Patents Issued in February 25, 2020
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Patent number: 10569914Abstract: A strapping machine of the type that feeds, retracts, tensions and seals strap to itself to form a loop of strap around a load, has a shock absorbing feed wheel assembly. The machine includes a frame, a feed head having a motor, a tension head, a sealing head and a strap chute mounted to the frame. The feed wheel assembly has a friction engaging surface and at least one pocket formed therein. A spring hub is engaged with the feed wheel and has at least one pocket formed therein corresponding to the feed wheel pocket. The spring hub is operably connected to the feed head motor. At least one spring is positioned in the feed wheel pocket and the spring hub pocket and is sandwiched between the feed wheel and the spring hub. The feed wheel is driven by rotation of the spring hub and engagement of the spring with the feed wheel pocket and spring hub pocket.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLCInventors: Michael Brydon Foy, Dustin D. Elliot
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Patent number: 10569915Abstract: The invention is directed to a packaging machine with a fluid pump assembly of the radial cylinder type, the assembly comprising a plurality of at least three pumps. Each pump has a piston guided in a cylinder, as well as a high pressure port and a low pressure port. A manifold is provided connecting the high pressure ports of a first group of first stage pumps so that the pumps of this first group are operatively connected in parallel, while at least one second stage pump is operatively connected to the first group of pumps in series. The invention is further directed to a method for generating a vacuum in a packaging machine with a fluid pump assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KGInventor: Marco Zucchini
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Patent number: 10569916Abstract: The present invention refers to an apparatus for the transfer of foil bags, the apparatus comprising a magazine system, a plurality of adjacently arranged bag receptacles for the simultaneous transportation of adjacently arranged foil bags, and comprising a plurality of clamps which are each configured for gripping a foil bag in a bag receptacle and for the suspended transportation of the foil bag, wherein the apparatus is configured such that during operation foil bags are transferred from the foil bag magazines to the bag receptacles and are gripped in the bag receptacles by the clamps and are transported in suspended fashion, and wherein the apparatus comprises height-adjustable bottom support elements which are configured and arranged such that they respectively support from below the bottom of a foil bag in a bag receptacle up to the position where the clamps grip the foil bag.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: INDAG POUCH PARTNERS GMBHInventors: Jörg Sander, Gernot Kerner, Josef Weis
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Patent number: 10569917Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing device for securing a packaging material. The sealing device for securing the packaging material comprises: a tape supply reel for supplying a sealing tape to which an RFID tag has been coupled; and a sealing part for sealing, with the sealing tape, an opening of a plastic packaging material holding a product, wherein the sealing part adheres the RFID tag, which is coupled to one end of the sealing tape having the length for one use, to an adhesive positioned on the other end portion of the sealing tape having the length for one use, wherein the RFID tag is broken by the adhesive strength with respect to the other end portion when the sealing tape sealing the plastic packaging material is torn.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Kyeong Keun Song
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Patent number: 10569918Abstract: A method for controlling a packaging machine in which at least two operating states of the packaging machine are defined and independent from one another. At least one of a plurality of defined process sequences is allocated to each of the operating states and at least one actuator of the packaging machine is actuated by a process sequence, in order to carry out at least one action. Improved control and maintenance of the machine is made possible by an authorisation for access to an actuator being exclusively and specifically allocated to only one process sequence depending on the operating state.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SIG Technology AGInventors: Sabine Konze, Peter Theissen, Lukas Merten
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Patent number: 10569919Abstract: An apparatus to permit transferring the retaining-and-centering unit that has been supplied to the first handling-station in a receiving direction thereof to a second handling-station includes a carrier that carrier secures a securing device to the first handling-station, a receiving unit, a drive, and a securing apparatus that cooperate to detachably secure a retaining-and-centering unit to a first-handling station. The securing apparatus detachably secures the retaining-and-centering unit to the first handling-station. The receiving unit, which is on the carrier, connects the securing apparatus to the carrier. The drive moves the receiving unit parallel to the receiving direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: KHS GmbHInventors: Markus Reiniger, Holger Stenner
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Patent number: 10569920Abstract: This disclosure provides compositions, films, labels, structures and methods that may include a substrate having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side comprises a skin layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the compositions may include a coating on the skin layer, wherein the coating comprises a topcoat and a primer, wherein the topcoat consists of: (i) at least 50 wt. % high-density polyethylene and one or more polyethylene polymers in water; (ii) wax, silicone or combination thereof; and (iii) optionally additives, whereupon imaging the composition by a thermal print head at a temperature of 300° C. or less results in no or negligible solvent-penetrability beneath the skin layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Jindal Films Americas LLCInventors: Daniel L Hinman, Mark W Lockhart, Terry O Jensen, Robert M Sheppard, Thierry J. L. Dabadie, Alexandra N Wolfe, Anand Sundararaman, David J Hill, David Piran
