Patents Issued in July 16, 2020
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Publication number: 20200222922Abstract: A sprinkler head having a nutating fluid distribution cage. The sprinkler head has a first sprinkler body and a second sprinkler body. The first sprinkler body has an upper plate and a lower plate. A distribution cage is configured to hang from the lower plate when fluid is not being sprayed onto the cage. An upper cage plate of the distribution cage is configured to nutate between the upper plate and the lower plate when fluid is sprayed on the cage. The second sprinkler body is positioned below the cage and is connected to the first sprinkler body by one or more arms. The cage has a magnet coupled with a magnet of the second sprinkler body. The magnetic coupling allows the cage to hang at an angle from the lower sprinkler body plate when fluid is not sprayed onto the cage and/or to provide for a speed dampener of the rate of nutation of the cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: DON DUFFIN, ROGER DUFFIN, CASEY NUTT
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Publication number: 20200222923Abstract: A product applicator is designed for attachment to an outlet discharge tube of an air blower, and includes an adapter nozzle assembly and product storage container. The adapter nozzle assembly is located at a distal end of the blower tube, and includes a substantially hollow elongated housing and a discharge nozzle located inside the housing. The housing has a discharge end and a connecting end adapted for being arranged inline with the discharge airstream supplied by the blower. Suction and supply hoses cooperate to automatically transfer product from the storage container to the discharge nozzle. From the discharge nozzle, the product is broadcast outwardly from the operator to a surrounding area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Joseph D. Osborne
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Publication number: 20200222924Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure rotor nozzle comprising a main body having a channel for supplying a highly pressurised fluid, a nozzle holder which can be rotationally driven for this purpose via a hydraulically generated torque, and which has at least one nozzle connected to the channel in a manner open for fluid and acting in accordance with an axial recoil, wherein a leakage chamber forming a hydraulic axial bearing during operation is provided between the main body and the nozzle holder that can be axially adjusted in relation to same in a recoil-dependent manner, with said leakage chamber being connected to a first gap seal between the main body and the nozzle holder guiding a leakage fluid, wherein the high-pressure rotor nozzle is designed in such a way that the leakage chamber transitions into at least one throttle gap circumferentially surrounding the nozzle holder in an axial sub-region and varying in the axial extension thereof according to the movement path of the nozzle holder, whereinType: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: René NÖLLE
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Publication number: 20200222925Abstract: A plural component spray gun system for use with a reactor having a chemical supply, a heater, a pump and a compressor, includes a trigger module with a spool valve having an air inlet and an activating outlet and an deactivating outlet; and an air body connected to the trigger module by an intermediate extending portion and having a mixing chamber to combine pressurized chemical components upon activation of a piston by pressure from the activating outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Gerald M. LUBECK, Gordon J. MAGINNIS
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Publication number: 20200222926Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods related to a fragrance bottle assembly are disclosed. The fragrance bottle assembly can include a bottle configured to retain an atomizable liquid, the bottle having an upper portion and an interior area, a nozzle head coupled to the upper portion and in communication with the interior area, and a tube coupled to the nozzle head and extending into an interior area for engagement with the liquid. The assembly can also include a cap assembly disposed over the upper portion of the bottle, the cap having an upper surface having an opening through which extends such that the nozzle head protrudes above the upper surface. The cap assembly can further include a nozzle cover connected to and slidably moveable along the second upper surface between a first position spaced away from the nozzle head and a second position covering the nozzle head.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Nicole Mather
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Publication number: 20200222927Abstract: A device for dispensing a fluid, including a pocket whose interior volume is delimited by a deformable wall; a pressing surface; a dispensing part including a dispensing cavity; an outlet; a dispensing orifice connecting the pocket to the dispensing cavity; and a dispensing valve located in the dispensing cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Guillaume BOULAIS
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Publication number: 20200222928Abstract: A pump assembly comprises a pump main body having a first cavity and a press rod. The press rod has a rod body and a piston portion in which the rod body is slidably provided in the first cavity in a penetrating manner and one end thereof extends out of the first cavity. The piston portion is connected to the rod body and is located in the first cavity to divide it into a first gas cavity and a second gas cavity, one or more of which are sealed cavities. Since the piston portion can rebound under the resultant force of a gas pressure in the gas cavities, the pump main body does not need a spring for rebounding the rod body. Accordingly, the pump assembly can be entirely made of a plastic material, and no metal material is mixed, so the pump assembly is easily recycled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Wei ZHU
