Patents Issued in August 15, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190249346
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wet-laid nonwoven web includes the following steps: feeding a pulp suspension onto a forming screen for depositing a fibrous web thereon, wherein the pulp suspension has industrially produced, inorganic fibers or fibers of synthetically produced polymers and the pulp suspension is substantially free from binders, such as chemical binders, and hydraulic consolidation of the fibrous web to generate the nonwoven web through water jet needling of the fibrous web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: THOMAS WEIGERT, KAI POEHLER, RALF SCHROEDER
  • Publication number: 20190249347
    Abstract: A method of preparing a tufting process for tufting a fabric, preferably carpet, having regions (14, 16, 18) of different color appearance by using at least two different kinds of yarns, yarns of different kinds of yarns (b, w) alternately following each other in a needle bar longitudinal direction of a needle bar of a tufting machine, comprises the steps of: a) defining a predetermined number of color mixing values, b) assigning with each color mixing value a color-related tufting aspect instruction, c) providing a color pattern representation (11) of the fabric to be tufted comprising a plurality of color regions (14, 16, 18), d) assigning with each color region (14, 16, 18) one of the color mixing values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Koen Callewaert
  • Publication number: 20190249348
    Abstract: In the washing machine according to the present disclosure, the reinforcing member for reinforcing the strength of the balancer housing of the ball balancer is disposed on the outer surface of the balancer housing and includes a plurality of ribs. When the reinforcing member and the balancer housing are injected, a plurality of bumps may be formed inside the balancer housing by the plurality of ribs to affect the rolling of the ball. To prevent this, the reinforcing member is disposed in the area of the outer surface of the balancer housing corresponding to the non-contact surface on which the ball does not contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Wook KIM, Dong Geun PARK, Won Young SEO
  • Publication number: 20190249349
    Abstract: A washing machine comprises a hinge device including a cam member, a lever, and an elastic member, and the cam member comprises an outer circumference surface including a first section, a second section and a third section disposed between the first section and the second section having a curvature different from each other. The cam member is profiled to be disposed at a first position in which the door is automatically opened, a second position in which the door is automatically closed, and at a third position in which an external resultant force becomes 0 (zero), when the lever is in contact with each section. Therefore, it is possible to control a closing speed of the door and simplify the power transmission method by using the cam, reduce the material cost by reducing the number of parts, and secure the reliability of driving of the washing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jae HAN, Young-Hyun KIM, Do haeng KIM, Min Hwan OH
  • Publication number: 20190249350
    Abstract: A laundry treating appliance door assembly comprises a plastic fishbowl. Typically, laundry treating appliances, such as dryers, have door assemblies comprising glass fishbowls. Utilizing plastic enables a fishbowl to have a sharper radius of curvature than that of a glass fishbowl due to manufacturing constraints of glass. A shaper radius of curvature allows for greater capacity in the treating chamber in a laundry treating appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: ETHAN HARBRECHT, DOUGLAS MIKKELSEN, CHRISTOPH MILLER, JOEL SELLS, PRASATH M. THIRUKONDA
  • Publication number: 20190249351
    Abstract: A drive system (21), for use in a washing machine (10), that includes a motor (23) and a planetary gearbox (26) having an outer casing (29) rotatably mounted by bearings (31A and 31B) between a tub (13) of the washing machine and the motor. A clutch (38) is selectively operable to engage the gears in a first mode to connect an input shaft (25) to drive at least a first output shaft (15) without speed reduction and, in a second mode, to drive the first output shaft at a controlled and reduced speed in one direction while simultaneously driving a second output shaft (18) at a second controlled and reduced speed the opposite rotational direction. The first gearbox output shaft (15) and the outer casing (29) are permanently rotationally fixed together in both first and second modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Russell Joseph Jackson
  • Publication number: 20190249352
    Abstract: A method for controlling a washing machine is provided. The method may include determining an amount of laundry in an inner tub, setting a supply water level according to the amount of laundry determined, supplying the water into the inner tub until a water level in an outer tub reaches the supply water level set, setting a rotation speed of a pump motor according to the amount of laundry determined, operating the pump motor at the rotation speed set, and alternatively rotating a pulsator in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Naeun KIM, Hwanjin JUNG, Sanghyun LEE, Bonkwon KOO, Sunho LEE, Dongwon KIM
