Patents Issued in June 27, 2019
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Publication number: 20190193963Abstract: There is provided with a sheet feeding apparatus. A biasing unit generates a biasing force of biasing a storage unit in an insertion direction. A repulsive unit generates a repulsive force of biasing the storage unit in a direction opposite to the insertion direction. A fixing unit fixes the storage unit in a fixing position. The biasing unit starts generating the biasing force in a repulsion start position where the repulsive unit starts generating the repulsive force, or on an upstream side of the repulsion start position, in the insertion direction, and stops generating the biasing force before the storage unit reaches the fixing position. A biasing Zone in which the biasing unit generates the biasing force and a repulsive zone in which the repulsive unit generates the repulsive force partially overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Shoji Ito
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Publication number: 20190193964Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a sheet stacking unit to stack a plurality of sheets, a feeding unit to feed sheets stacked on the sheet stacking unit, a separation unit, and a moving unit provided with at least a first moving member and a second moving member. The separation unit contacts the sheets fed by the feeding unit and separates a sheet from the sheets. The moving unit contacts the first and the second moving members to move a sheet contacting the first and the second moving members to an upstream side in a feeding direction. A leading edge of the sheet is positioned between the separation unit and the feeding unit. When pressed by the sheet, the first and the second moving members are configured to thrust-move independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Atsushi Murakami, Tomoya Tateishi
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Publication number: 20190193965Abstract: A sheet cassette connectable to a printer includes a case, a spring, a cover, and a connecting part. The case stores a recording sheet. The spring is provided on the case. The cover covers the case and the spring and slides relative to the case to expose the spring. The connecting part is attached to the case and is connectable to the printer. The spring is exposed to press a recording sheet placed on the cover toward a position at which the printer is to be located when connected to the sheet cassette.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Tatsuya Oguchi, Sumio Watanabe, Yukihiro Mori
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Publication number: 20190193966Abstract: A friction sheet feeding machine is provided. The friction sheet feeding machine comprises a hopper configured to hold a stack of items. The friction sheet feeding machine also comprises a receiver configured to receive an item from the stack of items. The friction sheet feeding machine also comprises a separating mechanism configured to separate the item from the stack of items. The separating mechanism comprises a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is configured to operate in a forward direction and a reverse direction. The friction sheet feeding machine also comprises a controller configured to generate signals to the drive mechanism to operate in the forward direction for a first period of time, and in the reverse direction for a second period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Steven G. Sands
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Publication number: 20190193967Abstract: A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller, a separation roller which nips a medium between the separation roller and the feeding roller to separate the medium and to which a driving torque is applied by a driving source in a second rotation direction that is opposite to a first rotation direction in which the medium is fed to a downstream side, and a torque limiter that causes the separation roller to idle in the first rotation direction when a rotational torque applied to the separation roller in the first rotation direction exceeds a limit torque that is a predetermined upper torque limit, in which separation setting including a pressing load of the separation roller, a rotational speed of the separation roller, and the limit torque is changeable according to condition of feeding.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Ryoichi SHUTO, Tsuyoshi YAMANAKA, Kazuya YOSHIKAIE, Shinsuke KOGI
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Publication number: 20190193968Abstract: A sheet end position regulating device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a first contact body disposed movable on a sheet loading portion on which a sheet is loaded and configured to contact an end portion of the sheet, a fixing body disposed movable between a fixing position at which a position of the first contact body to the sheet loading portion is fixed and a releasing position at which the position of the first contact body is released, and a second contact body disposed movable between a contact position at which the fixing body contacts a contact target portion to regulate movement of the fixing body form the fixing position to the releasing position and a non-contact position at which the fixing body does not contact the contact target portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tsugunao TOYOOKA, Masayuki UEDA, Hideki TOBINAGA, Hajime NISHIDA
