Patents Issued in January 30, 2020
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Publication number: 20200031483Abstract: An aircraft propulsion unit includes a turbojet engine, a lateral pylon connected to the fuselage of the aircraft, and a nacelle on the lateral pylon. The nacelle includes an upstream section having an air intake, a downstream section housing a reverse thrust device, and a middle section having two fan half-cowls surrounding a fan housing of the turbojet engine, and when said half-cowls are in a closed position defining an aerodynamic continuity between the upstream and downstream sections. The fan half-cowls include a maintenance half-cowl positioned under the horizontal median plane of the nacelle, able to move between the closed position and an open position allowing access to the turbojet engine for maintenance operations on the turbojet engine. The nacelle further includes at least one standby lock, designed to hold the maintenance half-cowl in a position intermediate to the closed and open positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Safran NacellesInventor: Denis GUILLOIS
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Publication number: 20200031484Abstract: An aircraft nacelle is disclosed and includes a first fan cowl and a second fan cowl. An opening is defined in an exterior surface of the first fan cowl. The aircraft nacelle also includes a blade, a latch mechanism, an arm, and a linkage assembly operably connecting the arm to the blade. The blade is moveable along between a stowed position and a deployed position. The latch mechanism is moveable between a latched position an unlatched position where a portion of the latch mechanism obstructs a path of movement of the blade. The arm is unable to move from an extended position where a portion of the arm extends through the opening in the exterior surface of the aircraft nacelle into a retracted position within an interior volume of the aircraft nacelle when the blade is in the deployed position and the latch mechanism is in the unlatched position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Kyle A. Thomas, Rhoda Rebecca Toliver, Michael Roethle, Matthew Joseph Woerly, Matthew Senesac, Kushy Sachdeva
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Publication number: 20200031485Abstract: A nacelle for an aircraft turbojet engine includes a thrust-reversing device with a fixed structure and a movable structure translatably movable along an axis substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the nacelle between a retracted position in which it provides aerodynamic continuity with the fixed structure of the nacelle during operation of the nacelle with forward thrust and a deployed position in which it opens a passage intended for the circulation of a diverted secondary air flow during operation of the nacelle with reverse thrust. The nacelle includes at least one position sensor configured and arranged in the nacelle for detecting a deformation of the movable structure exceeding a permitted predetermined deformation threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Safran NacellesInventors: Olivier KERBLER, Laurent Georges VALLEROY, Corentin HUE, Alexis HEAU
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Publication number: 20200031487Abstract: An inlet lip structure includes: an annular inner barrel with forward and aft ends; an annular outer barrel with forward and aft ends; an annular aft bulkhead interconnecting the aft ends of the inner and outer barrels; an annular forward bulkhead interconnecting the forward ends of the inner and outer barrels; an annular lip skin interconnecting the forward ends of the inner and outer barrels, the lip skin having a C-shaped cross-section comprising a nose with inner and outer legs extending therefrom, the lip skin having opposed inner and outer surfaces; and wherein the outer leg of the lip skin incorporates a fuse element having an ultimate strength which is lower than an ultimate strength of the remainder of the lip skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Paul C. Wittman, Dongming Dominic Gao
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Publication number: 20200031488Abstract: A wing is provided in one example embodiment and may include an outboard rib; a proprotor gearbox, wherein the proprotor gearbox is located inboard of the outboard rib; a fitting attached to the proprotor gearbox; and a conversion actuator, wherein the conversion actuator is attached to the wing and is mechanically coupled to the fitting. The wing may further include a downstop striker in which the downstop striker may be mounted to the fitting and the downstop striker may be between the proprotor gearbox and the conversion actuator. The wing may further include a downstop mounted on a top side of the outboard rib, wherein the downstop and the downstop striker are aligned to be in contact when the proprotor gearbox is positioned in an airplane mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: James E. King, William Scott Atkins, George R. Decker
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Publication number: 20200031489Abstract: A wing assembly with at least two ribs is disclosed. Each rib defines a rib plane and has a peripheral edge. A fluid pipe extends through each rib plane and is disposed external to the peripheral edge of each rib. The fluid pipe is coupled to each rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Paul EDWARDS
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Publication number: 20200031490Abstract: In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes: tail rotor blades; a tail rotor actuator coupled to the tail rotor blades such that the pitch of the tail rotor blades varies according to a current extension of the tail rotor actuator; pilot flight controls electrically coupled to the tail rotor actuator; and a flight control computer electrically coupled to the tail rotor actuator and the pilot flight controls, the flight control computer configured to: determine the current extension of the tail rotor actuator; determine whether the current extension of the tail rotor actuator is within a margin of a maximum extension of the tail rotor actuator; and indicate a first warning to a pilot in response to the current extension of the tail rotor actuator being within the margin of the maximum extension of the tail rotor actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Christopher M. Bothwell, Robert Earl Worsham, II, Sung Kyun Kim, Brandon Jeffrey Thomas
