Patents Issued in August 1, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190233988
    Abstract: A flame resistant knit fabric having a thickness of 0.08 mm or more in accordance with the method of JIS L 1096-A (2010) and consisting of a yarn, the yarn including: a non-melting fiber A having a high-temperature shrinkage rate of 3% or less; and a thermoplastic fiber B having an LOI value of 25 or more in accordance with JIS K 7201-2 (2007) and having a melting point lower than the ignition temperature of the non-melting fiber A; wherein the yarn has a fracture elongation of 5% or more; and wherein, in the projection area of the knit repeat of the flame resistant knit fabric, the area ratio of the non-melting fiber A is 10% or more and the area ratio of the thermoplastic fiber B is 5% or more. A flame resistant knit fabric having high flame resistance is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Masaru Harada, Hiroshi Tsuchikura
  • Publication number: 20190233989
    Abstract: A three-dimensional knitted fabric with a large-diameter circular knitting machine is knitted with a plurality of stitches that form a plurality of stitch courses oriented in each case in a stitch-course direction of the knitted fabric and a plurality of stitch wales oriented in each case in a stitch-wale direction of the knitted fabric, wherein at least one of the stitches is in the form of at least one corrugation-forming stitch, which extends in the stitch-wale direction over a plurality of stitch courses and binds at least one corrugation in the knitted fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Kristina Simonis, Thomas Gries, Isabel Schrepfer, Richard Riedlinger
  • Publication number: 20190233990
    Abstract: Provided is a warp-knitted fabric having superior stretchability and feeling of coolness when worn and that can be cut and released without cut part of the knitted fabric curling. The warp-knitted fabric is knitted using synthetic fiber derived from a first reed, cellulose fiber derived from a second reed, and elastic yarn derived from a third reed and is characterized in that the proportion of the number of crossing points where the sinker loops of the synthetic fiber going across wales present in one complete course forming the warp-knitted fabric and the sinker loops of the elastic yarn to the number of sinker loops for the synthetic fiber going across the wales present in the one complete course is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Yoshida, Norito Kashima
  • Publication number: 20190233991
    Abstract: A medical balloon with a variable diameter that is reinforced with continuous fibers woven to form a fabric with a varying number of layers and fiber densities. Portions of the balloon having a relatively smaller diameter are reinforced with a fabric having a reduced fiber density and an increased number of layers to facilitate the placement of the layers. The fabric also includes a braiding pattern that facilitates the transition from a single layer fabric to a multiple layer fabric. Also described is a manufacturing method for the braiding and layering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Charles L. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20190233992
    Abstract: The invention comprises a device and method for warming hands during a sporting or athletic activity particularly those requiring a rod-shaped tool such as a pom-pom, hiking pole, golf club, or the like. The device may be formed of flexible material with a pocket to hold a heating or cooling element. A mating means may be used to attach the device to the handle of the rod-shaped tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: John Ziadeh
  • Publication number: 20190233993
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spunbonded nonwoven having crimped multicomponent fibers, wherein a first component of the multicomponent fibers consists of a first thermoplastic polymer material comprising a first thermoplastic base polymer and a second component of the multicomponent fibers consists of a second thermoplastic polymer material comprising a second thermoplastic base polymer that is different from the first base polymer. The at least one of the first polymer material or the second polymer material is a polymer blend that comprises, further to the respective base polymer, between 1 and 10 weight percent of a high melt flow rate polymer that has a melt flow rate of between 600 and 3000 g/10 min. The fibers have a linear mass density of less than 1.5 denier. The average crimp number of the crimped multicomponent fibers is in the range of at least 5 and preferably at least 8 crimps per cm in the fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: Fibertex Personal Care A/S, Reifenhauser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik
    Inventors: Sebastian SOMMER, Morten Rise HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20190233994
    Abstract: A spunbond nonwoven laminate has a stack of at least two and at most four spunbond nonwoven layers each formed by or consisting of crimped continuous filaments. A degree of crimping of the filaments in each of the spunbond nonwoven layers is different from a degree of crimping in each of the other spunbond nonwoven layers and each of the crimped filaments of the spunbond nonwoven layers has a crimp with at least two loops per centimeter of length. The crimped filaments of the spunbond nonwoven layers are multicomponent filaments each having at least one first plastic component and at least one second plastic component with each of the plastic components being present in the respective filament in a proportion of at least 10 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Sommer, Tobias Wagner, Gerold Linke, Patrick Bohl, Morton Rise Hansen
  • Publication number: 20190233995