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Publication number: 20190193969Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; a pair of conveyance rotary members arranged downstream of the image forming portion in a sheet conveyance direction and configured to convey the sheet, on which the image is formed, by a conveyance nip; and a guide portion configured to guide the sheet to the conveyance nip, the guide portion including: a first guide member formed into a sheet shape and having a first stiffness and an abutment surface configured to abut the sheet; and a second guide member formed into a sheet shape and having a second stiffness higher than the first stiffness and arranged on a side opposite to the abutment surface of the first guide member, wherein a downstream edge of the first guide member is closer to the conveyance nip than a downstream edge of the second guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Atsushi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20190193970Abstract: Disclosed is a sheet conveying apparatus including an opening and closing member rotatable; a rotating member provided on the opening and closing member and which is rotatable by a sheet; and an assist member which is provided on the opening and closing member, and is at a first position when the opening and closing member is at the closed position, and is at a second position when the opening and closing member is at the open position, wherein the assist member urges the rotating member toward the opening and closing member side when the assist member is at the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Takuya Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20190193971Abstract: The sheet feeding apparatus includes an encoder configured to output a signal according to the rotation state of a retard roller, a feed motor configured to drive a pick-up roller, and a control unit configured to control the feed motor, make the pick-up roller feed a first sheet, and change the timing at which the pick-up roller is made to feed a second sheet following the first sheet, based on a signal output from the encoder after the trailing edge of the first sheet passes a separation nip portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Keita Nakajima
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Publication number: 20190193972Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a feeding roller that includes a first roller and a second roller provided at an interval in a width direction intersecting a medium feeding direction, and feeds a sheet from a placing section; and a skew detection section that detects skew of the sheet fed from the feeding roller. Skew is corrected by giving a difference between a rotation speed of the first roller and a rotation speed of the second roller with respect to at least one of the relevant sheet detected by the skew detection section and subsequent sheets fed following the relevant sheet based on a skew amount in the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Tokujiro OKUNO, Hiromichi KITSUKI
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Publication number: 20190193973Abstract: A cylindrical winding tool 3 has three elongated members 5 obtained by splitting a cylindrical member in its axial direction into multiple pieces. The elongated members are interconnected in a hinged state in a circumferential direction by the magnet sheet. When the elongated members 5 are to be used, the elongated members 5 are placed in a spread state and arranged on the magnetically-attached object 4. When the elongated members 5 are not used, the elongated members 5 are gathered together in the circumferential direction, abutment sections 5b of the end faces of the adjacent elongated members are brought into abutment on each other and thus the cylindrical winding tool 3 having a required diameter can be formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Kazuharu SEKI, Shuhei KAMEDA, Teruyuki ABE
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Publication number: 20190193974Abstract: A rewinding machine and a related method, the machine including three rollers having axes parallel to one another and perpendicular to the advancing direction of the paper, wherein two lower and upper winding rollers collaborate with a third oscillable roller under pressure on a roll or log being formed identifying a winding area, wherein the paper being wound passes over the upper winding roller and the finished roll comes out from an outlet opening defined between the lower roller and the third roller, where the cores for the rolls are fed one after the other by a conveyor and inserted by a thruster in a channel formed beneath the upper roller, the lower and upper winding rollers being supported in rotation at the ends of their axes in a mobile manner and being associated with an actuator device for a translation in a direction parallel to a first straight line joining the axes of the lower and upper winding rollers and symmetrical with respect to a growth straight line of the roll, where the growth straighType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Fabio PICCHI, Giovanni BUFFA
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Publication number: 20190193975Abstract: A recording device includes: a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a plurality of transport speed modes; a driving unit configured to drive the transport unit with a plurality of speed profiles, each corresponding to one of the plurality of transport speed modes; a current sensor configured to measure a reference current the driving unit, the reference current being a current flowing in the driving unit when the medium is transported in a loosened state; and a control configured to acquire a plurality of current profiles, each corresponding to one of the speed profiles, based on the reference current. The control unit is configured to acquire a first current profile based on the reference current when the medium is transported in a first transport speed mode, and to generate a second current profile based on the first current profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Ryo HAMANO
