Patents Issued in July 2, 2020
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Publication number: 20200206733Abstract: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for analyzing platelet function. In particular, provided herein are simple, portable, accurate and inexpensive small footprint platelet aggregometry devices, systems, and methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Marvin Slepian, Alberto Redaelli
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Publication number: 20200206734Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to microfluidic devices. A microfluidic device can include a substrate, a lid mounted to the substrate, and a microchip mounted to the substrate. The lid mounted to the substrate can form a discrete microfluidic chamber between structures including an interior surface of the lid and a portion of the substrate. The lid can include an inlet and a vent positioned relative to one another to facilitate loading of fluid to the discrete microfluidic chamber via capillary action. A portion of the microchip can be positioned within the discrete microfluidic chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Hilary ELY, Adam HIGGINS, Rachel M. WHITE, Erik D. TORNIAINEN, Tod WOODFORD, Michael W. CUMBIE, Chien-Hua CHEN
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Publication number: 20200206735Abstract: A detection method for enhancing detection signal intensity is provided. The detection method includes the following steps. Firstly, a detection device is provided. The detection device includes a channel, an inlet port and an air chamber. The air chamber includes an elastic layer. A bonding material is immobilized in the channel and served as a reaction area. Then, a sample containing a detection material is loaded into the inlet port. As the elastic layer is moved upwardly and downwardly, the sample is moved toward the air chamber and the inlet port in a reciprocating manner. Consequently, the possibility of combining the detection material of the sample with the bonding material in the reaction area is increased. Afterwards, an optical signal from the reaction area is measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Chi-Han Chiou, Shu-Hsien Liao, Yu-Hsuan Tsai, Ching-Yu Chang
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Publication number: 20200206736Abstract: The present disclosure provides microfluidic devices, systems and methods for sample preparation and/or analysis. A microfluidic device can include a first channel having a sequence of (n) chambers each having a first volume (v). The first channel can include one or more valves at opposing ends of the first channel that fluidically isolate the first channel. The microfluidic device can further include a second channel in fluid communication with the first channel. The second channel can include at least one second chamber having a total second volume that is at least equal to the total volume of the first channel (n*v). The second channel can include one or more valves at opposing ends of the second channel that fluidically isolate the second channel from the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Seth Stern, Hesaam Esfandyarpour, David Eberhart
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Publication number: 20200206737Abstract: Systems and methods for conducting designated reactions that include a fluidic network having a sample channel, a reaction chamber, and a reservoir. The sample channel is in flow communication with a sample port. The system also includes a rotary valve that has a flow channel and is configured to rotate between first and second valve positions. The flow channel fluidically couples the reaction chamber and the sample channel when the rotary valve is in the first valve position and fluidically couples the reservoir and the reaction chamber when the rotary valve is in the second valve position. A pump assembly induces a flow of a biological sample toward the reaction chamber when the rotary valve is in the first valve position and induces a flow of a reaction component from the reservoir toward the reaction chamber when the rotary valve is in the second valve position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Sebastian Bohm, Alex Aravanis, Alexander Hsiao, Behnam Javanmardi, Tarun Khurana, Hai Quang Tran, Majid Aghababazadeh, M. Shane Bowen, Boyan Boyanov, Dale Buermann
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Publication number: 20200206738Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for washing and concentrating microparticles encapsulated in microscale droplets using an acoustic radiation force. The apparatus includes: a piezoelectric substrate; a slanted finger interdigital transducer (SIDT) electrode deposited on the piezoelectric substrate and configured to generate surface acoustic waves under an AC signal applied thereto; and a microfluidic chip which is adhered to the piezoelectric substrate with being spaced apart from the SIDT electrode, has a microscale channel section formed therein, in which a single continuous phase and a plurality of dispersed phases are injected, respectively, and includes a plurality of inlet ports into which continuous and dispersed phases are injected, and a discharge port from which a plurality of droplets composed of the continuous and dispersed phases and generated by the intersection thereof are discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Hyung-Jin SUNG, Jinsoo PARK, Ghulam DESTGEER, Yeunwoo CHO, Hyoungsoo KIM
