Patents Issued in August 6, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200246773
    Abstract: Surface modification device forms a discharge area E1 between a discharge electrode 6 and a counter electrode 4, supplies substitution gas to the discharge area E1, and modifies the surface of the base material to be processed. The surface modification device comprises; a slit-shaped substitution gas passage; and cover members 7, 8 that form curtain passages 22, 23 in spaces facing the discharge electrode. While the substitution gas is being supplied to the discharge area E1, gas injected from the curtain passages 22, 23 prevent the inflow of an entrained flow a and the outflows b1, b2 of the substitution gas, thereby maintaining the concentration of substitution gas inside the discharge area E1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Satoshi SUGIMURA, Satoru OGISO, Yukihira SAKURAI, Junya YOSHIDA, Takao MORISHITA
  • Publication number: 20200246774
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for generating an electromagnetic field inside a reactor to trigger an exothermic reaction. The design and implementation of the electromagnetics are based on the requirements of a particular exothermic reaction or reactor. For example, the triggering mechanism of a particular exothermic reaction or reactor may require a magnetic field with a specific magnitude, polarity, and/or orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph A. Murray, Julie A. Morris, Tushar Tank
  • Publication number: 20200246775
    Abstract: A method for producing a crystalline film comprising zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on a porous substrate is described. The method has the steps of: providing a porous support; modifying at least a surface of the top-layer of said porous support by treatment with a composition having one or more cationic polymer(s); rendering at least the outer surface of said porous support hydrophobic by treatment with a composition having one or more hydrophobic agent(s); subjecting said treated porous support to a composition having zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals thereby depositing and attaching zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous support, and growing a crystalline film of zeolite and/or zeolite-like crystals on said treated porous support and calcination. Crystalline films find use in a variety of fields such as in the production of membranes, catalysts etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Jonas Hedlund, Allan Holmgren, Liang Yu
  • Publication number: 20200246776
    Abstract: An objective of the present disclosure is to provide an adsorption material that has a carrier material with retained physical strength, and efficiently adsorbs an immunosuppressive protein. The present disclosure provides an adsorption material for immunosuppressive protein. The adsorption material includes a water-insoluble carrier to which at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from a polyamine represented by a predetermined formula and aliphatic amines represented by predetermined formulae is bound. A total content of amino groups on the water-insoluble carrier is more than 0 ?mol and 2500 ?mol or less per 1 g, and a content of primary amino groups on the water-insoluble carrier is 450 ?mol or less per 1 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Junichi KASUYA, Ryo MATSUNAGA, Yoshiyuki UENO, Yuji UEDA, Kazuo TERAMOTO, Kazumasa OGASAWARA
  • Publication number: 20200246777
    Abstract: The montmorillonite-based liquid chromatography column is a chromatography column, which may be steel, packed with unmodified montmorillonite for use in normal phase liquid chromatography, particularly high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The column may be prepared by sieving montmorillonite to achieve a desired particle size range, preferably in the micrometer range, i.e., montmorillonite microparticles, and more preferably between 5-10 ?m. The montmorillonite microparticles are suspended in a solvent, for example, ethanol, and packed into a column for use in HPLC. Before packing, the montmorillonite microparticles may be dried by, for example, heating for a period of time, e.g., by heating preferably at about 100° C. for at least 2 hours. The packing may be performed at a pressure of at least 5000 psi, and more preferably, between 5000-7000 psi. The column may be used for separation of simple polar compounds under relatively low pressure conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: AHMAD IFSEISI AQEL, AYMAN ABDELGHAFAR AHMED, AHMED-YACINE BADJAH-HADJ-AHMED, ZEID ABDULLAH ALOTHMAN
  • Publication number: 20200246778
    Abstract: A silica monolith nested in a polymer sponge may be formed by applying a hydrolyzed mixture of siloxanes to a melamine-formaldehyde sponge, and may be used in methods of solid phase extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Zhongshan Liu, Xing-Fang Li
  • Publication number: 20200246779
    Abstract: A catalyst includes a carrier, and a metal obtained by reducing a metal ion supported on the carrier 1) in a supercritical state or 2) in a polar organic solvent, wherein the carrier is an inorganic porous body having a hierarchical porous structure. By employing the catalyst, it is possible to exhibit better catalytic activity than a conventional catalyst. Heat generation and spontaneous ignition are prevented because no organic porous body is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SnG Inc.