  • Publication number: 20190249353
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus may include a tub, a drum provided within the tub to accommodate laundry, flow path units provided on the drum to provide moving paths of water, an agitation unit provided within the drum so as to be rotatable and moving at least a part of water within the drum to the flow path units during rotation, and filter units to filter water moving along the flow path units. Each of the filter units includes a body configured to provide a storage space of foreign substances, an inflow part to introduce water in the flow path unit into the body, a filter provided on the body to filter water introduced into the body and then to discharge filtered water to the drum, and discharge parts provided on the body to discharge water containing foreign substances in the tangential direction of a rotating trajectory of the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Deukwon LEE, Kyoungmin CHOI, Hoon CHANG, Dongwoo KANG
  • Publication number: 20190249354
    Abstract: Stain removal accessory (171) intended to cooperate with a stain removal device (1) for treating a stained area, the stain removal accessory (171) is attached to the front head of the stain removal device (1), namely to the water and/or steam venting face of said stain removal device (1), and comprises a container (400) like a pad, a cartridge, a sachet or a capsule provided with a permeable external layer, for containing a stain removing material (300), and a holder (600) for holding said container (400), whereby said stain removal accessory (171) is adapted to release said stain removing material (300) on the stained area when cooperating with the stain removal device (1) by facing the flow of water and/or steam (200) generated by said stain removal device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: KANNAN UDAYAPPAN PRAVEEN, YILE LIAO, SHENGHUAI CALVIN LIN, CHIEN-PING ADRIAN KOH, LIHONG ZHAO, YONG JIANG
  • Publication number: 20190249355
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus include: a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, and having a cylindrical portion formed of a ferromagnetic material and a rear wall portion for closing an open rear end of the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion has a plurality of through-holes formed therein and allows laundry to be loaded thereinto through an opening portion formed on a front surface; an induction heater disposed in the tub and configured to heat the drum by inducing an eddy current in the cylindrical portion; a duct disposed on an outer side of the tub, having an inlet communicating with an open front surface of the cylindrical portion, and an outlet communicating with the tub through a side surface of the tub surrounding the cylindrical portion; and an air blower configured to suction air, discharged from the drum, into the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Bio PARK, Beomjun KIM, Sangwook HONG
  • Publication number: 20190249356
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate laundry, a door hingedly connected to the cabinet to open or close the accommodation space, a presser for applying pressure to laundry to remove wrinkles from laundry, and a presser-fixing structure for mounting the presser to the inner surface of the accommodation space or the door. The presser-fixing structure includes a support holder protruding from the inner surface of the accommodation space or the door and a presser-fixing recess formed concavely in the rear surface of the presser so as to allow the support holder to be inserted thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hyunggyu LIM, Taejun YOON, Minhyoung LEE, Jeongryeol CHOI, Junyoung NAM
  • Publication number: 20190249357
    Abstract: A blend composition includes polyamide fiber and denatured collagen. The polyamide fiber content is 97-99.9 parts by weight in the blend composition. The denatured collagen content is 0.1-3 parts by weight in the blend composition. The denatured collagen has a first polypeptide, a second polypeptide, and a third polypeptide. The amide groups of the first polypeptide, the second polypeptide, and the third polypeptide are linked with the amide groups of the polyamide fiber through hydrogen bond formation. A method of manufacturing a blend composition is provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Pai-Huang Su, Hsueh-Chou Shih, Yu-Tang Lin, Chun-Jun Xu, Rung-Tzung He
  • Publication number: 20190249358
    Abstract: A sizing agent for carbon fiber includes component (A), component (B), and component (C), in which the component (A) is at least one selected from the group consisting of component (A-1), component (A-2), and component (A-3); the component (A-1) is a urethane compound having a structure of Formula (1-1) in the molecule, the component (A-2) is an ester compound having a structure represented by Formula (1-2) in the molecule, the component (A-3) is an amide compound having a structure of Formula (1-3) in the molecule; the component (B) is an epoxy compound selected from the group consisting of an epoxy compound represented by Formula (2), an epoxy compound represented by Formula (3), and an epoxy compound represented by Formula (4); and the component (C) is a bisphenol type epoxy compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji KANETA, Takaaki SUZUKI, Kouki WAKABAYASHI, Akihiro ITO, Naoki SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20190249359