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Publication number: 20200206739Abstract: Systems ,methods and devices are provided for the automated centrifugal processing of samples. In some embodiments, an integrated fluidic processing cartridge is provided, in which a centrifugation chamber is fluidically interfaced, through a lateral surface thereof, with a microfluidic device, and wherein the integrated fluidic processing cartridge is configured to be inserted into a centrifuge for centrifugation. A cartridge interfacing assembly may be employed to interface with the integrated fluidic processing cartridge for performing various fluidic processing steps, such as controlling the flow of fluids into and out of the centrifugation chamber, and controlling the flow of fluids into the microfluidic device, and optionally for the further fluidic processing of fluids extracted to the micro-fluidic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Robert MAASKANT, Sanjesh YASOTHARAN, Samad TALEBPOUR, Stephen W. LEONARD, Cyrus ETEMAD-MOGHADAM, Alexander ZAHN
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Publication number: 20200206740Abstract: Provided herein, among other aspects, are methods and apparatuses for analyzing particles in a sample. In some aspects, the particles can be analytes, cells, nucleic acids, or proteins and can be contacted with a tag, partitioned into aliquots, detected by a ranking device, and isolated. The methods and apparatuses provided herein may include a microfluidic chip. In some aspects, the methods and apparatuses may be used to quantify rare particles in a sample, such as cancer cells and other rare cells for disease diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Daniel T. CHIU, Mengxia ZHAO, Eleanor S. JOHNSON, Perry G. SCHIRO, Hui Min YU, Wei-Feng FANG, Jui-Lin CHEN
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Publication number: 20200206741Abstract: A microfluidic chip having a micro channel for processing a sample is provided. The micro channel may focus the sample by using focusing fluid and a core stream forming geometry. The core stream forming geometry may include a lateral fluid focusing component and one or more vertical fluid focusing components. A microfluidic chip may include a plurality micro channels operating in parallel on a microfluidic chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Erin Koksal, Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Kristopher Scott Buchanan, Blair D. Morad
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Publication number: 20200206742Abstract: Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating droplets are provided. One or more geometric parameters of a microfluidic channel can be selected to generate droplets of a desired and predictable droplet size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Rajiv BHARADWAJ, Anthony MAKAREWICZ, Bill Kengli LIN
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Publication number: 20200206743Abstract: A blood sample collection and/or storage device includes a two-piece housing that encompasses a port at which a fingertip blood sample is collected. After the sample is taken, the two-piece housing is moved to a closed position to protect the sample for storage and optionally process the sample within the housing. The housing may also be opened to access the stored sample for further processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventor: Brandon T. Johnson
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Publication number: 20200206744Abstract: Systems and a method for transferring chemical, pharmaceutical, and/or biological material into or out of a container are provided. One system comprises a disposable container having at least one port for accessing the interior of the container, the port comprising at least one connecting protrusion extending parallel to the container. The system further comprises a transfer interface connectable to the port. The transfer interface comprises a plate, and at least one connecting flange extending from the plate, the connecting flange to be arranged under the respective connecting protrusion to connect the transfer interface to the port, such that when the transfer interface is connected to the port the plate is parallel to a surface of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbHInventor: Isabelle Gay
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Publication number: 20200206745Abstract: A liquid handling system and method, e.g., for testing blood samples. The system comprises a cartridge, and a transfer device couplable to a liquid reservoir. The cartridge comprises compartments with an inlet, closed by a seal, and an outlet, closed by a gas-permeable liquid-tight filter. Keying portions define a relative position and orientation of the cartridge and the transfer device. Penetrating elements of the transfer device penetrate the seal of each compartment, the penetrating elements having lumina for fluidly connecting the reservoir and each compartment cavity of the cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Wolfram Julius Paul Peters, Michiel De Haan, Cornelia Maria De Jong, Freerk Van Oudheusden, Ingmar Christiaan Maurice, Marlies Van Dullemen, Antonius Franciscus Cornelia Maria Smetsers, Anja Garritsen
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Publication number: 20200206746Abstract: This disclosure provides a sample rack, a sample access kit and a sample access system. The sample rack comprises: a rack body for placing a sample container; a position collector configured to acquire a position of the sample container placed on the rack body; and a communicator configured to transmit identification information of the sample rack and the acquired position of the sample container on the rack body. The sample access kit comprises the above-described sample rack and a sample container having an identification disposed thereon. The sample access system comprises the above-described sample access kit and a mobile terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventor: Maoyong FU
