Patents Issued in April 2, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200101466
    Abstract: Pipette assembly comprising a pipette device, a pipette tip, and an expanding mandrel collet coupling device coupling the tip to the pipette device, the coupling device comprising a central body, a spacer with cogs circumscribing a central body, an expanding mandrel collet circumscribing the spacer having an annular base and circumferentially spaced apart upwardly extending collet arms wherein the cogs protrude through spaces between the arms, and an elastomeric element circumscribing the central body. The collet arms are attached to the annular base and configured to expand between a first and a second greater circumference for engaging a first interior working surface of the tip in concurrence with the elastomeric element sealing against a second interior working surface below the first surface and in concurrence with an abutment between the cogs and a stepped interior shoulder of the pipette tip disposed between the first and second working surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Hamilton Company
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Guzman, Thomas Barresi, Dana A. Belton
  • Publication number: 20200101467
    Abstract: System and method for controlling the startup sequence of a roller crusher is disclosed. The roller crusher includes two generally parallel rollers that are separated by a gap where the rollers rotate in an opposite direction. During startup, the gap between the rollers is greater than the gap during normal production and a feeding arrangement is run at a speed that is lower than a normal production feed rate. The rollers are rotated at a predetermined speed that is less than the speed during normal production. Other parameters of the system are set such that material is fed over the entire length of the rollers and the no crushing force is exerted during the startup. The method and system of the present disclosure reduces the amount of stress on the rolls, frame and hydraulic system of the roller crusher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Knorr
  • Publication number: 20200101468
    Abstract: Provided is a disc gap servo control device and method for a powder grinding system, which includes a disc powder grinding machine, a rotating speed regulating device of a rotating disc, the disc gap servo control device and a control cabinet. The method includes the following steps of: (1) inputting a control information; (2) an industrial computer obtaining a current disc gap and displaying the disc gap on a touch screen; (3) the disc gap servo control device adjusting the disc gap; (4) the current disc gap reaches a target disc gap; and (5) a frequency converter controlling a motor rotating speed, so that the actual rotating disc rotating speed can reach a target rotating speed of the rotating disc. The operation parameters of the rotating disc are observed by the industrial computer in real time, and finally a high-precision servo control of the disc gap can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Ping ZHOU, Mingjie LI, Hong WANG, Tianyou CHAI
  • Publication number: 20200101469
    Abstract: A system includes a food dispenser, a cooking surface, and an arm assembly. The arm assembly is configured to receive a food product from the food dispenser and transport the food product to the cooking surface. The arm assembly includes an arm portion, an actuator, a cylinder, and a piston. The actuator drives rotation of the arm portion about a first rotational axis. The cylinder is attached to the arm portion and is rotatable relative to the arm portion about a second rotational axis. The piston is axially movable within the cylinder. The piston includes multiple stages. At least one of the stages is movable axially relative to another of the stages between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: James BRINKMAN, Steven FREHN, Alexandros VARDAKOSTAS, Michael BALSAMO, Noe ESPARZA
  • Publication number: 20200101470
    Abstract: A single macroscopic magnetic capture device may be functionalized and utilized to query a volume of liquid for a particular target analyte. The magnetic capture device may be rotated to create a vortex to enhance the efficiency of capture. The magnetic capture device may include a ferromagnetic element and a bioactive coating affixed to the surface of the ferromagnetic element, the bioactive coating being configured to capture the target analyte. In some embodiments, a capture container may be utilized together with the magnetic capture device, the geometries of the magnetic capture device and capture container being predetermined to effect a desired fluid dynamic system within the capture container. A customizable kit for allowing a user to create a custom magnetic capture device is also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: CHERYL M. ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH A. CAPOBIANCO, Jr., ANDREW G. GEHRING
  • Publication number: 20200101471