    Abstract: An active particle bonding system comprising an active particle, a material chemically bonded to the active particle, and a substrate embedded to at least one of the active particle and the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Gregory W. Haggquist
  • Publication number: 20190249360
    Abstract: A method of treating leather or hide is provided whereby a biocide and one or more detectable tags are applied to a piece of leather or hide. The detectable tag(s) can be detected to indicate one or more pieces of information, such as that the biocide has been applied to the piece of leather or hide and/or other information. Information about the biocide and the tannery that applied the biocide or other information can be discerned from detecting the detectable tag or from one or more of the detectable tags if used. A system for tagging leather or hide and applying a biocide are also provided as are methods and systems for detecting the tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis A. Zugno, Philip M. Hoekstra
  • Publication number: 20190249361
    Abstract: A rope has a braided sheath that includes a spiraling strand having a greater pitch in comparison with a pitch exhibited by other strands of a coverbraid that encloses that rope's strength member core. The rope is useful for forming pelagic trawl mesh, and is stronger for a given amount of material, has less drag, and exhibits the same or bettered lift when towed through water at trawl mesh angles of attack. The rope also is less costly to manufacture in comparison to known helix rope constructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Hampidjan, hf
    Inventor: Sherif Adham Safwat
  • Publication number: 20190249362
    Abstract: A composition for treating lignocellulosic agricultural residues (11), such as straw, characterised in that it comprises a liquid mixture of an aqueous solution containing the mineral elements NPK, capable of forming a nutrient medium for endogenous microorganisms of said agricultural residues to be treated, and a source of lignin obtained from a process of alkaline delignification of lignocellulosic biomasses. Treating said residues in an aerobic medium with the composition increases the accessibility of the cellulose to cellulases. Use for the biological pretreatment of said lignocellulosic residues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal PEU, Jianghao TIAN, Anne-Marie POURCHER
  • Publication number: 20190249363
    Abstract: A process for obtaining cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin from lignocellulose can be carried out in an environmentally friendly manner when it comprises the following steps: step a) wherein a lignocellulose from plant biomass is provided, step b) wherein the lignocellulose is brought into contact with a first mixture M1 containing water and an alkaline component, and a first suspension S1 forms, the first suspension S1 comprises a first solid F1 and a first liquid phase P1, wherein the first solid F1 contains a crude cellulose, and the first liquid phase P1 contains hemicellulose and lignin, and step c) wherein the crude-cellulose-containing solid F1 is brought into contact with a second mixture M2 containing formic acid and water and optionally acetic acid, and a second suspension S2 forms, the second suspension S2 comprises a second solid F2 and a second liquid phase P2, wherein the second solid F2 contains a pure cellulose, and the second liquid phase P2 contains hemicellulose and lignin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Manuela FRICK, Franz EFFENBERGER
  • Publication number: 20190249364
    Abstract: A system (10) for treating spent pulping liquor (14) comprising lignin to provide green liquor (47) is disclosed. The system (10) comprises an evaporator (22), a recovery boiler (34), at least one filter (58, 74), and a green liquor plant (46). The evaporator (22) concentrates a first stream (18) of the spent pulping liquor (14) to provide a concentrated pulping liquor (30). The recovery boiler (34) incinerates the concentrated pulping liquor (30) to provide a smelt (42). The at least one filter (58, 74) filters a second stream (54) of the spent pulping liquor (14) to remove lignin therefrom to provide a permeate (66, 82). The green liquor plant (46) is for dissolving the smelt (42) from the recovery boiler (34) in the permeate (66, 82) from the at least one filter (58, 74) to provide green liquor (47). Also disclosed is a method for treating spent pulping liquor (14) to provide green liquor (47).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Anders ARKELL
  • Publication number: 20190249365
    Abstract: A papermaker's fabric includes a series of repeat units, wherein each of the repeat units includes: a set of top machine direction (MD) yarns having a first diameter; a set of bottom MD yarns having a second diameter larger than the first diameter; a set of auxiliary bottom MD yarns having the first diameter; a set of top cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with the top MD yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the bottom MD yarns and the auxiliary bottom MD yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; and a set of stitching yarns arranged in pairs, wherein at least one of the stitching yarns of the pair interweaves with the top and bottom fabric layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Kevin Ward
