Patents Issued in September 10, 2019
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Patent number: 10407222Abstract: A closure is provided for a container having a body defining an opening and a chime around the opening extending radially outward from the container body. The closure includes a top panel having a periphery and a continuous circumferential skirt extending from the periphery and configured to define a gap between the skirt and the chime. The closure further includes a pair of latch elements defined in diametrically opposite portions of the skirt, each latch element including a lug projecting radially inward from the skirt to engage the under surface of the chime. The skirt is continuous across the pair of latch elements and is flexible so that pulling one of the portions of the skirt away from the container disengages the lug from the under surface of the chime and generate a hoop tension that reduces the gap at portions of the skirt adjacent the other latch element.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: David O. Allen
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Patent number: 10407223Abstract: An improved device for enabling a non-sterile container of liquid, such as, for example, a bottle to be introduced into a sterile environment. In one embodiment, the device seals the non-sterile container within a drape so that the non-sterile container can be introduced into the sterile environment. The device may include a drape having an interior cavity for receiving the non-sterile container and a cap coupled to the enclosure for coupling to the non-sterile container so that the liquid product may flow through the sterile cap.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: REPLIGEN CORPORATIONInventors: William Woods, Michelle Fleming
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Patent number: 10407224Abstract: A container closure device includes a closure unit (10) with a closure part (40) for opening and re-closing a container opening (23) and an operating device (50) with an operating part (60) for actuating the closure part, wherein the operating part is rotatably disposed on the closure part and can be rotated from a locked position into an unlocked position. One such operating part has a first and a second locking portion (61, 62), which are configured in such a way that, in the locked position, the two locking portions extend beyond the container opening up to an opening limiting region (24) delimiting the container opening, and that, in the unlocked position, at least one of the two locking portions does not extend beyond the container opening up to the opening limiting region delimiting the container opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: can2close GmbHInventor: Andreas Kleiner
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Patent number: 10407225Abstract: A closure includes a top wall portion, an annular skirt portion, a continuous plug seal, a top sealing member and a top stop. The skirt portion, the plug seal and the top stop depend from the top wall portion. The top sealing member is located between the plug seal and the skirt portion. The top stop is located between the plug seal and the skirt portion. The sealing member extends to and contacts a top surface, a top portion of the inner radius/corner or the outer radius/corner of the finish of the container when the closure and the container are in mating engagement with each other at an atmospheric internal pressure. At higher internal pressures, the top sealing member and the top stop are spaced from and located above the top surface of the finish.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Closure Systems International Inc.Inventors: Tyler J. Schlusemann, Navaneeth Bashyam
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Patent number: 10407226Abstract: A high strength multiple-use cable tie (1), formed in a ladder-shaped construction comprising two substantially linear side rails (2) of generally uniform cross-section. These rails are interconnected by a plurality of closely spaced curved or chevron rungs (3) which define between them similarly shaped apertures (4). The free end (51) of the strip can readily pass through an aperture in a forward direction and form a closed loop, but when pulled in the reverse direction, the rungs engage to form a co-operative latch and thereby prevent withdrawal.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: RAPSTRAP LIMITEDInventor: Andrew John Harsley
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Patent number: 10407227Abstract: A carrier includes first and second opposed side walls (16, 20), a bottom wall (12, 24) and a top wall (18). The carrier has an article retention device (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6) for retaining a portion of an article (C) within the carrier. The article retention device is formed in part from the bottom wall and in part from the first side wall. The article retention device includes an anchor tab (52) for engaging with an article and at least one protection flap (56, 58) for protecting the article. The anchor tab and the protection flap define an opening in the carrier through which a portion of the article protrudes.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLCInventor: Tamio Ikeda