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Publication number: 20200206747Abstract: Some described examples relate to an apparatus for removing magnetically active particles from a fluid. The apparatus comprises at least one vessel for receiving a fluid comprising magnetically active or ferrous particles, and at least one electromagnet operable to produce a magnetic field within the vessel to act on the magnetically active or ferrous particles in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Romar International LimitedInventor: Robert NOBLE
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Publication number: 20200206748Abstract: A particle separation device comprises a first flow path including a flow inlet, a second flow path connected to the first flow path, and a plurality of branch flow paths. Each of the plurality of branch flow paths is connected to the second flow path, and includes a flow outlet. The first flow path includes a bending unit, a first unit, and a second unit. In the bending unit, a direction in which a flow path extends is bent in a planar view. The first unit is located adjacent to the bending unit and closer to a flow inlet than the bending unit. The second unit is located adjacent to the bending unit and closer to a second flow path than the bending unit. A width of the second unit in the first flow path is smaller than a width of the first unit in the first flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Masashi YONETA, Jumpei NAKAZONO
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Publication number: 20200206749Abstract: A system for separating mineral particles of interest from an ore features mineral processing operations/stages/circuits configured to receive an ore, or mineral particles or concentrates formed by processing the ore, and provide processed mineral particles or concentrates, or a waste stream, for further enhanced mineral separation downstream processing; an enhanced mineral separation processor having a collection apparatus located therein, the collection apparatus having a collection surface configured with a functionalized polymer including molecules having a functional group configured to attract the mineral particles of interest to the collection surface, the enhanced mineral separation processor receive the processed mineral particles or concentrates, or the waste stream, and provide further enhanced downstream processed mineral particles or concentrates, or a further enhanced downstream processed waste stream; and a high intensity conditioning operation, stage or circuit configured to apply a high intenType: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Paul J. ROTHMAN, Adam Michael JORDENS, Peter A. AMELUNXEN
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Publication number: 20200206750Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for feeding a feed slurry into a device for separating low density particles from the feed slurry. The apparatus comprises a conduit having a slurry inlet, a gas feed inlet, a plurality of hollow tubes and an outlet. The hollow tubes are configured to combine the feed slurry from the slurry inlet and gas from the gas feed inlet. The hollow tubes comprise a porous section to generate bubbles of substantially uniform size into the slurry for adhering to the low density particles. Slurry flows in axially aligned hollow tubes as gas is introduced through the porous sections into the slurry. Alternatively, slurry flows around hollow tubes arranged perpendicular to the conduit longitudinal axis as gas is discharged through the porous sections into the slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Kevin Patrick Galvin, James Edward Dickinson, Taavi Orupold, Michael James Gardiner
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Publication number: 20200206751Abstract: A shower includes a first shower member, a second shower member and a connecting assembly. The first shower member has an inlet opening and at least one first outlet opening, wherein the inlet opening communicates with the first outlet opening. The second shower member is connected to the first shower member, and has a second outlet opening, wherein the second outlet opening communicates with the inlet opening. The connecting assembly includes a first connecting unit and a second connecting unit. The first connecting unit is positioned on one of the first shower member and the second shower member. The second connecting unit is positioned on the other one of the first shower member and the second shower member. The first connecting unit and the second connecting unit are detachably connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: JAMES WU, ALEX WU, CE-WEN YANG
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Publication number: 20200206752Abstract: A shower facility includes a shower assembly and a wireless remote control device. The shower assembly includes a hydroelectricity device and an outlet control device electrically connected to the hydroelectricity device, wherein the hydroelectricity device could provide electricity to the outlet control device. The hydroelectricity device has an inlet opening, and the outlet control device has at least three outlet openings. The wireless remote control device is signal-connected to the shower assembly. When the wireless remote control device is operated to transmit an operating signal to the shower assembly, the outlet control device would receive the operating signal to control the opening and closing of the outlet openings, and one of the outlet openings communicates with the inlet opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: JAMES WU, ALEX WU, CE-WEN YANG