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Publication number: 20200222929Abstract: A smart nozzle assembly includes a nozzle, a nozzle control mechanism, and camera rigidly attached to the nozzle for use with a mobile robot in an autonomous spray painting system. The nozzle control mechanism is configured to control flowrate, control the shape of the spray pattern, mix two or more colors, and clean dried paint at the nozzle tip. The nozzle assembly further includes a process for running software to manage or initiate the nozzle control mechanism's functionality and to provide the nozzle calibration. The calibration method for the nozzle uses a novel algorithm that measures the spray pattern, the distribution of paint within the spray pattern, and the relative position of the nozzle and camera. The distribution of paint within the spray pattern is measured in terms of physical quantity of delivered paint per unit area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: PAUL A. BEARDSLEY, JAN WEZEL, DOROTHEA REUSSER
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Publication number: 20200222930Abstract: A masking plug assembly includes a lower anvil and an elongate member coupled to a central portion of the lower anvil, where the elongate member includes at least one coupling part. The assembly also includes an upper anvil having a central opening for receiving the elongate member therethrough, where the upper anvil includes at least one complementary coupling part configured to be releasably coupled with the at least one coupling part of the elongate member. The assembly also includes a deformable plug with a central opening for receiving the elongate member therethrough, where the deformable plug is configured to be positioned within the hole of the structure between the lower anvil and the upper anvil, and where the deformable plug is composed of a resilient material such that at least a portion of the deformable plug expands horizontally when compressed vertically between the lower anvil and the upper anvil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Theodore Warner, James L. Scherer
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Publication number: 20200222931Abstract: In order to create a rotating unit for a coating lance device for thermally coating an interior, it is provided that the rotary drive is implemented as a hollow-shaft motor coaxial with the axis of rotation of the tool holder, and wherein the tool holder and the coating material feed, as well as the process media feed, are located centrally relative to the hollow-shaft motor. Furthermore, in order to create a coating lance device for thermally coating an interior, it is proposed to provide such a rotating unit; at least one linear actuator for axial and/or lateral positioning of the rotating unit relative to an interior to be coated; and stationary supply connections for supplying electricity to the coating lance, and for the coating material feed, and for the process media feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Stefan RICHTER, Mike HIRSCHFELDT, Klaus Stefan KLIMEK, Philipp Marian MUELLER
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Publication number: 20200222932Abstract: A positioning clamp for spray-coating of a wheel trim ring includes a lower base plate, a circular bracket, an upper base plate, a plurality of guide rods, a plurality of sliding support parts and a distance adjusting mechanism. The distance adjusting mechanism is configured to drive the plurality of sliding support parts to approach a central position along the guide rods and to move away from the central position along the guide rods. According to the positioning clamp for spray-coating of the wheel trim ring, the position of each sliding support part can be adjusted to adapt to wheel trim rings of different sizes. Therefore, the positioning clamp for spray-coating of the wheel trim ring can replace a large number of positioning clamps of different sizes, and has the advantages of being simple in structure, stable and reliable in positioning, low in manufacturing cost and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Xiao Liu, Yudong Li, Xiaopeng Chen
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Publication number: 20200222933Abstract: A dispensing assembly for dispensing fluid generally includes a container having a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and a sprayer having arms extending away from the sprayer. The arms of the sprayer define a channel configured to receive at least part of the handle of the container within the channel to thereby couple the sprayer to the container. Such a dispensing assembly can be made by forming the container with a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and forming the sprayer with the arms such that the arms can be used to couple the sprayer to the handle of the container, where the arms extend away from the sprayer and define the channel for receiving at least part of the handle of the container into the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Scott C. VOELKER
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Publication number: 20200222934Abstract: Disclosed is a sprinkler system including a controller, wherein when the sprinkler system is in a pressurized mode, the controller is configured for: rendering a first determination to transition the sprinkler system to a standby mode, and executing a first communication with a vacuum pump based on the first determination, the first communication directing the vacuum pump to activate, whereby fluid is drained from the sprinkler system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Nazar Krutskevych