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Patent number: 10407228Abstract: A fabric folding article includes guide sections, cover section, and fold sections, cooperating to fold, place, and secure a fabric article inside the apparatus. The guide sections comprise three sections and folding sections comprise four sections cooperating to fold and place the article within the apparatus. The cover sections operate to secure the fabric article within the apparatus. The entire apparatus is made from a single material. Alternatively, the guide sections and the cover sections are made from a first flexible material and the fold sections are made from a second flexible material.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: Ori Yehuda
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Patent number: 10407229Abstract: A package (10) containing a food product (12) is provided where the package is configured to facilitate opening by using the food product to initiate opening of the package. The package includes an outer wrapper (14) with a line of weakness (34) that is generally aligned with or above an upper profile of the food product such that when the wrapper is pulled against the food product one or more stress concentrations is created along the line of weakness. The stress concentrations facilitate initiation of tearing or rupturing along the line of weakness (34) such that a portion of the package can be completely or at least partially removed to expose at least a portion of the food product (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLCInventors: Isabel Hall, Justin Burns, Mark Kansburg, Robert Sosnowski
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Patent number: 10407230Abstract: Improved packages and methods for constructing packages are provided that reduce or prevent leakage into or out of the package. In particular, the package includes a base member and a lidding member with a reinforced perimeter portion that blocks channels that may form at the interface between the base member and the lidding member from extending to the edge of the base member, such that, e.g., liquids have no path to the package exterior. The perimeter portion may be a thicker region of a first film of the lidding member (e.g., a polyethylene emulsion), or the perimeter portion may be formed using permanent adhesive. Frangible layers and/or cut lines may be defined in the material of the base member or the lidding member to allow a controlled break to occur when the lidding member is peeled away from the base member to provide access to the package contents.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Scott William Huffer, Sharayla Ann Cleare
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Patent number: 10407231Abstract: In a synthetic resin blow molded bottle, reduced pressure absorbing panel portions and column portions are formed alternately in the circumferential direction. Each column portion has a diameter that gradually increases downward and that remains substantially constant vertically. Each reduced pressure absorbing panel portion includes a pair of panel side edge portions, which is bent to the inner side from the adjacent column portions, a panel surface portion, which connects the pair of panel side edge portions, and a panel lower edge portion, which is bent to the outer side from a lower end edge of the panel surface portion. The panel surface portion of each reduced pressure absorbing panel portion includes a panel upper-side surface portion, whose diameter gradually increases downward, and a panel lower-side surface portion, which connects the panel upper-side surface portion and the panel lower edge portion and which has a substantially constant diameter vertically.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi Sugizaki, Akihito Wakai
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Patent number: 10407232Abstract: Provided is a double-walled container (1), which includes an outer layer body (2) and an inner layer body (3). A single adhesive strip (4) is disposed between the outer layer body (2) and the inner layer body (3) in a manner such that the adhesive strip (4) extends along a center axis (C). The outer layer body (2) is provided with a single ambient air introduction hole (2d). The outer layer body (2) includes an inner surface, which is configured by a separation surface (2f) and a pseudo-adhesive surface (2g). The separation surface (2f) faces the ambient air introduction hole (2d) and is separated from an outer surface of the inner layer body (3), and the pseudo-adhesive surface (2g) faces the separation surface (2f) and is separably adhered to the outer surface of the inner layer body (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Shintaro Kutsuzawa
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Patent number: 10407233Abstract: A method of loading a flexible enclosure, and the flexible enclosure. The enclosure has a floor, a sealable port, and a top enclosure. The top enclosure has an opening that is sealingly closable with an airtight closure. The method includes the steps of selecting a parking location for the enclosure, and positioning the enclosure over the parking location. Equipment, such as a vehicle is loaded in the enclosure. The enclosure is sealed, and the internal atmosphere of the enclosure is modified, such as lowering the oxygen content of the interior atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Plank Road Technologies, LLCInventors: Troy Town, Derrel Thomas, Jeffrey Garfinkle
