for a crucible, belonging to the field of display technology. The feeding device includes: a base, a robot arm and a bottle holder. The base is movably connected to one end of the robot arm, the one end of the robot arm can move linearly on the base, a motion trajectory of the robot arm is parallel to a lengthwise direction of the crucible. The bottle holder is disposed at the other end of the robot arm and the bottle holder is rotatable at the other end. This application can protect operator's health, improve production efficiency and reduce production costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Chang LUO, Haidong WU, Kening ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20190016542
    Abstract: Systems for safety grip control of telescoping sheet lifters are provided. The systems incorporate at least one load interlock element and at least two alignment interlock elements joined to a carrying angle of the telescoping sheet lifter. The load interlock element detecting the presence of a load on the sheet lifter. The alignment interlock elements detecting the alignment of the load on the sheet lifter. The systems define three different load conditions: empty lifter, properly aligned sheets, and misaligned sheets. Corresponding or associated methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: TRIODYNE SAFETY SYSTEMS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Ralph Lipsey BARNETT
  • Publication number: 20190016543
    Abstract: A pallet building apparatus for automatically building a pallet load of pallet load article units onto a pallet support including a frame defining a pallet building base, at least one articulated robot to transport and place the pallet load article units, a controller to control articulated robot motion and effect therewith a pallet load build, at least one three-dimensional, time of flight, camera to generate three-dimensional imaging of the pallet support and pallet load build, wherein the controller registers, from the three-dimensional camera, real time three-dimensional imaging data embodying different corresponding three-dimensional images of the pallet support and pallet load build, to determine, in real time, from the corresponding real time three-dimensional imaging data, a pallet support variance or article unit variance and generate in real time an articulated robot motion signal, the articulated robot motion signal being generated real time so as to be performed real time by the at least one artic
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Patrice TURPIN, William LÉGARÉ, Benoit LAROUCHE, Christian SIMON, Régis MÉTIVIER, Sylvain-Paul MORENCY, Robert JODOIN
  • Publication number: 20190016544
    Abstract: A stacking machine for stacking elongated members in a stack comprises a frame and a pair of cooperating stackers mounted thereto distant from each other. Each of the stackers comprises a driven master wheel, a slave wheel mounted eccentrically from the master wheel, a stacking arm assembly concurrently mounted to the master wheel and the slave wheel causing the master wheel to drive the slave wheel and a stacking arm assembly mounted to the stacking arm assembly, the stacking arm assembly comprising a stacking blade extending substantially parallel to the master wheel and defining a stacking face. The stacking faces of the cooperative stackers define a stacking plane supporting a layer of elongated members to be stacked, whereby the layers are moved one at a time on a stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Andre NADEAU, Claude LAPRISE, Jonatan LABRIE
  • Publication number: 20190016545
    Abstract: A container terminal includes a shore working area, loading-unloading passages, a yard area and collection-evacuation passages. The shore working area is arranged on the shore, and a ship is docked at the shore. The yard area comprises a plurality of yard units. Spacing areas are formed between adjacent yard units. Each yard unit comprises at least one yard. Each yard unit is arranged with a collection-evacuation passage surrounding the yard. Loading-unloading passages are arranged in the spacing areas between adjacent yard units. The loading-unloading passages connect the yard area and the shore working area. The collection-evacuation passages are arranged in the yard units. The loading-unloading passages and the collection-evacuation passages are in a same horizontal plane but do not intersect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang He, Yaozhou Zhang, Jian Xia, Jianming Jin, Yan Liang, Siming Shi, Qi Lu
  • Publication number: 20190016546
    Abstract: A portable drive-over conveyor for unloading particulate material from trucks features a towable trailer supporting a conveyor system having two stages, each transferring the unloaded material in opposite directions along a length of the trailer so as to progressively elevate the particulate material to a suitable height above the ground for discharging from the portable drive-over conveyor. A first stage of the conveyor system transfers the material in one direction from an inlet of the conveyor system to a transfer discharge, whereat the unloaded material is transferred to the second stage transferring the material in an opposite direction to a discharge of the overall conveyor system which is located at a higher elevation than the transfer discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Henry Friesen
  • Publication number: 20190016547