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Publication number: 20200031491Abstract: A remote optical control surface indication system comprising mechanisms configured to engage heads of respective fasteners that attach an alignment indexing plate to a vehicular structure having a control surface coupled thereto. The system further comprises: a camera having a field of view that encompasses a portion of an end face of the control surface when the mechanisms are engaged with the fasteners and when the control surface is in a neutral position; a source of light that is activatable to project light that illuminates the end face of the control surface; a display screen comprising an array of pixels; and a computing system configured to process image data captured by the camera to determine a current position of a centerline of the end face of the control surface relative to a baseline position and control the display screen to display symbology indicating the current position relative to the baseline position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: David M. Konyndyk, Jerry A. James
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Publication number: 20200031492Abstract: A remote optical control surface indication system comprising mechanisms configured to engage heads of respective fasteners that attach an alignment indexing plate to a vehicular structure having a control surface coupled thereto. The system further comprises: a camera having a field of view that encompasses a portion of an end face of the control surface when the mechanisms are engaged with the fasteners and when the control surface is in a neutral position; a source of light that is activatable to project light that illuminates the end face of the control surface; a display screen comprising an array of pixels; and a computing system configured to process image data captured by the camera to determine a current position of a centerline of the end face of the control surface relative to a baseline position and control the display screen to display symbology indicating the current position relative to the baseline position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: David M. Konyndyk, Jerry A. James
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Publication number: 20200031493Abstract: Lightning-dissipative A/C assemblies are provided, as are valve frames utilized within lightning-dissipative A/C assemblies. In embodiments, the lightning-dissipative A/C assembly includes a base dielectric component having a mount interface, a strike-susceptible metallic component coupled to the base dielectric component, and mounting hardware configured to engage the mount interface to attach the base dielectric component to an A/C. An electrically-conductive coating overlies or is formed over at least a portion of the base dielectric component to complete a lightning strike dissipation path. The lightning strike dissipation path extends from the strike-susceptible metallic component, through the electrically-conductive coating, through the mounting hardware, and to an A/C electrical ground plane when the lightning-dissipative A/C assembly is installed on the A/C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Daniel C. Birchak, John Perek, William F. Ryan
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Publication number: 20200031494Abstract: A system 100 to detect aircraft ground proximity including: a transmitter 110 for transmitting a radio frequency signal along an extended landing gear 20 of an aircraft 10, a sensor 120 configured to detect a parameter of the radio frequency, and a controller 130 configured to detect a change in the detected parameter on the basis of an output of the sensor 120, and to issue a landing signal when the change in the detected parameter meets a predetermined criterion. The predetermined criterion is indicative of a certain aircraft ground proximity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Dylan Benedict JAMES, Fraser WILSON, Franck FLOURENS
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Publication number: 20200031495Abstract: Systems and methods for alerting trailing aircraft about conditions experienced by a leading aircraft are disclosed herein. The systems and methods include an aircraft lighting system, which includes at least one external aircraft light and a memory module configured to store at least one criterion associated with an aircraft parameter. The systems and methods further include a receiver module operably connected to the memory module which is configured to receive an aircraft parameter. The systems and methods also include a processor module operably connected to the memory module, the receiver module and the at least one external aircraft light, the processor being configured to compare the received aircraft parameter to the stored at least one criterion and is further configured to determine, on the basis of the comparison, whether to cause illumination of the at least one external aircraft light for observance by trailing aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Kiran Mancheiah Venkataramana, Raghu Shamasundar, Kalimulla Khan, Srihari Jayathirtha, Umesh Hosamani
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Publication number: 20200031496Abstract: An airport runway arrangement for commercial aircraft comprises a first runway section, a second runway section extending substantially in prolongation of the first runway section and an intermediate section between the first and second runway sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Runway Innovations LimitedInventors: William Dennis Lowe, Peter Lonergan, Steven Dennis John Costello, Richard Mark Bostock
