Patents Issued in April 16, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200115162
    Abstract: Device for lifting a water heater includes a strap configured to loop around a vertical cross-section of the water heater. Handles extending from opposing sides of the strap when the strap is looped around the water heater are provided along with a plurality of selectively placeable cushions configured to be positioned between the strap and corners of the water heater. The device further includes a ratchet attached to the strap, the ratchet configured to tighten the strap looped around the water heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Scott Kreitzer
  • Publication number: 20200115163
    Abstract: A roller conveyor having a bed of rollers supported by air bearings and driven by a linear-motor stator. The rollers are made of electrically conductive or magnetic material to operate as rotors forming linear motors with the linear stator. Air bearings support the ends of the rollers. Intermediate air bearings support the middle of long rollers in wide conveyors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Bryant G. Ragan
  • Publication number: 20200115164
    Abstract: A conveyor chain includes a first link, a second link, and a coupler link. The first link includes a first sprocket-engaging portion and a second sprocket-engaging portion, each protruding laterally away from one another. The second link includes a first sprocket-engaging portion and a second sprocket-engaging portion, each protruding laterally away from one another. The coupler link couples the first link to the second link, and the coupler link is positioned laterally between the first sprocket-engaging portion and the second sprocket-engaging portion of each link. The coupler link includes a first joint pivotably coupled to the first link and a second joint pivotably coupled to the second link. The first joint permits pivoting movement of the first link about a plurality of axes, and the second joint permits pivoting movement of the second link about a plurality of axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Philip Walker, Christopher George Stewart
  • Publication number: 20200115165
    Abstract: Horizontal motion conveyors for moving material and methods for reversing such horizontal motion conveyors are disclosed. In some embodiments, the horizontal motion conveyor includes a motor such as a servomotor that is connected to the driveshaft that drives the horizontal motion of the conveyor. In some embodiments, the speed profile of the pan may be changed to reverse direction of the flow of material on the pan without slowing or stopping the drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Rocky Olmstead, William Robert Casey, III
  • Publication number: 20200115166
    Abstract: The invention discloses a production package inkjet detection device, which includes a support table. The upper end surface of the support table is provided with two transmission belts. The upper end surface of the support table is also fixed with a support block. A pushing mechanism for the detected product to move to the right or left, and the supporting platform is further provided with a rotating mechanism that can rotate the product to be detected. The rotating mechanism includes a rotating cavity on the front side of the upper end wall that communicates with the external space. A driven shaft is rotatably connected to the lower end wall of the rotating cavity, and a rotating platform capable of supporting the product is fixed at the upper end of the driven shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Chun Liu
  • Publication number: 20200115167
    Abstract: A device, system, and method for detecting a covering sleeve on a container. A sleeve detection system includes a conveyor, a height profile acquisition device, and a processor in communication with the height profile acquisition device. The height profile acquisition device is configured to acquire height profiles of a tray traveling on the conveyor. The processor is configured to analyze height profiles received from the height profile acquisition device to determine a sleeve status of the tray. In some embodiments, a light gate is disposed across the conveyor and configured to detect the presence of a tray on the conveyor approaching the height profile acquisition device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Austin C. Bouchard, Alexander S. Klinger
  • Publication number: 20200115168
    Abstract: A conveying system includes a conveyor and a diverter, the diverter including a shifting section above the conveyor. The shifting section is laterally movable across a width of the conveyor for selectively shifting objects across the width of the conveyor as the objects move along the conveyor. A drive system for effecting lateral movement of the shifting section may include at least one prime mover located beneath the conveyor. The shifting section may include spaced apart walls, each of which is a telescoping wall. A drive system for controlling telescoping of the walls may include at least one prime mover located beneath the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Rhett E. CRAIG, Adam D. VOGHT
  • Publication number: 20200115169