    Abstract: A dust collecting module of a desulfurizing apparatus for removing sulfur oxides is easily installed and facilitates the application of a high voltage to discharge electrodes. The dust collecting module includes an arrangement of discharge electrodes and dust collecting electrodes alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other, the discharge electrodes configured to be charged to a predetermined voltage for generating a corona discharge between the discharge electrodes and the dust collecting electrodes; a first setting beam having a plurality of lower slots into which the discharge electrodes are securely inserted; and a lower frame extending in a stacking direction of the discharge electrodes to support the discharge electrodes, wherein the predetermined voltage is applied to the discharge electrodes through the lower frame and the first setting beam. The dust collecting module may further include an insulating connecting member from which the lower frame is suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Sangchul MOON, Jinwoon LEE, Sangrin LEE, Joonhyuk YIM, Jaedong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200101472
    Abstract: A decanter centrifuge, for separating a sludge into components, with a rotor and a scroll arranged inside the rotor. The rotor is configured at least partially as a solid bowl rotor with at least a cylindrical section and a conical section. The rotor includes a first end face, concluding the cylindrical section of the rotor, with a first diameter, and a second end face, concluding the conical section, with a second smaller diameter. A flange with one or multiple openings is arranged on the first end face, wherein one or multiple weir plates are fastened to the flange which at least partially cover the openings and are arranged to set a liquid level inside the rotor and form a first radial outlet edge for letting out a liquid at the first end face. The weir plates include an elastically deformable coating on their side facing the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SIEBTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Jurg POLLMANNS, Thomas Wohner
  • Publication number: 20200101473
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a showerhead. The showerhead includes a housing defining a fluid inlet and a chamber in fluid communication with the fluid inlet, a rotatable turbine received in the chamber and including an eccentric cam positioned on a downstream side of the turbine, and a shutter positioned on the downstream side of the turbine. The shutter includes a shutter body defining an oval-shaped aperture in which the eccentric cam is received such that the shutter oscillates along a rectilinear path as the turbine rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20200101474
    Abstract: A rotary atomiser bell cup comprising a bell portion 5 for spraying media in use and a hub portion 6 via which the bell portion 5 is rotatingly drivable in use, wherein the hub portion 6 is a machined metal portion and the bell portion 5 has been built up on the hub using an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: John Stratton, Christopher Beesley
  • Publication number: 20200101475
    Abstract: A powdering system, having a working configuration and a cleaning configuration and including a powder reservoir, including a supply chamber receiving powder; a sprayer, including a powder applicator, and a cleaning inlet, fluidly connected to the supply chamber such that, in the cleaning configuration, a cleaning air supply source can be connected to the cleaning inlet so as to circulate cleaning air in the supply chamber, wherein the powder reservoir includes a discharge opening, arranged through a wall of the supply chamber and opening into the supply chamber, and a movable plug, which is movable between a closing position, in the working configuration, and an open position, in the cleaning configuration, such that the circulation of cleaning air causes residual powder to be discharged through the discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hervé BROCHIER, Jean-Christophe SERPILLON, Michel FOSSACECA, Eric GHIO
  • Publication number: 20200101476
    Abstract: A device for fluidizing and delivering a powdered agent, including a canister extending longitudinally from a first to a second end and defining a space within which a powdered agent is received, an inlet coupleable to a gas source for supplying gas to the space to fluidize the powdered agent to create a fluidized mixture, an outlet via which the gas mixture is delivered to a target area, a tube extending from the outlet into the interior space, the tube including a slot extending through a wall thereof so that gas mixture is passable from the interior space through the outlet via the second end and the slot, and a door movably coupled to the tube so that the door is movable over the slot to control a size of the slot open to the interior space of the canister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew PIC, Joseph KING, Amanda SMITH, Jessica GRIMSBY, John FAVREAU, Lauren LYDECKER
  • Publication number: 20200101477