    Inventors: Riichi MIYAMOTO, Hongzhi BAI, Hironao SAJIKI, Tomohiro ICHIKAWA, Masahiro MIZUNO, Aya OGAWA, Hayato MASUDA, Tsuyoshi YAMADA, Tomohiro MATSUO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200246780
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the preparation of metal oxide hollow nanoparticles comprising the steps of: —providing an aqueous suspension of nanoparticles of an oxide of a first element having at least two oxidation states coupled with a substrate; —placing in contact the aqueous suspension with an aqueous solution of a salt of a second element having at least two oxidation states having a standard reduction potential lower than the standard reduction potential of said first transition metal to obtain hollow nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Massimo Colombo, Chunzheng Wu, Liberato Manna
  • Publication number: 20200246781
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite catalyst, comprising carbon in a continuous phase and Raney alloy particles in a dispersed phase. The Raney alloy particles are dispersed evenly or unevenly in the carbon in a continuous phase, and the carbon in a continuous phase is obtained by carbonizing at least one carbonizable organic substance. The catalyst has good particle strength, high catalytic activity, and good selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing Research Institute Of Chemical Industry, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Dai, Shuliang Lu, Haibin Jiang, Guoqing Wang, Xiaohong Zhang, Hui Peng, Jinliang Qiao
  • Publication number: 20200246782
    Abstract: The preparation of an oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst comprising Mo, V, Nb and Te using a hydrothermal step. In some embodiments, the activity and reproducibility of the catalyst is improved by conducting the hydrothermal step while permitting gaseous products to leave the reactor. In some instances a condenser may be upstream of the outlet of the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Vasily Simanzhenkov, Xiaoliang Gao, David Jeffrey Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20200246783
    Abstract: A catalyst that includes heterogeneous metal carbide nanomaterials and a novel preparation method to synthesize the metal carbide nanomaterials under relatively mild conditions to form an encapsulated transition metal and/or transition metal carbide nanoclusters in a support and/or binder. The catalyst may include confined platinum carbide nanoclusters. The preparation may include the treatment of encapsulated platinum nanoclusters with ethane at elevated temperatures. The catalysts may be used for catalytic hydrocarbon conversions, which include but are not limited to, ethane aromatization, and for selective hydrogenation, with negligible green oil production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY
    Inventors: Junjun SHAN, Hui WANG, Lisa NGUYEN, Joshua MILES, Jihong CHENG
  • Publication number: 20200246784
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a catalyst as a passive nitrogen oxide adsorber, which has a carrier substrate, a zeolite, palladium, and platinum, wherein the palladium is provided in a quantity of 0.01 to 10 wt. %, based on the sum of the weights of zeolite, platinum, and palladium and calculated as a palladium metal, and platinum in a quantity of 0.1 to 10 wt. %, based on the weight of the palladium and calculated as a platinum metal. The invention also relates to the use of said catalyst in connection with a SCR catalyst in an exhaust gas system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph HENGST, Michael LENNARTZ, Frank-Walter SCHUETZE
  • Publication number: 20200246785
    Abstract: The invention provides ionic polymers (IP) consisting of anions and a polymeric backbone containing cations. The invention also provides the ionic polymers incorporated in membranes or attached to solid supports and use of the ionic polymers in processing of biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Sviatlana Siankevich, Georgios Savoglidis, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei
  • Publication number: 20200246786
    Abstract: A catalyst that includes heterogeneous metal carbide nanomaterials and a novel preparation method to synthesize the metal carbide nanomaterials under relatively mild conditions to form an encapsulated transition metal and/or transition metal carbide nanoclusters in a support and/or binder. The catalyst may include confined platinum carbide nanoclusters. The preparation may include the treatment of encapsulated platinum nanoclusters with ethane at elevated temperatures. The catalysts may be used for catalytic hydrocarbon conversions, which include but are not limited to, ethane aromatization, and for selective hydrogenation, with negligible green oil production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY
    Inventors: Junjun SHAN, Hui WANG, Lisa NGUYEN, Joshua MILES, Jihong CHENG
  • Publication number: 20200246787
