Abstract: Methods are provided for storing and preserving comestible mollusk material, preferably so as to extend shelf life of the same. In one optional method, comestible mollusk material is placed in a product containing space of a storage container atop a platform of a support structure. The storage container includes an internal compartment having the product containing space. The support structure defines the platform for supporting the comestible mollusk material. The internal compartment further includes a reservoir, configured to retain liquid, below the platform. The platform and/or support structure are configured to direct liquid exuded from the comestible mollusk material to the reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir comprises an absorbent material for absorbing liquid in the reservoir.

Abstract: Humidity controlled product methods and packages produced by providing a package material having an interior surface and providing a plurality of humidity control devices in a continuous strip, separating a humidity control device from the strip, adhering the humidity control device to the interior surface of the product package material, and forming the package material into a product package or a product package component with the separated humidity control device adhered to an interior space within the package.

Abstract: A beverage ingredient cartridge for releasing beverage ingredients into a bottle to create a mixed beverage includes a body defining a liquid-ingredient chamber, a cap defining a solid-ingredient chamber, and an opening mechanism disposed on the cap. Upon a force applied to the beverage ingredient cartridge, a piercer of the bottle drives through the dispensing end of the cartridge, causing teeth of the opening mechanism to tear through films sealing the liquid-ingredient chamber and solid-ingredient chamber. This mixes contents of the liquid-ingredient chamber with contents of the solid-ingredient chamber and releases the mixed contents from the beverage ingredient cartridge into a bottle below that is filled with a liquid, creating a mixed beverage.

Abstract: A multi-reservoir container comprising a first reservoir, wherein the first reservoir includes a body having an interior cavity and a first dispensing aperture in communication with the interior cavity of the first reservoir; and a second reservoir removably disposed within a portion of the interior cavity of the first reservoir, wherein the second reservoir includes a body having an interior cavity; a first cap formed around the body that engages the first dispensing aperture in a sealable manner; a second dispensing aperture in communication with the interior cavity of the second reservoir; and a second cap that engages the second dispensing aperture in a sealable manner.

Abstract: A means of suspending items within a transportable container, such as an environmental enclosure like a common “cooler” or “ice-chest”. Inside the container, items are supported by resting on top of a shelf or platform that may be rigid, semi-rigid, inflatable, pleated, telescoping, floating, cushioned, or flexible. The shelf may be supported by straps that may exit the container and are fastened to, or encircle, the interior and/or exterior of the container. The mechanism for attachment to the outside of the container may be a simple loop over an external anchor point affixed to the outside of the container, or a latch or latches, or a magnetic device, or a continuous loop or loops that encircle the container such that no external anchor is required.

Abstract: A discharge container 1 includes a container body having a discharge face 13, on which a discharge hole 15 is formed, a cylinder part including a discharge space 2 in communication with the discharge hole 15 inside the container body, a piston 3 movable between a first position and a second position, the second position being farther than the first position from the discharge face in the discharge space 2, and a plurality of storage portions 5a to 5e for storing contents, wherein a plurality of inlet holes respectively corresponding to the plurality of storage portions 5a to 5e are formed in an inner wall of the discharge space 2, wherein, when the piston 3 is at the second position, the plurality of inlet holes 22a to 22e communicate with the discharge space 2 between a top face of the piston 3 and the discharge face, and the contents are ready to flow into the discharge space 2 from the plurality of inlet holes 22a to 22e, and wherein, when the piston 3 is at the first position, the plurality of inlet holes

Abstract: This disclosure relates to containers and substrates comprising a fluoropolymer and having a textured inner surface and to methods for cultivating and/or isolating a biological agent using such containers and substrates. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a container (e.g., in the form of a bag) having an outer surface and a textured inner surface, the inner surface comprising a fluoropolymer, wherein the textured inner surface comprises one or more of (a) a plurality of functional groups attached to the fluoropolymer, and (b) a pattern of spaced features, the features having an average spacing within the range of 0.1 ?m to 200 ?m.

Abstract: The invention provides a frozen confection product comprising a frozen confection and a flexible wrapper, wherein the inner material of the wrapper has a high water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) and a subsequent material has a low water vapour transmission rate (WVTR). The use of the frozen confection product reduces the amount of frost present on the surface of a frozen confection during storage.

