Abstract: A device for transporting freight articles in a ground or rail haul operations comprises a hollow housing including four corner sections, side walls, two center sections defining four openings each disposed between one edge of a center section and an edge of a respective corner section, a bottom portion and a top portion, wherein the two center portions are manufactured from see through or clear material. A door is mounted to selectively open and close a respective opening and swinging outwardly and towards a respective corner portion to selectively open the respective opening. Two channels are provided in the bottom portion, each in open communication with opposite sides of the bottom portion. Four feet or wheels are mounted on the bottom portion. Four receptacles are provided in the top portion, each sized and shaped to receive a foot therewithin.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for palletizing cargo on a rack for shipment are provided. The system generally includes a tiered rack having a base tier, a support framework extending from the base tier, and a second tier adjustably attached to the support framework. The system may further include a plurality of lower frame support members positioned longitudinally across the bottom of the base tier, and a plurality of pneumatically actuated rollers spaced to cooperatively engage the plurality of lower frame support members, the rollers being selectively extendable from a plurality of raised tracks positioned longitudinally along a floor of the railcar, where the rollers are configured to pneumatically extend past an upper surface of the track when actuated and allow for linear motion thereover.

Abstract: In one example, a media feed system includes a pick arm that is adjustable at a pivot and operable to maintain a distance between a pick roller and a separation wall as the pick arm changes orientation. In another example, a media feed system may include a pick arm, a pick roller coupled to the pick arm, a pivot coupled to the pick arm, and a plate coupled to the pivot via a pin and slot interface. In that example, a slot of the pin and slot interface is to adjust position of the pivot and adjust orientation of the pick arm.

Abstract: A supply unit holds a supply unit including a pickup roller for supplying a sheet, enables the supply unit including the pickup roller to be installed into an image forming apparatus, and includes a roller-protecting member. The roller-protecting member has a roller-protecting surface that covers the pickup roller of the supply unit and includes engaging pawls that can engage and integrally hold the supply unit including the pickup roller with the roller-protecting surface covering the pickup roller.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a sheet feeding cassette, and a pickup roller positioned above and on a sheet feeding side of the sheet feeding cassette and rotatable to pick up a sheet that is in contact therewith from the sheet feeding cassette. The sheet feeding cassette includes a sheet tray on which a sheet bundle and a packaging member for the sheet bundle are to be accommodated, first and second guides for supporting lateral sides of the sheet bundle and the packaging member, and a first wall on the sheet feeding side of the sheet feeding cassette and a third guide spaced apart from the first wall to support the sheet bundle and the packaging member from a trailing edge side thereof. The height of the first wall is lower than a height of each of the first, second, and third guides.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus including: an oblique-feed unit configured to convey a sheet by imparting to the sheet nipped a force in a direction inclined relative to a sheet conveyance direction so that the sheet approaches an abutment surface in the width direction as the sheet proceeds downstream in the sheet conveyance direction; a drive unit configured to drive the oblique-feed unit; a change unit configured to change the force of the oblique-feed unit; and a control unit configured to control the drive unit and the change unit so that, after causing the sheet to abut against the abutment surface in a first state in which the oblique-feed unit is driven at a first speed, the oblique-feed unit is put into a second state in which the oblique-feed unit is driven at a second speed higher than the first speed and the force is weaker than in the first state.

Abstract: A cassette to dispense a pleated tubing having an annular body, an annular cover and a plurality of apertures. The annular body may have a generally U-shaped housing with a central cylindrical core. The annular cover may extend over the annular body and define a gap, while being secured to the body. The plurality of apertures may be radially provided in an angular wall in the annular body.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a rotary member unit having a feeding rotary member to feed a recording material and a separating rotary member which forms a nip portion with the feeding rotary member, an output unit, and a control unit. Where a single recording material is fed to the nip portion, the separating rotary member is rotated in a predetermined direction by the single recording material and, where recording materials are overlapped with one another and fed to the nip portion, the separating rotary member rotation is stopped or rotated in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction to separate the overlapped recording materials. The output unit outputs a state signal in accordance with a separating rotary member rotation state. The control unit obtains a rotation speed of the separating rotary member from the state signal output and determines that the rotary member unit is replaced with a new product.