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Publication number: 20200222935Abstract: There is disclosed a selective wetting apparatus (2) comprising a roller (20) rotatable about a roller axis (24) and comprising a wettable roller surface (22); an applicator unit (10) having a lip (12) which extends parallel to the roller axis (24) and is radially spaced apart from the roller surface (22) by a gap (30), wherein the applicator unit (10) is to convey liquid agent (14) towards the roller (20) so that the liquid agent (14) forms a liquid bridge (32) over the gap (30) to wet a wettable axial portion of the roller surface (22); and a flow guide (50) to direct a gas flow (56) into a regulated axial portion of the gap (30) to locally prevent formation of a liquid bridge (32), and thereby prevent wetting of a corresponding axial portion of the roller surface (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Alex Lipnizkiy, Mordechai Arenson, Marko Richter, Yossi Yaacobov, Gil Fisher, Michael Vinokur, Chen Talmor, Nadav Shalem
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Publication number: 20200222936Abstract: A system for finishing surfaces with a finishing material includes a handle assembly with proximal and distal ends. A material reservoir is mounted on the handle distal and includes an inlet and an outlet. A material applicator tool is mounted on the reservoir and receives material from the reservoir outlet. A discharge mechanism includes an extendable-retractable component or linear actuator connected to the reservoir for discharging or reloading material. Multiple embodiments utilizing different linear actuators are disclosed. An alternative embodiment includes a push-to-open valve mechanism. Additional embodiments include an adjustment mechanism on the push-to-open valve mechanism accommodating adjustment of flow of finishing compound when the push-to-open valve is engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Scott A. Murray, Sun Xiaowei
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Publication number: 20200222937Abstract: An applicator for applying liquid and gel stains, lacquers, shellac, or other sealers to wood by hand. In various embodiments, the applicator comprises various layers including an outer applicator layer, an inner reservoir layer, and, in some embodiments, a semi-permeable middle layer. The middle layer may act as a barrier of variable permeability and/or provide varying levels of rigidity to the pad. In all cases the various layers are fastened to one another throughout the planar intersection so that the applicator sheet can be cut to provide applicators of diverse sizes without compromising the integrity of the construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Jarred Schade Brown
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Publication number: 20200222938Abstract: The laser-induced dispensing system incudes a cartridge assembly having a supply reel for supplying a foil having a light transmissive layer wound around the supply reel, and a take-up reel for taking up the foil. There is provided a coating device for coating the foil by a donor material during a motion of the foil. The laser-induced dispensing system also includes a irradiation head having optics configured for focusing a laser beam. Additionally, a controller, for controlling the cartridge assembly to establish motion of the foil, and the optics to focus the laser beam onto the foil at a location downstream the outlet of the coating device so as to release droplets of the donor material from the foil is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: IO Tech Group LTD.Inventor: Michael ZENOU
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Publication number: 20200222939Abstract: The present invention includes an inner anticorrosive and abrasive resistant coating (10) for metallic pipes (1) used for the transport of fluids. The coating includes: a layer of epoxy resin (2) having free hydroxyl groups, which are applied directly to the inside (1a) of the metallic pipe (1); a layer of thermoplastic adhesive (3) applied directly onto the layer of epoxy resin; and a layer of a plastic material (4) containing polyvinylidene fluoride or polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: PATAGONIA SHALE SERVICES S.A.Inventors: Adrian ANDREANI, Federico Noriega
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Publication number: 20200222940Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an ultrasonic transducer having a high sensitivity and a high durability. An ultrasonic transducer includes: a pair of upper and lower electrodes; a cavity layer having a vibration space directly sandwiched between the pair of electrodes; and an insulating layer sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and disposed around the vibration space. A vertical thickness of the insulating layer is greater than that of the cavity layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Masakazu KAWANO, Taiichi TAKEZAKI, Shuntaro MACHIDA, Daisuke RYUZAKI
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Publication number: 20200222941Abstract: The disclosed technology features methods for the manufacture of electrical components such as ultrasound transducers. In particular, the disclosed technology provides methods of creating an ultrasonic transducer by connecting one or more multi-layer printed circuits to an array of ultrasound transducer elements. In one embodiment, the printed circuits have traces in a single layer that are spaced by a distance that is greater than a pitch of the transducer elements to which the multi-layer printed circuit is to be connected. However the traces from all the layers in the multi-layer printed circuit are interleaved to have a pitch that is equal to the pitch of the transducer elements. The disclosed technology also features ultrasound transducers produced by the methods described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.Inventors: N. Christopher Chaggares, Eric Rieder
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Publication number: 20200222942Abstract: A separation device having a housing (10) with a feed conduit (1) and a reject conduit (2), between which conduits (1, 2) and an accept conduit (3) of the housing (10) is a rotor unit (13) having a shaft (4) transverse to the through-flow direction of the separation device, which shaft rotates discs (5) attached to the shaft (4), the outer surface and/or side surfaces of which discs are jagged, i.e. they have protrusions (6) and/or notches and/or these surfaces are substantially rough and the teeth (9) of at least two sieves (7, 8) attached to the housing (10), extend between the discs (5), the first sieve (7) being between the reject conduit (2) and the accept conduit (3) and the second sieve (8) being between the feed conduit (1) and the accept conduit (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Kari PELTONEN, Janne VEHMAA, Vesa KAIPAINEN, Sami SIIK, Sampsa PORKKA