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Publication number: 20200206753Abstract: A shower includes a main body and a control member. The main body includes an inner wall composed an accommodating space, an inlet opening, multiple outlet openings, an inlet bore and multiple outlet bores; the inlet opening communicates with the inlet bore through an inlet channel in the main body; each of the outlet openings communicates with a corresponding one of the outlet bores through an individual outlet channel; the control member is positioned in the accommodating space, wherein the control member could be operated to select one of the outlet opening being able to outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: JAMES WU, ALEX WU, CE-WEN YANG
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Publication number: 20200206754Abstract: A shower including a main body and a rotatable member. The main body includes a transparent front cap and a rear housing, wherein the transparent front cap and the rear housing are connected to each other, and an accommodating space is composed by the transparent front cap and the rear housing. The transparent front cap has a plurality of spray bores, and the rear housing has an inlet bore communicating with the spray bores through the accommodating space. A rotatable member is positioned in the accommodating space. The rotatable member could rotate relative to the main body while water flows through the accommodating space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: JAMES WU, ALEX WU, CE-WEN YANG
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Publication number: 20200206755Abstract: A shower includes a first shower assembly, a rotatable valve and a second shower assembly. The first shower assembly has a first inlet bore and a first outlet bore individually separated from each other. The rotatable valve has two diverter flow paths which are separated from each other, and has a second inlet bore and a second outlet bore, wherein the second inlet bore communicates with the second outlet bore. The second shower assembly has a third outlet bore communicating with the second outlet bore. The second shower assembly is connected to the rotatable valve. The second shower assembly is turnable relative to the first shower assembly to rotate the rotatable valve. When the second shower assembly is turned to rotate the rotatable valve, the first outlet bore, the second inlet bore or the both communicate with the first inlet bore through at least one of the diverter flow paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: JAMES WU, ALEX WU, CE-WEN YANG
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Publication number: 20200206756Abstract: A shower head including a base body, a jet disc held on a shower jet discharge side of the base body and including at least one jet discharge opening, and a jet disc holding device for fixing the jet disc on a jet disc holding region of the base body. Illustratively, the jet disk holding device includes a plurality of plug connector pins and associated pin through-passage openings, across which a respective one of the plug connector pins is passed through, wherein the respective pin through-passage opening is provided on the jet disk holding region of the base body or on the jet disk, and wherein the plug connector pins and the pin through-passage openings are configured for latched retaining of the plug connector pins within the pin through-passage openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Ulrich Kinle, Fabian Melle
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Publication number: 20200206757Abstract: A shower includes a shower assembly and a control member. The shower assembly includes a main body having a side wall, an end wall, a plurality of outlet bores and an inlet bore, wherein the side wall and end wall are connected to each other to compose an accommodating space. The outlet bores and the inlet bore are positioned on the side wall of the main body, and communicate with each other through the accommodating space. The control member is positioned in the accommodating space of the shower assembly, and has a flow channel and a plurality of through holes. Each of the through holes communicates with each other through the flow channel, and is corresponding to the inlet bore or one of the outlet bores. When the control member is operated, at least one of the through holes communicates with the inlet bore, and another one of the through holes communicates with the corresponding one of the outlet bores.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: JAMES WU, ALEX WU, CE-WEN YANG
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Publication number: 20200206758Abstract: A liquid supply assembly is provided. The liquid supply assembly includes a receiving portion, a dispersing portion, and two flow controllers. The two flow controllers are connected between the receiving portion and the dispersing portion. A plurality of perforations are formed on the dispersing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventor: YOUNG-SIK PARK