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Patent number: 10569921Abstract: A labelling unit and a method for labelling containers is provided. Said method provides rapid and reliable switching movements with low noise development and low wear of the mechanical components in that suction bars for suctioning label areas at places where container gaps occur can be actively switched back to an inner position, in which they do not come into contact with a gluing unit, and in that the switching process is triggered with the aid of a stationary toggle lever.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Krones AGInventors: Dieter Hafner, Stephan Rattenberger, Tobias Eichhammer
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Patent number: 10569922Abstract: The present application relates to a method and system for labeling one or more products such as packages transported along a conveyer, and more specifically to applying a label on a respective package by way of a vertically adjustable assembly positioned above the conveyor. The adjustable assembly includes at least a label printer and an applicator for printing and applying the label on a surface of the package on the conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Fluence Automation LLCInventors: Richard Wojdyla, Brian Bowers, Tim Palmer, Tomasz K. Bednarek
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Patent number: 10569923Abstract: A container and a method for making a container are provided. The method includes injection molding a preform having a body forming region, a neck forming region above the body forming region, and a dome forming region above the neck forming region. After forming the preform, the preform is mounted in a mold having a surface, the mold surface having a neck forming surface to form a neck having a snap fit portion or a threaded portion. After mounting the preform, the preform is stretched against the mold surface to form an intermediate article having a dome portion connected to a neck portion of the container. Thereafter, the dome portion is severed from the neck portion to produce a wide mouth container, wherein the ratio of a wall thickness of the neck forming region of the preform to the wall thickness of the neck portion is ranges from 4.8 to 7.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Douglas Dygert, Dan Gamber
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Patent number: 10569924Abstract: A polymeric container including a base, a body, a finish, finish threads, and a tamper lip. The body extends from the base. The finish defines an opening through which a product can pass into, and out of, an internal volume of the container defined at least in part by the body. The finish threads are at an outer surface of the finish, and are configured to cooperate with closure threads of a closure to secure the closure to the finish. The tamper lip extends from the outer surface of the finish, and is configured to replace the support flange during handling, and to cooperate with a tamper tab of the closure. The closure diameter is about the same as the neck diameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS USA, LLCInventors: Jonathan P. Jarman, Luke A. Mast
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Patent number: 10569925Abstract: A package includes a housing, a container, and a coupling system. The housing defines a first internal volume and includes first lateral walls that define a first through opening further defined by a first edge. The container defines a second internal volume and is configured for housing one or more products. The container includes second lateral walls that define a second through opening further defined by a second edge, the second through opening being configured to permit insertion and withdrawal of the one or more products from the container. The container is adjustable to a first configuration in which the container is at least partially disposed within the housing and a second configuration in which the container is at least partially disposed outside of the first internal volume. The coupling system is configured to secure the container to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
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Patent number: 10569926Abstract: Wall panels for a corrugated paper board container have bulge control lines formed therein to control the bending of the wall panels as the container is loaded with contents, such as liquid containing contents. The bulge control lines are configured to control the bending of the wall panels to mitigate the possibility of undesirable spouting that makes the containers more difficult to store.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Packaging Corporation of AmericaInventors: Keith A. Jackson, Nicholas A. Philips, Benjamin Frank
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Patent number: 10569927Abstract: A re-closable tamperproof food box, including first and second main panels connected with a rear panel, the first main panel forming the bottom and the second main panel forming the top. The first main panel has two side panels and a front panel attached. The second main panel has two side panels and a front panel attached. The second main panel is connected along fourth edge to the rear panel connected along a fourth edge of the first main panel. At least one strip of adhesive is disposed on one of the two opposing side panels and the front panel of the first main panel A perforation is disposed along the second main panel, forming a tear strip. A continuous length of material on an interior surface of the second main panel, to tear through the tear strip.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Michael Herkenrath