    Abstract: Biosafety units, methods of making and sealing the same are disclosed herein. The present invention includes a unitary structure able to be validated for pharmaceutical manufacturing comprising: at least one controlled air, sealable, sterilizable cleanroom; a mechanical system room adjacent to and separate from the cleanroom comprising: one or more air handling units that provide conditioned air to the cleanroom; and one or more power busses that provide power to electrical outlets in the cleanroom from two sources, wherein the at least two power supplies are connectable to one or more external electrical power sources; an integrated fire suppression system integral to the cleanroom; and one or more corridor connectors, wherein a corridor can be attached at the corridor connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: G-CON Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Barry Holtz, Troy Arledge, Phillip B. Maples, David M. Shanahan
  • Publication number: 20200246788
    Abstract: The invention further relates to a method for producing said pipetting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Holger LINK, Tobias DAVID, Hedda MERKENS
  • Publication number: 20200246789
    Abstract: A capillary of the present disclosure has a tubular shape, both ends of which are a first end and a second end in a length direction and are open, an inner surface of which has water repellency and has a portion where a degree of the water repellency changes. A pipette of the present disclosure includes the capillary and a pipette main body to which the capillary 10 is attached, and the pipette main body has a pressure chamber that is deformable and connected to the capillary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yasushi YAMAGUCHI, Yuji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200246790
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to exemplary embodiments of systems, methods, techniques, processes, products and product components that can facilitate users making improved absorbance or fluorescence measurements in the field of spectroscopy with reduced (minimal) sample waste, and increased throughput, particularly in the study of biological sciences. A method and device for photometric measurement of liquids. The method includes the steps of: The method includes the steps of; providing a pipette tip, the pipette tip being made of an optically clear body having an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall defining an inner space for receiving a liquid sample, the inner space providing a cross-sectional path length for light; positioning the pipette tip between a light source and a light collector; measuring light transmission through the liquid sample; adjusting the inner space of the pipette tip to change the cross-sectional length, and measuring light transmission through the liquid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: BEACON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dale Lee Heintzelman, John Lloyd Bowman, Rick Jackson
  • Publication number: 20200246791
    Abstract: Techniques for replacing nanopores within a nanopore based sequencing chip are provided. A first electrolyte solution is added to the external reservoir of the sequencing chip, introducing an osmotic imbalance between the reservoir and the well chamber located on the opposite side of a lipid bilayer membrane. The osmotic imbalance causes the membrane to change shape, and a nanopore within the membrane to be ejected. A second electrolyte solution is then added to the external reservoir to provide replacement nanopores and to restore the membrane shape. The replacement nanopores can be inserted into the membrane, effectively replacing the initial pore without causing the destruction of the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Geoffrey Barrall, Takeshi Harada, Jason Komadina, Pirooz Parvarandeh, Charlotte Yang
  • Publication number: 20200246792
    Abstract: A single unit assay device, method, and assembly is shown and described. In one embodiment, a self-contained assembly and method analyze a sample for a presence of one or more analytes, residues, and may include comparing visual intensity of a detectable signal of a test area to a visual intensity of a control area. The result is an improved field test for efficient and effective qualitative analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Charm Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Saul, John Jabour
  • Publication number: 20200246793
    Abstract: The techniques relate to methods and apparatus for electroosmotic flow. A device includes a fluid chamber, at least one sensor element configured to sense an analyte, wherein the at least one sensor element is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber, and a set of electroosmotic electrodes disposed for creating an electroosmotic flow of a fluid in the fluid chamber over the at least one sensor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: FemtoDx
    Inventors: Shyamsunder Erramilli, Pritiraj Mohanty
  • Publication number: 20200246794