Abstract: A sheet transfer device for transferring a sheet between two sheet processing devices comprising a switch for directing sheets from a first transport path coming from the first sheet processing device onto a two-way transport path or for directing sheets from the two-way transport path onto a second transport path for feeding sheets to the second sheet processing device. A transport pinch is provided along the two way transport path for reversing a sheet on the two-way transport path. When in use, the two-way transport path extends downward in a vertically extending free-hanging chamber wherein the sheet engaged by the transport pinch is allowed to hang freely under the influence of gravity. Thereby, a compact device is formed which is able to adjust the sheet to a suitable orientation for the second processing device. The device further prevents forces from the first processing device to disrupt the sheet's orientation in the second processing device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a w winder (1) for winding a web roll (2) from a fibrous web such as a paper web or a web of non-woven 12 material paper (2). The winder (1) comprises two support rolls (3, 4) for supporting the web roll (2) during reeling and a core shaft (5) for winding the paper reel (2). At each longitudinal end of the core shaft (5), there is a carrier chuck (6) in which the core shaft (5) is rotatably journalled. The carrier chucks to are arranged to be movable in a frame towards or away from the support rolls (3, 4) and a rider roll (8) is arranged to be capable of acting against the web roll (2) being wound. The rider roll (8) is carried by a rider roll beam (9) and the rider roll beam (9) is arranged to be movable in the frame (7) such that the rider roll (8) can be moved towards or away from the support rolls (3, 4).

Abstract: A roll tensioner for use in maintaining a wrapping material cut edge of a wrapping material retained on a wrapping material roll located within a wrapping material box having an interior cavity with an interior front wall with a top cutting edge. The roll tensioner comprises a thin, flexible main body having distal and proximal end sections separated by a spring back reversion section, and formed having a first side and a second side. Attachment means, preferably an adhesive, is located on at least a portion of the proximal end section on the first side adapted to attach the proximal end section to the interior front wall of the wrapping material box. The spring back reversion section is composed of a material that has an immediate elastic response to a static load and is capable of substantially full recovery when the static load is removed. The distal end mechanically bends downward by way of the spring back reversion section in the interior cavity of the wrapping material box.

Abstract: A cutting device includes a fixed blade and a movable blade that slides past the fixed blade during cutting, and a cleaning tool with an adhesive removing element that comes into contact with a surface of the movable blade that faces the fixed blade during the cutting.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for a single-track or multitrack provision of web-like interleaved sheet material at a cutting region in which products supplied on one track or on multiple tracks are cut into slices and interleaved sheets are introduced which are cut off from the provided interleaved sheet material in the cutting region, comprising devices for transporting at least one material web from a material store to the cutting region, wherein a connection device is provided which is integrated into the apparatus and which is configured to connect consecutive material webs to one another on the path between the material store and the cutting region.

Abstract: An interleaving unit, comprising a pair of rolls (1, 2) set alongside one another and counter-rotating and provided with respective first and second folding tools (3, 4; 5, 6) set at a distance from one another along the circumferential development of the respective peripheral surfaces so as to operate in a common point of tangency (Z) on a succession of sheets (7a, 7b) fed between the two rolls, said tools (3, 4; 5, 6) being set on respective mobile cylinder sectors (8, 9, 10, 11) to enable positioning thereof at an adjustable distance apart along the circumferential development of a corresponding roll (1, 2), said interleaving unit comprising means (M1, M2, U) for independently adjusting the speed of rotation of one or more of said sectors according to their angular position in order to reduce or increase the peripheral speed of said sectors with respect to a speed of feed (Vm) of said sheets.