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Patent number: 10569928Abstract: A blank includes a top, the top connected to a first top side tab, a second top side tab, a top front tab, and a back tab; a bottom, the bottom defining at least one connection aperture, the bottom connected to a first bottom side tab, a second bottom side tab, a bottom front tab, and the back tab; the first bottom side tab connected to a first cover tab, the first cover tab connected to a first connection tab; the second bottom side tab connected to a second cover tab, the second over tab connected to a second connection tab; the blank formable into a box by connection of the first connection tab to at least one connection aperture and by connection of the second connection tab to at least one connection aperture.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Tracy C. Smith
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Patent number: 10569929Abstract: A container (1) for liquid is described, comprising a base (2), a lid (3), a jacket (4) and an inner bag (5). The jacket extends (4) between the base (2) and the lid (3), defining with them a closed inner volume. The inner bag (5) is interchangeably positioned in the inner volume and can be filled with a liquid. In the filled configuration, the inner bag (5) holds upright the container; in the emptied configuration the inner (5) bag is bent on itself and the container is collapsed with the lid (3) close to the base (2) or in abutment thereon. The jacket (4) is a tubular member made of a laminar material that can be bent on itself like a textile, for example a band that can be bent like bellows. This feature allows switching easily from the upright configuration to the collapsed or bent one, without the need—as in solutions of the known art—to overturn rigid parts, disassemble envelopes or guide the rings defining the metal meshes.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: CONTAINEREVOLUTION S.R.L.Inventor: Giovanni Colla
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Patent number: 10569930Abstract: A container, in the form of a container body or container closure, or a lid, having a frangible weakened portion formed in a layer of polyethylene terephthalate forming a wall of the container, the weakened portion comprising a groove cut into a first surface of the layer, a first portion of the layer surrounding the groove having a crystallinity of from 35 to 45%, and a second portion of the layer, which second portion is adjacent to the first portion on opposite sides of the groove and remote from the groove, the second portion having a crystallinity at least 5% less than the crystallinity in the first portion, wherein the layer has a thickness of from 200 to 700 ?m and the groove has a depth of from 200 to 500 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: GR8 Engineering LimitedInventor: Peter Reginald Clarke
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Patent number: 10569931Abstract: A vibration isolator includes an upper member, a lower member, moving mechanisms, and an elastic member. The upper member has a first storage container placed thereon. The lower member is placed on a floor surface or on an upper side of a second storage container. The moving mechanisms make the upper member movable relative to the lower member from a position of origin in a horizontal direction. The elastic member makes the upper member return to the position of origin by an elastic force responsive to a moving amount of the upper member from the position of origin in the movement of the upper member relative to the lower member.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.Inventors: Shingo Hirose, Osamu Fukuta
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Patent number: 10569932Abstract: A package for holding packaged goods, with a packaging body containing multiple packaging sides to create an essentially closed packaging volume, wherein the packaging body features a first packaging part and at least one second packaging part to form a boundary line between an edge section of the first packaging part and an edge section of the second packaging part, with a carrying handle which is connected in a fixing section through locking adhesive elements, and which features a suspension loop for grasping the carrying handle, wherein at least two locking adhesive elements respectively lie in an adhered state solely on an edge section of the first packaging part, and on an edge section of the second packaging part, and wherein the carrying handle runs along the boundary line of the packaging body.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Wolf-Ruediger Pietsch
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Patent number: 10569933Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic fabric-film composite product includes forming an extruded-film web with at least one sealing layer by film extrusion in such a way that the sealing layer is located on a first side of the extruded-film web and then, feeding and laminating a plastic-fabric web made of film-strip fabric and the prefabricated extruded-film strip with one another to form a composite web. The composite web is formed in such a way that a second side of the extruded-film web faces a first side of the plastic-fabric web.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Mondi AGInventor: Jens Koesters
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Patent number: 10569934Abstract: A portable bag is provided, comprising: a plurality of surfaces configured to define an interior compartment, the surfaces including a front and rear surface connected by a pair of side surfaces; at least two handling extensions, a respective each of said at least two handling extensions being positioned adjacent to and extending outwardly relative to a respective one of said pair of side surfaces, and at least two handling openings, said at least two handling openings being integrally defined on at least one of said at least two handling extensions. An associated assembly is also provided, including the portable bag further comprising a set of eyelets positioned on each of the front and rear surfaces of the plurality of surfaces and the assembly further comprising a portable bag dispenser comprising at least two portions configured to slidably extend through the set of eyelets.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Mark J. Davidson
