Patents Issued in September 12, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190275540
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes a mobile dispensing device, a fluid transport device, and a fluid supply module. The mobile dispensing device includes a dispensing mechanism carried by a first frame including a first track portion. The fluid transport device includes a second frame supported by at least one wheel for rolling movement of the second frame on the substrate, with the second frame including a second track portion. The fluid supply module includes a base member and at least one reservoir carried by the base member and connectable with the dispensing mechanism for dispensing a fluid stored in the at least one reservoir. The base member includes a third track portion selectively engageable with either one of the first and second track portions for releasable assembly of the fluid supply module with the corresponding one of the mobile dispensing device and the fluid transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Kevin MILO, Mark E. CENTEA, Glenn Johnson, Ge Wang
  • Publication number: 20190275541
    Abstract: Dispenser with a reservoir for storing liquid, and a discharge opening through which the liquid can be dispensed. The dispenser includes a metering device for discharging a defined liquid quantity upon actuation of the dispenser. The metering device at the entry side is connected to the reservoir and at the exit side is connected to the discharge opening. The metering device includes a pre-metering chamber which via an infeed duct is connected to the reservoir, and a main metering chamber which via an intermediate duct is connected to the pre-metering chamber, and via a discharge duct is connected to the discharge opening. The pre-metering chamber and the main metering chamber each have one repositionable wall, the respective chamber volume being variable by repositioning the wall. The walls are operatively coupled such that a volumetric enlargement of the pre-metering chamber causes a volumetric reduction of the main metering chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Felix SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20190275542
    Abstract: To improve the measurement accuracy of the state of the jet. The nozzle inspection apparatus includes a pump, a nozzle, a body having a cylinder, a pressure receiving plate receiving the jet generated by the nozzle, a piston load meter fixed to the pressure receiving plate and including a stem reciprocating in the cylinder, and a load meter measuring the load on the pressure receiving plate, and a moving mechanism moving the nozzle and the pressure receiving plate relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE, Tomio SAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190275543
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system includes a status indicator and control system comprising a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a first status of operations of a spray application system. The processor is further configured to provide to an operator of a spray gun, via a display system, a visualization representative of the first status of operations, and techniques to control the fluid delivery system, wherein the spray application system is configured to deliver at least one fluid to the spray gun during operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Phillip Angelo Bolea, Eric Julius Donaldson
  • Publication number: 20190275544
    Abstract: A paint sprayer including a base and a plurality of components mounted on the base, including a gun mounted on the base, a head mounted on the gun and a nozzle mounted on the head, wherein the paint sprayer further includes at least one sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Thibault COGNON, Sébastien SALZE
  • Publication number: 20190275545
    Abstract: An actuator includes a diaphragm, a lower electrode on the diaphragm, an electromechanical transducer film on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode on the electromechanical transducer film. The diaphragm includes a first silicon oxide film having a thickness of 0.5 ?m or more, a silicon layer on the first silicon oxide film, a thickness of which is 3 ?m or more, and a second silicon oxide film on the silicon layer, a thickness of which is 0.5 ?m or more. A volume resistivity of the silicon layer is 103 ?·cm or more and 106 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Satoshi MIZUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20190275546
    Abstract: A chamber for fluid application to a piece of material (M), such as a web or strip arranged to nm in the chamber (10), has a fluid applicator (2) for fluid application to the material. It further includes an inlet (11a) through which the material is fed into the chamber (10), an outlet (11b) through which the material exits the chamber (10), an outlet passage device (15) arranged at the outlet (11b) and configured to form an outlet fluid sealing of the chamber, and an inlet passage device (16) arranged at the inlet (11a) and configured to form an inlet fluid sealing of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Patrik MÅNSSON
  • Publication number: 20190275547
    Abstract: Apparatus for applying masses onto foods and a process for producing coated foods that can be carried out thereby. A mass is applied onto foods using a flow channel at the inlet end of which a supply conduit for the mass is arranged, the mouth of which is fixed in a region which extends from a distance in front of the inlet end up to within the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Bernhard Hukelmann