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Publication number: 20190193976Abstract: A segment roller (1) has a roller body (2), which is mounted rotatably about an axis (3). To this end, the roller body (2) has on the outside grooves (9), in which tongues (8) of profiles (7) engage. These profiles (7) grip the material web (5) directly or indirectly. In order to increase the working life and improve the mechanical properties of the profiles (7), the profiles (7) are of shear-resistant configuration and have elastic lips (20). These elastic lips (20) are deformed upon the engagement of the tongue (8) in the groove (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Bernd Rester, Michael Spatz
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Publication number: 20190193977Abstract: There is provided a sheet storage device including a regulation unit that includes a first contact portion configured to contact a stacking unit, and a second contact portion configured to contact a facing member. The first contact portion contacts the stacking unit in a state of being urged toward the stacking unit. The second contact portion contacts the facing member in a state of being urged toward the facing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Ryosuke Takahashi
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Publication number: 20190193978Abstract: A detector device comprising an activator element (220) and a detector element (210) mounted to move relative to each other, the detector element generating a detection signal by a proximity effect when the activator element is facing it, a swing system with a first lever (212) carrying the detector element (210) and a second lever (222) carrying the activator element (220), said levers being mounted on a common pivot (230) while being offset angularly from each other, the second lever being designed to pivot from a rest position towards the first lever under the effect of thrust until the activator element and the detector element are in alignment, said first and second levers being designed such that, starting from the state of alignment and under the effect of the thrust, the second lever causes the first lever to pivot through a certain angular range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Damien Pano, Christian Duclot, Arnaud Vimard
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Publication number: 20190193979Abstract: A sheet discharging apparatus includes a discharging portion, a first supporting portion configured to support the sheet in a state where at least a part of the sheet is exposed to an outside, a second supporting portion configured to support the sheet discharged by the discharging portion, and a control portion configured to execute a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode where the first supporting portion is selected as a destination of the discharged sheet and where the first supporting portion supports the sheet, the second mode being a mode where the second supporting portion is selected as the destination of the discharged sheet and where the second supporting portion supports the sheet by discharging the sheet supported on the first supporting portion to the second supporting portion in a state where the sheet is not supported on the first supporting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Tomoki Hatakeyama, Jun Agata
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Publication number: 20190193980Abstract: A post-processing apparatus that performs, by one or more functional units which can be switched one another, predetermined post-processing corresponding to a function of the one or more functional units on a conveyed paper includes: a plurality of slots in which the one or more functional units can be loaded at respective loading positions along a conveyance path; a loading detector that detects that the one or more functional units are loaded in the slots; and a condition output part that outputs a condition that allows the post-processing depending on the loading positions of the slots in which the one or more functional units are loaded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Tomohiro KIRIYAMA
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Publication number: 20190193981Abstract: A sheet sorting device includes three or more trays including a predetermined tray detachable from an apparatus main body and a tray different from the predetermined tray, a discharge unit to discharge a sheet to any one of the three or more trays, a control unit, and a tray detection unit to detect that the predetermined tray is detached from the apparatus main body. The control unit sets a sheet discharge destination such that a sheet conforming to a preset condition is discharged to the predetermined tray through the discharge unit. Where the tray detection unit detects that the predetermined tray is detached from the apparatus main body, the control unit sets a sheet discharge destination that has been set to the predetermined tray to the tray different from the predetermined tray based on a state of each of the trays other than the detached predetermined tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Yuta Hojo, Genki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Sato