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Patent number: 10569935Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermoplastic drawstring trash bag wherein the thermoplastic drawstring trash bag has an enhanced thickness region in one or more panels of the drawstring trash bag. The enhanced thickness region has an average thickness that is greater than the thickness of the remaining portions of the panels forming the drawstring trash bag. The enhanced thickness region is generally in the area of the hems and traverses the hem seals.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Poly-America, L.P.Inventor: Michael A. Ross
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Patent number: 10569936Abstract: A multi-compartmental container for storage and easy mixing of two or more materials, e.g., pastes, is disclosed. The container has a container portion that includes two or more compartments containing materials that need to be mixed. The container further includes an outlet nozzle provided at an operative top end of the container. The compartments of the container portion are in fluid communication with each other so that the contents of the compartments can inter-mix with each other, when the container is shaken manually, thereby providing a final product that is to be applied to a body part of a user.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Ray Small
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Patent number: 10569937Abstract: Containers with closures are disclosed. A closure may include at least a polymer orifice reducer configured to be permanently secured to a rim of an opening of a container and a flexible tamper evident seal disposed on the topside of the orifice reducer. The flexible tamper evident seal, optionally foil, covers one or more openings in the orifice reducer. Processes for permanently securing a closure to a container, optionally by forming a heat seal between the orifice reducer and container rim, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr.
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Patent number: 10569938Abstract: An enclosure can include a top enclosure portion having a top flange and a first top engagement feature. The enclosure can also include a bottom enclosure portion mechanically coupled to the top enclosure portion, where the bottom enclosure portion has a bottom flange that mechanically couples to the top flange and a first bottom engagement feature that mechanically couples to the first top engagement feature. The enclosure can further include a first fastening device mechanically and movably coupled to the first top engagement feature and the first bottom engagement feature. The first fastening device, in an engaged position, can maintain a flame path between the top flange and the bottom flange. The first fastening device, in a disengaged position, can fail to maintain a flame path between the top flange and the bottom flange.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Yabin Zhao, Joseph Michael Manahan
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Patent number: 10569939Abstract: An axially sealing plug may not require modification of a hole being sealed in a tube or pipe. The plug may only require an axial load for activation (not torque), work independently of temperature, require no explosives, and be lightweight and compact. The plug may include a housing or a seal cup that includes at least one tooth on an outer surface and a ramp on an inner surface. The plug may also include a ferrule including a beveled, curved, or chamfered lower end. The ferrule is configured to be inserted inside the housing or seal cup.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventor: Paulo J. Younse
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Patent number: 10569940Abstract: Cap assemblies with magnetic closure retention mechanisms and drink containers including the same. A cap assembly includes a base, a drink spout defining a passage, a closure configured to be selectively transitioned between a closed configuration and a stowed configuration via an open configuration, and a magnetic closure retention mechanism to magnetically retain the closure in the stowed configuration. When the closure is in the closed configuration, the closure is operatively coupled to the drink spout and obstructs the flow of liquid therethrough. When the closure is in the open configuration or the stowed configuration, the drink spout is uncovered and unobstructed by the closure. When the closure is in the stowed configuration, the closure is magnetically retained against the base or a handle of the cap assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: CAMELBAK PRODUCTS, LLCInventor: Jeff Davies
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Patent number: 10569941Abstract: A security seal includes a base with a locking projection and a head connected to the base with at least one blocking tab. Each blocking tab is connected to the head via a hinge element, together with a safety closure with a first closure part and a second closure part, which can be moved between an open position and a closed position relative to the first closure part. The first closure part has a seating on which the base of a security seal can be engaged so that, when the second closure part is in the closed position, a blocking tab of the security seal overlaps the second closure part on the side opposite the first closure part. A security container includes a container tub, lid and safety closure, wherein either the first or second closure part is arranged on either the container tub or lid.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Aesculap AGInventors: Dieter Weisshaupt, Stefan Thomas, Stefan Schuster, Andreas Elisch