    Abstract: A sewing system includes a plurality of sewing machines and a management device which manages the plurality of sewing machines. Each of the plurality of sewing machines including a memory which stores parameter data obtained by digitizing an adjustment amount of an adjustment function of a seam, and an adjustment unit which adjusts the adjustment function of the seam by the adjustment amount corresponding to the parameter data in the memory. The management device including a management unit which separately manages the parameter data of the plurality of sewing machines, and a delivery unit which simultaneously delivers the parameter data to each of the plurality of sewing machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: JUKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi ATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20190233996
    Abstract: In a suturing device, a casing has an elongated shape extending in a longitudinal direction. A needle is positioned in the casing, is configured to hold a first thread-like member, and has a tip end reciprocally moving along a path extending between a first position and a second position positioned backward than the first position in the longitudinal direction. A depression is formed in a peripheral wall of the casing, is positioned between the first and second positions in the longitudinal direction, and is configured to expose the needle to an outside of the casing. The shuttle includes a holding portion configured to hold a second thread-like member. The shuttle is configured to move within the casing at a third position between the first position and the depression in the longitudinal direction to change relative position between the second thread-like member and a loop formed in the first thread-like member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji SAKANO, Kohei TERADA, Daisuke ISHII, Naokatsu OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20190233997
    Abstract: A suturing device includes: a needle; and a shuttle. The needle has an elongated shape extending in a predetermined direction and is configured to hold a first thread-like member. The needle is reciprocally movable forward and backward in the predetermined direction and is rotatable about an axis extending in the predetermined direction. Rotation of the needle about the axis permitting the first thread-like member to cross the needle to form a loop in the first thread-like member. The shuttle includes a holding portion. The holding portion is configured to hold a second thread-like member. The shuttle is configured to permit the holding portion to pass through the loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Sakano, Kohei Terada, Naokatsu Osawa, Daisuke Ishii
  • Publication number: 20190233998
    Abstract: A height adjustable sewing machine support and storage system operates with a sewing machine, as a height adjustable working surface with storage capacity. The system comprises a supportive frame, upon which rests a work surface. A sewing machine is mounted or positioned on a height adjustable platform, which is selectively adjustable in height relative to the work surface. The height adjustable platform locks into a fixed height, coplanar or below the work surface, through selective engagement with ridged brackets. A hinged side platform hingedly articulates about the left or right edge of the work surface through a drop leaf configuration. A support bracket locks the hinged side platform into a coplanar arrangement with the work surface. A lower storage bin positions below the proximal edge of the work surface, and a plurality of shelves position below, and directly to the right or left of the work surface for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Scott Maynes
  • Publication number: 20190233999
    Abstract: Reel for fabric treating machines, said reel comprising: a substantially cylindrical main body (110) having a side surface (111), a first axial end (112) and a second axial end (113); first and second flanges (114, 115), respectively mounted to the first and second axial ends (112, 113) of said main body (110); at least one drag element (120) mounted, in the operating position, externally to said side surface (111), at least one constraining device (130), associated with said drag element (120) to hold said drag element (120) in said operating position. The constraining device (130) can be switched between a first condition, in which it holds said drag element (120) in said operating position, and a second operating condition, in which it allows said respective drag element (120) to be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Carmelo Zocco
  • Publication number: 20190234000
    Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet having a top panel and a wash tub positioned within the cabinet and defining a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing. A bulk tank is positioned below the top panel and defines a reservoir for storing wash additive, the reservoir defining a primary outlet for supplying wash additive into the wash chamber. In addition, a dispensing device, which may include a manual pump, a gravity fed supply valve, or an electronic pump, is fluidly coupled to the reservoir and conveniently positioned for selectively dispensing wash additive, e.g., for pretreating an article of clothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Ormsby Sakal, Alexander B. Leibman, James Quentin Pollett
  • Publication number: 20190234001
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance with a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treating and a liquid supply system fluidly coupled to the treating chamber. The liquid supply system includes a water supply system and a dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a faucet, a support structure, one or more drawers, and one or more dispenser outlets for providing treating liquid and treating chemistries. Components of the dispensing system can be activated, e.g. for pretreating laundry items, for use as a utility sink, or during an automatic cycle of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: ERIC A. GALLAGHER, JAMES JEFFERY, GUY M. KAZMIERZAK, ERIC OSLER, BRUNO T. RAMASCO, GUY STORMO
  • Publication number: 20190234002