    Abstract: A diagnostic system detects and/or measures hemoglobin variants in blood of subject, such as HbA1c, to determine blood glucose concentration in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Umut Gurkan, Arwa Fraiwan, Peter Galen
  • Publication number: 20200246795
    Abstract: A primary measurement, such as a protein assay or nucleic-acid assay, is conducted in a cartridge, wherein an additional measurement is conducted in an analysis device receiving the cartridge so that better testing of a sample is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH
    Inventors: Heinz SCHOEDER, Hannah SCHMOLKE, Axel NIEMEYER
  • Publication number: 20200246796
    Abstract: A planar modular microfluidic module, system and method for manufacturing such module is provided. The module includes a base layer, and a fluidic layer configured to be attached to and on top of the base layer, whereby the base layer and said fluidic layer configured to create a single basic module, a jacket configured to cover the base module around its lateral sides, in order to provide sturdiness to the basic module and create a jacket covered module. The jacket includes a physical connector configured to enable lateral connection between adjacent modules, the physical connector positioned on at least one lateral side of the jacket covered module, and a fluidic connection port located within said physical connector and configured to enable fluid flow connection between adjacent modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Chin TOH, Jun Ye Louis ONG, Christopher TOSTADO
  • Publication number: 20200246797
    Abstract: Provided are a microfluidic apparatus and a method for separating a target cell using the same. The microfluidic apparatus for separating a first material in a biological sample from the biological sample, according to an embodiment of the disclosure, includes: a body rotatable on a rotation axis; a mixing chamber included in the body, wherein the biological sample and magnetic beads that are combined with a second material in the biological sample are mixed in the mixing chamber; a separation chamber included in the body and connected to the mixing chamber, wherein a mixed sample of the first material and the second material combined with the magnetic beads is separated in the separation chamber; and a magnetic member positioned on one side of the body outside the separation chamber, wherein, in the separation chamber, the first material is separated from the second material combined with the magnetic beads by a centrifugal force and a magnetic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Min Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20200246798
    Abstract: A method and a micro fluidic device comprising at least one micro fluidic structure for differential extraction of nuclear and extra-nuclear constituents of a single cell, said micro fluidic structure comprising a feeding channel for receiving a volume of a sample containing at least one cell, at least one trapping structure for capturing a single cell, and at least one output channel in fluid connection with the at least one trapping structure, wherein the at least one trapping structure extends from one side of the feeding channel substantially perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the feeding channel, the at least one trapping structure possessing an aperture at its end opposite to the fluid channel and in fluid communication with an output channel, said aperture being configured to provide a narrow section such that the nucleus of a cell captured in the trapping structure cannot pass through said narrow section into the output channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Pieter Jan VAN DER ZAAG, Rodolphe Charly Willy MARIE, Dianne Arnoldina Margaretha Wilhelmina VAN STRIJP, Tom OLESEN, Roland Cornelis Martinus VULDERS, Anders KRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20200246799
    Abstract: In an example implementation, a reagent storage system for a microfluidic device includes a microfluidic chamber formed in a microfluidic device. A blister pack to store a reagent includes an electrically conductive membrane barrier adjacent to the chamber. A thinned region is formed in the membrane barrier, and a conductive trace is to supply electric current to heat and melt the thinned region. Melting the thinned region is to cause the membrane barrier to open and release the reagent into the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Viktor Shkolnikov, Michael W Cumbie, Chien-Hua Chen
  • Publication number: 20200246800
    Abstract: In one embodiment described herein, a cartridge is provided comprising a cartridge frame; a plurality of diluents each in an expandable container; a plurality of reagents each in an expandable container; and a plurality of mixing vessels comprising empty expandable containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Gary Frenzel, Samartha Anekal, Daniel Young
  • Publication number: 20200246801