Abstract: A capsule for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage with a beverage brewing device is disclosed. The beverage brewing device comprises a receptacle for receiving the capsule. The capsule comprises a cup comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom closing the circumferential wall at a first end, and a lid in use connected to the cup at a second end of the circumferential wall opposite the bottom. The wall, bottom and lid, in use, enclose an inner space comprising the extractable product. At least a portion of a surface of the capsule conceived to, in use, interact with the receptacle is provided with at least one projection for forming a sealing engagement with the receptacle.

Abstract: A conveying system for conveying a conveyable material from a hopper where the system includes a fluid port located below the hopper outlet and in a vertical flow path into hopper outlet that can be momentarily opened for an on the go release of a charge of compressed air directly upward into the hopper outlet and into the underside of the bridge in the hopper to either disintegrate or unlock the bridged particles from each other thereby causing the bridged material to fall into the hopper outlet and into the conveying system where the material can be transported to a remote location or to remove any material that may be adhering to the wall during an emptying phase.

Abstract: A system for containing and disposing solid waste includes a container and a structure for supporting the container. The container has an opening attachable to the structure. The structure includes vacuum ports, a heating element, and may have an air-tight sealing device or material. The container is attached to the structure, waste is placed inside of it, the container is sealed, vacuum removes gas from the container, and the container is then sealed a second time using heat.

Abstract: A receptacle may provide a touchless opening and closing lid that may be activated by a motion sensor. A swing-door may form a front of the receptacle and may open and close to expose and provide access to a molded interior liner. A non-slip molded base may form a platform for the receptacle. A fragrancing system may be provided inside of the lid and may emit a waterless mist containing a fragrance when the lid opens.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted garbage bin cleaning system includes first arms for lifting a first garbage bin, the first arms rotatably coupled to a mount on the vehicle, a hopper for accepting the first garbage bin when the first arms lifts the first garbage bin into the hopper, spray rods extending upwards from the hopper, each spray rod including a high-pressure, rotating water nozzle that sprays a water jet, wherein when the first arms lifts the first garbage bin into the hopper, the spray rods are situated within the first garbage bin, and, second arms configured for grabbing and lifting a second garbage bin smaller than the first garbage bin, the second arms rotatably coupled to the mount on the vehicle in between the first arms, wherein when the second arms lift the second garbage bin into the hopper, a spray rod is situated within the second garbage bin.

Abstract: A system for movement of products is described. The system uses a facility which contains warehouse shelves, each shelf includes various devices to move products within the shelf. Some rollers on the shelf are active, others passive. Power is transferred to the active rollers from an end of arm tool.

Abstract: A wireless tag reading system includes a first wireless tag reading apparatus configured to read identification information from a first wireless tag attached to a first article in a first reading range by using a first frequency, a second wireless tag reading apparatus configured to read identification information from a second wireless tag attached to a second article in a second reading range by using a second frequency different from the first frequency, a moving body configured to move along a set route, the first and second wireless tag reading apparatuses being on the moving body such that the first reading range and the second reading range overlap, and an information processing apparatus configured to collect the identification information as read from the first wireless tag by the first wireless tag reading apparatus and from the second wireless tag by the second wireless tag reading apparatus.

Abstract: A roller for a conveyor system comprises a nonlinear bore hole to facilitate retention of the roller on a roller-receiving portion of a corresponding shaft. A nonlinear bore hole comprises a central cylindrical portion for receiving a roller-receiving portion of the shaft and unaligned slots in communication with the central cylindrical portion to prevent migration of the roller from the roller-receiving portion.

Abstract: A process for recognizing the orientation of a fruit (F), having a central axis of symmetry passing through the concave parts of the fruit (F), comprises an initial measurement step in which the measuring instrument measures its distance from the sample fruit (Fo), an individual measurement step of each fruit (F) to be treated travelling on the fruit multiple lanes tape (7), a comparison step in which the distance measured in the individual measurement step of each fruit (F) to be treated is compared with the distances measured in the initial measurement step of the sample fruit (Fo), in order to assess whether the distance measured in the individual measurement step is that one of a concave part of the fruit (F) or that one of a convex part of the fruit (F), and a check step that determines that the fruit (F) is correctly oriented or not. An apparatus that embodies this method is also described.