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Publication number: 20200222943Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes at least one optical sensor configured to capture one or more optical data associated with packaging of a waste product and a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to determine information about the waste product based on the optical data and send a signal corresponding to the information to one of a destination device and a controller based on the determined information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Waste Repurposing International, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Barnard Ripley
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Publication number: 20200222944Abstract: Provided is a color sorting machine capable of properly removing foreign mater even when the specific gravity of the object to be sorted is low. A color sorting machine MI removes foreign matter F in the object to be sorted being conveyed from a conveyance route G into a removal route R.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Katsuhiro HATTORI
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Publication number: 20200222945Abstract: A system for identifying and transferring parcels includes a robot singulator configured to engage and transfer individual parcels in a bulk flow of multiple parcels on a first conveyor to a singulated stream of parcels on a second conveyor. The system further includes a vision and control subsystem, with a first camera for acquiring image data of the bulk flow of multiple parcels, and a computer that receives and processes the image data to identify and segment individual parcels, and then communicates instructions to the robot singulator to engage and transfer each of the individual parcels to the second conveyor. The system may further include a second camera for acquiring image data of the individual parcels to confirm placement on the second conveyor. The system may further include first and second indexing conveyors controlled by the vision and control subsystem for delivering parcels to the robot singulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Thomas Anthony Hillerich, JR., Michael Alan McCue, Gregory Robert Sturm, David W. Caldwell, II, Derek Robert Sturm
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Publication number: 20200222946Abstract: An optical unit for an optical sorter can simplify the assembling operation and the installing operation of the optical sorter through unifying components of an optical section of the optical sorter for sorting objects to be sorted such as a granular object or a sheet object. The optical unit includes an optical detection means for detecting the object to be sorted, an ejector means for ejecting the object to be sorted, a discrimination means for processing detection signal from the optical detection means to make a quality discrimination of the sorted objects, and an ejector driving means for driving the ejector means based on the quality discrimination of the discrimination means. The optical detection means, the ejector means, the discrimination means, and the ejector driving means are integrated into a housing to unify them to provide the optical unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoichi KAWAMURA, Makoto SAKAMOTO, Ryo KAKUTANI
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Publication number: 20200222947Abstract: The invention concerns a sorter having a base element that can be swiveled around a horizontal swivel axis with a number of support surfaces uniformly arranged about the swivel axis. Each of the support surfaces can be swiveled into a conveyor for conveying a product along a product stream and swiveled out of the conveyor for ejection of a product from the product stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Wipotec GmbHInventors: Alexander Schulzki, Matthias Joachim
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Publication number: 20200222948Abstract: There is provided a parcel determination device that determines whether or not parcel recognized in a first recognition region provided in a predetermined transport path and parcel recognized in a second recognition region being disposed on a downstream side from the first recognition region in the transport path and being discontinuous with the first recognition region are the same parcel, the device including: a processor; and a memory, in which by cooperating with the memory, the processor determines whether or not parcel which leaves the first recognition region and parcel which enters the second recognition region are the same parcel, based on whether or not a time when parcel leaves the first recognition region and a time when parcel enters the second recognition region correspond to a time required for parcel to be transported between the two recognition regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaaki IDERA, Takaaki MORIYAMA, Shohji OHTSUBO
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Publication number: 20200222949Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to hardware and software for waste item detection and recognition, along with an education or feedback system. Embodiments described herein use artificial intelligence, which embodies machine learning and computer vision, to detect waste items and generate feedback to nudge the user to dispose the waste items into appropriate receptacles while generating smart operational insights of a designated premise.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Hassan MURAD, Vivek Hiteshbhai VYAS