  • Publication number: 20190275548
    Abstract: An arm assembly for a waterjet truck according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a traversing mount bracket at a first end of the arm. The traversing mount bracket is configured to permit the arm to translate in a linear direction. The arm further includes a joint configured to permit rotational movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Tim D. Heinonen, David W. Mackie
  • Publication number: 20190275549
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus comprising a dip tube which is typically connected to a standard spray trigger, where the dip tube has one or more bulging-out sections provided along shaft of the dip tube. The apparatus can be used with any conventionally available spraying device, such as a spray bottle. The apparatus is inserted in the spraying device filled with a desired liquid. The bulging-out sections contain a portion of total amount of the liquid contained in the spraying device, and allow for extended spraying in multi-directional positions, including upside down, in which the dip tube may or may not be fully submerged into the liquid. In such positions, a spraying action draws out liquid contained in the bulging-out sections and sprays on a desired surface. Therefore, the present invention allows for effective spraying even in multi-directional positions of the spraying device, without compromising with regular spraying process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan LeClere, John Gillispie
  • Publication number: 20190275550
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a residue of a substance, extrudable through a nozzle of an automated end-effector, from an exterior of the nozzle is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dispenser. The dispenser comprises a platform to support at least one cleaning pad. The dispenser further comprises a cage to maintain at least the one cleaning pad on the platform. The platform is movable relative to the cage. The apparatus also comprises a constricting device to circumferentially squeeze one of at least the one cleaning pad, adhesively picked up from the platform by the nozzle, around the nozzle once the nozzle is inserted into the constricting device. The apparatus additionally comprises a disposal receptacle to collect the one of at least the one cleaning pad, released from the constricting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John J. DeForest, Fei Cai, Cameron J. Moore, Jeffrey R. Joyce
  • Publication number: 20190275551
    Abstract: A sprinkler height adjustment mechanism is described that can be used to increase the height of a top cover and a top of the riser relative to the sprinkler body. The height adjustment mechanism is particularly useful for sprinklers with compartments having removable tops, however, a similar design can also be adapted for sprinklers without compartments (e.g., components that connect to a sprinkler flange or the sprinkler riser).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Steven C. Renquist, James T. Wright, III, Michael Williamson
  • Publication number: 20190275552
    Abstract: An injection device includes: an injection nozzle injecting an injection agent into a target container, and a vibration generating device vibrating the injection nozzle in a plurality of directions during injection of the injection agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20190275553
    Abstract: An applicator assembly for treating a surface includes a material applicator configured to dispense a treatment material on a surface and an applicator clamp configured to support and position a dispensing end of the material applicator. An applicator tip is inserted into a dispensing aperture formed in the applicator clamp, and the applicator tip is configured to receive the treatment material from the dispensing end of the material applicator. The applicator assembly further includes an applicator bracket configured to slidably attach the material applicator and applicator clamp to an assembly support frame. Additionally, an automated applicator actuator operatively attached to the assembly support frame and applicator bracket manipulates the applicator bracket between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Son N. Ngo
  • Publication number: 20190275554
    Abstract: A extrusion process and apparatus for the deposition of precise, usually small amounts of extrudate (4) for adhesion to a substrate (1) comprising an extruder (2) positioned close to the substrate (1) and a jet of hot gas (6) directed onto the extrudate (1) between the extruder (2) and the substrate (1) in order to retain the adhesive properties between the extrudate (4) and the substrate (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Xabier Novellas, Francois Crouzet, Christophe Epp
  • Publication number: 20190275555
    Abstract: An apparatus for accurately coating discrete patches of coating on a moving substrate is described. The coating system applies coating to a moving substrate using a coating distribution device. A flow pump pumps the coating from a reservoir into the coating distributing device where a portion of the coating is deposited and the remainder is allowed to returned back to the reservoir. The coating distribution device selectively meters a portion of the coating it receives from the flow pump onto the substrate at a variable rate. When the coating distribution device transitions from metering to not metering and to reverse metering, it induces a vacuum in the coating distribution device. The induced vacuum causes a portion of the coating being distributed onto the substrate to flow in reverse quickly breaking the deposition of the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: John J. Hartley, Jr., Samuel E. Gely, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190275556