    Abstract: Laundry composition dosing device (1) having two segregated chambers (5, 7) such that a first laundry composition, for example a fabric conditioner stored in the first chamber (5) is pourable via a first opening (4) by a user without dispensing a second laundry composition stored in the second chamber (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward HONE, Ellen Suzanne PIERCY
  • Publication number: 20190234003
    Abstract: A vertical axis laundry treating appliance having a non-encapsulated lid comprising a single panel of glass that is able to pass the UL 746C ball drop test. Non-encapsulated glass lids according to embodiments of the disclosure simplify part and assembly complexity compared to encapsulated glass lids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: RYAN L. ALLEN, PAUL E. BROWNIE, KIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, BENJAMIN D. LOWELL, NICHOLAS SCHOOLEY
  • Publication number: 20190234004
    Abstract: A clothes dryer filter cleaning apparatus which has a top opening for receiving the dryer filter. The opening includes a pair of rubber flaps which help to prevent dust and lint from escaping the cleaning apparatus. The filter then passes through several sets of flexible cleaning fingers. The dryer filter is then pulled back out of the opening, pulling the screen of the filter back past the cleaning fingers. The manual function can be replaced or enhanced with a pair of motorized fingers on axles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Charles M. Dolbeare
  • Publication number: 20190234005
    Abstract: Laundry items by way of devices are fed to mangles, for example. The laundry items by way of the corners thereof are transferred to clamps, for example spreader clamps during the feeding procedure. Tails of the laundry item that project beyond the clamping locations of the spreader clamps are usually formed herein. Said tails lead to so-called ears in particular on the front periphery of the laundry item that is tautly stretched by the spreader clamps. Said ears compromise the quality of the laundry items, specifically of mangled laundry items. The invention provides for the tails in the spreader clamps to be eliminated in that the tails are transported through the spreader clamps so far until the corners of the laundry item are still held in the spreader clamps only at the outermost corner points. The tails are effectively eliminated in that ears can no longer be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Bringewatt, Thomas Klarhorst, Arthur Malikowski, Engelbert Heinz
  • Publication number: 20190234006
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ironing head with an auxiliary accessory, which overcomes the defects of complicated disassembling and assembling operations caused by split configuration of an auxiliary accessory and a main body, the tendency to lose the auxiliary accessory, and the tendency to scald hands. The main body is provided with a neck adjacent to an ironing panel; the auxiliary accessory is movably sleeved on the neck to move back and forth on the neck; and lock-up structures for positioning the auxiliary accessory at the working position are disposed between the auxiliary accessory and the main body. The auxiliary accessory works near the ironing panel. The auxiliary accessory is bound with the machine body. During use, the service mode is changed only by changing the position of the auxiliary accessory. The configuration method of the auxiliary accessory ensures no contact with the ironing panel during movement, avoiding scalding of the hands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NINGBO KAIBO GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiebo Yan, Huomu Lin
  • Publication number: 20190234007
    Abstract: A rotatable ironing board assembly for ironing while in a seated position includes a post that has an upper end and a lower end. A rolling unit is attached to the lower end of the post to facilitate movement of the post. A base is pivotally coupled to the upper end of the post. The base is positionable in a stored position that is vertically orientated and pivotable into a deployed position is horizontally orientated. A plate is rotatably coupled to the base. An ironing board is attached to the plate. A catch is attached to and extends outwardly from the post. The catch releasably engages the ironing board when the ironing board is in a vertical orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: John Shelton, Veaon Shelton
  • Publication number: 20190234008
    Abstract: An ironing board cover includes a padded textile base section configured to be placed on ironing board having multiple shapes in an entirely one-piece construction. The padded base section includes multiple layers of material, laminated together to form a smooth, heat-reflective ironing surface. The ironing board cover is machined in a substantially oval shape, with a taper at a point distal to a second end portion for fitting over a narrow end of an ironing board. A first end portion fits over a large end of an ironing board. The ironing board cover also includes an attenuated edge along a bottom segment, and an adjustable elastic bungee fastening mechanism forming at least part of the attenuated edge and stretching along an entirety of the bottom segment of the padded base section that allows the padded base section to be stretched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: OLIVER A. ALAVIAN
  • Publication number: 20190234009
    Abstract: A self-locking clip has a firm grip on clothes between two jaws to keep the clothes together in a washing machine or dryer. The clip has a latch that securely fastens the two jaws. When the jaws grasp the clothes, the latch may close so that the jaws cannot open. In some embodiments, the clip provides a loop that is connected to an end of the clip. The loop may be folded back onto the latch so that the latch does not move, thereby providing a secondary locking system by securing the position of the latch. The loop can also be used to hang the clip on the wall or some other place, or to attach a lanyard or rope to it to make it easier for a person to carry or retrieve the clothes. The loop can also be used to connect multiple clips with a lanyard or rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: CP Family Products, LLC