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a container from a first station to a second station of a container forming line is described herein. The apparatus includes a wheeled frame, a linear slide mounted to the wheeled frame, and an articulated robotic arm mounted to the linear slide and movable along the linear slide between the first station and the second station. The robotic arm includes an end effector operable to grip the container to remove the container from the first station. The wheeled frame is removably coupleable to the first station such that the apparatus is transportable to a different container forming line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Guy A. Condon, Carl Jay Cloward
  • Publication number: 20200115170
    Abstract: A diverter system includes a conveyor belt with a horizontal belt surface, a diverter arm comprising a diverter belt with a vertical diverting belt surface, the diverter arm being operated by an actuator assembly, a sensing device for monitoring a speed of the vertical diverting belt surface, and a control unit operably coupled to the sensing device, wherein the control unit adjusts the speed of the vertical diverting belt surface according to a predefined ratio of speed between the horizontal belt surface and the vertical diverting belt surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Michael D. Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20200115171
    Abstract: A method of conveying articles includes moving a first plurality of articles in a first input lane and a moving second plurality of articles in a second input lane in a downstream direction to a lane combiner, and operating the lane combiner to combine the first plurality of articles and the second plurality of articles into a combined plurality of articles in an output lane. The operating the lane combiner includes engaging a first article from the first plurality of articles with a first combiner wheel, engaging a second article from the second plurality of articles with a second combiner wheel that is out of phase with the first combiner wheel, rotating the first combiner wheel and the second combiner wheel to move the first article and then the second article into the output lane, the combined plurality of articles includes the first article and the second article in sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Kelly W. Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20200115172
    Abstract: A maintenance access system for a storage and retrieval system having a storage and retrieval space and automated transport vehicles disposed in the space. The system includes at least one maintenance access control unit associated with a portion of the space, at least one barrier in the space and defining a boundary of the portion of the space and configured to substantially prevent the passage of the vehicles past the at least one barrier, and a controller connected to the control unit, the controller being configured to receive a signal from the at least one control unit for isolating the portion of the space associated with the at least one control unit, where the controller in response to the signal closes the at least one barrier isolating the portion of the space and effects the removal from or shutting down of vehicles within the portion of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael CYRULIK, Robert SULLIVAN
  • Publication number: 20200115173
    Abstract: A loading system includes one or more adjusting mechanisms configured to adjust a position of the container held by the container holder, a controller configured to control operation of the one or more adjusting mechanisms, a transfer mechanism configured to move a loadable object into a holding space of the container with the container held by the container holder to transfer the loadable object to the container, and one or more position detectors. The one or more position detectors are located to detect a relative position of a loadable object when the loadable object is held by the transfer mechanism and is in the holding space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takafumi Fuma, Yoshitaka Deguchi, Motoi Harada, Keishi Shibata, Hiroshi Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20200115174
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to an apparatus for loading and unloading of unit loads in freight. A mobile base platform of the apparatus includes a telescopic railing and a telescopic conveyor, wherein the telescopic conveyor is mounted on top of the telescopic railing and the tail end of the telescopic railing is mounted on the front end of mobile base platform. A mechanical connector is adapted to connect the front end of a telescopic conveyor with the front end of the telescopic railing, wherein the mechanical connector enables the telescopic robotic mounting plate coupled to the telescopic railing to move in relation to the telescopic conveyor. The telescopic conveyor and the telescopic railing is moved towards the forward position inside the carrying body, where the forward position movement is enabled by the mechanical link to unload freight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    Inventors: Venkatesh Prasad BANGALORE SRINIVAS, Venkat Raju CHINTALAPALLI PATTA, Swagat KUMAR, Rajesh SINHA
  • Publication number: 20200115175