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Publication number: 20200031497Abstract: A network is provided for recharging aerial drones during extended flight operations, without requiring a return to a centralized recharging station. Instead, autonomous recharging stations are provided which are self-sustained by using electricity from renewable energy sources located at the station. Operationally, a cone-shaped receptacle is mounted on the drone, and a cone-shaped probe is provided at the recharging station. The probe is connected with the renewable energy source. With this connection, an engagement for recharging the drone's battery is accomplished when the vertex of the probe is received through the open base of the receptacle to place an electrical connector on the probe in contact with the battery of the drone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Desmond Wheatley, Patrick Senatore
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Publication number: 20200031498Abstract: A portable device for holding and carrying an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) includes a body. The body includes a first holding member configured to hold the UAV and having a shape matching a shape of the UAV. The portable device also includes a charging board disposed in the body. The portable device also includes a first charging station disposed in the first holding member and configured to electrically connect with the charging board for charging the UAV. The portable device further includes at least one second charging station disposed on the body and configured to electrically connect with the charging board for charging at least one battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Xiaokai GUO, Hongxiang QU, Tao PENG
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Publication number: 20200031499Abstract: A support member configured to support a first structure within an aperture of a second structure is disclosed. The support member comprises a bracket for attaching the support member to the second structure; and a funnel part. The diameter of the base of the funnel is less than or equal to the diameter of the aperture, and is substantially equal to the diameter of a part of the first structure to be supported by the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: David PETIT, Eric BONTE, Daniel PEACHEY
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Publication number: 20200031500Abstract: This disclosure describes various techniques and systems for rapid low-cost access to suborbital and orbital space and accommodation of acceleration of sensitive payloads to space. For example, a distributed gas injection system may be used in a ram accelerator to launch multiple payloads through the atmosphere. Additionally or alternatively, multiple projectiles may assemble during flight through the atmosphere to transfer and/or resources to another projectile.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Mark C. Russell
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Publication number: 20200031501Abstract: An air revitalization system may include a humidity control device configured to remove water vapor from air within a pressurized enclosed volume. The system may further include an inlet duct configured to transport the air from the pressurized enclosed volume to the humidity control device. The system may also include an outlet duct configured to transport the air from the humidity control device to the pressurized enclosed volume. The system may include a sublimator configured to cool the air within the pressurized enclosed volume while generating additional water vapor. The system may further include a vacuum vent duct configured to transport the water vapor from the humidity control device and the additional water vapor from the sublimator to an exterior of the pressurized enclosed volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: John Charles Gray, John Lumpkin, Daniel J. Leonard, John B. Lauger, Michael James Fuller, Brian R. Dunaway
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Publication number: 20200031502Abstract: A space vehicle element configured to be at least partially destroyed during re-entry of a space vehicle into the atmosphere comprises a heat generating part comprising a metallo-thermal composition for providing additional heat during re-entry of the space vehicle into the atmosphere by an exothermic reaction of the metallo-thermal composition. The destruction of the space vehicle element is expedited by the additional heat provided by the heat generating part. The heat generating part is at least partially integrated within the space vehicle element or at least partially surrounds a portion of the space vehicle element. The application further relates to a corresponding method of manufacturing a space vehicle element configured to be destroyed during re-entry of the space vehicle into the atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: René Seiler, Geert Smet
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Publication number: 20200031503Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a technique in which a decrease in physical properties is suppressed or consumer complaints are diminished. A method for filling a particulate water absorbing agent includes a filling step of filling a particulate water absorbing agent into a filling container and a vibrating step of vibrating the filling container at the outside of the filling container, the vibrating step being conducted at least one time between the start and the end of the filling step, in which a vibration condition in the vibrating step satisfies the following conditions (a) and (b): (a) vibration by a vibrating body in contact with the filling container has a vertical directional component and a vibrational angle is within 90°±30°; and (b) total amplitude at no load and a vibration frequency at no load of the vibrating body are set so as to satisfy Equation 1-1 and Equation 2 or Equation 1-2 and Equation 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Kazushi TORII, Shigeru SAKAMOTO, Kenji TADA, Kazuki KIMURA, Yusuke WATANABE