Abstract: Cable laying devices for use with aircraft that are airborne are provided, which use a cable spool to deliver cable along a landscape. These devices incorporate a braking means that is actuated by cable tension, a means for cutting the cable which is controlled remotely and/or a motorized winding mechanism.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of manufacture and implementations of cable storage and dispensing systems combining the advantages of reel-based systems and box-based systems. The present system may be manufactured entirely out of corrugated cardboard or similar materials, reducing expense and weight compared to systems with wood, plastic, or metal reels or flanges, and adding recyclability in a single paper-based waste stream. The system may dispense cable in the same manner as reel-based systems, reducing tangling and aiding installation and deployment compared to box-based systems that do not utilize reels or spools. The system does not require the use of reel stands or other external components, and may be light and portable.

Abstract: A method at a workstation of a spinning machine or winding machine supplies an auxiliary thread from a thread nozzle to a suction assigned to the workstation, the auxiliary thread stretched between the thread nozzle and the suction. The auxiliary thread is severed to form a thread section protruding into the suction and a thread section extending into the thread nozzle, wherein the thread section protruding into the suction is carried away by the suction. The thread section extending into the thread nozzle is grasped with a thread receiver such that the thread section extending into the thread nozzle extends between the thread nozzle and the thread receiver. The thread section extending into the thread nozzle is severed to form a thread section remaining in the thread nozzle and a thread section coming from the thread receiver. The thread section coming from the thread receiver is transferred to the suction of the workstation.

Abstract: The cord reel device includes a reel body provided with a rotation shaft, a housing that stores inside the reel body in a rotatable manner, and a cord which is wound around the reel body so as to be extractable and which is extracted to an outside through an opening of the housing. The reel body has disk-shaped members on a plane perpendicular to the rotation shaft, and the cord is stored in a space formed between the disk-shaped members. A guide section inclined relative to the rotation shaft of the reel body is provided around peripheries of the disk-shaped members of the reel body. While the cord is wound around the reel body, the guide section guides the cord to the rotation shaft of the reel body.

Abstract: A hose reel for use with a moveable oil rig is disclosed. The hose reel can hold a hose having a length of greater than 150 feet with a pressure rating of greater than 5,000 psi. As the rig moves, or as otherwise convenient, the hose reel permits the hose to play out as the hose reel rotates. A motor can help to rotate the reel. The reel can have plural sections to accommodate hoses of different sizes.

Abstract: A monitoring system for pneumatic shafts and pneumatic shaft adapters. A sensor assembly is physically joined in operative engagement with the bladders of pneumatic shafts and adapters. Sensed data is wirelessly transmitted to a remote receiver for processing and display.

Abstract: Elevator access systems having an access control module operably connected to an elevator system and an access device located within the access control module and removable therefrom, wherein when the access device is within the access control module a normal mode of operation of the elevator system is activated and when the access device is removed from the access control module, the elevator system enters a safety mode of operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to tracking of a passenger flow in an elevator car. A passenger flow tracking system for an elevator car according to the present invention includes: a first Bluetooth module installed in the elevator car, the first Bluetooth module being configured to broadcast a first Bluetooth signal that can substantially cover the interior of the elevator car and receive a response fed back by a personal mobile terminal carried by a passenger inside the elevator car; and a passenger flow determining unit configured to at least determine, based on a change in the received response, that the passenger leaves and/or enters the elevator car.

Abstract: A wireless beacon and sensor node network can be integrated with a wireless network at a worksite to enable the operators of the vertical transport apparatuses to efficiency optimize operations by automatically detecting worker and object location and quantity throughout a worksite and prioritizing vertical transport apparatus movement based on transport and/or material requests from workers in physical proximity to the vertical transport apparatus/system.