Abstract: System for transporting items to a packaging station comprising at least a first, a second and a third conveyor, said first conveyor configured for transporting arrangements of one or more items in a first transport direction to the third conveyor, said second conveyor configured for transporting arrangements of one or more items in a second transport direction to the third conveyor, said third conveyor configured for transporting said arrangements from the first and the second conveyor in a third transport direction, a fourth and a fifth transport direction towards a packaging station.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting containers along a transport route includes first and second transport elements, at least one of which comprises grippers that are radially movable in relation to a vertical machine axis about which said first transport element rotates. The said first and second transport elements define a transport route that comprises first and second transport-route sections defined by circular arcs and a third transport-route section disposed between them. The third transport-route section comprises a transport-route region that defines a course having a kink-free transition-curve section having a curvature that either only increases or only decreases.

Abstract: The apparatus for diverting objects such as containers, bundles, packages, which are conveyed on a transport apparatus, comprises a first transport device, on which the objects are transported in a single row, a second transport device, which is arranged to the side of the first transport device, and a diverting device, which is provided on one side of the transport apparatus and by means of which an object to be diverted is diverted from the first transport device onto the second transport device. The apparatus furthermore comprises a rail, which is provided on a side of the transport apparatus situated opposite the diverting device, and a device for generating an air jet, wherein the device for generating the air jet is configured such that the air jet which is generated runs parallel to the rail.

Abstract: A method of collating packages that includes receiving a plurality of packages in a main channel of a collation module, conveying the packages in the main channel along parallel grooves having a first portion arranged perpendicularly to the main channel, and conveying the packages in the main channel along a second portion of the parallel grooves angled towards a first side of the collation module, where each package passes through first and second portions of a single groove.

Abstract: A device for coating containers using a coating process with a main supporting frame, which includes: a container conveying device, a treatment station for coating the containers, and a transfer device, which moves the containers between the conveying device and the treatment station. The transfer device has a gripper unit, which is mounted pivotably along a pivot axis aligned parallel to the conveying device on a gripper frame, which is arranged fixed in place in relation to the main supporting frame during operation. The gripper unit is mounted on a carriage connected to the gripper frame. Thee carriage performs linear movements in three mutually perpendicular directions. The gripper unit is movable between a first position, in which it can grip the containers in the region of the conveying device, and a second position, in which it can insert the containers into the treatment station and fetch them from it.

Abstract: A noncontact support platform system is configured to support a workpiece and includes pressure ports and vacuum ports that are interspersed on a top surface of a table. The ports are arranged along columns such that a pressure port alternates with a vacuum port along each column. The columns include at least one longitudinal column that is oriented substantially parallel to a direction of motion of the workpiece. Mutually parallel rotated columns are each oriented at an oblique angle to the direction of motion. At least one transition column is located between a longitudinal column and its proximal rotated column and has an orientation that is intermediate between the two columns that are adjacent to that transition column. Each vacuum port and pressure port is located at an intersection of a column with a row that is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of motion.

Abstract: A pallet blocking apparatus for use with a pallet dispenser, and related method and system are described. The pallet blocking apparatus comprises, a first wall, a second wall substantially parallel to the first wall and spaced apart for allowing movement of a pallet stack with a top pallet and a bottom pallet there inbetween, the pallet stack being dispensed from the pallet dispenser, a pallet storage area defined by the space between the first wall, the second wall, and a pallet blocker, and the pallet blocker spanning the first wall and the second wall, and substantially perpendicular to the first wall and the second wall, the blocker for blocking the top pallet in the pallet stack and urging the top pallet into the pallet storage area.

Abstract: There is provided shipping container handling systems and methods that maximize the number of containers that can be stored on a predetermined property, as well as increasing the efficiency of the transfer of containers between transshipment vehicles, such as cargo ships/barges, trucks, airline, rail systems and the like.