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to refiner plate segments having feeding grooves having a first width at a first end of the feeding groove, wherein the first end of the feeding groove is disposed closer to an inner diameter of the refiner plate segment, and a second end of the feeding groove having a second width, wherein the second end of the feeding groove is disposed closer to the outer diameter than the first end and wherein the second width is less than the first width. It is believed that the increased width of the feeding groove at the inner diameter, coupled with the change in angle or curve of the feed groove from a feeding angle to a holding angle such that the centrifugal force applied to the lignocellulosic material surpasses the plugging force, allows for improved hydraulic capacity over the refiner plate segment without reducing refining efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Arvind M. Singhal, Long Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20200246802
    Abstract: A plastic granulator apparatus stationary cutting segment includes a segment rail having multiple arcuate spaced teeth. Each tooth of the plurality of arcuate spaced teeth has a tooth surface and is spaced to be complementary to a rotary cutter segments as a rotary cutter is rotated. The segment rail is adapted to be mounted to a granulator housing. The rail segment has a shoulder with a shoulder surface, the shoulder is adjacent to each of a set of arcuate spaced teeth. The shoulder has a shoulder surface height of between 0 and 10 mm, and a stepback distance of between 0 and 2 mm between the shoulder surface and the arcuate tooth surface. The shoulder and the arcuate tooth surface define an angle therebetween of 90° and 130°, and the shoulder surface defines an angle between 90° and 130°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SIZE REDUCTION SPECIALISTS CORP.
    Inventor: Donald Maynard
  • Publication number: 20200246803
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to an apparatus and method for automatic blade and razor for use in plant trimming. Embodiments of the present invention provides enhanced capabilities as a result of integrating robotic features, automations, artificial intelligence, queuing, fault control, automatic transport, scalability, safety measures, smaller footprint, and other computerized functions, along with a creative business model. In design of this invention the following high-level requirements were achieved: scalable for small, medium, and large businesses; safer than other machines in the market; sanitation consideration; simplicity in maintenance, and automated functions to reduce the need for labor (e.g., integration of robotics, AI, and/or other computerized systems).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Michael FARO
  • Publication number: 20200246804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the charging of a crusher (50), driven by a crusher drive via transmission elements, of a material comminution system (10), wherein material (73) which is to be crushed, in particular stone material which is to be crushed, is fed to the crusher, a filling level of the crusher, preferably at a crusher inlet, is determined using a filling level sensor (61), and the volume flow of material to be crushed which is fed to the crusher is set and/or regulated according to the filling level determined. According to the invention, the mechanical loading of the crusher or a characteristic variable which is dependent on the mechanical loading of the crusher is determined directly or indirectly, and the filling level of the crusher is set according to the mechanical loading determined, or the characteristic variable which is dependent thereon. The invention also relates to a control unit and to a computer program product for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Thorsten Eckert, Tobias Freihalter, Jochen Meier
  • Publication number: 20200246805
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the present invention relate to a modular plant trimming system and method that provides enhanced capabilities as a result of integrating robotic features, automations, artificial intelligence, queuing, fault control, automatic transport, scalability, safety measures, smaller footprint, and other computerized functions, along with a creative business model. In design of this invention the following high-level requirements were achieved: scalable for small, medium, and large businesses; safer than other machines in the market; sanitation consideration; simplicity in maintenance, and automated functions to reduce the need for labor (e.g., integration of robotics, AI, and/or other computerized systems).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Michael FARO
  • Publication number: 20200246806