    Inventor: Carl Sharo
  • Publication number: 20190234010
    Abstract: The invention aims to improve the manufacture of flexible goods, such as garments, through the temporary modification of the physical properties of the components to be assembled, facilitating their handling and manipulation later on in the manufacturing process. Attributes that can be affected by this process are the stiffness of the material, the presence of mechanical or physical markings, the density of the material, the air or fluid permeability of the material, the responsiveness of the material to magnetic fields, or the adhesive nature of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Jonathan Michael Zornow
  • Publication number: 20190234011
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to methods and systems for bleaching textiles using ozone gas. Embodiments also incorporate a color removal step. In one example, there is provided a hybrid machine that incorporates certain features of a washer, but that also includes an integrated blower for gas distribution inside the machine. There is also provided an ozone dosing control system that allows for maintenance of a constant concentration of ozone in the machine. In one embodiment, the ozone output measured in grams/hour at this constant concentration in conjunction with the weight of product measured being treated may be referred to as the “bleaching factor.” There is further provided a drain sump design that helps minimize water volume in the presence of fabric lint, various added materials, and other processing chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas R. Allen, Charles Smith, Thoram Charanda
  • Publication number: 20190234012
    Abstract: A method for treating a sulfur-containing fabric and sulfur-containing fabrics with excellent antimicrobial properties are disclosed. First an aluminum salt is added to a sulfur-containing fabric. That product is then rinsed. The rinsed product is combined with an antimicrobial. In one embodiment, the sulfur-containing fabric is combined with an aqueous solution of an oxidizing agent prior to the addition of the aluminum salt. Fabrics treated by the method retain excellent antimicrobial activity even after repeated washings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Sciessent LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth T. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190234013
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides articles of manufacture with improved moisture control as well as methods of making such articles. In some embodiments, provided herein the article has a fabric with an outer hydrophobic surface and an inner surface with hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions where the hydrophilic regions can form a pattern, allowing moisture to collect and move through the pattern, and the hydrophobic regions prevent the whole inner surface from becoming moist and the outer hydrophobic regions does not show moisture. The fabric may be used to make garments. The entire inner surface of the garment may be patterned with hydrophilic patterns for partial absorption, and the entire outer surface of the garment is hydrophobic, thereby preventing perspiration from being seen from outside of the garment. Further provided herein are methods of making fabrics with improved moisture control including by printing or knitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: SIYUAN XING, RACHEL FOOTE
  • Publication number: 20190234014
    Abstract: An oil agent for a carbon fiber precursor is provided that contains a base component, a cationic surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the cationic surfactant is a specific nitrogen-containing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Yasunobu Arakawa, Hiroki Honda
  • Publication number: 20190234015
    Abstract: A treatment liquid composition for ink jet pigment textile printing according to the invention is used by being attached to a fabric and contains a cationic compound, a nonionic fluorine-based surfactant, a resin particle, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke CHIDATE, Masakazu OHASHI, Toshiyuki MIYABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190234016
    Abstract: Provided is a steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article which can further improve cut resistance when applied to a tire. Provided is a steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article including: one core strand 11 having a layered-twisted structure formed by twisting a plurality of steel filaments 1; and a plurality of sheath strands 12 having a layered-twisted structure formed by twisting a plurality of steel filaments 2, wherein the sheath strands are twisted around the core strand. A ratio S1/S of the sum S1 of cross-sectional areas of outermost layer sheath filaments constituting an outermost layer sheath of the core strand to the sum S of cross-sectional areas of all filaments constituting the core strand is from 0.69 to 0.74, and a ratio Ps/P of the sum Ps of strengths of the sheath strands to strength P of the cord as a whole is from 0.81 to 0.85.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190234017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: FiberLean Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Patrick A.C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf, Daniel Gantenbein, Michel Schenker, Michael Pohl, Beat Kübler
  • Publication number: 20190234018