    Abstract: A display member includes: an optical surface on which a predetermined process is performed and that includes a predetermined curvature; and a plurality of member engaging units linked to the optical surface. The member engaging units are aligned in a single line or parallel with one another and held by a jig. The display member is held through the jig during the predetermined process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamikura, Shigenori Kiyosue
  • Publication number: 20190275557
    Abstract: A caulking finger includes a handle and a finger portion. The handle has a finger engagement tab at one end, while the finger portion has a tab engagement recess configured to receive the finger engagement tab of the handle. The finger portion is elastic and curved to provide a curved and pliable surface for pressing caulk into a seam or joint to a desired finish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Todd Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20190275558
    Abstract: A liquid mixture supplying device is provided for mixing a liquid mixture of a liquid and a powder and supplying the liquid mixture to a spray valve for spraying. The device has a structural design consisting of a containing vessel, a driving device, a dip tube and a scraper. The containing vessel is provided for storing the liquid mixture, and the driving device drives the containing vessel to rotate while a scraper disposed on a side of a dip tube is being used for distributing the liquid mixture. The containing vessel is installed in a tiltable external cavity, and a flow barrier is formed on an inner wall of the containing vessel, and the driving device drives the containing vessel to move by a magnetic force or a transmission shaft, so as to achieve the effect of uniform mixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: ADVANFLO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHUN-MING LAI
  • Publication number: 20190275559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin film of nanomaterial, the method comprising forming a non-precipitating dispersion solution of nano-particles in a solvent, centrifuging the dispersion solution at a controlled temperature, pressure, and centrifugation velocity and using a combination of centrifugal/centripetal force, hydrodynamic friction force, and weak interactive forces (Van der Waals and similar) in centrifuging manner to form a thin film over the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Suddhasatwa Basu, Ravi Tejasvi
  • Publication number: 20190275560
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a metallized polymeric film comprising (1) coating a polymer film with an aqueous primer solution comprising a solution of at least one polyanion and at least one polyethyleneimine, wherein the polyanion is a polymer comprising at least partially neutralized acid groups having a weight average molecular weight of preferably at least 5000 g/mol prior to neutralization; and wherein said polyethyleneimine has a weight average molecular weight of preferably at least 25000 g/mol; and (2) depositing a metal or a metal oxide on the at least one coated side of the polymer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ines PIETSCH, Peter PREISHUBER-PFLUEGL, Klaus HUENERFAUTH, Patrick BIPPUS, Theo SMIT
  • Publication number: 20190275561
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound transducer devices including capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) and methods for forming CMUTs in ultrasound transducer devices. Some embodiments include forming a cavity of a CMUT by forming a first layer of insulating material on a first substrate, forming a second layer of insulating material on the first layer of insulating material, and then etching a cavity in the second insulating material. A second substrate may be bonded to the first substrate to seal the cavity. The first layer of insulating material may include, for example, aluminum oxide. The first substrate may include integrated circuitry. Some embodiments include forming through-silicon vias (TSVs) in the first substrate prior to forming the first and second insulating layers (TSV-Middle process) or subsequent to bonding the first and second substrates (TSV-Last process).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Keith G. Fife, Jianwei Liu
  • Publication number: 20190275562
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer with at least one piezoelectric element configured to convert received acoustic signals into an electric potential, a shield connectable to ground and overlying the at least one piezoelectric element through which the acoustic signals pass, before being received by the at least one piezoelectric element, the shield having acoustic conductivity and electrical attenuation characteristics that enable the acoustic signals to propagate therethrough while reducing a 100 volt per centimeter electric field to below a threshold level so that the piezoelectric element is exposed to a threshold electrical potential at least less than or equal to 10 ?V, and a housing accommodating the at least one piezoelectric element and shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: ENDRA Life Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Thornton, Stanley Emil Jelic