    Abstract: A mineral extraction system features at least one hydrocyclone, each having input piping, underflow piping, a cyclone portion and overflow piping; a particle size measurement device arranged on some part of the at least one hydrocyclone and configured to sense particles flowing in a process medium, and providing signaling containing information about the size of the particles in the process medium; and a controller having a signal processor configured to receive the signaling, and determine control signaling to control some part of the mineral extraction system, based upon the signaling received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Robert J. MARON, Christian V. O'KEEFE, Jaime SEPULVEDA
  • Publication number: 20200246807
    Abstract: A magnetic separating conveyor output roll including a first plurality of magnetic rings, each of such magnetic rings having radially inner and radially outer ends, each such magnetic ring having annular north and south poles respectively positioned at its radially inner and radially outer ends; and including a second plurality of magnetic rings having radially inner and radially outer ends, each such magnetic ring having annular north and south poles respectively positioned at its radially outer and radially inner ends; wherein the first and second pluralities of magnetic rings are stacked in an alternating series along a rotation axis; wherein each magnetic ring's radial cross section is rectangular; wherein each magnetic ring includes a circumferential array of radially extending seams, the roll incorporating a plurality of adhesive bonds residing within such seams; the roll further incorporating magnetic armature effect resisting gaps between adjacent pairs of the magnetic rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Bunting Magnetics Co.
    Inventor: Donald A. Suderman
  • Publication number: 20200246808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rack (21, 27, 28) for supporting electrostatic filter plates (22, 23) of an electrostatic filter (20). The rack (21, 27, 28) is an elongated member comprising a plurality of notches (11) on a longitudinal side of the rack (21, 27, 28) for supporting a plate (22, 23) arranged to a notch (11). The rack (21, 27, 28) further comprises a slot (26) for adhesive arranged to be used at least for attaching the plates (22, 23) to the rack (21, 27, 28). The slot (26) is arranged on the opposite side of the rack (21, 27, 28) than notches (11). There is also an opening (24) in the first group of plates (22) at that point where the plates (22) are aligned with the voltage supply rack (28) but which are not attached to that rack (28). The invention further relates to an electrostatic filter (20) comprising a plurality of racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Alme Solutions Oy
    Inventor: Jari Heinovaara
  • Publication number: 20200246809
    Abstract: A centrifugal apparatus includes: a bowl including a plurality of projection portions provided in a standing manner at an edge portion of an opening portion, the plurality of projection portions each including a curved surface portion bulging toward a rotation axis; a screw conveyer; a hub forming separate matter discharge ports between the respective circumferentially adjacent projection portions; and wear-resistant sleeves. The wear-resistant sleeves each includes a sleeve body that is formed in an arched shape along the corresponding curved surface portion and covers the curved surface portion; and a claw portion including one end connected to one end portion, in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the axis direction, of the sleeve body. The claw portion is in contact with an outer surface of the corresponding projection portion and fixed to the outer surface via a detachable tool for fixing, and an insertion opening for inserting the projection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Masaru NAGASU
  • Publication number: 20200246810
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid guiding component and a using method and application thereof. The liquid guiding component includes a plurality of liquid guiding grooves, each of which includes at least one inlet end, at least one outlet end, and a groove wall connecting the inlet end and the outlet end, the liquid guiding component includes a first side and a second side arranged opposite to each other, each of said inlet ends is arranged as liquid inlet on the first side and each of the outlet ends is arranged as the liquid outlet on the second side, and the liquid guiding grooves are used to transport liquid from the inlet ends to the outlet ends. The liquid guiding component can be used to precisely control the movement direction of the ejected ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Changgua ZHEN, Xinyan GU, Junjun PENG
  • Publication number: 20200246811
    Abstract: A shower head includes a spinning disk, which includes a fluid inlet, an upper plate coupled to the fluid inlet at the center of the upper plate, a lower plate coupled to the upper plate to form a perimeter edge of the spinning disk, at least two side spin ports on the perimeter edge, each side spin port is configured to project the fluid at a fluid projection angle relative to the perimeter edge and not perpendicular to the perimeter edge at such side spin port, and a plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate configured to allow the fluid to flow out of the spinning disk, wherein the spinning disk is configured to spin when the fluid is projected from the at least two side pin ports while the fluid also flows out of the spinning disk from the fluid outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Kevin J. Medeiros