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Patent number: 10569942Abstract: A container and container closures are provided as well as methods of dispensing product from the container are provided. The container closure includes a pair of cover members. One cover member includes sifting apertures and the other cover member is imperforate to prevent dispensing product. The container closure may also include a measuring volume that can be used to measure a predetermined amount of product to be dispensed. Sifting and bulk dispensing may occur for either product dispensed directly from the container or when dispensing the predetermined volume of product.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: J.L. Clark, Inc.Inventor: Jason W. Ludewig
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Patent number: 10569943Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing cover, which is suitable for sealing an opening of a container, comprising an extrusion lid and a flexible sealing ring, wherein the container has an opening, the extrusion lid comprises an outer cover, an inner shield cover, a screw rod and a knob, the outer cover covers the opening, and the inner shield cover is arranged in the opening and is located under the outer cover; the screw rod movably penetrates the outer cover, the lower end of the screw rod is fixedly connected to the inner shield cover, and the upper end of the screw rod is connected in a threaded manner to the knob; and the flexible sealing ring is sheathed on the screw rod and is located between the outer cover and the inner shield cover, and when the knob is rotated, the screw rod drives the inner shield cover to move upwards and squeezes the flexible sealing ring to force the flexible sealing ring to be attached to an inner circumferential wall of the opening after expansion to form a seal.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Ping Li
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Patent number: 10569944Abstract: A container (1) for storage of solids, discrete elements, granular materials or liquid, comprises a base (2) and a lid (3) and the base (2) are suitable for forming an air tight storage volume (23). The base (2) and lid (3) comprise respective base closing devices (24) and lid closing devices (34) arranged to cooperate to close the container (1) and limit relative movement between the base (2) and the lid (3) by the closing devices (24, 34). The lid (3) has an lid base (33) and an adaptation device (35) arranged between the lid closing devices (34) and the inner part of the lid (33). The adaptation device (35) is placed to push the lid base (33) from the lid closing device (34) toward a bottom (21) of the base (2) for adaptation of the storage volume (23) to the content (4) in the container (1).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Bjørn Fossen
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Patent number: 10569945Abstract: A sleeve for an object is disclosed. In an open configuration, the sleeve is an elongate strip having an inner wall surface and an outer opposed wall surface. The inner and outer wall surfaces can be textured. The inner wall surface is configured to contact the object. The strip includes a clasp mechanism. The clasp mechanism can include at least one protrusion extending radially outward from the outer wall surface. The protrusion can be located at a proximal marginal end of the outer wall surface. The class mechanism can further include at least one indented receptacle located at a distal marginal end of the outer wall surface. The receptacle can extend between the inner and outer wall surfaces. In a closed configuration, the receptacle can be adapted to securably receive and restrain the protrusion therein. In the closed configuration, the strip forms a band around a circumference of the object.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Design By Freedom, LLCInventor: Anukampa Gupta
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Patent number: 10569946Abstract: An improved zip tie includes a strap with a plurality of spaced holes formed therein. A head is supported at one end of the strap. The head has an entry opening for insertably accomodating the other end of the strap. A guide channel is formed within the head and extends between the entry opening and an opposite exit opening. A tongue is arranged within the guide channel and pivotally supported on a base at the entry opening. The tongue is pivotable between a locked position and an open position. A securing groove receives the tongue in the locked position. The securing groove is formed in the guide channel opposite the base proximal to the exit opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventor: Robert Vaverka
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Patent number: 10569947Abstract: A carton includes a first panel and a second panel in overlying relationship with each other so as to form a composite wall and a handle structure formed in the composite wall. The handle structure includes a first end portion formed from the first panel, a grip portion extending from the first end portion into an access opening in the composite wall and a second end portion disposed under the first panel and coupled to the grip portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: WestRock Packaging Svstems, LLCInventors: Nathaniel B. Ball, John W. Cash, III
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Patent number: 10569948Abstract: Forming webs and packages are provided having improved sealability to peelable lidstocks. The thermoformed containers may have a mouth having an opening and a flange disposed about the opening, the flange formed from a forming web and having a thickness greater than about 12 mils and up to about 80 mils. The forming web may have a base layer with a skim coating thereon, a portion of the skim coating being on the flange having a skim coating thickness from about 2 mils to about 8 mils. A peelable lid may include a film with an inner lid sealant layer which is sealed to the portion of the skim coating on the flange, the skim coating and inner lid sealant layer each having a common polyolefin majority component, the common polyolefin component being different than a majority component of the base layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Printpack Illinois Inc.Inventors: Daniel Clayton Sanders, Amy Whiteman Sherrill, Rabeh H. Elleithy, Harold Stephen Bowen, Ronald W. Komro