Abstract: It is provided interactive system and method for monitoring and reporting building facilities' life cycle, maintenance, and metrics audit, comprising: sensing modules for collecting operation data of the building facilities; processors configured to: receive and store the collected operation data; simulate a building information model (BIM) of the building using the collected operation data; construct a three-dimensional model of the building using the collected operation data; generate the building facilities' life cycle, maintenance, and metrics audit reports using the collected operation data; compute a present carbon dioxide emission of the building; and predict a future carbon dioxide emission of the building; communication modules, each electrically connected to one of the processors, for communicating with a control center; wherein the control center comprising networked user interfaces, for accessing and retrieving data from the processors and data tracking systems for automatic, intelligent, remote r

Abstract: A method and a system for the evacuation of buildings providing an elevator system includes at least one elevator car and an elevator shaft. The system includes a device to detect an incident or a device to receive an emergency signal in this regard, a device for determining the floor of this incident, and at least one sealing element (positioned in the elevator shaft and constructed to seal the elevator shaft, so that the elevator shaft is divided in at least two sections.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for releasing the operating brake of an elevator in an emergency situation and for driving an elevator car of the elevator to a floor level, comprising at least one electric operating brake of the elevator as well as a brake release lever, which brake release lever is connected with the brake via a mechanical transmission means, which arrangement further comprises an overspeed governor connected with a gripping device of the elevator car. According to the invention in between the brake release lever and the brake a coupling device is arranged, which coupling device is controlled by the overspeed governor. Via this means the car velocity is controlled also during release of trapped passengers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a safety device, an elevator safety system and an elevator system. The elevator safety system comprises the safety device which comprises a shell having a vertical passage for elevator guide rails to pass through, the safety device further comprises a first brake block on a first side of the vertical passage, and a second brake block on a second opposite side of the vertical passage; and a safety device carrier for supporting the safety device and fixedly connected to an elevator car; wherein the shell of the safety device is obliquely and movably mounted on the safety device carrier.

Abstract: A clip for attaching an elevator guide rail to a support bracket includes: an attachment part for attaching the clip to the support bracket; a clamping part for clamping the guide rail against the support bracket; a pin guided in the clamping part and movable between a pushed-in position and a protruding position, in which the pin protrudes from the clamping part; a spring element arranged inside the clamping part and biased against the movement from the protruding position into the pushed-in position; wherein the clamping part includes a clip friction surface for touching the guide rail, when the pin is in the pushed-in position, and the pin includes a pin friction surface for touching the guide rail, when the pin is in the protruding position, which pin friction surface has a lower friction coefficient than the clip friction surface.

Abstract: An elevator cable management system is described to provide constraints on cable movements at a point between the top and bottom of an elevator track. The system may include a moving retainer bar with a cradle on top of an elevator car, and a fixed retainer bar that retains cables when the elevator car is above the fixed retainer bar.

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt-shaped rope of an elevator having opposite lateral sides facing in thickness direction of the rope, at least one of the lateral sides being shaped to have elongated wedge-shaped ribs that are disposed adjacent each other in width direction of the rope and extend parallel with the longitudinal direction of the rope, each said wedge-shaped rib having a first flank face and a second flank face that are at an acute angle relative to each other, and the surface material of said flank faces has shore A hardness more than 85 and less than 100. The invention also relates to an elevator arrangement as well as to an elevator, implementing the aforementioned belt-shaped rope.

Abstract: An elevator system having: an elevator car vertically movable in an elevator shaft; a traction medium for raising and lowering the elevator car and being guided around at least one roller to the car and being fixed merely at ends thereof; a traction medium reservoir including at least one first deflecting axle and at least one second deflecting axle around which the traction medium is guided in alternation between the first and second axles so that a section, the length depending on the spacing of the first and second axles, of the traction medium is received in the reservoir; and a fixing unit to which the second deflecting axle is fixed, wherein the fixing unit is fastenable at different positions in the elevator shaft so that the spacing between the first and second axles is settable to determine the length of the traction medium received in the reservoir.

Abstract: An arrangement in the door structure of an elevator includes at least an elevator car with doors and door panels, landing doors of the landing areas with door panels and a hanger carriage of each door panel, as well as a top track for the doors, supported on which top track the doors are suspended. The top track includes a separate frame beam, which is enclosed for essentially its whole length with a reinforcement structure.