  • Publication number: 20190249366
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a papermaking machine, which includes a wire for conveying a fiber web; a trim squirt for making a cut line in the fiber web; a machine reference; and a measurement device for measuring a distance between the cut line and the machine reference, the device comprising a laser adapted to illuminate the cut line and determine a location of the cut line for the measuring. Methods of making and using the papermaking machine are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: JEREMY ALLAN HADDOCK, RONALD ARTHUR FALCONE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190249367
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a wet-pressed tissue product comprising agave fiber and having improved sheet bulk and good cross-machine tensile, toughness and durability properties. Cross-machine properties are significant because tissue products often fail in the cross-machine direction because it is often the weaker of the two product orientations (cross and machine directions). Accordingly, in certain embodiments the present disclosure provides a three-layered single-ply wet-pressed tissue product comprising high-yield agave fibers from the leaves of Agave tequilana, Eucalyptus Hardwood Kraft (EHWK) fibers and Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK), wherein the high-yield agave fibers comprise at least about 5.0 percent by weight of the tissue product, the product having a CD tensile greater than about 450 g/3? and sheet bulk greater than about 7.0 cc/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill, Thomas Gerard Shannon, John Matthew Reiser
  • Publication number: 20190249368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing self-binding pigment particle suspensions, to a self-binding pigment particle suspension as well as to a paper product comprising self-binding pigment particles and to the use of the self-binding pigment particle suspension in paper applications, such as in paper coating or as filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Armelle Senti-Wenk, Patrick A.C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf
  • Publication number: 20190249369
    Abstract: A composition that includes plant derived wax having a melting point of at least 70° C. can be used to waterproof cellulose based materials like paper and board. Suitable waxes include sugarcane wax and rice-bran wax. A surfactant such as stearic acid improves the adhesion of the composition to the underlying material. The resulting waterproof laminate can be economically recycled. Hot beverage cups made from the laminate are waterproof and recyclable without first being separated into components. Coffee pods and drinking straws that are waterproof and recyclable are manufactured with the waterproof laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: J & J Green Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Scott Segal
  • Publication number: 20190249370
    Abstract: A polymer composition including an anionic synthetic polymer, an anionic polysaccharide, including a strength additive system, a paper product and a method of production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Chen Lu, Jenna Rabideau
  • Publication number: 20190249371
    Abstract: A method for forming paper straps is provided. The method may include providing a paper strip from a base sheet and directing the paper strip through a first die to form an intermediate string. The method may further include directing the intermediate string from the first die through a second die, the intermediate string exiting the second die in a substantially non-twisted state. Related apparatuses and devices to form paper straps are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Halim Chtourou, Michelle Agnes Ricard, Natalie Pagé, Guy Njamen Tchapda, Michael Lee Reynolds, Lyman Arthur Biggar
  • Publication number: 20190249372
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a rail for a straddle-type rail transport system, where a straddle recess is constructed on the rail to form an escape passage. The rail for a straddle-type rail transport system according to these embodiments of the present disclosure has advantages such as facilitation of evacuation of passengers in an emergency, low costs, small occupied space, small weight bearing, and high stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Lin REN, Hao ZENG, Junjie LIU, Fanghong PENG
  • Publication number: 20190249373
    Abstract: A rail lifting head (10) comprises a head gate member (20) defining a gate aperture (22), a rail support member (24) removably secured to the gate member (20) and adapted to support a rail vertically within the gate aperture (22), and a head cartridge (100) which is removably secured to the head gate member (20). The head cartridge (100) includes two opposed vertical rollers (128) which support a rail laterally within the gate aperture and a fixing (112) which secures the head cartridge (100) to the head gate member (20). The rail support member (24) is removable from the head gate member (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: W & D MCCULLOCH LTD.