    Abstract: A method of recycling a by-product generated in a papermaking process including, pulverizing a by-product produced in a papermaking process to prepare a pulverized product, burning the pulverized product to prepare a burned product, hydrating the burned product to prepare a hydrate; and manufacturing paper from the hydrate and a paper slurry is provided, which allows reuse of by-products generated in conventional papermaking processes such as lime mud and lime kiln CaO, which is environmentally friendly as well as cost-effective, and also the level of whiteness of the by-products such as lime mud and lime kiln CaO generated in a papermaking process can be improved to that of a high-grade raw material, making it possible to also improve the whiteness of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Korea Institute Of Geoscience And Mineral Resource
    Inventor: Ji-Whan AHN
  • Publication number: 20190234019
    Abstract: A monitoring system comprising: (a) one or more sensors that monitor activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof of stock on a paper machine and (b) a control system in communication with the one or more sensors and one or more foil sections within the paper machine; wherein the control system measures the activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof of the stock and correlates the activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof to formation of fibers within the stock so that an angle, height, or both of the one or more foil sections are adjusted to change the activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof in the stock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Forester, Edwin Michael Gyde Heaven, James Faufau, Jean P. Paradis, Colin Bridge, Randy Smyth, Jake Neal
  • Publication number: 20190234020
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of producing an MFC film comprising reinforcement fibers, which film show excellent oxygen barrier properties and is easy to handle. The method of manufacturing the film comprises the steps of: —providing a suspension comprising a first microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) in an amount of at least 50 weight %, reinforcement fibers in an amount of at least 5 weight %, all percentages calculated on the total solid content of said suspension, and a formation aid, —mixing said suspension to form a mixture, —forming a fibrous web from the mixture, and —dewatering and/or drying said fibrous web to form a film having a basis weight of less than 40 g/m2, a specific formation number of below 0.45 g0.5/m2, and an Oxygen Transmission Rate (OTR) value of below 100 ml/m2/per 24 hours, preferably of below 50 ml/m2 per 24 hours at 50% relative humidity. The invention further discloses a film and use of the film in food or liquid packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Stora Enso OYJ
    Inventors: Kaj Backfolk, Isto Heiskanen, Esa Saukkonen
  • Publication number: 20190234021
    Abstract: A multi-ply through air dried structured tissue having a bulk softness of less than 10 TS7 and a lint value of 5.0 or less. Each ply of the tissue has a first exterior layer that includes a wet end temporary wet strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton and a wet end dry strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton, an interior layer that includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant, and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant, and a second exterior layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: James E. Sealey, II, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV
  • Publication number: 20190234022
    Abstract: A multi-ply through air dried structured tissue having a bulk softness of less than 10 TS7 and a lint value of 5.0 or less. Each ply of the tissue has a first exterior layer that includes a wet end temporary wet strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton and a wet end dry strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton, an interior layer that includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant, and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant, and a second exterior layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: James E. Sealey, II, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV
  • Publication number: 20190234023
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a water soluble product including the steps of: providing a water soluble fibrous parent continuous ply web, the parent continuous ply web extending in the cross direction between an operator edge and drive edge; cutting the parent continuous ply web in the machine direction to provide a first continuous ply web that includes the drive edge and a second continuous ply web that includes the operator edge; superposing the first continuous ply web and the second continuous ply web to form a web stack so that the operator edge and the drive edge are on opposite sides of a centerline of the web stack in the machine direction; and cutting and joining portions of the web stack to form the water soluble product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Sean PRATT, Anthony Edward REED, Stephen Robert GLASSMEYER, Mark Robert SIVIK, Dinah Achola NYANGIRO
  • Publication number: 20190234024
    Abstract: The railroad track wire connection is configured for electrically connecting a first element of a railroad installation to a second element of the railroad installation, the first element and the second element being electrically conductive, at least one of the first element and the second element being a rail of a line of rails of a railroad track of the railroad installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: James FRISBIE, Tony SPAGNOLIA
  • Publication number: 20190234025
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tamping unit (1) for tamping sleepers (2) of a track (3), having a tool carrier (6) mounted on an assembly frame (12) for vertical adjustment by means of a drive (10), having pairs of two oppositely positioned tamping tools (5) which are squeezable towards one another about a respective pivot axis (4) as well as designed to be set in vibrations by a vibration drive (8). In this, it is provided that a vibration drive (11) is associated with the drive (10), the vibration drive setting the tamping tools in a vibration which is effective vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.