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Publication number: 20200206759Abstract: There is provided a swim-in-place spa, comprising a basin for containing water, a circulation subsystem having a primary conduit extending from an inlet in the basin, a pump fluidly connected to the primary conduit to pump water from the inlet, a swim-in-place jet affixed to the basin, and a secondary conduit extending from the pump to the swim-in-place jet, in operation the pump inducing a flow of water toward the swim-in-place jet. The swim-in-place jet has a nozzle and a diffuser downstream of the nozzle relative to the flow of water, a nozzle outlet smaller than a diffuser inlet, the nozzle outlet and the diffuser inlet disposed in a spaced-apart relationship defining a gap for receiving a flow of entrained water. The circulation subsystem is configured for creating a water jet matching a cross-section of a swimmer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventor: Nicolae BADITA
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Publication number: 20200206760Abstract: A flow rate controller includes a pipe body and a control assembly. The pipe body includes a channel, a water supply opening and a water outlet opening, wherein the water supply opening is adapted to connect to a water supply pipe, and the water supply opening communicates with the water outlet opening through the channel. The control assembly includes a fixed member and a rotatable member, wherein the fixed member is fixedly positioned in the pipe body, and includes a first flow hole. The rotatably member is coaxially and rotatably connected to the pipe body, so that the rotatably member is rotatable relative to the pipe body. The rotatably member includes a plurality of second flow holes and a plurality of adjusting positions, wherein the second flow holes have different hole sizes to each other, and each of the adjusting positions is respectively corresponding to the corresponding one of the second flow holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventors: JAMES WU, ALEX WU, CE-WEN YANG
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Publication number: 20200206761Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a water outlet mechanism and a shower head comprising the water outlet mechanism. The water outlet mechanism comprises an inlet, an air intake chamber, an air intake passage, and a water outlet passage. The water outlet passage is in communication with the air intake chamber, and the air intake chamber is disposed with a wall connected to an entrance of the water outlet passage. The water outlet passage gradually increases in a downward direction, and a plurality of rectifying ribs protrude from an inner wall of the water outlet passage and are arranged in a circumferential direction at intervals. When the water flows through the inlet and enters the air intake chamber, a flowing cross sectional area of the water changes suddenly, an air pressure surrounding the water is less than the external air pressure, and a negative pressure is generated in the air intake chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Qihua FAN, Shilong Wu, Fengde Lin, Wenxing Chen
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Publication number: 20200206762Abstract: In a spray nozzle with a nozzle housing including a dosing chamber for accommodating a release agent to be sprayed into a mold via a discharge line including a check valve and a nozzle body and a venting unit integrated into the nozzle housing for venting air from the spray nozzle, the volume of the dosing chamber is adjustable and the venting unit is activatable by an activation signal by which the venting unit is moved from a dysfunctional position to a venting and opening position in which the check valve is held open by the venting unit for venting the dosing chamber and the discharge line, via the nozzle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: WOLLIN GMBHInventor: BJOERN WOLLIN
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Publication number: 20200206763Abstract: A pump dispenser has a pump body and a reciprocable plunger with a lock-down mechanism, comprising internal or external lock formations of the plunger and body, such as thread formations, by which the plunger can be locked down for shipping and released subsequently by a rotational release movement. To supplement security for demanding shipping conditions the dispenser also has a supplementary catch mechanism in which respective catch formations of the plunger and body engage selectively in the locked-down position to inhibit the rotational release movement. The catch formations may have circumferentially-directed surfaces which engage between the underside of a plunger head having a shroud and a nozzle and the top of the body beneath the plunger head. They can be released by resilient deformation of one or more of the catch formations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Simon Christopher Knight, Brian Robert Law, Thomas P. Kasting