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Patent number: 10407234Abstract: The present invention is a two-component fluid dispensing system. In particular, the present invention relates to a two-component fluid dispensing system that uses a dual rotor pump for precision ratio metering and precision fluid flow shut off of a mixed fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH, Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Karl Eric Gabrielson, Steven J. Hemsen, Florian Garnich
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Patent number: 10407235Abstract: A candy dispenser include a dispenser housing having a dispenser housing opening, a candy reservoir within the dispenser housing having a candy reservoir chute aligned with the dispenser housing opening, and a dispenser shield disposed within the dispenser housing and movable so that a dispenser shield opening can align with the dispenser housing opening and the candy reservoir chute at a dispensing position to dispense a candy piece. An indeterminate outcome actuation mechanism with an actuation mechanism input device causes the dispenser shield to move between the dispensing position and at least one non-dispensing position when the actuation mechanism input device is displaced such that the dispenser shield may be disposed in any one of the dispensing position and the non-dispensing positions when the actuation mechanism input device is displaced so that a candy piece may or may not be dispensed each time.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: My Favorite Company, Inc.Inventors: Neil Wright, Mark Eisenberg
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Patent number: 10407236Abstract: A container (10) for consumer goods, the container comprising: an outer housing comprising a box portion (12), a lid portion (14) moveable between a closed position and an open position, and a hinged connector (16) connecting the box portion (12) and the lid portion (14); a plurality of consumer goods (20) received within the box portion (12); and an inner frame (18) slidably received within the outer housing and positioned between the plurality of consumer goods (20) and the box portion (12). The inner frame (18) is slidable between a lowered position and a raised position and comprises an inner frame front wall (36), an inner frame back wall (38), opposed inner frame side walls and a lifting element (48), depending from the bottom edge of a wall of the inner frame (18) and extending into the opening at the bottom end of the inner frame. At least part of the lifting element (18) is positioned between a box portion bottom wall and the consumer goods.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Fiorenzo Draghetti, Lucas Chatelain
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Patent number: 10407237Abstract: Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: AgroFresh Inc.Inventors: Aishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. McGee, Bruce A. Menning
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Patent number: 10407238Abstract: A package for ice cream, and a process of packaging the food product are disclosed. Particularly, a first structural layer has a cavity and a flexible second layer is inserted therein. A food product such as ice cream is then introduced into the flexible second layer, and in one modification the food product may be covered with a flexible third layer, before freezing the food product. The freezing process fractures the first structural layer while the second and third layers are preferably sealed about a perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: CREATIVE EDGE DESIGN GROUP LTD.Inventors: Daniel P. Soehnlen, Gregory M. Soehnlen, William Soehnlen
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Patent number: 10407239Abstract: A fixing clamp (2) for discharge outlet of intermediate bulk containers is disclosed. The discharge outlet (1) comprises a flange edge (3), a discharge connecting port (5) and a discharge outlet clamping part (4). The discharge outlet clamping part (4) is a polygonal structure. The fixing clamp (2) comprises a fixing clamp body, a clamping portion (8), elastic guiding ribs (7) and anti-release portion (9). A passage for accommodating the discharge outlet clamping part (4) is formed in the middle part of the fixing clamp body. The clamping portion (8) is used for clamping the side surface of the discharge outlet clamping part (4) when the fixing clamp (2) and the discharge outlet (1) have been assembled. The elastic guiding ribs (7) will be squeezed by the side surface of the discharge outlet clamping part (4) to deform When the leading-in surfaces of the elastic guiding ribs (7) contact with the side surface of the discharge outlet clamping part (4).Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: HONGYAN RETURNABLE TRANSIT PACKAGINGS CO., LTDInventor: Zhengwei Fang
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Patent number: 10407240Abstract: Disclosed is a universal trash can spacer, a rigid spacer of particular shape designed to rest on the floor between a flip-top trash can and the wall of a building, in order to keep the can away from the wall and prevent the open lid of the can from hitting the wall and causing damage to the wall or can lid. Since flip-top trash cans come in many sizes and shapes (square, rectangular round, oval, etc.), the spacer device may be able to accommodate any and all such cans.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: Steven R. Howell