  • Publication number: 20190275563
    Abstract: A card/carrier combination sorter system is described that is configured for use with a card/carrier combination production system. The sorter system includes an input that is in communication with an output of the production system so as to receive a plurality of card/carrier combinations one-by-one from the production system. The sorter system is configured to sort the plurality of card/carrier combinations into one or more bins of the sorter system. In some embodiments, a card/carrier combination is not diverted and is instead output through an output of the sorter system to an inserter system for insertion into an envelope and subsequent mailing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Maksim Semeniuk, Roger Fischer
  • Publication number: 20190275564
    Abstract: A mould drum with a multitude of product cavities in a multitude of rows. Each cavity has a porous bottom- and/or sidewall. The cavities in one row being connected with a passage, the passage extending parallel to the center-axis of the drum from one front end. A method to clean a mould drum and specifically a mould drum with cavities with a mould cavity wall having at least partially a porous structure particularly with interconnecting pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen
  • Publication number: 20190275565
    Abstract: A method of selectively removing a contaminant from an optical component formed from lithium tantalate includes washing the optical component with a washing solution that includes a hard anion. The contaminant includes a hard cation. The method also includes forming a compound including the hard anion and the hard cation and rinsing the compound from the lithium tantalate to thereby selectively remove the contaminant from the optical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Mahmoud Abd Elhamid, Qinglin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190275566
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an object includes steps of delivering a cleaning medium to a surface of the object, delivering ultrasonic waves to the object to atomize the cleaning medium, and applying a vacuum airflow to collect atomized cleaning medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Sergey G. Ponomarev
  • Publication number: 20190275567
    Abstract: A compressed air introduction part (5) capable of introducing compressed air into an air passage (2a) of a cylinder body (2) is provided. The compressed air introduction part (5) has a compressed air exit port (5a) formed in the shape of a ring that extends circumferentially about a cylinder-center axis (C1) of the cylinder body (2). An annular protuberance surface portion (30) is formed on an inner circumferential surface forming the air passage (2a) on an air blowout port (2c) side of the compressed air exit port (5a), and a protuberance surface (30a) of the annular protuberance surface portion (30) is shaped so as to extend from a peripheral edge portion of the air blowout port (2c) side of the compressed air exit port (5a) along the radial direction of the cylinder body (2) and to then gradually curve and extend toward the air blowout port (2c) side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: KYOKUTOH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kotaro NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20190275568
    Abstract: A laser ablation system comprises a laser, a scanning head, a laser-positioning apparatus, and a controller. The laser is configured to emit a laser beam. The scanning head is configured to deliver the laser beam onto a surface. The laser-positioning apparatus is configured to adjust relative positions of the surface and the scanning head. The controller is programmed to determine operation parameters such as a traverse scan speed, a laser-beam average power, a laser pulse repetition rate, a laser pulse width, and a laser-beam spot area for each one of scan regions of an area of the surface. The scan regions are arranged so that all of the area of the surface is scannable with the laser beam. The scan width of at least one of the scan regions is different from the scan width of another one of the scan regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Richard Charles Barclay
  • Publication number: 20190275569
    Abstract: A pipe cleaning rod is provided. The pipe cleaning rod has a longitudinal axis (X), two ends and a surface. At least a part of the surface of the pipe cleaning rod includes surface variations, in particular in the form of elevations and/or depressions. A method for cleaning a pipe using a pipe cleaning rod is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Jutta JERTRUM
  • Publication number: 20190275570
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a rinse basin and blower system configured to clean a pipette including: a rinse basin comprising: a hollow tube enclosed at one end; wherein the hollow tube comprises an upper port and a lower port; and the lower port being tapered toward the hollow tube; and wherein the rinse basin is connected to a blower system; the blower system comprising: a waste reservoir that receives, from the rinse basin, a waste product comprising: air and liquid, wherein the waste reservoir separates the liquid from the air; a dryer that receives the air from the waste reservoir and further separates any remaining liquid from the air; and a blower that receives the air from the dryer and exhausts the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Viatcheslav Pronkine, Dimitri Shishkin, Shriram Patel