    Abstract: A nozzle, including a support member and a nozzle boot surrounding at least a portion of the support member, the nozzle boot having a nozzle boot inlet and a nozzle boot outlet spaced from the nozzle boot inlet and a volume between the nozzle boot inlet and the nozzle boot outlet, the nozzle boot being expandable upon the introduction of fluid into the volume, and collapsible upon withdrawal of fluid from the volume. Also disclosed is a method of removing unwanted concrete from a surface by creating tensile stress to concrete adhered to that surface by causing the surface to expand, and a system for injecting fluid (s) into a rotating drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Fuller, John Aho, James Bleck, Mark F. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20200101478
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: individual channels respectively including nozzles; a supply channel allowing an outlet of a storage chamber storing a liquid to communicate with an inlet of each of the individual channels; a return channel allowing an outlet of each of the individual channels to communicate with an inlet of the storage chamber; a return filter provided in the return channel; and a return branching channel branching off from a return upstream portion of the return channel. The return upstream portion is positioned upstream of the return filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200101479
    Abstract: A dispensing head including a cap having: an outer wall with at least one part referred to as the shell part and at least one part referred to as the pressing part that is made of a material more flexible than the at least one shell part; at least one outlet; an insertion orifice, a stopper, the stopper being mounted in the cap by being inserted into the cap from the insertion orifice side and in an insertion direction, at least one assembly, each assembly including: an inlet, passing through the stopper; a deformable pocket, an interior volume of which is intended to contain the fluid of this assembly and is delimited at least in part by the at least one pressing part of the cap; preferably a feed duct and/or a dispensing duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Guillaume BOULAIS
  • Publication number: 20200101480
    Abstract: A drive circuit is provided for controlling a solenoid valve having a solenoid coil. The drive circuit includes a first semiconductor device, a flyback circuit, and a processor. The first semiconductor is coupled in series with the coil and is controlled by a gate signal to energize the coil. The flyback circuit is in parallel with the coil and includes a series-coupled second semiconductor device and a diode. The second semiconductor is controlled by a flyback control signal to enable the flyback circuit when the first semiconductor is controlled by the gate signal to hold the valve open. The diode has a low forward voltage to slow decay of a current conducted through the coil. The processor generates the gate signal to control the first semiconductor and to reduce a duty cycle of the gate signal when the flyback circuit is enabled to reduce power consumption by the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kale Schrader, Duane Needham
  • Publication number: 20200101481
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for controlling irrigation systems using thermoelectric devices. A thermoelectric generator can produce a voltage that is proportional to a temperature differential measured locally, adjacent an irrigation target or sprinkler. The voltage can be used to control the irrigation sprinkler, for example, by providing a signal to a control valve that is fluidly coupled with the sprinkler. The system can be self-contained, without external electrical connections and without solar panels, allowing for remote use that is not dependent upon solar irradiance. The system can further be tuned to individually control irrigation components, such as by calibrating the voltage to soil moisture or other conditions, and actuating the valve when the voltage reaches a threshold indicative of the condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Salman Mohagheghi, Jamison Alan Olsten
  • Publication number: 20200101482
    Abstract: A paint booth assembly includes a paint booth having a pair of side walls and a flood sheet extending between the pair of side walls to separate the paint booth between a spray portion disposed above the flood sheet and a paint recovery portion disposed below the flood sheet. The flood sheet defines at least one flood sheet opening, and a scrubber unit extends down from the flood sheet opening to establish a shared path of fluid communication of a flow of water from the flood sheet and a downdraft of process air from the spray portion to the paint recovery portion. A scrubber pod is disposed within the scrubber unit and defines a plurality of perforations to induce an initial mixing of the paint particles entrained in the downdraft of process air into the flow of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Adrien de Borchgrave, Bruce Roesler, Larry Cook, Ken Eisbrenner
  • Publication number: 20200101483
    Abstract: A flow channel assembly (200) of a fluid micro-injection device have a fluid seat (210), a nozzle (220) and a fluid supply joint (230), the fluid seat (210) defines a fluid chamber (211) and a flow channel (212), which communicates with each other, the nozzle (220) is in communication with the fluid chamber (211), the movable member of the fluid micro-injection device movably passes through the fluid chamber (211) to open and close the nozzle (220), the fluid supply joint (230) communicates with the flow channel (212) to provide fluid to the nozzle (220) through the flow channel (212) and the fluid chamber (211).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Dongsheng QU, Jijiang MIN, Pei SUN, Yangyang MAO, Fuliang GAO