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Publication number: 20190193982Abstract: An apparatus for tensioning and threading an optical fiber includes a first roller, a second roller, a belt that wraps around the first and second rollers, and a third roller. The belt may be in direct physical contact with the first and second rollers. The third roller may be movable between an engaged and a disengaged configuration relative to the belt. Alternatively, the first roller, second roller, and belt may be movable between the engaged and the disengaged configuration relative to the third roller. Actuation from the disengaged to the engaged configuration captures an optical fiber between the third roller and the belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Kirk Patton Bumgarner, Bret Cooper Faler, Jason Thomas Fralin, Kelvin Nguyen, Ashley Danielle Perritt
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Publication number: 20190193983Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for a low tension application spooler and or coiler system that positively drives the material into the coil and or reel so that the tension is minimum during the winding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Joe Henry, Lance Collier, Carl Parker
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Publication number: 20190193984Abstract: A pair of flanges attachable to the arbor hole of a reel is disclosed. The flanges provide a mechanism to allow the reel to be easily loaded, and lifted into place. Once loaded into place, the flanges may include a locking mechanism that locks the reel in place, centered on the flanges. Additionally, the flanges are attachable using a hub that allows them to rotate independently from one another, and from the reel to which they are attached.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: RICHARD MIKE TEMBLADOR, MYRON DALE DEESE, HARRY WILLIAM KENT, Jr., JUAN ALBERTO GALINDO GONZALEZ, JAMES PHILIP TUGGLE, FRANKLIN CLARENCE CALHOUN
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Publication number: 20190193985Abstract: A strap may be removably attachable to a container. The strap may include a retractor having an opening, a retraction spring and a brake. The strap may further include a strip of flexible material attached to the retraction spring and extending through the opening of the retractor. The strap may also include clips attaching the retractor and distal end of the flexible material to the container. The strip of flexible material may move from a fully retracted position, where the distal end of the strip of flexible material is nearest the retractor, relative to the entire length of the strip of flexible material, to an extended position where the distal end of the strip of flexible material is furthest from the retractor. The retraction spring may bias the strip of flexible material into/toward the fully retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: William F. Joyner
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Publication number: 20190193986Abstract: A method for detecting an entry into an elevator car of an elevator system by a passenger uses a mobile device carried by the passenger. The mobile device has at least one, but in particular a plurality of sensors, with which the mobile device detects and evaluates measured values. An entry into the elevator car is then detected on the basis of comparing the measured values with at least one stored signal pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Christian Studer, Martin Kusserow, Reto Tschuppert, Zack Zhu
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Publication number: 20190193987Abstract: An elevator call device includes: a processing unit for controlling a generation of an elevator call; an energy storage for storing electrical energy; a coupler for obtaining electrical energy from an external source for charging the energy storage, and a switch controllable with a call indicator device for activating the processing unit to generate the elevator call signal with the electrical energy from the energy storage. Further, a method for generating an elevator call is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: KONE CorporationInventors: Eero PUTKINEN, Toni TOIVANEN, Matti NAAPURI, Jari ANTTILA
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Publication number: 20190193988Abstract: The present invention relates to automatic elevator call control, and belongs to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. An automatic elevator call system provided in the present invention calculates duration information from the moment when the personal mobile terminal leaves coverage of the wireless signal to the moment when the personal mobile terminal enters the coverage again, and when the duration information is less than or equal to a preset time threshold, causes the personal mobile terminal to be incapable of automatically sending an elevator call request command in a time period from the moment when the personal mobile terminal enters the coverage again to the moment when the personal mobile terminal leaves the coverage again. The present invention can effectively avoid invalid or abnormal elevator call request operations, and the elevator system achieves high running efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Wenbo Huang, Xiaofei Guo, Haiyan Xue, Renxiang Chen, Heping Qiu, Lieping Wei, Tan Liu, Jingyu Tong
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DETERMINATION OF NON-NORMAL ELEVATOR CALLING REQUEST IN AN AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR CALLING REQUEST SYSTEM