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Publication number: 20200031504Abstract: A device for filling and closing pharmaceutical objects disposed in parallel rows in nests that are removably inserted into a substantially tub-shaped tub requires a conveying device with conveying sections for processing the objects, wherein individual processing stations for the objects are disposed along the conveying sections, a lifting station provided at an inlet of the conveying device for removing the nests from the tub, a removal station for removing an object row from the nest and transferring the object row to the conveying device, and an insertion station. Objects removed from the nest are fed by the conveying device to the individual processing stations for the processing. The objects are returned to the nest, tub or individually removed from the conveying device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Groninger & Co. GmbHInventor: Josef VEILE
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Publication number: 20200031505Abstract: [Problem] Providing a packaging method used in a bag-feeding and packaging apparatus, which can realize speed-up of the bag-feeding and packaging apparatus without limitation of movement acceleration due to the spilling or scattering of an article during movement and which can realize a larger amount of packaging in a short time, and the bag-feeding and packaging apparatus implementing the packaging method. [Overcoming Means] In the packaging method used in a bag-feeding and packaging apparatus P in accordance with the present invention, packaging processes are performed while a packaging bag F is intermittently moved to packaging stations 1 to 9 together with a mover 32, so that an article is packaged, and the packaging stations 1 to 9 include an article (a fluid) filling station 5 where an article filling process of filling the packaging bag with the article is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Masaya SUGIURA
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Publication number: 20200031506Abstract: A conveyor receives a cardboard box formed about an article, with a first lateral flank uncovered. An inlet receives the cardboard box with the first lateral closing wall coplanar with a base wall, a second lateral closing box wall folded to cover a second lateral article flank, a third lateral closing box wall folded to cover a third lateral article flank, a fourth lateral closing box wall folded to cover a fourth lateral article flank, and an upper closing box wall folded to cover an upper article face. An arrest stops the box, a first folding component rotates and folds the first lateral closing box wall to cover the first lateral article flank, and second folding component rotates a closing tab (AC), hinged to the upper closing wall to fold and bring a closing tab against the first lateral closing wall for closing the cardboard box.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: GIUSEPPE PONTI
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Publication number: 20200031507Abstract: Method and machine for generating packages from a continuous film. In the method, the quality of the seals formed when generating packages on the film is furthermore verified, and to that end, a chamber is closed around an area of a film tube comprising an actuation area, a transverse cut and a transverse seal on each side of the transverse cut being generated in the actuation area. For the verification, pressure in the chamber is reduced, a property of the fluid present in the chamber or in the part of the tube present in the chamber is detected, and the quality of at least one of the seals present in the chamber is determined depending on the detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Alberto OTXOA-AIZPURUA CALVO, Eneko IZQUIERDO ERENO
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Publication number: 20200031508Abstract: There is provided a binder configured to bind a bound member by being struck out from a binding machine. The binder includes a substantially U-shaped base member that is plastically deformable, and a surface member that is provided on a surface of the base member. There is also provided a coupled binder including plural binders. Each of the binders is coupled to other of the binders on front and back surfaces thereof. The front and back surfaces of each of the binders are not provided with the surface member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventor: Hajime TAKEMURA
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Publication number: 20200031509Abstract: A storage container for a storage and dispensing station for drugs is provided. The storage container includes a housing surrounding a holding space, which housing has a guide section and a bottom surface, the guide section defining a guide space and having a vertical guide recess, which does not penetrate the housing, and the bottom surface having a dispensing opening. The storage container includes a separating device having at least one channel for holding at least one drug portion and comprises a retaining element having a retaining section and having a guide element, which is arranged in the guide recess, the vertical guide recess and the guide element interacting in such a way that the retaining element is arranged for height adjustment in the guide recess by means of the guide element and rotational motion of the retaining means is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Dietmar GROSS
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Publication number: 20200031510Abstract: A packaging system includes a packaging machine and a relay device. The relay device has a relay rotary table, a plurality of second holding portions, and an adjustment unit. The adjustment unit adjusts a relative angle between each of the second holding portions and the relay rotary table. The above relative angle is adjusted such that an angle of the second holding portion arranged on a supply station matches an angle of the first holding portion arranged on the supply station. Further, the above relative angle is adjusted such that an angle of the second holding portion arranged on a discharge station matches an angle of the first holding portion arranged on the discharge station.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Tohru YOSHIKANE