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Patent number: 10407241Abstract: The roll-off dumpster includes a hinged door at a front end of the roll-off dumpster. The hinged door is able to open and close off a front opening of the roll-off dumpster. The hinged door includes a sliding closure that is able to operate independently of the hinged door. Moreover, the sliding closure includes a winch that raises a sliding door vertically. The sliding door is able to move up and down with respect to a pair of rails integrated into the construction of the hinged door. The sliding door is raised vertically to expose a front closure opening that is configured to interface with an outlet of a stationary compactor.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: David Hipp
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Patent number: 10407242Abstract: An intermediate container is provided for receiving refuse from a primary refuse container that is configured to be carried by a top-loading refuse collection vehicle lifter. The intermediate container comprises a front wall, a rear wall, opposed sidewalls, and a bottom wall defining a total refuse collection volume. An extension assembly that is configured for mounting a primary refuse collection container lifter thereon is located substantially beneath the total refuse collection volume intermediate the front wall and the rear wall, with a portion of the extension assembly being movable between a first, retracted position for storage and for dumping a primary refuse collection container and a second, extended position for engaging and releasing the primary refuse collection container at a location laterally spaced from the intermediate container refuse collection vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Perkins Manufacturing Co.Inventor: James Rimsa
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Patent number: 10407243Abstract: A support apparatus or sled for receiving an operations device operated in connection with an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) is presented herein. The apparatus includes a body with two parallel receiving channels for receiving forks or prongs of an ASRS lift module. The apparatus further includes a receiving area defined on a top surface of the body that is structured to receive and at least partially support a robotic operations device therein. The operations device of at least one embodiment may be configured to perform one or more various tasks or functions in connection with the ASRS. One or more ports or connections may be included as part of the support apparatus in order to directly or indirectly connect the operations device to a main controller, computer, or to provide power to the operations device.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: Andrew Prout
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Patent number: 10407244Abstract: A mountable construction in the form of a deflection device for a belt for continuously conveying material includes a first support frame arranged in a first direction and a second support frame arranged in a second direction, the support frames being coupleable with each other. First and second belt deflectors are arranged in connection to the support frames, wherein the first belt deflector is arranged substantially vertical and the second belt deflector is arranged substantially horizontal. A connection module couples the second support frame with the first support frame, the connection module being arranged such that the second support frame is coupleable to the first support frame at a variable or different horizontal angle. A method for deflecting a belt is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventor: Gerald Kribitz
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Patent number: 10407245Abstract: A continuous product-processing apparatus having a conveyor capable of repositioning product and cleaning itself of debris and a method for its operation. The apparatus includes a conveyor that transports products atop a conveyor belt along a carryway to a processing chamber. Upper and lower diverting rollers guide the belt along an S-shaped product-repositioning path segment of the carryway. The diverting rollers are rotated at a speed normally greater than the speed of the conveyor belt to cause the belt to slip on the roller's periphery, which effects a scraping action against the conveying side of the belt to dislodge debris from the belt and the rollers. One-way ratcheting drives or belt restricters positioned on the product-positioning path segment to limit belt excursion are used to prevent the belt from building up along the carryway and tightening in the lower return.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.Inventor: Christopher G. Greve
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Patent number: 10407246Abstract: In order to specify a transport apparatus in the form of a long stator linear motor, by which the negative effects of a non-uniform magnetic flux in the joint region between two adjacent transport segments can be at least alleviated, according to embodiments, the spacing between the coil center of an end coil of a transport segment and the relevant end of the transport segment is smaller than half the tooth pitch of the two adjacent end coils of the transport segments, the tooth pitch of the two adjacent end coils corresponding to the tooth pitch of the drive coils of at least one of the transport segments.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Michael Reinthaler