  • Publication number: 20200246812
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying an infrared signature of a vehicle are provided. A method may include producing an aerosol cloud proximate the vehicle. The method may further include determining one or more characteristics of the aerosol cloud. The method may also include determining a projection plane within the aerosol cloud based on the aerosol cloud characteristics for projecting a representation of the object. The method may additionally include providing heat at particles in the projection plane of the aerosol cloud to generate the object representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Schmalenberg, Ercan M. Dede
  • Publication number: 20200246813
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an applicator, in particular a printhead, for applying a coating agent, in particular a paint, to a component, in particular a motor vehicle body component or an add-on part for a motor vehicle body component, having at least one nozzle row with a plurality of nozzles for dispensing the coating agent in the form of a coating agent jet, the nozzles are arranged one behind the other in a nozzle plane along the nozzle row at a specific nozzle spacing, and having a plurality of actuators for controlling the release of coating agent through the individual nozzles, the actuators each having an outer dimension along the nozzle row. The disclosure provides that the nozzle distance between the adjacent nozzles of the nozzle row is smaller than the outer dimension of the individual actuators along the nozzle row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Marcus Kleiner, Mortiz Bubek, Timo Beyl, Frank Herre, Steffen Sotzny, Daniel Tandler, Tobias Berndt
  • Publication number: 20200246814
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an applicator (e.g. print head) for applying a coating agent (e.g. paint) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component), having a nozzle chamber with a plurality of nozzles for dispensing the coating agent in the form of continuous jets or droplets, the coating agent flowing during operation through the nozzle chamber to the nozzles so that the nozzle chamber is filled with the coating agent during operation. The print head further comprises a plurality of slidable valve needles associated with the individual nozzles and selectively opening or closing the respective nozzle depending on the position of the valve needles. Furthermore, the print head according to the disclosure contains an actuator chamber for receiving actuators for displacing the valve needles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Fritz, Benjamin Wöhr, Marcus Kleiner, Mortiz Bubek, Timo Beyl, Frank Herre, Steffen Sotzny, Daniel Tandler, Tobias Berndt
  • Publication number: 20200246815
    Abstract: A carriage assembly for a spray coating apparatus and a spray coating apparatus including the carriage assembly. The carriage assembly includes a carriage operatively connected to a track that is non-linear, which in some embodiments allows a coating to be applied at at least two different thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: James W. Davidson
  • Publication number: 20200246816
    Abstract: A variety of dispensing manifolds which are removable connectable to a single deformable container having a single exit portion are disclosed. The dispensing manifolds of the present disclosure provide a single deformable container having a single exit with one or more outlets from which a fluid can be controllably dispensed. The present disclosure also provides a single force generation mechanism, a deformable container holding a fluid or substance, and dispensing mechanisms all on one machine, i.e., a carrier; a system that may also include a pressurized air source that assists a flow of a fluid; and a system that allows for a continuous flow a substance. The systems of the present disclosure provide a deformable container and a method of dispensing wherein, during dispensing, an actuation member is continuously free of contact with the fluid or substance within the container and the actuation member only contacts the exterior surface of the deformable container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Robert S. Burns
  • Publication number: 20200246817