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Publication number: 20200031511Abstract: An inspection device includes: an irradiator that irradiates an object with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that has a slit where reflected light enters and that disperses the reflected light into wavelength component lights; an imaging device that comprises an imaging element that takes a spectroscopic image of the wavelength component lights; and a processor that: obtains spectral data based on the spectroscopic image; and detects a type of the object using a predetermined analysis based on the spectral data. Each of the wavelength component lights is a single wavelength light, the inspection device satisfies L?2P, where L is a width of each of the wavelength component lights in a wavelength dispersion direction on a light receiving surface of the imaging element and P is a width of a pixel in the wavelength dispersion direction on the light receiving surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: CKD CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro Taguchi, Tsuyoshi Ohyama, Norihiko Sakaida
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Publication number: 20200031512Abstract: A system for contained sterile/aseptic transfer of materials comprises a coupler assembly (6) including an active valve assembly (9) having an active valve and docking part and a passive valve assembly (7) which comprises a passive valve and a complimentary docking part, the two docking parts enabling the two valve assemblies to be secured together in a first position with a void formed between the two facing surfaces of the closed valves. A sterilisation device (20) including a UV emitter assembly is arranged to emit UV light into the void such that the exposed outer surfaces of at least the passive valve and active valve are exposed to UV light emitted by the emitter assembly after the two docking parts are secured together in the first position, and prior to moving of the passive/active valve to a second position where material may transfer through the opened valves.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Ezi-Dock Systems LimitedInventors: Stephen Thomas McAleavy, Michael Ronald Brimson
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Publication number: 20200031513Abstract: An apparatus for labeling support structures includes: a chassis having a locomotive assembly, and supporting a label generator and an effector assembly with an end movable relative to the chassis and carrying a label manipulator with an image sensor; a controller coupled to the locomotive assembly, label generator, effector assembly and label manipulator, and configured to: obtain label placement data defining a location relative to a support structure reference feature for replacement of a previous label with a new label; control the locomotive assembly to travel to the support structure; detect the reference feature via image data captured at the image sensor; control the effector assembly to place the label manipulator at the location relative to the reference feature; control the effector assembly and the label manipulator to remove and discard the previous label, retrieve the new label from the label generator, and place the new label at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Robert E. Beach
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Publication number: 20200031514Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tamper-evident and child-proof coupling system. The coupling system includes a first base portion, a second base portion, a slit, and a closing septum. The first base portion includes a first coupling portion. The second base portion includes a second coupling portion. The first and second coupling portions are configured to define a priming configuration of the coupling system when the first and second coupling portion are engaged to each other. The slit is defined on the first base portion or the second base portion and is configured to receive an opening device. The opening device is configured to disengage the first and second coupling portions. The closing septum is adjustable to a first or second configuration. In the first configuration, the closing septum occludes the slit. In the second configuration, the closing septum is configured to expose the slit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Dino Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alession Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
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Publication number: 20200031515Abstract: A package is formed of a die cut paperboard that includes a cutout that is covered by a polymer sheet. The sheet holds an item, such as by stretching, against the bottom side of the unpadded paperboard, which is chosen according to its ability to be transported on metal roller conveyors.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Qi Zhang, Ryo Igarashi, Yuichi Kosaka, Masahiro Uchida, Susumu Yamasaki, Shigekazu Ishiguro, Sayaka Kishimoto
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Publication number: 20200031516Abstract: A display system includes a tray portion configured to hold and display product and a display header which is movably coupled to the tray portion. The display header includes a header board connected to a header mount via a rigid stem. The display header is movable from a retracted shipping position to an extended display position. An actuator movably couples the header mount and the stem to a wall of the tray portion by applying a biasing force which automatically pivots the header mount and stem to an upright position thereby placing the display header into the extended display position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Wayne H. Kuhn
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Publication number: 20200031517Abstract: A repulpable leak resistant poultry box having a composite corrugated structure with a fluted medium formed with a top backing board secured to one side of the fluted medium and a bottom backing board secured to the other side of the fluted medium, all of which are impregnated with a hydrogenated triglyceride and the backing boards are coated with an acrylic styrene copolymer. In one embodiment, the box has a bottom panel and end panels integral to bottom panel positioned at opposite ends of the bottom panel and separated by a fold line from the bottom panel. The side panels assemblies are integral with the bottom panel with each side panel being separated by a fold line and have a plurality of reinforcing end panels extending from opposite ends of the side panel and integral foldable cover members connected to the side panels by a fold line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: INTERSTATE RESOURCES, INC.Inventors: PETER A. BUGAS, EDWARD J. FISH