  • Publication number: 20190275571
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gold mine cyanide tailing disposal method using paste technology belonging to the technical field of mining. The disposal method firstly performs a harmless decyanation treatment on a cyanide tailing slurry obtained from a mineral processing plant, and then performs a resource treatment where a cyanide tailing slurry is subjected to a thickening to obtain a higher concentration. When a backfill is needed, a paste is produced by adding a cementing material after a homogenized stirring of a two-stage horizontal agitator pumped to an underground mining site for filling by a plunger pump. The cementing material is to solidify an underflow and prevent cyanide from being filtered out. When a backfill is not needed, the paste is directly delivered to an open storage area for storing by the plunger pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: University of Science and Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Aixiang WU, Shaoyong WANG, Lianfu ZHANG, Zhuen RUAN, Shenghua YIN, Hongjiang WANG, Yiming WANG
  • Publication number: 20190275572
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method using an environmental-friendly and artificial freezing technique for sealing and displacement of a soil pollutant. The method for displacement of the soil pollutant comprises: performing an artificial freezing technique on an area and depth of a surveyed contaminated site to form a sealed frozen wall along the perimeter of the contaminated site, by using the excellent permeation resistance function of the frozen wall to seal the contaminated site and to prevent the pollutant from spreading further; selecting a freezing temperature of ?10° C. to ?30° C. according to characteristics of the freezing temperature and precipitation rate of the pollutant, by controlling the freezing rate to 1 cm/day to 10 cm/day, and performing freezing displacement of the soil pollutant from outside to inside using a principle of freezing purification, to concentrate the pollutant; and subjecting the remaining high concentration of contaminated soil to chemical treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicants: China University of Mining and Technology, CHINA COAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianzhou WANG, Guoqing ZHOU, Jinhong YANG, Hengchang LIANG, Jie YANG, Tuo CHEN, Guangsi ZHAO, Shuxing LIU, Fengyuan JIU, Heng ZHOU, Haoxuan ZHANG, Dan SONG
  • Publication number: 20190275573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing cesium in a clay mineral using hydrogen peroxide. According to the present invention, cesium in a clay mineral is removed using hydrogen peroxide, which serves to induce interlayer expansion of the clay mineral to allow a cation to easily enter an interlayer of the clay mineral, and thus cesium desorption efficiency can be further improved. Also, the method according to the present invention can be efficiently used to restore soil in residential areas widely contaminated with a radionuclide when a major accident such as Fukushima nuclear accident occurs as well as various sites of atomic energy facilities contaminated with a radionuclide. Also, since radiation-contaminated soil is treated with only hydrogen peroxide and cations, secondary environmental pollution caused by wastes can be significantly reduce and the waste disposing cost can also be saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Il Gook Kim, Kune Woo Lee, Chan Woo Park, In Ho Yoon, Hee Man Yang, Bum Kyoung Seo
  • Publication number: 20190275574
    Abstract: A plant for the production and packaging of bars and steel profiles includes a rolling station of rods and profiles of indefinite length, a cooling station, a scrap separation station, a diverter device, cutting shears, intended to cut said bars and profiles in bar portions having a fixed length, and a speed changing device, able to move the bar portions at a speed rate such that they can be placed within respective grooves or housing provided on the outer surface of at least one cylinder or rotating drum. Each cylinder or rotating drum is associated with a speed changing device, so that the housing receives bar portions at different speeds, depending on the fact that the housing belong to one first or to at least second rotating cylinder, in order to avoid overlap of the bar portions when the same are discharged onto the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Federico Castellani
  • Publication number: 20190275575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic extrusion tool for extruding a rotor shaft for a turbomachine, and a corresponding method. The turbomachine has a structure that is fastened to the rotor shaft by of a press fit. The extrusion tool has a first tool part that is configured for the purpose of being arranged on a first side of the structure, and which has a coupling mechanism that is configured for the purpose of coupling the first tool part to the structure, in such a way that the first tool part and the structure cannot move away from each other, at least in one direction along an axis of the rotor shaft; and an induction device that is configured for the purpose of heating the structure induction in the region of the press fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventor: MTU Aero Engines AG
  • Publication number: 20190275576