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Publication number: 20200222950Abstract: A pressure washing system uses two-stage ozonation. The pressure washing system includes a container for holding water; a first ozone supply for supplying ozone to ozonate the water in the container in a first ozonation process; a pressure pump configured to pressurize the ozonated water; a second ozone supply for supplying ozone to further ozonate the water to generate two-stage ozonated water in a second ozonation process that is different from the first ozonation process; and a sprayer configured to receive the two-stage ozonated water.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Alejandro Islas, William Lance Burrows
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Publication number: 20200222951Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for removing solids from a vessel, such as sand in the bottom of a heavy oil production storage tank used in a SAGD or CHOPS production application, in which the solids are fluidized and pumped out of the vessel using the same tank opening. A pipe or stinger is configured for insertion into a vessel, adjacent or into the solids to be removed, the stinger comprising a water injection conduit, a fluidized materials removal conduit, and a vibrating member. Water is injected through the stinger while the vibrating member imparts vibration to the solids, thus fluidizing the solids, and the fluidized solids are then removed through the fluidized materials removal conduit of the stinger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Martin Allen Heitkoetter, Shay Odin Jarvis
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Publication number: 20200222952Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for rapidly reducing antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in organic solid waste, which belongs to the field of organic solid waste treatment. The present disclosure utilizes aerobic fermentation bacteria which can tolerate a temperature of at least 80° C., and controls the compost pile temperature of no lower than 80° C. to perform hyperthermophilic composting on the organic solid waste for at least 5 to 7 days, so as to obtain effects of rapidly and stably reducing antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in organic solid waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Shungui ZHOU, Hanpeng LIAO, Zhi CHEN
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Publication number: 20200222953Abstract: A waste treatment system for separating contaminants including per-fluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from bulk solid waste (12). A preparation module (9) having a bulk material separator separates oversize material (14) from bulk solid waste (12). A physical separation module (13), located down-stream of the preparation module (9), separates the bulk solid waste (12) based on particle size using physical and/or hydrodynamic and/or density separation techniques. An extraction/chemical separation module (19), located downstream of the physical separation module (13), adds leachate and/or extractant to separate the contaminants from a slurry output from the physical separation module (13), into a fines output and a contaminated water solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Colin MORRELL
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Publication number: 20200222954Abstract: The present application relates to a process for the purification of waste materials or industrial by-products, the process comprising the steps of: a) Preparing a composition (C) by blending or mixing waste materials or industrial by-products comprising chlorine (B) with one or more materials comprising heavy metals (HM) b) Reacting (B) and (HM) by thermal treatment of (C) c) Separating evaporated heavy metal chloride compounds (HMCC) d) Obtaining a solid material after the thermal treatment step.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Ferro Duo GmbHInventors: Alexander Kehrmann, Jan Flohlmann, Carsten Nass, Gerhard Auer, Christian Adam, Christopher Flamann, Dirk Stolle
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Publication number: 20200222955Abstract: Provided is a method for disposing of contaminated deposit soil and recycled reclamation soil using the same and, more specifically, a method for disposing of contaminated dredged soil, the method comprising the steps of : seeding a mixed strain NIX51 (KACC81038BP) in the contaminated dredged soil to primarily dispose of contaminated materials in a bioreactor; and washing the degraded soil, which has been primarily disposed of, with a washing solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of citric acid, oxalate, carbonic acid (H2CO3) , and nitric acid, to secondarily dispose of heavy metals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Sang-Seob LEE, Man JANG
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Publication number: 20200222956Abstract: A composition useful for removing energetic compounds from contaminated environments. The composition includes a supported reactant including an adsorbent with high affinity for energetic compounds. Further, the composition includes a first bioremediation material comprising at least one organism capable of degrading an energetic compound and a polymeric substance fueling the first bioremediation material during the degrading of the energetic compound. Additionally, the composition includes a second bioremediation material breaking the polymeric substance into smaller molecules over a degradation time period to provide the fueling of the first bioremediation material in a time-release manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Scott Noland
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Publication number: 20200222957Abstract: A roll stand for the rolling of rolling stock, especially metal products. The roll stand includes at least two chocks for mounting at least one roll, the roll being rotatably mounted in the chocks by its two cylindrical roll necks. A cylindrical neck bushing is arranged on the roll neck with radial play. A rotationally fixed annual axial bearing is axially offset from the neck bushing. The bearing arrangement for the roll necks in the chocks is formed as a plain bearing, preferably a hydrodynamic oil film bearing. When subjected to a load in a rolling process, the neck bushing moves and deforms not only in the radial direction, but also in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: SMS group GmbHInventors: Johannes ALKEN, Daniel KNIE, Dennis BRAACH