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Patent number: 10569949Abstract: An ovenable cooking apparatus for facilitating the cooking of food components while maintaining the separateness thereof may include a first container for holding a first food component, and a second container for holding a second food component. The separation of the first food component from the second food component maintains the surface area for the first and second food components to facilitate heating of the first and second food components. The first food component may have a liquid based content for producing steam when heated, and one or both of the first container and the second container may define a passage for providing airflow and steam flow for contacting the second container and/or the second foodstuff and heating or steaming the second food component. Additionally, the second container may be steam impermeable for cooking bread and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Conagra Foods RDM, Inc.Inventors: Adam Pawlick, Keith Goerl, Michael R. Opat, Jr., Julia A. Zielke, Steven R. Baker, David W. France
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Patent number: 10569950Abstract: A package for storing or preparing food or other products includes a flexible pouch within which the product can be sealed, and a box? or other container sized to hold the pouch. To seal the product in the pouch, the pouch includes a peelable seal that seals a portion of a first thermoplastic film to a portion of a second thermoplastic film, such films optionally forming walls of the pouch. The package, including the container and the pouch, is configured for beating the sealed product m ? a microwave oven, in a heated state, pressure inside the pouch increases to expand the pouch, and the container constrains or limits expansion of the pouch in some places but not at an expansion region of the container. A portion of the peelable seal is proximate such region, producing a separation in such peelable sea! portion such that the pouch self-vents through the separation.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.Inventors: Peter M. Chen, Jay D. Hodson, Jordan R. Tracy, Otacilio T. Berbert, Donald C. Schnabel
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Patent number: 10569951Abstract: A marking paint applicator for a portable electronic locator that locates buried cables and pipes via electromagnetic emissions is disclosed. The marking paint application may include an elongated support structure and a trigger mechanism, along with a bracket assembly, a receptacle for holding paint, and an actuating mechanism for selectively controlling release of the paint in response to operator actuation of the trigger mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Michael E. Turgeon
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Patent number: 10569952Abstract: An aerosol dispenser. The aerosol dispenser is made from materials which can go into a single recycling stream having a single class of materials, as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry, and particularly may exclusively comprise Class 1 materials with no flammable product/propellant present.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Scott Edward Smith, Douglas Bruce Zeik
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Patent number: 10569953Abstract: A proppant discharge system has a container with an outlet positioned in a bottom thereof and a gate affixed adjacent the outlet so as to be movable between a first position covering the outlet to a second position opening the outlet, and a support structure having an actuator thereon. The container is removably positioned on the top surface of the support structure. The actuator is engageable with gate so as to move the gate from the first position to the second position. A conveyor underlies the container so as to receive proppant as discharged from the container through the outlet. The container can be a ten foot ISO container.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventors: John Oren, Joshua Oren
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Patent number: 10569954Abstract: The invention relates to a trash can (1) having an injection-molded plastic body (2) formed by side walls (3, 4, 5, 6) and a bottom wall (8) positioned relative to each other such that the side walls and the bottom wall together define a cavity (15) having an opening (17) opposite the bottom wall (8), each side wall (3, 4, 5, 6) integrally merging into the adjacent side walls at common corners (11, 12, 13, 14), and a stand strip (26) extending at least partially along edges (27, 28, 29) of a lower face (25) of the bottom wall (8) directed away from the cavity (15) is provided on the lower face (25) and has curved short stand-strip segments (30, 31) at some of the common corners (11, 12, 13, 14) joined to long stand-strip segments (32, 33, 34), characterized in that the curved short stand-strip segments (30, 31) are at least partially decoupled from the long stand-strip segments (32, 33, 34) by cutouts (35, 36, 37, 38).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FRITZ SCHAEFER GMBHInventor: Marco Heymann
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Patent number: 10569955Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for intralogistical handling of items, comprising a storage station for storing a plurality of drive units, each drive unit comprising a drive coupling interface. A first handling station is positioned in distance to the storage station, said first handling station comprising a driven coupling interface for coupling to said drive coupling interface of a drive unit out of the plurality of drive units. A control unit is Coupled for signal transmission with the first handling station and to receive a request signal from the first handling station. The request signal comprises data indicating that a drive unit is required by the first handling station, and further outputs a transport signal upon receipt of a request signal, said transport signal comprising data indicating that a drive unit out of the plurality of drive units is to be transported to the first handling station.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: INTERROLL HOLDING AGInventor: Xavier Frangeul