    Inventor: Heinz SPRINGER
  • Publication number: 20190234026
    Abstract: Due to the increasing rainfall (rain, l/s, m2) lately, the problem of drainage of torrential surface water from sections of gravel roads with longitudinal slope should be dealt with more efficiently than it was the case with road construction with transverse slope. By installing permeable channels with trapezoidal cross-section with higher permeability comparing to the unbound surface layer of road structure, the road life-cycle increases. The installation of channels slightly increases investment costs of the road construction. Trapezoidal cross-section should lead to the stability of channels installed in the layers of road pavement structure, whereas the crushed stone filling which is less dense than the surface wear layer of road pavement structure (mainly a cavity to accept water) enables the sinking of torrential water from the pavement structure and discharge away from the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Pero PETROVIC
  • Publication number: 20190234027
    Abstract: A turf sports field with a plurality of turf modules (100) having an upper turf surface and peripheral turf edges (5). The turf modules are deployed by means of a remotely operated or autonomously operated lifting and transport vehicle (103), which is provided with a lifting arrangement. When installed, the turf modules (100) are positioned adjacent previously installed turf modules, with a tolerance gap (105) between adjacently positioned turf edges (5) of different turf modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Nutcracker Solutions AS
    Inventor: Yngve SALTVEIT
  • Publication number: 20190234028
    Abstract: A hand-guided ground compaction machine, in particular a vibratory tamper or vibration plate compactor, having a superstructure, a drive device arranged on the superstructure and having at least one drive shaft, a substructure having a compaction plate driven by the drive device, and a sensor device comprising an accelerometer for determining the ground stiffness of a ground to be compacted, wherein the sensor device is supplied with electrical power, in particular solely, by a generator driven by the at least one drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Niels LAUGWITZ, Robert LAUX
  • Publication number: 20190234029
    Abstract: A concrete patching robot has a multi-axis robotic manipulator mounted on a powered, movable, platform that can be raised and lowered to access the underside of structures that may be substantial distances above the ground, for example, the underside of an elevated highway. The entire assembly is maneuverable under the work area and the platform may be raised to access the concrete. Once the work area is in reach of the arm, the device is able to use numerous tools to complete essential steps to repair the concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Sreenivas Raman, Elie Cherbaka, Ryan J. Giovacchini, Brian Jennings, Thomas C. Slater
  • Publication number: 20190234030
    Abstract: Method for operating a ground milling machine, in particular a ground stabilizer and/or a recycler; to a ground milling machine, in particular a ground stabilizer and/or recycler, with a mobile unit, in particular for carrying out the method; and to a mobile unit for a ground milling machine. The basic idea of the invention is to transmit suggested values for dosing and/or process parameters via the mobile unit to the ground milling machine during the working operation in progress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Frank BRACHTENDORF, Florian LANGE, Tobias SPECHT
  • Publication number: 20190234031
    Abstract: A noise absorbing panel for use in a sound absorbing guard rail structure having a series of supporting posts, that are preferably vertically oriented, and a series of longitudinal guard rail beams mounted on the side of the guard rail structure facing the road, wherein the noise absorbing panel is mountable to the two adjacently situated supporting posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michaeel Emborg, Kristian Skovgaard Jørgensen, Jan Eike Dröge, Hans-Jürgen Sehnitzier, Bruno Kirk Sørensen, Steffen Andersen, Leon Samsø Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20190234032
    Abstract: Disclosed are improved snowplowable pavement markers held fixedly to a roadway by adhesive. The markers include a holder and at least one transversely arranged reflector to retroreflect incident light from headlights of approaching vehicles. The holders have a pocket for supporting the reflector. One or more through openings having angled sides are defined in the bottom of the pocket so that when the marker is installed in an adhesive bed on the pavement, adhesive flows into contact with the holder and the bottom of the reflector to simultaneously affix both to the pavement. Reflectors may be replaced by simply chiseling an old reflector out of the holder pocket to create a flat bottom surface in the pocket to which a bead of mastic adhesive is applied and a new reflector is subsequently installed. This new marker construction applies to both raised and recessed snowplowable pavement markers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Harry E. Lowe