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Publication number: 20200222958Abstract: In an endless rolling line, a speed of a material to be rolled changes with a flying thickness change. A temperature control device executes predictive calculation of a speed change amount of the material to be rolled associated with the flying thickness change and updates a speed pattern. The temperature control device executes feedforward control of an amount of a coolant to cool the material to be rolled based on a latest speed pattern and a measured temperature value of the material to be rolled in an entry side of the heat exchanger. In parallel with the feedforward control, the temperature control device executes feedback control of coolant volume based on an error between the measured temperature value of the material to be rolled in the delivery side of the heat exchanger and a target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Kazutoshi KITAGOH
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Publication number: 20200222959Abstract: In a method for producing a cooling plate, a workpiece in the form of a flat material blank with uniform material thickness is precisely centered in a tool. A substantially radially extending flat peripheral edge of the workpiece is formed by an outer punch of the tool, as the workpiece is held down by an inner punch of the tool and the outer punch is pressed against the peripheral edge to thereby reduce the material thickness of the peripheral edge. Pins are formed on a coolant-swept effective surface of a base of the workpiece by the inner punch through pressing in cooperation with pin forming openings of the tool as the outer punch is held down, such that the pins protrude approximately perpendicular beyond the base and are surrounded by the peripheral edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: HOLZHAUER GMBH & CO. KGInventors: ANTON HOLZHAUER, JOACHIM HOLZHAUER
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Publication number: 20200222960Abstract: An apparatus for winding coils onto a spherical body includes a frame, a feeder spool, a first hemispherical bobbin, a second hemispherical bobbin, a first spring-loaded pin, a second spring-loaded pin, and a motor arrangement. The feeder spool is rotationally mounted on the frame, has first and second wires wound thereon, and is configured to rotate about a first rotational axis. The first and second hemispherical bobbins are rotationally mounted on the frame and configured to rotate about a second rotational axis that is parallel to the first rotational axis. The bobbins are spaced apart from each other to define a wire-feeder gap through which the first and second wires may be fed. The motor arrangement is coupled to the first and second hemispherical bobbins and is configured to cause the first and second hemispherical bobbins to rotate in opposite directions about the second rotational axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Saurabh Agrawal, Deena Dayalan Kothandaraman, Renju Chandrasekhara Panicker
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Publication number: 20200222961Abstract: A release device developed for an industrial machine for the bending of metal elements via a plurality of sheet-pressing tools arranged on a support frame is disclosed. The device includes a longitudinal member whereupon the sheet- pressing tools are positioned via an inclined interface. A modular coupling interface is included and situated between the wall of the machine and tightening elements, which keeps the tools locked in position. Clamping elements are set out which are suitable for locking the interface against the upper wall of the tools and which are arranged in an alternate manner in relation to a plurality of actuators. The actuators, once actuated, exert a force against the wall that is opposite to that exerted by clamping elements, and therefore allow for the horizontal displacement of the clamping elements, such a displacement making it possible for the interface to move itself vertically in such a way as to allow for the removal of the sheet-pressing tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Antonio CODATTO
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Publication number: 20200222962Abstract: A portable, self-contained conduit bender having a housing configured to house a reductive gear set, thereby improving safety and extending the life of the conduit bender by limiting exposure of the reductive gear set to dust and debris. The conduit bender includes a motor configured to drive a driven shaft at a first rotational output, a reductive gear set operably coupling the driven shaft to an output shaft, the reductive gear set configured to reduce the first rotational output of the driven shaft to a second rotational output of the output shaft, a housing defining an interior cavity configured to house the reductive gear set, such that only a portion of the output shaft emerges from the interior cavity, and a bender shoe coupleable to the output shaft, the bender shoe defining an arcuate channel configured to receive conduit during bending operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Todd Brochman
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Publication number: 20200222963Abstract: A tool, such as a conduit bender, that includes a gear assembly for providing a mechanical advantage when bending a workpiece conduit. The gear assembly comprises a pinion gear rotatably coupled to a handle, the handle including a pin that can be selectively engaged with the pinion gear. The conduit bender also includes a shoe with teeth that protrude radially inward from a curved outer portion. When the conduit bender is in use, the teeth of the pinion gear engage with the teeth of the shoe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: George Barton