Publication number: 20190193989Abstract: An automatic elevator call system includes: a wireless signal apparatus installed in an elevator landing zone of an elevator system and broadcasting a corresponding wireless signal around; a counting unit configured to count, after an elevator call request corresponding to an identity of the personal mobile terminal is sent or received, the number of times the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is made within a predetermined time period; and an abnormal elevator call request judgment unit configured to judge, based on a comparison result between the number of times the elevator call request is made and a predetermined threshold, whether the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is a normal elevator call request operation. The present invention can effectively determine an intentional or unintentional abnormal elevator call request operation of a passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Wenbo Huang, Xiaofei Guo, Haiyan Xue, Renxiang Chen, Heping Qiu, Lieping Wei, Tan Liu, Jingyu Tong -
Publication number: 20190193990Abstract: A passenger transport system includes a plurality of passenger transporters controlled by an transport system control, and further comprises at least one parameter memory configured to store at least one parameter or parameter set for the function of at least one transport system component, which transport system comprises a first wireless interface. The first interface may input data regarding at least one stored parameter or parameter set for the function of the related transport system component(s). The passenger transport system comprises mobile devices carried by users, which mobile devices may communicate wirelessly with the first interface, which communication is based on a short range transmission. The mobile devices may be prompted by the first interface to transmit data regarding the parameter or parameter set of the correlated transport system component. A passenger system interaction with a user to individual user requirements may be customized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Kone CorporationInventors: Jussi Hiltunen, Otto Miettinen, Timo Tiainen, Kim Bergman, Stefano Vaccari, Visa Rauta, Tommi Salonen, Minna Piironen, Jukka Korpihete, Dipti Sonawane
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Publication number: 20190193991Abstract: An vertical transportation elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter and lift systems monitoring, maintenance, repair, inspection, testing and modernization system and method is provided. The system and method may provide real-time information to a technician, buildings, property managers, facility managers, owners of building, building engineers, regarding the current state of the equipment, status of inspections, status of testing, repairs, modernization history of maintenance real time maintenance performed on equipment and characteristics of the equipment, and future requirements of the elevator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Laurie Kohl
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Publication number: 20190193992Abstract: A method for monitoring an elevator system utilizes a mobile terminal device having at least one sensor to collect measurement values in an elevator car. The mobile terminal device is carried by a passenger of the elevator system. The collected measurement values are transmitted by the mobile terminal device to a central evaluation unit where they are evaluated. The mobile terminal device activates a measurement mode when it detects that it is located in a region of a shaft door of the elevator system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Christian Studer, Martin Kusserow, Reto Tschuppert, Zack Zhu
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Publication number: 20190193993Abstract: An elevator system includes: an elevator entity; and a mobile robot. In response to a detection that the mobile robot shall provide electrical energy to the elevator entity, the mobile robot is configured to: receive an instruction to provide electrical energy to the elevator entity; couple to a coupling station of the elevator entity; and provide electrical energy to the elevator entity via the coupling station of the elevator entity. A method to transfer electrical energy in an elevator environment is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: KONE CorporationInventors: Niko ELOMAA, Jere VUORENALA, Ari HÄNNINEN
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Publication number: 20190193994Abstract: A knockdown, portable lift is relatively compact and lightweight for transport and use where there is no existing means for lifting a load between a lower surface and an upper surface or where the existing means cannot be used. Components of the lift are stored in a base portion of the lift and are assembled on site for forming a lift frame extending between the upper and lower surfaces. A platform and drive assembly are supported on the lift frame and are driven together up and down tracks on each side of the lift frame using a rotary drive, such as a hand crank or electric motor, to power the drive assembly. The drive assembly is operable by a person on or off the platform from either the upper or lower surface or traversing stairs over which the platform is moving. The drive assembly incorporates a unique overspeed braking system and a unique clutch arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: David W SMITH