Abstract: A pipelayer machine is provided. The pipelayer machine has a main body, a boom pivotally connected to a first side of the main body, a hook winch provided on the first side of the main body and a boom winch provided on the second side of the main body. The boom winch and the hook winch can be connected to a structural assembly that positions the boom winch proximate the second side of the main body and positions the hook winch proximate the first side of the main body of the pipelayer machine. The hook winch can be provided in a hook winch frame and the hook winch frame can form a structural member in the structural assembly.

Abstract: A work machine includes a traveling undercarriage, an upper rotating structure swingably mounted on the traveling undercarriage, a cab mounted on the upper rotating structure, an attachment including multiple work elements and attached to the upper rotating structure, an end attachment attached to the end of the attachment, a first sensor configured to obtain the angles of rotation of the work elements, a second sensor configured to obtain the angle of rotation of the end attachment, and a control device configured to restrict or stop the motion of reducing a distance between the end attachment and the cab in response to determining that the end attachment has entered a predetermined region based on the outputs of the first sensor and the second sensor.

Abstract: A pipelayer machine having a counterweight assembly is provided. The pipelayer machine can include a main body having first and second sides, a first side track provided on the first side of the main body and a second side track provided on the second side of the main body. A side boom can be provided on the first side of the main body. The counterweight assembly can be provided on the second side of the main body and include a counterweight mounting frame. A counterweight can be provided having a first side with an engagement hook extending from the first side. The engagement hook can be used to attach the counterweight to the counterweight mounting frame.

Abstract: A rope guide is provided for use in rope rescues and rope climbing. The guide includes a frame comprised of two legs, pivotally connected at the inner ends so that the outer ends can be adjusted between substantially open and substantially closed positions. A lock pin secures the frame in a selected pivotal position. The mouth of the frame between the outer ends of the legs can be positioned over an object, such as a rail, a building edge, or a rock so as to protect the rope from contact with such objects.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting operation of a motor of a winch. In one example, a system for a winch includes a controller adapted to adjust operation of a motor of the winch based on one or more of and/or each of a winch load limit, a motor temperature, a distance of a hook coupled to an end of a rope of the winch to a winch fairlead, and an amount of rope wound onto a drum of the winch.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a piston, an input cavity, a first actuating shaft, a first output cavity, and a second output cavity. The housing comprises an input port, a first output port, a second output port, a first end, a second end, a first wide wall having a first internal surface, and a chamber at least partially defined by the first end and the first internal surface. The piston is able to actuate along the first internal surface of the first side wall. The input cavity is in fluid communication with the input port. The first output cavity is in fluid communication with the first output port. The second output cavity is in fluid communication with the second output port. The first actuating shaft is fixed to the piston and helps fluidly isolate the first output port from the second output port.

Abstract: A heavy-duty lift truck designed as a mast-based apparatus comprising a mast, a load accepting means is mounted on the mast in such a way that it can be raised and lowered, and the heavy-duty lift truck is designed at least for a load capacity of 8 tons, with the heavy-duty lift truck comprising a powertrain with a travel drive that comprises an electric drive unit whereby the heavy-duty lift truck has greater energy efficiency.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device (1, 1?) for mounting a fork, comprising at least one fork blade (2), on a machine bucket (3), wherein the mounting device (1, 1?) comprises at least one pre-tensioned plate (4) arranged on said at least one fork blade (2), and at least one upper tension stop (6) against which said at least one pre-tensioned pressure plate (4) is pre-tensioned for mounting the machine bucket (3) by clamping the bucket (3) between said at least one pre-tensioned plate (4) and said at least one upper tension stop (6). The invention also relates to a mounting method for mounting a fork (2) on a bucket (3).

Abstract: A protective device for the vertical part of a fork of a lift includes an external layer configured to protect from damage by impact/pressure fragile loads, a magnetic layer for applying the device to the fork magnetically, and a stiffening layer interposed between the external layer and the magnetic layer. Tangential constraint members co-operate with at least a part of a related fixing systems to fix the fork to the lift and to constrain the protective device tangentially to the application surface where it is applied.