    Inventor: William Francis MCCULLOCH
  • Publication number: 20190249374
    Abstract: The invention relates to transport and logistics systems of large cities, and may be used in construction of cities with population of over five hundred thousand people. The technical result of the proposed solution is to optimize the urban transport and logistics system, eliminate traffic congestions and ensure rapid movement to any point in the city. The urban transport and logistics system includes the first ground level for road and rail freight transport, the second level of pipeline and technical communications, the third level of passenger transport, the fourth pedestrian level, each level being located one above the other, and they are connected with each other and with residential and non-residential buildings by vertical staircase-elevator modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Denis Valentinovich Tyaglin
  • Publication number: 20190249375
    Abstract: A field-assembly dowel basket for concrete construction configured for in-the-field assembly from a small number of component parts, including dowels, dowel sleeves that loosely house the dowels, “W” shaped frame wires that support the dowel sleeves, straight shipping wires that connect dowel basket sections together, and “T” connectors that join the frame sections to the shipping wires. Various embodiments of the field-assembly dowel basket may use different types of dowel sleeves, such as open-channel sleeves, closed-channel sleeves, and sealed-channel sleeves in which tape or another suitable cover is used to seal open-channel sleeves. The dowel sleeves may house different types of dowels, such as rectangular plate dowels and round rod dowels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen F. McDonald
  • Publication number: 20190249376
    Abstract: A deck module includes deck panels having a plate shape extending in a first direction and having deck grooves formed in both side surfaces thereof in the first direction, a bottom structure disposed on lower portions of the deck panels in a second direction crossing the first direction, and quick clip modules connected to a side surface of the bottom structure, wherein the quick clip modules comprise quick clip bases extending in the second direction, quick clip protrusions protruding from the quick clip bases in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction and having protrusion portions formed at ends of the quick clip protrusions to protrude in the second direction and correspond to the deck grooves, and quick clip supports protruding from the quick clip protrusions in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Kyeong Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20190249377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a belted compaction apparatus for compacting surfacing materials such as asphalt. In particular, a belted asphalt compactor conversion kit for converting a drum roller compactor into a belted asphalt compactor, the kit comprising a belted compaction apparatus securable to the frame of the compactor, the apparatus comprising a body; a pair of leading rollers at one end of the body and a pair of trailing rollers at the other end of the body; a plurality of intermediate rollers disposed between the leading and trailing rollers; a drive wheel; and a belt wound around the leading, trailing, and intermediate rollers, and the drive wheel, wherein the leading, trailing, and intermediate rollers exert a substantially downward pressure on the bottom nm of the belt to provide a uniform pressure applying surface over the area of the belt in contact with the asphalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Russ PERRY, A.O. Abd El HALIM, Stewart ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20190249378
    Abstract: An earth working machine (10), for example a road milling machine (10), recycler, stabilizer, or surface miner, having a propelling unit (22) and a machine frame (12) carried by the propelling unit (22), comprises a working apparatus (32) for earth working; an operator's platform (24), having an operating console (26) for controlling at least one functional device (32, 39) of the earth working machine (10), being provided on the machine frame (12). Provision is made according to the present invention that the earth working machine (10) comprises, in the region of the operator's platform (24), a seat mount arrangement (66) that is embodied to be brought into releasable mounting engagement with a counterpart mount arrangement (76) of an operating seat (62, 64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Cyrus Barimani, Stephan Drumm, Alexander Körtgen
  • Publication number: 20190249379
    Abstract: A construction module for a structure, comprising: a formwork member that includes a base, a pair of parallel side walls that extend upwardly from the base, and a pair of parallel end walls. The base, the side walls and the end walls define a cavity for reinforcement and concrete. A reinforcement member includes an upper portion and a lower portion. When the reinforcement member is located in the cavity and concrete fills the cavity, the lower portion of the reinforcement member and the concrete define an elongate beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Bruce Mullaney, James Richard Howell
  • Publication number: 20190249380
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elongate tensioning unit (100) comprising a casing (102) which encloses an interior space (104), and a plurality of tensioning elements (106) which extend in the longitudinal direction (A) of the tensioning unit (100) and are accommodated in the interior space (104) of the casing (102). According to the invention, the casing (102) comprises, at at least one circumferential position, a depression (108) which projects into the interior space (104) and in which at least one electric functional unit (112), for example at least one lighting unit, and at least one connection line (114a, 114b) for the at least one electric functional unit (112) are accommodated. Alternatively, the at least one electric functional unit can also be accommodated in an associated recess in a water-repelling element arranged on the outer surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: DYWIDAG-Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Brand, Thomas Kahl, Marcel Kasper