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide method for receiving sheets for a sheet supplying apparatus. The method includes converting an up and down motion of a tray to a rotational motion of a rotary member by a movement conversion mechanism, converting the rotational motion of the rotary member around a rotational axis to a linear motion of a cylindrical member parallel to the rotational axis by the rotary member and a cam and slider mechanism, and elastically pressing an end portion of the cylindrical member of the cam and slider mechanism in the rotational axis direction to lift the tray by a compression spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Wataru IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200115176
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus comprises a roller disposed in a sheet conveyance path; a sheet sensor disposed in the sheet conveyance path and configured to detect conveyance of sheets and generate sensor information indicative of detection; and a controller. The controller is configured to, for each sheet of a predetermined number of sheets of a plurality of sheets conveyed by the roller, use the sensor information to generate an individual sheet-conveyance dataset indicating a sheet passage interval; and store the individual sheet-conveyance dataset in data storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yuka Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20200115177
    Abstract: There is provided a sheet conveyance device that includes a first conveyance roller and a second conveyance roller that are arranged at a position other than a center in a direction of sheet width in a sheet conveyance path, a roller selector that selects the first conveyance roller or the second conveyance roller as a roller to convey a sheet, and a controller that causes the roller selector to select the first conveyance roller or the second conveyance roller. The first conveyance roller is made of a material that causes a speed of the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance roller in contact with the first conveyance roller to be higher than a rotation speed of the first conveyance roller. The second conveyance roller is made of a material that causes a speed of the sheet conveyed by the second conveyance roller in contact with the second conveyance roller to be lower than a rotation speed of the second conveyance roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Makoto FUJII
  • Publication number: 20200115178
    Abstract: A sheet conveyance device correcting skew of a sheet being conveyed includes: a rotational shaft extending perpendicularly to a sheet conveyance direction; conveyance rollers disposed at predefined intervals and into which the rotational shaft is inserted; gate members being coaxial with the conveyance rollers and disposed between the conveyance rollers along the rotational shaft, the gate members each having an arc-shaped part partially surrounding the rotational shaft and a stopper protruding radially outwards from the arc-shaped part; and a mounting plate elongated along the rotational shaft and being supported rotatably around the rotational shaft and holding the gate members in a same orientation. After the sheet abuts against at least one of the stoppers, the stoppers are pushed out of the conveyance path by the sheet. When the stoppers are positioned on the conveyance path, openings of the arc-shaped parts face toward a downstream side in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiaki MURAKAMI, Katsumi KUROYANAGI, Shigeru SAWANO
  • Publication number: 20200115179
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for automatically cutting a material web (2) with a longitudinal cutting device (60) using a material web (2) in a longitudinal direction (L) separable in at least a partial web (3) and/or at least a remaining web (4), a discharging device (10) for automatically discharging the produced remaining web (4), a transverse cutting device (70) downstream of a longitudinal cutting device (60) for cutting the remaining web (4) transversely to the longitudinal direction (L).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Fabian Sundermann, Frank Hoffmann, Werner Beckonert, Rolf Kammann, Thomas Sehlleier
  • Publication number: 20200115180
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus can achieve high-speed conveyance of a molded body for flattened tube fins, prevent generation of noise during conveyance, and have a smaller size. A conveying apparatus conveys a molded body for flattened tube fins obtained by providing a metal thin plate with cutaway portions, before the metal thin plate is cut into a predetermined length. The conveying apparatus includes a rotary conveying body including a plurality of protrusions that are tapered and able to enter the cutaway portions, and including a rotation shaft in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the molded body for flattened tube fins in a horizontal plane, and a rotary conveying body driving unit that rotates and drives the rotary conveying body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: HIDAKA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi NISHIZAWA, Keiichi MORISHITA
  • Publication number: 20200115181
    Abstract: A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Kitaru Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: John Gordon Murphy
  • Publication number: 20200115182