Abstract: A hinged and pronged plate apparatus for loading railway gondola cars with bulk material, such as municipal solid waste transported by trucks, in a cost-effective and spatially-convenient manner. The railway loading system can have multiple tiers, including a top tier, one or more middle tiers, and bottom tier, which provide working platforms and loading platforms for the gondola cars and vehicles containing the waste and workers that operate the system. The hinged and pronged plate can have a fin with perpendicular prongs extending from the fin. The hinged and pronged plate can be configured to cover the spaces between and surrounding the gondola cars and allows for easy and safe loading of bulk materials from trucks into gondola cars.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a panel and a dust-free system for manufacturing a panel are provided. The method includes several operations. A first operation on a substrate in a first machine station is performed. A second operation on the substrate in a second machine station is performed. The substrate is transferred between the first machine station and the second machine station, wherein the substrate is transferred in a mini-environment by a panel carrier.

Abstract: A system for preparing a dry process material includes a sealed container that holds and seals the dry process material therein and prevents airborne dust or particles from the dry process material from escaping the sealed container. Sealed processing equipment receives the dry process material from the sealed container and prevents the airborne dust or particles from escaping the sealed processing equipment. A sealed connection sealingly couples the sealed container to the sealed processing equipment and prevents the airborne dust or particles from escaping while transferring the dry process material. A sealed transfer conduit is sealingly coupled to and extends from the sealed processing equipment.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet accommodating unit, a sheet feeding unit, a first lifting portion, a second lifting portion, a linear member configured to liftably support the first lifting portion and the second lifting portion, and stretched between the first lifting portion and the second lifting portion on a lower side of the stacking surface, a first winding unit, an second winding unit, and an adjustment member configured to adjust both a first distance of the linear member between the first winding unit and the first lifting portion and a second distance of the linear member between the second winding unit and the second lifting portion.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a storage portion, a sheet supporting portion, a feed portion, a drive portion configured to output driving force that lifts the sheet supporting portion, a rotation shaft rotatably supported by the storage portion and including an engaging portion disposed on one end side in an axial direction, the engaging portion being configured to engage with the drive portion, a pressing portion fixed to the rotation shaft and configured to press the sheet supporting portion from below when the rotation shaft is rotated by the drive portion, and a rotary damper disposed so as to join with the rotation shaft on another end side of the rotation shaft and configured to reduce rotary motion of the rotation shaft.

Abstract: A vacuum lifter apparatus for lifting sheet material articles comprises an upper chassis, a modular lower suction plate supported beneath the chassis, a controller and a source of vacuum air pressure, the suction plate comprising a suction lifting surface for providing vacuum lifting pressure to said articles. The modular suction plate has plural side-by-side modules, each module providing a different portion of the suction lifting surface and having one or more air outlets, outlets of one module separate from outlets of other modules and in fluid communication with the corresponding portion of the suction lifting surface and not with different portions of the suction lifting surface. The chassis comprises at least one air outlet connected to said source of vacuum air pressure, and a plurality of separate air flow channels through the chassis. Each air flow channel has an associated air flow valve and a valve actuator.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes: a feeding roller that comes in contact with one of stacked printing media and feeds the printing medium; a support member that supports the feeding roller; an inclined portion that is arranged downstream of the feeding roller in a feeding direction in which the printing medium is fed, the inclined portion being inclined with respect to the feeding direction; and a restriction member that is arranged downstream of the feeding roller in the feeding direction, the restriction member being capable of coming in contact with the printing medium fed by the feeding roller. The restriction member is provided independently from the support member and is capable of moving between a first position and a second position, the first position being set downstream of the inclined portion in the feeding direction, the second position being set upstream of the inclined portion in the feeding direction.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus, including: a casing having a discharge opening and a conveyance route; a roller; a driving source; a printing head; a scanner disposed at a downstream side in a discharge direction; and a controller. The controller is configured to, depending on a printing preparation command, detect a leading-end position of a sheet; determine whether a printing surface of the sheet includes an error position that is not suitable for printing; and convey the sheet until the error position reaches the downstream position from the printing head. Then, the controller controls the printing head to execute printing of an image on the sheet.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing, an image forming unit movable between an accommodated position and a shifted position, an actuator, an urging member, a cam, and a contact portion. The actuator includes a pivot shaft and a protrusion protruding therefrom. The protrusion at a standby position crosses a conveyance path and is contactable with a sheet conveyed along the conveyance path. When the image forming unit is at the accommodated position, the contact portion and the cam contact each other and maintain the protrusion at the standby position against an urging force of the urging member. As the image forming unit moves from the accommodated position to the shifted position, the contact portion and the cam move away from each other such that the protrusion pivots from the standby position, by the urging force, to a retracted position at which the protrusion is retracted from the conveyance path.