  • Publication number: 20190249381
    Abstract: A retaining member is described. The retaining member forms part of a stanchion of a barrier assembly. The retaining member includes an undulating open channel extending completely through the retaining member. The channel is adapted, in use, to retain a flexible elongate member (e.g., a rope or cord) and to restrain movement of the flexible elongate member relative to the retaining member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Peter James CRAWLEY, Benjamin James SULLY
  • Publication number: 20190249382
    Abstract: A stampede preventing method for a pedestrian passage in a confined space of a subway. Pedestrian flow sensors are arranged on a pedestrian passage, where the pedestrian flow sensors are connected to a control unit by means of data transmission lines, the control unit is connected to stampede preventing devices and top ends of the stampede preventing devices are connected to movable walls and handrails; the pedestrian flow sensors transmit a pedestrian number and crowdedness that are monitored in real time; the control unit analyzes signals of the pedestrian flow sensors according to a system program, and determines whether crescent buffer space areas need to be opened in the pedestrian passage; the control unit issues different expansion commands according to different degrees of crowdedness; and the stampede preventing devices control the movable walls and the handrails to start contracting to form the crescent buffer space areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicants: China University of Mining and Technology, JIANGSU XINCHUANG SAFETY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fubao ZHOU, Chun LIU, Zhongyi MAN
  • Publication number: 20190249383
    Abstract: An example high pressure ice-breaking machine with a double row of wheels comprises: a frame, a plurality of wheels, and a plurality of spring mechanisms. The plurality of wheels comprises: a front ice-breaking wheel group and a rear ice-breaking wheel group. The plurality of wheels include a total of two rows of wheels, which include a front ice-breaking wheel group and a rear ice-breaking wheel group. The plurality of wheels are positioned horizontally under the frame. The front ice-breaking wheel group and the rear ice-breaking wheel group include a same number of wheels. The two rows of wheels are staggered in double rows from front to back. A first ice-breaking wheel from the front ice-breaking wheel group and a second ice-breaking wheel from the rear ice-breaking wheel group form a staggered wheel pair, and the first ice-breaking wheel and the first ice-breaking wheel are hinged to a same spring mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Snow Lion
    Inventors: Xiaochen Zhang, Mingju Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190249384
    Abstract: An artificial reef structure including thin tensile members as part of the structure. These tensile members readily accumulate marine life to create a more organic structure. The reef structure can accommodate a wide variety of ocean sensing and communication systems. Embedded lighting and electronic elements can be used to attract and monitor marine life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: David Fries, Tim Hutcheson, David Millie, Connor Tate, Noam Josef
  • Publication number: 20190249385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an erosion control apparatus and methods of using and installing the apparatus. The apparatus is constructed to prevent erosion of soil during typical weather conditions and adverse weather events. The apparatus can include a plurality of anchored rolls and soil lifts operative to stabilize the shoreline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Seth Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20190249386
    Abstract: A system and method to provide water and sediment flow through a dam or rock jetty, including a plurality of flow pipes positioned through the dam or jetty to receive water carrying sediment and a principal flow pipe to receive flow from the plurality of flow pipes and to deposit water and sediment a predetermined distance to the rear of the dam or jetty. A continuous trough may be mounted on the jetty forward face to efficiently capture water and sediment at entrances of the plurality of flow pipes. A system and method is also provided to suppress wave action against a shoreline and to collect sediment to build up the shoreline, comprising shelves extending out from a front wall of each body section, below a plurality of flow pipes, the shelves for shearing a wave and dispersing and using wave energy to direct sediment through the flow pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Webster PIERCE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20190249387
    Abstract: A coupling device includes male and female couplings having first and second circumferential grooves on surfaces of the respective couplings that face each other when the couplings are fitted together. The coupling device further includes an engaging member. When the male coupling is pushed into the female coupling, the engaging member is retracted into the second groove, allowing the male coupling to be inserted into the female coupling, and when the couplings are fitted together, the engaging member is pushed into the first groove by coil springs so as to be fitted into both of the groove, thereby preventing separation of the male and female couplings in the axial direction. Countersunk head screws support respective divided pieces of the engaging member. Slotted head setscrews are screwed in at boundaries between the adjacent divided pieces to press the divided pieces against the bottom of the first groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HORIE, Yusuke OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190249388