    Abstract: This invention provides web-cutting mechanism that can be mounted in line at an appropriate location between the web-handling peripheral (printer) and a web roll. The cutting mechanism operates before the available storage in the winder festoon has been exhausted, and decouples the roll's energy from the web. The cutting mechanism can employ a blade that is drawn through the web solely by the movement of the web itself. The blade is mounted at a (e.g.) 45-degree angle to web travel, causing it to be pulled through the web. A negator spring assembly and associated cable drives the blade into the side edge of the web when a slide-mounted blade shuttle assembly is released by a latching pawl of a solenoid assembly. The solenoid is triggered by a signal indicating an emergency stop condition, such as an upstream jam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen E. Silva, Gregory Mercurio
  • Publication number: 20200115183
    Abstract: A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Kitaru Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: John Gordon Murphy
  • Publication number: 20200115184
    Abstract: A device and method for storing cables commonly associated with mobile devices. A platform of the device has two posts around which a cable is wound, and a flexible cover attached to the posts that can fully enclose the cable and platform when closed. While remaining attached to the posts, the cover can be opened to allow access to the cavity for winding or unwinding the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Samuel Hong-Yen Pai
  • Publication number: 20200115185
    Abstract: A hosed-reeling apparatus comprising a hose reel and a rack having a front opening for demountably receiving and supporting the hose reel. The hose reel has two sidewalls, a connection member concentrically coupling the two sidewalls, and two spindles extending laterally outward from the centers of the two sidewalls, respectively. The rack has at least a base framework, and a locking structure configurable between an unlock position and a lock position. The base framework has two upward facing channels on opposite sides thereof for demountably receiving the hose reel spindles. The channels are accessible from thereabove when the locking structure is at the unlock position, and the channels are inaccessible from thereabove when the locking structure is at the lock position. Each of the sidewalls of the hose reel may have at least one straight outer edge, allowing the hose reel sit stably on a horizontal surface or a ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: 1246086 Alberta Ltd.
    Inventors: Rory Martinson, Wade Feist
  • Publication number: 20200115186
    Abstract: A retractable reel system includes a reel, a gear assembly, a paddle wheel and a spring. The reel includes a concentric wheel shaft where the reel and wheel shaft rotate to wind and unwind a length of material from the reel. The gear assembly engages with an end of the wheel shaft to provide a gear reduction ratio between the wheel shaft and an output shaft of the gear assembly. The paddle wheel is connected to and concentric with the output shaft, and the paddle wheel includes a paddle that extends beyond an outer edge of the paddle wheel that rotates with the paddle wheel. The spring is arranged outside the outer edge of the paddle wheel. The spring is compressed by the paddle to store an energy when the reel is rotated to unwind the length of material from the reel. The stored energy is used to rotate the reel to wind the length of material around the reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: IMAGINATION PLASTICS LLC
    Inventor: Nathan Pearson
  • Publication number: 20200115187
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring an elevator communication module fault, and elevator systems. The method for monitoring an elevator communication module fault includes acquiring a feedback result in response to sending requests from one or more client ends to the elevator communication module, the elevator communication module being provided for having near-field wireless communication with a client end; counting the number of request failures in the feedback result within a pre-set duration; judging whether the countered number of request failures is not less than a pre-set threshold, and if yes, determining that the elevator communication module has a fault. The invention can quickly and efficiently detect the elevator communication module that has failed, improve elevator passengers' experience, and ensure that the elevator is in excellent operation condition and has a reliable safety performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Li, Yang Yang
  • Publication number: 20200115188
    Abstract: A system and a method determine the position of an elevator car of an elevator installation, which elevator car is arranged movably in an elevator shaft. The system has a computing unit and an image-capturing unit that are arranged on the elevator car. The image-capturing unit records images of shaft components or shaft equipment used for other functions and transmits the images to the computing unit. The computing unit compares a currently recorded image with at least one stored comparison image of the shaft components or shaft equipment in the direction of travel of the elevator car so as to determine the current position of the elevator car in the direction of travel. The computing unit compares the currently recorded image with the stored comparison image also transversely to the direction of travel so as to determine the current position of the elevator car in the direction of travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Raphael Bitzi, Daniel Scherrer, André Rüegg, Steven Brossi