  • Publication number: 20200101484
    Abstract: A thin-film coating applicator assembly is disclosed for coating substrates in outdoor applications. The innovative thin-film coating applicator assembly is adapted to apply performance enhancement coatings on installed photovoltaic panels and glass windows in outdoor environments. The coating applicator is adapted to move along a solar panel or glass pane while applicator mechanisms deposit a uniform layer of liquid coating solution to the substrate's surface. The applicator assembly comprises a conveyance means disposed on a frame. Further disclosed are innovative applicator heads that comprise a deformable sponge-like core surrounded by a microporous layer. The structure, when in contact with a substrate surface, deposits a uniform layer of coating solution over a large surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: John Arthur deVos
  • Publication number: 20200101485
    Abstract: A coating apparatus for a moving web that employs a spreader roller in the upweb position in a tensioned-web-over-slot die coater. The spreader roller can help spread webs laterally in a web processing operation, in particular to reduce or remove the presence of wrinkles or bagginess in the web. The spreader roller can be a reverse crown roll that is covered with a resilient material to assist spreading the web to remove wrinkles. The surface curvature of the spreader roller can be formed using layers of material such as a tape, to easily and readily approximate the shape of a reverse crown roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chris J. Tanley, Bruce E. Tait, Scott A. Walker, Mark C. Berens
  • Publication number: 20200101486
    Abstract: A spin coating apparatus, system, and/or method that increase the uniformity of a coating material on a substrate. The spin coating system may be specifically directed for use with polygonal shaped substrates. The spin coating system may include a process chamber within which the substrate is located, spinning on a chuck, during operation. The spin coating system may include gas injection ports that inject a gas into the process chamber so that the gas contacts the substrate along corner portions of its front surface. This injection of the gas increases pressure and prevents excessive build-up of the coating material that may otherwise occur when spin coating polygonal shaped substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Gary HILLMAN, Joseph DEGHUEE
  • Publication number: 20200101487
    Abstract: A sealant dispenser comprising: a hollow can which includes an accommodation chamber, an opening, a connection seat, chemical sealant, an insertion, and the two peripheral ribs formed on a bottom of the insertion. A sealant dispenser is fixed on an accommodation box in which an air compressor is accommodated, the accommodation box includes a fixing hole, a U-shaped protrusion formed on a lower end of the fixing hole, a positioning space defined on the fixing hole above the U-shaped protrusion, and a peripheral column surrounding around the fixing hole, the U-shaped protrusion and the positioning space. The insertion of the hollow can is inserted into the fixing hole of the accommodation box, and the sealant dispenser is rotated so that the two peripheral ribs of the insertion are retained with the positioning space of the fixing hole, thus fixing the sealant dispenser on the accommodation box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Wen-San CHOU
  • Publication number: 20200101488
    Abstract: A cartridge for a one or two-component mixing and dispensing system includes at least one flexible film bag as a cartridge wall, a rigid front part that is in particular integrally formed with the at least one flexible film bag and that is arranged at a front end section of the at least one film bag, the rigid front part including at least one outlet opening. The cartridge for a two-component mixing and dispensing system has a first flexible film bag as a cartridge wall and a second flexible film bag as a cartridge wall, and a structure surrounding the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias BODENMĂśLLER, Hayden Turner
  • Publication number: 20200101489
    Abstract: A paint roller pressure adjusting device to connect to a pole at a first end and a paint roller at a second end, the paint roller pressure adjusting device including a pressure adjusting portion, including a base disposed at a first end of the pressure adjusting portion, a top portion disposed at a second end of the pressure adjusting portion, the top portion having a threaded paint roller connecting portion disposed at a top surface of the top portion to connect to the paint roller, and a spring disposed between the base and the top portion, and a regulating portion, including a main body to be inserted into through the base and the spring of the pressure adjusting portion, and a threaded portion to correspond to the spring such that the main body screws into the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: David Pisco