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Publication number: 20190193995Abstract: A climbing elevator system has an elevator shaft and an elevator car, a lifting platform, and a supporting device, wherein, in the course of different construction phases of a building, the lifting platform can be anchored at various positions within the elevator shaft. A protective roof is arranged above components of the lifting platform that are to be protected, such as a drive machine. The protective roof has a central roof structure and a peripheral flank structure that has flank walls fixed to the lateral edges of the central roof structure and project outwardly from the central roof structure at an angle with respect to the horizontal. Because of the inclined arrangement of the flank walls, the flank structure can better withstand falling objects and better protect components located underneath. Cantilevered edge regions of the flank walls can be supported on side walls of the elevator shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Lukas Christen, Pascal Bläsi, Stefan Weber
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Publication number: 20190193996Abstract: A lifting hook (14) provided with a remotely operated safety latch (12), wherein remote operation is used to both open and close the latch. The latch can be magnetically held (36) in the open position to connect and disconnect the load from the hook. Furthermore, an indicator (42) can be provided to indicate when the latch is latched and unlatched. The latch can be operated with lines with a first line (62) controlling one direction of movement of the latch and a second line (64) controlling a second direction of movement of the latch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Eldar Lien, Wojciech Piotr Wypych
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Publication number: 20190193997Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement for the guidance of flexible lines that run from a crane arm (3) through its end section (2) to a tool (4), that is suspended at the crane arm through a link arrangement (5) and a frame that is a component of a rotator (6) for rotation around a vertical first axis (A) and in a cardan manner around second (B) and third (C) horizontal axes, For the discrete and protected passage of hoses, it comprises a first holder (35) in an opening (3A) of the end section (2), a second holder (38) in a central region of the rotator (6), a first hose package (1A-1D) that extends between the said first (35) and second holders (38), a penetration (26) in a central region of the rotator (6) and permitting hydraulic fluid to pass through the rotator (6) and onwards to a lower part (18) of the same at least one of the said second (B) and third (C) horizontal axes comprises an “open joint”.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Erik UDD
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Publication number: 20190193998Abstract: A crane installation, in particular a container crane, has a trolley for transporting a load. The load to be transported determines loading of the trolley. The crane installation has a travel drive connected to the trolley and a trolley controller connected to the travel drive for controlling travel movements of the trolley. The trolley controller controls acceleration operations and braking operations during the travel movement of the trolley as a function of the loading of the trolley and the maximum available drive force of the travel drive. At least one acceleration operation has two sections with positive acceleration values of equal magnitude and an intermediate section with negative acceleration values of the same magnitude, and at least one braking operation has two sections with negative acceleration values of equal magnitude and an intermediate section with positive acceleration values of the same magnitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: UWE LADRA, ALOIS RECKTENWALD
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Publication number: 20190193999Abstract: A crane includes a base, an upperstructure rotationally mounted on the base, a boom, and a gantry. The boom is pivotally attached to the upperstructure at a front attachment location and supports a load line operable to raise a payload. The gantry is mounted on the upperstructure and supports a boom line coupled to the boom. The gantry includes at least one front leg mechanically coupled to the front attachment location and inclined away from the boom to apply, to the front attachment location, a horizontal force component towards the boom opposed by a horizontal force component applied by the boom towards the front leg. The upperstructure includes a frustoconical turret forming an upper circle and a lower circle. The front attachment location is aligned over the upper circle of the frustoconical turret.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Christopher Paul Chiasson
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Publication number: 20190194000Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile crane having an undercarriage and a superstructure rotatable with respect to the undercarriage about an axis of rotation and having a ballast receiving apparatus arranged at the superstructure and having at least one ballasting cylinder for receiving ballast. In accordance with the invention, the position of the ballasting cylinders receiving the ballast is varied in the ballast receiving apparatus such that the ballast can be received in positions of different distances from the axis of rotation of the superstructure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Markus BITZ, Lars Eberhardt