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Patent number: 10569956Abstract: An apparatus comprises a separator, a compressor, a mixer and a pump. The separator operates on an input gas mixture comprising carbon dioxide gas and one or more other gases, providing a separated carbon dioxide gas output. A compressor compresses the separated carbon dioxide gas output, providing a second output comprising at least one of gaseous carbon dioxide and liquid carbon dioxide. A mixer mixes the second output with liquid water under pressure to provide a third output comprising: at least one of liquid carbon dioxide and gaseous carbon dioxide; and water with dissolved carbon dioxide. A pump pumps the third output into an underground structure such that components of the third output react with available rock surfaces to form stable carbonates.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Inventors: Marvin S Keshner, Erik Garth Vaaler
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Patent number: 10569957Abstract: A transporter includes: a first conveyor to receive an object, the first conveyor to convey the object in a first direction; and a second conveyor to receive the object from the first conveyor and to convey the object, the second conveyor being movable in position in a second direction that crosses the first direction, the second direction being a substantially vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hideichi Nakamoto, Akihito Ogawa, Takafumi Sonoura, Haruna Eto, Junya Tanaka, Atsushi Sugahara
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Patent number: 10569958Abstract: A holder for conveyance of a cylindrical body includes a tubular portion having a hollow portion in which a cylindrical body is housed, and a protrusion having a base end connected to an inner wall surface of the tubular portion and a distal end formed as a free end. The protrusion has elasticity and flexibility, and the protrusion is disposed on an inner diameter side of an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body at an expected housing position such that a side surface of the distal end of the protrusion is allowed to come into contact with the outer circumferential surface while the protrusion is warped to an outer diameter side of the hollow portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroaki Ichinose
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Patent number: 10569959Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a control system that determines a location of an item on a first conveyor belt which affects the transfer of the item from the first conveyor belt onto a second conveyor belt. The control system includes a distance sensor which determines a location of the item on the first conveyor (or a location of the item on a queue belt that provides the item to the first conveyor). Using the distance sensor, the control system can identify the offset of the item relative to the center of the first conveyor belt. The control system can then control the time at which the item transfers from the first conveyor belt to the second conveyor belt by, for example, speeding up or slow down the first conveyor belt to compensate for the offset or adjusting an induct time.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tyler B. Rodgers, Angel Luis Felix, Jr.
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Patent number: 10569960Abstract: A tensioning system for a conveyor element of a conveyor is provided. The tensioning system includes an obstruction. A base is movable relative to the obstruction. The tensioning system further includes a plurality of spacers. At least one spacer of the plurality of spacers is movable from a resting position to an engagement position by only the influence of gravity. The at least one spacer rests on the obstruction in the resting position. The at least one spacer is disposed between the base and the obstruction in the engagement position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Joy Global Underground Mining LLCInventors: Paul A. Neil, Jr., Keith L. Gregory, Bryan K. Ashley
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Patent number: 10569961Abstract: A conveyor device for a transport container for spectacle lenses includes a linear conveyor unit for conveying the transport container in a rectilinear direction, a rotary unit for rotating the linear conveyor unit, and a first housing element for the rotary unit. The first housing element includes a plate and rotates conjointly with the linear conveyor unit in the direction of rotation. The first housing element that conjointly rotates in the rotation of the linear conveyor unit has a first opening through which the linear conveyor unit penetrates the plate and wherein the linear conveyor unit is spaced apart from the plane by an assigned gap dimension, which is smaller than or equal to 5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbHInventors: Thomas Hofer, Ralf Meschenmoser
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Patent number: 10569962Abstract: Seal assemblies for conveyor idler rolls are provided. In some embodiments, a plurality of subsets of seal components are selectively installable in the seal assembly. In some embodiments, one or more fins are included on a seal.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Superior Industries, Inc.Inventors: Lafe Grimm, Paul Schmidgall, Owen Greg Rude
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Patent number: 10569963Abstract: A support frame for a conveyor system, the support frame comprising: an upright longitudinally extending between an operative lower end and an operative upper end; a cross member extending outwardly from the upright between an upright end and a trolley end, the cross member including a trolley located towards the trolley end of the cross member and which trolley is operatively adapted to suspend the upright from an overhead rail; and an idler assembly attached to the upright and operatively adapted to support a carry belt portion and a return belt portion of a conveyor belt.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: CONVEYOR MANUFACTURERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.Inventor: Benjamin John Smith