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Publication number: 20200206764Abstract: The present application is related to reducing the paint left inside the piping of the painting device. More specifically the present application is directed to a painting device that includes: a paint output part for outputting paint towards an object to be painted; a paint piping for the paint to pass through towards the paint output part; and a steel ball provided inside the paint piping; and a paint supply part supplying the paint to the paint piping from a side opposite to the paint output part. After the paint supply part stops supplying of the paint, the steel ball moves inside the paint piping towards the paint output part while the paint output part outputs the paint towards the object to be painted. The first moving fluid causes the steel ball to move inside the paint piping towards the paint output part by pushing the steel ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Takahiro Tawata, Kuniharu Yamauchi, Jose Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20200206765Abstract: A mask and a method of manufacturing a mask assembly, the mask including a body, and the body including one end and another end facing each other in a length direction and having a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction; and a pattern region between the one end and the other end, the pattern region including a plurality of pattern holes and a plurality of ribs between the plurality of pattern holes, wherein a curl value of the mask, which is defined as a shortest distance from a plane tangent to a center of the body to the one end or the other end of the body, is 1,000 ?m to 4,000 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Su Cheol GONG, Min Goo KANG, Taek Kyo KANG, Jung Woo KO, Min Ju KIM, Young Eun RYU, Jae Suk MOON, Soo Hyun MIN
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Publication number: 20200206766Abstract: An apparatus for applying a sealing and/or a coating substance to a component, in particular a vehicle body component. The apparatus includes kinematics, a spray device, and a sensor. The apparatus is configured to: a) acquire computer-aided design (CAD)-based information on the component; and in real time: b) acquire actual information on the component by the first sensor; c) create a movement profile for the kinematics and an application profile for the spray device on a basis of the CAD-based information and the actual information; and d) execute the movement profile and the application profile on the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Alexander GEISBERGER, Thorsten LANZL, Peter SIEMSEN
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Publication number: 20200206767Abstract: Provided is a can inner surface-coating apparatus with which inspection of bottomed cylinders can be favorably performed in parallel without being affected by the coating process. In the can inner surface-coating apparatus, inspection cameras to be used for inspection following coating of the inner surface of a bottomed cylinder that will become the body of a can or bottle-shaped can are disposed above spray devices that are used for coating the inner surface of bottomed cylinders. Moreover, the coating area including the spray devices and the inspection area including the inspection cameras are covered with a cover. By supplying air inside the cover from the upper part (air supply port) of the inspection area and discharging the air out of the cover from the lower part (coating mist collection duct) of the coating area, an air flow is formed from the upper part of the inspection area to the lower part of the coating area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Ryosuke KUSUBASHI, Naoyuki YAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200206768Abstract: A coating apparatus for coating a component with a coating agent includes an applicator for delivering at least one coating agent jet of the coating agent to the component. The coating apparatus includes an intercepting device which in an active position intercepts the at least one coating agent jet between the applicator and the component so that the at least one coating agent jet does not strike the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Marcus Kleiner, Moritz Bubek
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Publication number: 20200206769Abstract: A refractory-lined equipment includes a vessel defining an interior at least partially lined with a refractory material, and a nozzle assembly coupled to the vessel and extending into the interior. The nozzle assembly includes an outer sleeve fixed to the sidewall and extending through an aperture defined in the sidewall, the outer sleeve defining a central passageway, and a nozzle cartridge assembly positionable within the central passageway and including an inner sleeve, a refractory lining disposed about the inner sleeve, and a nozzle positioned within the inner sleeve. The nozzle cartridge assembly is removably coupled to the outer sleeve external to the vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Patrick L. Yoder, Christopher J. Fowler, Aaron M. Schlett, Laura E. Johnsen
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Publication number: 20200206770Abstract: A device for dispensing a spraying agent, e.g., a plant protection agent, includes a mixing unit for mixing two active agents to form a spraying agent, at least one of the active agents being suppliable to the mixing unit under pressure via a throttle unit, the throttle unit including a feed channel and a discharge channel that are fluidically connectable to each other via at least one throttle channel depending on a position of a throttle element of the throttle unit that is movably situated relative to the feed channel the discharge channel for setting a flow rate of the at least one active agent to be supplied to the mixing unit, the at least one throttle channel being situated at the throttle element and having a fixed channel cross section for keeping the through-flowing flow rate of the at least one active agent constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Bernd Stuke, Jochen Glasbrenner, Olaf Ohlhafer, Peter Schwaderer