  • Publication number: 20200115189
    Abstract: Elevator systems are described that include a traveling component movable along a guide rail and an overspeed safety system. The safety system includes a safety brake connected to an electromechanical actuator. A safety brake element of the safety brake is operable to engage with the guide rail to stop the traveling component. The electromechanical actuator includes a frame, a first magnetic element operably connected to the safety brake, a second magnetic element movably attached to the frame, and a third magnetic element fixedly attached to the frame. The second magnetic element is movable to urge the first magnetic element from a first position toward a second position. In the second position, the first magnetic element is located proximate the third magnetic element. As the first magnetic element transitions from the first position to the second position, the safety brake element is actuated into engagement with the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Randall S. Dube
  • Publication number: 20200115190
    Abstract: Guide rail support assemblies for elevator systems are provided. The guide rail support assemblies include a junction element comprising a backing plate, a first extension, and a second extension, the junction element defining a rail cavity, wherein the rail cavity is configured to receive two rail sections, wherein the junction element is configured to join a first rail section to a second rail section and a mounting element configured to attach to a wall of an elevator shaft, wherein the mounting element is connected to the junction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Bi Xiong
  • Publication number: 20200115191
    Abstract: Provided is an elevator door device including: a rail that is disposed above an entrance; an opening and closing part of the entrance; and a locking mechanism that locks the opening and closing part. The locking mechanism includes: an engaging part including an engaging body that changes its position between a releasing position and an engaging position in association with the opening and closing of the opening and closing part; and an engaged part including an engaged body engaged with the engaging body at the engaging position. The engaged part is disposed in an area between the rail and the entrance, and overlaps with the rail as seen in plan view in the area. The opening and closing part has such a shape as to be able to open and close without abutting on the engaged part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kashiwakura
  • Publication number: 20200115192
    Abstract: Elevator door coupling systems are described. The systems include a car door lock having a coupling element and a lock element, the lock element operably connected to a latch for locking the car door lock and a landing door lock having a movable plate, a first contact element mounted to the movable plate and configured to engage with the coupling element and a second contact element configured to engage with the lock element. In operation, the coupling element is operable to apply force to the first contact element and cause the movable plate to rotate and as the movable plate rotates, the second contact element applies force to the lock element to urge the latch from a locked position to an unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Guillaume Montigny, Sebastien Fougeron, Amine Badaoui
  • Publication number: 20200115193
    Abstract: An STS crane (Ship-to Shore) includes a portal frame structure; a boom which has a portion extending on a ship's side as well as a portion extending on a quay side; a trolley moving along the boom; a hoisting mechanism which has a rope drum for hoisting ropes, whereby the hoisting ropes are routed from the rope drum through boom ends to the trolley; auxiliary trolleys which move along the boom on both sides of the trolley to support and/or tighten the hoisting ropes; and a folding joint on the boom portion extending on the ship's side for folding up the folding portion of the boom extending to the direction of the ship from the folding joint; whereby there are auxiliary trolley rails arranged for the auxiliary trolleys, these auxiliary trolley rails being separate from the trolley rails; and whereby the drive roping of the auxiliary trolleys is divided into two separate and independent drive ropings which have separate and independent drive mechanisms and which are on different sides of the folding joint on t
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KONECRANES GLOBAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toni KUPARINEN
  • Publication number: 20200115194
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control method for controlling an actuating device in a handling machine, comprising: comparing (24) a magnitude representative of the movement speed executed or to be executed in response to a movement request signal to a threshold representative of a maximum authorised speed and controlling an actuating device according to the result of said comparison, so as to: execute or sustain (25) the movement of a handling arm as long as the magnitude representative of the speed of the movement executed or to be executed is less than said threshold, and prevent or stop (26) the movement of the handling arm as soon as the magnitude representative of the speed of movement executed or to be executed is greater than said threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Sylvain CADOU