  • Publication number: 20200101490
    Abstract: There is provided a film forming apparatus for forming a polymer film on a target substrate by a deposition polymerization, including: a stage provided inside a processing container in which the target substrate is accommodated, the target substrate being placed on the stage; a stage heater provided inside the stage and configured to heat the target substrate placed on the stage; a ceiling plate heater provided in a ceiling plate of the processing container to face the stage; and a controller configured to control a temperature of the target substrate in a first temperature unit by controlling a temperature of the stage heater on the first temperature unit, and to control the temperature of the target substrate on a temperature unit finer than the first temperature unit by a radiant heat radiated through the ceiling plate by controlling a temperature of the ceiling plate heater on a second temperature unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Syuji NOZAWA, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200101491
    Abstract: A photoirradiation device includes an insertion path for inserting a wire rod; a first reflector having a circular arc shape centered on a point shifted from a center of the insertion path by a first distance, one side of the first reflector facing the insertion path being a reflective surface; a second reflector disposed adjacent open edges of the first reflector and having a circular arc shape centered on a point shifted from the center of the insertion path by a second distance that is different from the first distance, one side of the second reflector facing the insertion path being a reflective surface; and a light source that is positioned on an opposite side of the insertion path from the first reflector and that projects light toward the wire rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiko SHINODA
  • Publication number: 20200101492
    Abstract: A capacitive transducer includes at least one element. The element is provided on a flexible substrate. The elements can be deformed and placed in a plurality of directions on the basis of the flexibility of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro Akiyama, Takayuki Sumida
  • Publication number: 20200101493
    Abstract: A disc for use in a disc screen is disclosed. The disc includes a longitudinal disc axis and a hub extending a length along the longitudinal disc axis. The hub further includes a hub surface and a helical ridge structure extending away from the hub surface and twisting about the longitudinal axis at least 360 degrees. A cross-section of the hub taken perpendicular to the longitudinal disc axis is non-circular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: CP Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Davis
  • Publication number: 20200101494
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for systems, apparatuses, and methods of securing screen assemblies. Embodiments include a system having a compression assembly with a compression pin and a pin assembly having a pin. The compression assembly may be attached to a first wall member of a vibratory screening machine and the pin assembly may be attached to a second wall member of the vibratory screening machine opposite the first wall member such that the compression assembly is configured to assert a force against a first side portion of a screen assembly and drive a second side portion of the screen assembly against the pin of the pin assembly. The pin assembly may include a pin that is internally or externally mounted and that is adjustable and/or replaceable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Christian T. Newman
  • Publication number: 20200101495
    Abstract: The here present invention introduces a method and a device applying said method for the separation of a primarily heterogeneous material stream, as commonly encountered in the waste management industry. The device primarily constitutes a housing which features a cylindrical component, into which a gas stream is introduced by means of a gas injection nozzle, which passes through the material stream, which contains individual fractions at least once. Due to the specific curvatures of the cylindrical housing part and the specific arrangement of several flow control elements as well as the associated interaction of the undisturbed laminar gas/material stream with the separation of the individual fractions in the interior of the housing, a compact design of the device as well as a high degree of separation can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: DIRK BARNSTEDT
  • Publication number: 20200101496
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle retrieval system that includes an automated sorting system and robotic vehicles configured to carry items in a facility is discussed. The automated sorting system is configured to instruct the robotic vehicles to retrieve items of a particular type at a pick-up location of the automated sorting system on demand and then retreat from the pick-up location as needed until each robotic vehicle is carrying a specified quantity of items of an item type. Upon reaching the specified quantity of items, the robotic vehicles deliver the items to designated locations in the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jason Bellar, Jeremy L. Velten