    Abstract: An expandable stake assembly for securing a temporary structure to ground includes a stake that may be inserted into ground. An attachment is rotatably coupled to the stake and a securing line may be attached thereto for securing a structure to the ground. A sleeve is provided and the stake extends therethrough. The sleeve is expandable to extend outwardly from the stake when the stake is inserted into ground. Thus, the sleeve inhibits the stake from being removed from the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Jesus Hinojosa
  • Publication number: 20190249389
    Abstract: A driving cylinder of a pile driving rig includes a solenoid valve for controlling an operation of the driving cylinder, which solenoid valve, is a slide valve, which is located at least partly at a piston-side head of the driving cylinder, and a stem of the slide valve is at least partly outside an inner cylinder liner in a direction of motion of a piston part. Further disclosed is a pile driving rig comprising the driving cylinder according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Junttan Oy
    Inventor: Antti Halonen
  • Publication number: 20190249390
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a work machine includes a first control cylinder to move a boom and a second control cylinder to move a bucket. A body of the first control cylinder has a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. A first control valve is connected to the first fluid chamber via a first fluid path and connected to the second fluid chamber via a second fluid path to control the first hydraulic cylinder. A bucket positioning valve is connected to the second fluid path and a third fluid path to control a second hydraulic cylinder so as to rotate the bucket. A discharge fluid path is connected to the second fluid path between the bucket positioning valve and the first control valve. A discharge control valve is provided in the discharge fluid path to be opened and closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun TOMITA, Yuji FUKUDA, Yuya KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20190249391
    Abstract: A work machine includes: a satellite communication antenna for detecting a position of an upper swing structure; angle sensors detecting postures of two work devices; position computing devices that calculate postures/positions of the two work devices on the basis of outputs from the satellite communication antenna and the angle sensors; a display device on which the position of at least one work device of the two work devices and a position of a target surface are displayed; a display selection switch that outputs a first input signal for displaying a work device selected by an operator from between the two work devices on the display device; and a display changeover section that displays the work device corresponding to the first input signal input from the display selection switch out of the two work devices and the position of the target work object of the work device on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jun KIKUCHI, Seiji ISHIDA, Manabu EDAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190249392
    Abstract: A dirt removal and piling machine is ideally suited for use in cleaning and piling individualized and non-uniformly shaped workpieces, preferably sugar beets but also potatoes, other tuber crops, and even with aggregate rocks for a tilting receiving station. A further aspect of the present machine includes a workpiece unloading or receiving station which can tip sideways after a dump truck unloads the workpieces and longitudinally drives therethrough. In another aspect, the machine also includes a cleaning station having rotatable rollers, an underlying dirt conveyor and a moveable dirt dumping conveyor, hopper or bucket adjacent an end of the dirt conveyor and external to the rollers. Furthermore, another aspect of the machine includes an automatic and/or robotic sampling arm which is operable to remove a tuber crop workpiece sample and automatically package the sample after the sample has moved through a cleaning station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Jonathon J. Zuzga
  • Publication number: 20190249393
    Abstract: A subsoil tool for ameliorating soil compaction having a shank attached to a toolbar of a tractor, wings on forward wing links pivotally engaged to the shank, and following wings on a wing rod pivotally engaged with the forward wing link. The forward wing links are positioned near the bottom of the shank in front of the rear of the shank. The wing rod is positioned behind the shank. A power link is engaged to the toolbar, a hydraulic drive cylinder, and the wing rod for enabling oscillation of the wing rod relative to the shank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Randal Tomich
  • Publication number: 20190249394
    Abstract: A demolition robot control device is provided including processing circuitry configured to receive control data indicative of a selected transportation mode of a plurality of transportation modes and cause an adjustment of a demolition robot configuration based on the control data. The plurality of transportation modes includes a work mode, a transport mode, and an inclined surface mode. A demolition robot control system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Rajinder Mehra, Tommy Olsson
  • Publication number: 20190249395
    Abstract: A work machine having a cab coupled to a frame, a steering system coupled to the frame, a controller configured to selectively articulate the steering system, a joystick assembly positioned in the cab and in communication with the controller, a steering wheel assembly positioned in the cab and configured to selectively articulate the steering system, and a steering wheel sensor coupled to the steering wheel assembly and in communication with the controller to identify movement of the steering wheel assembly. Wherein, the controller does not articulate the steering system responsive to movement of the joystick assembly when the steering wheel sensor identifies movement of the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: David J. Myers, Brian K. Kellogg, Aaron R. Kenkel, Adam J. Sobkowiak, Michael McCabe, Bryan J. Huttenlocher, Jason L. Mueller