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Patent number: 10407247Abstract: A vibratory conveyor with a base frame, a vibrating frame mounted on the base frame and is vibrated relative to the base frame by a vibratory drive, and a conveyor trough made of a continuous flexible mat. The flexible mat is alternately connected to the base frame and the vibrating frame at connection points which are mutually spaced when seen in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor trough. A respective mat portion lies between each pair of connection points adjoining each other in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor trough. The vibrating frame can be vibrated relative to the base frame by means of the vibratory drive, and mat portions adjoining one another in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor trough are thus alternately stretched and slackened in a push-pull mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SPALECK GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Jörg Halladin, Frederik Stening, Christian Lake, Stefan Tetiet
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Patent number: 10407248Abstract: A hydraulic actuator is provided within a belt-type agricultural conveyor for controlling the position of the tension roller of the conveyor belt, together with a hydraulic controller which supplies a controlled pressure of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator. In this manner, a consistent tension can be applied to the endless conveyor belt in an automated manner through a large range of movement so that the maintenance step of periodically removing a section of the belt as the belt stretches can be minimized in frequency. Furthermore, the endless belt is always operated at an optimum tension for extending the life of the belt. The hydraulic actuator also enables the tension to be removed from the belt in a simple manner by displacing a switch to remove tension from the belt whenever the conveyor is not in use for yet further extending the life of the conveyor belt.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventors: Jeromy Don Rempel, Randy Dale Martens, John D. Driedger
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Patent number: 10407249Abstract: An infeed apparatus includes an item manipulator that orients items such as cases in a desired orientation as determined by a build menu, and a row build apparatus that is synchronized with the manipulator to space items pursuant to the build menu. The manipulator uses a pusher to push items across a friction belt to thereby orient the items, and includes sensors for determining when an item is in an incorrect orientation. The row build receives items from the pusher and is selectively advanced to locate items in a desired relative orientation so that rows of items are built correctly.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Top Tier, LLCInventors: Cary Michael Pierson, Stephen L. Heston
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Patent number: 10407250Abstract: An imaging unit has its imaging field of view containing the conveyor, and images a subject in the imaging field. The imaging unit generates a luminance image representing the subject and a range image including height information indicating a height of at least one point on the subject from the conveyor by imaging the subject. A measurement unit measures a position of each workpiece in the luminance image. An obtaining unit obtains an overlap order of the workpieces based on the height information in the range image corresponding to the position of each workpiece in the luminance image. A determination unit determines the workpiece pickup order to allow a workpiece having a highest place in the overlap order to be picked up with a higher priority than other workpieces.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yosuke Iwai, Toyoo Iida, Junji Shimamura
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Patent number: 10407251Abstract: A workpiece handling apparatus is configured to supply and discharge a workpiece to and from a first conveyor configured to convey the workpiece. The workpiece handling apparatus includes a storage, a conveyance device, and a workpiece transfer robot. In the storage, a case for the workpiece is storable. The conveyance device is configured to convey the case between the storage and a predetermined work position. The workpiece transfer robot is configured to transfer the workpiece between the case conveyed to the work position and the first conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Haruhiko Koike, Kanji Watanabe
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Patent number: 10407252Abstract: A conveyor assembly includes a trolley, a skid, a stationary cam member and a cam follower. The skid is positioned on the trolley. The stationary cam member is downstream of the trolley. The cam follower is fixed to the trolley for pivotal movement with respect thereto. The cam follower moves in response to contact with the stationary cam. With the trolley in a first location the cam follower moves to a release orientation. With the trolley moved to a second location the cam follower moves to a stop orientation. In the stop orientation a surface of the cam follower contacts the skit restricting movement thereof. In the release orientation the cam follower is moved away from the skid such that the skid is movable in the second direction past the cam follower.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventors: Victor Ramses Villanueva Vargas, Marco Antonio Cienfuegos Guzman, Victor Miguel Zuñiga Mendoza