  • Publication number: 20200115195
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for remote crane control, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing instructions; and a processing unit configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to control the apparatus to: receive one or more images comprising a view of a location on which a crane spreader is to land; display the one or more images on a display; receive user input to mark one or more markers on the one or more received images to facilitate landing of the crane spreader; and transmit position data of the one or more markers in the one or more received images to a processor for determining values defining positioning of the crane spreader relative to the position data of the one or more markers to offset so that the crane spreader proceeds to land based on the determined values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: PSA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
    Inventors: Lip Kiong Lee, Vee Leung Ho
  • Publication number: 20200115196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handling device (1) comprising a drive carriage (2) that can be moved in relation to a beam (3), a scissor lift (7) comprising a plurality of scissor lift members (8) being arranged on the drive carriage (2) with the first end thereof, and a beam plate (11) that can move in relation to the drive carriage (2) by means of the scissor lift (7) being arranged on the second end of the scissor lift (7). A grip tool is arranged on the beam plate (11), and a drive (18) for actuating the scissor lift (7) is arranged on the drive carriage (2), as well as at least one guide bar (22), the guide bar (22) being coupled to the scissor lift (7) in a coupling point (K) for the guiding thereof, when the scissor lift (7) is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Roland STEHR
  • Publication number: 20200115197
    Abstract: A method for up-ending a longitudinal structure, being one of a foundation of an offshore wind turbine or a wind turbine tower to be installed on top of a previously installed foundation, wherein use is made of a crane The method includes providing a longitudinal structure with an upper end and a lower end in a substantially horizontal orientation; connecting the middle hoisting block of three main hoisting systems and one outer hoisting block of the three main hoisting systems to the upper end of the longitudinal structure; connecting another other outer hoisting block of the three main hoisting systems to the lower end of the longitudinal structure; and operating respective winches of the three main hoisting systems until the longitudinal structure is in a substantially vertical orientation with the upper end above the lower end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Joop ROODENBURG, Adrianus VAN DER LINDE
  • Publication number: 20200115198
    Abstract: A modular powered hoist design comprises: 1) a multifunctional baseplate, which forms a foundation of the powered hoist design and comprises part of a guide system for a lifting media, and 2) an integrated lift/guide assembly, securing a liftwheel therein, that is attachable to the baseplate through attachment features formed within the baseplate. Embodiments allow for different components of a powered hoist to be interchanged in the case of material incompatibility or to provide higher guide performance (such as accommodating different safety factors). Moreover, in manufacturing, embodiments allow for the use of overlapping product parts across different powered hoist product designs, thereby reducing overhead-related costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Armfield
  • Publication number: 20200115199
    Abstract: A modular powered hoist design comprises: 1) a multifunctional baseplate, which forms a foundation of the powered hoist design and comprises part of a guide system for a lifting media, and 2) an integrated lift/guide assembly, securing a liftwheel therein, that is attachable to the baseplate through attachment features formed within the baseplate. Embodiments allow for different components of a powered hoist to be interchanged in the case of material incompatibility or to provide higher guide performance (such as accommodating different safety factors). Moreover, in manufacturing, embodiments allow for the use of overlapping product parts across different powered hoist product designs, thereby reducing overhead-related costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Armfield
  • Publication number: 20200115200
    Abstract: A wireline assembly enclosure. The wireline assembly enclosure has a first half and a second half which define an interior compartment. The first and second halves are attached via a hinge and move from an open configuration to a closed configuration. The enclosure also has a plurality of apertures. In various embodiments a stuffing box, lubrication tubing, and other materials pass through the apertures into the interior compartment. A sealing material is disposed partially about a perimeter of the first and second halves such that a seal is formed when the two halves are together in the closed configuration. The sealing material is also disposed about a perimeter of the plurality of apertures. An adjustable bar clamp inside the interior compartment of the enclosure clamps hardware in place. The enclosure is secured around a stuffing box and sheave in order to contain overspray from a wireline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Milton Lee Sellman, Erik J. Prejean