Abstract: A layer-picking load-clamping and lifting assembly for mounting on a lift truck is capable of bidirectionally side-shifting a load-clamping assembly substantially straightly along a side-shifting length. The load clamping assembly has opposed clamp arms each selectively movable along a direction parallel to the side-shifting length so as to be selectively separable in a plurality of different possible relationships.

Abstract: A device includes an elevating work platform affixed to a drive unit that can move in any direction and rotate in place.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include cover assemblies for baskets of aerial work platforms and methods of fabricating a cover assembly for a basket of an aerial work platform. In an illustrative embodiment given by way of non-limiting example, a cover assembly for a basket of an aerial work platform includes a flexible cover. The flexible cover includes an interior guardrail portion and an exterior guardrail portion. The interior guardrail portion is configured to be received adjacent an interior surface of a guardrail of a basket of an aerial work platform. The exterior guardrail portion surrounds the interior guardrail portion, and the exterior guardrail portion is configured to be received adjacent an exterior surface of a guardrail of a basket of an aerial work platform. A retrieval mechanism is configured to draw the exterior guardrail portion toward the interior guardrail portion.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus to increase the frequency and/or probability of use of a personal safety device or restraint, and to reduce the probability that a person is exposed to a dangerous situation unless and until a safety device has been engaged. One apparatus includes an alarm that is activated by the use of a mechanized instrument to remind a worker using the instrument to engage a safety device before proceeding to use the instrument, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to deactivate the alarm. Another apparatus includes a switch to prevent operation of a mechanized instrument unless a safety device is engaged by a worker using the device, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to permit operation of the instrument.

Abstract: A dispensing unit is operatively associated with a refrigeration appliance for selectively dispensing water and ice at a dispensing station. The dispensing unit includes an actuator that is movable to selected positions in order to support the dispensing of the water and ice. The dispensing unit can include a passageway through which ice is dispensed, and an ice door can be provided for selectively opening and closing the passageway to the dispensing of ice. In one aspect, the ice door can be opened and closed mechanically and in another aspect, the ice door can be opened and closed electromechanically. The dispensing unit also can provide for the position of a water-dispensing nozzle to be adjusted for the purpose of dispensing water to receptacles outside a recessed area at which the nozzle is located and to provide for the activation of illuminating devices to indicate operating conditions at the refrigeration appliance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cartridge comprising a wall region, to one end of which a connection region is connected, which is closed particularly with a membrane, and on the opposite end of which optionally a bottom region is provided, the wall region and optionally the bottom region containing a cavity which receives a beverage and/or food substrate.

Abstract: A water drinking apparatus comprises a water cooling device and a temperature detector. The water cooling device has access to data corresponding to a plurality of temperature points within a water temperature range. After detecting, using the temperature detector and in real time, a water temperature of the cold water prepared by the water cooling device, the water drinking apparatus obtains actual data corresponding to each temperature point according to the water temperature of the cold water and determines whether the water drinking apparatus is in a water discharging state according to the data corresponding to the plurality of temperature points within the water temperature range, and the actual data corresponding to each temperature point according to the water temperature of the cold water.

Abstract: A water dispensing apparatus includes a hot water module configured to heat supplied water using an induction heating method, a water supply pipe configured to supply water to the hot water module, a flow rate control valve provided on the water supply pipe to control a flow rate of water supplied to the hot water module, a flow rate sensing device provided on the water supply pipe to sense the flow rate of water supplied to the hot water module, and a controller configured to increase an opening speed of the flow rate control valve when the flow rate of supplied water sensed through the flow rate sensing device is equal to or less than a set flow rate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a container assembly for use with a reusable urn or vessel. The assembly includes a (1) flexible pouch, (2) a fitment connected to the pouch and having a flexible flange and a first fluid passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber, (3) a tubing adapter having a first end connected to the fitment and a second end having a member for connecting to a tubing and a second fluid passageway in fluid communication with the first fluid passageway; and (4) wherein the flexible flange is capable of bending to conform to an interior wall of the urn or vessel to place the second fluid passageway in alignment with an axis of a through hole in the urn or vessel.