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Patent number: 10407253Abstract: An automated method and system for distributing prescription vials from upstream locations of a pharmacy to various downstream destinations using a stacked configuration of outbound lanes so that vials will enter the first outbound lane that is not blocked. The distribution table of the present invention has a lower portion having outbound lanes and an upper portion having outbound lanes and where the table is adapted to move vials in a loop pattern around the lower and upper portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Humana Inc.Inventor: Michael Mahar
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Patent number: 10407254Abstract: A pelletized feed distributor includes a hopper having an auger positioned at the bottom thereof for moving feed in the hopper toward a discharge opening. A discharge door selectively closes the discharge opening. A door linkage connected between the auger and the discharge door cyclically opens and closes the door.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Harper Industries, Inc.Inventors: Mark Kiner, Ross Milton Bender, Mark R. Pulliam
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Patent number: 10407255Abstract: A device for transporting stationary objects, such as containers, bottles, multipacks, packaged items, which comprises at least one transporting device having a first conveying speed and defines a transport plane for the standing transport of the objects, at least one web arranged parallel to the transporting device, the upper side of the web defines a support plane and the web has a length which is at least equal to double the diameter of the deck surface of the objects to be transported, and at least a lifting device, by which the relative tilting of the support plane of the web relative to the transport plane of the at least one transporting device can be changed, the lifting device allows a step-free tilting of the web and/or transporting device, so that the horizontal position of an intersection line between the support plane and the transport plane is continuously adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Heuft Systemtechnik GmbHInventor: Bernhard Heuft
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Patent number: 10407256Abstract: An air system for supplying product to the product tank of an agricultural implement has an air supply and at least one elongated conduit for delivering air entrained product to the tank. There is at least one outlet in the tank formed as a hollow elbow having a generally downwardly directed outlet, a generally upwardly directed outlet and a transverse inlet coupled to the conduit. The elbow includes an upper generally cylindrical region comprising a cyclone chamber for swirling the incoming air entrained product directing at least a portion of the air flow upwardly toward the upwardly directed outlet while allowing the product to fall in a generally helical pattern through a generally frusto-conical region, whereby material migrates downwardly and air upwardly releasing the material to fall in a gentle spiral and air to exit from the upper region of the tank.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.Inventors: Martin J. Roberge, Graham Douglas Stuart
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Patent number: 10407257Abstract: An apparatus for sorting objects conveyed by a conveyor line comprises a conveyor line (2) at which the objects (3) are sorted, a plurality of gripping means (4) of the objects (3) that operate at the portion of the conveyor line (2). The gripping means (4), on command and selectively, pick up the objects present on the portion of the conveyor line (2) and transfer them onto supports (5) disposed in temporary staying areas, selected for forming stacks of objects (3) homogeneous with each other. Lifting and conveyor means (6) are provided for lifting, on command, single objects or stacks of objects (3) which are resting on supports (5) in selected temporary staying areas and for conveying them onto an evacuation line.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SYSTEM S.P.A.Inventor: Andrea Toro
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Patent number: 10407258Abstract: A stockyard joint reclaiming system includes an outer output conveyor, a scraper reclaimer provided with a scraper mechanism, an inner feeder, and an inner output conveyor arranged below a stockpile. The scraper mechanism includes a chain and a scraper installed on a chain. The chain moves forwards or backwards under the action of a driving device to drive the scraper to push materials to a corresponding discharging port. The scraper mechanism drives the scraper through forward or reverse operation of the chain for pushing the materials to the output conveyor and a reclaiming line can be selected. A reclaiming mode is flexible and more output lines are available. When the material level is lower than a horizontal position, the scraper is driven to move through a reverse operation of the chain to push the materials to an upper part of the inner feeder for realizing reclaiming, thereby reducing unnecessary energy consumption and effectively guaranteeing the reclaiming capability of the scraper reclaimer.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: CISDI ENGINEERING CO., LTDInventors: Yu Ai, Shanglun Chen