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Publication number: 20200206771Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventor: John Arthur deVos
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Publication number: 20200206772Abstract: A viscous material wiping device wipes the viscous material attached to the tip of a spatula with a sheet. A sheet support jig has a groove recessed in the sheet facing surface, the groove includes a receiving portion and a wiping portion that are continuous in the groove extending direction, and the wiping portion has a groove width smaller than that of the receiving portion and substantially equal to the outer dimension of the tip of the spatula. A controller drives the moving mechanism to position the spatula on the opposite side of the sheet supporting jig with respect to the sheet in a posture that the spatula extends parallel to the groove extending direction and overlaps the groove when viewed in a normal direction of the sheet facing surface, and move the spatula in the normal direction so that the tip of the spatula is received in the receiving portion by pressing the sheet against the groove with the spatula.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naohiro OTSUKI, Satoshi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20200206773Abstract: The present application discloses a coating device including: a coating gun configured to apply a coating agent to an object; a sensor device configured to form a detection area in which the coating agent is detected on the object; a bracket on which the coating gun and the sensor device are mounted; and a robot configured to hold and rotate the bracket about a predetermined first axis of rotation. When the robot rotates the bracket from a first rotational position, at which the coating gun applies the coating agent to a coating position on the object, to a second rotational position in which the bracket is angularly changed by a predetermined rotational angle about the first axis of rotation, the detection area overlaps with the coating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki HATTORI, Masanori TAKASAKI, Masakazu TSUJI, Go ISHIZAKI, Yasuhide FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20200206774Abstract: A caulking gun incorporating a caulk tube receptacle having a dispensing end a handle end; a plunger rod having a dispensing end and having a handle end, the dispensing end of the plunger rod extending toward the caulk tube receptacle's dispensing end and the handle end of the plunger rod extending away from the caulk tube receptacle's handle end; a trigger actuator operatively supporting the plunger rod at the caulk tube receptacle's handle end; a hammerhead; and a mounting sleeve fixedly attaching the hammerhead to the handle end of the plunger rod, the caulking gun being alternatingly useable as a caulk applying tool and as a hammer for resetting protruding nail heads.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Luis A. Acosta, Yadira A. Acosta
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Publication number: 20200206775Abstract: Methods of curing a polymer layer on a substrate using variable microwave frequency are provided herein. In some embodiments, methods of curing a polymer layer on a substrate using variable microwave frequency include (a) forming a first thin-film polymer layer on a substrate, the first thin-film polymer layer including at least one first base dielectric material and at least one microwave tunable material, (b) applying a variable frequency microwave energy to the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to heat the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to a first temperature, and (c) adjusting the variable frequency microwave energy applied to the substrate and the first thin-film polymer layer to tune at least one material property of the first thin-film polymer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yueh Sheng Ow, Yue Cui, Arvind Sundarrajan, Nuno Yen-Chu Chen, Guan Huei See, Felix Deng
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Publication number: 20200206776Abstract: A method of photografting organic molecules to a metal oxide comprising: (a) contacting a substrate having a metal oxide layer on a surface thereof with an acrylate, derivative thereof or a photolabile functional group; and (b) exposing the metal oxide layer and the acrylate, derivative thereof or photolabile group to UV or visible radiation to form covalent bonds between the metal oxide and the acrylate, the derivative thereof or the photolabile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Randell Clevenger, Gordon D. Donald
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Publication number: 20200206777Abstract: A vibration control device of a plate-like member 11 includes: a plurality of piezoelectric element actuators 14; at least one piezoelectric element sensor 15; and a control circuit 17 that performs feedback control of operation of the piezoelectric element actuators 14 based on an output voltage of the piezoelectric element sensor 15 so as to suppress vibration of the plate-like member 11. A layout of the piezoelectric element sensor 15 and the piezoelectric element actuators 14 is set such that anti-resonance occurs in an output voltage of the piezoelectric element sensor 15 in a range where the vibration frequency of the plate-like member 11 is equal to or less than a predetermined value. Therefore, generation of noise can be prevented at the frequency. As a result, a gain can be increased at a control target frequency. Therefore, vibration can be suppressed, and noise can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunji Suzuki, Toshizumi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20200206778Abstract: Object: To provide a multilayer structure of an ultrasonic probe, the multilayer structure being capable of achieving more appropriate acoustic characteristics in accordance with a site from which an ultrasonic image is acquired, a target whose ultrasonic image is to be observed, an object of observing the ultrasonic image, and the like. Solution: A multilayer structure 2 of an ultrasonic probe includes: a piezoelectric layer 4 from which an ultrasonic wave is emitted to a subject; and a back layer 5 disposed on the piezoelectric layer 4 and opposite the subject across the piezoelectric layer 4, the back layer 5 having an acoustic impedance that is different from an acoustic impedance of the piezoelectric layer 4 within a range from ?20% to +20%. The back layer 5 is made of a material including a piezoelectric material or brass. A backing layer 6 is disposed on the back layer 5 and opposite the piezoelectric layer 4 across the back layer 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventor: Hiroshi ISONO
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Publication number: 20200206779Abstract: Provided are an actuator, method for manufacturing the actuator, and acoustic transmitter having the actuator. The actuator includes: an elastic metal member having a plurality of curved segments and a plurality of connection segments which constitute a ring structure with a long-axis direction and a short-axis direction; a multilayer piezoelectric member disposed within the ring structure and having a plurality of stacked piezoelectric units along the long-axis direction; and a plurality of coupling members disposed within the ring structure, wherein the multilayer piezoelectric member has two ends in the long-axis direction that are coupled to the connection segments of the elastic metal member in the long-axis direction. A preload stress is imparted to the elastic metal member. A plurality of coupling members having a size corresponding to the preload stress are disposed between the elastic metal member and the multilayer piezoelectric member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Chia-Hsin Lin, Ching-Iuan Sheu, Yu-Tsung Chiu, Chun-Ti Chen
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Publication number: 20200206780Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes a housing encompassing a circumferential side wall. The ultrasonic sensor includes a transducer element to convert an incoming ultrasonic signal into a detectable electrical signal, or conversely, to convert an electrical signal into an ultrasonic signal to be emitted. The ultrasonic sensor includes an oscillatable diaphragm connected to the housing. A multitude of mass elements are situated on a surface of the diaphragm. Alternatively or in addition, a multitude of mass elements are situated within the diaphragm. The mass elements form an acoustic meta material, which is a stop band material, band gap material or phononic crystal and which has a resonant behavior within a frequency band. A resonance frequency of the diaphragm including the multitude of mass elements situated on and/or within the diaphragm is within the frequency band at which the mass elements exhibit a resonant behavior.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Andre Gerlach, Johannes Henneberg
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Publication number: 20200206781Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for rejection of defective mineral fibre slabs in a continuous production process of mineral fibre slabs, said method comprising the steps of providing a continuous flow of rows of a predetermined number of mineral fibre slabs on a first conveyor with a first direction of travel; detecting each of the slabs in a row for defects; redirecting one or more defective slabs onto a second conveyor for further processing and transferring the remaining non-defective slabs in a row to a third conveyor, downstream of the first conveyor and having a third direction of travel; or if no defective slabs are detected in the row, the entire row is continued onto a fourth conveyor and onwards to a fifth conveyor both being downstream of the first conveyor and has the same direction of travel as the third conveyor; receiving the non-complete row of non-defective slabs from the third conveyor on a buffer table, and assembling a complete row from non-defective slabs receiveType: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Hans Kløverpris, Peter Nørgård
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Publication number: 20200206782Abstract: A suction head (1) for a waste sorting system includes a main tubular body (2) having a connecting end (3) for connection to a suction system (S) and a suction end (4) for engagement with a waste item. An upper sleeve member (5) and a lower sleeve member (6) are arranged around the suction end (4), wherein the upper sleeve member (5) is longitudinally movable with respect to the main tubular body (2) and the lower sleeve member 6 is removable from the suction end (4). An annular gripper sheet (7) of flexible material is arranged between the upper and lower sleeve member (5, 6). A biasing member (8) is in longitudinal biasing engagement with the upper sleeve member (5) for biasing the upper sleeve member (5) toward the lower sleeve member (6), clamping the annular gripper sheet (7) between the upper and lower sleeve member (5, 6).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Bollegraaf Patents and Brands B.V.Inventor: Johannes Sijbrand Vogelaar