    Abstract: The disclosure aims to provide a structural member made of an extruded material that effectively helps to reduce weight while ensuring strength and rigidity. The structural member has a varied wall thickness along an extrusion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroaki MATSUI, Jin SHINMURA, Kazunobu NUNO
  • Publication number: 20190275577
    Abstract: A three blade fence post straightening device comprises a first row of at least three rollers and a second row of at least three rollers. An axis of rotation of each of the rollers in the first row may be substantially parallel to each other and an axis of rotation of each of the rollers in the second row may be substantially parallel to each other. A forming profile defined between outer surfaces of the respective rollers of each pair of rollers may substantially correspond to a cross section of a three blade fence post, with forming profiles of each pair of rollers being longitudinally aligned to form a substantially straight path through the straightening device. A drive means may be configured to drive each of the rollers in the first row and/or the second row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Daryl Irving
  • Publication number: 20190275578
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fishing jig hook allows a user to create a custom fishing jig hook that attracts fish. A user can attract specific fish by using jigs that mimic the appearances of the smaller bait fish that the target fish usually consumes. The fishing jig produced is reusable, thus reducing waste due to extended periods of fishing. Further, the fishing jig is bent to provide a hydrodynamic shape. The formed apparatus provides a malleable disk, a fishing jig hook, a metal-cutting tool, a folding rod, a ruler, a marker, a metal-puncturing tool, and at least one ornament. These tools include the necessary jig lure material required as well as the tools needed to subsequently shape that material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Joseph Thompson
  • Publication number: 20190275579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for forming, in which at least one spindle is driven in a rotating manner by means of a rotary drive, a workpiece is received on the spindle by means of a clamping means and clamped on the spindle and at least one forming roller is fed axially and/or radially relative to the workpiece in order to carry out a spinning or flow-forming process. In accordance with the invention provision is made for the spindle and the clamping means to be combined to a changing unit which is adjustable transversely to the axis of rotation, wherein the changing unit is adjusted between a forming position and a set-up position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Leifeld Metal Spinning AG
    Inventor: Benedikt NILLIES
  • Publication number: 20190275580
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a pipe assembly having an inner pipe and an outer jacket may include a support member, a pair of lance assemblies and a pair of caps. The support member supports the outer jacket of the pipe assembly and is drivable between a first position and a second position. The pair of lance assemblies are configured to be inserted into opposing ends of the inner pipe such that the pair of lance assemblies engage an inner wall of the inner pipe. One of the outer jacket and the inner pipes moves relative to the other of the outer jacket and the inner pipe to center the inner pipe within the outer jacket when the support member is driven from the first position to the second position. Insulation is inserted through at least one cap into a space between the inner pipe and outer jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel JETTÉ
  • Publication number: 20190275581
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for making a sand core in a core box are provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes introducing into a cavity of the core box a sand-binder mixture, the sand-binder mixture being introduced into the cavity through an inlet conduit of the core box. Pressurized air is then introduced into the cavity while a flow rate of the pressurized air is measured in a first air flow path upstream the core box. A control unit automatically alters the degree of opening of an electronically controlled flow regulator located in a second air flow path located downstream an outlet conduit of the core box depending on the measured flow rate to regulate the flow of pressurized air into the cavity of the core box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Luis Alfonso FERNANDEZ ORIVE, Alberto ORTIZ DE ELGUEA GASTIAIN
  • Publication number: 20190275582
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for continuous casting of metal, and more particularly, to a mechanism for controlling the shape of a direct chill casting mold to dynamically control a profile of an ingot cast from the mold during the casting process. Embodiments may provide an apparatus for casting material including: first and second opposing side walls; first and second end walls extending between the first and second side walls, where the first and second opposing side walls and the first and second opposing end walls form a generally rectangular shaped mold cavity. At least one of the first and second opposing side walls may include two or more contact regions, where each of the two or more contact regions may be configured to be displaced relative to a straight line along the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Craig Richard CORDILL, Craig Lee SHABER, Michael Kim ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20190275583