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Patent number: 10407259Abstract: A system to deliver a cargo using a railway, such as a subway or a national railway, rather than ground transportation. A cargo loading/unloading unit is provided on a platform of a railway station. The cargo loading/unloading unit is configured to load and unload cargoes is provided inside a railway vehicle, such that a large quantity of cargo can be quickly loaded and unloaded while the railway vehicle is stopped at the station. The cargo delivery capacity can also be adjusted, thereby enabling a large quantity of the cargo to be delivered more quickly and conveniently.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventors: Kyung Ho Choung, Kyung Hee Lee
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Patent number: 10407260Abstract: A cut-out is provided in a lower guide so as to permit a return claw to move between a retracted position and a protruded position. Furthermore, an upper surface of the return claw positioned in the protruded position functions as a guide portion that guides an underside of a sheet that has been manually fed.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Murakami, Daisuke Aoki, Yu Shuhama
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Patent number: 10407261Abstract: In a paper feeding apparatus, paper feed rolls in paper feed roll rows for feeding the lowermost one of cardboard sheets placed in a stacked manner on a paper feeding table intermittently one by one toward the printing device are coupled via shafts to separate servomotors. The servomotors are controlled so to be accelerated synchronously and rapidly from a stopped state to a high rotational speed during one cycle of feeding through contact with the lowermost cardboard sheet, while controlled so to be decelerated from the high rotational speed to be stopped rapidly and respectively when determined not to be in contact with the lowermost cardboard sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: Masahiro Tsukasaki
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Patent number: 10407262Abstract: A positional adjustment apparatus for an attractor includes a positioning plate disposable at least adjacent to a surface of a mold, at least one drive operatively connected to the positioning plate to move the positioning plate and alter at least one of a first height, a first angle of tilt, a first lateral position, and a rotational position of the positioning plate with respect to the surface of the mold, at least one positioner disposed in an opening through the positing plate, the positioner hanging from and being moveable independently of the positioning plate, at least one attractor connected to the at least one positioner, and a joint disposed between the positioner and the positioning plate, the joint permitting the at least one positioner to change at least one of a second height, a second angle of tilt, and a second lateral position with respect to the positioning plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SHORT BROTHERS PLCInventors: Andrew Jess, Paul Frazer, Lynsey Rebbeck Nee Bowman
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Patent number: 10407263Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus capable of conveying a sheet as a conveyance target in a conveyance path includes a detector that detects capacitance in a predetermined detection region in the conveyance path; and a basis weight identifier that identifies a basis weight of the sheet as the conveyance target on the basis of first capacitance detected by the detector while the sheet as the conveyance target does not pass through the detection region and second capacitance detected by the detector while the sheet as the conveyance target passes through the detection region.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Shun Sugai, Kazuhiko Kowase, Hideaki Komiyama, Mikiyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 10407264Abstract: A medium transporting device including: a main body; an opening/closing body; and a holding unit, in which the holding unit includes a rotation member that has a supporting portion which can be displaced between raised up and dropped down by rotation thereof and supports the opening/closing body and applies a force to the opening/closing body in an opening direction by the supporting portion engaging with the opening/closing body, and a pressing unit that presses the rotation member in the raised direction, and in which the holding unit further includes a configuration in which a force which is applied to the opening/closing body in the opening direction due to a pressing force to the rotation member generated by the pressing unit and a force that the opening/closing body tries to close are balanced with each other according to a predetermined rotation angle of the rotation member.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Soichiro Kii
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Patent number: 10407265Abstract: A reusable, one-piece, rubberized tape protector cover for a roll of tape that fits snugly onto the roll to protect its edges from coming into contact with dirt or moisture that might be on the floor. The device has a spindle of varying widths to accommodate different thicknesses of tape and two parallel side walls that extend outward from the spindle in wheel-like fashion. The device is installed on a roll of tape by compressing one of the two side walls and then pushing the compressed side wall through the hollow center of the roll of tape before releasing it. When released, the side wall resumes its former shape. In this installed position, the spindle is located within the hollow part of the roll of tape and the two parallel side walls extend on either side of the roll of tape and hug the side edges of the tape.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: Max Liles