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Publication number: 20190194001Abstract: An electric winch includes a winch body; a drive motor configured to drive the winch body, the drive motor being a brushless motor; a lithium battery configured to power the drive motor; and a motor controller electrically connected between the lithium battery and the drive motor and configured to control the drive motor. The winch body includes a winch support on which the drive motor is fixedly mounted; a gearbox connected to the drive motor and configured to receive a driving force of the drive motor; and a winch drum connected to the gearbox and driven by the gearbox to rotate. The electric winch of the present invention has the advantages of small volume, long service life, low noise and convenience for carrying.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Junliang WANG
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Publication number: 20190194002Abstract: A winch is provided including a rotatable drum and a gear train drivingly connecting a motor to the rotatable drum. The gear train includes a clutch that is operable to be disengaged to allow the rotatable drum to free spool. A clutch actuator is provided for disengaging the clutch and the clutch includes a pivoting pawl having a first end that engages a clutch dog of a planetary ring gear and the clutch actuator includes an electro-magnetic solenoid having a plunger that engages a second end of the pivoting pawl.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Bryan M. Averill, Oliver Heravi, Jeff Walston, Garrett F. Pauwels, Kevin M. Christensen
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Publication number: 20190194003Abstract: A lift assembly includes an article to be lifted between a lowered position and a raised position, a drive element coupled to the article, a power mechanism coupled to the drive element, and a power transfer mechanism coupled between the power mechanism and the drive element. The power transfer mechanism includes control electronics having a first upward limit switch adapted to deactivate the power mechanism when the article is lifted to a first upward height, and a second upward limit switch adapted to deactivate the power mechanism when the article is lifted to a second upward height higher than the first upward height.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Donald A. Hoffend, III, William R. Florac, Michael Lichter, Edwin W. Bolz
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Publication number: 20190194004Abstract: A locking system for securing an attachment to a working arm of a working machine, the locking system including a latch member movable between an engaged position, where the attachment is secured to said working arm, and a disengaged position, where the attachment can be removed from said working arm; and a hydraulic circuit configured to lock the latch member in the engaged position. The hydraulic circuit includes a lock configured to open when the circuit reaches a predetermined pressure such that the latch member is released from the engaged position, a relief valve configured to activate below the predetermined pressure, such that the lock remains closed in normal operation, and an isolation arrangement configured to selectively isolate the relief valve from the circuit upon an operator input, to enable the circuit to reach the predetermined pressure such that the latch member is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: J.C. Bamford Excavators LimitedInventor: Jonathan Kenred Bailey
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Publication number: 20190194005Abstract: An example method may include receiving, from a sensor on a vehicle, an initial plurality of sensor data points representing a position of a face of a pallet. The vehicle may include tines configured to engage the pallet. A baseline geometric representation of the face of the pallet may be determined based on the initial plurality of sensor data points. The vehicle may be caused to reposition the tines relative to the pallet. A subsequent plurality of sensor data points representing the position of the face of the pallet after repositioning the tines may be received from the sensor. An updated geometric representation of the face of the pallet may be determined based on the subsequent sensor data points. It may be determined that the updated geometric representation deviates from the baseline geometric representation by more than a threshold value and, in response, motion of the vehicle may be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Hemal Shah, Ian Gulliver
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Publication number: 20190194006Abstract: In a hydraulic driving system, a plurality of loading-line driving devices adjust a flow rate of an operating liquid flowing from a loading-line pump to a loading-line actuator, and a steering-line driving device adjusts a flow rate of the operating liquid flowing from the steering-line pump to the steering actuator. When one of a plurality of loading-line actuators is driving, a switching valve device connects a loading-side passage and a steering-side passage. When any of the plurality of loading-line actuators is not driving, the switching valve device disconnects the loading-side passage and the steering-side passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masahiro MATSUO
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Publication number: 20190194007Abstract: A boom monitoring system includes at least one sensor for monitoring information about a boom in real time, and a controller that performs the steps of determining an effective load applied to the boom based on the information from the at least one sensor and determining whether the effective load exceeds a predetermined limit. The system further includes an alert indicator communicatively coupled to the controller for producing an alert when the effective load exceeds the predetermined limit. A boom monitoring method includes determining a current boom geometry based on at least one sensor, determining a load limit based on the current boom geometry and predetermined load values, determining an effective load based on a hydraulic fluid pressure of a boom hydraulic cylinder, determining whether the effective load exceeds the load limit, and producing an alert when the effective load exceeds the load limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Timothy J. Mourlam