  • Publication number: 20200101497
    Abstract: A system has a conveyor for carrying at least two categories of scrap particles positioned at random on a surface of the conveyor, with at least some of the particles comprising metal. The system has a sensor array with a series of analog inductive proximity sensors arranged transversely across the conveyor. An active sensing end face of each sensor lies in a sensing plane, and the sensing plane is generally parallel with the surface of the conveyor. A control system of is configured to sample and quantize analog signals from the series of sensors in the array, and locate and classify a scrap particle on the conveyor passing over the array into one of at least two categories of material based on the quantized signals. A method for sorting the particles is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: HURON VALLEY STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A HAWKINS, Kalyani CHAGANTI, Paul TOREK, Benjamin H AUBUCHON, Richard WOLANSKI, Kerry LANG
  • Publication number: 20200101498
    Abstract: An inspection system is configured for use with a conveyer apparatus including carrier bars. Each carrier bar conveys pellet-shaped articles along a predetermined path. The inspection system includes at least one camera unit for sensing a predetermined characteristic of the pellet-shaped articles, a removal unit, and a controller. The removal unit, downstream from the at least one camera unit, removes selected pellet-shaped article(s) from the carrier bar(s) depending on whether the characteristic is sensed by the at least one camera unit. The controller is in communication with the at least one camera unit and the removal unit. The controller provides a signal to the removal unit in accordance with the sensed characteristic. The removal unit includes a rotatable ejection drum having extended vacuum nozzles along its length, equal to the number of articles conveyed in each carrier bar. Each vacuum nozzle selectively removes article(s) from the carrier bar(s) by suction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: E. Michael ACKLEY, Mark FORD
  • Publication number: 20200101499
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of cleaning buckets are shown and described herein. An exemplary cleaning bucket includes a housing that has a cleaning solution reservoir, a dirty water reservoir and an insert for inserting into the housing. The housing has a first surface. The first surface covers the cleaning solution reservoir. The first surface is configured to allow water to flow into the dirty water reservoir through one or more openings allowing fluid to flow into the dirty water reservoir. The insert further includes a cleaning solution dispensing member located on the first surface, a pump for drawing cleaning solution out of the cleaning solution reservoir; and an activation device for causing the pump to pump fluid from the cleaning solution reservoir to the cleaning solution dispensing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Stephanie Bock, Mark T. Smith, Nick E. Ciavarella
  • Publication number: 20200101500
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, described herein are innovative techniques for reducing the attractive force between particles and a substrate surface to aid in the removal of particles from the substrate surface. More specifically, a multi-electrode chuck is utilized to assist in cleaning a substrate. The multi-electrode chuck is utilized to reduce the attractive forces between particles and the substrate and to move the loosened particles that are present on the substrate surface. The electrodes of the chuck are biased with alternating current (AC) voltages with a phase shift between the electrode bias waves. The resulting electric field wave on the substrate surface loosens the particles by polarizing the particles and moves the loosened particles across the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Antonio Luis Pacheco Rotondaro, Derek Bassett, Trace Quentin Hurd, Ihsan Simms
  • Publication number: 20200101501
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a housing including an upper body and a lower body coupled to each other to define a treatment space, the lower body being provided below the upper body, a supporting unit coupled to the upper body, the supporting unit supporting an edge of a substrate disposed in the treatment space, a fluid supplying unit configured to supply fluid into the treatment space, a sealing member provided between and in contact with the upper and lower bodies, the sealing member hermetically isolating the treatment space from an outer space, and an isolation plate installed between the sealing member and the supporting unit. The isolation plate may be provided to face the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Young Hun LEE, Eui Sang LIM, Jae Myoung LEE
  • Publication number: 20200101502