Abstract: A medium stacking device includes an intermediate stacker that receives a medium treated by a treatment portion, and a first alignment member as an example of a contact portion, that is configured to move between a first position for performing an alignment operation on the medium on the intermediate stacker, and a second position that is separated further from the leading edge of the medium than is the first position. Furthermore, the medium stacking device is provided with a stacking portion that stacks the medium discharged from the intermediate stacker. The medium discharged from the intermediate stacker is stacked on the stacking portion after a leading edge contacts the first alignment member positioned at the second position.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet stacking apparatus including an aligning member lifting-lowering device configured to lift and lower aligning members between an aligning position where the aligning members abut to and align the sheets and a retreating position where the aligning members are lifted from an upper surface of the sheets, an aligning member moving device configured to move the aligning members in a sheet width direction, and a stack tray lifting-lowering device configured to lift and lower a stack tray based on a detection result of a sheet surface detecting device. A controller lifts the aligning members to the retreating position with the aligning member lifting-lowering device after the sheets stacked on the stack tray is aligned at the aligning position, and stops lifting-lowering operation of the stack tray lifting-lowering device while the aligning members are moved in the sheet width direction with the aligning member moving device.

Abstract: A sheet pressing device includes a carry-in port that receives a Z-folded sheet having two folds; an additional folding roller disposed downstream of the carry-in port to press the fold; a lower folding guide having a pedestal disposed opposite to the additional folding roller; a first moving mechanism that moves the additional folding roller between a pressing position at which the additional folding roller is made to approach the pedestal and a retreat position at which the additional folding roller is moved relative to the pedestal from the pressing position; a second moving mechanism that moves the additional folding roller along the fold; and a control part. The control part controls the second moving mechanism so as to increase the number of times the additional folding roller is moved along the fold when a sheet section is positioned between the additional folding roller and the fold.

Abstract: A sensor control apparatus includes a control unit, a plurality of sensors connected in series to the control unit. Each of the plurality of sensors includes a detector configured to perform a detection operation based on a first voltage applied from the control unit, a first switch provided on an application path for applying a voltage, a second switch provided on a supply path for supplying the voltage applied from the control unit to a sensor connected in a subsequent stage, and a conduction control unit. The control unit brings the first switch into conduction and cut off the second switch in a case where the voltage on the application path is the first voltage, and cuts off the first switch and bring the second switch into conduction in a case where the voltage on the application path is a second voltage.

Abstract: Method and system for feeding a twisted metal cable braided into a plurality of braids or a flat wire from a support or spool to a winder or winding machine, including unwinding the cable or wire from the spool, measuring a property of the cable or wire from among its tension, velocity and quantity, possible adjustment of the property and feeding the cable or wire to the machine with the property constant. The cable or wire is unwound in a controlled way in a direction at right angles to the axis of the spool directly from such spool or through a return member which receives the cable or wire from the spool from which it is unwound in an uncontrolled way, such controlled unwinding preventing the cable changing the structure of its braids through loosening or stretching and the wire undergoes torsion before its property is measured.

Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system having a controller configured for: rendering a first determination that an elevator service call is placed at a first lobby, rendering a second determination that captured video data indicates a plurality of passengers including a first passenger is at the first lobby, and executing a first communication to instruct a first elevator car to effect elevator service at the first lobby based on the first determination and the second determination.

Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator system includes a plurality of components respectively configured for at least one function during operation of the elevator system. A plurality of sensors are each associated with at least one of the components. Each sensor senses at least one characteristic of an actual performance of an associated one of the components. A processor is configured to receive respective indications from the sensors regarding the actual performance of the associated components, determine a difference between the actual performance and a desired performance of any of the components based on the respective indications, and determine an adjustment to the operation of the elevator system based upon the determined difference.