  • Publication number: 20190234033
    Abstract: The guardrail, which may take the form of various types of guardrails, is noteworthy in that it includes an impact detector/indicator, for indicating the location of the guardrail involved in an impact or accident and also for notifying the accident and the place where it occurred to a traffic control station or to public assistance personnel. The detector/indicator includes a convex protective plate (2) attached to the front of the guardrail (1) with which it is used, said plate (2) protecting a connection box (3) and a tube (4) so as together to create a means for detecting and communicating the impact that occurred, also having an indicator light (5) for flagging up the impact, said indicator (5) being positioned on a support plate (6) secured above the protective plate (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Jose Manuel Sanchez De La Cruz
  • Publication number: 20190234034
    Abstract: A wear pad assembly for an implement of a machine is disclosed. The implement includes a forward face configured to engage and cast material sideways during a forward movement of the machine over a work surface, and a rearward face opposite the forward face. The wear pad assembly includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a wear pad, and a biasing member. The first bracket is configured to be fixedly coupled to the rearward face of the implement. The second bracket is pivotably coupled to the first bracket. The wear pad is coupled to the second bracket and is configured to contact the work surface. Further, the biasing member is engaged with the second bracket and is configured to bias the wear pad in abutment with the work surface during use of the implement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin J. Kovalick
  • Publication number: 20190234035
    Abstract: A method for detecting and controlling compaction when compacting a soil by a depth vibrator which has a rotationally drivable imbalance (3) and at least one sensor (6, 12, 13, 14, 19), comprising the steps of: inserting the depth vibrator (2) into the soil (17) up to a desired final depth (Tm); compaction of the the soil (17) during which the forward angle (?) of the imbalance (3) as well as the oscillation amplitude (A) of the depth vibrator (2) are determined; detection of a soil stiffness profile from soil stiffness values (k) determined over time (t); determination of a first soil stiffness value (k1) and a second soil stiffness value (k2) from the soil stiffness profile (k), for which it applies that a rate of increase (k?2) of the second soil stiffness value (k2) exceeds a rate of increase (k?1) of the first soil stiffness value (k1) by a defined factor; calculation of a transition soil stiffness value (k12) which is between the first soil stiffness value (k1) and the second soil stiffness value (k2
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Nagy, Dietmar Adam, Christoph Adam, Maximilian Schmitter, Fritz Kopf, Gerhard Strauch, Peter Freitag
  • Publication number: 20190234036
    Abstract: A screw pile substructure support system comprises a tubular pile with a fixed conical tip having a helical flight thereon which draws the pile into a soil bed when a torque is applied to the pile. The tip has a substantially conical shape, and the largest diameter of the tip is substantially the same as the diameter of the tubular pile to which it is attached. The helical flight is attached to the outside surface of the tip. The tip may also be provided a point tip and one or more cutting teeth attached its surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Steve Neville
  • Publication number: 20190234037
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a pile-driving vehicle (1), comprising a chassis (11), a movement system (15) for moving the vehicle (1) on a soil, a first driving apparatus (21) and a second driving apparatus (22). Each driving apparatus (21, 22), which is intended to drive a respective pile into the soil, comprises a first member (31) that is constrained to the chassis (11), a second member (32) that is movable relative to the first member (31) along a driving line (200) and an actuating device (33) for moving the second member (32) relative to the first member (31). The movement of the second member (32) comprising an outward stroke, during which the actuating device (33) pushes the second member (32) towards the soil, applying a force on the second member (32) along the driving line (200), and a return stroke, during which the second member (32) is moved away from the soil. The second member (32) is designed to transmit the force to the pile to be driven in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: RENATO CANTERI