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a sprinkler configured for spraying liquid; a conduit with a nano-particle coated surface; a sensor associated with the conduit, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a signal corresponding to a film deposition on the nano-particle coated surface; and a controller coupled with the sensor and the sprinkler, wherein the controller is configured to regulate liquid spraying of the sprinkler over the nano-particle coated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: LI-HSING CHIEN, YUNG-TI HUNG, ROUH JIER WANG, YU-TE CHANG
  • Publication number: 20200101503
    Abstract: A pig receptacle is provided. The pig receptacle provides a first circular member and a second circular member attached to at least one elongated rod. The first circular member and the second circular member are sized so that they can receive a pig therethrough. A mesh cage is wrapped around the first circular member and the second circular member so that debris can be gathered during the pigging process. The mesh cage defines apertures that are sized so that large pieces of debris are held in an interior cavity formed by the mesh cage, while small pieces of debris can pass through. In this way, debris is transported through the pipeline and is not lost due to abnormalities in the flow rate through the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Kyle Hill
  • Publication number: 20200101504
    Abstract: A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system, the gas extraction system comprising well piping for coupling a plurality of wells to a gas output. The control system comprises a controller configured to: obtain a value indicating measured energy content of landfill gas collected at the gas output from the plurality of wells; determine whether the measured energy content is different from a target energy content; and in response to determining that the measured energy content is different from the target energy content: control a plurality of valves disposed in the well piping to change flow rates of landfill gas being extracted from at least some of the plurality of wells at least in part by changing degrees to which the plurality of valves are open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Quigley, Ian Martin, Nicole Neff, Jack Rowbottom
  • Publication number: 20200101505
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a control system that automatically (1) determines whether a gas extraction system is in a state in which landfill gas is being released into the atmosphere, and (2) automatically controls landfill gas flow to mitigate, prevent and/or stop the release of landfill gas. The control system may control a valve to control flow of landfill gas through well piping of the gas extraction system. The pressure of landfill gas in the well piping at a location upstream of the valve may indicate whether there is a risk of landfill gas being released into the atmosphere. The control system may adjust a position of the valve in response to determining that the pressure at the location upstream of the valve indicates that there is a risk of landfill gas being released into the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Quigley, Ian Martin, Nicole Neff, Jack Rowbottom
  • Publication number: 20200101506
    Abstract: A system and process for separating organic material from solid waste such as material recovery facility (MRF) fines is disclosed. The fines are treated in a press, in which the fines are compressed against a wall having a set of holes. The fines are mixed with a substantial amount of water before being pressed. The water increases the amount of organic matter that is recovered from the fines. A wet fraction, extruded through the holes of the press, may be treated in an anaerobic digester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Carlos JOSSE, Andrew BENEDEK
  • Publication number: 20200101507
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) includes internal mechanisms (18, 20, 24) for advancing, guiding and roll forming fascia molding (30, 30a) from sheet material (14) fed from coil stock (16) or in precut sheets (72). The fascia molding (30, 30a) includes a roll formed curved profile (32) in between angled top and bottom portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jay T. Smedberg
  • Publication number: 20200101508
    Abstract: A straightening device including: a plurality of rolling members, defining a first channel which is configured for a tubular member to pass therethrough, an extending direction of the first channel being transverse to at least one extending direction of at least one pivot of at least one of the rolling members; at least three shells, each of the at least three shells including two arm portions which are transversely connected with each other, the plurality of rolling members being rotatably disposed between the arm portions, at least one side of at least one of the arm portions having a protruding wall, the protruding wall extending along the at least one extending direction of the at least one pivot and being at least partially overlapped with at least one of the plurality of rolling members as viewed in a radial direction of the at least one pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jih-Cheng YEH, Chun-Hsien WU, Gang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200101509