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Publication number: 20200222964Abstract: A machine for bending oblong elements, preferably metal, includes a feed unit configured to feed at least one of the oblong elements along a longitudinal axis. A bending device is located downstream of the feed unit and a curving unit is disposed downstream of the bending device and is configured to curve the oblong element along part of its oblong development.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Giorgio DEL FABRO
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Publication number: 20200222965Abstract: A coil unit is inserted into a tube member, an electromagnetic-forming coil part is arranged at a tube member forming position, a coil-side terminal is connected to a power-supply-side terminal of an end part of a high-voltage power supply cable, the electromagnetic-forming coil part is energized by a power supply part to electromagnetically form the tube member, the coil-side terminal and the power-supply-side terminal are separated, and the coil unit is removed from the tube member. Thus, the tube member can be separated from the high-voltage power supply cable during transport.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Yoshihaya IMAMURA, Takayoshi SUGISAKI, Chieko IMAI
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Publication number: 20200222966Abstract: A transfer belt assembly includes a plurality of transfer belts. The transfer belt assembly is structured to move any of an increased number of shells, a very increased number of shells, or an extremely increased number of shells through said conversion press.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLCInventors: Greg Scott Williams, Robert Joseph Will, Michael Richard Soliday
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Publication number: 20200222967Abstract: Aircraft components are produced by creep age forming (CAF) processes whereby a flat plate is initially subjected to CAF processing to produce a curved product preform which is thereafter machined to remove material therefrom so as to produce the final aircraft component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Edgar José da Silva, Fernando Ferreira de Mello Neto, Paulo Roberto Costa Junior
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Publication number: 20200222968Abstract: A device for bending wire includes a first plate with upper and lower surfaces and a center aperture extending therebetween. A cavity is formed in the upper surface that includes opposing sidewalls with a separation that decreases as they extend towards the center aperture and decreases as they extend up from a bottom surface of the cavity. A pin assembly disposed in the cavity includes a second plate having a pin extending from a top surface and having opposing side surfaces with a separation that decreases as they extend towards the center aperture and decreases as they extend up toward the top surface. A shaft extends through the center aperture and terminates in a bend head having a wire aperture and first and second bend surfaces adjacent the wire aperture. A first motor is configured to rotate the first plate about the shaft in opposing first and second rotational directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Marco Perry, Oscar Frias
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Publication number: 20200222969Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a hot forged material capable of preventing the generation of double-barreling shaped forging defects. The method for producing a hot forged material, wherein both an upper die and a lower die are made of Ni-based super heat-resistant alloy and the method comprises a hot forging step of pressing a material for hot forging by the lower die and the upper die in the air to form the hot forged material, the method comprising: a raw material heating step of heating the material for hot forging in a furnace to a heating temperature within a range of 1025 to 1150° C.; a die heating step of heating the upper die and the lower die to a heating temperature within a range of 950 to 1075° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Shogo SUZUKI, Tomonori UENO, Shinichi KOBAYASHI, Shoichi TAKAHASHI, Takanori MATSUI
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Publication number: 20200222970Abstract: The brake disc includes two first members and at least one second member. Each of the first members has a sliding surface, and has almost a disc shape or an almost annular plate shape. The second member has a plurality of fins and a fin holding part. Each of the two first members and the at least one second member is manufactured by pressing. The brake disc is manufactured as the two first members and the at least one second member manufactured by pressing are joined to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomohiro Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20200222971Abstract: A wheel automatic closed die forging production line includes a sawing machine, a first transfer track, a bar heating furnace, a first manipulator, an oscillating rolling machine, a second manipulator, a primary forging hydraulic machine, an intermediate heating furnace, a third manipulator, a finish forging hydraulic machine, a wheel transfer block, a fourth manipulator, a cutting, expanding and punching hydraulic machine, a second transfer track, a spinning machine, a fifth manipulator, a third transfer track, a heat treatment furnace, a fourth transfer track, a machining unit, a sixth manipulator and a fifth finished product track, and can improve mechanical and the physical properties of the wheel product, the wheel forging effect and the yield. Aluminum and magnesium alloy wheel compression molding is realized, reducing cost, time and labor for secondary machining and reshaping, and improving production safety and efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinling YANG, Xiaoting ZHU, Zeyun MA, Li YANG, Weizhou LIU, Naizheng HU