  • Publication number: 20200115201
    Abstract: A hoist system for cable-reeling operations includes a housing; a drum disposed within the housing and configured to spin about an axis; a motor configured to spin the drum about the axis; an electrically-conductive cable configured to be wound and unwound from the drum as the motor spins the drum about the axis; an electrically-grounded sheave configured to guide the electrically-conductive cable through the housing; and an electrical contact sensor configured to detect contact with the electrically-conductive cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventor: Bejan Maghsoodi
  • Publication number: 20200115202
    Abstract: A winch assembly comprising a support structure, a drum revolving about an axis; a cable wound around the drum; an actuator assembly coupled to the drum to wind or unwind the cable and configured to receive a first control signal, indicative of a desired pressure of a pump of the actuator assembly, and/or a second control signal, indicative of a desired displacement of the pump; and a winch control device coupled to the actuator assembly to control the winding and unwinding of the cable and configured to determine the first control signal and/or the second control signal according to a measured speed of travel signal indicating the measured speed of travel of the tracked vehicle, a measured pulling force signal indicating the pulling force measured on the winch assembly, and one or more signals selected from the following group of signals: cable speed signal, wound cable length signal, desired pulling force signal set manually by an operator, signal from the measured angle of the arm of the winch assembly wit
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Alberto Paoletti
  • Publication number: 20200115203
    Abstract: A pulley is disclosed. The disclosure provides a pulley. The pulley is made up of a frame and a wheel. The frame includes a first and second plate spaced apart from each other. The wheel is rotatably connected between the first and second plate. The first and second plate each include an extended portion extending in a common direction beyond the radius of the wheel. The extended portion of the first and second plate each include a ramp for guiding a line onto the wheel. Also disclosed is a method for making the pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Casey Webb
  • Publication number: 20200115204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting platform, in particular moveable lifting platform, for lifting vehicles with two base assembly halves (14), which are respectively firmly arranged to one another with a middle part (15) via a connecting point (45, 46), wherein the middle part (15), with a connecting section (48), is detachably fastened to a lateral surface (49) of a housing (21) of the base assembly half (14) to form the connecting points (45, 46) with, respectively, a lifting device (24) arranged on the base assembly half (14), which device is transferable from a starting position arranged on the base into a working position (32), and which respectively comprises a carrier (31) on an end region of the lifting device (24), and each carrier (31) receives at least one support arm (34), wherein the middle part (15) is connected with the respective housing (21) of the base assembly half (14) with one another and are aligned with respect to each other through a form-fit plug connection (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Gerhard FINKBEINER
  • Publication number: 20200115205
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting platform with two lifting devices (24, 70) arranged at a distance from one another, which are oriented to a common longitudinal center axis (16) of the lifting platform (11) and between which a working space (54) for lifting and lowering of vehicles (51) is provided, wherein each lifting device (24, 70) comprises a carrier (31), which is movable up and down and each carrier (31) receives at least two support arms (34), which are respectively mounted pivotably about a pivot axis (43, 44) on the carrier (31), so that these are orientable, in a starting position, parallel to the longitudinal center axis (16) and pivotable into the working space (54) in a use position, wherein each longitudinal axis (42) of the carrier (31) is oriented parallel to the longitudinal center axis (16) and a straight connecting line (45), which extends between the at least two pivot axes (43, 44), which are arranged at a distance to the carrier (31), are oriented in an acute angle a to the longitudin
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Gerhard FINKBEINER