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Publication number: 20200031518Abstract: A sheet packaging material (200) for producing a sealed package (100) of a pourable food product is disclosed. The packaging material (200) comprises at least one base layer (230) for imparting stiffness to the sheet packaging material (200), at least one lamination layer (234, 238, 242, 246) applied to and covering said base layer (230), and a partially laminated opening zone (204, 234). The opening zone (204, 234) comprises a laminated cutting area (220, 224) having at least three longitudinal portions (220) extending between the centre and the periphery of the opening zone (204, 234), and at least three removable portions (212) adjacent to the laminated cutting area (220, 224), each removable portion (212) being located between two longitudinal portions (220) and having a folding zone (216) adjacent to the periphery of the opening zone (204, 234).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Gabor Benkö, Niclas Björup
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Publication number: 20200031519Abstract: A nestable shipping container including side walls, a bottom wall, and an open top is disclosed. The nestable shipping container has a geometry which permits insertion into and reception of similarly shaped containers to facilitate empty shipment and storage in a minimum amount of space. The nestable shipping container may be manufactured by a cold working method from a single blank of material. The containers may be manufactured to meet the performance criteria required of international commerce shipping drums.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Stephen PALISIN
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Publication number: 20200031520Abstract: Disclosed is a container for hermetically sealed storage of liquid, paste-like and/or solid products, more particularly foodstuffs, characterized in that the lid of the container is designed to be re-sealable and largely stable pull-tab lid is also provided, the opening of the lid not involving the separation of metal surface leading to swarf formation and the re-sealing of said lid for air tightness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Gregor Anton Piech
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Publication number: 20200031521Abstract: A reclosable can lid is described which does not require a separation of a metal surface associated with chip formation in the opening process, which ensures the respective required leak tightness on the reclosing, even in the case of a pressure build-up resulting in the respective container, and which has a high functional reliability with a particularly economical manufacturing option.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Gregor Anton Piech
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Publication number: 20200031522Abstract: A pallet assembly includes a support assembly and a base assembly. The support assembly has a deck molded from a plastic shell material and male fittings that extend away from a lower surface of said deck. The base assembly includes a stringer that defines a plurality of openings which extend through the entirety of the stringer. A female fitting extends completely through each of the openings in the stringer so that the base of each of the female fittings is flush with or extends beyond the bottom surface of said stringer. Each of the male fittings corresponds to a female fitting, attaching said support assembly to said base assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Paxxal Inc.Inventors: Omar Shawaf, Ezzeldin Elmassry, Moustapha Bahsoun, Michael Laible, Ben Stoller, John Charny, Ellwood Phillip Hunt, III, Thomas Richard Hopson, III
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Publication number: 20200031523Abstract: A pallet includes a base layer and a cargo layer. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and intermediate deck boards between the pair of spaced apart end deck boards. Each end deck board and an immediately adjacent intermediate deck board are butted against one another. Spaced apart supports are coupled between the base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Danel J Lantz, Bart De Laender, Monika Milewska
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Publication number: 20200031524Abstract: A pallet includes a base layer and a cargo layer. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart end deck boards, and intermediate deck boards between the pair of spaced apart end deck boards. Spacers are between the end deck boards and the intermediate deck boards. The spacers are positioned so that they butt up against the end deck boards to increase pallet durability. The spacers include block spacers, L-shaped metal brackets and U-shaped metal brackets. Spaced apart supports are coupled between the base and cargo layers and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: DANIEL J. LANTZ, MOHAMMAD ANSARI
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Publication number: 20200031525Abstract: A stackable plastic container includes a neck area; a body portion with a base; an integral handle part located around the neck area of the container, in which the handle part includes one or more handles for carrying and handling the container; and an integral first chime configured to receive and/or cooperatively engage the base of an identical container.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: CONSTANTINOS SIDERIS
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Publication number: 20200031526Abstract: A labeled article comprising a label and an article, the article having a top end, a bottom end, a bottom surface, and at least one side surface, wherein the at least one side surface extends between the top end and the bottom end of the article. In this embodiment, the label is positioned around a lower portion of the side surface of the article to confront said side surface and does not extend past the bottom end of the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Barron G. McKillip, Alexander Craig Bushman, Christian P. Donovan