    Abstract: A drive-over conveyor for receiving material from a bottom-discharge material transport vehicle features a belt conveyor spanning a loading section, a transition section feeding into a secondary conveyor, and a cleanout section for clearing debris that may collect the space between upper and lower runs of the belt. At the cleanout section, the belt is entrained about one or more augers that convey such debris laterally outward from between the belt runs. The loading section features a low-profile framework of resiliently flexible beams that is normally carried in slightly spaced relation above the ground by ground wheels of the section, and that temporarily flexes downward when the vehicle is driven over. Accordingly, the loading section can be wheeled between different positions without any lifting, enabling quick and convenient repositioning of the loading section between different outlets of a parked stationary vehicle, and the need for dedicated drive-over ramps is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Henry Elias, Tim Penner
  • Publication number: 20190016548
    Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a sheet storage portion; a roller to convey sheets by rotating about a rotation axis; an arm rotatably supporting the roller and pivotable about an arm pivot axis; a presser plate pivotable about a presser-plate pivot axis; and a pivot mechanism to pivot the presser plate such that a contact angle, which is an angle defined upstream in a sheet conveyance direction by the arm and an uppermost one of the sheets contacting the roller, is less than a maximum angle in a time period from a sheet maximally loaded state to a sheet minimally loaded state, the maximum angle being an angle defined upstream in the conveyance direction by: only one sheet assumed to be placed on the presser plate which is the presser plate in the maximally loaded state; and the arm the roller of which contacts the one sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki OKUMURA
  • Publication number: 20190016549
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a rotating member defining a first end and a second end, the rotating member defining an outer surface, the rotating member defining an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation extending from the first end to the second end; a holding member defining an inner surface, the inner surface enclosing an engaging portion of the rotating member, the holding member configured to rotate relative to the rotating member, the inner surface defining a protuberance extending radially inward with respect to the axis of rotation towards the outer surface; and a cap attached to the first end of the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Deborah A. Dahlmann, Christopher M. Stanton, John Richard Muse, Dawn F. Jones
  • Publication number: 20190016550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for changing a reel and for connecting a new material web to the end of an old material web, with a first reel (101) from which the first material web thereof which is wound thereon can be unwound, a transport device (103), particularly a transport roller, by means of which the first material web can be guided in a guiding region at a transport speed, a second reel (121) with which the new material web can be prepared, a drive device for rotatably driving the second reel, a separating device (142) for cutting through the first material web, by means of which the material web can be cut through in the guiding region or upstream of the guiding region in order to produce a trailing end, and a control and/or regulating device for the mutual adjustment of the trailing end and the beginning (125) of the second material web, such that the trailing end and the beginning of the web are at a distance of more than 0 mm from each other and particularly do not overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Holger Frische, Gerd Kasselmann, Tim Kirchhoff, Peter Strunk
  • Publication number: 20190016551
    Abstract: Systems for providing efficient manufacturing of paper, sheet, and/or box products of varying size and structure, often with pre-applied print (“pre-print”), are provided herein. Efficient customer ordering/tracking, job aggregation, print imposition, corrugator planning, and tracking and adjustments throughout the manufacturing process are contemplated. A reel editor is configured to edit the roll based on waste and/or errors that occurred during various manufacturing processes (e.g., during printing). A control plan defining what is on each roll of printed web product may be updated after editing. Depending on the configuration, the reel editor may be integrated with various manufacturing components. The reel editor may be configured to determine if there is enough waste on the roll to even making editing worthwhile, such as based on desired quality of the images, customer requirements, different price points, among other possible factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Dennis Seay
  • Publication number: 20190016552
    Abstract: A tape dispenser package includes a carton configured to store at least one roll of tape. The carton includes a storage box, a lid, and tube mounts. The storage box is formed to define an internal-storage cavity sized to receive a tube and a roll of tape arranged around the tube. The lid is coupled with the storage box and configured to close the internal-storage cavity. The tube mounts are configured to support the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Craig R. Malmloff, Paul A. Crump, Kaitlyn B. Molter
  • Publication number: 20190016553
    Abstract: Technology is provided for a cable management spool assembly. The cable management spool assembly includes a spool and one or more arcuate covers. The spool includes a flange portion having a first side configured to confront a mounting surface and a second side opposite the first side. A drum portion extends from the second side of the flange portion and one or more latches extend away from the first side of the flange portion. The latches are positioned to engage one or more corresponding mounting features of the mounting surface. The arcuate covers are coupled to the spool and are pivotable between an open position where a cable may be wound on the drum portion and a closed position where the cable is retained on the drum portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Jon Brian Ehlen