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Patent number: 10407266Abstract: A transport apparatus includes a driving roller that transports a medium in a transport direction, a driven roller that presses the medium against the driving roller when the medium is transported, a changer that changes a pressing force by which the driven roller presses the medium against the driving roller, and a feeder configured to feed the medium toward the driving roller and pull back the medium in a direction opposite to the transport direction. Before the driving roller transports the medium, the feeder pulls back the medium after the changer has changed the pressing force to a value that is smaller than the value of the pressing force set for transport of the medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshitsugu Tokai, Toru Hayashi, Ryoichi Onishi
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Patent number: 10407267Abstract: A textile feed for a stepped operation digital textile printer, comprises a textile feeding mechanism, and a tension storage mechanism. The textile feeding mechanism feeds the textile in a forward direction onto the printer, but is at the same time mechanically connected to a tension storage mechanism which is tensioned by the forward feeding. At the end of the feed step, the tension storage mechanism releases respectively stored tension to cause the feed mechanism to briefly reverse feed, thereby to pull the textile taut and take up any slack caused by the feeding step. The textile is thus kept taut, to allow effective digital printing by the printer.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Kornit Digital Technologies Ltd.Inventor: Ohad Snir
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Patent number: 10407268Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet post-processing apparatus which facilitates eliminating of a jammed sheet occurring in the path when sheets discharged from an image forming apparatus are stored as being sorted into two directions. The present invention comprises a sheet post-processing apparatus including a first conveying path through which a sheet introduced from a first introducing port is conveyed, a second conveying path through which a sheet introduced from a second introducing port is conveyed, and a stack portion which stacks sheets conveyed through the second conveying path and which is configured to have at least a part of the stack portion be swingable about an axis intersecting with a sheet conveyance direction of a sheet conveyed to the second conveying path between a stack position where sheets are stacked and an open position where the first introducing port of the first conveying path is opened.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.Inventors: Yuki Nishi, Tatsuya Shimizu
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Patent number: 10407269Abstract: A tape application and removal device for edge painting includes a frame, a pair of spools, and a roll of tape. Each spool is rotatably coupled to the frame proximate to a respective top corner of the frame. The roll of tape is positioned on one spool with the tape coupled to the other spool so that a section of the tape extends between the spools. The frame is configured to position the spools proximate to an intersection of a first surface and a second surface and to motivate the spools along the intersection so that the tape is applied to the first surface by the one spool and removed by the other spool as the spools are rotated along the first surface. The section of the tape is configured to protect the first surface from paint that is applied to the second surface between the spools.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: Laura Tommaso
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Patent number: 10407270Abstract: A press structure for a press type stationery, having mounting board (1), a button (400) and a resilient piece. The mounting board has a recess (11). A position limiting block (12) is provided at the front surface of the mounting board in this recess. A closed loop sliding track is formed between outer walls of the position limiting block and inner walls of the recess. The resilient piece has a spring (2) and a resilient rod (3). The position limiting block has a first inclined surface (122) and a second inclined surface (123). End portions of the first and second inclined surfaces are at one side of the resilient rod; upper ends of the first and second inclined surfaces are at another opposite side of the resilient rod. A contact part (4) positioned within the sliding track is provided at an upper end portion of the resilient rod.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventor: Hang Wu
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Patent number: 10407271Abstract: In some examples, a controller receives an indication from the printing system to initiate a calibration. In response to the indication, the controller activates a sensor assembly as part of a calibration operation that comprises emitting a signal toward a calibration surface of the media output accumulator, and detecting a reflected signal responsive to the emitted signal. The controller calibrates the sensor assembly based on the reflected signal, the sensor assembly to detect a level of media sheets, ejected by the printing system, into the media output accumulator.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Elliott Downing