  • Publication number: 20200115206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pivot locking device of two bearing elements (102, 103) oriented towards a common axis, in which one or both bearing elements (102, 103) are pivotable about a common pivot axis (22), with a first bearing element (102), which comprises a perforation (104), with a second bearing element (103), which comprises a perforation (106), wherein the first and second bearing elements (102, 103) are oriented in alignment to one another with the perforations (104, 106), with a chamber (124) provided on the first bearing element (102), which chamber comprises a circulatory path for circulatory elements (129) and is open to the second bearing element (103) and, by a connecting surface (118) facing to the chamber (124), is closed on the second bearing element (103), with a plurality of circulatory elements (129) arranged in the chamber (124), with an catch (121) arrangeable on the second bearing element (103), which catch engages into the circulating chamber (124) and is positioned between circulat
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Gerhard FINKBEINER
  • Publication number: 20200115207
    Abstract: A lifting device for platforms carrying a load is disclosed. A winch or piston is engaged with two vertical arms connected to two horizontal arms configured for attaching to a load carrying assembly such that exerting an upward force on the two vertical arms causes the horizontal arms to pivot upward to lift the load carrying assembly which enables transporting the platform and the load on it to another location. The lifting device is configured to quickly attach to and detach from the load carrying platform and for maintaining a level position during transportation. The horizontal arms are configured for retracting and extending which enables the tilting of the load carrying assembly backward or forward as needed for improved transportation stability and load discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: John E. Gustafson
  • Publication number: 20200115208
    Abstract: A forklift truck mounted on wheels comprises a drive system and tilting lifting means, a fork (1) adapted to lift loads with the aid of two substantially parallel arms (2) carried by uprights (3) which are substantially vertical or oblique depending on the working position, said fork (1) comprising a loading stop (10) disposed on each of the uprights (3) of the fork, each stop (10) comprising a bearing face (11) for loads having a straight profile and an angled docking face (12) for loads having a circular arc profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: SYLVAIN GRANDJEAN, GIANCARLO PEGORARO
  • Publication number: 20200115209
    Abstract: A filling machine for the hot filling of containers includes a line for feeding the containers to at least one supporting plate and a line for unloading the filled container from the supporting plate. Above the supporting plate there is a filling head associated with a respective valve assembly to convey the liquid from a containment tank into the container to be filled. The valve assembly is associated with an internally hollow feeder conduit which accommodates a suction conduit with at least one suction inlet configured to determine the liquid level inside the container. The filling head includes a sealing element having a first sealing body configured to engage hermetically against the upper edge of the container and is associated with a vent adapted to pass between a position for sealing the chamber for passing liquid from the supply feeder conduit toward the container and a position for venting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Mirco MASSARI, Luigi MARCHESI, Aldo POLI
  • Publication number: 20200115210
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing beverage from a container, such as wine from a wine bottle. Dispensing may be automatically controlled based on a detected orientation of the container, e.g., dispensing may occur when a bottle is tilted as if to pour from the bottle and stopped when the bottle is oriented upright. Dispensing may be stopped when the container is rotated about its longitudinal axis even while in a pour orientation. A remaining amount of beverage in the container and/or an amount of pressurized gas used to drive dispensing may be detected and beverage dispensing controlled accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Coravin, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rider, Gregory Lambrecht, Andrew S. Sweezey, Chris Vogt
  • Publication number: 20200115211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector head (12) comprising an interior space (40), a tank connector (13) which is in fluid communication with the interior space (40) and which can be fluidly connected to a valve apparatus (10) mounted on the tank (9) for filling or emptying the tank (9), a product port (14) in fluid communication with the interior space (40) and a discharge port (33) in fluid communication with the interior space (40). To allow a tank to be filled and emptied under improved hygienic conditions, it is proposed that the connector head (12) comprises a first valve (29), with which first valve (29) the product port (14) can be shut off from the interior space (40), a second valve (34), with which second valve (34) the discharge port (33) can be shut off from the interior space (40), and a cleaning device (38) adapted and arranged to clean the interior space (40) and the tank connector (13). The invention also relates to a valve block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Heiko Busch, Reimar Gutte, Thomas Christian Hagnauer, Urs Langenegger