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Publication number: 20200031527Abstract: Front and back panels have side seams that fix the panel side edges of the front panel to the panel side edges of the back panel and each extend a full vertical length of the respective panel side edges. A label formed from a separate piece of film covers one of the face panels between the side edges thereof, is disconnected from the one face panel between the panel side seams, has label side edges generally at the respective side panel edges, and secures the label to the one face panel. Respective secondary side seams are provided between the side edges of the label and the side edges of the one panel, and respective tear lines are formed in the label closely adjacent and generally parallel to each of the label side edges. There is printing on the label only between the tear lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Jens KOESTERS, Immo SANDER, Michele LUCCHESE
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Publication number: 20200031528Abstract: Collapsible tube containers formed from blown film polymeric material or blown film multi-layer polymeric materials, and in particular, collapsible tube containers including a side-seam weld or join. Each layer of the multi-layer polymeric material benefits from a substantially similar or balanced molecular orientations profile. A method for forming a collapsible tube container from blown film polymeric material or blown film multi-layer polymer materials, the tube comprising a side-seam weld or join.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Philip Colin Ashman
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Publication number: 20200031529Abstract: A closing unit for closing a throughflow opening provided in a wall of a container, comprising: an inner closing element configured to be mounted on the edge of the wall all around the throughflow opening, wherein the inner closing element is further configured to connect in mounted position against at least the inner side of the wall and is provided with a passage for the content of the container; an outer closing element configured to be coupled releasably to the inner closing element for the purpose of closing the passage provided therein; wherein both the inner closing element and the outer closing element comprise a screw thread coupling for screwing the outer closing element onto the lower closing element; wherein the outer closing element comprises a peripheral press-on edge which is embodied to clamp the outer closing element against the outer side of the wall of the container when screwing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventor: Corstiaan Johannes Van Goolen
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Publication number: 20200031530Abstract: A preform for being blow-molded to than a container is provided herein. The preform comprises a finish portion that includes an opening to an interior of the preform and includes a tamper evidence ledge. The tamper evidence ledge cooperates with a tamper-evident ring portion of a cap to indicate that the cap has not been previously loosened after being installed by the manufacturer. A neck portion is disposed adjacent to the tamper evidence ledge. A tapered portion transitions from a diameter of the neck portion to a smaller diameter of a cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion comprises an elongate member that culminates in an end cap. Threads disposed on the finish portion are configured to threadably receive the cap. A handling valley is disposed between the tamper evidence ledge and the threads. The handling valley enables gripping fingers to engage with and air-convey the container along a manufacturing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventor: Jay Clarke Hanan
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Publication number: 20200031531Abstract: A container closure and methods are disclosed for providing visible evidence of removal of the closure from a container after installation by a manufacturer. The closure includes tamper evidence bridges comprising small tabs of material that extend from a bottom-most edge of the closure to a tamper evidence ledge of the container. The bridges break when the closure is rotated relative to the tamper evidence ledge, thereby providing readily visible evidence that the closure has been removed after installation by the manufacturer. In some embodiments, a tamper evidence closure engages with threads of a finish of the container. Cam locks around the perimeter of the tamper evidence closure are permanently flared by cams on the finish during loosening of the closure. Outward flaring of the cam locks provides a visual indication that the tamper evidence closure has been loosened after installation by a manufacturer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Niagara Bottling, LLCInventor: Jay Clarke Hanan
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Publication number: 20200031532Abstract: In a container, a first distance from an engagement upper end of a male thread of a mouth to a bead portion is larger than a second distance from an engagement lower end of a female thread of a cap to a resiliently deformable portion of a tamper evident band.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventor: Keiji SHIMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200031533Abstract: In consumer-market containers for beverages or other contents under pressure, the cap provides a gas-tight seal by way of two mechanisms that work interdependently. The first is a pressure grip configured to grip the outside wall of the container. The second is twist threads, or some other second attachment structure, that urges the inside of the cap (or, typically, a cap liner disposed thereon) against the rim of the container. Release of pressurized gases when the container is first opened can be by way of release vents in the cap, or via the bottom of the cap through the twist thread area. In the latter case, particular configurations of the pressure grip are relied on to establish the gas escape path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: CELEBRATE EVERYWHERE, LLCInventors: John R. BERGIDA, Marvin M. BERGIDA