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Publication number: 20190194008Abstract: A self-supporting funnel designed to allow a user to use both hands to pour liquids therethrough at a specified angle. The self-supporting funnel includes a conical body having a first end disposed opposite a second end and tapers inward therebetween at a specified angle. The first end has an annular opening with a diameter and is designed to receive liquids therethrough. The second end has an annular opening with a diameter less than the diameter of the first end and is designed to expel liquids therethrough. A spout extends from the second end and includes an aperture therethrough. A stopper is removably secured to a distal end of the spout and also includes an aperture extending therethrough. In this way, a user is able to secure the self-supporting funnel within an aperture and thereby use both hands to pour liquids therethrough at a specified angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Ralph Kline
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Publication number: 20190194009Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a beverage nozzle for mixing at least a first beverage ingredient and a second beverage ingredient into a homogeneous mixture. The beverage nozzle comprising a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion and a first inlet in fluid communication with the housing. The first inlet is configured to provide the first beverage ingredient to the housing. The beverage nozzle also includes a second inlet in fluid communication with the housing. The second inlet is configured to provide the second beverage ingredient to the housing. In addition, the beverage nozzle includes a mixing core disposed within the housing. The mixing core is configured to mix the first beverage ingredient and the second beverage ingredient into the homogeneous mixture. Further, the beverage nozzle includes an outlet disposed about the housing, wherein the homogeneous mixture exits the housing by way of the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Shaun B. Gatipon, Alejandro J. Santamaria, Joshua B. Wilson, Robert B. Brownell, JR.
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Publication number: 20190194010Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine includes a valve body configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid and dispense the first fluid through a first orifice and the second fluid through a second orifice. A first valve seal is movable to open and close the first orifice, and a second valve seal is movable to open and close the second orifice. An arm is pivotally coupled to the valve body, and pivoting of the arm relative to the valve body moves the first valve seal and the second valve seal and thereby opens the first orifice and the second orifice. The machine also includes a solenoid valve configured to pivot the arm, and a handle with a leg that is pivotable into and between a rest position in which the valve seals are closed and an active position in which the valve seals are open. As the handle moves from the rest position to the active position, the leg acts on the solenoid valve such that the arm pivots and the valve seals open.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Tomasz K. Kasprzycki, Hansel Sjukur
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Publication number: 20190194011Abstract: A pneumatic liquid dispenser includes a container and a lid. When the lid is mounted on the container, the container supports passaging defining a gas supply inlet for receiving pressurized gas, a gas outlet for delivering pressurized gas to the container, and a gas flow path between the inlet and the outlet. A pressure valve is located between the gas supply inlet and the gas outlet. The pressure valve is configured to automatically permit gas flow along the gas flow path when pressure in the interior of the container is less than a threshold pressure and to automatically block gas flow along the gas flow path when pressure in the interior of the container is greater than the threshold pressure. When gas flows freely through the gas flow path, the gas pressurizes the container to dispense liquid in the container through a liquid passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Brad Allen Edler, Steve Gaynes, Oleksiy Afanasyev
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Publication number: 20190194012Abstract: A liquid dispenser includes a container and a lid. When the lid is mounted on the container, the container supports passaging including a gas supply inlet and a venturi. A control valve in fluid communication with the passaging is adjustable to a dispensing configuration and an evacuation configuration and a separate mode selector valve is adjustable to a dispensing configuration and an evacuation configuration. The dispenser dispenses liquid when both valves are in the dispensing configuration and evacuates liquid when both valves are in the evacuation configuration. The mode selector valve can block flow through a pressurization passage of the passaging in the evacuation configuration and through the venturi or other evacuation passage in the dispensing configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Brad Allen Edler, Steve Gaynes