Abstract: A method for checking the status of field devices of a building-associated installation for transporting people includes the steps of: sending a command block of a status telegram from a monitoring unit via a series bus to a plurality of field devices; supplementing the status telegram by the field devices that are addressed by the command block; receiving the data block supplemented by the addressed field devices by the monitoring unit; and evaluating the status values in the supplemented data block by the monitoring unit.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator car parking brake comprising a brake carrier having a first plate and a second plate, the plates being spaced from each other and positioned to enable a guide rail to travel within the space between the plates, a caliper movably connected to the brake carrier, brake pads, and an actuator configured to move the brake pads against a guide rail in a braking operation. The elevator car parking brake further comprises at least one first compression spring arranged between the first plate of the brake carrier and a brake pad directly associated with the actuator; and at least one second compression spring arranged between the second plate of the brake carrier and the caliper, the first and second compression springs being configured to keep the brake pads substantially centered with respect to the brake carrier.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator car parking brake. An operating fork is configured to move within a housing in a direction perpendicular to an end surface of a guide rail in response to operating an actuator. When the actuator is operated to move the operating fork within the housing towards the guide rail to achieve a braking state, the operating fork is configured to push braking wedges towards side surfaces of the guide rail to contact the side surfaces. When the actuator is operated to move the operating fork within the housing away from the guide rail to achieve a brake release state, detaching means are configured to pull the braking wedges away from the side surfaces of the guide rail.

Abstract: Disclosed is an elevator system including a controller configured for rendering a plurality of determinations and executing one or more communications, including a first determination that captured video on a first floor indicates a first passenger is at waiting for elevator service, a second determination that the first passenger is associated with a first room on a second floor or a first event on the second floor, and a first communication to instruct a first elevator car to transport the first passenger from the first floor to the second floor.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing sensor operation are provided. Aspects includes obtaining, by a primary sensor, primary sensor data associated with an electrical mechanical system, obtaining, by at least one secondary sensor, secondary sensor data associated with the electrical mechanical system, and analyzing the primary sensor data responsive to a determination of a predetermined state of the electrical mechanical system based on the secondary sensor data.

Abstract: A handrail assembly, a car and an elevator. The handrail assembly includes a fixing portion and a moving portion, the fixing portion comprises a plurality of first vertical posts arranged in a vertical direction, wherein the first vertical posts are configured to be hollow; the moving portion comprises: a plurality of lifting portions each comprising a plurality of second vertical posts movable into the first vertical posts and horizontal posts attached between the second vertical posts, wherein each lifting portion is configured to move at least between the extended position and the retracted position, the horizontal post is adjacent to the fixing portion when in the retracted position, and the horizontal post is away from the fixing portion when in the extended position; a limiting component to make each lifting portion ascend or descend in sequence in the vertical direction; and a sensing mechanism.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of retrofitting an elevator machine with primary and secondary braking, the machine being disposed on a machine support frame in an elevator machine room, and engaging one or more ropes for providing selective movement of an elevator car disposed in an elevator shaft, the machine having a drive sheave including a cylindrical brake drum, and brake components including dual brake arms; the method including: removing the brake components; affixing flanged disc segments about the drum and interlocking the flanged disc segments to form a brake rotor; and mounting respective brake calipers to frame mounts for providing primary and secondary braking to the elevator machine.

Abstract: An actuation device (24) for an elevator safety device (20) configured for moving in a longitudinal direction along a guide member (14, 15) of an elevator system (2), comprises a base (25) and a lever (26). The lever (26) is pivotably supported by the base (25) in a configuration allowing the lever (26) to pivot between an engaged position, in which at least a portion of the lever (26) or an element (27, 46) moving concurrently with the lever (26) contacts the guide member (14, 15); and a disengaged position, in which neither the lever (26) nor an element (27, 46) moving concurrently with the lever (26) contacts the guide member (14, 15). The lever (26) is also shiftable with respect to the base (25).

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an elevator car parking brake comprising brake pads and an actuator configured to move the brake pads with respect to a guide rail. The elevator car parking brake further comprises levers, each having an associated brake pad; and at least one screw associated with the actuator and rotatably fixed to at least one lever via at least one attaching member. In a braking operation, the actuator is configured to rotate the at least one screw in a first direction with respect to the at least one attaching member, thus causing the levers with the brake pads to move towards the guide rail. In a brake release operation, the actuator is configured to rotate the at least one screw in a second direction with respect to the at least one attaching member, thus causing the levers with the brake pads to move away from the guide rail.