    Abstract: To reduce warping of vertical wall portions without causing buckling occurring in a component shape not having a flange portion. A punch and a pad sandwiching a top sheet portion therebetween in the sheet thickness direction, bending blades for bend-forming the vertical wall portions, and stoppers facing the bending blades in the press direction and constraining end portions of a material to be machined are provided. The punch is supported by a first cushion component elastically expandable and contractible in the press direction. The bending blades each have an upper die component and a lower die component disposed facing each other in the press direction with an interval (D) equal to or larger than a set compression amount and a second cushion component interposed between the upper die component and the lower die component, maintaining the interval (D), and contractible in the press direction at a predetermined pressure or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Miyake, Toyohisa Shinmiya
  • Publication number: 20200101510
    Abstract: A tool holder and differing designs of movable portions that can be interchangeably mounted with the holder depending on the tang profile of the tool needing to be seated and secured to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Clint Ruppert, Andrew Paulson
  • Publication number: 20200101511
    Abstract: A multi-axis roll-forming method includes simultaneously (a) spinning, about a rotation axis, a spin platter having placed thereon a ring encircling the rotation axis, (b) pressing at least one first roller against outward-facing surface of a first portion of the ring to press the first portion against an outward-facing surface of the spin platter, and (c) forcing a second roller against an outward-facing surface of a second portion of the ring to bend toward the rotation axis the second portion, so as to form a lip extending toward the rotation axis, wherein the step of forcing includes (i) pivoting the second roller against the second portion, and (ii) translating the second roller along the second portion toward the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Maximilian Linder, Brian Ford, James Myers
  • Publication number: 20200101512
    Abstract: A multi-axis roll-forming system for forming a stepped diameter in a cylinder. The system includes a support configured to spin about a rotation axis while supporting a workpiece including a cylinder. A first actuator is configured to translate a first roller perpendicular to rotation axis. The first roller includes a truncated conical work surface configured to press against the inward-facing surface of the cylinder to angle it outward according to a slant angle of the truncated conical work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Doug Watchorn, Michael Nasson, Maximilian Linder, Brian Ford, Robert Chrouch
  • Publication number: 20200101513
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a manufacturing method of a mask plate. The manufacturing method of the mask includes: embedding a shaping mold in a mask region of a mask sheet; fixing the mask sheet with the shaping mold; performing a stretching process on the mask sheet fixed with the shaping mold; and separating the mask sheet from the shaping mold to form the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Chengyuan LUO
  • Publication number: 20200101514
    Abstract: Provided is a press-formed article manufacturing method including a first step of pressing a blank with the first pressing apparatus to form a first intermediate formed article having a pair of bent portions that is bent to one side in the plate thickness direction and having a spacing between the bent portions that is narrower than the width of the top plate and equal to or more than the width of the top portion of the convex portion, and a second step of moving the second die relative to the second punch side punch with respect to the die pad and the second punch and forming a second intermediate formed article, having the standing wall formed therein, with the second die and the second punch, in a state where a portion between the bent portions is sandwiched between the die pad protruding from the second die to the second punch side punch, and the convex portion, with one side of the first intermediate formed article in the plate thickness direction as the convex portion side of the second pressing apparat
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiya SUZUKI, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Makoto MURAI, Yasunobu ISHINO
  • Publication number: 20200101515
    Abstract: A precision high cyclic rate metal forming toolpack is disclosed for ironing processes used to produce can or other bodies and preforms of ultra-high precision. An example of the toolpack provides improved centering, dampening and force attenuation response. In an example, the toolpack may be implemented with integrated feedback communication and sensoring. An example of the toolpack also provides unified coolant distribution, including enhanced locational intelligence of infinitely variable tooling positions. An example of the toolpack also provides improved axial and longitudinal articulation for improved tool tracking and floatation. The toolpack may enable improved product quality, throughput, manufacturing efficiency, reduced costs, and reduced labor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: James A. Sines