    Abstract: A method of removing a core of a cast component includes providing a casting that includes a silica based ceramic core in a temperature controlled closed volume; cycling temperature between a first temperature and a second temperature within the temperature controlled closed volume that repeatedly subjects the silica based ceramic core to a beta-to-alpha cristobalite transition that induces microfractures in the silica based ceramic core; and after the cycling temperature, chemically dissolving the silica based ceramic core from the casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, John E. Holowczak, John J. Marcin, Ingrid H. Kerscht, Steven J. Bullied, Dustin W. Davis
  • Publication number: 20190275584
    Abstract: An impact pad for metallurgical processes is formed from refractory material, and contains a base having an impact surface facing upwardly against a stream of molten metal entering a vessel containing the impact pad. A wall having a plurality of adjacent wall portions extends upwardly from the base. The impact surface contains at least one nonhorizontal facet extending inwardly from a wall portion; all lines in the facet extending perpendicularly to the wall portion have an inclination or declination with respect to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: VESUVIUS USA CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Morris, John Rogler
  • Publication number: 20190275585
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving, by a simulation model, a thermal gradient and a cooling rate associated with a 3D printing material as inputs for the simulation model. The systems and methods further include generating, by the simulation model executed by a processing system, characteristics associated with the 3D printing material as outputs of the simulation model based on the thermal gradient and the cooling rate associated with the 3D printing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Javed Akram
  • Publication number: 20190275586
    Abstract: Build material application device for additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object, the build material application device comprising: at least one blade-like build material application member; at least one support unit for supporting the blade-like build material application member, wherein the support unit comprises at least two support unit members defining a receiving section for receiving a blade-like build material application member, a first support unit member is moveably supported relative to a second support unit member between a first operating position, in which a holding force is exertable or exerted on a blade-like build material application member received in the receiving section, and a second operating position, in which no holding force is exertable or exerted on a blade-like build material application member received in the receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Viktor DERING, Alexander HOFMANN, Daniel WINIARSKI
  • Publication number: 20190275587
    Abstract: The present invention is aimed to provide a powder material for the powder bed fusion method, the powder material enabling higher modeling speed and higher manufacturing precision. The present invention relates to a powder material containing a plurality of composite particles. The composite particles contain metal base particles having a number average particle diameter of 20-60 ?m inclusive and low-heat-conductivity particles that adhere in an insular form to the surfaces of the base particles and that have a number average particle diameter of 100-300 nm inclusive. The heat conductivity of the low-heat-conductivity particles at 100° C. is 35.0 W/K·m or less, and the heat conductivity of the low-heat-conductivity particles at 100° C. is lower than the heat conductivity of a metal material at 100° C. contained as a main constituent of the metal base particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro MATSUOKA, Ayumi YONEZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190275588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for sintering by pulsating current, the device (1) comprising: —a sintering cell (4) comprising two walls (14a, 14b) facing each other and defining between them a cavity (C) for receiving material to be sintered, —a press (2) arranged for moving one of the walls (14a, 14b) towards the other wall, so as to compress the material, when the material is received in the cavity (C), —means (10a, 10b) of rotating one of the walls (14a, 14b) relative to the other wall, so as to apply a torsional force to the material, when the material is compressed in the cavity (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yann LE GODEC, Sylvie LE FLOCH, Stephane PAILHES, Jean-Michel COMBES
  • Publication number: 20190275589
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a metallic article involve providing a non-metallic feedstock, for example in the form of an oxide of a desired metal or a mixture of oxides of the components of a desired metal alloy. A manufacturing apparatus has a reduction apparatus for electrochemically reducing the feedstock to a metallic product and a processor for converting the metallic product to a metallic powder. The powder is fed into an additive-manufacturing apparatus for fabricating the metallic article from the metallic powder. At least the reduction apparatus and the processor, and preferably also the additive-manufacturing apparatus, are collocated, or located in the same container, or in the same building, or on the same site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: DION VAUGHAN, MELCHIORRE CONTI