  • Publication number: 20190016554
    Abstract: A device and method for forming a knot to elongated material is provided. The device includes a body, a central cavity inside the body, a material track along which the elongated material is guided in the device, the material track including opening extending along the material track and open to the central cavity. The device further includes one or more barrier elements for blocking at least part of the opening for preventing the elongated material from escaping from the material track also prevents collapsing/folding of the material to the central cavity via the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: GLADSTONE PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Jarkko NIKKANEN
  • Publication number: 20190016555
    Abstract: A spool for winding strand-shaped material having flange discs (22, 24) with an outer flange surface and an inner flange surface (21, 23) as well as a method for manufacturing the spool. The discs have a central through bore (30) that is surrounded by an annular recess (25) with an annular wall (26) positioned in the inner flange surface. A tubular spool core (10) has front surfaces which are connected in a materially bonded manner to the annular wall (26) inside the annular recess (25) of the flange discs (22, 24), wherein at least one channel (32) is provided next to the annular wall (26) inside the annular recess (25) for receiving liquefied connection material. The spool core (10) has approximately the same diameter as the annular wall (26) inside the annular recess (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purus Plastics GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wlasak, Thomas Manzei
  • Publication number: 20190016556
    Abstract: An optical fiber winding bobbin includes: a main winding body portion having an outer circumferential surface around which an optical fiber is wound; and a main winding flange that is disposed on one end portion of the main winding body portion in an axial direction and that protrudes radially outward. The main winding flange includes: an inner circumferential edge portion connected to the main winding body portion; a central portion; and an outer circumferential portion having a thin portion and positioned outward from the central portion in a radial direction. An axial thickness of the thin portion is smaller than an axial thickness of the inner circumferential edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Akamatsu, Taku Onodera, Satoshi Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20190016557
    Abstract: An elevator system is provided and includes at least one car; driving elements, each of the driving elements being configured to drive a corresponding car from a waiting area from which at least one passenger boards the corresponding car; at least one sensor configured to identify a presence of more than one passenger intending to board a car and in the waiting area and configured to determine a characteristic of the more than one passenger; and a controller configured to drive more than one car to the waiting area when a capacity of the corresponding car is less than the characteristic of the more than one passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Emily Baldi
  • Publication number: 20190016558
    Abstract: An elevator is provided and includes flooring, an elevator handrail, a display device incorporated within at least one of the flooring and the elevator handrail, a driving element which is configured to drive the elevator from a boarding location at which the passenger boards the elevator to a dismounting location at which the passenger dismounts from the elevator and a controller configured to control the display device to display information to the passenger while the passenger is aboard the elevator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Romain Durand, Loic Durudeau
  • Publication number: 20190016559
    Abstract: A blocking device (2) for blocking access to an door unlocking device (118) of an elevator system (102) comprises: an outer element (4), which is introducable into an access opening (30) providing access to the door unlocking device (118); and an inner element (6), which is introducable into the outer element (4). The inner element (6) is configured for bringing the blocking device (2) into a fixing configuration, in which the outer element (4) is fixedly engaged with the access opening (30), by introducing the inner element (6) into the outer element (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Juan Quiles, Antonio De Miguel Urquijo, Gianluca Foschini
  • Publication number: 20190016560
    Abstract: A service tool function availability adjustment system includes a storage medium operable to store a location-based function availability map and at least one processor configured to determine a location of a service tool in relation to one or more equipment components of an equipment service system. The at least one processor configures an availability of one or more functions of the service tool to interact with the one or more equipment components of the equipment service system based on the location-based function availability map and the location of the service tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: David Ginsberg, Mark Olthuis, Fred G. Williams, Jody Phouthavong