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid dispensing system comprising a liquid dispensing device (2) and one or more containers (3) for storing the liquid to be dispensed, wherein the liquid dispensing device is releasably connected to one of the containers. The liquid dispensing system includes means for preventing refilling of the at least one container. The refill prevention means may include a restriction element (7) which may be fixed in a neck of the container and may almost completely close off a fill opening defined by the neck. The invention further relates to a method of dispensing a liquid, comprising the steps of filling at least one container with the liquid to be dispensed, providing a liquid dispensing device, connecting the liquid dispensing device to the at least one container, and actuating the liquid dispensing device, wherein after filling the container is provided with means for preventing refilling thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas, Paulo Nervo, Dennis Van Melick
  • Publication number: 20200246818
    Abstract: A dispenser for substances includes an outer shell with a deformable outer wall which encloses the deformable container arrangement and at least one balancing valve for balancing air, wherein an air filled intermediary gap is located between the outer wall and the container arrangement and the dispenser is configured to dispense substances after pressure loading the outer shell, wherein the container arrangement includes at least two containers and a common dispensing head are connected with each other pressure tight in at least one portion, and wherein at least one of the containers includes self-closing filling valves which are configured to be openable by pressure during filling the at least two containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Gerhard Brugger
  • Publication number: 20200246819
    Abstract: The invention is intended for the organization of an automated process for spraying of liquid means of chemical treatment from unmanned vehicles, for example, in precise farming systems. The invention provides the use of a replaceable, marked and hermetically sealed liquid subsystem with integrated pumping chambers in a spraying device together with an integrated self-diagnosis system allowing to ensure personnel safety and the accounting of the resources of main components of the spraying device. All this in combination enables to create fully automated spraying systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Sergey Odinokov, Linas Samuolis
  • Publication number: 20200246820
    Abstract: A lotion pump includes a pump body with a pump chamber, the pump body is connected with a bottle-locking cap used for fixing the bottle body, and the pump chamber is internally provided with a pumping assembly capable of moving up and down in the pump chamber to pump lotion in the bottle body upwards; the lower end of the pump chamber with a one-way valve only for discharging the lotion in the bottle body upwards during the pumping assembly, the upper end of the pumping assembly is connected with a bent mouth for discharging the lotion, the bent mouth with a connecting ring, the upper end of the pump body with a locking part capable of being rotationally connected with the connecting ring, and an anti-slipping structure between the locking part and the connecting ring for preventing the bent mouth from being unscrewed and opened mistakenly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: MAJESTY PACKAGING SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventor: Jinkao LIANG
  • Publication number: 20200246821
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable spraying device (1) for discharging a fluid, in particular an agricultural formulation, having a container (2) for holding the fluid, a pump (15), which is in fluid connection with the container (2), for pumping the fluid out of the container (2), a spray gun (21), which comprises a spray opening (27) and an electrically controllable application valve (20) for opening and closing a passage to the spray opening (27), an application line (17), which establishes a fluid connection between the pump (15) and the spray gun (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Marc NOLTE, Diana Westfalia MORAN PUENTE, Steffen HENKES, Christian KEPES, Lydia LUDWIG, Siegfried DOERR, Annett KUEHN, Raffaello ZITO, Bernd STOCKBURGER, Rolf REHKUGLER, Juri MOGILEWSKI
  • Publication number: 20200246822
    Abstract: A liquid proportioning machine includes at least two liquid storage mechanisms for storing liquid, pump bodies for pumping liquid from the liquid storage mechanisms, and liquid discharge locations connected with liquid outlets of the pump bodies and ejecting liquid; and the liquid storage mechanisms are respectively connected with the corresponding pump bodies, and a regulating mechanism for keeping a proportion for the liquid discharge speeds of the pump bodies is arranged between the pump bodies. The pump body includes a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft rotates to cause the pump body to pump and discharge the liquid; and the regulating mechanism includes a driving shaft driven by a driving mechanism to rotate, and the driving shaft drives the rotating shafts of the liquid storage mechanisms to rotate through a transmission mechanism and maintains a proportion for the rotating speeds between the rotating shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ruhua SHEN, Huan LI